2012 United Presidential Election and Natural disasters in Politics

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Romney: Ryan's skills as a campaigner unexpected
Republican Mitt Romney says he didn't realize how effective Paul Ryan would be as a campaigner when he picked him as his running mate. Speaking to ...
Akin cares little about pressure from GOP leaders
Until this week, Rep. Todd Akin was virtually unknown beyond his suburban district, associated more with his deep religious convictions than any ...
AP-GfK poll shows most expect Obama to win
Most Americans expect President Barack Obama to win a second term — including more than a quarter of Republican Mitt Romney's supporters, a new ...
Everything changing for convention coverage
On the surface, television networks will cover the upcoming Republican and Democratic national conventions much like they have the past few election ...
Congress warned of recession from budget stalemate
A stalemate between Democrats and Republicans that ends up boosting taxes and slashing federal spending in January would likely thrust the nation into ...
SEC mandates company disclosures on mineral use
U.S. regulators mandated Wednesday that public companies disclose information about their use of minerals from Congo, where militias linked to ...
Spending missteps make Brown tax plan a hard sell
California Gov. Jerry Brown has made austerity a hallmark of his administration, telling state workers they must turn in their cellphones, selling off ...
THE RACE: GOP fighting fires on abortion, Medicare
Heading into next week's GOP convention, Republicans are finding themselves confronting controversies over Medicare and abortion — far from the issues ...
Outside money pouring into Ohio's Senate race
Nowhere is as much money being spent on a Senate race this year as in Ohio, where liberal Democrat Sherrod Brown is seeking a second term, his fate ...
AP-GfK poll shows White House race still tight
For all the attention it got, Republican Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate has not altered the race against ...
Democrats seek to tie Akin to House candidates
Meet the newest campaign issue for House Democrats: Todd Akin. From Colorado to New Hampshire to Illinois, Democrats already are using the incendiary ...
Mo. lawmaker still defiant, won't quit Senate race
Rep. Todd Akin defied the nation's top Republicans and refused to abandon a Senate bid that has been hobbled by fallout over his comments that women's ...
Special operators to anti-Obama groups: zip it
A group of retired special operations and CIA officers who claim President Barack Obama revealed secret missions and turned the killing of Osama bin ...
Appeals court removes key civil service protection
A federal appeals court ruling that has taken key civil service protection away from government employees involved in national security work will have ...
Romney pushes on with discredited welfare attacks
Mitt Romney claims he's got a winner with his criticism that President Barack Obama is giving welfare recipients a free ride. Never mind that aspects ...
Romney in Iowa as Obama greets Las Vegas teachers
President Barack Obama is meeting with teachers at a Las Vegas high school as he promotes his administration's efforts to make higher education more ...
Obama extends federal pay freeze
President Barack Obama told congressional leaders Tuesday that he is extending a two-year pay freeze for federal employees until at least next spring.
Tropical Storm Isaac on GOP convention radar
Forecasters cast a wary eye Tuesday on Tropical Storm Isaac, which was moving west in the Atlantic Ocean and poses a potential threat to Florida ...
GOP platform draft at odds with Romney on abortion
A GOP committee outlined a party platform Tuesday with positions on key social and entitlement issues far more strict than the presidential candidate ...
Obama criticizes Romney over college assistance
President Barack Obama accused rival Mitt Romney of being oblivious to the burdens of paying for college on Tuesday, telling young voters in ...
Biden: Wall St. reform critics 'squealing pigs'
Vice President Joe Biden, who will be in Florida as Republicans gather to nominate their presidential ticket, on Tuesday compared GOP critics of the ...
Romney raising cash from traditionally Dem cities
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who is out-fundraising President Barack Obama by impressive margins, is attracting thousands of donors ...
Washington Monument didn't sink after earthquake
The Washington Monument did not sink any further into the ground as a result of last year's 5.8-magnitude earthquake, government surveyors said in a ...