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theGRIO REPORT - This week's Republican National Convention is one of the important moments of the presidential campaign...
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TAMPA, Florida (AP) - The foreshortened Republican National Convention to nominate Mitt Romney as the party's challenger to President Barack…
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ANALYSIS - Mitt Romney's nod to the conservative birther conspiracy in a speech today in Michigan is a move that…
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OPINION - With the ranks of the poor surging and much of the nation hobbled economically, officeholders can barely find…
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ANALYSIS - One of the great and to some extent unanswerable questions of the last four years is the role…
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FIRST READ - Having a hurricane potentially land on your convention sort of sums up what has been a rough…
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theGRIO REPORT - A large majority of voters in Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin, three key swing states that have adopted…
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ANALYSIS-In NBC News’ latest battleground state map before the conventions, President Obama maintains his lead over Mitt Romney, with 237…
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NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama sees the presidential contest as a clutch moment in his favorite sport —…
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theGRIO REPORT - A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll illustrates a racial polarization in the electorate that poses challenges…
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FIRST READ - Our latest NBC/WSJ poll shows President Obama leading Mitt Romney by four points among registered voters, 48%-44…
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theGRIO REPORT - President Obama remains narrowly ahead of Mitt Romney and the selection of Rep. Paul Ryan has done…
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ANALYSIS - The controversy involving the Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Missouri, Rep. Todd Akin, is so critical not just…
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theGRIO REPORT - Issues that particularly relate to gender are dangerous grounds for Republicans. One of the key blocks that…
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FIRST READ - Missouri Senate GOP nominee Todd Akin’s remarks on rape yesterday not only could endanger the Republicans’ chances…
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A federal court on Thursday gave five Florida counties four extra days of early voting in…
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FIRST READ - The week since Ryan’s selection has marked the most negative turn in the campaign so far, with…