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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Election 2012: Obama campaign turns to Biden for common touch

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03/15/2012
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Obama campaign turns to Biden for common touch
TOLEDO (Reuters) - In a presidential election that could feature two Harvard-trained candidates not known for their common touch, President Barack Obama's campaign deployed a new weapon on Thursday: Vice President Joe Biden.
Super-PAC donors: The repo man backing Romney
ALPHARETTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Roderick Aycox is not nearly as well known as some of the hedge fund managers and Wall Street financiers giving large checks to the super-PAC supporting Mitt Romney in his quest for the presidency. In fact, since such PACs are officially independent of their candidates, Romney might well know nothing about him.
Romney, allies launch ad war for Illinois primary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the wild race for the Republican presidential nomination, there has been one constant: When Mitt Romney really needs to do well in a state, he and his allies pour money into ads, most of which attack his rivals.
Obama hits back at Republicans on gas prices
LARGO, Maryland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama accused Republican presidential candidates on Thursday of playing election politics over high gasoline prices, and mocked them for resisting development of alternative energy sources.
Santorum to Puerto Rico: Speak English if you want statehood
SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told Puerto Ricans on Wednesday they would have to make English their primary language if they want to pursue U.S. statehood, a statement at odds with the U.S. Constitution.
Romney's "island strategy" pays off in delegate race
Neither is Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands or the North Mariana Islands.
As Gingrich stumbles on, many see a Romney-Santorum race
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - It turns out that Newt Gingrich will not take "no" for an answer.
Time and math work against Santorum's White House bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rick Santorum is winning the hearts of Republican conservatives but the cold realities of time and math are working against his presidential election effort.
Gingrich campaign in doubt after Southern losses
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich may not be ready to admit it, but his presidential hopes are all but over and calls will be getting louder for him to step aside.
Insight: Obama's oil tanker dilemma: Vex unions to win Pennsylvania?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama faces a vexing decision this spring that is forcing him to weigh the pain of high gasoline prices for swing voters in Pennsylvania against the loyalty of his union base: whether to allow foreign oil tankers to carry fuel between U.S. ports.
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