Election 2012: Insight: In Ohio, "fracking" boom a delicate issue for Obama

Click to View in Browser 05/16/2012 Insight: In Ohio, "fracking" boom a delicate issue for Obama STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - Out past the vacant storefronts and abandoned buildings, beyond the shuttered steel mills and decaying industrial plants, residents of eastern Ohio suddenly are seeing dollar signs. Pro-Republican group plans $25 million anti-Obama ad blitz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Crossroads GPS, a pro-Republican political group, is planning to spend $25 million in the next month on its largest ad assault against President Barack Obama yet this campaign season. Taxes lurk behind court test of Obama health law WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While Supreme Court watchers focus on the controversial insurance requirement in President Barack Obama's healthcare law, lesser known is that the court's ruling next month will also decide the fate of billions of dollars in new taxes. Nebraska rancher scores upset in Senate primary Omaha, Nebraska (Reuters) - Rancher and state Senator Deb Fischer overcame two longtime state office holders to win the Nebraska Republican primary for the Senate on Tuesday, the second Republican primary upset in a week after an insurgent ousted longtime Indiana Republican Senator Richard Lugar. Obama says won't allow U.S. debt ceiling crisis repeat WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told top lawmakers on Wednesday he was ready to work with Republicans and Democrats on a "balanced" approach to deficit-cutting but would not permit another down-to-the-wire debt ceiling crisis, the White House said. Obama's April fundraising drops to $43.6 million WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and Democratic groups affiliated with it raised $43.6 million in April, a decrease from the previous month despite the start of a robust general election campaign against Republican Mitt Romney. U.S. set to seek G8 support for oil reserve release: Kyodo (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is expected to seek support from other Group of Eight leaders for releasing strategic oil reserves later this summer, as a European Union embargo on Iranian crude comes into effect, Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday, citing sources close to Japan-U.S. ties. House Speaker Boehner reopens debt limit brawl WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner drew an election-year battle line over the U.S. borrowing limit on Tuesday, saying he would back another increase at year-end only if it was offset by a larger package of spending cuts. Obama walks fine line in bashing Romney, courting Wall Street WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For President Barack Obama's re-election team, it's sort of like threading a needle. No boost for Obama from gay marriage decision WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's announcement of support for gay marriage has inflamed political passions but has not given him a bump in popularity, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Tuesday. Related Video President Obama kids David Beckham during White House visit Same sex marriage on the campaign trail Tales from the Trail Grace Kiser Chris Christie, Cory Booker do sketch comedy for Jersey press corps Grace Kiser RNC posts 2004 video of Obama calling the deficit under Bush "an enormous problem" The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend