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Former Vice President Dick Cheney Gets Heart Transplant
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney had a heart transplant Saturday, after five heart attacks over the past 25 years and countless medical procedures to keep him going. Cheney, 71,...
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Santorum: ‘Of Course’ I Would Serve As Romney’s Vice President
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Rick Santorum, showing signs of fatigue and frustration while grasping for strategies to right his unsteady White House bid, is trying to derail Republican front-runner Mitt...
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Dick Cheney Released From Hospital After Heart Transplant
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney was released from the hospital Tuesday, 10 days after getting a new heart, his office said. Cheney, 71, received the organ from an unknown donor on...
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Let The Vetting Begin: Attention Turning To Romney’s Potential VP Candidate
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Who will be Mitt Romney’s running mate? With the Republican presidential hopeful closing in on the GOP nomination, attention is beginning to turn to who he will pick to be by his...
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Joe Biden And Wife Pay $87,900 In Taxes
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — For Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, this year’s tax return looks almost identical to last year’s. Returns for 2011 released by the White House show the Bidens paid...
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2008 GOP Redux? Romney Has Plenty Of Women To Choose For VP
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Get used to these names: Gov. Susanna Martinez of New Mexico, Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina and Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire. One of these women could potentially be...
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Analyst: Romney Will Choose ‘Extreme Opposite Of Palin’ As Running Mate
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Regardless of the political affiliation or level of engagement of a person’s community, most people would be hard pressed to find someone unfamiliar with the name Sarah Palin. A...
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Condi Rice: ‘There Is No Way’ I Will Be Romney’s Running Mate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is trying to tamp down any speculation she could be Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running mate. Rice tells “CBS This Morning” she’s not...
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Romney’s Wife Says Woman Being Eyed For Ticket
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney’s wife says her husband is thinking about picking a woman to be on his ticket this fall. Ann Romney says in an interview, “We’ve been looking at that and I love that...
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Romney’s VP Selection Shrouded In Secrecy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaks are springing. Trial balloons are floating. Egos are being stroked. Wanna-bes are auditioning. And, chances are, lies are being told. Somewhere, amid all of the shenanigans,...
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Opinion: Romney’s VP Choice Won’t Be Condoleezza Rice Or Any Other Female
As much as former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said she doesn’t want to be a politician, her name continues to be thrown about in the days preceding the GOP’s presumptive presidential...
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Obama Upstages McDonnell’s Potential VP Audition
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Gov. Bob McDonnell had one last turn on the national stage as host of the weekend midsummer retreat of U.S. governors as a potential vice presidential running mate for...
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Aide: Romney Could Make VP Selection By Week’s End
WASHINGTON (AP) — A counterattacking Mitt Romney is seeking to shift political attention away from his business tenure and his tax returns with a fresh assault on President Barack Obama’s record....
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Expert: Christie’s ‘Larger-Than-Life’ Personality Problem For Romney
NEW YORK (CBSDC) – The question of whether New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants to be Mitt Romney’s running mate come the November general election is one he’s heard a lot recently. Unsurprisingly, he...
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Cheney: McCain Picking Palin As VP Nominee A Mistake
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says it was a mistake for Republican Sen. John McCain to pick Sarah Palin as his vice presidential nominee. Cheney says he liked Palin, but that she...
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Romney Announces Paul Ryan As Vice President Choice
NORFOLK, Va. (CBSDC/AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney introduced Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate on Saturday, turning to the architect of a deeply...
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Advisers Told Romney That Ryan Was ‘Risky’ Pick
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — After Mitt Romney decided on a running mate, Paul Ryan’s carefully planned transition from congressman to vice presidential candidate began — in deep secret. Almost a week ago, Ryan...
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Opinion: Mitt Romney’s Excellent Choice: Paul Ryan
GOP presidential nominee-to-be Mitt Romney made his highly-anticipated vice presidential candidate announcement on Saturday, and he pleased many on the “right” with his choice of Rep. Paul Ryan. After...
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Opinion: Romney Tries To Reboot Losing Campaign With Ryan Pick
After months of failing to find a way to gain ground in the presidential campaign, W. Mitt Romney has hit the reset button. At the end of last week Romney threw in the towel, literally, on the...
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Opinion: Ryan VP Pick Changes Electoral Math
W. Mitt Romney’s vice presidential selection, Paul Ryan, has changed the Electoral College math. Prior to the selection of Ryan, it was an open question if Romney could help himself with certain...
