National Elections
Candidates weigh the value of Spanish-language campaigning
Spanish or English - Espanol o Ingles?
National Elections
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NATIONAL ELECTIONS
Obama, Romney campaigns target young Hispanics with cellphones
Hispanic voters are a crucial constituency in the presidential election, but reaching young Hispanics will require new tactics - and some experts say mobile-phone outreach will be key.
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NATIONAL ELECTIONS
Warning signs for Obama on path to electoral votes
President Barack Obama faces new warning signs in a once-promising Southern state and typically Democratic-voting Midwestern states roughly five months before the election even as he benefits nationally from encouraging economic news.
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NATIONAL ELECTIONS
A state-by-state look at the road to 270
An analysis of the state-by-state race to 270 electoral votes, the total needed to win the presidency, and where Democratic President Barack Obama and probable Republican nominee Mitt Romney stand now. The numbers reflect electoral votes:
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NATIONAL ELECTIONS
Obama, Romney try to play it safe in 2012 gamble
In the risky business of running for president, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are largely playing it safe.
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POLITICS
FACT CHECK: Obama off on thrifty spending claim
The White House is aggressively pushing the idea that, contrary to widespread belief, President Barack Obama is tightfisted with taxpayer dollars. To back it up, the administration cites a media report that claims federal spending is rising at the slowest pace since the Eisenhower years.
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NATIONAL ELECTIONS
FACT CHECK: Obama off on thrifty spending claim
The White House is aggressively pushing the idea that, contrary to widespread belief, President Barack Obama is tightfisted with taxpayer dollars. To back it up, the administration cites a media report that claims federal spending is rising at the slowest pace since the Eisenhower years.
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NATIONAL ELECTIONS
A phone(y) issue or does this have a ring of truth?
This just in from the technology-and-politics desk: A cell phone user who takes a pollster's call is more likely to be a Democrat. A land-line user who takes a pollster's call is more likely to be a Republican.
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NATIONAL ELECTIONS
THE RACE: Presidential race is most costly ever
The battle between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney will be the most expensive presidential contest ever - by a long shot.
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NATIONAL ELECTIONS
Obama shouldn't count Florida out
The Democratic Party shouldn't write off Florida yet.
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NATIONAL ELECTIONS
FACT CHECK: Romney off on Obama's love for unions
When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney decried President Barack Obama as beholden to the nation's teachers' unions and unable to stand up for reform, he glossed over four years of a relationship that has been anything but cozy.

