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Maddow tells voters stuck in long lines, ‘Your country needs you to stick it out’
In a special commentary at the conclusion of a special Sunday night episode, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow had a message for voters in states where their road to the polls has been obstructed by Republican forces: don’t give up. “If you are one of those people being forced to stand…
Maddow on Republicans burying tax report: ‘Don’t like the data? Get rid of the data’
On Friday night’s edition of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow discussed the Republicans on Capitol Hill’s attempt to bury a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) that thoroughly debunked one of the Republican Party’s most sacred tenets, that tax cuts for the wealthy create jobs and are…
Maddow: Romney campaign hiding George W. Bush offshore in the Caymans
Thursday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow questioned the wisdom of former Pres. George W. Bush’s decision to speak to a Cayman Islands offshore investment group in the days just before the presidential election. Former President Bill Clinton spent Thursday campaigning for President Barack Obama in Cleveland,…
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…
Maddow: Events like Sandy are when ‘government really matters’
Monday night on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow discussed how natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy are the times when “government really matters.” In major emergencies, rescue and relief must be coordinated on a massive scale, she said, and it’s necessary to have infrastructure in place and smart…
Maddow: ‘There’s been a truthfulness problem with the Romney campaign’
Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow highlighted a recent claim by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney that she said hallmarks the serious “truthfulness problem” his campaign has exhibited. Romney told voters in Defiance, Ohio recently that he read an article which claimed that auto-maker…
Maddow: Is the Romney campaign hiding Paul Ryan?
Friday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” in a segment called “Where’s Pauldo?” host Rachel Maddow wondered why vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) has been all but sidelined by the campaign to elect former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) to the presidency. While Romney has been on the ground…
Maddow: Richard Mourdock was his own October surprise
On her show Wednesday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained that Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock was not isolated in his view that victims of rape should be forced to give birth if they become pregnant. The Republican candidate created an uproar on Tuesday night after he said that a…
Dan Rather: Romney campaign ‘gambling’ with policy changes
Veteran newsman Dan Rather said Tuesday that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was “gambling” by shifting his proposed policies to better reflect public opinion. “The Romney camp has obviously made the gamble that, look, we can change where we stand,” he told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow. “We can make significant…
Maddow: Romney campaign aiming big misinformation push at women
Friday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow discussed how the campaign to elect former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA), never a model of honesty and forthrightness, is now mounting an all-out putsch to scrub portions of its record before the election. Maddow said that they’re working particularly hard…
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