Posts Tagged ‘democrats’

Santorum’s past comments give Democrats fodder (AP)

Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum waits to make remarks as he is introduced during a campaign event at Tommy's Ham House, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, during a campaign event in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP – Rick Santorum is brash and blunt, and proudly so. But it’s a trait that will make it easy for Democrats to use his own words against him if he were to become the Republican presidential nominee.


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Obama appeals to Iowa Democrats on caucus night (AP)

President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Sasha and Malia arrive on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, in Washington. The first family was returning from their family vacation to Hawaii. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP – Inserting his voice into a big night for Republicans, President Barack Obama was appealing to Iowa Democrats on the first balloting in the GOP presidential campaign, seeking to counter months of withering criticism in the state that launched his presidential ambitions four years ago.


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Democrats abandoning millionaire surtax proposal (AP)

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, center, flanked by Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz., and fellow committee member Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, to announce an effort to replace the defense sequester mandated as a result of the Supercommittee's failure.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – Democrats are abandoning their demand for a surtax on millionaires to help finance payroll tax cuts in a sign that lawmakers are trying to broker a compromise on Congress’ highest-profile year-end dispute.


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Democrats encouraged about Obama in 2012 (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2011, file photo President Barack Obama arrives on stage to speak about the economy at Osawatomie High School in Osawatomie, Kansas. Interviews with more than a dozen Democratic activists across the nation found support for Obama's more forceful message against Republicans in Congress and interest in rebutting the GOP presidential field. Several pointed to his speech in Kansas, where he argued that the nation's middle class had been under duress for the past decade and economic policies must give everyone a 'fair shot and a fair share.'  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP – After a dreary summer marred by the fight over government borrowing, rank-and-file Democrats say they are growing more optimistic about President Barack Obama’s political prospects in 2012. They cite his tougher, more populist tone and what they view as a chaotic primary fight among Republicans.


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Supercommittee GOP, Democrats swap offers (AP)

Supercommittee members, from left, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., take part in a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, where Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf testified.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – Republicans on Congress’ deficit-reduction supercommittee outlined a plan Wednesday that includes spending cuts but none of the increases in tax revenue sought by Democrats, completing an initial exchange of offers that left the two sides far apart despite weeks of secret talks.


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Democrats target Romney, draw from Bush vs. Kerry (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraiser in St. Louis.  Democrats in and around Obama’s campaign are targeting Republican Mitt Romney by drawing on lessons from the 2004 campaign run by Republicans and President George W. Bush against Sen. John Kerry seven years ago. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP – A beleaguered president seeks re-election. His challenger, a candidate with Massachusetts roots and a presidential demeanor straight out of central casting, has to fight through a primary contest fending off charges of flip-flopping. In the end, the challenger’s strength also proves his vulnerability.


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Romney on middle ground: I can work with Democrats (AP)

Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry, left,  speaks to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, as businessman Herman Cain, center, listens during a Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., Tuesday night, Oct. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP – Presidential challenger Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of failing to lead in a time of economic peril but sounded less conservative than his Republican rivals in their debate Tuesday night, defending the 2008-2009 Wall Street bailout and declaring he could work with “good” Democrats.


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