http://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/us elections 2012 Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Thu, 17 May 2012 04:07:42 +0200 Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney has won primary ballots in Oregon and Nebraska, partial results show, moving him a step closer to winning his party's formal nomination. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Romney-wins-Oregon-Nebraska-primaries-20120516 A well-funded US non-profit group using the internet to find a centrist candidate to run for president has failed to generate enough interest in any one nominee. http://www.news24.com/World/News/US-3rd-party-cant-find-president-nominee-20120515 President Barack Obama counted on the support of younger voters four years ago. Now, a new Republican-leaning "super" political committee wants to bring them to the Republican Party's side. http://www.news24.com/World/News/New-super-PAC-hopes-to-woo-young-voters-20120514 The reflections of some Ohio voters reveal something far more pragmatic than an electorate that shifts its views because of the headline of the day, no matter how historic. http://www.news24.com/World/News/How-will-gay-marriage-play-on-the-ground-20120514 Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney has firmly rejected same-sex marriage in a major address at the US' biggest Christian university. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Romney-maintains-opposition-to-gay-marriage-20120512 Republican Mitt Romney is heading to America's largest Christian university to court young religious conservatives and push family values in the wake of President Barack Obama's gay marriage endorsement. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Romney-courts-young-evangelicals-20120512 US President Barack Obama's endorsement of gay marriage has caught Republicans off guard, but they must now decide whether to make gay rights a crucial campaign issue. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Republicans-mull-gay-marriage-opposition-20120511 President Barack Obama's campaign has moved quickly to capitalise on his newly announced support for gay marriage, releasing a video that labels Mitt Romney as backward on the issue. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Romney-backward-on-gay-marriage-Obama-20120510 With only months left until the US votes, Barack Obama has come out in support of gay marriage. Simon Williams asks, just what is the political impact? http://www.news24.com/World/News/Obama-backs-gay-marriage-The-political-impact-20120510 President Barack Obama's announcement that he supported same-sex marriage has stirred impassioned responses at places of worship across the US, underscoring the risk he took in coming out in favour of such a controversial measure. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Mixed-responses-to-Obama-gay-marriage-stance-20120510 Barack Obama has become the first US president to say publicly he was in favour of same-sex marriage, in a high-stakes intervention. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Obama-backs-same-sex-marriage-20120509 Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the US? Enough that a man in prison is getting 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Against-Obama-even-a-jailbird-gets-votes-20120509 Conservative Republican Rick Santorum has endorsed Republican presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney in an email to supporters, reports say. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Santorum-endorses-ex-rival-Romney-20120508 Twitter's role in the 2012 US presidential campaign extends beyond 140 characters. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Twitter-huge-in-2012-US-campaign-20120507 President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are in a statistical dead heat in Ohio, Virginia and 10 other states up for grabs in the 2012 election, says a poll. http://www.news24.com/World/News/US-presidential-race-tight-in-swing-states-20120507 US Republican Senator John McCain has had some advice for his party’s presumptive nominee to take on President Barack Obama: choose someone you trust for vice president. http://www.news24.com/World/News/McCain-gives-Romney-some-advice-20120507 US Vice President Joe Biden, who has said in the past that he opposed gay marriage, has softened that stance saying in an interview he is now "absolutely comfortable" with same-sex marriage. http://www.news24.com/World/News/US-VP-Biden-comfortable-with-gay-marriage-20120506 Hope and change powered Barack Obama to the White House four years ago, but can he play the same gambit twice? http://www.news24.com/World/News/Obama-Its-still-about-hope-20120506 President Barack Obama says America has suffered through too much pain to turn the economy over to Republican Mitt Romney, as he fired up his first official re-election rally. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Dont-take-chance-on-Romney-say-Obama-20120505 President Barack Obama is using the first official rally of his re-election bid to brand Republican rival Mitt Romney as a willing rubber-stamp for failed policies. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Obama-shifts-to-campaign-mode-20120505