FACT CHECK: Gingrich overstates his Fla. results 06.02.2012, 20:05:49 WASHINGTON (AP) -- After losing Saturday's Nevada caucus race, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich sought solace in what he called an encouraging statistic: that his supporters were turning out to vote more enthusiastically than those of his chief rival, Mitt Romney.... |
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Tax reform in this election year: It's not likely 06.02.2012, 20:43:32 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tax reform sounds like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the popular deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax?... |
Obama bemoans wife being dragged into politics 06.02.2012, 15:12:16 WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says one of the toughest parts about being president is that his wife has been dragged into the "political realm."... |
Romney adds to delegate lead after Nevada victory 06.02.2012, 16:57:55 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney has added to his lead in the race for delegates now that Republican officials in Nevada finished the vote count from Saturday's presidential caucuses.... |
Gingrich shunned lobbying, but hired lobbyists 06.02.2012, 20:36:35 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says his consulting group never lobbied for clients. But his business hired state and federal lobbyists to work with clients, and some staff left to take lobbying jobs, according to lobbying disclosures and corporate reports.... |
Hoekstra's broken English ad draws more criticism 06.02.2012, 16:49:52 LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A coalition of black ministers in Detroit called Monday for U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra to apologize for his Super Bowl ad featuring a young Asian woman speaking broken English to describe the impact of the Democratic incumbent's economic policies.... |
Obama: Negative ads will have role in 2012 race 06.02.2012, 12:36:31 WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the rise of political action committees guarantees that there will be a lot of negative ads in the lead-up to November's presidential election.... |
Romney latest pol to join wait-let-me-explain club 06.02.2012, 19:12:49 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's remark that he's not worried about the very poor, the latest gaffe in a campaign rich with blunders, joins a long list of wait-let-me-explain episodes in presidential election history.... |