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It's All Politics
2:54 pm
Mon May 21, 2012

Booker, Bain, Romney & Obama: Ad Wars Go Full Circle And Then Some

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Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, N.J.

This is a classic chain of events that never seems to go out of style in an election year.

First one of the presidential campaigns put out videos that it says are informational but critics say are attack ads. This time, it's President Obama's team and the target is Republican rival Mitt Romney. The point of the spots, such as this one, is to make the case that when Romney ran Bain Capital, some of the companies the investment firm took over ended up shedding jobs rather than creating them.

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It's All Politics
11:49 am
Fri May 18, 2012

'President Romney's' First Day In Office: All About Reversing Obama

Credit Romney "Day One" ad

Originally published on Fri May 18, 2012 12:23 pm

Election 2012
5:08 pm
Thu May 17, 2012

Closed Steel Plant Holds Attention In Presidential Campaign

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Former steelworker and Democratic Committeeman Jeff Jones outside plant where he worked.

About two dozen union men and women, supporters of President Obama’s reelection, went to the gates of a closed Kansas City steel plant to attack economic policies of Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney.

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The Two-Way
8:56 am
Thu May 17, 2012

Romney's $40.1 Million Haul In April Nearly Matches Obama's

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Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney at a campaign event on Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Originally published on Thu May 17, 2012 9:24 am

The campaign for GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney and the Republican Party together raised $40.1 million in April, just shy of the $43.6 million that President Obama and the Democratic Party took in.

This is the first monthly report since Romney effectively wrapped up the Republican presidential nomination. And because money is one way to keep score during a presidential campaign, the news is getting a great deal of attention from the political media this morning.

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