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Colbert asks viewers to ‘save’ Paul Ryan with ‘the photo ops he desperately needs’
Unlike his Daily Show counterpart Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert insisted there was “nothing to see” Tuesday regarding Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) Ohio soup kitchen dust-up. “Ryan’s town hall ran a little late, so he missed homeless breakfast,” Colbert said. “What’s he supposed to do — charity on the needy’s schedule?”…
Jon Stewart rips apart Ryan over failed photo-op
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart blasted vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on his show Tuesday night, expressing astonishment that someone could make volunteering at a soup kitchen look bad. The GOP running mate had allegedly “ramrodded” his way into the soup kitchen to pose for a photo op, where…
Romney stunned by debate moderator’s fact check on Libya attacks
GOP hopeful Mitt Romney found himself backtracking during the second presidential debate after moderator Candy Crowley challenged his assertion that President Barack Obama had not referred to recent attacks on Americans in Libya as terrorism. “The day after the attack, governor, I stood in the Rose Garden and I told…
Obama: Romney ‘has gone to a more extreme place’ than Bush
A question during Tuesday’s presidential debate over the difference between current Republican candidate Mitt Romney and the last Republican president, George W. Bush, touched on both economic and social policy. Romney said his party “has been focused on big business for too long,” and said he wanted to keep taxes…
Romney: I had ‘binders full of women’ as governor
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney responded to a question about job disparity between men and women in Tuesday’s debate by pointing to his hiring record during his tenure as governor of Massachusetts. As he assembled his cabinet, he said, he observed that all of the early applications his staff brought…
Romney and Obama clash over domestic oil production
During the second presidential debate on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney had a tense exchange over the production of oil on federal lands and waters. Romney asserted that the President had cut permits and licenses for oil production on federal land and waters in…
Romney reveals tax plan details at debate: ‘I’ll pick a number’
After months of refusing to explain how he would implement his tax plan, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Tuesday told a debate audience that he would just “pick a number” to determine how many deductions Americans could take. “You’re absolutely right about part of that, which is I want…
WATCH IN FULL: Obama and Romney face off in second presidential debate
President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney hold a town hall-style debate at Hofstra University in New York. Watch the full debate, courtesy of PBS, below:…
Green Party candidate Jill Stein arrested outside debate
In an act of civil disobedience to protest their exclusion from the presidential debates, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and her running mate Cheri Honkala were arrested outside the site of the second debate on Tuesday. Stein and Honkala attempted to enter the debate hall at Hofstra University, but…
California assemblyman: Officials ‘should be shot’ over taxes
Democratic candidate Russ Warner on Monday highlighted video of California Assemblyman Mike Morrell (R) telling a church audience that government officials “should be shot.” “Government picks winners and losers. So what I decided to do in California, study how good of a job does government do with our tax money…
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