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How Romney Stacks Up Against Obama

Rick Santorum ended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination yesterday, making Mitt Romney the all-but-certain nominee. Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul are staying in the race, but now attention is shifting to Romney’s future choice of a running mate … read more »

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US election 2012: Santorum drops out

Rick Santorum, the former US senator, has bowed out of the party’s presidential nomination race, clearing Mitt Romney’s path to challenge Barack Obama in November’s general election. After an Easter spent tending to his disabled young daughter, Mr Santorum, who … read more »

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Wisconsin vote may seal Romney’s bid

Washington – A Mitt Romney victory in the Wisconsin Republican primary on Tuesday could all but end the party battle to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama in November. The former Massachusetts governor, who as CEO of a private … read more »

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Victory for Mitt Romney in Illinois Republican primary

Mitt Romney has won the Republican primary in Illinois, his latest win on the road to decide who will contest November’s poll against Barack Obama. Mr Romney has won 47% of the votes, compared with 35% for Rick Santorum, with … read more »

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Barack Obama: A Clearer Re-election Path is Unfolding

By Paul Okechukwu Oranika While the re-election chances for President Barack Obama is not a slam dunk as yet, the chances and outlook for the re-election of the President continues to improve by the day, thanks to the recent gains … read more »

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Romney secures primary victories

US Republican White House contender Mitt Romney has pulled off a double win in the Michigan and Arizona primaries. “We didn’t win by a lot, but we won by enough and that’s what counts,” Mr Romney said in Michigan. In … read more »

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Obama’s Three Achilles’ Heels

As the Republican field heads into the decisive stretch of primaries, the eventual nominee needs to begin focusing his message. The past several weeks have seen top GOP candidates waste time and energy on a range of secondary issues, launch … read more »

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The problem with Black Republicans

If Black Republicans want more members of the Black community to learn about the benefits of their party, they are going to have to do a better job of openly holding their party accountable for racially divisive and hatefully charged … read more »

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GOP Debate Brings Out Tough Talk on Syria

Three of the four Republican presidential candidates endorsed regime change in Syria during last night’s debate, with Ron Paul being the lone exception. These candidates were quick to call for action against the Iranian ally but failed to mention some … read more »

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US presidential race: Time to play the Russian card?

The Republican presidential race, which has passes through Florida this week, has shone a surprising spotlight on a foreign policy issue not anticipated in the 2012 US presidential race: America’s relations with Russia. Even more surprising is the fact that … read more »

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Obama, Romney for White House clash

Washington – President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney set their sights on Wednesday on an epic clash for the White House after the Republican tightened his grip on his party race with a crushing Florida primary win. Romney’s victory over … read more »

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Republican primary race emboldens Obama

Washington – President Barack Obama has long relished a dragged-out Republican primary contest that would leave the eventual Republican nominee battered before the automn election. He might be getting his wish, a prospect that is firing up Democrats, galvanising their … read more »

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Call for ‘Cuban Spring’ Electrifies Florida Debate

Viewers of the first Republican presidential debate in Florida saw a newly aggressive Mitt Romney who engaged in a lengthy exchange with Newt Gingrich. The media will focus on the bickering over Gingrich’s alleged lobbying and tenure as speaker of … read more »

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Romney wins New Hampshire primary

Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary, according to CNN projections, after voters turned out in expected record numbers Tuesday in the second contest of the Republican presidential race. The CNN projection, based on early results and exit poll data, … read more »

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Can Obama be beaten?

Rafe MAIR (Canada) Judging by the media one might think the answer to the inquiry is “how the hell can he win”? I’m not going to trouble you with statistics but stick to basic political junkism, or what is my … read more »

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Who Are The Terrorists Now?

Israeli settlement at Ariel One of the more incendiary, obscene things to issue forth from Newt Gingrich this past week was his allegation that the Palestinians – all of them – are terrorists who teach terrorism in their schools. He … read more »

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Netanyahu for President (of America)

If many American Jews really are drifting away from support for Israel right or wrong, that could make taking on and defeating the Zionist lobby a more manageable proposition for a second-term President Obama. wikileaksnews.net photo (LONDON) – It’s now … read more »

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Tighter Sanctions On Iran: An Alternative to War — or a Road to War?

Pity President Barack Obama trying to stay off the slippery slope to war with Iran in an election year, while his challengers perform crowd-pleasing, spoken-word versions of Senator John McCain’s ”Bomb Iran” adaptation of the Beach Boys. As they demonstrated last … read more »

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Flush from a NATO victory, Obama presenting fuller account to nation of his Libya strategy

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is offering Congress and an anxious public his first detailed accounting of his rationale for U.S. military involvement in Libya and perhaps an answer to the burning question: What’s next? His speech, set for 7:30 … read more »

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‘Still in love with Clinton’: thay is why Monica Lewinsky never got married or had kids

The scandal almost destroyed his career and left his presidency permanently tainted. But 15 years on, Bill Clinton’s former intern Monica Lewinsky has not got married or had children because she is reportedly still in love with him and ‘always … read more »

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