Politics
Political Watch
Marc Masferrer keeps an eye on local and state government and on politics, from a Manatee County perspective.
Politics
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ELECTIONS
Bitter primaries undercut GOP hopes in 3 states
Mutual admiration was the rule for Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson's listening session at the University of South Florida.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2012
Romney ready to claim GOP nomination after Texas
Mitt Romney is poised to clinch the Republican presidential nomination after Tuesday's Texas GOP primary, a largely uncontested election that will formalize the former Massachusetts governor's status as President Barack Obama's general election challenger.
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POLITICS
Obama to honor Medal of Freedom recipients
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will honor the recipients of the Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony Tuesday.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2012
GOP ties Obama to NH student debt, ignores origins
New Hampshire isn't just first in the nation when it comes to hosting presidential primaries. It also ranks first in student-loan debt, and now the winner of the state's Republican presidential primary is seizing on that fact to argue that President Barack Obama has let down students.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2012
Center's activities provide glimpse into network of conservative advocacy groups
The financial firepower that fueled the rise of a network of conservative advocacy groups now pummeling Democrats with television ads can be traced, in part, to Box 72465 in the Boulder Hills post office, on a desert road on the northern outskirts of Phoenix.
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POLITICS
First lady sponsoring future Navy submarine
First lady Michelle Obama is sponsoring a future Navy submarine named after her home state.
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ELECTIONS
Hispanic boom may not shift Texas face in Congress
One is a black real estate agent and the other a white millionaire. For two new districts created to reflect Texas' soaring Hispanic population, they might be the representatives elected to Congress.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2012
Campaigns dig through online data to target voters
Voters who click on President Barack Obama's campaign website are likely to start seeing display ads promoting his re-election bid on their Facebook pages and other sites they visit. Voters searching Google for information about Mitt Romney may notice a 15-second ad promoting the Republican presidential...
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2012
Obama honors fallen troops on Memorial Day
President Barack Obama is paying tribute to the nation's fallen warriors on Memorial Day, attending a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery and honoring those who died during the Vietnam War.
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POLITICS
Congressional Black Caucus rallies preachers to tackle voter-ID laws
The Rev. Dr. Franklyn Richardson longs for the old days, when all it took was Sunday sermons by African-American ministers to fire up their flocks to get registered and vote in local, state and federal elections.






