Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, says the GOP platform ‘seems designed to alienate a lot of moderate women.’
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Romney: Democrats exploiting rape issue
Despite Republican attempts to make the election a referendum on the incumbent’s handling of the economy, other events have intervened.
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Colorful team of ad men shapes Romney message
They try to apply what they’ve learned in careers selling BMWs and beef to market the candidate.
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Republican officials cancel first day of GOP convention
The party yields to a threat posed by Tropical Storm Isaac, which is heading toward Florida.
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Romney brings up ‘birther’ issue for first time
In a stab at President Obama, Romney says, “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate (because) they know that this is the place that we were born.”
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Ron Paul’s aura leaves GOP, Romney in tricky spot
Pre-convention haggling has annoyed backers of Paul, the 77-year-old Texas congressman who was among Romney’s primary challengers.
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White House race offers voters many clear choices
Beyond the usual election-year distortions and exaggerations, a yawning issues gulf separates the two candidates.
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LePage says he’ll skip national GOP convention
After the Republican National Committee seats only half of Maine’s elected Ron Paul delegates, LePage opts to stay home.
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Romney uses secretive data-mining to find likely donors
Romney’s success in raising funds can be traced in part to a secretive data-mining project that sifts through Americans’ personal information — including their purchasing history and church attendance — to identify new and likely, wealthy donors.
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Romney: Big business is fine, helped by tax havens
“They get the loans they need, they can deal with all the regulation. They know how to find ways to get through the tax code.”