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Obama's Campaign Is Off to a Rocky Start

Published in Wall Street Journal on May 17, 2012

May has been a bad month for President Obama's re-election campaign. Let's review some of the lowlights.

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Obama's Public-Equity Record

Published in Wall Street Journal on May 10, 2012

President Barack Obama's re-election organization is spending a lot of time attacking Mitt Romney over his careers in venture capital (investing in start-ups) and private equity (investing in troubled or failing businesses).

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Romney looks to solidify GOP nomination

Aired on Happening Now on April 24, 2012

Karl weighs in on the latest round of primary elections and how Mitt Romney’s sweeping these states solidifies his position as the presumptive Republican nominee for president.

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At the Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise That Saved the Union
By Robert V. Remini

The noted historian of the turbulent decades before the Civil War has written a short yet vivid history of the event that kept the nation together for one last decade, the Compromise of 1850 that inadvertently bought time for the North to grow in population and war-making capacity, thereby making victory for the South unlikely when conflict came.

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KEY RE-ELECTION STATISTICS, APRIL UPDATE

Key Indicators Graph

The graph represents the average poll rating for President Barack Obama in the past month and three previous presidents at the same point in their administration.

Stay tuned for updates to see how Mr. Obama is positioned for reelection compared to his predecessors based on these key indicators.

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