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Opinion: Paul Ryan And The War on Women
If you like the GOP war on women, you are going to love Paul Ryan. After all, Ryan’s record on women’s health could easily be mistaken for one of W. Mitt Romney’s primary opponents, Rick Santorum....
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Opinion: Joe Biden’s Asinine Comments Aren’t Cute Anymore
The fact that Joe Biden is only a heartbeat away from the presidency should not only scare the hell out of every American, it should be reason enough for the Romney-Ryan ticket to win the 2012...
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Romney Wants Risky Pick Ryan To Play It Safe
GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) — Mitt Romney wants running mate Paul Ryan to play it safe. Ryan, the nation’s most controversial budget architect, is often described as the intellectual leader of the House...
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The Veep: A Regular And Not-So-Regular Joe
Washington DC (AP) - After Joe Biden tripped up his boss by voicing support for same-sex marriage while the president remained on the fence, speculation was rampant about whether the remarks were...
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Opinion: Will Hillary Save The White House For Obama?
With President Barack Obama’s Vice President Joe Biden messing up more and more on the campaign trail as time passes, rumors of Biden being sent home to Delaware for good have abounded since last...
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Opinion: Akin Incident Shows Contrast Between The Republicans And Democrats
While obviously nothing good ever comes of a disturbing comment like Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri made on Sunday regarding rape with its abortion implications, the controversy surrounding his ill-spoken...
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Opinion: Paul Ryan And His Little White Lies
Last night, Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan addressed the Republican National Convention. After a shaky start, Ryan became comfortable with the TelePrompter and delivered a talking...
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Biden Plays To Younger Crowd In Wis. Stop
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — Playing to a younger audience, Vice President Joe Biden stressed differences Thursday between the presidential campaigns on education, college debt and entitlement programs more...
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Opinion: Ryan-Biden Vice Presidential Debate Necessarily Spirited
The most difficult part of the sole vice presidential debate of 2012 was for GOP vice presidential challenger Paul Ryan not to appear like a bully, and he accomplished that goal superbly. It would...
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Opinion: Joe Biden Schooled Paul Ryan With Facts And Substance
Mitt Romney’s apprentice salesman stepped on the stage last night and delivered his talking points, but little more. Throughout the night, Joe Biden delivered lesson after lesson to the ambitious...
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Biden Cancels Campaign Stop In Hometown Due To Storm
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)— The approach of Sandy is prompting Vice President Joe Biden to cancel a campaign visit that he had scheduled to Scranton, the city where he grew up. Biden’s visit had been...
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Opinion: Biden in 2016?
One of the worst contemplations of a President Barack Obama victory in the presidential election of 2012 is the notion that Vice President Joe Biden would think he had anything positive to do with the...
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Cheney: Chief Of Staff More Powerful Than Vice President
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Makers of a Discovery network documentary on presidential chiefs of staff have a perfect participation record. All 19 living men who had that job gave interviews for “The...
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Gore Hits Corporate Media, Defends Current TV sale
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Al Gore, who takes aim in his new book at the corporate media for “suffocating the free flow of ideas,” on Tuesday defended the sale of his television channel to Al-Jazeera. The...
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Biden: Ill. Election Sends Message On Guns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden argued Wednesday that the primary election victory of a gun control advocate to represent Illinois in Congress sends a message that voters won’t stand for...
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White House Rejects Idea To Extend Obamacare Enrollment Deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators from President Barack Obama’s own party pressed him in person on Wednesday to extend the enrollment deadline for Americans to sign up for health insurance because of the...
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2016 Dem Preview? Clinton’s Favorability Higher Than Biden’s
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – In what could be a sneak peek at the 2016 Democratic presidential primary, the latest Gallup poll shows former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with a higher approval rating...
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Biden: Immigration Crucial To American Innovation
MIAMI (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden extoled immigration as crucial to American innovation Saturday at a college graduation ceremony in South Florida. The Miami Dade College graduates and their...
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Biden Likely Mending Fences in Brazil After Spying Accusations
LANHAM, Md. (CBSDC) — After taking in the surprising United States victory over Ghana at the World Cup on Monday night, Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet with Brazilian President Dilma...
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Obama Includes Biden in Regular Golf Game
POTOMAC, Md. — A surprise player has joined President Barack Obama’s regular weekend golf game: Vice President Joe Biden. The White House says the Nos. 1 and 2 leaders of the free world teed off...
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