2012

The Republican National Committee (RNC) announced this week that it would craft its convention theme around President Barack Obama's "You didn't build that" remark -- which was taken out of context to suggest that business owners "didn't build" their businesses -- and the party will unveil that message in an arena that was mostly built with government funds.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an erstwhile Romney campaign adviser and co-author of Arizona's so-called "papers please" law, said during a meeting of the Republican Party's platform committee on Tuesday that LGBT people are not entitled to equal protection under the law because Republicans believe their behavior is harmful, much like polygamy and substance abuse.

A deputy editor for the conservative National Review magazine has come to the sexist conclusion that "Mitt Romney should get 100 percent of the female vote" because his wealth makes him superior to Barack Obama, "[f]rom an evolutionary point of view."

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan is now refusing to explain a bill that he co-sponsored with Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) that critics say would have redefined rape, providing federal assistance only to victims of "forcible rape."

A tropical storm nearing the Gulf of Mexico is expected to turn into a Category 1 or 2 hurricane ahead of making an anticipated landfall in Florida on Monday, just in time for the first day of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa.

The US lawmaker whose controversial remarks about rape sparked a furor said he would not quit his race for a Senate seat, despite Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney's demand to do so.

ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT — US military chief General Martin Dempsey denounced ex-officers Tuesday for waging a campaign against President Barack Obama, arguing that soldiers had a duty to stay above the political fray.

WASHINGTON — White House hopeful Mitt Romney raked in as much as $7 million in a single day of fundraising as the Republican padded his campaign war chest for the showdown with President Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON — US Vice President Joe Biden will look his opponents in the eyes next week when he campaigns in Tampa, Florida during the first two days of the Republican National Convention there.

GENEVA, Switzerland — Switzerland hit back Tuesday at a US presidential election campaign video that portrays the country as a tax haven.

On a press call with reporters on Tuesday, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz blasted the Republican party for failing to include an exception for rape in its party platform.

The theory behind Rep. Todd Akin's (R-MO) assertion earlier this week that women who are victims of "legitimate" rape would not get pregnant appears to be based on 1972 research that cites experiments done in Nazi concentration camps, a Missouri newspaper reported on Monday.

The Republican Party's platform committee has struck down a proposal to include language expressing support for same sex civil unions as an alternative for LGBT Republicans who want to formalize their unions without treading on the politically and religiously sensitive ground of "marriage." When reached by Raw Story for comment, GOProud activist Jimmy Salvia was angry and disappointed over the civil union fight, but probably not for the reason that one would suspect.