The Cardinal

President Barack Obama says there’s more work to do, and that he wants to cooperate with both parties. The President spoke before thousands of cheering supporters who celebrated his re-election victory. The AP’s Robert Ray reports from Chicago. Mitt Romney has conceded defeat in the presidential contest. The Republican nominee told supporters he would pray [...]

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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney made a brief Election Day stop in the Pittsburgh area, where he was greeted by hundreds of supporters even though it wasn’t advertised as a public event. Election Day arrives, sending voters streaming to the polls to pick the next president and the candidates themselves scrounging for last-minute votes. The [...]

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Accepting his party’s nomination for vice-president, Joe Biden said Americans should re-elect President Barack Obama, saying he knows there is more work to be done, but Obama has the courage to make the tough calls necessary to lead the nation. Sen. John Kerry praised Obama for ending the war in Iraq, ordering the killing of [...]

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In an overnight reversal of rhetoric, President Barack Obama’s top allies insisted Monday that Americans surely are better off than four years ago. Republicans countered that the president has failed on the fundamental question of this election. Reince Priebus, Republican Party Chairman, insists that Barack Obama four years ago campaigned in an economy that was [...]

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Road to Charlotte: As Barack Obama prepares to accept the Democratic presidential nomination in North Carolina, he’ll be highlighting successes of his first term with an eye to the future. Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute says there’s an enthusiasm gap comparing Obama 2012 to Obama 2008. I don’t believe in top down economics. [...]

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney introduced Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate, turning to the architect of a deeply conservative and intensely controversial long-term budget plan. Paul Davis Ryan is the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin’s 1st congressional district, serving Kenosha County, Racine County and most of Walworth County. Republican Paul [...]

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Newt Gingrich says he is launching a website to explore a run for president. Gingrich says that he and his wife “will look at this very seriously and we will very methodically lay out the framework for what we do next.” “… every American has their creator-endowed right to pursue happiness as a reality not [...]

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