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Obama to speak at Atlanta college commencement in May
February 16th, 2013
09:12 PM ET
96 days ago

Obama to speak at Atlanta college commencement in May

(CNN) - President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta this spring, the college's president said Saturday.

The historically black men's liberal arts college has just over 2,400 students enrolled and will graduate the class of 2013 on May 19.
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Filed under: Georgia • President Obama
A gridiron battleground
October 26th, 2012
04:45 PM ET
209 days ago

A gridiron battleground

(CNN) - Early results are in and Mitt Romney finds himself ahead of his competition in North Canton Ohio.

The opponent in this race though – is high school football
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Filed under: 2012 • Mitt Romney • Ohio
A presidential race good to the last bite
September 21st, 2012
09:51 AM ET
245 days ago

A presidential race good to the last bite

(CNN) - Watching the presidential election play out, it's easy to see that campaigning is a crumby business.

So it's nice when, in the middle of the campaign ad clutter, the debates over who built what, the bus tours, the rallies, the polls with that margin of error - to hear a business owner in the gritty, tough, highly coveted battleground state of Ohio ask, "Do you want a cookie?"
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Filed under: 2012 • Mitt Romney • Ohio • President Obama
Obama fires up crowd in Ohio
July 16th, 2012
08:43 PM ET
311 days ago

Obama fires up crowd in Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio (CNN) – President Barack Obama took to the stage and sang at the Cincinnati Music Hall Monday afternoon while on a campaign stop in Ohio.

But he didn't sing a tune from Al Green, although there were requests. He sang a song for Adam, who was spending his 18th birthday at the president's campaign event.
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Filed under: 2012 • Ohio • President Obama
Haley cleared of alleged ethics violations
June 29th, 2012
09:38 PM ET
327 days ago

Haley cleared of alleged ethics violations

(CNN) - An ethics committee in South Carolina on Friday cleared Republican Governor Nikki Haley of ethics violations.

The first term governor was fighting accusations that dated back to her time as a state representative, alleging that she used her state seat to illegally lobby for former employers and to coerce donations for a foundation.
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Filed under: Nikki Haley • South Carolina
Inmate for president says it's all about the economy
May 14th, 2012
04:40 PM ET
374 days ago

Inmate for president says it's all about the economy

(CNN) - No balloons. No banners. No cheering crowd. No need for a victory speech to a throng of adoring and loyal supporters.

As he sat in a prison cell in Texas, Keith Judd, inmate # 11593-051, was winning 40% of the vote in the West Virginia Democratic primary last week amid whatever fanfare one could receive in such a place.
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Filed under: President Obama • West Virginia
March 17th, 2012
11:51 AM ET
432 days ago

Obama swings through Atlanta to campaign, raise cash

Atlanta (CNN) - At a campaign event in Atlanta Friday night, President Barack Obama told supporters that the country needs them.

"I'm here today not only because I need your help, I'm here today because the country needs your help," Obama said at a gala fundraising reception hosted by the Obama for America African American Leadership Council.
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Filed under: 2012 • President Obama
Tea party not settled on any one candidate
Tea party activist William Temple attends the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.
March 5th, 2012
01:15 PM ET
444 days ago

Tea party not settled on any one candidate

(CNN) - Ask different tea party volunteers in the days before Super Tuesday who the leading presidential candidate is and you will get different answers.

Rick Santorum has a lot of support in our unscientific polls, said Mark West of the Chattanooga, Tennessee, Tea Party.

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Filed under: 2012 • Republicans • Tea Party movement
Santorum says country needs contrast
February 25th, 2012
08:02 PM ET
453 days ago

Santorum says country needs contrast

Hixson, Tennessee (CNN) - GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum brought a crowd in Tennessee to its feet Saturday when he told them "true happiness comes from doing God's will in your life"

"True happiness comes from doing what you ought to do," he continued. "Real happiness is not doing whatever you want. In many ways it's self-sacrificial"
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Filed under: 2012 • Rick Santorum
Cain homes in on foreign policy before debate
November 12th, 2011
02:57 PM ET
558 days ago

Cain homes in on foreign policy before debate

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) - Hours before the second Republican presidential debate of the week, GOP candidate Herman Cain previewed his foreign policy bona fides before a group of young Republicans in his home state Saturday morning.

At the fall meeting of the Georgia Young Republicans in Atlanta, Cain said once elected president he would make foreign policy and national security his priority, saying the president's number one job is to protect the nation.
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Filed under: 2012 • Foreign Policy • Herman Cain
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