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Secret Thanksgiving parade confetti baffles New York police
It rained confetti — and secrets — on last week’s Thanksgiving parade in New York. The traditional deluge of shredded paper over the Macy’s parade in Manhattan on Thursday turned out to include legible snippets of police files, including a mention of a motorcade used by Republican Mitt Romney. Officers…
Ohio papers report dead heat between Obama and Romney
VANDALIA, Ohio — After trailing President Barack Obama for months in the most crucial battleground of the US election, Republican Mitt Romney has drawn even with his rival in Ohio, newspapers in the state said Sunday. “49-49: Dead Heat,” the Cleveland Plain Dealer front page headline blared, citing the latest…
Obama sets out on 8-state campaign swing
President Barack Obama set off Wednesday on an eight state, 7,660 mile, 40-hour tour, in a show of confidence and commitment in battlegrounds that will decide the election. Thirteen days before he asks voters for a second term, Obama’s through-the-night, coast-to-coast trip will take in six of the most contested…
Cheers! Debate drinking games get beer flowing
WASHINGTON — Americans of all stripes watching Tuesday night’s presidential face-off will be constantly toasting their candidate or drowning their sorrows as debate-related drinking games surge in popularity. The election-related fun took off two weeks ago when US President Barack Obama squared off against Republican Mitt Romney in their debut…
From Michelle with love, First Lady casts vote
WASHINGTON — US First Lady Michelle Obama cast an absentee ballot on Monday, twinning a campaign push for early voting with an affectionate morale boost for her husband who was hunkered down at debate camp. “Hey, @BarackObama, I just dropped my absentee ballot in the mail — I couldn’t wait…
Romney rakes in $170 million for September
WASHINGTON — Republican Mitt Romney raised more than $170 million in September, aides said Monday — a record for his campaign but shy of President Barack Obama’s $181 million haul for the same period. With the latest fundraising figures, the Romney campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) plus state…
$1.3 billion flowing through 2012 presidential race
Barack Obama may not like asking for money, but the hundreds of people willing to pay upwards of $40,000 a pop to attend star-studded fundraisers in his honor show there are plenty willing to reach deep into their pockets on his behalf. Since May, the president has gone to 69…
Obama jabs Romney in sharp new stump speech
COLUMBUS, Ohio — US President Barack Obama showed new urgency Tuesday as he repeatedly jabbed Republican Mitt Romney in a stylistic shift following his own lackluster debate performance. Obama, using a speeded up, staccato version of his speech, implored students in Ohio to vote and try to get other supporters…
Obama seeks to change campaign mood after poor debate reviews
US President Barack Obama woke up to stinking reviews of his debate performance Thursday, then set out to stamp on Republican Mitt Romney’s sudden momentum 33 days before the election. Obama turned in a lethargic and sometimes irritable performance in Denver on Wednesday night, allowing a pumped-up Romney an opening…
Presidential race a dead heat as conventions kick off: poll
President Barack Obama and the man who wants his job, Republican Mitt Romney, are locked in a neck-and-neck battle for the White House, with the challenger one point ahead in a new poll out Monday. As the two head into their parties’ conventions, beginning this week with the Republicans, the…
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