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Isaac's impact on the GOP
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- Hurricane Isaac may have spared Tampa its most severe hit, but the Republican National Convention taking place there nevertheless has been left with a clean-up job regarding the Grand Old Party itself. With all but the ceremonial acceptance...Tags: Barack Obama, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Isaac (2012), Social Issues, U.S. House Committee on the Budget
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Letters to the editor: Gold Star mothers, race for Congress, GOP war on women
Remember the Gold Stars Editor: Gold Star Mother's Day will be observed on Sunday, Sept. 30. According to VFW magazine: Specially recognizing the families, especially mothers, of Americans killed in war dates officially back to World War I. When a...
Tags: Feminism, Crime, Law and Justice, Georgetown, Insurance, Barack Obama
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INKED! RNC a mere formality on the road to 2016
Between a message that massaged the truth shiatsu-style and the tepid support for the robotic Romney-Tronic 2012, it’s as if the Republican National Convention was about killing time. What we witnessed was a rally for 2016, and the hopes that the...
Tags: Plant Closings, Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement, 2012 Republican National Convention, Chris Christie
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McMahon's Media Manager Mess: Not A Good Sign For Her Campaign
Erin Isaac, Tim Murtaugh, Todd Abrajano. Those are the names of the three people Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon has gone through in trying to find the right person to manage her campaign press operation. And it's all happened in less than...
Tags: Republican Party, Linda McMahon, U.S. Senate, Charlie Crist, Mitt Romney
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Romney arrives at condensed GOP convention
Mitt Romney arrived Tuesday at the condensed Republican National Convention in Tampa as organizers kept a nervous eye on Hurricane Isaac churning toward Louisiana's coast. The storm caused a one-day delay in the convention agenda, but Republican...
Tags: Polls, Barack Obama, Ann Romney, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Isaac (2012)
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Mitt Romney clinches GOP nomination
Mitt Romney officially clinched the GOP presidential nomination Tuesday when a majority of delegates to the Republican National Convention supported his candidacy. To roaring cheers in the packed Tampa Bay Times Forum, the delegation from New Jersey...
Tags: Polls, Barack Obama, Ann Romney, National Government, Claire McCaskill
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An elephant in the room at the GOP convention
KIAHAfter a one-day Isaac delay, the big elephant (www.gopconvention2012.com) show is going strong in Tampa. Tonight`s big draw is Ann Romney. Her task is convincing voters that Mitt has warm and fuzzy parts. There will be lots more, but if you really...Tags: Ann Romney, Republican Party, Ellen Barkin, Hurricane Isaac (2012), U.S. Senate
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Other Voices
Republicans are frantically trying to get U.S. Rep. Todd Akin to drop out of the Senate race in Missouri after his remark about abortion and rape, but not because it was offensive and ignorant. They're afraid he might lose and cost them a chance at a...Tags: Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Barack Obama, Biofuels, Ethanol
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Rape, patriarchy and the bomb
Robert Koehler"Every sperm is sacred . . ." Todd Akin could have worked on the script for the 1983 Monty Python movie, "The Meaning of Life": "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." But wait, there's more. "But let'...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Robert Koehler, Feminism, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Military
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Trapping season
Cal ThomasIt's trapping season. The targets are Republicans, whom the Democratic-friendly media (the trappers) hunt in order to smear -- especially the Romney-Ryan ticket -- forcing them off message. The bait in the latest case is the issue of abortion in cases of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Claire McCaskill, U.S. Senate, Social Issues
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Republican woes with women
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney needed that ludicrous outburst about "legitimate rape" from Republican Senate nominee Todd Akin like he needed a hole in the head. The gaffe may turn out to be another pothole in Romney's already uphill road to narrow President...Tags: Feminism, Barack Obama, Abortion Issue, Election Day, Claire McCaskill
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Challenger Tries to Link Rep. Lungren to Akin's Rape Comments
FOX40 NewsCongressional candidate Dr. Ami Bera has issued a statement linking republican Representative Dan Lungren to Representative Todd Akin, whose comments about rape have angered even his own party. In a press release, Bera pointed out that Rep. Lungren co-...Tags: Curry Todd
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Aug 30, 2012
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Aug 28, 2012
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Aug 24, 2012
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Aug 22, 2012
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Aug 22, 2012
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