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THE RACE: Romney talks up his private-sector days
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney likes to portray himself as a better job creator than President Barack Obama, but he may have a hard time backing up those boasts. "We were able to create over 100,000 jobs," Romney said recently, recycling an old unsubstantiated claim. It is a debatable ...
Jury in John Edwards trial asks for 20 exhibits
The jury in the John Edwards campaign-finance fraud trial is asking to see about 20 more evidence exhibits during its fifth day of deliberations. The jury began its discussions Friday and has occasionally asked to see exhibits over the past few days. Jurors have taken a lunch break and will ...
Jurors in Edwards trial deliberate for 5th day
The jury in the John Edwards campaign finance fraud trial is asking to see about 20 more evidence exhibits during their fifth day of deliberations. The jury will resume talks later Thursday. The former U.S. presidential candidate is accused of orchestrating a plan to funnel about $1 million from two ...
Gloves stay on in quiet NM Senate primary
Four years ago, Heather Wilson gave up her House seat from New Mexico to make a run for a rare opening in the Senate. She lost in a bare-knuckled Republican primary. This year she has the luxury of sitting back as the Democratic successor to her House seat takes a ...
San Antonio-based ed board members face challenges
Conservatives and moderates get a rare opportunity this year to try to stack the State Board of Education with members who will help shape public education in the way each side considers best for Texas school children. All 15 seats are up for re-election this year due to once-a-decade redistricting ...
3 rural SD counties to use electronic poll books
Secretary of State Jason Gant has trained workers in three rural South Dakota counties on using electronic poll books and vote centers. Hyde, Sully and Potter counties will use the new voting system during the June 5 primary election. It'll be the first time vote centers and electronic poll books ...
Search for Romney running mate in audition phase
Mitt Romney's vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions. As his campaign evaluates potential running mates, Republicans with a possible shot at the No. 2 spot on the presidential ticket are starting to engage in unofficial public tryouts for the traditional vice presidential role of attack dog. Democratic ...
Obama to campaign in Iowa, promote energy plan
As President Barack Obama readies for a return to the Iowa State Fairgrounds, his campaign is reminding voters that it was in that same spot where Republican rival Mitt Romney declared last year that "corporations are people." Democrats slammed Romney's assertion as a gaffe that showed the former Massachusetts governor ...
Ohio treasurer returns money under investigation
Ohio treasurer and U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel (man-DEHL') has returned $105,000 in campaign donations that are under federal investigation. Mandel's campaign sent a letter this week to the Suarez Corporation Industries near Canton saying the money was returned to 21 employees of the direct-marketing firm. The letter says the ...
Romney campaign outlines 'day 1' of his presidency
Mitt Romney's campaign has released a new ad promoting "Day One" of a potential Romney presidency, describing which of President Barack Obama's policies the Republican will reverse first if he wins the White House. The ad promises that in his first day in the Oval Office, Romney will announce deficit ...
In Iowa, Obama to tout election-year energy plan
President Barack Obama is returning to Iowa, seeking support for an election-year agenda to spur renewable energy along with a more immediate prize: the state's up-for-grab voters. Obama is pressing Congress to support clean energy tax incentives, part of his congressional "to-do list" that he contends could bolster the economy. ...
Obama, Dems redoubling money efforts to keep edge
His cash advantage threatened, President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts after robust hauls by Republican rival Mitt Romney and a slew of GOP-leaning super PACs that are raking in cash from the party faithful highly motivated to topple the Democrat. Obama still has a significant ...
Obama birth certificate OK by Arizona official
Arizona's secretary of state said Wednesday that Hawaii's official verification of President Barack Obama's birth records meets necessary requirements, meaning the president's name will appear on Arizona's ballot in the fall. The inquiry launched recently by Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett gave official weight to a long-simmering political controversy ...
Romney promotes education agenda, defends Bain
Originally planning to focus on education, Mitt Romney instead reignited the debate over his business credentials on Wednesday, welcoming scrutiny of the private equity firm he co-founded and declaring he's a far more qualified steward of the economy than President Barack Obama. At the same time, Romney said that if ...
Clinton: US wars with al-Qaida on the web
The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida, engaging in a cat and mouse game to replace anti-American al-Qaida ads on Yemeni tribal websites. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that experts based at the State Department swapped al-Qaida ads on Yemeni websites bragging ...
Ga. candidates begin qualifying for office
Candidates are signing up to run for office this week. The qualifying period began Tuesday morning and runs through Friday at noon. Every seat in the state Legislature, as well as the U.S. House of Representatives, are up for grabs. Thousands of county-level offices are also up for election, including ...
Obama team trumpets new polling on gay marriage
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is beginning to express some confidence that the president's historic, yet politically risky, embrace of gay marriage may not hurt him in the November election. In a conference call announcing efforts to get gay and lesbian voters engaged in the Obama campaign, officials said poll ...
As Edwards jury deliberates, speculation grows
John Edwards tried to make eye contact with each juror as they filed into the courtroom Wednesday before heading home after a fourth day of deliberations without a verdict in his campaign finance trial. A former trial lawyer, Edwards is familiar with the old courtroom adage that jurors who return ...
Obama team wrongly says Romney moves goal posts
A spokesman for President Barack Obama's campaign is accusing Mitt Romney of moving the goal posts on unemployment. Actually, that's a fumble of the facts. Romney told Time magazine in an interview published Wednesday that he would bring unemployment to 6 percent, down from the current 8.1 percent. Obama spokesman ...
2nd campaign aide to DC mayor faces charges
A second former aide to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray was charged Wednesday with a federal offense arising from Gray's 2010 campaign and intends to plead guilty, a day after another aide's guilty plea revealed the use of underhanded tactics to get Gray elected. Howard Brooks, a 64-year-old campaign ...
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