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Colbert issues ‘Severe Candidate Warning’ for swing states

Monday night, on the Election Eve edition of “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert issued a “Severe Candidate Warning” to the election’s swing states. President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) will be dividing their time between the states of Florida, New Hampshire, Colorado, Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa,…

Maddow: Romney donations may be useless to Red Cross

Rachel Maddow dedicated a portion of Tuesday night’s program to discussing the plan by former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)’s presidential campaign to solicit donations of canned goods and other supplies for the Red Cross in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, and how they ultimately may end up being more bother…

Obama diagnoses Romney with case of ‘Romnesia’

At a campaign rally in Fairfax, Virginia this afternoon, President Barack Obama went after his opponent former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)’s habit of adapting his political tune to whatever audience he is speaking to, a habit that Obama dubbed “Romnesia.” “Now that we’re 18 days out from the election,” Obama…

‘Friday Night Lights’ creator accuses Romney of stealing ‘Clear Eyes’ slogan

“Friday Night Lights” writer and director Peter Berg accused Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s campaign of stealing the show’s catchphrase “Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose” in a letter obtained by Matthew Belloni of the Hollywood Reporter. In the letter, Berg writes he was “not thrilled” the campaign…

Romney surrogate slams Obama’s Libya response with homophobic slur

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and surrogate for presidential hopeful former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) John Bolton harshly criticized the Obama administration’s response to the violence in Benghazi, Libya earlier this month, calling the U.S. response “limp-wristed.” The Bush appointee was speaking to Fox News on Friday when…

Santorum: ‘Smart people will never be on our side’

In a speech to the Values Voter Summit on Saturday, former presidential candidate Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) marked out the media and “smart people” as permanent enemies of the Republican Party, according to BuzzFeed. “We will never have the media on our side, ever, in this country,” he said. “We…

WATCH LIVE: Obama makes campaign stop in Ohio

President Barack Obama made a campaign stop on Wednesday in Mansfield, Ohio. He is expected to attack his opponent, former Republican Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, oh his tax plan, according to CNN. “The centerpiece of my opponent’s entire economic plan is a new, $5 trillion tax cut. A lot…

Maddow: Romney campaign is a ‘total incoherent mess’ on health care

Thursday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow welcomed Washington Post writer E. J. Dionne for a discussion about difficulties facing the campaign of Republican nominee for president, Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA). Since the announcement by the Supreme Court that the individual mandate and the bulk of President…

Maher responds to ‘birther’ controversy with new conspiracy: ‘Wiferism’

Friday night on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” host Bill Maher brought up the fact that the “birther” movement has, regrettably, been back in the news. Birthers, of course, are people who question President Barack Obama’s citizenship and therefore his legitimacy as President of the United States, people like…

Maher on Romney’s speech at Liberty University: ‘Clown, meet college’

Friday night on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” host Bill Maher devoted a section of his weekly “New Rules” segment to Liberty Universty, saying, “New Rule: You can’t expect me to believe anything Mitt Romney said last week at Liberty University because a) he’s a liar, and b) Liberty University…

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