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United Press International
| 8 months ago
In an appeal to Hispanic voters Monday, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney outlined his immigration plan to the U.S...Romney, speaking at the chamber's convention in Los Angeles, blamed both parties for failing to fix the country's...
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USA Today
| 8 months ago
Gillespie said the effort includes new advertisements, speeches and messaging from Romney, his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan and key surrogates. "Polls show that voters now recognize that governor Romney has a plan to turn our economy around and they...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
It's never easy for a candidate to distill wonky debates about tax policy into terms voters can easily understand. Of late, the Obama campaign has borrowed heavily from the master, using former President Clinton's line about arithmetic to make the...
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Miami Herald
| 8 months ago
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan is telling voters in Iowa that the nation needs Mitt Romney to reduce government spending. Mitt Romney's campaign is not disputing a video that shows the Republican presidential candidate saying that...
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Kansas City Star
| 8 months ago
Iowa Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan is telling voters in Iowa that the nation needs Mitt Romney to reduce government spending.Vice President Joe Biden is in Iowa too, telling voters that Romney is "totally out of touch" with the...
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The Hill
| 8 months ago
The GOP presidential nominee goes on to say his "job is is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives." The video , uncovered by Mother Jones , is from a fundraising...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
Romney was speaking at a fraught time in his campaign, amid questions about whether his economy-focused message is flailing and whether the candidate can recover after a series of missteps, most recently an ill-timed and inaccurate response to...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama lodged an unfair-trade complaint against China Monday and immediately used it as a wedge against Republican challenger Mitt Romney , whose beleaguered campaign is trying to regroup after a shaky few weeks. Obama told voters in...
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Boston Globe
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney, almost since the moment he announced for president, has oriented his campaign around a singular issue: the economy, and President Obama's handling of it. But with just 49 days remaining in the presidential race, Romney's campaign has...
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The Tribune
| 8 months ago
Where they stand on the issues Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues, in brief: Obama, Romney to address Clinton...
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Star Tribune
| 8 months ago
The ad opens with an image of Mitt Romney holding a document, with a crowd and red, white and blue bunting in the background and the title, "The Romney Plan for a Stronger Middle Class." The camera then moves back and the image fades into a tight...
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Miami Herald
| 8 months ago
Republican Mitt Romney will spend the coming weeks trying to tell voters how he plans to govern the country, shifting his strategy in recognition of demand from voters that the GOP nominee outline his vision for the future instead of just criticizing...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
Appealing to Rust Belt voters, President Barack Obama announced a new trade enforcement action against China on Monday, while Republican challenger Mitt Romney planned a greater emphasis on policy details that distinguish him from Obama to stop the...
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Taiwan News
| 8 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Associated Press 2012-09-18 02:56 AM President Barack Obama announced a new trade enforcement action against China on Monday, pushing back against Republican challenger Mitt Romney's charges...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
Trade Representative says that China has provided at least $1 billion in export-contingent subsidies between 2009 and 2011, in violation of WTO rules and the nation's own agreement upon joining the organization in 2001. The administration also is...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
After a series of unflattering stories about Mitt Romney 's recent slide in the polls in key swing states and reports of internal dysfunction within his campaign, Romney senior advisor Ed Gillespie said Monday that the Republican nominee will renew...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
Washington Romney campaign strategist Ed Gillespie said the change was driven because many voters were only now locking into the election. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP Mitt Romney 's campaign team is recalibrating its strategy amid signs of strife...
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The Hill
| 8 months ago
Aides refused to describe the action as a pivot or change in direction, instead calling it the "natural progression" following a convention that focused on Romney's personal side, but the move comes amid growing anxiety that President Obama is...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 8 months ago
On long flights to swing states in the West and late nights at the White House after his children have gone to bed, President Barack Obama is cramming like a student for a test that could determine his political future...His face-off with the former...
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Truthdig
| 8 months ago
Sep 17, 2012 Unemployment is still above 8 percent, job gains aren't even keeping up with population growth, the economy is barely moving forward. And yet, according to most polls, the Romney-Ryan ticket is falling further and further behind...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is reshaping his message from an all-economic pitch to an all-out challenge to what he argues is a failed status quo, aides said, taking a risk with barely 50 days to go in the campaign. A top Romney...
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The Hill
| 8 months ago
Obama is ahead of Romney by a narrow margin in most national polls, and has a slightly wider lead in most swing states, giving Romney almost no room for error. Obama continues to lead Romney in personal likability a major asset and a sustained...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney will seek this week to explain more about what he would do as president, a strategy shift intended to change the trajectory of a race that President Barack Obama appears to be winning. Seven weeks before the election, campaign aides say...
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Truthdig
| 8 months ago
Sep 16, 2012 The Obama-Clinton alliance, formalized with Bill Clinton's blockbuster speech at the Democratic convention, confirms what has often been played down: President Obama has chosen to build on Clinton's legacy rather than abandon it. This is...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
The GOP nominee, in speeches and television advertisements this week, will roll out more details about his plans to help the middle class by creating jobs, cutting the deficit and developing more domestic energy resources, advisers said. The...
