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Seattle Times endorses President Obama for re-election

October 11, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Economy, Education, Foreign Policy, Health care, Media, Obama, States Leave a comment

In an editorial laced with expressions of disappointment about President Obama’s first term, the Seattle Times has, nonetheless, called for the re-election of the

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Finally, a political ad that’s fun to watch

October 10, 2012 Bill Kesler 2012 Election, Campaigns, Children, Humor, Literature/Arts/Film, Politics Leave a comment

A lot of creativity is absent from the current crop of national political ads. According to Studio360’s Kurt Anderson, The real problem with campaign

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Thomas Friedman: Obama vs. Romney on foreign policy

October 1, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Foreign Policy, International Leave a comment

Republicans have traditionally claimed the high ground on national security [rightly or wrongly], and have repeatedly criticized Democratic presidents for being too soft on

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Study debunks Romney myth of makers and takers

September 28, 2012 Madonna Gauding 2012 Election, Campaigns, Government, Ideas, Republicans Leave a comment

Political scientists Suzanne Mettler and John Sides provide the numbers that debunk the Romney view that 53% of the population are hardworking, independent, and

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Obama working to avoid an October Surprise

September 27, 2012 Madonna Gauding 2012 Election, Campaigns, International Leave a comment

What’s an “October surprise?” It’s any negative (or positive) news that breaks right before the November presidential election that has the capability to determine

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Romney to export Illinois jobs on Election Day

September 26, 2012 Mike Davis 2012 Election, Business, Charity & Justice, Corporations, Employment, Illinois/Midwest, Politics, Republicans One comment

Mitt Romney’s campaign has come under fire for a number of gaffes recently, but one action by the company he cofounded, Bain Capital, is

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What does it really mean to be a worker?

September 25, 2012 Arthur Lieber Corporations, Economy, Employment, Labor and unions, Republicans, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

As Paul Krugman reports in the September 21 issue of the New York Times, Mitt Romney seems to have a very different interpretation of

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The Romney/Bain sociopathic business model

September 21, 2012 Madonna Gauding 2012 Election, Republicans One comment

Romney is proud of his business record. He wants us to elect him so he can bring his stellar business acumen to the running

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2012 Presidential Debate Schedule

September 20, 2012 Madonna Gauding 2012 Election, Campaigns Leave a comment

Be sure to mark your calendar for the upcoming presidential debates. Each debate will be broadcast live on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and PBS,

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Lttle ditty ’bout Mitt on tape

September 19, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Humor, Republicans Leave a comment

Each one of the donors kicked in 50 grand, To hear where their candidate’s policies stand. He gave them an earful, but he didn’t

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