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Obama rips Romney on military size: ‘The question is not a game of battleship’

President Barack Obama laughed off Mitt Romney’s argument that he had weakened the military through downsizing by joking that it was only natural for advancements in technology to make obsolete older weapons—such as those from the Civil War. In a discussion about the size of the military, Romney went after…

Obama, Romney prepare for final policy debate amid debunked rumors of talks with Iran

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are spending the weekend hammering out their foreign policy battle lines ahead of their final debate, dropping off the campaign trail and dispatching their running mates to court voters in battleground states. The debate, which focuses on international affairs, will be the final chance for…

Obama, Romney gear up for final debate

US President Barack Obama and his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, on Saturday began preparing for their final debate, with Obama hunkering down at Camp David and Romney staying in Florida. The third and last of their debates is scheduled for Monday at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. On Friday,…

Lawrence O’Donnell to ‘Taggart’ Romney: Your dad is a liar so ‘take a swing at me’

After Mitt Romney’s son, Tagg, said recently said that he wanted to punch President Barack Obama for insulting his dad, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell on Thursday invited the younger Romney to “take a swing at me.” Following Tuesday’s second 2012 presidential debate, Tagg Romney explained how he wished he could…

Colbert: Most important ‘Libya-gate’ question is ‘Which country is Libya, again?’

Wednesday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert joined many other conservatives in parsing the moment in Tuesday night’s presidential debate when former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) zeroed in on a supposed misstatement by President Barack Obama, only to be corrected by debate moderator Candy Crowley. “Romney and his…

Stewart: ‘Binders of women’? Why not ‘book of broads’ or ‘notebook of nipples’?

On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart recapped Tuesday night’s debate between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) and dinged Romney on his awkward invocation of the “binders full of women” who were brought to him as prospective cabinet members. The…

Obama mocks Romney’s ‘binders full of women’

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa — US President Barack Obama made rival Mitt Romney pay Wednesday for his awkward “binders full of women” comment that took on a life of its own after their feisty second debate. During a heated Tuesday night showdown, Republican nominee Romney recalled consulting “binders full of women”…

Obama Ate His Wheaties

I sat down to last night’s debate with painfully low expectations. I figured that Obama would do slightly better and Romney slightly worse in the town hall format, because Obama likes people and Romney clearly does not, but overall, I didn’t really expect the ass-whooping that Obama delivered. Of course,…

Ohio’s white men: The holy grail that Obama and Romney must win over

Larry Bushnell is one of the undecideds, that rarefied group of Americans who have yet to make up their minds whom to back on 6 November and whose vote could decide who holds the world’s most powerful office. He lives in Ohio, one of the most crucial swing states in…

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:…