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Study finds wealthy donors lean toward centrist candidates
WASHINGTON -- Ever since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010 struck down restrictions on the ability of corporations to spend money in political campaigns, Democrats have been warning their followers that a tidal wave of...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Parties and Movements, Sheldon Adelson
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No verdict in sight yet for John Edwards
GREENSBORO, N.C. — For weeks, the focus of the John Edwards campaign finance trial was the former senator's adulterous behavior and his convoluted attempts to cover it up. Now, after seven tedious days of jury deliberations and no verdict in sight,...
Tags: Politics, Judges, Justice System, John Edwards, Campaign Finance
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Romney clinches GOP nomination, focuses ahead
WASHINGTON — In a footnote to the long and often caustic Republican primary contest, Mitt Romney surpassed the number of delegates needed to clinch the presidential nomination Tuesday night by winning the Texas primary.
The former Massachusetts...Tags: Republican Party, Wolf Blitzer, Primaries, Parties and Movements, Mitt Romney
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Romney clinches GOP nomination, but faces fallout from the primaries
Mitt Romney’s victory in the Texas primary on Tuesday gives him enough delegates to capture the Republican presidential nomination, but he remains some distance from recovering from the damage caused by months of tussling with rivals in his own...
Tags: Republican Party, Immigration, Parties and Movements, Mitt Romney, Minority Groups
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Obama has big edge in California, poll shows
The potent mix of voters that has powered Democratic presidential victories in California for a generation overwhelmingly supports President Obama's bid for reelection, forming a demographic wall blocking Republican Mitt Romney from the biggest pot of...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Cathleen Decker, Parties and Movements, Rick Santorum
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Egypt's presidential candidates busy with spin ahead of runoff
World NowEgypt's presidential candidates were busy Saturday polishing sound bites and stretching the facts a bit as they re-marketed themselves as guardians of the uprising that overthrew Honsi Mubarak and led to the nation's first free election for a leader since... -
Swing district in Ventura County may create opening for independent candidate
Daniel Mintz recently had a chance to see California's new election system up close, and it was an eye-opener. An official with the political organization MoveOn.org, Mintz was in California to work with his group's favored candidates, including a...
Tags: Republican Party, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Politics, Parties and Movements, Tony Strickland
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Romney starts to chip away at Obama's big fundraising lead
WASHINGTON — Effectively clinching the Republican presidential nomination last month allowed Mitt Romney's campaign to marshal larger checks and chip into President Obama's huge lead in the money chase heading into the general election.
Romney...Tags: Harold Hamm, Republican Party, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Air Transportation Industry
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The PRI peril in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — The Mexican version of the old Soviet Politburo is poised to make a comeback, with potentially disastrous consequences for North America. In 2000, the world hailed the end of more than 70 years of rule by the Institutional...
Tags: Mexico City, Politics, Communist Party, Regional Authority, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
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Mexico political party suspends former official in drug-money scandal
World NowMEXICO CITY -- The political party expected to win Mexico's upcoming presidential election sought Wednesday to distance itself from a former high-ranking official embroiled in a drug-trafficking and money-laundering scandal. Tomas Yarrington, a former... -
Latino analysts dubious of Rubio's potential benefit for Romney
Handsome, youthful, Cuban American and Republican, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has been mentioned repeatedly as a potential running mate for Mitt Romney — in part because of hopes that the presence of the first Latino on a major national ticket...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Immigration, Parties and Movements, Sonia Sotomayor
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McManus: Americans Elect meets reality
What happens if you start a political party and nobody comes? Six months ago, a newfangled third party burst onto the scene, full of hope and promise. It was called Americans Elect, and it sought to give voters a choice many said they were looking for:...
Tags: Republican Party, Hillary Clinton, Parties and Movements, Primaries, Michael Bloomberg
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