Signs of another debt ceiling fight emerged Wednesday as President Obama hosted Congressional leaders at the White House. Press Secretary Jay Carney said the president warned against another last-minute deal to raise the debt limit, even as House Speaker John Boehner insisted th …
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Vice President Joe Biden's comments on "Meet The Press" that he is "absolutely comfortable" with same sex couples getting married sparked a slew of questions from reporters at Monday's White House press briefing. Press Secretary Carney sought to explain that Biden's comments did …
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White House press secretary Jay Carney engaged in a rare back-and-forth with GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney from the podium of his briefing room on Wednesday. Carney, who hasn’t mentioned Romney by name in almost a month, was asked to comment on the former Massachu …
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By NBC’s Ali Weinberg GREENVILLE, S.C.
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COLUMBIA, S.C.
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By NBC's Ali WeinbergROCK HILL, S.C. -- Speaking to reporters after a book signing here, Herman Cain said he would not “apologize” for going on a book tour during his presidential campaign, saying that book-signing events help him raise his national profile.
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BLUFFTON, S.C. -- Newt Gingrich said that the “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrations that are appearing around the country are a reaction to President Obama’s failed leadership.
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COLUMBIA, SC – Ann Romney made her husband Mitt’s candidacy in South Carolina official today, handing his filing papers and a check for the $35 thousand filing fee to state Republican Party chairman Chad Connelly. She said that her husband would now be &l …
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SIMPSONVILLE, SC – Ann Romney had some blunt words for those who don’t vote for her husband Mitt this time around. “If they don't pick Mitt that's their stupid mistake, not mine,” she jokingly told a crowd at the city hall here, to laughter. Romney added …
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By NBC's Ali Weinberg COLUMBIA, SC – He may have not been there himself, but Rick Perry sent an important surrogate – his wife Anita – to the opening of his South Carolina campaign headquarters today.Her appearance here, announced last week, came a day afte …
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By NBC's Ali Weinberg COLUMBIA, SC -- Rick Perry and Mitt Romney are running neck-and-neck among Republicans who are planning to vote in next year's South Carolina primary, according to a new Winthrop University poll released today. Perry gets 31% and Romney 27% -- within th …
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The specter of Texas Gov.
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MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA -- Pennsylvania Sen.
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DANIEL ISLAND, S.C. -- Rep.
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From NBC's Ali Weinberg ROCK HILL, SC -- Traveling through upstate South Carolina yesterday, businessman Herman Cain made one point clear: political correctness is not his thing. In fact, he began the first of his three speeches yesterday on that note.
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WINGATE, N.C. -- Sounding more like a candidate for national office than a freshman in the U.S. Congress, Florida Sen.
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South Carolina retirees and Social Security recipients who support the Tea Party seem to agree with Texas Gov.
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From NBC's Ali WeinbergFormer Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum railed against former Utah Gov.
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South Carolina Sen.
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Today’s jobs report was followed by a steady stream of responses from Republican presidential candidates criticizing President Obama’s economic stewardship.
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Speaking in the Rose Garden today, President Obama said working out a debt deal would help stabilize the economy, even as he characterized the debt ceiling debate as an inside-the-Beltway distraction from the high unemployment rate. "Over the last couple of days, the debate here …
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From NBC's Shawna Thomas Yesterday, Rep.
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From NBC's Shawna Thomas and Frank Thorp The House of Representatives was originally scheduled to be in recess the week of July 18th, but now they're sticking around. According to Rep.
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During a town hall where he took questions from the social-networking site Twitter, President Obama today said he could have better informed the public of his efforts to boost the economy, urged against playing politics with the debt ceiling, and agreed with House Speaker John Bo …
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If you’re watching the trending topic #AskObama, don’t blink – you might miss 20 or so tweets. Questions from attention-seeking Republican presidential candidates and GOP congressional leaders in the middle of the debt ceiling fight are among those popping up in …
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