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| How Bain Capital is trying — reluctantly — to clean up its name Posted: 11 Aug 2012 08:47 PM PDT Mitt Romney's political foes are going to great lengths to make Bain the boogeyman of the 2012 race. The Boston private equity firm is fighting back — but only to a point.           |
| A staunch conservative built on self-reliance Posted: 11 Aug 2012 04:38 PM PDT Paul Ryan's was a rise so swift and steady it seems scripted: congressional aide, elected to the US House at 28 years old, House Budget Committee chairman, prominent intellect of the GOP, proponent of a controversial plan to cut the deficit and, on Saturday, at just 42 years, named by Mitt Romney as the prospective vice presidential candidate. But unlike Romney, whose family background helped groom him to be a presidential candidate, Ryan's path to this moment was hardly preordained.  |
| Posted: 11 Aug 2012 04:38 PM PDT  |
| FACT CHECK: Questionable claims in veep debut Posted: 11 Aug 2012 12:29 PM PDT In his debut as Mitt Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan promised "America's comeback team" won't duck tough budget issues, although the man standing next to him has kept his head low so far. Romney vowed the duo would "preserve" Medicare, an eye-popping claim considering Ryan wants to transform the program from the ground up.  |
| Ryan: Obama has 'record of failure' Posted: 11 Aug 2012 05:59 AM PDT Republican Mitt Romney's running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, wasted little time tearing into President Barack Obama on Saturday, lambasting the Democrat's "record of failure" just hours after being named to the GOP ticket.  |
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