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Paul Backers Seek State Path To National Impact

Ron Paul has given up on becoming president. Yet supporters still clinging to the slim-to-none hope of nominating the libertarian-leaning lawmaker could complicate Mitt Romney’s plan for a peaceful national GOP convention.

2012/06/16

A protester weard a mask in the shape of marijuana plants during a demo for its legalization (Photo credit: YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP / GettyImages)

Colorado Pot Question Could Affect Obama-Romney Race

Voters in this presidential battleground state won’t just decide whether to go red or blue this fall but also green — as in weed or grass.

2012/06/05

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Analyst: Romney Will Choose ‘Extreme Opposite Of Palin’ As Running Mate

How do the words and actions of former Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin affect politics in 2012?

2012/06/01

File photo of N.J. Governor Chris Chrisie. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

Christie Bashes Obama For ‘Posing And Preening’

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told Kentucky Republicans on Saturday that President Barack Obama was “posing and preening” instead of working to resolve pressing issues facing the country.

2012/05/19

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Obama On Gay Marriage: ‘Right Thing To Do’

President Barack Obama on Monday defended his view that gay couples should have the right to marry, saying that the country has never gone wrong when it “expanded rights and responsibilities to everybody.”

2012/05/14

Although Mitt Romney will need independents to turn out for November's general election, don't expect him to abandon his conservative image. (credit: Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

W.Va. Voters To Pick President, Congressional Nominees

Presumed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is hoping for an endorsement from his party’s West Virginia primary voters, who must also select 28 delegates to August’s national convention in Tampa.

2012/05/08

US President Barack Obama (L) and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton take part in a Plenary Session of the VI Summit of the Americas (Photo credit: EITAN ABRAMOVICH / AFP / Getty Images)

Obama, Clintons Deepen Political And Policy Ties

Once a tense rivalry, the relationship between President Barack Obama and Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton has evolved into a genuine political and policy partnership. Both sides have a strong incentive in making the alliance work, especially in an election year.

2012/04/29

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney addresses a luncheon hosted by Newspaper Association of America and American Society of News Editors during the MediaXchange conference on April 4, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (Photo Credit: Alex Wong / Getty Images)

Top Republicans In Congress Finally Embrace Romney

The two top Republicans in Congress explicitly endorsed Mitt Romney on Tuesday to be their party’s presidential nominee, as party leaders continued consolidating around their all-but-inevitable candidate in hopes of quickly focusing attention on ousting President Barack Obama in this fall’s election.

2012/04/17

President Barack Obama stands before a supportive crowd in Miami, Fla. But where is the celebrity support he received during his first bid for the Oval Office? (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Where Is The Love? Obama Campaign Sees Drop In Celeb Support

November may be many months away, but discussion of the 2012 presidential election has been at the forefront of American minds and media coverage for quite some time. Though much of the talk has been devoted to comparison shopping with GOP candidates, another segment of the national debate has focused on whether or not to re-elect our incumbent Commander-in-Chief, Barack Obama. And in one community – the entertainment elite – Obama is not seeing the love he saw in 2008.

2012/02/28