Today’s election-news roundup
Election 2012
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Does Mitt Romney Want to Raise Taxes on the Wealthy?
No one seems to have noticed what a populist Romney is, maybe not even Romney himself.
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Watching the Debate with Paul Ryan’s Constituents
The debate got off to a bumpy start, with the bartender struggling to sync the audio between each of the bar’s four TVs. City Haul Lounge in Racine, Wisconsin isn’t the type of drinking hole where you’d typically find a crowd straining to hear politicians gab. A dive bar in the true Midwestern sense, City […]
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The Questions That Haven’t Been Asked
Although Martha Raddatz’s moderation of the vice-presidential debate went leaps and bounds above that of Jim Lehrer’s, the questions haven’t veered far from the insider baseball that leaves pundits cheering.
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Marry Me in … Maryland?
PLEASE EMBED CAMPAIGN VIDEO! First in a series on the marriage ballot initiatives.Â
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Nailing Jell-O to the Wall
Vice-President Joe Biden did a commendable job pointing out the fallacies in the Romney/Ryan platform, but President Obama will need to finish the fact-checking in next week’s town hall.Â
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White House High Rollers
Although we’re right to be wary of record-high dark money fundraising in this year’s election, don’t forget that presidential campaigns remain the biggest spenders on the trail.
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The Vice-Presidential Face-Off, GIF-ified
The Prospect sums up tonight’s debate in brief, animated form.
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Revenge of the Biden
The vice president’s spirited performance more than makes up for Obama’s failure in debating Romney.
