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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images US vice-presidential candidates Joe Biden and Paul Ryan are preparing for their televised debate on Thursday with the knowledge that a strong performance during the head-to-head from Republican presidential candidate Mitt...
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The Hill
| 8 months ago
He is the Etch-A-Sketch guy, [he] has transformed himself and, quite frankly, we always have to wonder which Mitt is going to show up, said Nutter, an Obama surrogate, on CNN's State of the Union. The Obama campaign has hit back at Romney's well-...
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The Hill
| 8 months ago
Most people understand that Joe Biden has been debating for a long time, said Priebus on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday. Priebus said that while Biden had been the source of numerous gaffes on the campaign trail, Republicans should be cautious.
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Star Tribune
| 8 months ago
Republican Mitt Romney blames President Obama for annual trillion-dollar deficits adding to what is now a $16 trillion national debt. Nonpartisan analysts agree that Obama inherited a bad hand: The 2009 deficit was a projected $1.2 trillion when he...
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Lexington Herald-Leader
| 8 months ago
Herald-Leader columnist Who could have guessed that President Barack Obama would suddenly be depending on Vice President Joe Biden's communications skills to get his re-election campaign back on track? That's right, the same Joe Biden who has an...
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Charlotte Observer Online
| 8 months ago
Saturday, Oct. 06, 2012 Another look some of the statements made by President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney at the first presidential debate of 2012, held Wednesday in Denver. If I'm president, I will help create 12...
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Taiwan News
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney charged ahead with his economic arguments in spite of unemployment dropping to its lowest level since President Barack Obama took office. Obama was planning to spend Saturday celebrating the 20th wedding...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney in Wednesday's debate, "pre-existing conditions are covered under my plan." No, they aren't -- as Romney's own advisers have conceded in the past, and did again after the debate...Well, either that or he was making what amounts to a sick...
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NY Daily News
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney now says his 47%' remark about dependent' Americans was completely wrong' "In this case, I said something that's just completely wrong," Romney said...Friday, October 5, 2012, 1:55 PM "I care about 100%" Mitt Romney insisted, after...
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Fox News
| 8 months ago
FoxNews.com A woman who pressed Republican running mate Paul Ryan for details on his and Mitt Romney's tax plan says she's "outraged" that the Obama campaign tried to spin her inquiry for political purposes. Linda Morrison posed a direct question to...
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USA Today
| 8 months ago
As the debate focus shifts next week to Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, the vice president says his goal is accuracy about what he calls a shifting Republican record. "I don't want to say anything in the debate that's not completely accurate," Biden told...
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The Gleaner
| 8 months ago
The Mitt Romney who demolished President Barack Obama in their first debate of the general-election season wasn't the same candidate at all who has been campaigning for president for the last six years. Romney was no longer the man whose wealth...
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Arizona Republic
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney's Medicare plan won't try to control costs by limiting the payments that future retirees would use to buy private health insurance, aides say, adding detail to a proposal from the GOP presidential nominee that has both intrigued and...
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BBC
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has said his remark that 47% of Americans are government dependent victims was "completely wrong". He made his admission in an interview with Fox News on Thursday, saying that he was committed to "helping...
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Glen Ridge Voice
| 8 months ago
Wednesday's first presidential debate, many Republicans were becoming increasingly gloomy over the prospects of GOP candidate Mitt Romney. Incumbent Barack Obama had inched ahead in the national polls and far more alarmingly for Republicans, the...
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Fox News
| 8 months ago
FoxNews.com Mitt Romney, fresh off what by most accounts was his victory Wednesday night in the first debate with President Obama, said in a Fox News interview that the deadly consulate attack in Libya was a "tragic failure" of security and that the...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
Vice President Joe Biden joined other Democrats in attempting to spin Mitt Romney 's strong debate performance by arguing that the GOP nominee who appeared on stage was not the same one who's been running for well over a year now. In a rare Q&A with...
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Star Tribune
| 8 months ago
TAX CUT Obama and Romney repeatedly sparred over whether Romney has proposed a $5 trillion tax cut. It is true that Romney has proposed "revenue neutral" tax reform, meaning that he would not expand the deficit. However, he has proposed cutting all...
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The Journal Gazette
| 8 months ago
Romney has proposed reducing income tax rates by 20 percent and eliminating the estate tax and the alternative minimum tax. He says his plan would boost growth, while avoiding an expansion of the federal budget deficit because he would curtail...
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International Business Times
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama departs for Denver, Colo., on Wednesday to participate in the first presidential debate of the season at the University of Denver. Obama was a day late in aggressively hitting back at his challenger, who he said on debate night...
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The Tribune
| 8 months ago
Iowa Vice President Joe Biden says Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney renounced his own tax cut during Wednesday's presidential debate. While campaigning in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Biden said a $5 trillion tax cut is the "centerpiece" of...
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Rediff
| 8 months ago
U nited States President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Wednesday exchanged sharp barbs over major domestic policies ranging from economy, taxation, jobs and healthcare to education during the first of the three high-stake...
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Kansas City Star
| 8 months ago
Gov. Romney was clearly very much in command of the facts last night and had solutions."Romney told conservative activists in Colorado Thursday the Nov. 6 election will be a "close-fought battle."Later, he was teaming with running mate Paul Ryan for...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
Both President Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney tossed out a blizzard of statistics and facts, often of dubious origin. Here are some highlights from the first presidential debate of 2012, with thanks to the readers who tweeted suggestions to #...
