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The Guardian
| 12 months ago
The then Democratic presidential hopeful and Illinois senator Barack Obama and former president Bill Clinton wave to the crowd at a campaign stop in Orlando, Florida, in October 2008. Photograph: Michal Czerwonka/EPA Recently, there has been a...
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Fox News
| 12 months ago
FoxNews.com The effort to win the votes of military veterans in the presidential election takes the spotlight Memorial Day weekend, with President Obama and Mitt Romney each attending public events and arguing each has a better plan to improve...
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USA Today
| 12 months ago
Obama is currently the favorite in states with 247 electoral votes, while Romney is in line for 206, according to an analysis by the Associated Press...AP says its projections are based on "polls, ad spending and key developments in states, along...
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Alternet
| 12 months ago
Mitt Romney has just released his plan for educating America's young people, and it's wholly consistent with his overall philosophy: Allow money to dominate politics, and everything will work out great. Except that, when it comes to policies on...
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Washington Post
| 12 months ago
This is an open letter written to President Obama by Leonie Haimson, public school parent and executive director of Class Size Matters . She writes about the Obama campaign's criticism of Mitt Romney for saying that class size isn't all that...
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The New York Times
| 12 months ago
May 25, 2012 The United States quietly passed a milestone this spring, mostly lost amid the clamor of the presidential race: for the first time, neither party's candidate is a white Protestant. The contenders are both from outsider groups that were...
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Asian Wall Street Journal
| 12 months ago
The Obama campaign, despite criticism from some of its supporters, plans to expand its attack on Mitt Romney's role at Bain Capital by more aggressively tying the private-equity firm's tactics to Mr. Romney's record as governor of Massachusetts,...
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CNN
| 12 months ago
The rising heat of political rhetoric by the candidates and their surrogates guarantees it will be nasty and brutal. President Barack Obama has ratcheted up his criticism of certain Republican opponent Mitt Romney, using a campaign speech Thursday in...
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Washington Post
| 12 months ago
The answer, it seems, is that the two presidential campaigns want it that way. Having been in the private sector for 25 years gives me a perspective on how jobs are created that someone who's never spent a day in the private sector, like President...
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Newsbusters
| 12 months ago
The usual pro-Obama tilt in postings to the New York Times' political blog " The Caucus " was even more pronounced this week. Times Watch evaluated all the headlines to presidential-election related Caucus posts for the week of May 21-25, excluding...
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The Age
| 12 months ago
Story continues below He even dusted off some '08 merchandise and flashed it about. ''If people ask you what this campaign is about, you tell them it's still about hope. You tell them it's still about change,'' he said late in the speech. But Mr...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 12 months ago
Mitt Romney had criticized the Obama administration's accumulation of US debt. Big numbers such as America's debt may seem solid, but they're not. President Obama during an Iowa campaign appearance on Thursday went after Mitt Romney with a vengeance.
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The Hill
| 12 months ago
According to an ABC News-Washington Post poll released on Friday, 46 percent said President Obama would do more to advance their economic interests, versus 43 who said Mitt Romney. That's a statistical tie with the poll's 3.5 percent margin of error.
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Treasury declined Friday to name China a currency manipulator, a move that is likely to intensify an already hot debate in the U.S. presidential campaigning. Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney said recently that if he is elected president he will...
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The Hill
| 12 months ago
It was part of a harsh critique Obama gave of his GOP rival's economic credentials. Obama again slammed Romney's tenure at Bain Capital and reminded voters that the former Massachusetts governor once called corporations "people." "I know Gov. Romney...
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The New York Times
| 12 months ago
For Mr. Romney's campaign, the scrutiny of his time at Bain poses a delicate challenge: not only must he defend himself against attacks coming from the president, but he also must try to cast Bain and the lessons he learned there as a testament to...
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The New York Times
| 12 months ago
Mark Makela for The New York Times On Thursday, Mitt Romney took his campaign to Philadelphia. If past incumbents have been reluctant to directly engage opponents this early in an election year for fear of looking like a candidate rather than a...
