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   Rudy Giuliani And The Price Of Milk While running for president in 2007, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani told a reporter at a Montgomery, Ala., supermarket that he estimates "a gallon of milk is probably about a $1.50, a loaf of bread about a $1.25, $1.30, last time I bought one." It must have been a few election cycles since his last trip: The grocery store's website listed  Fullscreen  4 of 12    Play All Spiro Agnew And Poor Neighborhoods Republican vice presidential candidate Spiro Agnew, branded as Richard Nixon's go-to guy on cities, vowed in 1968 to avoid poor neighborhoods. "If you've seen one slum, you've seen them all," Agnew said.

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http://www.nationaljournal.com/pictures-video/notable-deaths-of-2012-20120112 Den.Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) died Monday, December 17, 2012 Former Sen. Warren Rudman, R-N.H., died on Monday, November 19, 2012 Former Sen. George McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McGovern

Battleground States Obama Romney Virginia 99% Rpt. 51.1% 47.4% Florida 100% Rpt. 50.0% 49.1% N. Carolina 100% Rpt. 48.3% 50.4% Ohio 100% Rpt. 50.3% 48.3% New Hampshire 100% Rpt. 52.0% 46.4% Colorado 100% Rpt. 51.3% 46.3% Wisconsin 99% Rpt. 52.8% 46.1% Iowa 100% Rpt. 52.0% 46.2% Nevada 100% Rpt. 52.3% 45.7%  

Obviously it's a bit strange to say that a 1983 bill stabilized Social Security "for the next sixty years" but also be standing around a mere 22 years later talking about "the problems with the Social Security trust fund." But the key point is that while on a lot of issues Obama is happy to just lay down what he thinks should be done policy-wise, on Social Security he alludes to a past bipartisan deal to raise taxes and cut benefits and suggests a similar process rather than a desired outcome. So when Democrats ran the show he didn't try to move on Social Security. But with Republicans in control of the House, the stage is set for the preferred otucome of cutting benefits in the context of a bipartisan deal. http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/12/21/obama_favors_social_security_cuts_audacity_of_hope_advocates_lower_social.html

Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral vote Running mate Count Pct Vice-presidential candidate Home state Elect. vote Barack Obama Democratic Illinois 65,465,269 50.95% 332 Joe Biden Delaware 332 Mitt Romney Republican Massachusetts 60,782,804 47.31% 206 Paul Ryan Wisconsin 206 Gary Johnson Libertarian New Mexico 1,272,586 0.99% 0 James P. Gray California 0 Jill Stein Green Massachusetts 465,781 0.36% 0 Cheri Honkala Pennsylvania 0 Virgil Goode [127] Constitution Virginia 120,747 0.09% 0 Jim Clymer Pennsylvania 0 Roseanne Barr [127] Peace and Freedom Hawaii 67,229 0.05% 0 Cindy Sheehan California 0 Rocky Anderson [127] Justice Utah 41,986 0.03% 0 Luis J. Rodriguez California 0 Tom Hoefling [127] America's Iowa 40,515 0.03% 0 Jonathan D. Ellis Tennessee 0 Other 222,200 0.17% — Other — Total 128,479,117 100% 538 538 Needed to win 270 270