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GOP reliance on ‘culture wars’ turning off younger voters
By Patricia Zengerle Feb 24, 2012 13:02 EST FAIRFAX, Virginia (Reuters) – Colleen Wilson has all the makings of a foot soldier for whichever Republican becomes the nominee to oppose President Barack Obama in the November election. The Virginia college student comes from a conservative family and describes herself as…
Obama nets election funds at basketball fete
President Barack Obama raised $2.1 million at an election-year fundraiser that allowed him to indulge in his love of basketball, but missed seeing NBA phenom Jeremy Lin. The $30,000-a-plate dinner at Dallas Maverick forward Vince Carter’s house in Orlando, Florida was attended by legendary Los Angeles Laker Earvin “Magic” Johnson…
Republicans see ‘jobs bills’ as election winner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tucked in his left breast-coat pocket where he can pull it out to wave before TV cameras is ammunition that House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner believes his Republicans can use to achieve victory in the November 6 elections. It is a four-by-eight-inch card detailing more than…
Obama says he will tackle immigration reform in his second term
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, expressing confidence he will win re-election in November, told a Hispanic audience he would use a second term to seek comprehensive immigration reform. “My presidency is not over,” Obama said in an interview with Univision Radio when asked about his failure so far to…
Romney: ‘Nuclear weaponry will by used’ if Obama re-elected
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday played the ultimate fear card and promised that someone would definitely use nuclear weapons if President Barack Obama is re-elected. During a CNN-sponsored debate in Mesa, Arizona, the candidate explained that reducing the price of gas was less important than preventing Iran from…
Struggling Floridians line up for chance to plead to keep homes
MIAMI (Reuters) – Nearly 1,200 people lined up at a downtown Miami conference center on Wednesday, holding onto mortgage documents and income statements in the hope of saving the homes they are struggling to pay for. Seated at rows of long tables were scores of loan processing agents for 19…
Jon Stewart rips Republican fear-mongering over Obama: ‘You have lost your d*mn mind’
On his show Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart lampooned Republican politicians who demonized President Barack Obama in 2008 as a radical socialist who was weak on terrorism. He noted Obama had failed to live up to many of the campaign promises that his opponents made for him,…
Alan Simpson: The GOP ‘won’t have a prayer’ with ‘homophobic’ Santorum
Former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson (R) expressed his disgust with Rick Santorum Wednesday afternoon, strongly dismissing any chance at the former Pennsylvania Senator defeating President Barack Obama in the general election and labeling him “homophobic.” Simpson sat down with CBS’ Face the Nation Bob Scheiffer in an online interview, describing…
Colbert woos ‘Darth ‘Bama’ with ‘power of the green side’
In a segment Tuesday night, Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert managed to combine super PAC political spending with a clever Star Wars analogy, converting President Barack Obama into “Darth ‘Bama” by wooing him with “the power of the green side.” Donning a cloak and hood during a segment about how…
Obama sings ‘Sweet Home Chicago’ at blues concert
At the prompting of musician Mick Jagger, President Barack Obama took center stage at a White House concert on Tuesday night, seizing the mic and crooning with the best of them to the tune “Sweet Home Chicago,” putting on display a singing voice that’s only been heard in public once…
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