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New Q Poll shows Romney ahead of Obama in Florida
TALLAHASSEE -- A Quinnipiac University poll shows Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney pulling ahead of President Barack Obama in Florida in what likely will be a close November match-up in the Sunshine State. The poll, released Wednesday, shows...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Newt Gingrich
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Analysis: Romney's 'magic number' to dodge Latino doom
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney won’t carry the Latino vote this year. No Republican nominee for president ever has. But improving his margins among Latinos is crucial to his chances of defeating President Obama, as new poll numbers out of Florida show....
Tags: Minority Groups, Republican Party, Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Charity
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A campaign treading water
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- After all the public hand-wringing over when, if ever, Mitt Romney would clinch the Republican presidential nomination, here we are in mid-May, more than three months before the two national party conventions, essentially marking time in...Tags: Political Candidates, Labor Legislation, Republican Party, Voting, Labor Markets
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Analysis: Gay marriage decision not working in Obama's favor so far
WASHINGTON -- It’s been one week since President Obama, prodded into action by Vice President Joe Biden’s remarks on a Sunday talk show, granted Robin Roberts of ABC News an interview in which he revealed his personal policy shift on gay...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Robin Roberts, Democratic Party, Talk Shows (genre), Parties and Movements
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Steven Kurlander: Let¿s hear some election discussion about a preemptive strike on Iran
Can Presidential politics, for a change, focus on a real and critical issue facing this nation this week? The political tactic of distraction away from the genuine issues confronting our country by the Obama Administration continues unabated. ...Tags: Religion and Belief, Islam, Charles Krauthammer, Sean Hannity, The Washington Post
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Rep. Wasserman Schultz is GOP's No. 2 target
Ozzie deFaria has divined the secret to satisfying the deepest fantasies of South Florida Republican activists – predicting post-Election Day headlines that report the defeats of President Barack Obama and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. The...
Tags: Alex Sink, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Broward College, Herman Cain
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A White House mess over gay marriage
WASHINGTON -- If Vice President Biden continues to make public appearances during this campaign, White House press secretary Jay Carney should be offered a membership in the janitors' union. As things stand, the spokesman does not have the supplies...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Gays and Lesbians, Jay Carney, ABC (tv network), The Associated Press
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News briefs for Thursday, May 3
U.S. ambassador denies blind Chinese activist's claim he was pressured to leave Embassy BEIJING (AP) — U.S. officials said Thursday they are still trying to help a blind Chinese activist who says he fears for his family's safety, and denied he...
Tags: Democratic Party, Junior Seau, Hospitals and Clinics, Parties and Movements, Chernobyl Disaster (1986)
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Romney's limited victories
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- After winning six Super Tuesday state contests -- the primaries in Ohio, Massachusetts, Vermont and Virginia, and the Idaho and Alaska caucuses -- Mitt Romney has reason to crow. Instead, he may be asking himself: If this is victory, what...Tags: Tampa, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Newt Gingrich, NASCAR
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5 things Obama needs to win Florida (or that Republicans must counter)
With 29 electoral votes, Florida is the most glittering prize in this year's presidential election. Without a win in the nation's biggest swing state, it's hard to come up with a scenario that keeps Barack Obama in the White House.
Since 1960, only one...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, Peter Brown, Natural Disasters
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Jobs report a potential turning point in Obama's reelection year
If President Obama wins reelection in November, Friday's jobs report may be remembered as the turning point when he shifted from slight underdog to favorite.
"Where are the jobs?" has been the question at the heart of the Republican case against Obama....Tags: Bill Clinton, Unemployment, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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NBC: PA is a tossup in 2012
Pennsylvania Ave.As President Barack Obama heads to Pennsylvania Tuesday for the second time in a month, NBC released its one-year out battleground map, shifting Pennsylvania from leans Democrat to a tossup in 2012. As NBC puts it: A year out from......
May 24, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 23, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 16, 2012
|Column| Tribune Media Services
May 15, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 15, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 6, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 8, 2012
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
May 3, 2012
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 8, 2012
|Column| Tribune Media Services
Feb 19, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Feb 3, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Nov 7, 2011
| Allentown Morning Call
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