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Romney: Lower tax rate 'the right way to encourage economic growth'
President Obama's campaign immediately pounced after Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who released his own 2011 tax returns Friday afternoon, said he thought it was fair that his effective 14.1 percent federal income tax rate was lower than someone earning $50,000 per year because "it's the right way to encourage economic growth."
Bill Clinton: 'No earthly idea' whether Hillary will run again
Former President Bill Clinton said Sunday he has "no earthly idea" whether his spouse, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, will make a second bid for president four years from now.
Gibbs: No one misled over Libya attacks
"Absolutely not," Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs replied to "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace when asked whether the administration was politically motivated when it initially mischaracterized the recent attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya.
GOP ad notes Obama's return to Wisconsin
The Republican National Committee, noting President Obama's first visit to battleground state Wisconsin in 220 days, dropped a new ad noting the political landscape has changed in the state over the last year.
Nevada Republican to Harry Reid: Make our day, release your 2011 tax return
Should Sen. Democratic leader Harry Reid follow in the footsteps of GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney by releasing his 2011 tax return?
House votes to reject Obama welfare shift
Republican leaders Friday pushed back against Obama administration efforts to allow some states to waive work rules in their welfare programs for needy families contained in the landmark 1996 reform law.
Scott Walker: Romney campaign underutilizing Ryan
Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker thinks the campaign of party nominee Mitt Romney has been too passive in responding to attacks from the Obama campaign, and that it is failing to showcase the strengths of Romney running mate and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan.
Romney doubles Obama's charitable giving
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is releasing a brief summary of 20 years of tax returns on Friday, and his accountant says it will show he gave 13.45 percent of his adjusted gross income to charities.
Cain says he would be leading Obama
Herman Cain, the outspoken former 2012 Republican presidential candidate, said he would be ahead of President Obama in the polls if he had won the nomination.
TV cartoon character Homer Simpson switches from Obama to Romney
One of America's favorite TV dads has made his decision in the upcoming presidential election, and he's voting for Republican nominee Mitt Romney. The vote probably won't count, because he's a cartoon character.
Va. man: No lynching connotations to strung-up 'Nobama' chair
A Centreville man who hung an empty chair from a tree in his backyard with a sign reading "Nobama" attached to it denies that it was meant to represent any inference to lynching or had any racist connotations, though he did manage to "get on the radar" of the Secret Service.
Democratic fund-raisers target Allen West
A Democratic super PAC focused on House races says it has an unnamed donor who will match all donations made Thursday.
Romney campaign raises $67 million in August
The Mitt Romney presidential campaign raised $67 million in August — more than a tenth from retirees — as a slew of new campaign finance reports were made public Thursday.
Wis. GOP Senate candidate: Romney's struggles hurting my campaign
Former Wisconsin governor and current U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson says his declining poll numbers in recent days are due partly to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's lack of momentum on the presidential campaign trail.
Professors stock Obama's campaign war chest
The elite fundraising committee through which President Obama solicits his largest campaign donations relied overwhelmingly on professors from equally-elite universities last month.
