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Andrew Sullivan: Romney ‘like an alien that ripped off his mask’ at debate
GOP strategist Nicole Wallace on Sunday said that it was not a problem that Republican nominee Mitt Romney was “like an alien that ripped off his mask” when he seemed to change positions during the presidential debates because “we liked him better.” During an ABC News panel on Sunday, The…
Romney, Obama target women’s issues as election nears
WASHINGTON — Women could well swing the outcome of the US presidential election, and both candidates know it, playing up issues like healthcare and abortion in the countdown to November 6. Women make up 53 percent of the electorate in the United States and they vote in greater numbers than…
Iowa’s Des Moines Register endorses Mitt Romney for ‘fresh economic vision’
Mitt Romney earned the White House endorsement of battleground Iowa’s biggest newspaper, the Des Moines Register, which cited the Republican’s “fresh economic vision” for America. It was a blow for President Barack Obama, whom the influential publication backed four years ago. The Romney endorsement was the paper’s first of a…
NY Times endorses Obama, rips Romney’s ‘regressive’ policies
The New York Times on Saturday endorsed President Obama’s reelection bid, arguing in a lengthy op-ed that he offered far superior policies to Mitt Romney on virtually every important issue. Yet the paper not only endorsed Obama over his Republican challenger, but took every opportunity to denounce Romney’s policies—and those…
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…
Swing state polling still makes electoral college arithmetic hard for Romney
In national polls, Obama and Romney are virtually tied. But checking numbers in battleground states, the picture changes There are 11 days left in the presidential election, and the picture is static. Mitt Romney and President Obama remain knotted in the national vote. Obama, however, maintains an edge in the…
Obama, Romney stump in battleground states
US President Barack Obama and his rival Mitt Romney hunted for votes in battleground states Saturday after the Republican challenger propelled the economy to the forefront of the campaign by promising to restore the country’s economic engine. Romney will take his message to Florida voters while Obama plans to defend…
Indiana man tattoos Romney logo on his face
Pro wrestler Eric Hartsburg auctioned off a part of his face on eBay to the second highest bidder. The prize? A tattoo of the Romney/Ryan logo. Hartsburg told ABC News, “I am a registered Republican and a Romney supporter. I didn’t mind getting this tattoo because it is something that…
In Defiance, singer Meat Loaf endorses Romney
Like a bat out of hell, aging hard rock legend Meat Loaf stormed the stage at a Mitt Romney campaign rally to declare his support for the Republican flag-bearer in the White House race. In a town chosen as much for its evocative name — Defiance — as for its…
Judge in Allred case unseals Romney testimony but won’t lift gag order
A Boston judge has ruled to unseal testimony by Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) in a case that has been taken up by high-profile celebrity attorney Gloria Allred. According to the Boston Globe, the court will be making the Romney testimony transcripts available Thursday afternoon, transcripts that…
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