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Paul Ryan defends his interpretation of Catholic teachings

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

Facing criticism for invoking the moral teachings of the Catholic Church as inspiration for his spending proposals, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) defended his budget plan Thursday and acknowledged that his interpretation of the church’s teachings differed from other Catholics.
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Ann Romney’s Super Tuesday MS ‘scare’

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

Ann Romney has become one of her husband’s most vocal and visible campaign surrogates, hitting the trail as recently as this past Monday to address the Connecticut Republican Party on the GOP frontrunner’s behalf.
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Americans for Prosperity launches $6.1 million attack on Obama

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

The conservative group Americans for Prosperity is spending $6.1 million on swing state ads accusing the Obama administration of wasting billions and sending jobs overseas through green energy projects.
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Twitter becomes a key real-time tool for campaigns

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

The bully pulpit has a new kind of altar call: “Tweet them. We’ve got a hashtag. Here’s the hashtag for you to tweet them: #dontdoublemyrate.”

President Obama repeated that Twitter hashtag twice more during a Tuesday speech opposing an increase in student loan interest rates. For good measure, he even had his Chapel Hill, N.C., audience chant it back to him.
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John Edwards on a bike in Iowa: It all looks different now

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

BOULDER, Colo. – John Edwards once told She The People leader Melinda Henneberger that the trick to charming a jury is telling them upfront about the holes in the case, so they trust you.

Following Edwards’s trial on charges of campaign finance violations in North Carolina this week takes me back to a day in the middle of Iowa in July 2007. Looking back, the holes are clear – but it also appears the trust already had been breached.
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