Politics

Authors: Kelly Knaub

Obama to Use New Study to Attack Mitt Romney on MedicareMANDEL NGAN/AFP/GettyImages(MELBOURNE, Fla.) — Campaigning in Florida Sunday, President Obama will seize on a new analysis showing the Romney-Ryan plan would raise Medicare costs to launch fresh attacks against his opponents’ plan to “voucherize” the popular entitlement program.
Appealing to the large...

Authors: Kelly Knaub

Obama’s ‘Gone to Great Lengths’ to Keep Gas Prices High, Ryan SaysScott Olson/Getty Images(SAN RAMON, Calif.) — Paul Ryan said Saturday the president has gone to “great lengths” to make gas more expensive in this country.
The vice presidential candidate visited Google headquarters in Montainview  to hold a Google+ Hangout where he took questions from supporters at...

Authors: Kelly Knaub

President Obama Makes Surprise Stop for Beer, Cracks Birther JokeChip Somodevilla/Getty Images(KISSIMMEE, Fla.) — Rolling to Orlando this evening, President Obama’s bus tour made a surprise stop at a local sports bar for beer and a little college football.
“There he is,” a girl squealed, according to pool reports, as Obama walked into Gators Dockside bar and grill,...

Authors: Kelly Knaub

Romney Slams GOP Leaders, Including Paul Ryan, for 2011 Budget DealJeff Swensen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Rep. Paul Ryan, (R-Wis.), as chair of the House Budget Committee, was part of the team that signed off on the budget deal with the White House, mandating immediate spending cuts, creating a “Super-committee” tasked to finding $1.5 trillion in further deficit reduction and...

Sunday, 09 September 2012 10:57

Biden Recounts Near Arrest in His College Years

Written by Kelly Knaub

Authors: Kelly Knaub

Biden Recounts Near Arrest in His College YearsJoe Raedle/Getty Images(ATHENS, Ohio) — Vice President Joe Biden told the story of a run-in with the cops he had back in the 1960s during a college trip to Athens, home of Ohio University where he was nearly arrested for stepping foot in a women’s dorm where men weren’t allowed.
“As a matter of fact, the...

Authors: Kelly Knaub

Obama: GOP Selling Tax Cuts to ‘Help Your Love Life’Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) — Mocking his opponents’ economic agenda, President Obama says Republicans are pushing tax cuts as the prescription to cure the ailing economy, “help you lose a few extra pounds,” and even “help your love life.”
The president...

Saturday, 08 September 2012 16:57

Mitt Romney Vows God Will Stay in GOP Platform

Written by Christine Hsu

Authors: Christine Hsu

Mitt Romney Vows God Will Stay in GOP PlatformJeff Swensen/Getty Images(VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.) -- Making reference for the first time to the Democrats’ about-face on having the word “God” in their party’s platform, Mitt Romney said here on Saturday that if he is elected, God will not be removed from the Republican platform.
“I will not take God...

Saturday, 08 September 2012 15:06

Joe Biden Challenges Press to ‘Fact Check Me’

Written by Christine Hsu

Authors: Christine Hsu

Joe Biden Challenges Press to ‘Fact Check Me’JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(ZANESVILLE, Ohio) -- Vice President Joe Biden extended an invitation to the media to check the veracity of his claims on Medicare, telling the press to “fact check me.”
“What they’re proposing, and this is a fact.  I say to the press, ‘Fact check me,’”...

Saturday, 08 September 2012 14:57

Obama Kicks Off Florida Bus Tour

Written by Christine Hsu

Authors: Christine Hsu

Obama Kicks Off Florida Bus TourJIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) –- Mocking his opponents' economic agenda, President Obama says Republicans are pushing tax cuts as the prescription to cure the ailing economy, "help you lose a few extra pounds," and even "help your love life."
The president unveiled the new quip Friday, but on...

Authors: Christine Hsu

Ann Romney Says Mitt Is Much Maligned, Emphasizes ‘Goodness of this Man’Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NASHUA, N.H.) -- As night fell on a baseball stadium here in New Hampshire on Friday, Ann Romney rallied a crowd of thousands, hinting that with two months to go until the election, she’s already got her eye on an inauguration party in January, even if she believes her husband is...

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