Election 2012: No boost for Obama from gay marriage decision

Click to View in Browser 05/15/2012 No boost for Obama from gay marriage decision WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's show 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. Paul hopes to influence Republican agenda at convention WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ron Paul knows he cannot win the Republican presidential nomination so he's looking for the next best thing from the national convention in Tampa: to put his small-government stamp on the party platform. Romney campaign defends JPMorgan loss as market risk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign said on Tuesday that JPMorgan Chase & Co's huge trading losses were an unfortunate part of a free market economy. House Speaker Boehner links debt hike to spending cuts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner drew an election-year battle line on Tuesday, saying he would back an increase in the government's borrowing authority again only if there was just as much in new spending cuts. Nebraska rancher hits U.S. Senate rivals with "political bull" ad Omaha, Nebraska (Reuters) - A female rancher is banking on a humorous "political bull" ad and a high-profile endorsement to win the Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat in Nebraska, where the party sees a chance to cut into the Democratic majority in November's election. U.S. 3rd party group can't find presidential nominee WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A well-funded U.S. non-profit group using the Internet to find a centrist candidate to run for president said on Tuesday it had failed to generate enough interest in any one nominee. Obama camp targets Romney firm as job-killing "vampire" WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign released a video on Monday calling Mitt Romney's private equity firm a job-killing "vampire" that ran a steel mill into the ground, signaling a new effort to carve into Romney's image of corporate success. In good news for Obama, housing markets improve in key states WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kathleen and Brett Sache are building a six-bedroom, six-bathroom home of their dreams in a sought-after corner of northern Virginia after taking encouragement from a robust local market. Obama to attend private equity executive's fundraiser NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is due to attend a fundraiser hosted by one of private equity's leading lights on Monday evening, the same day his campaign launched a scathing attack against his Republican rival Mitt Romney's private equity record. Weary warriors favor Obama COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Mack McDowell likes to spend time at the local knife and gun show "drooling over firearms," as he puts it. Retired after 30 years in the U.S. Army, he has lined his study with books on war, framed battalion patches from his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, a John Wayne poster, and an 1861 Springfield rifle from an ancestor who fought in the Civil War. Related Video Same sex marriage on the campaign trail Ex-White House hopeful Michelle Bachmann is now a Swiss citizen Tales from the Trail Grace Kiser RNC posts 2004 video of Obama calling the deficit under Bush "an enormous problem" Eric M Johnson Super PAC hits Romney on steel mill record 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