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Qatar English Daily
| 7 months ago
US President Barack Obama said yesterday that Mitt Romney had taken a swing and missed when selling his tax plan to Americans, claiming his rival's economic policy does not add up. Obama also said that, after their acrimonious exchange in their...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 7 months ago
Mitt Romney's new TV ad, as alluded to in Comrade Marinucci's story Thursday, tries to Etch-a-Sketch his position on abortion and contraceptives a bit. Or, judging by the flat-out-lie he told at Tuesday's second presidential debate, a lot...First,...
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International Business Times
| 7 months ago
President Barack Obama points at Mitt Romney during their second debate. Two men, with the same number of years in a political chief executive position, are vying for the title. President Barack Obama has four years of experience as America's chief...
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The Columbus Dispatch
| 7 months ago
On television, statewide or at www.mittromney.com/forms/choice. Video: Video of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama from their debate on Tuesday night in New York. Script: Mitt Romney speaking about Obama during the...
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SF Gate
| 7 months ago
Va. (AP) On immigration, taxes and women's issues, Mitt Romney is abandoning his "severely conservative" talk of the Republican primary season and moving sharply to the political center as he looks to sway on-the-fence voters in the campaign's final...
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Truthdig
| 7 months ago
President Obama won the second presidential debate as clearly and decisively as he lost the first. For anyone who disagrees, three simple words: Please proceed, Governor. This icy invitation to Mitt Romney came amid an exchange about the killings of...
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Kansas City Star
| 7 months ago
The ad uses video from Mitt Romney' town hall-style presidential debate with President Barack Obama in Hempstead, N.Y., to attack the president's performance over the past four years. Besides some on-screen writing to emphasize certain points as...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 7 months ago
During a heated Tuesday night showdown, Republican nominee Romney recalled consulting "binders full of women" when he was searching for qualified women to serve in his cabinet when he was governor of Massachusetts. Much like Romney's "Big Bird"...
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Money Morning
| 7 months ago
Romney and vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-WI, have outlined several broad Romney tax plan goals: do not increase the deficit; do not raise taxes on middle income taxpayers; and do not reduce the share of taxes paid by higher-income...
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The Hill
| 7 months ago
Everyone is saying he showed up," said a Democratic former White House aide, adding, "He not only showed up...He showed everyone why he was elected in the first place, and he showed why he's going to win in November." Romney's team conceded nothing,...
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Charlotte Observer Online
| 7 months ago
The battle for womens votes helped shape Tuesday nights debate between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, pushing issues such as equal pay for women and access to contraception to the forefront of the closely fought race.
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Washington Post
| 7 months ago
Governor Romney didn't want to talk last night about how he wants to end funding for Planned Parenthood, Obama said, hitting a common theme throughout his speech, women's health issues...I don't think your boss should control the health care you get.
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Time of India
| 7 months ago
The hot-button issue of outsourcing reared its head in the Presidential debate on Tuesday as both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney jabbed at each other over their ability and plans to create jobs in the United States. China was the punching bag, but...
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Bogota Bulletin
| 7 months ago
President Barack Obama on Wednesday ridiculed challenger Mitt Romney's debate description of receiving "binders full of women," while the GOP nominee said the incumbent's policies have failed female voters. The two bounded out of their quarrelsome...
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Virginian-Pilot Online
| 7 months ago
Barack Obama is criticizing Mitt Romney's approach to a pay equity law, the first bill Obama signed after taking office. At the same time, a top Romney adviser now says he wrongly said Romney had opposed that bill from the start. The tussle is part...
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Wellington Dominion
| 7 months ago
On the seal of the United States, the eagle turns its head toward its right talon, which holds an olive branch, and away from the talon holding 13 arrows...The eagle that hovered between the two candidates in the second debate had the same design,...
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GMA News
| 7 months ago
Fresh off a feisty debate that re-energized Barack Obama's bid for a second term, the Democratic president and Republican rival Mitt Romney headed back on the campaign trail on Wednesday to start their final appeals to undecided voters. With 20...
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Renegade Rip
| 7 months ago
Hannah Breeland, Reporter October 17, 2012 Filed under Opinions The Presidential debate between Sen. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama is the first one I've ever seen. It wasn't half bad and even a little entertaining at some points. Jim Lehrer,...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 7 months ago
In what amounted to a do-over on the subject of wealth and fairness, President Barack Obama took aim on Tuesday night at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney 's personal finances, his tax plan and his once-private comment about the "47...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 7 months ago
In a markedly aggressive performance compared with his first dismal debate with Romney two weeks ago, the President hammered the former Massachusetts Governor on issues ranging from immigration policy and tax cuts to Libya. But the challenger also...
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The Columbus Dispatch
| 7 months ago
Ohio Paul Ryan was the first candidate to offer post-debate spin in Ohio today...Ryan said of his running mate to about 1,200 at Baldwin Wallace University...Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, praised Romney's first debate performance from two...
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
Select a date range Create a custom date range From: To: October 17, 2012 , 8:07 a.m. Picking up where their running mates left off in Tuesday's presidential debate, Vice President Joe Biden joined President Obama 's attack on the "sketchy"...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
Democrats will be cheering after this debate , with good reason. But the Obama they wanted to see aggressive, quick to paint Romney as a re-run of the worst of the Bush years, flashes of indignant fury that his administration's credibility is being...
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Fox News
| 7 months ago
FoxNews.com President Obama bolted out of the second presidential debate after employing a strategy he's used to great effect on the stump -- the power of nope. The words "not true" were a frequent rejoinder for the president, as he took pains to...
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Canadian Free Press
| 7 months ago
Central to it were all the lies President Obama continues to tell about his record in office and about his challenger, Mitt Romney...Time and again he rose to his feet to rebut and debunk those lies and I suspect a lot of people who saw him in the...
