Election 2012

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Orlando Sentinel Switches to Romney

Florida paper had endorsed Obama last time around

(Newser) - Good news for Mitt Romney out of the battleground state of Florida: After endorsing President Obama in 2008, the Orlando Sentinel is backing Romney this time around, CNN reports. Its reasons: "anemic" economic growth and the increasing poverty rate. "We have little confidence that Obama would be more...

Graham Axes Mormonism From His List of Cults

Just in time for a 'WSJ' ad backing conservative candidates

(Newser) - Billy Graham moved this week to obviously embrace Mitt Romney for president. But there was something he had to do first: remove Mormonism from his website's list of "cults." Until this week Mormonism was on a list with Scientology on the reverend's Evangelistic Association site. The...

This Year's Hot Halloween Costume Is ... Big Bird

Go ahead, try to find one in stock

(Newser) - Maybe "Pending Larry" can make a late charge, but right now it looks like Big Bird is going to win this year's crown of hottest Halloween costume. USA Today surveys costumer sellers across the country and gets the same response over and over: Any Big Bird costumes they...

Ann Romney: If Mitt Loses, No More Races

She says this would be her husband's last hurrah in politics

(Newser) - Ann Romney says her husband will not run again if this race doesn't turn out the way they hope. Romney told ABC's The View today that it was "a very hard thing" to put her family through another White House bid after he lost the 2008 Republican...

Romney&#39;s Real Foe: This Guy
 Romney's Real Foe: This Guy 
Ezra Klein
Oct 18, 2012 1:58 PM CDT

Romney's Real Foe: This Guy

Ezra Klein: His policies are depressingly similar to George Bush's

(Newser) - Romney's biggest problem this election season isn't Barack Obama; it's George W. Bush, argues Ezra Klein at Bloomberg . It's Bush, not Obama, "who has made voters skeptical of many of Romney's core policies." Yet when asked directly how he contrasted with Bush at...

Political Drug Arrests Make Obama Unacceptable
Political Drug Arrests Make Obama Unacceptable
Scott Adams
Oct 18, 2012 1:24 PM CDT

Political Drug Arrests Make Obama Unacceptable

Scott Adams thinks Aaron Sandusky's prosecution is a 'firing offense'

(Newser) - No matter how much you like President Obama, you shouldn't vote for him, Dilbert creator Scott Adams argues in his latest provocative blog post . Why? Well, "suppose you found out he once killed an American citizen … to help his reelection," Adams muses. Would you still vote...

Springsteen Officially Endorses Obama

Boss posts note of praise on website

(Newser) - It's no secret that Bruce Springsteen is an Obama fan , but the Boss made his support official yesterday in a letter on his website. The president has had "a really rough ride" due to the "economic chaos" left to him by the previous administration, Springsteen writes. "...

Romney to Bosses: Tell Workers How to Vote

 Romney to 
 Bosses: Tell 
 Workers How 
 to Vote 
CONFERENCE CALL TAPE
Oct 18, 2012 11:36 AM CDT

Romney to Bosses: Tell Workers How to Vote

Tape sheds light on headlines about businesses doing just that

(Newser) - In a conference call earlier this year Mitt Romney urged small-business owners to tell their employees how to vote. "I hope you make it very clear to your employees what you believe is in the best interest of your enterprise and therefore their job and their future," Romney...

Amazon Now Full of Snarky 'Binders' Reviews

'This binder has more than enough room to hold all my women.'

(Newser) - Mitt Romney's "binders full of women" is still on its thrill ride through the annals of the Internet . Most recently, it's made its way to the review sections of binders on Amazon, where some witty shoppers are commenting on how well the products contain women. "As...

Suddenly, Election 2012 Is All About Women

Romney tries to close the gap with crucial demographic

(Newser) - Women have surged to the forefront of the presidential race in the wake of Tuesday's debate , with both candidates furiously courting the demographic. Both candidates talked about women on the campaign trail —as did their surrogates—and the Romney campaign released a new ad shedding a more moderate...

