Politics
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 16:11

Obama Campaign Scores in Ohio Early Voting Case

Written by Joshua Cohan

Authors: Joshua Cohan

Obama Campaign Scores in Ohio Early Voting CaseBrand X Pictures/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The Obama campaign scored a legal victory Tuesday when the Supreme Court declined to step in and allow Ohio’s early in-person voting limitation to take effect.
After two lower federal courts ruled in favor of the Obama campaign and enjoined the law, Ohio’s Republican...

Authors: Jeanette Torres

Ohio Soup Kitchen Director Says Paul Ryan ‘Barged In’ for Photo OpDaniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The head of an Ohio soup kitchen where Paul Ryan stopped with his family over the weekend said on Monday that the Romney campaign barged its way in for a photo op.
Ryan, his wife Janna, and their children donned white aprons and washed dishes -- that appeared to be clean...

Authors: Jeanette Torres

Five Things to Watch at Second Presidential DebateNICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images(HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.) -- Exactly three weeks before voters head to the polls, President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney face-off in Hempstead, N.Y., on Tuesday for the second presidential debate that could again chart a new course for the general election campaign.
In an email to supporters...

Authors: Jeanette Torres

Arizona Senate Race: Things Get Personal Between CandidatesHemera/Thinkstock(PHOENIX) -- Senate ads have been dark and foreboding, if often boilerplate.  But Arizona’s Senate race has swiftly become one of the most intense and personal in the country, thanks to two new TV ads released last week by Republican Rep. Jeff Flake and Democrat Richard Carmona, who served as...

Authors: Jeanette Torres

Romney Won’t Face ‘Sharp-Tongued’ Women of The ViewABC/Martin H. Simon(WALTHAM, Mass.) -- Ann Romney will visit the women of ABC’s The View solo on Thursday since her husband is no longer available to appear on the show he once referred to as “high risk.”
Co-host Barbara Walters announced on the show Monday morning that she was told over the weekend Mitt...

Authors: Jeanette Torres

Obama Team Mum on Moderator Concerns for Second DebateChip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WILLIAMSBURG, Va.) -- The Obama campaign on Monday declined to comment on reports that they are concerned about the role moderator Candy Crowley intends to play at Tuesday night’s debate, but said the president is “prepared for and ready to take questions from wherever they...

Tuesday, 16 October 2012 00:09

Is Mitt Romney Shifting Tone on Afghanistan Plan?

Written by Carmen Cox

Authors: Carmen Cox

Is Mitt Romney Shifting Tone on Afghanistan Plan?NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/GettyImages(WASHINGTON) -- Mitt Romney's pointed criticism of President Obama's planned 2014 "transition" of troops out of Afghanistan has been dulled over the past week, marking a rhetorically subtle but politically significant shift in the Republican nominee's plan to end the decade-long war.
The Romney...

Authors: Carmen Cox

Ryan Tells Ohio Voters They Have a ‘Responsibility’ to Talk to '08 Obama VotersJ.D. Pooley/Getty Image(CINCINNATI) -- Paul Ryan made a quick stop Monday in the crucial state of Ohio to remind supporters of their “responsibility” to talk to friends who voted for Barack Obama in 2008, but now “just aren’t as impressed,” and get them to turn out for Mitt Romney.
“You know,...

Monday, 15 October 2012 22:17

Obama Campaign Slams New Swing State Poll

Written by Carmen Cox

Authors: Carmen Cox

Obama Campaign Slams New Swing State PollAlex Wong/Getty Images(CHICAGO) -- The Obama campaign Monday blasted the latest battleground state polling that finds Mitt Romney with a five-point lead among likely voters, saying the Gallup/USA Today poll has “deep flaws.”
“Gallup’s data is once again far out of line with other public pollsters,”...

Authors: Carmen Cox

Washington’s Porkiest Projects: Sen. Tom Coburn Releases Waste Book 2012Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- It’s becoming a tradition for Sen. Tom Coburn: The annual “Waste Book.”  Every year since 2010, the Oklahoma Republican has issued his blistering report highlighting the 100 most egregious abuses of taxpayer dollars.  This year, Coburn and his research team...

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