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United Press International
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Saturday America "can't afford four more years like the last four years." Romney, in his weekly podcast, cited an economic study that indicated middle-class families face a $4,000 tax increase to pay...
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NY1
| 8 months ago
Department of Labor show the nation's unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years...The president stumped in two battlegrounds Friday, armed with new figures that paint an...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
President Obama seized a positive jobs report Friday, telling an audience at Fairfax, Va., that the United States is "moving forward again." "This morning, we found out that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since I took office,"...
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Health Business Blog
| 8 months ago
Williams of the Health business blog Why does anyone really care about what Mitt Romney says about Medicare? After all his plan (really VP candidate Paul Ryan's plan) doesn't kick in for 10 years, only affects new Medicare entrants when it does, and...
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Mother Jones
| 8 months ago
In rarely seen footage, Romney's running mate warns about "dependent" Americans who are "takers," not "makers."...Romney is finally backing off his controversial comments , but the theme that the nation is divided into makers and government-dependent...
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The Hill
| 8 months ago
The economy added 114,000 jobs in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report also revised up employment figures for July and August, leading the unemployment rate to drop from 8.1 to 7.8 percent. But the Republican nominee...
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National Public Radio
| 8 months ago
October 5, 2012 Here's one thing President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney could agree on during their first debate this week: Something has to be done about the enormous gap between what the federal government collects in...
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The Globe & Mail
| 8 months ago
The first U.S. presidential debate of this year's campaign generated more social media activity than any other event in U.S. politics, therefore suggesting more young people than estimated are interested in government affairs...Many thought the 2012...
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The Washington Times
| 8 months ago
Finally, for the first time in this election year, Barack Obama couldn't hide from the economy and the recession his policies have painfully prolonged. The economic elephant in the presidential debate at the University of Denver couldn't be ignored...
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The Orange County Register
| 8 months ago
The September jobs report that arrives Friday, a month before the presidential election, will likely sketch a dual picture: The job market continues to heal...No incumbent since Franklin Roosevelt has faced re-election with unemployment so high.
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Boston Globe
| 8 months ago
Romney made the case that his term as a Republican governor in Massachusetts would enable him to break the partisan gridlock in Washington, a goal Obama has failed to accomplish. I had the great experience -- it didn't seem like it at the time -- of...
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International Business Times
| 8 months ago
Romney hit the nail on the head when he said You put $90 billion, like 50 years worth of tax breaks, into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1 ," he told the president. "I had a friend who said: 'You don't just pick the winners...
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Canadian Free Press
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney won the first Presidential Debate walking away. It was such a blowout that liberal spinmeisters were left sputtering excuses and searching for explanations. Chris Matthews was feeling no tingles last night not up his leg, not anywhere. ...
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CNSNews.com
| 8 months ago
Gov. Mitt Romney, asked what he would do about the federal deficit and the federal debt, said Obamacare and PBS are on his hit list because they don't meet his test: Is the program so critical it's worth borrowing money from China to pay for it?...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said President Barack Obama champions big government, taxes and regulations with "trickle-down government.'' "What we're seeing right now is, in my view, a trickle-down government approach, which has...
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Politico
| 8 months ago
And some just don't want to run another race in a new district. All told, two dozen members of the House are retiring at the end of this year, fleeing the most unpopular Congress in modern history. House lawmakers and asked them for their thoughts...
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Chicago-Sun Times
| 8 months ago
GOP nominee Mitt Romney put President Barack Obama on the defensive on the economy and on jobs Wednesday night as both candidates worked to woo the middle class in the long-awaited first televised debate of the presidential contest.
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Asian Tribune
| 8 months ago
53 editor Challenger Mitt Romney took the battle to President Barack Obama after a 90-minute debate where there were no body-slams and take downs. The topics were the economy, debt and 4 year governanceObama's Achilles' heel. The post debate...
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Boston Globe
| 8 months ago
After appearing somewhat thunderstruck for the first 20 minutes of his first presidential debate, understandable when considering Romney had never been on a stage so grand while Obama encounters them daily, the Republican nominee settled into a...
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The New York Times
| 8 months ago
I will not reduce the share paid by high-income individuals, Mr. Romney said to Mr. Obama, describing his plan to cut tax rates by 20 percent. I know that you and your running mate keep saying that, and I know it's a popular thing to say with a lot...
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The New York Times
| 8 months ago
As President Obama and Mitt Romney faced off for the first time, their largely zinger-free styles may have disguised a fierce clash of views not only over taxes, spending and health care, but over the very role of government in American society in a...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney has long relegated his record as governor of Massachusetts to the bottom tier of topics that he brings up in his campaign for president. But in his first debate with President Obama , the Republican nominee highlighted his leadership of...
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Miami Herald
| 8 months ago
With the presidency hanging in the balance, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney clashed sharply Wednesday in their first debate, trying to convince voters they're uniquely qualified to lead the country to full recovery from...