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Fox News
| 8 months ago
FoxNews.com Mitt Romney energized his campaign for president Wednesday night, charging out of his first debate having by most accounts from both sides of the political spectrum dominated President Obama in a stand-off for which he was evidently well-...
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CNSNews.com
| 8 months ago
Gov. Mitt Romney, asked what he would do about the federal deficit and the federal debt, said Obamacare and PBS are on his hit list because they don't meet his test: Is the program so critical it's worth borrowing money from China to pay for it?...
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Al Jazeera
| 8 months ago
Americas Romney wins first debate with Obama Polls find US Republican party candidate did better in the first of the three televised debates with President Obama. Last Modified: 04 Oct 2012 10:11 Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has been...
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Epoch Times
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (L) during the Presidential Debate at the University of Denver on October 3, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. The two candidates maneuvered...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney agree that the $2.8 trillion US healthcare system is broken, but neither candidate on Wednesday presented voters with a clear idea of how to fix it. Their comments about Medicare,...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney differed sharply Wednesday night over taxes, Medicare and, especially, the record of the last four years in a pointed but largely polite debate that highlighted the deep substantive divide between the two...
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National Public Radio
| 8 months ago
October 4, 2012 Mitt Romney may have given his campaign something of a reset with his performance in the first debate against President Obama. He appeared more comfortable on stage than the incumbent, and was able at least to lay the groundwork for a...
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Boston Globe
| 8 months ago
After months of dueling attack ads and long-distance sparring, President Obama and Mitt Romney outlined and dissected their competing plans to stimulate the sputtering economy on Wednesday night in the first presidential debate of the 2012 general...
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Zee News
| 8 months ago
49 Zeenews Bureau Washington: In a bid to infuse new life into a campaign injured by a secret video leak, Republican challenger Mitt Romney managed to gain lead over the incumbent President Barack Obama as the two clashed over economy, healthcare and...
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MarketWatch
| 8 months ago
President Obama entered the first debate of the 2012 general-election campaign having been president for just a few months short of four years. He focused primarily not on his record as president but on his interpretation of Mitt Romney's proposals...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 8 months ago
Challenger Mitt Romney used Wednesday's debate to put President Barack Obama on the defensive on health care, jobs and other issues. The president's reluctance to fire back harshly gave new hope to Republican partisans. Romney managed to highlight...
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Truthdig
| 8 months ago
In Wednesday night's debate, he moved from the right to the center, where he needs to be in order to win the presidency. Unfortunately, President Barack Obama let him get away with it in their debate at the University of Denver. He did challenge...
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Summit Daily News
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talk at the end of the first presidential debate in Denver, Wednesday. In a showdown at close quarters, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney repeated a somewhat misleading claim that President Obama cut $716 billion out of the Medicare program for current beneficiaries. The president's healthcare law does reduce future spending on Medicare, but those savings are obtained by...
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Arizona Republic
| 8 months ago
The debate brought a constant tug-and-pull over the facts: Obama's version versus Romney's. Romney accused Obama of mischaracterizing several parts of his agenda, from taxes to Wall Street reform. Romney told the president that as the father of five...
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Boston Globe
| 8 months ago
The board that will dictate health care coverage: Romney said the Independent Payment Advisory Board created under the Affordable Care Act would dictate what services Medicare enrollees should get. The board would make recommendations to Congress to...
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CNN
| 8 months ago
Following is a transcript of Wednesday evening's presidential debate in Denver...Let's have a terrific evening, for all of you and for our country. Good evening from the Magness Arena at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. I'm Jim Lehrer of...
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Al Jazeera English
| 8 months ago
37 Romney went on the attack early, hammering the president on his economic record [Reuters] US president Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney met in Denver for a contentious but largely unmemorable debate in which each man...
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The Denver Post
| 8 months ago
Good evening from the Magness Arena at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. I'm Jim Lehrer of the "PBS NewsHour," and I welcome you to the first of the 2012 presidential debates between President Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, and...
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Arizona Republic
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama says Republican rival Mitt Romney would turn Medicare into a private system and put seniors at the mercy of insurance companies. Romney counters that the incumbent Democrat already has raided the Medicare fund and weakened the...
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Associated Press
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney spun one-sided stories in their first presidential debate, not necessarily bogus, but not the whole truth...Romney has promised to balance the budget in eight years to 10 years, but he hasn't...
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MarketWatch
| 8 months ago
When the presidential candidates face off in Denver tonight, issues affecting retirees are guaranteed to be among the night's major subtexts, even if they're not in the foreground. Things to Watch For in Tonight's Debates Ahead of the first...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney debate for the first time Wednesday night at 6 p.m...The 1 1/2-hour debate will be broadcast on all the major news and cable outlets and moderated by PBS television anchor Jim Lehrer...The first...
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Canadian Free Press
| 8 months ago
Health care, the role of government, and philosophy of governing are also on the agenda. The Heritage Foundation's policy experts have submitted 10 questions they would like to see asked in the debate...In 2008, then-candidate Obama said, Under my...
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The New York Times
| 8 months ago
But how many of those words will actually be numbers? Both candidates were poised to cite numbers, figures, statistics and percentages to bolster their arguments and attacks. Most of those numbers have become staples of the Republican and Democratic...
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Money Morning
| 8 months ago
Tonight's presidential debate will be the first time incumbent President Barack Obama squares off against GOP challenger Mitt Romney, in a race that's still too close to predict. According to a trio of national polls published Monday, the two...
