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by Edward Wyckoff Williams onNovember 6, 2012
If Obama wins, his stats among Midwestern working-class whites might kill a key GOP tactic.
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by Jamal Simmons onSeptember 28, 2012
At Politico, political commentator Jamal Simmons says that we need a president who understands families like his, who had to work hard to keep things together.
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September 27, 2012
Elongated Thoughts: Mitt Romney is nervous about how he's being perceived. Does this new ad make him seem more compassionate?
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by Francie Latour onSeptember 21, 2012
Boston.com's Francie Latour questions the GOP candidate's claim that being white is a disadvantage in the presidential race.
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by David Swerdlick onSeptember 20, 2012
The now-infamous "47 percent" comment was more like President Obama's "You didn't build that" comment than anything else, The Root's contributing editor David Swerdlick writes at the New York Daily News.
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by Elon James White onSeptember 19, 2012
To the candidate and some supporters, it's very presidential to dismiss half of the electorate.
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September 19, 2012
Elongated Thoughts: Republicans say that Romney's "47 percent" comments don't represent conservatism. Tell that to the other half of America.
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by Farai Chideya onSeptember 19, 2012
The conservative Twitterati, quick to bash Obama, were silent after the GOP nominee's remarks.
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