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Swing states' economic rebounds brighten Obama's prospects
24 May 2012, 12:25 am
A key threshold in how states vote in presidential elections is 8 percent unemployment, according to one analysis. Five of nine Bush-turned-Obama states had lower unemployment rates in April than the 8.1 percent national average, and joblessness in three had dropped below 7 percent.
Biden Touts Auto Recovery to Rally Democrats to Re-Elect
16 May 2012, 3:52 pm
Vice President Joe Biden kicked off a visit to Ohio’s Democrat-rich Youngstown area aimed at bolstering support among party activists by saying the region and nation would be better off with “Obama economics” compared with “Romney economics.”
Richard Lugar faces conservative threat in Indiana Senate race
7 May 2012, 4:27 pm
Sen. Richard G. Lugar (Ind.) will head into Tuesday’s Republican primary as the underdog to a conservative challenger, threatening to end his 36-year tenure not as his party’s elder statesman on foreign affairs but as an ousted moderate who had trouble explaining to voters where he lived. Read full article >>
Lugar’s Statesmanship at Risk in ’Surly’ Election Contest
4 May 2012, 2:19 am
Sitting in a strip-mall campaign office with copies of checks from Sarah Palin and Herman Cain tacked on the wall, Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock calls his contest with Senator Richard Lugar a battle for the “heart and soul of the Republican Party in the Senate.”
Lugar, Mourdock on Republican U.S. Senate Primary
3 May 2012, 8:23 pm
May 4 (Bloomberg) -- Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, and Senator Richard Lugar talk with Bloomberg's Mark
niquette about their primary race. Polls have shown the race is close heading into the May 8 party primary.
Romney Focuses on Economy Vying With Obama for Youth Vote
27 April 2012, 5:37 pm
The U.S. economy is headed toward a “Greece-like setting” with limited job opportunities for young people, presumed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney told college students in Ohio as he and President Barack Obama compete for support from young voters.
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21 May 2012, 3:19 pm
Ten of the 25 cities with the highest percentage of people living solo are Midwestern industrial enclaves. 870 words, by Mark
niquette and Frank Bass (Bloomberg). One photo. MORMONS — CARROLLTON, Ark. — On Sept. 11, 1857, a wagon train from this part ...
