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- Obama risks Catholic vote with birth-control mandate
(Reuters) - Dr. Joe Casillas, an obstetrician in Southern California, routinely prescribes birth control for his patients. Though he's a practicing Catholic, he doesn't follow his church's stern warning that contraception is a sin. He believes women should have access. Yet Casillas was dismayed when the Obama administration recently ruled that religious institutions had to follow the same rules ...
people percentage vote who 09 Feb 2012 - Romney Campaign: Square "Could Be Huge," And Other Digital Trends In Politics
If 2008 was the year that Facebook and YouTube cracked the mainstream in politics, then 2012 will be the year that most every other digital tool breaks the dam wide open on the campaign scene. It's no longer enough for politicians to just be on Twitter--now almost all serious candidates aiming for a seat in Washington must be on Tumblr, Google+, Foursquare, and more. "I think people who vote for ...
people percentage vote who 09 Feb 2012 - Predatory lending under protest in Danville
Seven people from the Danville chapter of Virginia Organizing protested predatory lending Wednesday while standing in front of Advance America Payday Loans on Piney Forest Road.
people percentage vote who 09 Feb 2012 - Sitapur records highest voting in 10 districts
Wednesday's vote, they said, was for change. To ensure it happened, they came out in large numbers to exercise their franchise, albeit, a little later than usual.
people percentage vote who 09 Feb 2012 - Venezuela primary to set up Capriles-Chavez showdown
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition supporters vote on Sunday in a primary likely to anoint youthful governor Henrique Capriles as the candidate to face socialist President Hugo Chavez in an October election that is already shaping up as a fierce fight. Outwitted by Chavez since 1998, opposition leaders hope the nationwide ballot will galvanize their ranks, produce a unity candidate and ...
people percentage vote who 09 Feb 2012 - Obama?s condom move chokes Hispanic vote
President Barack Obama?s campaign to woo growing Hispanic communities in southern states being thwarted by his simultaneous campaign to regulate their neighborhood churches, both Catholic and evangelical.
people percentage vote who 09 Feb 2012 - Birth-control fight unlikely to hurt Obama, his strategists say
Democratic strategists think that most U.S. Catholic women believe birth control should be available and that people who oppose Obama because of a new rule for employers would not vote for him anyway. Even as angry Catholic leaders vow to fight a new federal requirement that most employers include contraceptives in their health insurance coverage, the Obama administration believes any political ...
people percentage vote who 09 Feb 2012 - SchoolBook: The School-Closing Vote
UPDATED | In what has become an annual spectacle, a city board will vote Thursday night on the closing of nearly two dozen public schools for poor performance, an event that in the past has drawn hundreds of protestors and vigorous union opposition. SchoolBook will be providing updates from the event through the evening.
people percentage vote who 09 Feb 2012 - The School-Closing Vote
In what has become an annual spectacle, a city board will vote Thursday night on the closing of nearly two dozen public schools for poor performance, an event that in the past has drawn hundreds of protestors and vigorous union opposition. SchoolBook will be providing updates from the event through the evening.
people percentage vote who 09 Feb 2012
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