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5:44 pm
Fri October 12, 2012

Vice Presidential Candidates Spar Over Medicare

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Vice President Biden (left) and Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan during Thursday's debate.

Originally published on Fri October 12, 2012 5:57 pm

It's hardly surprising that Thursday night's vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky., would feature a spirited debate about Medicare. GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan is the author of a controversial Medicare proposal that Democrats have been campaigning against for more than a year now.

But fact checkers have raised some flags about some of the claims the candidates made.

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It's All Politics
5:41 pm
Fri October 12, 2012

Bachmann Faces Competitive Re-Election Bid In Minnesota

More than a year after winning Iowa's Straw Poll for the GOP presidential nomination, and more than nine months after dropping out of that race, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., is back on the campaign trail.

This time she's after a fourth term representing Minnesota's 6th Congressional District, and Bachmann's campaign is running into stiff competition.

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