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Joe Biden Laughter Compilation … Vice President Joe Biden laughs at Paul Ryan’s comment that small businesses are our job creators, and continues to laugh at other comments by Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan. The Republican National Committee hopes the majority of voters are repulsed by — what many are calling — disrespectful, arrogant and [...]

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President Barack Obama told supporters the 2008 presidential election wasn’t about him, rather it was ‘about you. my fellow citizens – you were the change.’ Tweets per minute peak of the night came at the end of Pres. Clinton’s speech: 22,087. The president’s Twitter Political Index Score fell short of the score of 28,000 for [...]

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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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While politics is on the mind of current visitors to Charlotte, North Carolina, more than a million visitors to this region every year come to watch NASCAR, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing at the nearby speedway. Speedway attracts 1.5 million fans every year. The next big event at the Charlotte Motor Speedway [...]

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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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Both the Obama and Romney teams are warning against reading too much into Governor Scott Walker’s win in Tuesday’s recall election. AP Political Reporter Kasie Hunt says Wisconsin will likely be a hard fought battle in the presidential race.

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“Freedom Fuels the Economy” Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won the Illinois Republican presidential primary, while Rick Santorum placed second. Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul did not campaign heavily in Illinois. His victory speech to supporters as at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel in Schaumburg, Illinois Before the Illinois and following Romney’s victory in [...]

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