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Obama, Romney to crisscross in New Hampshire
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney are barnstorming across battleground states in their quest for the White House, but on Friday the two will find themselves in the same small corner of America. A day after Obama officially accepts his Democratic Party’s nomination on Thursday,…
TransCanada submits new U.S. route for Keystone pipeline
WASHINGTON — Pipeline operator TransCanada on Wednesday offered to re-route its planned Keystone XL pipeline to avoid environmentally sensitive areas as it carries oil from Canada’s tar sands to US refineries. The new route was designed based on feedback from Nebraska’s environmental department and “extensive” public comment sessions, TransCanada said.…
Obama and Romney’s economic plans compared
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — The health of the US economy is set to dominate the second day of the Democratic convention in Charlotte, North Carolina Wednesday, offering a rejoinder to Republican attacks over President Barack Obama’s economic management. Here is a side-by-side comparison of Obama and Mitt Romney’s plans to…
Lewinsky’s rabbi to lead prayer after Clinton speech
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Former US president Bill Clinton may wish there were a few more degrees of separation between him and the next speaker at the Democratic convention on Wednesday. Shortly after “Bubba” takes to the stage in Charlotte, North Carolina to give his prime-time address in defense of…
Dems move Obama’s convention speech to smaller indoor space in face of weather woes
Bad weather has forced President Barack Obama to move Thursday’s major re-election pitch away from a 70,000-seater stadium to a much smaller indoor venue, organizers said. “We have been monitoring weather forecasts closely and several reports predict thunderstorms in the area,” the Democratic National Convention Committee said Wednesday. “Therefore we…
Tickets for Obama’s nomination speech selling big
His approval rating may be under 50 percent but some Americans are still willing to pay good money to hear President Barack Obama speak. With the 2012 election campaign in full swing, Obama will make a high-profile pitch to voters Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Democrats’ are holding their…
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien confronts Tea Party Express spokeswoman over ‘very odd comment’
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien on Tuesday questioned Tea Party Express spokeswoman Amy Kremer over why she accused President Barack Obama of not loving the United States. “Do you think that President Obama doesn’t love this country? What does that mean?” O’Brien asked. “I think that he is more about being a…
Republicans slam Obama as debt tops $16 trillion
WASHINGTON — Republicans pinned America’s “crushing” fiscal burden squarely on President Barack Obama on Tuesday after the national debt passed $16 trillion just before the Democratic National Convention opened. The US debt stood at $10.6 trillion when Obama took office in 2009, but by implementing an economic stimulus plan aimed…
5 Questions For: Southern atheists at the Democratic Convention with mixed feelings about Obama
A majority of Americans said for the first time in 2011 that they would vote for an atheist for president, but a large group of Southern non-believers at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday told Raw Story that the country had also regressed during President Barack Obama’s first term. Three…
Country singer Hank Williams insists ‘Muslim’ Obama ‘hates cowboys’
Appearing at the Stockyards Music Festival in Forth Worth, Texas on Sunday night, 62-year-old country music singer Hank Williams Jr. told the Texas crowd that President Barack Obama is secretly a “Muslim” who “hates cowboys” and other various southern past times like farming and fishing. That’s not all he said,…
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