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Debunking the Romney Ad: The Private Sector Is Doing Fine

Mitt Romney’s television ad is driving me crazy. It’s the one that repeats President Obama’s quote, “The private sector is doing fine,” and shows depressing […]

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Mayor Nutter Says Black Folks Won’t Sit and Listen to Mitt Romney’s Nonsense

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spoke at the NAACP’s annual convention in Houston on Wednesday. Later in the day, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter spoke on […]

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Of Course Obama Is Playing Politics. We All Are.

Two months ago, President Obama told ABC’s Robin Roberts that his position on same-sex marriage had officially evolved. Just over a month later, the President […]

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Obama Campaign Calls Out Donors After Romney Raised $35M More in June

The campaign to re-elect President Barack Obama sent an email to supporters on Monday highlighting the differential in fundraising success between the two presidential candidates. […]

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If You Love Mitt Romney, Vote for Barack Obama

Wouldn’t it be great to live in a place where 98.1 percent of all your neighbors had health insurance? How about a place where 99.8 […]

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Chris Christie to Headline a Mitt Romney Fundraiser in D.C.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will reportedly headline a July 18th breakfast fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at Washington D.C.’s Willard Hotel. The […]

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Rupert Murdoch Urged Chris Christie to Run for President

Rupert Murdoch Likes Chris Christie. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch—and Roger Ailes, chairman of Fox News—reportedly urged New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to run for president. […]

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Why Mitt Romney Will Never Win Pennsylvania

A week ago today the Supreme Court of the United States upheld key components of Obamacare—dealing a decisive blow to critics of the law and […]

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Senator Pat Toomey Attacks Obama Before Bus Tour Hits PA

Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey—along with Ohio’s Rob Portman—preempted an Obama campaign bus tour, scheduled for later this week, with a message about the president’s “middle-class […]

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Sims: I’m a Very Proud Gay Man

In the Life tackles homophobia in sports and talks to Pennsylvania’s first openly gay legislator this month.

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President Obama’s Philly Fund-Raising Falls Short of 2008 Mark

President Barack Obama is on pace to raise significantly less money in the Philadelphia area than he did during his original presidential campaign in 2008. […]

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Obamacare Can Still Be Defeated

What are you feeling about last week’s Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare? Dispirited? Mad? Maybe even frightened? Me too. But I’ve been mulling this over […]

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Obama’s (Fake) July 4th in Paris

Here’s a fun question to ask about the Republicans who spent the weekend spreading lies that Barack Obama was going to spend Independence Day raising […]

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People Think Barack Obama Would Handle an Alien Invasion Better Than Mitt Romney

Apparently, Americans would prefer to introduce other-worldly beings to Barack Obama if when the aliens land on Earth and inevitably say, “Take us to your […]

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Mitt Romney Should Stay Out of Cuban Restaurants

Without a doubt, this presidential election will be close. Sure, some in fantasyland have already coronated Mitt Romney, predicting a November romp. But in reality, the […]