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Education News
| 12 months ago
This Presidential election cycle is promising to be different from normal and important to teachers in that education is shaping up to be a central issue rather than a peripheral concern. To illustrate this, Republican nominee Mitt Romney's most...
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The Tribune
| 12 months ago
Romney campaign outlines 'day 1' of his presidency Romney campaign outlines 'day 1' of his presidency Mitt Romney's campaign has released a new ad promoting "Day One" of a potential Romney presidency, describing which of President Barack Obama's...
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Voice of America
| 12 months ago
May 24, 2012 The latest public-opinion polls suggest this year's U.S. presidential election could be a very close contest between President Barack Obama and his presumed Republican challenger, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Several...
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NY Daily News
| 12 months ago
Alik Keplicz/AP President Obama's comfortable lead in key states is shrinking as GOP rival Mitt Romney mains small gains, a new poll says...Obama is ahead of his Republican rival in Ohio, Florida and Virginia, three states that could swing the...
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The Globe & Mail
| 12 months ago
Is the United States in for another squeaker presidential election akin to Bush vs...A slew of recent polls and analyses suggests that could be case with President Barack Obama's approval rating consistently stuck below the critical 50 per cent mark...
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USA Today
| 12 months ago
Bush," but is linking his Republican predecessor to current GOP candidate Mitt Romney. While challenging Romney's business experience, Obama told backers last night in California that his opponent also seeks "bigger tax cuts for the wealthiest...
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The Guardian
| 12 months ago
Figures show the Obama for America campaign placed more than 30 times as many digital ads as Romney's equivalent operation. Photograph: Ed Andrieski/AP Barack Obama is vastly outspending his challenger for the White House Mitt Romney on internet...
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The Hill
| 12 months ago
Romney responded to three central criticisms forwarded by the Obama campaign during the president's fundraising swing through Colorado and California this week: that Romney's venture capital firm Bain Capital had exploited companies for the economic...
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The Hill
| 12 months ago
The presumptive Republican nominee's new commercial continues to outline his "day one" goals, this time saying that Romney would move to reduce the deficit and repeal regulations upon assuming the Oval Office. "Day one, President Romney announces...
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The Bellingham Herald
| 12 months ago
AP Photo President Barack Obama is returning to Iowa, seeking support for an election-year agenda to encourage renewable energy along with a more immediate prize: the state's up-for-grabs voters. Obama was pushing Congress to support clean energy tax...
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The Denver Post
| 12 months ago
Font Resize The Denver Post President Barack Obama continued to hammer presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney on his business record Wednesday, telling a crowd at a Denver fundraiser that Romney drew "the wrong lessons" from his experience as...
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Courier & Press
| 12 months ago
Education Secretary Arne Duncan says student loans don't push up tuition, but of course, they do, much like housing prices were pushed up by banks giving loans to people who could not afford the mortgages...Washington encouraged the practice, which...
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Canada.com
| 12 months ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney opened a new front on Wednesday in his fight against President Barack Obama, accusing him of presiding over a failing U.S. education system in the grip of union bosses who refuse to accept reforms. In a...
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The New York Times
| 12 months ago
Romney Calls Education Civil Rights Issue of Our Era' and Urges Shift Luke Sharrett for The New York Times Mitt Romney at the Latino Coalition's economic summit in Washington on Wednesday. Published: May 23, 2012 Lamenting that millions of American...
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Miami Herald
| 12 months ago
Millions of dollars in political ads are flooding Florida TV, including two new spots Wednesday by President Barack Obama's campaign and an anti-Obama ad from a super PAC, the new breed of political action committee powered by unrestricted donations.
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Star Tribune
| 12 months ago
President Barack Obama's campaign says Republican rival Mitt Romney is trying to "move the goal posts" and reverse his position on unemployment...In an interview with Time magazine, Romney predicts the nation's unemployment rate will sink to 6...
