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Democrats insist Jerusalem omission in platform ‘not deliberate’
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — A top Democratic official said Thursday that a decision to ditch a party policy naming Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, later ordered reversed by President Barack Obama, was not deliberate. The official weighed in on a row which rattled the first two days of the Democratic National…
Obama orders God, Jerusalem back in platform
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — US President Barack Obama ordered Democrats Wednesday to reinsert references to God and Jerusalem in their party platform, quickly moving to snuff out a damaging political row. The controversy had threatened to detract from the party’s drive to draw a sharp contrast with Republican nominee Mitt…
U.S. voters asked ‘are you better off than 4 years ago?’
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — A simple question that distils much of the debate swirling in America’s Great Recession election appears to have Democrats tied in knots. Inspired by Ronald Reagan’s winning 1980 election pitch, Republicans have urged voters to ask themselves “are you better off today than you were four…
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