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To restore economy, Bachmann urges Occupy Wall Street to stop blaming ‘job creators’

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By Jon Collins | 11.04.11 | 9:33 am

Bachmann said that Pres. Barack Obama and the Occupy Wall Street movement need to stop blaming job creators. Instead, she proposed that corporate tax rates need to be cut and regulatory “burdens” lifted.

GOP candidates on campaign trail blame Obama for faltering economy

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By Andrew Duffelmeyer | 11.02.11 | 1:48 pm

Five Republican presidential candidates hammered on regulations, taxes and President Obama at a manufacturing forum Tuesday in Iowa, calling for major cuts to those areas and aiming to pin the worldwide economic downturn on the president.

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Obama to open campaign office in Minneapolis Monday

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By Jon Collins | 11.02.11 | 12:48 pm

An invitation sent to supporters invites them to meet fellow activists and learn about the campaign’s “grassroots strategy for re-electing the president.”

Obama’s student loan plan lauded by Franken, student advocates point to limitations

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By Jon Collins | 10.27.11 | 10:25 am

The Education Finance Council said the President’s plan doesn’t address the real student loan problem of “rising tuition and the lack of well-paying jobs.”

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Obama hires lobbyist who pushed Keystone pipeline and Comcast merger

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By Jon Collins | 10.25.11 | 8:42 am

Johnson, a former Clinton staffer, is an example of the White House’s “revolving door” with former lobbyists.

Bachmann gives strong performance in GOP debate, but struggles with facts

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By Jon Collins | 10.12.11 | 8:39 am

Bachmann, who has been sinking in the polls, struck out against Rick Perry and Herman Cain, who are drawing much of the conservative vote.

Bachmann blames Obama’s ‘weakness’ for the Arab Spring

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By Jon Collins | 09.29.11 | 8:51 pm

Bachmann said “Obama has laid the table for Arab Spring by demonstrating weakness from the United States.”

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Obama introduces opt-out for No Child Left Behind: Congress isn’t acting, ‘so I will’

By Mikhail Zinshteyn | 09.23.11 | 12:01 pm

States, including Minnesota, have complained about requirements of the unpopular education program since its introduction.

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Obama’s smog decision backed by big business donors

By Yana Kunichoff | 09.21.11 | 10:23 am

Obama for America, the President’s reelection group, received money from seven of the top twenty air polluters.

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Bradlee Dean scolds Obama in open letter

By Jon Collins | 09.13.11 | 6:00 am

Dean said Obama’s “grave decisions dishonor everything our forefathers gave us when they laid down their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.”