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2012 Presidential Election Matchups – Rasmussen Reports™ This first table contains all matchup done by Rasmussen Reports between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.   Rasmussen Reports 2012 Daily Presidential Matchup Tracking Obama vs. Romney   Obama Romney May 23-25, … Continue reading →  

Remember the George W. Bush warrantless wiretapping program? The one that was so illegal that Congress had to pass a special law to ensure that no one was prosecuted for it or sued by their customers for facilitating it? And was found by independent ...  

The Court now must now strike the 2008 law unconstitutional. May 21, 2012 AIUSA Vienna Colucci, Amnesty International USA's (AIUSA) senior policy advisor, issued the following statement today in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to consider AIUSA and other groups have a right to challenge the 2008 FISA Amendments Act:read more  

Faye Anderson has advocated relentlessly for voters’ rights for over 20 years. She’s a founding member of Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter-protection group, and a member of the Pennsylvania Voter ID Coalition. In 2001, PBS aired Counting on Democracy, a documentary Anderson co-produced that examined Florida’s voting fiasco during the 2000 presidential election.And now, outraged by the possibility of another stolen...  

WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn't ready "to throw my weight behind someone" at this time. The former chairman of the ...  

[RFI] Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has dismissed allegations of voter manipulation after the first day of the country's landmark presidential election. Meantime, a spokesman for liberal Islamist candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Foutouh told RFI that early exit polls on Wednesday put them just ahead of the Brotherhood's Mohamed Moursi and former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq.  

BBC NewsEgypt elections: Counting begins in some polling stationsBBC NewsCounting has begun at some polling stations after two days of voting in Egypt's first free elections. Only a small fraction of results have been announced so far, with counting to continue over the weekend. At a news briefing, the prominent Muslim ...Brotherhood claims election leadThe Press AssociationEgypt wraps up presidential electionXinhuaMuslim Brotherhood claims...  

Dear Karl: Haven't you already caused enough pain? (Jim Bourg/Reuters) Karl Rove insists on using cash from wealthy Republicans to inflict more damage upon America: An independent group favoring Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney is launching a $25 million, monthlong advertising campaign in 10 states against President Barack Obama, further escalating an expensive TV ad war in presidential battlegrounds six months before Election Day...  

The deadline to register to vote in the June 5 presidential primary election is Mon., May 21. Completed voter registration forms must be postmarked by May 21. Registration forms are available at city halls, post offices, libraries, Chambers of Commerce and fire stations.read more  

2012 Presidential Election Matchups – Rasmussen Reports™ This first table contains all matchup done by Rasmussen Reports between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.   Rasmussen Reports 2012 Daily Presidential Matchup Tracking Obama vs. Romney   Obama Romney May 8-10, … Continue reading →  

(Legal Editor Note: Not long ago, the Left had a monopoly on rallies and protests. Republicans and conservatives, more enamored with scholars instead of brawlers, shunned displays of political muscle in the streets. That’s all changed. A few months ago, Attorney General Eric Holder went to the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, to announce an aggressive attack on state election integrity measures like Voter ID. This election-year...  

Senator John McCain has stood by his choice of picking Sarah Palin as his running mate during the 2008 presidential election. McCain told Jake Tapper on ABC's "The Week" on Sunday that Palin’s qualifications are what earned her the spot as his potential VP.  

Senator John McCain has stood by his choice of picking Sarah Palin as his running mate during the 2008 presidential election. McCain told Jake Tapper on ABC's "The Week" on Sunday that Palin’s qualifications are what earned her the spot as his ...  

President Barack Obama has suggested that prejudice among some voters reduces the chances him being re-elected. Asked during a television interview how close he expected the result of November's US presidential election to be, Obama said: "When ...  

Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC's "This Week" -- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; David Axelrod, adviser to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. On the campaign trail, Kathleen Kane and Patrick Murphy are mortal enemies -- she the ...  

Sarah Palin's qualifications were the overriding reason Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) selected the former Alaska governor as his 2008 presidential running mate, he said Sunday. Speaking about presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney selecting ...