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    Obama, Boehner Still Talking, but No Closer

    Dec 12, 2012 02:08 PM EDT

    ... Politico has a slide show of Republicans open to higher taxes. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia defended his moral opposition to sodomy during a lecture at Princeton University. The Washington Post's Fact Checker Glenn Kessler attempts to answer the question about whether Karl Rove earned any money from American ...

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    Three More Battleground Polls Give Obama the Edge

    Sep 28, 2012 01:04 PM EDT

    ... attack the President. He's spent the past year and a half doing it. But that hasn't moved the needle on what has been a remarkably stable, close and competitive race. The true test of the first debate for most Americans will not be which candidate is best at ...

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    New Polling Puts Women Voters In Sharp Focus

    Jul 13, 2012 07:12 PM EDT

    ... women gave Republicans an edge in "having a concrete plan to grow the economy." This week American Crossroads, the Karl Rove-affiliated super PAC, debuted a new web video targeting women voters. In it the narrator says: "Some people say there's a 'war on women.' We agree -- it's ...

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    News Wrap: Eurozone Agrees to Spain Bailout Package; Oil Prices Fall

    Jul 10, 2012 04:00 AM EDT

    ... erased by falling oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 83 points to close at 12,653. The Nasdaq fell 29 points to close at 2,902. The price of oil fell more than 2 percent to finish near $84 a barrel. There was word today Syrian President Bashar ...

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    Report: Conservative Super PAC Planning 'Provocative' Attack on Obama

    May 17, 2012 01:12 PM EDT

    ... a spokesman an "extremely literate conservative African-American" who can argue that Mr. Obama misled the nation by presenting himself as what the proposal calls a "metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln." A copy of a detailed advertising plan was obtained by The New York Times through a person not connected to ...

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    Five Misconceptions About Learning Disabilities

    Mar 16, 2012 09:34 PM EDT

    ... U.S. dropout crisis. Online, we'll explore the crossroads of learning disabilities and art, and we'll profile two young men -- a poet and a Harvard graduate student -- who, despite academic struggles, achieved stunning success. But first, a 101. Contrary to popular belief, autism isn't a learning disability ...

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    Axelrod on Pro-Obama Super PAC: 'We Simply Couldn't Sit by'

    Feb 07, 2012 11:16 PM EDT

    President Obama's senior campaign strategist David Axelrod spoke with Judy Woodruff about the president's re-election campaign, the new Priorities USA Action super PAC run by former administration staffers, efforts to create jobs and the administration's ruling on contraceptives that created a firestorm among religious leaders.

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    Labor, Democrats Score Big Win in Ohio; 'Personhood' Rejected in Mississippi

    Nov 09, 2011 01:53 PM EDT

    Ohio voters repealed Senate Bill 5. Photo by wisaflcio via Flickr. Two high-profile ballot measures headlined this year's off-year elections, and both were resoundingly defeated Tuesday. In Ohio, voters overwhelmingly turned back Senate Bill 5, which sought to restrict collective bargaining rights for state public workers. The result was a major victory for labor unions...

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    Bachmann Rides Momentum Into Race

    Jun 27, 2011 12:06 PM EDT

    Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., is set to kickoff her run for the GOP presidential nomination. Photo By Bill Clark/Roll Call. The 2012 GOP presidential field will get a serious jolt of Tea Party fervor Monday when Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann formally kicks off her campaign in Waterloo, Iowa. She couldn't have picked a better time...

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    5 Questions for Election Night

    Oct 29, 2010 04:43 PM EDT

    At just about this point in every election cycle, we begin to overuse the same words, phrases and arguments. Everything is a tossup, or a dead heat, or a last-minute dash to Election Day. The other guy is always going to shut down Social Security. Taxes are evil. President Obama (or President Bush) and Speaker...