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Ryan paid a higher federal tax rate than Romney
When it comes to their federal taxes in the last two years, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has paid a lower federal tax rate than his ...
Romney and Obama now fight for edge on Medicare
The jobs-and-economy election suddenly seems all about Medicare — for now, at least. Republican Mitt Romney is embracing a topic his party usually ...
2012 conventions embrace social media openness
Democrats and Republicans are using social media to turn their national conventions away from the smoke-filled rooms of yore and into meetings where ...
Black journalists protest debate exclusion
A group of black journalists says it is disappointed in the lack of ethnic diversity among the people chosen to moderate presidential debates.
For Ryan, physical fitness a lifelong endeavor
Paul Ryan's dogged commitment to fitness and healthy living can be traced to 1986 when, at age 16, he found his father dead of a heart attack in the ...
Obamas get personal as a way to get election votes
He talks about his single mother and the grandmother who helped raise him. He tells voters he misses his wife when they're apart. She tells voters ...
Call for Spanish language political spending
Just a month after Forbes Magazine recognized the Hispanic television market as "the next media jackpot," some are complaining that Hispanic media ...
Obama raises Ryan stature, tears down his policies
Mitt Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan, gets these glowing testimonials on the campaign trail: "An articulate spokesperson for Gov. Romney's vision.
Obama campaign makes tax offer to Romney team
President Barack Obama's campaign offered Mitt Romney a deal: If he releases a total of five years of tax returns, Obama's team won't criticize him ...
Wisconsin center of Republican wave
Wisconsin Republicans seem to have it all. Native son Paul Ryan is Mitt Romney's running mate. Gov. Scott Walker is a national conservative hero after ...
Fake followers newest ploy, accusation in politics
Forget ballot box irregularities. There's a virtual dust-up under way over how Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney amassed more than 100,000 ...
Paul Ryan's ideas nurtured by top conservatives
Paul Ryan's mentors have included some of the biggest conservative names of recent decades, among them Jack Kemp and Bill Bennett. Yet the ideological ...
China, US political campaigns show stark contrasts
The world's two biggest economies are entering the final stages of political campaigns to pick their national leaders. But that's where similarities ...
Romney: Never paid less than 13 percent in taxes
Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney declared Thursday he has paid at least 13 percent of his income in federal taxes every year for the past ...
Challengers of Pa. voter photo ID law file appeal
Strategies will shift as the first court battle over Pennsylvania's new law requiring voters to show valid photo identification heads to the state ...
Some states try to fill national gun control void
OVERVIEW: The July 20 shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater that killed 12 people has prompted Democratic leaders in at least three large states ...
Biden vs Ryan: No. 2s key in White House campaign
Paul Ryan likes exercise, budget charts and the Green Bay Packers. Joe Biden likes train rides, foreign policy and talking — a lot. In some ways, ...
Big-name no-shows for the GOP, Dem conventions
Sarah Palin and George W. Bush won't be in Tampa, Fla. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Al Gore won't make the trip to Charlotte, N.C. And scores of other ...
Silversun Pickups object to Romney's use of song
The Silversun Pickups want Mitt Romney's presidential campaign to immediately stop the use of the rock group's song "Panic Switch." And the Romney ...
THE RACE: Road rage on this year's campaign trail
A little road rage has entered the campaign trail. The presidential race has heated to a boil since Mitt Romney chose Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his ...
Undoing Obama Medicare cuts may backfire on Romney
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's new promise to restore the Medicare cuts made by President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law could ...
Ryan on Medicare: 'We will win this debate'
Facing what is emerging as a defining issue, Mitt Romney running mate Paul Ryan on Wednesday invited debate over his controversial proposal to ...
Romney seeks to undercut Obama's likability lead
Mitt Romney is portraying the outwardly calm President Barack Obama as a man seething with animosity and power lust as the Republicans seek to ...
Hard hits follow Romney promise to elevate debate
Just days ago, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stood with newly minted running mate Paul Ryan and promised a campaign focused on big ...