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Pastor: Mormonism is a cult, but Obama is like Hitler so vote Romney

A Texas pastor who believes Mitt Romney's religion of Mormonism is a cult says that re-electing President Barack Obama is like allowing Adolf Hitler to come to power in the 1930s.

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RNC spokesperson can't name FEMA problems under Obama

Republican National Committee spokesperson Sean Spicer stumbled over his words briefly Wednesday morning when MSNBC host Chris Jansing asked him to name federal disaster relief screw-ups under President Barack Obama.

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4-year-old weeps for 'Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney' election to end

A 4-year-old Texas girl is so exhausted by the 2012 presidential election that it moved her to tears on Tuesday.

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Obama advisor Axelrod makes mustache bet with Scarborough

President Barack Obama’s senior campaign advisor put four decades’ worth of facial hair on the line against MSNBC host Joe Scarborough Wednesday morning.

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'Heckuva job Brownie': Obama could have 'gotten more mileage' by delaying disaster relief

The former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during the bungled Hurricane Katrina recovery says that President Barack Obama should have delayed providing disaster relief assistance to the states hit by Hurricane Sandy because it could have benefited him politically.

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Steve King: Don't spend Sandy relief on 'Gucci bags and massage parlors'

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) insisted on strict guidelines for any federal relief packages for victims of superstorm Sandy during a debate Tuesday night.

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Cenk Uygur calls New York media out for ignoring climate change

Current TV host Cenk Uygur said Tuesday he hoped the devastation wrought by superstorm Sandy shook the New York-based national media out of its complacency regarding climate change.

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Bernard Goldberg: Reporters 'wish' hurricane hit swing states to help Obama

Fox News media analyst Bernard Goldberg on Tuesday accused mainstream media reporters of "wishing" that Hurricane Sandy had devastated swing states so that it would make President Barack Obama look more presidential.

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Tucker Carlson: Voters will punish Obama for Hurricane Sandy

The Daily Caller's Tucker Carlson is suggesting that voters will look at the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy and subconsciously blame President Barack Obama.

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Clinton rips Romney for mocking Obama's climate change concern

Former president Bill Clinton on Tuesday lashed out at Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for using comments Barack Obama made about climate change as an applause line to mock the president.

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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 for the organization than they’re worth.

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Gov. Malloy: Infrastructure needs to be hardened for climate change

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) on Tuesday night said the United States needed to rebuild its infrastructure to protect against extreme weather caused by climate change.

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Romney refuses questions about eliminating FEMA during his 'storm relief event'

At a so-called "" on Tuesday, GOP hopeful Mitt Romney repeatedly refused to answer questions about his promise to eliminate the federal agency responsible for responding to disasters like Hurricane Sandy, which devastated much of the east coast this week.

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