Conservatives Pile on Candy Crowley

Rush accuses her of 'journalistic terrorism'

(Newser) - One person who definitely did not win the presidential debate this week was Candy Crowley—at least as far as conservatives are concerned. Right-wingers are claiming the take-charge moderator deliberately helped Barack Obama look good, reports CBS News . "Crowley's behavior goes beyond despicable as it was a blatant...

Obama Takes Dig at 'Binders' Comment

Romney fires back as women's issues emerge in campaign

(Newser) - You didn't think Mitt Romney's "binders full of women" comment at the debate was going to just disappear, right? President Obama couldn't resist taking a dig today in Iowa, reports Politico :
  • “I tell you what,” said the president. “We don’t have to
...

Larry King Moderating 3rd-Party Debate

4 candidates will meet next week

(Newser) - The third-party presidential candidates snagged a pretty well-known host for their debate next week: Larry King. King will moderate a debate between Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Constitution Party candidate Virgil Goode, and Justice Party candidate Rocky Anderson on Oct. 23 in Chicago, the Los Angeles ...

Green Party Candidate Arrested at Debate

Jill Stein, running mate held for hours after attempting entry

(Newser) - President Obama and Mitt Romney weren't the only candidates at Hofstra University yesterday. The Green Party's Jill Stein and running mate Cheri Honkala made an appearance, too—and got arrested for their trouble. The pair spent some 20 minutes trying to get into the debate hall, Politico reports,...

Debate's Real Winner: 'Binders Full of Women'

Romney phrase immediately goes viral

(Newser) - The real winner of the debate? Mitt Romney's line about "binders full of women," which became an instant meme. The Atlantic Wire and CNN round up some of the fun the Internet had with the line:
  • One picture going around shows Hugh Hefner in a library with
...

Fact-Checking Last Night's Debate

Obama, Romney both played a little loose with the truth

(Newser) - As usual, the truth took a bit of a beating in last night's presidential debate. At least one fact was checked during the debate —Obama's assertion that he did, indeed, use the term "act of terror" to describe the attack on the US consulate in Libya...

Aggressive Obama Edges 2nd Debate
 Aggressive Obama 
 Edges 2nd Debate 
OPINION ROUNDUP
Oct 17, 2012 2:30 AM CDT

Aggressive Obama Edges 2nd Debate

Prez made vital comeback from Denver disaster, pundits say

(Newser) - President Obama actually showed up for the second debate, and while the feisty contest was nowhere near as one-sided as his Denver defeat, most pundits say that the president made the comeback he needed. Some 46% of viewers thought Obama won the debate, while 39% called it for Mitt Romney,...

Obama Goes on Offensive in Debate No. 2

This one is a lot feistier than round one

(Newser) - President Obama and Mitt Romney wrapped up their second debate tonight, and this time both candidates came to play. The early consensus is that Obama got aggressive and did much better than in the first go-round, though Romney didn't retreat much from his aggressive attacks—on the economy in...

Hardest Hit by Ryan Medicare Plan: Florida

6 of 10 beneficiaries will owe more under plan: nonpartisan report

(Newser) - Paul Ryan's coupon-based Medicare plan would result in higher costs for six in 10 beneficiaries for the same service they're getting now—and Floridians would suffer the greatest financial toll, a yearlong, nonpartisan study finds. The Kaiser Family Foundation says that Medicare beneficiaries in Florida would pay, on...

Really? Obama Listens to Nicki Minaj?
Really?
Obama Listens
to Nicki Minaj?
OPINION
Oct 16, 2012 1:35 PM CDT

Really? Obama Listens to Nicki Minaj?

Pop-culture shoutouts have gotten ridiculous in this campaign

(Newser) - Frank Bruni thinks he's caught President Obama in a lie, but to prove it, somebody has to subpoena his iPod. On Friday, Obama said he occasionally listened to Nicki Minaj—who once called the administration " lazy bitches ." But Obama had been asked to weigh in on the...

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