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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:…
Obama boosted by court win on Ohio early voting
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court handed an advantage to the Democrats and President Barack Obama on Tuesday in ruling that the key battleground state of Ohio cannot limit early voting in the final days before the election. The decision comes two weeks after a judge ordered state officials not to…
Clinton’s mea culpa spurs intrigue over Obama ties
NEW YORK — If President Barack Obama wins re-election in three weeks time, he will begin his second term heavily in debt to Bill and Hillary Clinton, one-time tormentors turned power couple protectors. As Obama headed to New York for a crucial debate against resurgent Republican challenger Mitt Romney, the…
Adviser: Romney will tell Obama to ‘man up’ at debate
An adviser to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says that part of the former Massachusetts governor’s debate strategy on Tuesday night will be to ask President Barack Obama to “man up” and “accept his responsibility” for the terrorist attacks in Libya. “There should be an effort to get transparency from…
McCain: Responsibility rests with Obama on Libya attack
WASHINGTON — Republican Senator John McCain praised US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for taking blame Monday for shortcomings in last month’s Libya attack, but said “the buck stops” with the president on security issues. “This is a laudable gesture, especially when the White House is trying to avoid any…
Las Vegas activists try to ‘level the field’ as casino moguls pump up Super PACs
In the age of the Super Pacs, wealthy gaming tycoons are free to invest millions in Mitt Romney. But a dedicated group is mobilizing on the ground to try and counter the money machine When Karl Marx predicted class struggle between capital and labour he probably did not envisage Cheryl…
Obama, Romney bunker down as crucial debate looms
WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia — A different Barack Obama will show up to his next debate with Mitt Romney, aides said Sunday, after the president held a post-mortem of his leaden debut clash with his Republican foe. Obama was out of sight in a luxury Virginia golf resort prepping for Tuesday’s encounter…
New Jersey business display portrays Obama as a ‘Witch Doctor’
A New Jersey business owner and self-described “political independent” has drawn criticism after setting up a display that includes a picture depicting President Barack Obama as a “witch doctor.” “Call it what you want, I’m not taking it down,” Bill Skuby told WABC-TV regarding the display, which also has Obama’s…
Mark Sanford: Obama will ‘throw a lot of spears’ at next debate
The disgraced former Republican governor of South Carolina on Sunday used a racially-coded term in his prediction that the nation’s first African-American president would go on attack and “throw a lot of spears” at Tuesday’s town hall debate. Former Gov. Mark Sanford — now a Fox News contributor — told…
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch savages Obama-Biden via Twitter
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch took to Twitter on Saturday to savage the Obama-Biden campaign, appearing to throw his full support behind Mitt Romney little more than three weeks from election day. Murdoch accused Vice President Joe Biden of lying about the administration’s relationship with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, and of…
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