The Trail: 2012 Presidential News from the Field
CAMPAIGN 2012 November 13, 2012

Jobs, Trade Dominated Presidential Advertising in 2012

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For many, the American factory might be one of the lasting images of the 2012 presidential election, a familiar backdrop both to countless campaign events and scores of television ads. Read more »
CAMPAIGN 2012 November 13, 2012

Stephen Colbert Shuts Down Super PAC

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Comedian Stephen Colbert announced late on Monday that he was shutting down his super PAC because of the death of its fictional adviser and chief strategist, Ham Rove. Read more »
CAMPAIGN 2012 November 13, 2012

Paul Ryan Speaks Out After Loss

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Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., spoke out for the first time following the Republican presidential ticket’s loss last Tuesday in an interview with his local Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper, saying he was shocked on Election Night. Read more »
November 10, 2012

GOP Faces Steep Climb With Young Voters

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Just like the rebellious adolescents they were not long ago, they proved everybody wrong. Read more »
ELECTION ANALYSIS November 9, 2012

Hispanic Exit Polls Suggest Seismic Shift in Florida

By Beth Reinhard
Exit polls showing the powerful Cuban-American community in Florida favored President Obama – which would make him the first Democratic nominee in decades to penetrate that Republican Party stronghold -- suggest a seismic political shift in the nation’s largest swing state. Read more »
CAMPAIGN 2012 November 8, 2012

The Presidential Polls Were Right After All -- But the Argument Continues

By Steven Shepard
In the end, after all the unskewing, the re-weighting and the hand-wringing, the polls were right — for the most part. Read more »
CAMPAIGN 2012 November 8, 2012

Team Romney Accidentally Publishes Victory Website

By Lara Seligman
Mitt Romney suffered a sound defeat on Tuesday but you’d never know it from his campaign’s victory website, briefly published by mistake on Tuesday night. Read more »
CAMPAIGN 2012 November 8, 2012

Axelrod, Scarborough Compromise on Mustache Bet

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Obama senior adviser David Axelrod and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough settled their "mustache bet" on the election, compromising on large donations to help epilepsy research. Read more »
CAMPAIGN 2012 November 8, 2012

Julian Castro: Latinos Could Give Dems Boost in Texas in Coming Years

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With the growing number of Latino voters, San Antonio Mayor and rising Democratic star Julian Castro said Texas will be competitive for Democrats in the next six to eight years. Read more »
CAMPAIGN 2012 November 8, 2012

Barbour: Hurricane Sandy 'Saved' Obama's Presidency

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Haley Barbour, Mississippi's former Republican governor, said on Thursday that Hurricane Sandy, which devastated the East Coast, “saved” President Obama’s chances for reelection. Read more »
CAMPAIGN 2012 November 7, 2012

Ryan Emerges From Campaign With Higher Profile, 2016 Options

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Paul Ryan won’t be helping Mitt Romney lead the country in a new direction from the White House. But the congressman famous for his small-government budget blueprints has emerged from his first national race with high visibility and a top spot on any list of 2016 presidential prospects. Read more »
CAMPAIGN 2012 November 7, 2012

Tammy Baldwin Says Her Election Will Make Senate More Diverse

By Lara Seligman
Tammy Baldwin, the Democratic Senator-elect from Wisconsin and the first openly gay woman elected to the Senate, said on Wednesday that her victory will make the Senate more reflective of America. Read more »
CAMPAIGN 2012 November 7, 2012

Partisans Argue Over the 'Mandate' Question

By Stacy Kaper
Partisans and pundits parsing the election seem to agree that the signal from voters is that the political parties need to work together, though the question of whether voters sent a “mandate” to Washington remains a sore subject of debate. Read more »
CAMPAIGN 2012 November 7, 2012

Wasserman-Schultz Blames Florida GOP for Voting Problems

By Lara Seligman
As voters in parts of Florida waited in line to vote for up to seven hours, and the state has still not declared a winner in the presidential race, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz blamed the state's Republican Party for the delays. Read more »
CONVENTIONS 2012 November 7, 2012

World Leaders React to Obama Victory

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Following President Obama’s reelection, leaders and other figures around the globe reacted to the news, from Obama’s former school in Indonesia to the Dalai Lama, the Associated Press reports . Read more »
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