Category Archives: 2012 Presidential Race

Obama’s approval drops as Americans take a dimmer view of his economic policies

Posted on March 13th, 2013

By Jon Cohen and Karen Tumulty, The afterglow of President Obama’s reelection and inauguration appears to have vanished as increasingly negative views among Americans about his stewardship of the economy have forced his public approval rating back down to the 50 percent mark, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. In December, just after [...]

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Sensing weakness, Karl Rove’s critics pounce

Posted on February 21st, 2013

By MAGGIE HABERMAN      POLITICO For the first time in a dozen years, Karl Rove’s critics smell blood. After his electoral wipeout in November — and motivated by years of resentment that’s spilling over — Rove’s credibility within his own party is at an all-time low. His ability to sell donors on his new endeavor, the [...]

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Mitt Romney: ‘I’m not going away’

Posted on January 26th, 2013

By ANNA PALMER Mitt Romney’s campaign ended, but he’s not getting out of politics. Romney told top Washington bundlers, donors and senior campaign leadership in a meeting Friday morning that he would help out GOP candidates for governor in 2013, during the upcoming midterm elections and the 2016 presidential race, according to two people who [...]

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Abortion opponents march in Washington

Posted on January 26th, 2013

  By Doug McKelway      FOXNEWS Undaunted by bitterly cold temperatures and a forecast for snow, pro-life  marchers came to Washington for the March for Life — as they have for four  decades — determined, they say, to instill a culture of life in a nation that  has seen 55 million abortions since the landmark Roe [...]

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Return of the Real Obama

Posted on January 4th, 2013

The president is dedicated to the expansion of the welfare state. By Charles Krauthammer       NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE   The rout was complete, the retreat disorderly. President Obama got his tax hikes — naked of spending cuts — passed by the ostensibly Republican House of Representatives. After which, you might expect him to pivot to his [...]

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The Superb Mitt Romney

Posted on January 2nd, 2013

By: Jay Nordlinger    NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE About 20 years ago, I often said, “You can say anything about Clarence Thomas. No matter how vile, false, or even racist, you can say it about Thomas, and get away with it. The culture permits it. It’s open season on Clarence Thomas.” Many years later, I said something [...]

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With Election Over, Americans Find They Were Duped By Democrats and Obama

Posted on December 27th, 2012

IBD EDITORIALS Politics 2012: It hasn’t been two months since Barack Obama won re-election, but already we’re finding out things that were kept from us during the campaign. Expect to hear more in the coming months. Elections are clarifying events, we’re told. But sometimes what they clarify is merely the gap between what we were [...]

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Barack Obama, Mitt Romney both topped $1 billion in 2012

Posted on December 8th, 2012

  By KENNETH P. VOGEL, DAVE LEVINTHAL and TARINI PARTI POLITICO Obama: $1.123 billion vs. Romney: $1.019 billion. That’s the final fundraising tally in the most expensive presidential election ever, according to reports filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission by the rival campaigns and party committees. And that doesn’t include an explosion of late [...]

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Henninger: Obama’s Ruinous Course

Posted on December 6th, 2012

    Where in his career did Barack Obama ever learn the art of the political deal? Nowhere.     A wise judge once wrote in dissent that the Constitution is not a suicide pact. Let us now extend that wisdom to presidential elections. Barack Obama says his election victory is a mandate to pursue [...]

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Mitt Romney Lands A Job, Returns To Marriott Board

Posted on December 5th, 2012

  BY Laura Matthews | December 04 2012 11:20 AM Mitt Romney returned to normal life Monday, rejoining the board of directors of hotel chain Marriott International Inc. (NYSE:MAR) from where he resigned prior to making his presidential bid. Marriott announced Romney’s return on Monday, the same day he began his board term. The former [...]

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