Election 2012: Obama, Murphy, Esty Among Election Day Winners

President Barack Obama won four more years in office on Tuesday, describing his victory over Republican nominee Mitt Romney as a call to action that would help move the U.S. past the difficult times endured during the past four years and promising “the best is yet to come.”

Obama won Connecticut’s seven electoral votes in a state where registered Democrats heavily outnumber registered GOP voters.

Other notable Connecticut results include Representative Christopher S. Murphy (D) defeating wrestling executive Linda McMahon (R) in the race to succeed Senator Joseph Lieberman and Elizabeth Esty defeating Andrew Roraback to take the seat vacated by Chris Murphy in his run for the U.S. Senate.

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Election 2012: What To Watch For As Polls Across The Country Close

The winner of the presidential contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will have a tremendous impact on entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid. And the race could also impact the implementation of the 2010 federal health-care law. Tonight’s victor could potentially fill as many as two or three Supreme Court vacancies — with Ruth Bader Ginsburg at age 79, Anthony Kennedy and Antonin Scalia at 76, and Stephen Breyer at 74 — changing the court’s political composition for decades.

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Election 2012: Vice Presidential Debate Addresses Healthcare

Last night’s vice presidential debate highlighted the clash between Vice President Joe Biden and Representative Paul Ryan over their competing plans for Medicare and Social Security, two topics of deep concern to older voters.

Ryan accused the Obama administration of “getting caught with its hand in the cookie jar,” and Biden charged the plans proposed by Ryan and Republican candidate Mitt Romney would privatize Medicare and wind up cutting benefits for younger people as they approached retirement age.

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Election 2012: Obama’s Healthcare Lead Slips Post Debate

According to the latest survey from the Pew Research Center for People and the Press, Mitt Romney is closing in on President Obama on issues surrounding healthcare.  The slide comes after last week’s presidential debate, the first of three scheduled for this month.

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Election 2012: Obama, Romney Face-Off In First Debate

Last night, President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney took part in the first of three debates scheduled for this month.  Though the candidates sparred on issues including taxes, spending, entitlements and education, the debate focused heavily on the different directions they would take to address Medicare and health reform.

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Election 2012: Race For The White House Close Among Likely Voters

According to a new poll by the Washington Post & ABC News, last week’s Democratic National Convention helped President Obama improve his standing against Republican Mitt Romney, but did little to reduce voter concern about his handling of the economy.

The survey shows the race remains close among likely voters, with Obama at 49% and Romney at 48%.  However, the president holds an edge among all registered voters, topping Romney with a 50% to 44% advantage.

A separate poll conducted by CNN shows Obama has a double-digit lead over Mitt Romney on both the issues of healthcare and Medicare.  According to that poll, 54% of likely voters think Obama would better handle the issue of health care, compared with 45% for Romney.

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Election 2012: Campaigns Focus On Medicare

As the Romney campaign continues to spread its message that nothing changes for current seniors or those nearing retirement, President Obama maintains Romney-Ryan are proposing to replace Medicare with a voucher system.

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Candidates Court Seniors On Medicare

When Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney told conservative activists he wants to “save” Medicare by turning it into a program that would give seniors a defined sum – and no more — to shop for the health plan of their choice, he teed up an issue that has the potential to sway millions of voters, especially seniors, in November.

Days later, President Barack Obama repeated his own pledge to preserve the program, proposing as part of his 2013 budget plan to reduce spending growth by about $300 billion over 10 years, but keep intact its guaranteed, specified benefits.  “What I will not support are efforts to turn Medicare into a voucher,” the president wrote in his budget.

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