BOSTON (AP) — During the 2010 special election to fill the seat left vacant by the death of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, then-candidate Scott Brown vowed to be the "41st" vote against President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overhaul.Two years later, the Republican Massachusetts senator still opposes what he calls "Obamacare" but has found a lot more to love about the Democratic president and his agenda.While many Republican lawmakers have used Obama as the ultimate campaign foil, Brown has touted his bipartisanship as a key asset in his re-election bid as he…
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It’s easy to collect Mitt Romney's "rich" remarks into a highlight reel. Have a few laughs. Sure, we ask, what's the guy thinking? We note that presidential races require your A-game. But then it's tempting to shrug. And say he's still on track to win the GOP nomination. That the general election will turn on the economy. Oh, those silly pundits. How they do obsess over every sound bite.But listen to Rush Limbaugh on Romney: “He comes across as the prototypical rich Republican.” And one begins to hear why Romney’s gaffes…
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The big news Friday morning was the monthly jobs and unemployment report. The government announced that the economy created about 250,000 new jobs in January — the biggest increase in nine months — and that the unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent.Psephologists immediately jumped on the numbers, and there was initially a broad convergence in the commentariat: Both parties agreed this was good news for President Obama and bad news for Republican front-runner Mitt Romney. Republicans have since backed off, and are now pointing to various caveats in the data that suggest it…
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