Mitt Romney is in the midst of a bruising, costly campaign to oust Barack but one expert has long said the Republican’s efforts are for naught.
Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8-trillion budget brimming with populist tax hikes on the rich and jobs spending designed to outmanoeuvre Republicans.
Many US Republicans may have growing concerns about their presidential front-runner Mitt Romney but no one is pushing the panic button — yet.
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/ 29 January 2012
Mitt Romney stormed towards a likely Tuesday victory in Florida that would make him strong favourite for the Republican presidential nomination.
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/ 22 November 2011
US lawmakers have abandoned efforts to rein in debt in a sign that Washington will be unlikely to resolve the tax and spending dispute before 2013.
Tim Pawlenty has dropped out of the 2012 US presidential race — a day after a disappointing showing in an early test of strength among his party.
Having said no to taxes for months, Republicans now are saying maybe in the face of public disgust over a deadlock in the US Congress.
The US is about to bump against its borrowing limit. If the limit isn’t raised the US will default on its debt or drastically reduce state spending.
The scene is set for one of the biggest battles of recent US political history after Republicans rejected Barack Obama’s revised health-reform Bill.
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/ 6 November 2009
Jonthan Freedland looks back over a year that began with Barack Obama’s victory speech.
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/ 25 November 2008
Touted as the next US secretary of state, the former first lady carries tremendous political baggage.
Obama and McCain differ on the uses of American power, but who is the hawk and who is the dove, asks David E Sanger.
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/ 1 November 2008
It wasn’t easy. I didn’t get my absentee ballot in time so I called the consulate in Johannesburg to see what I could do.
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/ 27 October 2008
Democrats are gazing at a radical new dawn while Republicans are ready to attack the victor, writes Jonathan Freedland.
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/ 18 October 2008
Despite strong words, the final debate is unlikely to be the game-changer McCain had hoped for.
Republicans are urging John McCain to adopt more aggressive tactics against Barack Obama amid fears that the White House is slipping away from them.
Democrat campaign targets the swing state of New Mexico. Dan Glaister reports
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/ 29 September 2008
The financial crisis ended the Palin circus but the Democratic presidential candidate must buck up
his ideas to exploit McCain’s weak point.
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/ 23 September 2008
The Republicans argue that people who have lost their homes may no longer be resident at the address listed on voter records.
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/ 22 September 2008
Historically, there’s been a last-minute swing away from black candidates by white voters. Will Barack change things?
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/ 15 September 2008
Sarah Palin’s road from mayor of a small Alaskan town to John McCain’s running mate is littered with casualties, writes Ed Pilkington.
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/ 13 September 2008
An America that disdains Obama for his global support risks turning current anti-Bush feeling into something far worse.
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/ 6 September 2008
Furore surrounding John McCain’s running mate is a return to the old American politics of red state versus
blue state, writes Jonathan Freedland.
Bill Clinton did brilliantly what other Democrats had failed to do — make the case for President Barack Obama, writes Jonathan Freedland.
Grass roots organisation brings conservative states within Democrats’ grasp, writes Suzanne Goldenberg.