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Associated Press
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama will launch a new trade enforcement case against China Monday, using the power of incumbency to counter Republican Mitt Romney's criticism that he is ceding American jobs to the Asian power. Senior administration officials said...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
Mass. (AP) President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are embarking on a week heavy with travel through battleground states and appeals to key constituencies, with both campaigns wrangling over unrest in the Middle East and who is best...
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NOW Lebanon
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama has been "incredibly calm, incredibly steady, and incredibly measured" in his handling of the anti-US protests in the Muslim world, a top official said Sunday. The robust defense of the president from US Ambassador to the...
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Star Tribune
| 8 months ago
Maria Rubin is one of the coveted independent voters in this swing state -- so independent that she will not say whether she is voting for President Obama or Mitt Romney. She does share her age (63) and her opinion on Medicare: "I'm not in favor of...
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Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
| 8 months ago
Competing for white working-class voters, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney squared off Saturday on China and accused each other of backing policies that would move American jobs overseas as the U.S. economy struggles to recover. "In...
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The Hill
| 8 months ago
The attacks on our diplomatic outposts are, of course, a tragic reminder that the world remains a dangerous place, and that America's leadership is needed, said the GOP nominee in his weekly podcast . And for America to be able to provide strong...
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The Hill
| 8 months ago
The complaints come as polls show that Romney lost ground on President Obama following the party's respective conventions in Tampa, Fla. and Charlotte, N.C. The GOP members say Romney must do a better job of communicating to voters what to expect of...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
New York Paul Ryan speaks to supporters at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds near Harrisonburg, Virginia. Photograph: Pete Marovich/Zuma/Corbis In a rare break in the campaign schedule, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney spent Saturday away from the stump,...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
Text Size The Washington Post Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan has tapped former U.S. solicitor general Ted Olson to play the role of Vice President Biden in preparations for next month's debate. Olson is best known as the top...
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Star Tribune
| 8 months ago
Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan thinks the Federal Reserve is making a mistake in its new effort to prop up the economy...He said the Federal Reserve's plan to spend $40 billion a month to buy mortgage bonds in an effort to keep...
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Herald Tribune
| 8 months ago
Sensing an opening on the economy, President Barack Obama launched an aggressive new effort Saturday to convince voters in the most competitive states that Republican rival Mitt Romney is risky for the nation's recovery with a plan that caters to...
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Santa Barbara Independent
| 8 months ago
Ad Campaign Season We Don't Need No Stinking Fact-Checkers Friday, September 14, 2012 After a hugely entertaining week of viewing the Republican National Convention and perusing the free Internet for analysis of the proceedings, I am throughly...
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Newsbusters
| 8 months ago
In an obvious contrast between the two presidential campaigns, CNN's Jim Acosta highlighted both Mitt Romney's frivolous talk show interview and his campaign's "sharpened rhetoric" on Friday and pitted them against President Obama giving a solemn...
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Star Tribune
| 8 months ago
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan said Friday that he's given Mitt Romney some personal advice: talk more about yourself. "I'm not the only one who has told Mitt that maybe he needs to talk more about himself and his life," the...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
In a blistering attack on the Democrats ' leadership abroad, Paul Ryan charged that President Obama has failed to show steady, consistent American leadership in the face of recent violence in the Arab world while accusing his administration of...
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National Public Radio
| 8 months ago
Ryan said, accusing the president of showing a "complete disregard for many pro-life Democrats." Ryan also made a point of citing the abortion position of the Clinton administration, which asserted that the procedure should be "safe, legal and rare."...
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The Globe & Mail
| 8 months ago
Navy the guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) is seen in the Atlantic Ocean Feb. 9, 2012. The Pentagon ordered two Navy destroyers to the Libyan coast Wednesday Sept. 12, 2012 The Associated Press/Handout video Mr. Obama and U.S. Secretary of...
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The Denver Post
| 8 months ago
Font Resize Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will make his first trip to Colorado in a month when he gives a speech Sunday in Pueblo. Romney will attend a "victory rally" Sunday afternoon at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum . Tickets...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
He told the crowd that amid all these threats and dangers, what we do not see is steady, consistent American leadership. In addition to sharpening his criticism of Obama on foreign policy, Ryan also took aim at the administration for the...
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NY Daily News
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney says he expects President Obama to be less-than-truthful during the three presidential debates next month. "I think the challenge that I'll have in the debate is that the president tends to, how shall I say it, to say things that aren't...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says he expects President Obama to say things that aren't true when they debate next month. "I think the challenge that I'll have in the debate is that the president tends to, how shall I say it, to say...
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Mother Jones
| 8 months ago
When caught in a lie, attack the truth cops...For our September/October issue, David Corn took an in-depth look at how the verification industry plays into the political lying gameand whether it makes any difference. Big Media's push for independent...
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Kansas City Star
| 8 months ago
Momentum in the race is on President Barack Obama's side and Republicans are fretting over the state of their nominee's campaign.To shift the trajectory, Romney's plan boils down to this: Spend big money on TV and work harder.It's unclear how long...
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CNN
| 8 months ago
While Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, has been barnstorming battleground states and getting prime-time television coverage for his recent convention speech, he didn't make any public comments, or participate in any congressional debate, choosing to...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images How did Mitt Romney first find out about the 9/11 attacks? As Buzzfeed notes , he's told two versions of this tale: in one, he's giving a radio interview when a host interrupts to tell him the news; in the other,...
