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Romney says Obama is no Bill Clinton
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Tuesday that the Obama administration has revived a strain of old-school liberalism that puts its brand of politics far to the left of former President Bill Clinton.
Female leaders in N.J. take pay-equity fight to Christie
Democratic women leaders in New Jersey called for Gov. Chris Christie, a key surrogate and potential running mate for Mitt Romney, on Tuesday to say whether he supports equal pay legislation for women in the state, in an effort to localize the gender gap in the race for the White House and warn women voters nationwide against a Romney-Christie ticket.
Dick Morris: 'Landslide' for Romney
Former Clinton pollster Dick Morris, on Fox News Monday night to talk about two new polls that show Mitt Romney running neck-and-neck with President Obama, told host Sean Hannity that the former Massachusetts governor is headed for a landslide victory in November.
Romney rejects Ron Paul-style austerity
You can almost hear the collective gasp from Ron Paul's loyal band of supporters.
Carney unsure of Obama's support of Rep. Rangel
A White House spokesman couldn't say Monday whether President Obama will support the re-election bid of embattled Democratic Rep. Charles B. Rangel of New York.
Bruning GOP favorite for Nebraska Senate seat
Nebraska state Attorney General Jon Bruning holds a 16-percent point lead over his nearest rival in the race for the Republican nomination for the state's open Senate seat, a new poll shows.
Brokaw: White House Correspondents' dinner hurting the press
Former "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw said Sunday that the glitzy annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner is damaging the perception of the press among the American public.
GOP to grill HHS officials on 'slush' fund in student-loan fight
Republicans next week will grill Health and Human Services Department officials over a controversial prevention fund the GOP wants to slash to pay for keeping student loan rates low.
Dems gleefully revive Santorum's Romney slams
Democrats are having fun rehashing some of the stinging criticism Rick Santorum's leveled at Mitt Romney in the GOP nomination race, just hours before the former rivals are scheduled to try to bury the hatchet during a private meeting in Pittsburgh.
With Gingrich gone, only 380 presidential wannabes left
The presidential race is now down to just a few hundred candidates now that Newt Gingrich has staged his finale and left the campaign trail. Yes, it’s true. There are still 380 hopefuls on the list of those who pine to be president, according to the Federal Election Commission.
RNC campaign parodies Obama '08 sticker
The Republican National Committee is getting ahead of President Obama's official campaign kickoff in Ohio and Virginia on Saturday with a media blitz labeling his re-election drive the "Hype & Blame" tour.
Obama to hold strategy session on judges Monday
President Obama is launching an aggressive new push to move more stalled judicial nominees through the Senate.
Obama extends condolences to Netanyahu on father's death
President Obama called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday morning to offer condolences on the death of his father, historian and author Ben-Zion Netanyahu, who died Monday at age 102.
Would he have ordered bin Laden raid? 'Certainly,' Romney says
Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney said Tuesday that he "certainly" would have given the green light to the Navy SEAL operation that led to the death of Osama bin Laden and that it is "inappropriate" for President Obama to politicize the event.
Ex-Joint Chiefs head decries politicization of bin Laden killing
Adm. Mike Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has joined the chorus of concern about the politicization of Osama bin Laden's killing a year ago Tuesday.
