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Aug 01 2015
News
Joe Biden keeps watchful eye on 2016 race
Vice President Joe Biden has yet to rule out a 2016 presidential campaign and is likely to wait beyond August to decide, several Democrats say, allowing him to watch as the contest unfolds before determining whether he could make a viable late entry into the race.
While Biden has done little to lay the groundwork for a po
CNN Digital
Oct 02 2013
News
Obama, lawmakers to meet on shutdown's 2nd day
President Barack Obama called top lawmakers to the White House on Wednesday as Republicans rejected Democratic demands to vote on legislation ending a two-day partial government shutdown without changes to the nation's three-year-old health care law.
Townhall
Feb 19 2020
News
Exclusive: Ahead of 2020 election, a 'Blue Wave' is rising in the cities, polling analysis shows
As Republican President Donald Trump seeks a second term in November, Americans’ interest in voting is growing faster in large cities dominated by Democrats than in conservative rural areas, according to an analysis of Reuters/Ipsos national opinion polls.
If the trend lasts until Election Day on Nov. 3, it would be a reversal from the 2016 election when rural turnout outpaced voting in
Reuters
Sep 29 2013
News
Republicans may have an edge with independent voters. Can they use it?
Understanding the independent voter is the white whale of politics. Strategists in both parties spend inordinate amounts of time trying to grasp why these fence-sitters feel the way they feel — and what message makes them vote Democratic or Republican on Election Day.
Washington Post
Jul 16 2019
News
Congresswomen hit back after Trump's tweets branded racist
The four US congresswomen attacked by US President Donald Trump in tweets widely called racist have dismissed his remarks as a distraction.
Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib urged the US people "not to take the bait" at a news conference on Monday.
Mr Trump had suggested the four women - all US citizens - "can leave".
BBC News
Nov 04 2014
Opinion
OPINION: It’s Obama, Stupid
It’s all over now but the counting and the shouting. This has been a remarkable midterm election that became more the referendum on a presidency than usual. It’s as though every Republican campaign had rewritten Bill Clinton’s Democratic campaign cry and posted it over the door at campaign headquarters: “It’s Obama, Stupid.”
Washington Times
Nov 04 2014
News
Not a political junkie? 50 election facts to help
The main political result everyone is waiting for is whether Democrats keep control of the Senate, which they've held since 2006. While a shift in the balance of power is the big drama, there is more at stake in every state.
Here are 50 facts to help you understand what's happening in the election.
USA TODAY
Feb 18 2020
News
President's Day scrape: Trump, Obama spar over who gets credit for robust US economy
President Donald Trump took a President's Day swipe at his predecessor, Barack Obama, as each sought credit Monday for the U.S. economy.
Mocking an earlier Obama tweet as a "con job," Trump blasted Obama for "now trying to take credit for the economic boom taking place under the Trump administration."
The strong robust U.S. economy – including the low 3.6% unemployment – is a
USA TODAY
Jun 16 2012
News
OPINION: Swing-state math breaks for Obama
Ronald Reagan's run to the White House was quickened by sluggish economies throughout America's most important political swing states in 1980. Those states' downturns doomed the then-sitting Democratic president.
Politico
May 05 2013
News
Durbin blasts NRA for 'celebrating' gun vote
The No. 2 Democrat in the Senate criticized the National Rifle Association for cheering the defeat of a recent bipartisan gun control measure and expressed hope that the “political sentiment will change in the upper chamber so the legislation can be brought up again.
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