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Boston Globe
| 12 months ago
Mitt Romney on Wednesday proposed a significant restructuring of the American education system, one that would revamp the funding formulas, encourage more charter schools, and revive the debate over how poor and disabled students choose the schools...
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National Public Radio
| 12 months ago
Declaring that a "national emergency" exists in public education, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney shifted from his usual economic message to outline his education platform during a speech to a Latino business group Wednesday.
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The New York Times
| 12 months ago
Addressing the graduating cadets of the Air Force Academy , Mr. Obama said spending cuts were inevitable for the armed forces but he promised to guard against reductions that would compromise the nation's security. Dismissing talk of national decline,...
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Los Angeles Times
| 12 months ago
Mitt Romney used a Latino business gathering as a forum to assail President Obama 's leadership of the economy and blame teachers unions for problems facing American education. The Republican presidential candidate is making education the focus of...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 12 months ago
The Republican Party's presumptive nominee for president, Mr. Romney plans to spotlight his proposals Thursday in Philadelphia, a city where school-choice advocates have been particularly active...Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., Mr. Romney...
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The Hill
| 12 months ago
Speaking before the Latino Coalition in Washington D.C., the presumptive Republican nominee said he would allow low-income and special needs students to choose from any school in the state they lived. "The tragedy is not just a matter of test scores...
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CNN
| 12 months ago
Gloria Borger is CNN's chief political analyst, appearing regularly on shows such as "AC360°", "The Situation Room," "John King, USA" and "State of the Union." (CNN) -- As the presidential campaign veers off onto the Bain Capital ramp, the...
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Towleroad
| 12 months ago
Gay former Romney spokesman Richard Grenell is coming out of hiding and speaking out for the first time since he was resigned from Romney's team after a campaign by right-wing religious conservatives. Grenell appeared for an interview on FOX News...
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Los Angeles Times
| 12 months ago
But improving his margins among Latinos is crucial to his chances of defeating President Obama , as new poll numbers out of Florida show. The Quinnipiac University survey, just out this morning, gives Romney a six-point statewide lead over Obama, 47...
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NY Daily News
| 12 months ago
Spencer Platt/Getty Images Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is now leading in a new Florida poll that has the former Massachusetts Governor ahead of President Obama...Spencer Platt/Getty Images President Obama has previously been leading...
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The Naples Daily News
| 12 months ago
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney moved ahead of President Barack Obama among Florida voters in the latest Quinnipiac University Polling Institute poll released Wednesday. The survey also shows most voters disapprove of the way the...
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Miami Herald
| 12 months ago
Romney's 47 percent to 41 percent lead over Obama would grow even bigger to an 8 percentage-point advantage if the challenger chose Sen. Marco Rubio a running mate, according to Quinnipiac University's new survey. The poll also indicates that Romney...
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The Hill
| 12 months ago
That suggests that Romney doesn't need to pivot dramatically to the center, shed partisan identity or turn his back on the GOP base to gain favor with nonpartisans. He's already got their tentative but increasingly solidified support. According to...
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The Tribune
| 12 months ago
He attacked Obama's education policy while speaking to donors in New York City on Tuesday evening, previewing themes likely to play prominently in his speech Wednesday. "This president receives the lion's share of funding from organized labor, and...
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Epoch Times
| 12 months ago
May 23, 2012 Presumptive Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop on May 16 in St...The economy has been a major focus of the 2012 presidential campaign. (Edward Linsmier/Getty Images)...
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The New York Times
| 12 months ago
Obama for America An Obama campaign video portrays the president as a hero of government and emphasizes the impact of the health care law. Restore Our Future A video by a political committee backing Mitt Romney depicts Mr. Romney as a hero of...
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Washington Post
| 12 months ago
For undecided voters, the speeches could open a window into what kind of Republican Romney is and what kind of president he wants to be. For conservatives some of whom are skeptical of Romney's dedication to the cause, even if they now support him...
