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

Obama calls Romney, congratulates him on GOP nod

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday congratulated Mitt Romney on securing the Republican presidential nomination, a gesture coupled with a new line of attack on the GOP challenger that portrays his economic record while governor of Massachusetts as a failure....

Obama-Romney showdown starts with a harsh tone

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
MENDENHALL, Pa. (AP) -- The 2012 presidential general election has begun. It won't be pretty....

Obama calls on lawmakers to end gridlock

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to end partisan gridlock and pass proposals he says would put Americans back to work....

GOP leader urges unity following Santorum's exit

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The head of the Republican Governors Association says Rick Santorum's withdrawal from the presidential sweepstakes should signal party conservatives to unify behind Mitt Romney....

GOP leader urges unity following Santorum's exit

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The head of the Republican Governors Association says Rick Santorum's withdrawal from the presidential sweepstakes should signal party conservatives to unify behind Mitt Romney....

INFLUENCE GAME: Nursing homes come to Hatch's aid

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A trade group representing nursing homes has given the Utah Republican Party $175,000 over the past year, money that could help Sen. Orrin Hatch stave off a tea party challenge and win re-election....

Obama-Romney showdown starts with a harsh tone

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
MENDENHALL, Pa. (AP) -- The 2012 presidential general election has begun. It won't be pretty....

Obama-Romney showdown starts with a harsh tone

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
MENDENHALL, Pa. (AP) -- The 2012 presidential general election has begun. It won't be pretty....

INFLUENCE GAME: Nursing homes come to Hatch's aid

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A trade group representing nursing homes has given the Utah Republican Party $175,000 over the past year, money that could help Sen. Orrin Hatch stave off a tea party challenge and win re-election....

INFLUENCE GAME: Nursing homes come to Hatch's aid

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A trade group representing nursing homes has given the Utah Republican Party $175,000 over the past year, money that could help Sen. Orrin Hatch stave off a tea party challenge and win re-election....

Wisconsin governor kicks off in-person campaigning

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
DANE, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin's divisive governor officially hit the campaign trail for the first time Tuesday, kicking off a statewide tour by speaking at a farm in front of a tractor, as Democrats filed signatures needed to take him on in a recall election....

Wisconsin votes on recall election challengers

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Whichever Democrat wins Tuesday's recall primary in Wisconsin will have only a short four weeks to make the closing argument that Republican Gov. Scott Walker should be booted from office after 16 contentious months on the job....

Wisconsin governor kicks off in-person campaigning

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
DANE, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin's divisive governor officially hit the campaign trail for the first time Tuesday, kicking off a statewide tour by speaking at a farm in front of a tractor, as Democrats filed signatures needed to take him on in a recall election....

Wisconsin governor kicks off in-person campaigning

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
DANE, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin's divisive governor officially hit the campaign trail for the first time Tuesday, kicking off a statewide tour by speaking at a farm in front of a tractor, as Democrats filed signatures needed to take him on in a recall election....

Who's the rich guy? Obama, Romney duel over status

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) -- One candidate is worth up to $250 million, ran a private equity firm and plans to build an elevator for the cars at his beach house. The other is the former head of the Harvard Law Review who became a best-selling author and millionaire and now lives in the world's most famous mansion - 1600 Pennsylvania Ave....

Who's the rich guy? Obama, Romney duel over status

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) -- One candidate is worth up to $250 million, ran a private equity firm and plans to build an elevator for the cars at his beach house. The other is the former head of the Harvard Law Review who became a best-selling author and millionaire and now lives in the world's most famous mansion - 1600 Pennsylvania Ave....

Who's the rich guy? Obama, Romney duel over status

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) -- One candidate is worth up to $250 million, ran a private equity firm and plans to build an elevator for the cars at his beach house. The other is the former head of the Harvard Law Review who became a best-selling author and millionaire and now lives in the world's most famous mansion - 1600 Pennsylvania Ave....

Who's the rich guy? Obama, Romney duel over status

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) -- One candidate is worth up to $250 million, ran a private equity firm and plans to build an elevator for the cars at his beach house. The other is the former head of the Harvard Law Review who became a best-selling author and millionaire and now lives in the world's most famous mansion - 1600 Pennsylvania Ave....

Santorum drops out, clearing the way for Romney

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Rick Santorum cleared the way for Mitt Romney to claim victory in the long and hard-fought battle for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, giving up his "against all odds" campaign as Romney's tenacious conservative rival....

Obama sees biggest divide since Johnson-Goldwater

Tue, 2024-11-05 12:26
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday the choice facing voters this November will be as stark as in the milestone 1964 contest between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater - one that ended up with one of the biggest Democratic landslides in history....