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The 57-year-old Banerjee — determined, resolutely populist and hardworking, yet eccentric and intolerant of dissent — holds the balance of power in India’s coalition government and has used that political might to huge effect. Time after time, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s efforts to introduce economic reforms have foundered because of Baner­jee’s opposition. Time magazine recently [...]

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More News Video Buy AP Photo Reprints WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney and his party raised a sizable $40 million last month from donors who want him to replace President Barack Obama. But even as Romney solidifies his position as the eventual GOP nominee, many supporters who backed his primary election challengers have [...]

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Hotline Sort: Berg’s Poll Position in North Dakota Welcome back to Hotline Sort. Mitt Romney‘s campaign and the RNC raised an impressive $40 million in April, a new Republican super PAC has been planning to introduce Jeremiah Wright into the presidential campaign, and stories about Elizabeth Warren‘s heritage won’t go away. Meanwhile, Rick Berg has [...]

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The 57-year-old Banerjee — determined, resolutely populist and hardworking, yet eccentric and intolerant of dissent — holds the balance of power in India’s coalition government and has used that political might to huge effect. Time after time, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s efforts to introduce economic reforms have foundered because of Banerjee’s opposition. Time magazine recently [...]

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WASHINGTON — What a difference four years make. When Barack Obama was running for president, he successfully managed to distance himself from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, leaving his Chicago church during the campaign and shrugging off suggestions that the preacher’s fiery rhetoric had any effect on him over the 20 years of their close friendship. [...]

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“It’s becoming very clear the president’s opponents are very intent on funding a candidate, regardless of how flawed he is, to win in November,” said Jonathan Mantz, who served as the finance director for then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 2008 presidential bid. “So when you look at the April filing for Romney and then add his [...]

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Tweet Posted on May 20, 2012 Paul Ryan, Austan Goolsbee Debate Obama, Romney Economic Records Former chairman of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, Austan Goolsbee said there is a “fundamental choice” on the economy between the two parties in this upcoming election, and the right approach is the president’s which says “let’s address the [...]

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Tweet Posted on May 20, 2012 George Will Slams New York Times Over Joe Ricketts Story Playing ${title} ${entry_id} George Will on the “End Spending” PAC fund saying no to a Rev. Wright ad: “He repudiated itArticle source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/05/20/george_will_slams_new_york_times_over_joe_ricketts_story.html Tags: ap, billionaire, Election, End, google, huffington, joe ricketts, national, new york times, Political, politics, Slams, [...]

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Is Hakeem Jeffries Brooklyn’s Barack Obama? The young New York assemblyman running for the seat held by retiring Rep. Ed Towns (D) shares some surface characteristics with the president. “They’re both African-American, they’re both strikingly handsome, and they’re both highly intelligent,” said former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, a Jeffries supporter. “Both of them [...]

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.cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:’>>’;font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px} .cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0} .captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1} .cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:outline:medium none} .cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px} ]]> Protesters rally in Chicago on Sunday, May 20, the first day of the NATO summit. A week of demonstrations led up to the two-day meeting, which brought together the leaders of more than 50Article source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/bds-kLQxzJQ/index.html Tags: ap, [...]

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