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AP Top Political News At 12:32 p.m. EDT
Updated: 12 years 20 weeks ago

Romney ready to claim GOP nomination after Texas

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
CRAIG, Colo. (AP) -- Mitt Romney is poised to clinch the Republican presidential nomination after Tuesday's Texas GOP primary, a largely uncontested election that will formalize the former Massachusetts governor's status as President Barack Obama's general election challenger....

AP-GfK Poll: Women, blacks, help Obama in new poll

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that President Barack Obama continues to enjoy strong support among women, minorities and independents....

Lugar's legacy in Senate: Cooperation and security

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Far from politics, six-term Sen. Richard Lugar is considered a visionary who looked beyond U.S. exuberance over the end of the Cold War and saw the dangers and opportunities in the collapse of a nuclear-armed Soviet Union....

Minn. could test Obama influence on gay marriage

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The political impact of President Barack Obama's support for gay marriage will be tested this fall in Minnesota, where opponents of a proposed gay marriage ban are hoping the president's enduring popularity here will help persuade skeptical Democrats to vote it down....

3-state sweep moves Romney closer to nomination

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has won most of the delegates in a three-state primary sweep, leaving him a little more than 200 delegates shy of the number needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president....

Lugar's legacy in Senate: Cooperation and security

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The legacy of six-term Sen. Richard Lugar is the creation of a program that helped the former Soviet states destroy their weapons of mass destruction....

THE RACE: Recent elections show US voters grumpy

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
Voters are unhappy and many are mad....

THE RACE: Romney talks up his private-sector days

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney likes to portray himself as a better job creator than President Barack Obama, but he may have a hard time backing up those boasts....

THE RACE: Math adds up to GOP victory for Romney

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
This day is mostly about math for Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney....

THE RACE: Massachusetts is campaign target again

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
Once again, Massachusetts is in the cross hairs of a presidential race....

AP-GfK Poll: Support for Afghan war at new low

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Support for the war in Afghanistan has reached a new low, with only 27 percent of Americans saying they back the effort and about half of those who oppose the war saying the continued presence of American troops in Afghanistan is doing more harm than good, according to an AP-GfK poll....

AP-GfK Poll: Support for Afghan war at new low

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Support for the war in Afghanistan has reached a new low, with only 27 percent of Americans saying they back the effort and about half of those who oppose the war saying the continued presence of American troops in Afghanistan is doing more harm than good, according to an AP-GfK poll....

Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votes

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary....

Wis. recall is rematch of 2010 governor's race

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The candidates may be the same, but Wisconsin isn't....

Wis. recall is rematch of 2010 governor's race

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The candidates may be the same, but Wisconsin isn't....

Ad links Obama to criticism of Ann Romney

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group backing Mitt Romney has launched a TV ad tying President Barack Obama to negative comments about Romney's wife by two Obama supporters....

Ad links Obama to criticism of Ann Romney

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
NEW YORK (AP) -- An independent group backing Mitt Romney has launched a TV ad tying President Barack Obama to negative comments about Romney's wife by two Obama supporters....

Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votes

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary....

Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votes

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary....

Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votes

Thu, 2024-11-07 10:34
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary....