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World and Nation

Romney calls Obama’s post-convention gain ‘a sugar high’

By Jim Rutenberg and Jeff Zeleny Sep. 11, 2012

President Barack Obama raised more money in August than Mitt Romney did, outpacing him for the first time since the spring and adding to a sense in both parties that Obama is entering the post-convention sprint to Election Day in a slightly stronger position, leaving Romney with less than two months to change that dynamic.

World and Nation

Mitt Romney goes after Rick Santorum on budget

By Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg Feb. 21, 2012

CINCINNATI — Mitt Romney was barely six minutes into a campaign speech here Monday afternoon, dwelling on the success story of a local bioscience company, when he broached a topic that is suddenly confounding his Republican presidential aspirations: Rick Santorum.

World and Nation

A big Romney win in Florida bolsters his campaign

By Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg Feb. 1, 2012

TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney rolled to victory in the Florida primary Tuesday, dispatching an insurgent threat from Newt Gingrich and reclaiming his dominant position in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

World and Nation

Romney questioned on critique 
of economy under Obama

By Jim Rutenberg Jul. 6, 2011

HAMPTON, N.H. — For much of this year, Mitt Romney has laid low, seeking to reap the benefits of being the presumed front-runner in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination (strong fundraising, positive polling) without suffering the downsides (intensive media scrutiny, endless shelling from rivals).

World and Nation

Behind War Between White House and Fox

By Jim Rutenberg Oct. 23, 2009

Late last month, the senior White House adviser David Axelrod and Roger Ailes, chairman and chief executive of Fox News, met in an empty Midtown Manhattan steakhouse before it opened for the day, neutral ground secured for a secret tete-a-tete.

World and Nation

Obama Secures Democratic Presidential Nomination

By Jim Rutenberg and Jeff Zeleny Aug. 28, 2008

When Sen. Barack Obama announced in early July that he would give his nomination address in an outdoor stadium in front of 75,000 people, he wowed members of both parties who saw it as an inspired stroke of campaign image making.

World and Nation

Hate Groups Stay Mostly Quiet During Election

By Jim Rutenberg Oct. 21, 2008

A tall, extra-hot mocha in his hand and a .380-caliber pistol on his hip, Bill White sat near the window of a Starbucks in Roanoke, Va., last month and discussed his political predicament as the leader of one of the nation’s more established neo-Nazi groups.

World and Nation

As Democrats Take the Stage, GOP Prepares to Respond

By Jim Rutenberg Aug. 26, 2008

In a modern production studio about a mile from where the Democrats were opening their convention here Monday, a SWAT team of Republican operatives dispatched to crash Sen. Barack Obama’s party was reveling in its accomplishments.

World and Nation

Bush Orders Review of Auto Fuel Efficiency For New Automobiles

By Jim Rutenberg and Edmund L. Andrews May. 15, 2007

President Bush announced Monday that he had directed his administration to begin the long process of establishing higher fuel efficiency standards for new cars.

World and Nation

Gonzales' Testimony Praised By Bush Despite Rep. Criticism

By Jim Rutenberg and Neil A. Lewis Apr. 24, 2007

President Bush on Monday said that the congressional testimony of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales last week, roundly panned by members of both parties, "in a way increased my confidence in his ability to do the job."

World and Nation

Bush, Lawmakers Fail to Agree On a U.S. Troop Iraq Timeline

By Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg Apr. 20, 2007

After weeks of acrimonious sparring over financing the next phase of the war, President Bush and congressional leaders softened their tone on Wednesday but failed to resolve their differences over a timeline for removing most U.S. combat troops from Iraq next year.

World and Nation

Shorts (left)

By Jim Rutenberg Mar. 20, 2007

President Bush marked the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq on Monday with a stark warning against the temptation “to pack up and go home.”

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