WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner accused President Barack Obama on Thursday of conduct quot;beneath the dignity of the White House.quot; The top House Democrat said Boehner considers the health of women quot;a luxury.quot;

House Speaker John Boehner accused President Barack Obama on Thursday of conduct quot;beneath the dignity of the White House.quot; The top House Democrat said Boehner considers the health of women quot;a luxury.quot;

Once thought to be solidly behind President Barack Obama, younger voters burdened by a bleak employment picture, high gas prices and student loan debt are being aggressively wooed by the Democrat and his likely Republican challenger, Mitt Romney.

Demo (for Democrat), a donkey that Colombian Silvio Carrasquilla --a fan of US President Barack Obama-- plans to give the latter, stands in front of Carrasquillo#39;s house on April 12, 2012, in Turbaco, department of Bolivar, some 60km from Cartagena.

The political battle now swings to Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Barack Obama, and Iowa will be one of the most hotly contested races in the country in this year#39;s presidential campaign, politics insiders said Tuesday.