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Romney denounces idea of Obama-Wright campaign ads
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Mitt Romney swiftly and firmly distanced himself Thursday from a group exploring plans to target President Barack Obama's relationship with a controversial former pastor. But the revival of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright as a campaign issue momentarily placed race at the center of the presidential contest and showcased the independent groups playing a new role this year with big-money TV ads.... 05/17/2012 05:30:27pm

AP Interview: Walker not afraid to lose recall
HARTLAND, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday he's not afraid to lose the historic recall election he faces in less than three weeks, but if he wins he intends to govern in a more inclusive, consensus-building way.... 05/17/2012 04:56:51pm

Billionaire tied to Wright ad blitz a rising force
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The wealthy executive who considered and then dropped a proposal to revive controversy over the relationship between President Barack Obama and his former pastor is a rising conservative maverick with ties to the Chicago Cubs baseball team. He's also linked to a "super" political action committee that bankrolled an upset in Nebraska's recent Republican Senate primary.... 05/17/2012 04:46:44pm

Romney's April money suggests GOP rallying for him
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney and his Republican Party raised $40 million in April, an unexpectedly strong haul in the first month of the general campaign that illustrates enthusiasm within the GOP and threatens President Barack Obama's overwhelming cash advantage.... 05/17/2012 05:27:54pm

Obama's home-turf summits will test his leverage
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will find his diplomatic clout tested at twin summits on his own turf beginning Friday. The big global problems are the economic mess in Europe and finding scarce money to boost a postwar Afghanistan - and in both cases the solutions lie mostly overseas.... 05/17/2012 03:31:20pm

THE RACE: Politics a factor in weekend summits
President Barack Obama is taking a break from active campaigning for a few days to host back-to-back world summits. Yet U.S. presidential politics will be lurking just offstage at both.... 05/17/2012 12:07:17pm

Biden: Running company not same as leading country
MARTINS FERRY, Ohio (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says the business background that Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney touts on the campaign trail doesn't necessarily make him fit to run a country.... 05/17/2012 02:52:29pm

Romney to run first general election TV ad
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says he'll run his first TV ad of the general campaign in a couple of days.... 05/17/2012 03:47:13pm

GOP Senate hopes once again rest on insurgents
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For Senate Republicans, 2012 is starting a lot like 2010.... 05/17/2012 03:59:13am

No sure thing for GOP: a tight battle for Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Divisive Republican primaries, an out-of-nowhere GOP retirement in Maine and an unexpectedly competitive race in North Dakota add up to an unpredictable battle for control of the Senate this fall, confounding early forecasts that an era of Democratic rule was inevitably coming to an end.... 05/17/2012 12:08:45am

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