Obama makes final campaign push, hoping to avert electoral rout
BRIDGEPORT Conn. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama made a final push on Sunday to help struggling Democrats before this week’s midterm elections, making campaign stops in Connecticut and Pennsylvania to try to avert a “shellacking” at the polls like t…
Obama makes final campaign push, hoping to avert electoral rout
BRIDGEPORT Conn. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama made a final push on Sunday to help struggling Democrats before this week’s midterm elections, making campaign stops in Connecticut and Pennsylvania to try to avert a “shellacking” at the polls like t…
Courting liberals, Clinton takes tougher line on big business
NASHUA New Hampshire (Reuters) – Long viewed as an ally by Wall Street, likely 2016 presidential contender Hillary Clinton has increasingly been taking banks and big business to task while on the campaign trail for Democrats across the country.
Republicans poised to ride Obama’s unpopularity to gains in U.S. elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans are poised to pick up seats and could win control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday in midterm elections heavily influenced by deep voter dissatisfaction with President Barack Obama’s job performance.
Ohio Republican governor, with possible eye on 2016, preaches compassion
COLUMBUS Ohio (Reuters) – In the struggle within the Republican Party between the conservative Tea Party flank and moderates, Ohio Governor John Kasich is seeking to position himself as someone who can appeal to both sides.
To salvage his presidency, Obama faces pressure to reboot – but will he?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A reshuffling of President Barack Obama’s staff looks all but certain after Tuesday’s congressional elections, which are likely to bring humbling losses to his Democratic party and could add to pressure on him to reboot his presidency.
Tea Party poised to push conservative Texas further to the right
DALLAS (Reuters) – With polls indicating a Republican sweep of statewide offices in Texas, two protégés of Tea Party favorite U.S. Senator Ted Cruz are poised to take over powerful posts and push the already conservative state further to the right.
Republicans promise less gridlock if they win U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans said on Sunday they will break the legislative stalemate that has paralyzed Washington for the past several years if they win control of the Senate in the upcoming congressional elections.
Nearly one-third of likely voters cast ballots before November
MANCHESTER New Hampshire (Reuters) – Nearly one-third of likely voters have already taken advantage of early voting provisions to cast their ballots, as candidates across the country make their closing arguments on college campuses and in coffee shops,…
U.S. Senate win could give Republicans a chance to weaken Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After years of trying to repeal Obamacare, Republicans are planning a new strategy to eliminate some of the law’s most unpopular provisions by using targeted legislation with the potential to attract enough Democratic votes to re…
