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The independent
| 8 months ago
The Mitt Romney campaign was suffering an acute bout of electoral vertigo yesterday after the leaking of a video showing the candidate disdaining almost half the country as lay-about loafers he cannot "worry about" and writing off the search for...
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The Tribune
| 8 months ago
Palestinians not interested in peace Romney: Palestinians not interested in peace Republican Mitt Romney faced a new challenge Tuesday for saying Palestinians "have no interest" in peace with Israel, comments captured on newly released videotape of...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
N.H. (AP) Campaigning in New Hampshire, vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan says the Republican ticket will put Americans back to work rather than encourage their dependency on government. Ryan spoke in Dover Tuesday, a day after a hidden camera...
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Ridgefield Park Patriot
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney sought to get his campaign back on track Tuesday after the revelation of a video in which he said nearly half of Americans "believe they are victims," are dependent on the government and bound to vote for President Barack Obama. The Obama...
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NOW Lebanon
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney told donors the Palestinians "have no interest whatsoever" in peace with Israel and if elected president he would just kick the issue down the road, a leaked video showed Tuesday. The Republican White House hopeful had already faced a...
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MarketWatch
| 8 months ago
When it comes to U.S. presidential politics, lose Wall Street and you've lost the election...Many of you are going to call me liberal patsy, a mouthpiece for President Obama...If Mitt Romney loses the Wall Street popularity contest it could cost him...
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Wellington Dominion
| 8 months ago
The video, taken secretly at a fundraising event for the former private-equity executive, was the latest setback for a campaign struggling with low poll numbers and reports of infighting. "There are 47 per cent who are with him, who are dependent...
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National Public Radio
| 8 months ago
There are two more jobs reports due before Nov. 6 and three presidential debates next month. And despite Romney's much criticized response to the violence in the Middle East, it's not yet clear how continuing unrest there and in North Africa might...
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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
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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National Public Radio
| 8 months ago
President Obama kicked off the week in the battleground state of Ohio, where he spent much of the time Monday talking about China. His administration filed a new trade complaint against China with the World Trade Organization on Monday. The White...
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The Hill
| 8 months ago
While national unemployment is 8.1 percent, Hispanic unemployment is over 10 percent. Over 2 million more Hispanics are living in poverty today than the day President Obama took office, Romney said in a speech to the U.S...On immigration, the...
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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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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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The Hill
| 8 months ago
While 26 percent of Americans approved of Romney's comments critical of the president's response to the attacks, which left four American foreign service officers dead, 48 percent of those surveyed disapproved and an additional 26 percent did not...
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Star Tribune
| 8 months ago
After a dead-heat race for months, President Barack Obama is narrowly leading Republican challenger Mitt Romney in major polls, both nationally and in key states. Some of the edge could be a bounce from the Democratic convention, and such lifts are...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
Text Size The Washington Post After facing criticism last week for bungling his response to anti-U.S. protests in the Arab world, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is refocusing by talking primarily about the economy. In a series of...
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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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USA Today
| 8 months ago
Romney to hit Obama on immigration in key speech Updated Mitt Romney will vow to "permanently" fix the nation's immigration system, as he courts Hispanic voters who are solidly behind President Obama...Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the GOP...
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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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International Business Times
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will pledge to Hispanics on Monday that if elected he will fix the troubled U.S...Looking to rebound after a tough week in which he fell behind Obama in the polls, Romney will couple his immigration...
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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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Epoch Times
| 8 months ago
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) waves during the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on Aug. 29 in Tampa. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Arizona Sen. John McCain defended Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's...
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USA Today
| 8 months ago
As far as President Obama is concerned, Ohio is the car capital of the world -- the political capital anyway. Obama has been driving the auto bailout issue hard in this vital state that in many ways holds the key to his re-election bid against...
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The Hill
| 8 months ago
The Romney guys see foreign policy as a part of a larger narrative that President Obama's leadership is lacking, said Republican strategist Ford O'Connell. "If they can tag him as leading from behind abroad, they can turn around and tag him with the...
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NY Daily News
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney should look glum if recent polls swinging in favor of Barack Obama are any indication...Not the data about the nation's economy recovery, which remains anemic. But the President has surged ahead in...
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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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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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Kansas City Star
| 8 months ago
Middle East violence is shaking up a presidential race that otherwise looks stubbornly stable, and tight. President Barack Obama holds a tiny edge, Republican Mitt Romney is seeking a breakthrough message, and three debates are ahead in the campaign'...
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USA Today
| 8 months ago
We're better off than in 2008 Updated President Obama's latest television ad seeks to answer Mitt Romney's primary question: Are you better off now than you were four years ago? The Obama campaign says yes, saying the economy has recovered from the "...
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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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Daily News & Analysis
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney accused Barack Obama of a tendency to "say things that aren't true" on Friday, as the Republican challenger came under mounting pressure from a series of polls that showed him trailing in key battleground states...Speaking about how to...
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The Columbus Dispatch
| 8 months ago
Ohio On a day that justified the existence of umbrellas, Mitt Romney threw lightning bolts at President Barack Obama, warning rain-soaked supporters that their livelihoods will suffer if the nation does not decide to change presidents on Nov. 6. With...
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Fox News
| 8 months ago
As Election Day nears, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is looking to recover from a tough week dominated by foreign policy as President Barack Obama balances campaigning for a second term with the duties of the Oval Office in the face of...
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Scoop
| 8 months ago
According to the latest national survey by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for Democracy Corps, the President holds a 5-point lead on the ballot, up a net 3 points since just before the Republican convention. With the Romney campaign reeling on issues...
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The New York Times
| 8 months ago
But while the climate for Mr. Obama has improved since midsummer, and Mr. Romney has failed to shift sentiment decisively in his favor, the poll found that the presidential race is narrowly divided. The outcome could still turn on unexpected events...
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Star Tribune
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney have this in common when it comes to Florida: They're both worried about the biggest election battleground prize. The president has an edge here, but Democrats fear the advantage may be fleeting and...
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CNN
| 8 months ago
Is Romney's path to the White House now more difficult?...And some of them paint a picture that looks more favorable to President Barack Obama than to Republican nominee Mitt Romney...They're all of the smaller pool of likely voters and all were...
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BBC
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney has defended his criticism of President Barack Obama's foreign policy, as new US polls suggest the president is ahead with voters. In an interview with ABC News, Mr Romney described as "inappropriate" a US embassy response to an anti-...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
Polls show President Barack Obama is leading Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney by as much as 7 points in four swing states. Obama is leading Romney in Ohio, Florida, Virginia and New Hampshire, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
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The Globe & Mail
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney makes comments on the killing of U.S. embassy officials in Benghazi, Libya, while speaking in Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 The Associated Press video Paul J.
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Newsbusters
| 8 months ago
Former Democratic operative turned journalist George Stephanopoulos on Friday landed an exclusive interview with Mitt Romney and proceeded to taunt the Republican presidential candidate: " But you're falling further behind...MP3 audio here .]...
