Obama strikes at Romney in Iowa, seeks 2008 energy
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Barack Obama delivered his harshest rebuttal yet to rival Mitt Romney on Thursday, dismissing his challenger's claims as "a cowpie of distortions" while seeking to rekindle the all-but-faded Iowa magic that launched him in 2008. Escalating his criticism of Romney's background as a venture capitalist, Obama said it wasn't adequate preparation for the presidency.
THE RACE: Romney talks up his private-sector days
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney likes to portray himself as a better job creator than President Barack Obama, but he may have a hard time backing up those boasts.
Romney running mate search enters audition phase
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions.
GOP's Rubio plans to sell books in swing states
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is planning a swing-state summer bus tour that will also roll through South Carolina, the early presidential primary battleground.
Gloves stay on in quiet NM Senate primary
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Four years ago, Heather Wilson gave up her House seat from New Mexico to make a run for a rare opening in the Senate. She lost in a bare-knuckled Republican primary. This year she has the luxury of sitting back as the Democratic successor to her House seat takes a similar gamble.
Romney: Obama doesn't get free enterprise system
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney is trying to counter President Barack Obama's argument that he would bring back Republican Party economic policies that have proved unworkable.
- Obama to campaign in Iowa, promote energy plan
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — As President Barack Obama readies for a return to the Iowa State Fairgrounds, his campaign is reminding voters that it was in that same spot where Republican rival Mitt Romney declared last year that "corporations are people."
- Obama team wrongly says Romney moves goal posts
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's campaign says Republican rival Mitt Romney is trying to "move the goal posts" and reverse his position on unemployment. Actually, that's a fumble of the facts.
- Romney campaign outlines 'day 1' of his presidency
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's campaign has released a new ad promoting "Day One" of a potential Romney presidency, describing which of President Barack Obama's policies the Republican will reverse first if he wins the White House.
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