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United Press International
| 7 months ago
Mitt Romney distanced himself in the second U.S. presidential debate from George W. Bush , but Barack Obama said Romney policies would be Bush to an extreme. "President Bush and I are different people, and these are different times, and that's why my...
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
In a town-hall-style debate that was supposed to focus on questions from ordinary voters, President Obama and Mitt Romney circled each other on the stage and engaged in finger-pointing displays, arguing over energy, immigration and the deadly attack...
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
Barabak, Los Angeles Times The President Obama who strode the debate stage Tuesday night banished the image of the dull and listless performer who almost single-handedly ushered Mitt Romney back into competition the last time the two met. Combative...
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The Hindustan Times
| 7 months ago
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday scored a clear victory over Mitt Romney in the high-stake second presidential debate, putting up a combative performance as he slammed his Republican presidential rival on issues like outsourcing and Libya. As...
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Mother Jones
| 7 months ago
The president put Romney on the ropes with a fiery debate performanceand ended with a climactic 47-percent punch...Obama entered the second of three rounds with many tasks to accomplish. He had to display vim and vigorat least look as if he wants to...
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Truthdig
| 7 months ago
Oct 16, 2012 President Barack Obama woke up and came back in the nick of time in the second presidential debate Tuesday night, making clear the wide differences between himself and Gov. Mitt Romney. Polls showed the race tightening up after the...
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SF Gate
| 7 months ago
President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney teed up the last three weeks of the presidential election as a question of which man voters can trust to improve the economy. If the undecided voters who questioned the two men in Tuesday's fast-paced...
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Vanity Fair
| 7 months ago
Barack Obama is known to be a tough competitor, especially when he finds himself in a fixand he showed it in his aggressive and sometimes lacerating second debate with Mitt Romney...Encircling each other at multiple points during the town-hall-style...
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
The debate at Hofstra University in New York also featured some of the most provocative theater of the campaign as Romney and Obama both rose from their chairs on an early question about gas prices, and the Republican moved uncomfortably close (by...
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Truthdig
| 7 months ago
Oct 16, 2012 With exactly three weeks to go, and the presidency on the line, time is running out for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to persuade voters. The pressure is on for both candidates, but more so perhaps for Obama, who has seen his poll ratings...
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Miami Herald
| 7 months ago
President Barack Obama leaped back into the presidential campaign Tuesday, aggressively challenging rival Mitt Romney in a tense debate likely to reset the contest as it heads into the final weeks. Obama was all the things he was not in his first...
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
When Katherine Fenton, a young woman, stood to ask former Gov. Mitt Romney and President Obama what they planned to do about the fact that women were still earning only 72% of what their male counterparts earn on average, you could see the...
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Star Tribune
| 7 months ago
Suddenly, the second presidential debate became Barack Obama's second chance. Obama the aggressor showed up this time, and Mitt Romney was ready for it. A newly energetic and aggressive Obama went directly after his Republican challenger starting...
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Al Jazeera
| 7 months ago
20 Obama went on the offensive early, accusing Romney of pushing false numbers on his tax plan [Reuters] US President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney have faced each other in a combative debate that saw both men attack one another...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 7 months ago
Finally some discussions in the presidential debates on working women's issues equal pay for equal work and funding for Planned Parenthood. The question from the audience handed Obama the chance to talk about the Lily Ledbetter Act, his first...
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Chicago Tribune
| 7 months ago
A newly energetic and aggressive President Obama went directly after his Republican challenger starting with the first minutes of their second presidential debate Tuesday night, attacking Mitt Romney 's business record and accusing him of offering a...
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Sacramento Bee
| 7 months ago
President Barack Obama, needing to erase the memory of his dismal showing in the first presidential debate, came on strong Tuesday, forcefully challenging Republican Mitt Romneys stands on the economy, taxes and energy while charging the Republican...
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The Hill
| 7 months ago
Twenty minutes into the debate, the two men were in each other's faces, pointing fingers and talking over each other and moderator Candy Crowley of CNN. Obama, who was criticized for a lackluster performance in the first debate, seemed energized at...
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Miami Herald
| 7 months ago
Governor Romney doesn't have a five-point plan; he has a one-point plan," Obama said during his answer to the debate's first question. Romney's plan was to "make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules" he added, making quick...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 7 months ago
Much as Obama needs to erase the memory of the first debate nearly two weeks ago, Romney will likewise need to turn in a repeat of his strong showing in the initial face-to-face-confrontation, a performance which propelled him into a virtual tie in...
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United Press International
| 7 months ago
Republican U.S. presidential nominee Mitt Romney 's healthcare proposals would leave 72 million uninsured by 2022, a Commonwealth Fund report said Tuesday. The report -- Health Care in the 2012 Presidential Election: How the Obama and Romney Plans...
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The Boston Globe
| 7 months ago
Twenty-one days before Election Day, Debate Two comes as both candidates seek to break out of a neck-and-neck national race with the type of debate performance and vision that could help sway a narrow band of undecided voters in a handful of crucial...
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CNN
| 7 months ago
CNN will offer access to Tuesday's presidential debate coverage starting at 7 p.m. ET on CNN TV, CNN.com and via CNN's apps for iPhone , iPad and Android devices . Web users can become video editors with a new clip-and-share feature that allows them...
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Taiwan News
| 7 months ago
Barack Obama vows to put up a fight Tuesday in his second debate with Republican challenger Mitt Romney, a promise the president will need to keep if he is to overcome his lackluster, momentum-stalling performance in the candidates' first debate two...
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CNN
| 7 months ago
After months of criticism, much of it from fellow Republicans, the machine managing Romney's presidential bid has him gaining support in the final weeks of the race. The latest polls show Romney catching or slightly passing President Barack Obama in...
