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‘Huge shift’ among female voters gives Obama lead in battleground states
There is often a gender gap between the two political parties, with woman voters tending to favor the Democrats while a majority of men support Republican candidates. In recent weeks, however, as the Republican Party has become embroiled in the contraception issue, that gap has widened into an abyss. A…
Poll shows GOP primary slog helps Obama
As the Republican presidential primary drags on, President Barack Obama is only getting more popular, a new poll released Wednesday night (PDF) found. Worse still for Republicans, the poll also indicates that a large majority still blame former President George W. Bush for poor economic conditions. Overall, the president’s chief…
White House to Romney: Cold War over
WASHINGTON — The White House on Wednesday praised Russia’s cooperation as it hit back against fresh charges by rival Mitt Romney that President Barack Obama has shown “breathtaking weakness” toward Moscow. The comments were the latest salvoes in a row over Russia policy, triggered after Obama was caught on an…
Lou Dobbs accuses Obama of encouraging Treyvon Martin controversy
A solicitation published this week to micro-blogging service Twitter by the Obama campaign, promoting Obama 2012 sweatshirts and other apparel, was seemingly too much for two Obama critics to endure without comment. Appearing on Fox Business last night, former CNN pundit Lou Dobbs accused President Barack Obama of creating and…
Obama hits back in Russia ‘hot mike’ row
US President Barack Obama Tuesday hit back at Republicans who pounced after he was overheard telling Russia’s leader he could be more flexible over a missile defence row following November’s election. Republicans said Obama’s comments in Seoul Monday to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev – picked up by a live microphone — suggested that he planned to cave…
Plouffe: Romney the ‘godfather’ of Obama health reforms
White House senior adviser David Plouffe is making the most direct attempt yet to tie Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to President Barack Obama’s health care reforms by referring to him the “godfather” of the law. Speaking to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, Plouffe dismissed low approval ratings for the…
Santorum campaign denies equating ‘sworn enemy’ Ahmadenijad with Obama
A spokesman for Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign has denied that a recent dystopian advertisement subtly equates President Barack Obama and Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The ominous 60-second ad, “Obamaville,” shows boarded-up buildings and empty playgrounds, suggesting that Obama is destroying the United States. “Small businesses are struggling and families are…
Funny or Die’s Obama releases ‘Hipster Stimulus Plan’
The folks at the comedy website Funny or Die decided that the most important policy initiative that President Obama could create for America is addressing the nation’s growing hipster population. So with all that said, the “president” recently traveled out to Los Angeles to present his “Hipster Stimulus Plan.” And…
Newt Gingrich calls Obama comment on Trayvon Martin ‘disgraceful’
Most observers took President Obama’s comment that the killing of Trayvon Martin hit him particularly hard because “if I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon” as a very normal human reaction. However, at least one person — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich — found it “disgraceful” and “appalling” that…
Gingrich claims ‘elite media’ helping Obama hide his ‘Muslim friends’
In a radio interview on Thursday, Newt Gingrich returned to one of his favorite recent themes, what he calls the “elite media” and their conspiracy to aid and abet the Obama administration. In an article at Huffington Post, the former Speaker of the House is quoted as saying to Sandy…
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