Authors: Carmen Cox
ABC/Rick Rowell(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- A video celebrating Ted Kennedy's career in politics played Tuesday evening during the Democratic National Convention. Although it has been three years since the "Lion of the Senate" lost his battle with brain cancer, the man behind the booming voice that enthusiastically endorsed Barack Obama...
Authors: Carmen Cox
ABC News(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- Moments after convention chairman Antonio Villaraigosa gaveled in Day Two of the Democratic Convention, the hall burst into chaos as Democrats voted to amend their party's platform to include the word "God" and name Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Villaraigosa called the vote three times. The...
Authors: Joshua Cohan
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Someone claims to have stolen years of Mitt Romney’s tax returns from a Tennessee office of the financial firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the Secret Service is investigating what appears to be a ransom scheme.
The local Democratic and Republican parties in Williamson County,...
Authors: Carmen Cox
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- "It's not if, it's when," Rep. Xavier Becerra told ABC News' Jake Tapper in response to a question about passing immigration overhaul. "It makes no difference if it's a Democrat in the White House or a Republican, we're going to get immigration reform."
Becerra of California was one of...
Authors: Joshua Cohan
Scott Olson/Getty Images(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- The Obama campaign is facing a barrage of criticism and mockery from Republicans for scrapping plans to hold the final night of their convention at downtown Charlotte’s more than 73,000-seat Bank of America Stadium. But they’ve got a message for their detractors.
“I&...
Authors: Joshua Cohan
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images(WOODSTOCK, Vt.) -- Mitt Romney sounded off for the first time this afternoon on President Obama's recent comment that he'd give himself an "incomplete" grade on his ability to fix the economy, the Republican nominee saying in an interview that typically an incomplete "usually means you've gotta go...
Authors: Joshua Cohan
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(ADEL, Iowa) -- Paul Ryan weighed in Wednesday on the Democrats’ 2012 platform, which makes no reference to “God,” calling the omission “rather peculiar.”
“It’s not in keeping with our founding documents, our founding vision, but I guess you would have to ask...
Authors: Joshua Cohan
Steve Pope/Getty Images(ADEL, Iowa) -- Paul Ryan gave a strong plea to voters in the small yet crucial battleground state of Iowa on Wednesday, tying his Wisconsin upbringing to their local roots.
Ryan has the right accent, family ties to the state, and the Romney campaign hopes he’ll add some Midwest relatability to a...
Authors: Joshua Cohan
Sean Gallup/Life Ball 2012/Getty Images(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- Rabbi David Wolpe of Los Angeles’ Sinai Temple, where Monica Lewinsky and her family were congregation members for decades and where Lewinsky attended religious school, is scheduled to deliver the benediction at the Democratic National Convention tonight —...
Authors: Joshua Cohan
Alex Wong/Getty Images(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- First lady Michelle Obama is getting a hero’s welcome this morning at Democratic National Convention caucus meetings, less than 12 hours after delivering a stirring prime time speech urging her husband’s re-election.
“I’m a little sleepy but I am so thrilled to...
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