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FocusUnpacking 'Romneyomics': how Mitt would adjust dials on the US economyMItt Romney offers a prescription for the ailing US economy that hews to Republican principles. But it also has some unorthodox differences. Well-off Americans could get fewer government benefits and pay more for Medicare. 聽
'Robin Hood tax': What is it and why does Occupy want it?As Jamie Dimon testifies before Congress (again), Occupy protesters don pointy hats to promote the 'Robin Hood tax' on stock and bond transactions 鈥� an idea Washington opposes.聽
Are Americans with Obama on illegal-immigration move? Poll says yes.A Bloomberg poll released Tuesday shows 2-to-1 support for President Obama's new illegal-immigration policy, aimed at helping young undocumented immigrants stay in the country.
Is Ron Paul's campaign better with money than Mitt Romney's?Six percent of Ron Paul鈥檚 campaign spending goes to fundraising, mainly via Internet 'money bombs.' Mitt Romney's campaign spends 23 percent of what he raises to do the same thing.
Three reasons Mitt Romney will win Michigan, and three reasons he won'tFamily ties and changing state demographics could help in Michigan, but Mitt Romney has a long way to go to overcome President Obama's lead in the polls 鈥� and his own opposition to the auto bailout.
Why isn't Mitt Romney vetting Marco Rubio as a VP candidate?Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is not being vetted as part of the Romney campaign's vice-presidential search, a report from ABC News says. Is that a snub of the GOP's most prominent Latino?
Was Obama鈥檚 move on immigration legal? Lawyers' memo makes the caseA memo by six immigration lawyers, written more than a year ago, argues that historical precedent supported Obama's authority to take action. Critics decry an effort to circumvent Congress.
Health-care reform law will survive even if mandate doesn't, experts sayChaos will not ensue if the US Supreme Court strikes down the individual mandate to buy health insurance, even if other parts of Obama's health-care reform law are upheld, health experts say. But premiums would be likely to rise.
Ron Paul wins Iowa! Does that matter?Ron Paul's final victory in Iowa 鈥� Mitt Romney won the caucuses, but Paul got most of the delegates 鈥� could affect how hard Paul supporters push to get their issues on the agenda at the GOP's national convention.
Monitor BreakfastWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker finds lessons in recall fightWisconsin Republican Scott Walker reflects on surviving a historic recall election and warns that Mitt Romney shouldn't assume that he'll automatically get Republican voters' support in the Badger State. 聽 聽- How much do you know about presidential pets? Take our quiz.
As a struggling economy dogs President Obama, his famous four-legged friend, Bo, could be a political risk, a new George Washington University study finds. The authors conclude that presidential pets are welcomed in times of scandal and war but not in bouts of economic instability. Whatever the case, first pets have long attracted publicity and press. From pooches to parakeets, see what facts you can recall about some noteworthy presidential pets.
Did Obama's immigration move make Marco Rubio a more likely veep pick?Mitt Romney's gap with Hispanic voters is so wide that he may have no choice but to try to one-up Obama 鈥� perhaps by putting Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida on the GOP ticket.
What did President Obama get for Father's Day?There鈥檚 no word yet on whether Sasha and Malia got him any new ties. But President Obama did get to play a round of golf and released a new Father's Day campaign video.
Republicans, Democrats jockey before Supreme Court health-care rulingThe political world is waiting for the Supreme Court to hand down its ruling on President Obama鈥檚 sweeping reform of the health-insurance system. A decision could come as early as Monday. 聽
Obama immigration order: Does 'audacity of hope' mean unchecked presidential power?President Obama鈥檚 order deferring deportation of up to 800,000 young illegal immigrants shows a president dealing with a recalcitrant Congress by ignoring it. Is he reshaping the power of the presidency?
New EPA guidelines on soot: a political cloud for Obama?Forced by a federal court to act, the EPA issued new clean air guidelines lowering permissible levels of soot. The move was attacked by Republicans and industry leaders as harming the economy.
Why some illegal immigrants aren't celebrating Obama鈥檚 new policySome young illegal immigrants remain skeptical that President Obama's new policy, which could give renewable US work permits to 800,000 immigrants, will actually work.
DREAM deferred? Will Obama order make immigration reform harder?President Obama, acting without Congress, took steps to curtail deportations for young illegal immigrants. Republicans say the move could jeopardize prospects for immigration reform.
Romney bus tour: What's he hope to accomplish?Mitt Romney embarked on a bus tour Friday that is taking him to small towns in six of the nation's most important swing states from New Hampshire to Wisconsin.聽
Monitor BreakfastHaley Barbour chides Mitt Romney on immigration stanceWhile arguing that Romney was not as hard on immigrants as is claimed, former Mississippi Governor Barbour said at a Monitor breakfast that 'I would have a different policy' on immigration.
