Authors: Carmen Cox
Scott Olson/Getty Images(CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa) -- Paul Ryan mentioned the national debt surpassing $16 trillion on Tuesday, calling it “a little bit of a downer.”
“We just heard about an hour ago that our government eclipsed the $16 trillion mark in our national debt,” Ryan said at a rally with over 800...
Authors: Carmen Cox
ABC/Rick Rowell(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- When San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro speaks tonight -- at times in Spanish -- during primetime at the Democratic National Convention, many people will think of another young, energetic graduate of Harvard Law school who was propelled to prominence by his keynote speech eight years ago.
"A lot...
Authors: Carmen Cox
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- Democrats opened their convention in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday with the vision of keeping President Obama in the White House, but they were hit with the news that a new poll found his popularity among women in a tailspin and the national debt has zoomed past $16 trillion.
Obama's...
Authors: Carmen Cox
J.D. Pooley/Getty Images(WEST LAKE, Ohio) -- Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan took the GOP campaign to the key state of Ohio Tuesday, and on a day Democrats plans to air a video tribute to Jimmy Carter, Ryan used Carter to mock the Democrats. Polls show that the Republican ticket is trailing in Ohio, and most...
Authors: Carmen Cox
ABC/ Ida Mae Astute(TUCSON, Ariz.) -- Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, a former NASA astronaut, announced the formation of a political action committee Tuesday.
The move will enable Giffords and Kelly to accept campaign contributions and financially support like-minded candidates seeking public office.
&l...
Authors: Joshua Cohan
Alex Wong/Getty Images(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — For Democrats, there is no God in 2012 — at least as far as the party’s platform is concerned. Nor is there a Jerusalem. Democrats removed those two words, and the passages surrounding them, from the 2012 party platform as it was released this week.
In Charlotte on...
Authors: Joshua Cohan
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(NORFOLK, Va.) -- President Obama pulled into Fire Station 14 in the city of Norfolk, Va. He was on his way home from his last pre-convention campaign rally Tuesday to hand-deliver a case of White House-brewed beer.
"I'm going to call you up and find out what you think," he told the...
Authors: Joshua Cohan
ABC News(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- The Obama campaign team assembled in the NASCAR Hall of Fame on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. – appropriate for their campaign slogan, “Forward” – but also illustrative of the reality that they have a lot more laps to go before the...
Authors: Joshua Cohan
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- First Lady Michelle Obama takes center stage on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention, and as one senior Obama campaign official told ABC News yesterday, she will be a "character witness" for the president's decision-making process during troubled times.
M...
Authors: Joshua Cohan
SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages(WASHINGTON) -- Is your marathon time just average? Try converting it into “Paul Ryan Time” and you may be pleasantly surprised.
An average 4 hour and 26 minute marathon time can look more like a 3 hour, 12 minute and 51 second race using a new website parodying vice presidential candidate...
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