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Election 2012: Romney tries to move beyond Britain gaffes

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07/27/2012

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Romney tries to move beyond Britain gaffes

LONDON (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Mitt Romney tried to pick up the pieces on Friday after one British tabloid declared him an Olympics "party pooper" and even some of his supporters gave him the thumbs down for criticizing his host country.

Obama signs Israel security bill on eve of Romney visit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed a bill on Friday to strengthen U.S.-Israeli military ties as he sought to reassure American Jewish voters of his commitment to the two countries' close alliance on the eve of a visit to Israel by his Republican rival, Mitt Romney.

U.S. campaign: Before the convention, there's the commute

That could be the universal greeting at the Republican National Convention next month, when about 50,000 people arrive in Tampa, Florida, to celebrate Mitt Romney's nomination as his party's presidential nominee.

Religion has little impact in U.S. race: poll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The religious faiths of President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will have little weight in November's presidential election, a poll showed on Thursday.

Romney's adventure abroad begins with stumbles

LONDON (Reuters) - By the end of presidential candidate Mitt Romney's first full day in London on Thursday, he had been the target of a verbal jab from the British prime minister and had been mocked by the city's mayor, who spoke before a cheering crowd.

For Romney, London visit has some risks

LONDON (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's trip to London is intended to enhance his credibility as a world figure in the run-up to the November 6 election but it also could turn a spotlight on some of his political vulnerabilities.

Romney resists specifics on VA policy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is raising some of the same complaints about veterans' plight that then-Senator Barack Obama did four years ago, as both sides gear up for an election in which the veteran vote in swing states could be of critical importance.

"Anglo-Saxon" quote overshadows start of Romney tour

LONDON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney began a foreign tour on Wednesday forced to disavow a report that an adviser had accused President Barack Obama of not understanding the shared "Anglo-Saxon heritage" of Britain and the United States.

Obama pledges to tackle gun violence after Colorado killing

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday to work with leaders of all political stripes to "arrive at a consensus" on how to reduce gun violence across the United States after the Colorado shootings highlighted the issue in an election year.

In Texas Senate runoff, Tea Party seeks another upset

GARLAND, Texas (Reuters) - In a windowless room at a Holiday Inn outside Dallas, U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz pleaded with Tea Party movement activists recently to tap their social networks and pocketbooks in the final days of a brutal Republican primary runoff against Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst.