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Europe
Hollande, Obama Talk Greece Before G-8 Summit
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States Rally In Campaign Finance Legal Battle
()Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending. A copy of the legal brief was obtained by The Associated Press ahead of Monday's filing.
It's All Politics
Haven't Registered To Vote Yet? They're Coming For You()
May 18, 2012 Campaigns, political parties, interest groups — they're all ramping up to register millions of potential voters. The Pew Center on the States estimates there are 51 million unregistered Americans who are eligible to vote. The belief is that even a small number of them could swing the results.
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George W. Bush Will Return To The White House, Briefly()
May 18, 2012 Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, are expected to return to their home of eight years for the unveiling of their official portraits.
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Romney Phones His Campaign Message Into Swing States()
May 18, 2012 Romney took friendly questions by phone from five participants in swing states on Friday. He told those on the call "You folks are going to have a big say in who our next president is" and that they were not called "by random."
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'President Romney's' First Day In Office: All About Reversing Obama Per Ad ()
May 18, 2012 In a new Mitt Romney ad, his image makers try to level the distance between the Republican and the incumbent president by referring three times to "President Romney."
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Negative Coattails: Could Obama Cost Arkansas Democrats The Legislature?()
May 18, 2012 A little-known challenger threatens to embarrass President Obama in the Arkansas primary Tuesday. Although Obama never expected to carry the state in November, his showing could penalize Democrats down the ticket, and could even threaten a hold on the Legislature dating to Reconstruction.
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TED's 'Explicitely Partisan' Talk, Briefly Barred From Its Site, Now Everywhere()
May 18, 2012 A TED Talk challenging conventional wisdom that rich entrepreneurs are the number one job creators is now available for public viewing, after TED organizers originally kept the video private because it was too "explicitly partisan."
Election 2012
GOP Group Abandons Racially Tinged Attack Ad()
May 18, 2012 Republicans unaffiliated with Mitt Romney had planned to spend millions of dollars on a campaign ad connecting President Obama to his controversial former pastor Jeremiah Wright. The idea raises the question, is it possible to redefine Barack Obama this far into his presidency?
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Billionaire Donor Joe Ricketts: From Behind The Scenes To Center Stage()
May 17, 2012 TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts became front-page news Thursday because of a report he was considering a $10 million ad campaign that would attack President Obama over his former pastor. But Ricketts has been quietly funding conservative political causes for the past few years.
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N.C. Politicos Pan Proposed Rev. Wright, Anti-Obama Ad Idea ()
May 17, 2012 We decided to check in with political types in North Carolina, where the electorate is about 72 percent white and 23 percent black, and where polls show Obama and expected GOP nominee Mitt Romney in a dead heat. We asked how ads featuring the incendiary Rev. Jeremiah Wright would play in their state.
House & Senate Races
Tale Of The Tape: Ex-Governors Duke It Out In Va. ()
May 17, 2012 One of the highest-profile political matchups of the season is playing out in Virginia, where former governors with powerful friends and big-money backing are battling for an open U.S. Senate seat. The dead-heat matchup pits Democrat Tim Kaine, 54, against Republican George Allen, 60.
