Obama wants DNC chair to stay on the job
Washington (CNN) - Two senior Democratic Party officials tell CNN that President Barack Obama will ask Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida to stay on for a second term as chair of the Democratic National Committee.
The DNC meets in Washington, D.C. on January 22, the day after the president's second inauguration, for its annual winter meetings. The top thing on the agenda at the gathering is to vote on the chair and other party officials for the next two years.
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Obama campaign: Setting expectations for a brawl
Washington (CNN) - Top aides to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign say they don't buy a new Bloomberg poll that indicates Obama leading Republican challenger Mitt Romney by 13 points.
"We got the race we expected," one top aide said, describing "a close race" that will remain that way up until Election Day.
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Obama campaign seeks to frame the narrative with new ads
(CNN) - The Obama campaign launched Monday the first in a series of positive ads aimed at highlighting the president's record on such issues as the economy and foreign policy.
Called "Go," the first ad begins and ends by addressing voters' concerns about the economy, reminding Americans that President Obama inherited an economic mess from the previous administration. The one-minute spot makes the case that Obama's policies have helped middle-class Americans and will continue to do more in the future.
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Obama campaign targets Romney and McDonnell over women voters
(CNN) - The Obama campaign renewed its focus on women voters Thursday with a stepped up attack on Mitt Romney.
A data-filled memo alleges the budget cuts, tax reform and social policy Romney supports will disproportionately hurt middle- and low-income women.
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New Obama campaign video: Gingrich vs. Romney in his own words
Washington (CNN) - The Obama campaign is out with a new web video featuring some of Newt Gingrich's fiercest attacks on Mitt Romney, the same day Gingrich is expected to show support for Romney's candidacy.
The video features clips of Gingrich questioning Romney's candor as a politician, querying why he has a swiss bank account, and in response to a question by Wolf Blitzer at a CNN debate, describing Romney as the most anti-immigrant candidate remaining in the race.
Obama campaign’s latest ad targets Romney’s ‘Swiss bank account’
(CNN) - The latest television ad by the Obama campaign paints Mitt Romney as a man who outsourced jobs, tried to hide a Swiss bank account, and enjoys a common cause with big oil interests.
Called “Swiss Bank Account,” the 30-second spot begins airing Tuesday in the key battleground states of Ohio, Virginia and Iowa. In a few days, President Barack Obama will hold his first campaign rallies in two of those states: Ohio and Virginia.
Obama campaign’s case: Forward
(CNN) - The Obama campaign has released a seven minute video making the case for the president’s re-election. The video reveals what appears to be a new Obama campaign motto: Forward.
In the video, the Obama campaign makes the argument that economic conditions are improving and the president’s accomplishments were possible only against the undertow of a resistant Republican party.
Obama campaign: Romney won Florida on negative ads
(CNN) – One day after Mitt Romney’s Florida primary win, President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign remains focused on painting the former Massachusetts governor as an unpopular Republican candidate.
In a memo addressed to interested parties and given to CNN by the campaign, deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter attributed Romney's victory to the bombardment of negative ads run in the state by his campaign, as well as by the super PAC supportive of his candidacy, Restore Our Future.
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New anti-Obama ad slams Solyndra 'fiasco'
(CNN) – The day after Crossroads GPS announced an impressive $32.6 million haul in 2011, it is out with a new ad hitting President Barack Obama over his administration’s investment in Solyndra, the failed green energy firm.
“He gave his political backers billions – a big government fiasco- infused with politics at every level,” a woman says over black and white images of bundled cash and men huddled in the Capital.
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