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Aug. 16, 2012
President Obama is going to have a harder time winning over female voters this election season, if you consider the sentiment of 12 Wisconsin-area voters who opened up about the campaign. Even so, women are not yet in enamored with Mitt Romney.
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Aug. 15, 2012
Undecided voters in northern Virginia are likely to determine which candidate wins Old Dominion's 13 electoral votes. And the presidential campaigns are focusing their efforts on winning over the undecided voters, primarily suburban women. Judy Woodruff reports.
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Aug. 15, 2012
In other news Wednesday, Obama has called for a federal court to repeal early voter restrictions in Ohio. Meanwhile, a judge upheld a voter law in Pennsylania requiring voters to show a valid government I.D. at the polls. Also, Republicans picked House and Senate nominees for several states in this week's primaries.
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Aug. 15, 2012
The campaign rhetoric being used by the presidential candidates is charged, tough, and no holds barred. Gwen Ifill talks to political strategist Mo Elleithee and Rick Tyler about why campaigns think negative campaign ads work, especially with the minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour news cycle.
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Aug. 15, 2012
If you'd like to get a sense of what will happen Nov. 6, you should get to know Loudoun County, Virginia.
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Aug. 15, 2012
The negative tone of the presidential campaign escalated Tuesday with Mitt Romney calling the president "angry and desperate" and Mr. Obama's campaign accusing the Republican challenger of making comments that "seemed unhinged."
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Aug. 15, 2012
I'm often tempted in covering political campaigns to agree with voters who say they are fed up with negative advertising and the constant criticisms that candidates level at one another. Living in Washington, D.C., I've been treated lately to some of the TV spots aimed at persuadable voters in next door Northern Virginia.
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Aug. 14, 2012
The four candidates on the Romney-Ryan and Obama-Biden presidential tickets split up to visit key states for the November election. While stumping for votes, they talked alternative energy sources, the economy and jobs. Judy Woodruff reports.
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Aug. 14, 2012
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan campaigned solo Monday for the first time since joining the GOP ticket, but it was Mitt Romney who faced pressure to lay out the differences between his federal budget proposal and the one put forward by his running mate
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Aug. 14, 2012
More ads, more candidate visits, and more pressure for votes. Welcome to Colorado.
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Aug. 13, 2012
Rep. Paul Ryan is best known for 'Path to Prosperity,' a fiscal blueprint to overhaul Medicare and cut Medicaid. Gwen Ifill talks to Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' Robert Greenstein, Heritage Foundation's Patrick Knudsen and Roll Call's Steven Dennis on whether Ryan's policy record will help or hurt the GOP ticket.
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Aug. 13, 2012
In his first appearance as Mitt Romney's running mate, vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan joined the campaign in Iowa. Kwame Holman reports. Then, Jeffrey Brown talks to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Craig Gilbert about Paul Ryan's history, from being elected prom king to winning a seat in the U.S. House at just 28 years old.
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Aug. 13, 2012
In this week's Political Checklist, Christina chats with senior correspondents Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff about Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate.
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Aug. 13, 2012
PBS NewsHour co-founder and executive editor Jim Lehrer will moderate the first national presidential debate on Oct. 3 in Denver, Colo.
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Aug. 13, 2012
The GOP ticket is set, and the race to define Rep. Paul Ryan for the American people is underway. Mitt Romney praised his running mate as "a real leader" during their first joint interview Sunday, while President Obama described the Wisconsin lawmaker as the "ideological leader of the Republicans in Congress."
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Aug. 11, 2012
Republicans and Democrats each are thrilled by Mitt Romney's running mate selection, as the NewsHour solicited two different takes on Wis. Rep. Paul Ryan.
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Aug. 11, 2012
Mitt Romney will announce his choice of vice presidential running mate on Saturday morning when he visits the U.S.S. Wisconsin battleship in Norfolk, Va.
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Aug. 10, 2012
Mitt Romney's favorability ratings were on the upswing ever since he locked down the Republican nomination in April, but there are growing signs that a torrent of negative attacks from President Obama and his Democratic allies have affected voter impressions of the GOP hopeful.
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Aug. 10, 2012
From George Washington to the current Barack Obama, presidential campaigns have shaped American culture and history in lasting ways. Highlighted here are some notable items featured at the Library of Congress which tell an interesting story about the evolution of the race to the White House.
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Aug. 9, 2012
In a new ad, the Romney campaign targets 'welfare-to-work' programs and inflexibility for state changes to federal programs. Judy Woodruff talks to Georgetown University's Peter Edelman and Heritage Foundation's Robert Rector about welfare reform and the criticisms and proposals coming out of the campaign trail.
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Aug. 9, 2012
While Mitt Romney was able to overcome doubts from conservatives about his health care record as governor of Massachusetts to claim the GOP's presidential nod, the issue has re-appeared after a campaign aide cited Massachusetts' law in defense against a TV attack ad from a pro-Obama super PAC.
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Aug. 8, 2012
Judy Woodruff looks at primary election results in the heartland and asks: "Will lawmakers elected this November believe their marching orders are to stick to their guns, or to work with the other party to hammer out compromise somewhere in the middle?"
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Aug. 8, 2012
They call them battleground states for a reason. President Obama and Mitt Romney are locked in close races for three of the most hotly contested states this election year: Colorado, Virginia and Wisconsin.
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Aug. 7, 2012
July campaign numbers reveal that Mitt Romney has outraised the Obama campaign for the third straight month. Judy Woodruff talks to Democratic political consultant Mo Elleithee and former Republican campaign manager Rick Davis about campaign fundraising and spending strategy on both sides of the political aisle.
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Aug. 7, 2012
Polls give President Obama a lead over Mitt Romney when it comes to the question of which candidate would be better for the middle class, an advantage Romney will likely have to narrow over the next three months if he is to be victorious come November.
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Aug. 6, 2012
In other news Monday, the Romney campaign raised $25 million more than the Obama campaign in July. This is the third straight month Mitt Romney has outraised President Obama. Also, Egypt's border patrol is on high alert after masked gunmen attacked an Egyptian security checkpoint, killing 16 guards.
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Aug. 6, 2012
Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee announced early Monday that they raked in more than $101.3 million in July's 31 days, and together with state party efforts had $185.9 million in the bank at the end of the month.
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Aug. 3, 2012
For all the numbers swirling in recent days about personal income tax rates, the July jobs report brings the two figures that could most influence the presidential election: the number of total jobs created and the overall unemployment rate.
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Aug. 3, 2012
It's early. It's August. Once the Olympics are over, the party conventions begin and voters will start paying attention. It would be nice if, when that happens, they have something ennobling to listen to.
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Aug. 2, 2012
Romney's campaign is trying to win over middle class voters by promoting Mitt Romney's tax plan, which would lower individual tax rates. Judy Woodruff talks to Tax Policy Center's Bill Gale and Tax Foundation's Scott Hodge about a new study that states the rich, not the middle class, stand to benefit most from Romney's plan.