Ryan: More jobs yield more taxpayers

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Published
October 2, 2012

Ryan: More jobs yield more taxpayers

Romney's runningmate aims to handle the '47 percent' with 'good paychecks.'
Published
October 2, 2012

Churches using ‘souls to polls’ to rally vote

Some leaders compare their registration and get-out-the-vote efforts to the racial struggle that led to the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Published
October 2, 2012

Romney’s message may be losing its luster in NH

Some voters say they are turned off by his shift to the right on issues like abortion, while others seem to have absorbed the message from Obama campaign ads.
Published
October 2, 2012

Romney: US must be shaping events

The Obama campaign responds by calling the Republican's foreign policy stances 'erratic.'
Published
October 2, 2012

Politically, poll reveals differences in Maine districts

The liberal south and coast vs. the more conservative north is a divide that could again be key in the election.

Published
October 1, 2012

Obama trying to avoid miscue in first debate

Both parties say the first debate traditionally helps the challenger, whose stature tends to rise in the eyes of many voters by simply appearing on stage as the alternative.
Published
October 1, 2012

Hours of preparation for Romney ahead of debate

As the candidate has prepared for the first matchup, one question has loomed among both advisers and observers: Will he provoke Obama or will Obama provoke him?
Published
October 1, 2012

Romney criticizes Obama foreign policy record

BURLINGTON, Mass. — Republican Mitt Romney is arguing America needs new foreign policy leadership, using President Barack Obama’s handling of the Middle East as an opening to criticize the incumbent before Wednesday’s first presidential debate. With both candidates hunkered down and practicing for their first face-off, Romney is offering a mixed argument against the president […]
Published
October 1, 2012

Off the Trail: Strong views in small, struggling town

Another in a weekly series on what Mainers across the state say about the race for the White House – and what they want from the next president. MILLINOCKET – There’s a verse in the Bruce Springsteen song “My Hometown” that could have been written about Millinocket: “Now Main Street’s whitewashed windows and vacant stores […]
Published
September 30, 2012

Ryan downplays debate expectations

The spin by his running mate follows a tough month for Romney, who debates Obama this week.