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Leader Post Online
| 8 months ago
Colo. - As storm clouds gathered around the first presidential debate, Republican challenger Mitt Romney wasted little time in attacking U.S. President Barack Obama's economic record, charging that "middle income families are being crushed" by Obama'...
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Fox News
| 8 months ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would end an Obama administration policy allowing some young illegal immigrants to stay in the country and work, though anyone already granted a reprieve from possible deportation wouldn't see that...
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Leader Post Online
| 8 months ago
Colo. In this heavyweight presidential battle the pressure will be on Republican challenger Mitt Romney to introduce himself to the American people and prove that he can do a better job than President Barack Obama. One of the challenges Romney has...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
That's the Clintonian take on Mitt Romney for seeming to dismiss 47% of Americans who don't pay income tax when the Republican hopeful has made use of tax shelters to minimize his own federal burden. A guy with a tax account in the Cayman Islands is...
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Towleroad
| 8 months ago
Says Ryan when asked his thoughts about marriage: It's the foundation for society and for family for thousands of years. First of all, Mitt Romney and I I'll just say it, it's worth repeating we believe marriage is between one man and one woman, that'...
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Money Morning
| 8 months ago
Tonight's presidential debate will be the first time incumbent President Barack Obama squares off against GOP challenger Mitt Romney, in a race that's still too close to predict. According to a trio of national polls published Monday, the two...
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NY Daily News
| 8 months ago
Each of the 44 American Presidents brings their own unique style to the White House and each has accomplished much in their own right. Open your eyes to a new view of history, an astrological view and see how each President's zodiac sign influenced...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
Ahead of tonight's presidential debate, Mitt Romney campaigning in Denver, Colorado where more than 30% of the population is Latino. Photograph: David Goldman/AP Here's one question directed at Mitt Romney that begs to be asked at Wednesday's first...
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Daily Southtown
| 8 months ago
If presidential debates were promoted like reality TV shows maybe more people would watch...Whoever wins the election in November becomes commander of the most powerful military force in the history of the world. He might even make decisions that...
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Mother Jones
| 8 months ago
When terrorists attack US interests abroad, they don't distinguish between administrations that are "projecting weakness" or practicing "peace through strength."...To hear Republicans explain it, the protests at US embassies around the world and the...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 8 months ago
Mr Romney was not taking that lying down. "The president is obviously a very eloquent, gifted speaker he'll do just fine," he told Fox News last week. "I've, you know, I've never been in a presidential debate like this, and it will be a new...
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News 24
| 8 months ago
US Republican Mitt Romney positioned himself on Tuesday for a high-stakes presidential debate, softening his stance on immigration while his campaign accused the White House of a "stunning admission" that it had failed on the economy. Trailing in...
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Star Tribune
| 8 months ago
Five things to watch for when Barack Obama and Mitt Romney meet in their first presidential debate Wednesday night: 1. He needs to re-energize his campaign after slipping in the polls...Watch for Romney to lay into Obama's policies with gusto while...
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Charlotte Observer Online
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney who has struggled to find momentum will offer voters two starkly different prescriptions for fixing the ailing economy as they duel Wednesday in their first and perhaps most critical debate.
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News Press
| 8 months ago
If Mitt Romney is going to change the trajectory of a close race that is bending in President Obama's direction, his best opportunity will be during 90 minutes on a Denver stage Wednesday night. Obama has opened a modest advantage over Romney since...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
Offering deficit-cutting ideas before his first debate with President Barack Obama , Mitt Romney says he might be willing to reduce income tax deductions used by millions of families for home mortgage interest and health care costs He suggested the...
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Boston Globe
| 8 months ago
The people who have received the special visa that the president has put in place, which is a two-year visa, should expect that the visa would continue to be valid, Romney told the Denver Post in an interview published Tuesday, a day ahead of the...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
does anyone know what's in his five-point economic plan, let alone the 59-point one that preceded it? Photograph: Jewel Samad/AP Mitt Romney is throwing in the towel...But in recent weeks, he has tacitly abandoned his strategy of making this election...
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Kansas City Star
| 8 months ago
On the eve of the first presidential debate, the early autumn Republican reviews are in for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, and they are not pretty.In some states, candidates who share the Nov. 6 ballot with the former Massachusetts governor...
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Kansas City Star
| 8 months ago
Republican White House candidate Mitt Romney is offering new ideas on the controversial issues of taxes and immigration, sparking a new flashpoint with President Barack Obama before their inaugural debate Wednesday.The GOP nominee suggested an option...
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USA Today
| 8 months ago
When President Obama steps onto the debate stage Wednesday night in Denver, he'll seek to avoid what might be called "incumbents opening debate syndrome." Presidents seeking re-election have often struggled in their first debates: Jimmy Carter,...
