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Obama has slight edge on election eve

| November 6, 2012 | 0 Comments

Washington: President Barack Obama appeared to have a slight edge over Republican challenger Mitt Romney as America headed for the polls to pick the winner of a White House race that has remained extremely close for weeks. Taking no chances, both Obama and Romney and their key campaigners spent the final hours leading to Tuesday’ [...]

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Indian-American candidates look to create history in polls

| November 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

Washington: Six Indian-Americans are in the race for a seat in the US House of Representatives, with the latest polls and mainstream media saying that three of them have bright chances of winning. Elections will be held for all 435 seats, representing the 50 US states on November 6. The winners of this election cycle [...]

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Obama has slight edge as contenders make final dash

| November 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

Washington: President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are making a final dash through the electoral battlegrounds as a slew of new polls show either a close race or a slight advantage for Obama. Just a day ahead of the Nov 6 US presidential election, a Pew Research Centre national poll released Sunday showed [...]

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The Democrats: championing the middle class

| November 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

Washington: Supported by most members of the Indian-American community, President Barack Obama’s Democratic Party with the longest continuous operation in the US has promoted a social liberal and progressive platform since the 1930s. Led by Obama, the 15th Democratic president of the United States seeking re-election on the slogan of “Forward”, the party says it [...]

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The Republicans: Flag bearers of American conservatism

| November 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

Washington: Boasting of the only two Indian-American governors, presidential challenger Mitt Romney’s Republican Party is the flag bearer of American conservatism advocating “smaller and smarter” government, fiscal discipline, lower taxes and minimum regulation. Founded by anti-slavery activists in 1854, Republicans dominated US politics nationally for most of the period 1860-1932 providing 18 of America’s 44 [...]

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New York Mayor, Starbucks CEO endorse Obama

| November 2, 2012 | 0 Comments

Washington: In a surprise development, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has endorsed US President Barack Obama who is seeking re-election. Obama is pitched against Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, for the November 6 elections; which according to political analysts is a very close race. In such a scenario an endorsement of the powerful Mayor [...]

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US poll can’t be postponed, despite Sandy havoc

| November 1, 2012 | 0 Comments

Washington: Next Tuesday’s US presidential election apparently cannot be postponed despite the havoc caused by Hurricane Sandy that has flooded towns and cities up and down US East Coast and left millions without power. The election for president cannot be moved to a later date without passage of a new federal law as an 1845 [...]

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Obama and Romney campaign reaches out to Indian-Americans

| November 1, 2012 | 0 Comments

Washington: In a very close presidential election where every single vote counts, both the Obama and Romney campaigns have been making special effort to reach out to the Indian-American community. The community, which numbers more than three million according to the latest census, is being reached through full page ads in local Indian-American ethnic newspapers. [...]

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The Wrath of Eve

The Wrath of Eve

| October 27, 2012 | 9 Comments

What a week it’s been for women’s right’s activists who couldn’t decide which way to direct their ire as misogyny and sexism took centerstage at the highest political platforms across the world

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Romney maintaining small lead over Obama: Opinion polls

| October 27, 2012 | 0 Comments

Washington: Ahead of the November 6 US Presidential election, Republican challenger Mitt Romney is maintaining a small lead over incumbent Barack Obama who, however, still has a “narrow advantage” in key battle ground states, according to opinion polls. Romney, 65, is having a lead of five points over Obama in the Gallup’s rolling daily tracking, [...]

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