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Friday, September 21, 2012

Election 2012: VP candidate Ryan heckled, booed at retiree event

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09/21/2012

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

VP candidate Ryan heckled, booed at retiree event

(Reuters) - Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan received a chilly reception from a seniors' group on Friday as he argued that popular health and pension programs for U.S. retirees need to be overhauled to ensure their stability.

Romney paid $1.9 million in taxes in 2011: campaign

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney paid $1.9 million in taxes on more than $13 million in income in 2011 for an effective tax rate of 14.1 percent, his campaign said on Friday ahead of the promised release of the full return later in the day.

Analysis: Romney can still win, but it won't be easy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The last few weeks have been ugly for Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney.

Romney campaign paid bonuses to top staff in August

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The campaign of Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney rewarded at least nine staff members with a total of more than $200,000 in bonuses after he clinched the party's nomination in late August.

Unemployment rates rise in some election swing states

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The unemployment rate rose last month in some states considered key to the U.S. presidential election, including Iowa and Nevada, data from the Labor Department showed on Friday.

Romney, Ryan said to be in excellent health

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney is physically fit with no serious ongoing conditions and appears younger than his age, according to a letter from Romney's doctor released by the campaign on Friday.

Obama, allies score financial win over Romney in August

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic President Barack Obama and his allies scored a victory in August over Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his backers in the race for campaign money, financial disclosures showed Thursday.

Obama says Romney hasn't "gotten around a lot"

CORAL GABLES, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday that Mitt Romney's comment disparaging 47 percent of Americans as victims meant the Republican candidate had not "gotten around a lot."

Obama: not getting immigration reform was "biggest failure"

CORAL GABLES, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told a Hispanic audience on Thursday that his inability to overhaul U.S. immigration laws was the biggest shortcoming of his first four years in office, but he blamed Republican lawmakers for standing in the way.

Brown presses Warren on ethnicity issue in Massachusetts Senate debate

BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts Republican Senator Scott Brown slammed Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren's claim she is part Cherokee as they squared off in a televised debate on Thursday in one of the country's most closely watched U.S. Senate races.