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Campaign ads crowd out local businesses on airwaves

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Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 8, 2012
Small businesses are seeing higher TV ad rates, fewer time slots in key swing states.
Posted In: ads, television
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Obama, Romney draw attention over apps

Interview by
Jeff Horwich and Jeremy Hobson
Aug 8, 2012
With election day now less than three months away, the campaigns of both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have amped up. One of their newest feats? Mobile apps.
Posted In: app, mid-day extra
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Campaigns experiencing online ad space crunch

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Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 2, 2012
Demand for the 15- and 30-second spots that automatically play before online videos are sold out in some markets or being auctioned off at record prices in others.
Posted In: online advertising, 2012 campaign
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Orlando is 'purple' when it comes to political donors

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David Gura
Aug 1, 2012
Central Florida city is a top locale for both GOP and Democratic fundraisers, in a swing state that will play a key role for either Mitt Romney or Barack Obama winning the election.
Posted In: Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, campaign finance, Florida
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Enter to win...a president

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Mitchell Hartman
Jul 25, 2012
Both the President Obama and Mitt Romney campaigns are using sweepstakes to coax small donations. Do they work?
Posted In: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, 2012 election
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Teach for America fields political candidates

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Blake Farmer
Jul 23, 2012
Teach for America is tapping its nationwide network of alumni to recruit candidates for public office -- so much so that in one Tennessee race, two TFA alums are squaring off against one another.
Posted In: politics, teachers, Teach for America, Education, 2012 election
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The influence of the vice president

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Elizabeth Wynne Johnson
Jul 18, 2012
As Romney prepares to tap running mate, historians say vice presidents have a mostly unseen role in shaping policy.
Posted In: vice president, Mitt Romney, 2012 election
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Squaring rhetoric and reality on outsourcing

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Todd Zwillich
Jul 17, 2012
There's a new bad word in the race for president: 'Outsourcing.' But the latest political back-and-forth, while dramatic, ignores the realities of the American economy.
Posted In: outsourcing, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney
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Report: Mitt Romney stayed at Bain longer than he's claimed

Interview by
Jeremy Hobson
Jul 12, 2012
The Boston Globe is reporting this morning that government documents show GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney remained CEO and chairman of the private equity firm Bain Capital for three years after he has said he left Bain.
Posted In: Mitt Romney, Bain Capital, Boston Globe, Securities and Exchange Commission
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The president is a 'betting' man

Interview by
Sarah Gardner
Jul 5, 2012
As President Obama's "Betting on America" tour gets underway, we ask a linguist: What does it mean to "bet" on the country?
Posted In: 2012 campaign, slogan, Barack Obama

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