Politics
Monday, 10 September 2012 20:34

Mitt Romney Talks God on the Campaign Trail

Written by Carmen Cox

Authors: Carmen Cox

Mitt Romney Talks God on the Campaign TrailGeoff Burke/Getty Images(MANSFIELD, Ohio) -- With the party conventions in the rearview mirror and Election Day less than two months away, Mitt Romney has found God once again.
At a campaign rally in Mansfield, Ohio, on Monday, Romney pledged that, if elected, “I will not take God out of my heart, I will not take God out of...

Authors: Carmen Cox

'Mistake' to Dress Down Paul Ryan to His Face in Budget Speech, Obama SaidOfficial White House Photo by Pete Souza(NEW YORK) -- President Obama told author Bob Woodward that he didn't know Rep. Paul Ryan was going to attend a major speech he delivered last year on spending and debt, and says in retrospect that it was "a mistake" to dress down Ryan and his budget plans to his face in that setting.
In...

Authors: Carmen Cox

White House Downplays Leadership ‘Gaps’ in Debt NegotiationsOfficial White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) -- The White House is seeking to downplay a report that “gaps” in President Obama’s leadership contributed to the failure of a “grand bargain” in the debt crisis negotiations of last year.
In his latest book, The Price of Politics, and in an...

Monday, 10 September 2012 18:22

Paul Ryan to Return to Capitol on Thursday

Written by Joshua Cohan

Authors: Joshua Cohan

Paul Ryan to Return to Capitol on ThursdayChip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican nominee for vice president, is expected on Thursday to make his first return to the Capitol since Mitt Romney chose him as his running mate last month, according to his spokesman, Michael Steel.
Ryan, R-Wis., is expected back in the House to vote on a...

Monday, 10 September 2012 16:12

Harry Reid Mocks Paul Ryan's Marathon Misstatement

Written by Joshua Cohan

Authors: Joshua Cohan

Harry Reid Mocks Paul Ryan's Marathon MisstatementBill Clark/Roll Call via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Need any evidence that Congress on the heels of both the DNC and RNC conventions will be operating under a hyper-partisan dome from now until Election Day? Then look no farther than Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s, D-Nev., statement on the Senate floor Monday in...

Monday, 10 September 2012 16:58

Paul Ryan’s Disputed GM Claim Pops Up in Iowa Ad

Written by Joshua Cohan

Authors: Joshua Cohan

Paul Ryan’s Disputed GM Claim Pops Up in Iowa AdAlex Wong/Getty Images(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- A conservative superPAC is taking part of Paul Ryan’s convention speech that brought him under fire for inaccurately blaming President Obama for a GM plant’s closing and using his words in a new ad attacking Obama and backing up the GOP ticket.
Ryan came under scrutiny after...

Monday, 10 September 2012 13:06

Surge in Donations Lifts Obama Over Romney in August

Written by Joshua Cohan

Authors: Joshua Cohan

Surge in Donations Lifts Obama Over Romney in AugustBrand X Pictures/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- President Obama and Democrats report raising more than $114 million for the 2012 campaign in August, marking their best fundraising month of the election cycle and outpacing rival Mitt Romney for the first time in three months.
The Obama campaign announced the figure on Twitter ahead...

Monday, 10 September 2012 11:28

Obama: Romney’s Tax Plan Is ‘Bad Math’

Written by Joshua Cohan

Authors: Joshua Cohan

Obama: Romney’s Tax Plan Is ‘Bad Math’Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — President Obama mocked rival Mitt Romney’s tax cut proposals Sunday, telling supporters in Florida that his opponent’s plan is bad math and that he should “get some tutoring.”
Mitt Romney and his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., struggled in...

Monday, 10 September 2012 11:27

President Obama Gets Post-Convention ‘Boost’

Written by Joshua Cohan

Authors: Joshua Cohan

President Obama Gets Post-Convention ‘Boost’SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — President Obama is hoping to get a boost from Florida voters, but on Sunday he may have gotten more of a lift than he bargained for.
Making a surprise stop at the Big Apple Pasta & Pizza Restaurant in Ft. Pierce, Fla., the president was greeted enthusiastically by...

Authors: Joshua Cohan

In Appeal to Fla. Seniors, Obama Blasts Romney’s Medicare PlanJIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(MELBOURNE, Fla.) — Courting senior voters in the key swing state of Florida, President Obama on Sunday ramped up his attack against Mitt Romney’s Medicare plan, saying the GOP presidential nominee would increase health care costs for retired Americans and bankrupt the popular entitlement...

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