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The Globe & Mail
| 8 months ago
Story I listened to him as though listening to a man discussing the domestication of the zebra. If you're going to have women in the work force If you're compelled by circumstances beyond your control to attempt to harness a panicky and unpredictable...
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Snarky Gossip
| 8 months ago
During Tuesday night's debate with President Barack Obama , Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney told the harrowing story of the time he tried to find women to fill roles on his cabinet while he was governor of Massachusetts. Romney packed...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
Mitt Romney obviously thought he had a big chance in this week's presidential debate to expose hypocrisy by President Obama on the question of just who maintains overseas investments. Just when the challenger looked like he might have the incumbent...
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Associated Press
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama spoke longer in the first two presidential debates, but rival Mitt Romney spoke more. CNN said Thursday that Romney spoke more words in both debates than Obama, even though the network's on-air clock showed Obama had more...
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Indian Express
| 8 months ago
Maybe theyll tell the kids that, in the end, the whole election came down to the time Mitt Romney put Big Bird in a binder on the car roof. President Obama has had his ups and downs in this campaign, but Romney has a near-monopoly on interesting...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
Democrats claimed an Obama victory in the presidential debate Tuesday night.
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Boston Herald
| 8 months ago
Updated 2 hours ago Text size I t's down to Monday night's final presidential debate as the tie-breaker, Herald readers declared as readers were split over who won Tuesday night's town hall style debate...The consensus was the president came ready...
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Arab News
| 8 months ago
With polls suggesting women voters were shifting their support to Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama made an aggressive pitch to them on Tuesday that yielded awkward moments for the Republican and a favorite new catch phrase on social media. Obama...
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Mail Online UK
| 8 months ago
The brutal clash between Obama and Romney has been described as 'the most rancorous presidential debate ever' as the two candidates hit each other hard with fiery rhetoric and even personal attack. There was clearly no love lost between the two...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
But it will take days to determine the effect of Tuesday night's event, and the candidates as animated on Wednesday as they were onstage together tried to re-litigate some of Tuesday's most memorable exchanges. Obama brought a triumphant tone to...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
Text Size The Washington Post It was a memorable anecdote, one that could have shown Mitt Romney's sensitivity toward the issue of gender equality in the workforce. The Republican presidential candidate said he had reached out to a women's group to...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 8 months ago
The battle for the female vote helped shape the latest debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, pushing issues like equal pay for women and contraception into the conversation. But the Republican challenger's awkward comment about having "binders...
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Truthdig
| 8 months ago
President Obama won the second presidential debate as clearly and decisively as he lost the first. For anyone who disagrees, three simple words: Please proceed, Governor. This icy invitation to Mitt Romney came amid an exchange about the killings of...
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International Business Times
| 8 months ago
Candy Crowley Some have accused Candy Crowley of partiality at the second debate between Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney during their time at Hofstra University Tuesday night. The executives at CNN are upset that Crowley has become a part of the...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama (L) and Republican nominee Mitt Romney (R) at the presidential debate in Hempstead, N.Y., Oct. 16, 2012...President Barack Obama said Wednesday Republican nominee Mitt Romney is "trying to sell you a sketchy deal." Addressing...
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Miami Herald
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, energized by their showings at a debate whose impact was still being debated, revved up eager swing state audiences on Wednesday with pointed partisan appeals. Their Tuesday night battle in Hampstead, N.Y.,...
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Fox News
| 8 months ago
FoxNews.com With less than three weeks left on the calendar before Election Day, President Obama on Wednesday followed up his second debate with Mitt Romney by amplifying his sharpest zingers from the night before -- in what appears to be a fresh...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 8 months ago
During a heated Tuesday night showdown, Republican nominee Romney recalled consulting "binders full of women" when he was searching for qualified women to serve in his cabinet when he was governor of Massachusetts. Much like Romney's "Big Bird"...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
Here's a closer look at the tax reform proposals that Mitt Romney discussed during Tuesday night's debate. Do President Obama and others have a point in challenging the math? When Republican candidate Mitt Romney floated some fresh details about his...
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The Hill
| 8 months ago
Everyone is saying he showed up," said a Democratic former White House aide, adding, "He not only showed up...He showed everyone why he was elected in the first place, and he showed why he's going to win in November." Romney's team conceded nothing,...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
Wednesday morning on CNN , Candy Crowley defended her moderation of Tuesday's presidential debate -- and in particular, her on-the-spot fact-checking of Mitt Romney 's claims about President Obama 's response to the attacks on the U.S. consulate in...
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TMZ
| 8 months ago
You'd think CNN would be thrilled with all the controversy over Candy Crowley 's performance at last night's Presidential debate, but we've learned network honchos are NOT happy she's become part of the story. Multiple sources connected with CNN tell...
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Time of India
| 8 months ago
The hot-button issue of outsourcing reared its head in the Presidential debate on Tuesday as both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney jabbed at each other over their ability and plans to create jobs in the United States. China was the punching bag, but...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
a revealing remark from Romney, or a sideshow? 'Binders full of women' is already the most memorable phrase of the second presidential debate, showing just how much the 2012 campaign revolves around issues narrowly targeted to specific groups a...
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Bogota Bulletin
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama on Wednesday ridiculed challenger Mitt Romney's debate description of receiving "binders full of women," while the GOP nominee said the incumbent's policies have failed female voters. The two bounded out of their quarrelsome...
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Wellington Dominion
| 8 months ago
On the seal of the United States, the eagle turns its head toward its right talon, which holds an olive branch, and away from the talon holding 13 arrows...The eagle that hovered between the two candidates in the second debate had the same design,...
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Boston Herald
| 8 months ago
A coalition of Massachusetts women's groups says GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney did, in fact, receive binders with the names of potential female candidates for high-level positions when he was governor. Romney's remark at Tuesday's debate with...
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EW - PopWatch
| 8 months ago
ET Presidential debates follow-up: Moderator Candy Crowley takes the heat. Is it fair? by Sandra Gonzalez Image Credit: John Moore/Getty Images On this morning after last night's presidential debate, moderator and CNN's chief political correspondent...
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International Business Times
| 8 months ago
At times, it meant pointedly noting Romney's factual innacuracies. (What Governor Romney said just wasn't true." "Governor, what you're saying isn't true.") But it also involved some deft barbs that were likely a source of glee to Obama backers who...
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EW - PopWatch
| 8 months ago
ET Moderator Candy Crowley talks about debate on 'The View' by Erin Strecker Image Credit: Edward M. Pio Roda, CNN/AP After handling Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama last night, the five ladies of The View were easy for CNN's Candy Crowley.
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Gawker
| 8 months ago
An Interrupting Competition with Binders Full of Women' As can be gleamed from the various pop-up parody twitter accounts and tumblrs , the second presidential debate was predictably a perfect target for internet meme makers, which in this day and...
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Baltimore Sun
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama came out swinging Tuesday night in the town hall debate with Mitt Romney, and while he didn't land any pure knockdown punches, his base is sure to be encouraged by seeing a a president on TV who once again seemed engaged in...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
New York Outgoing Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and governor-elect Deval Patrick at the statehouse in Boston in 2006. Photograph: Chitose Suzuki/AP It was the moment that women's issues finally took centre stage in a presidential debate,...
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Extra
| 8 months ago
Binders Full of Women' Starts Internet Craze October 17, 2012 Following his Big Bird comment in the first presidential debate, Republican candidate Mitt Romney unwittingly created yet another hilarious Internet trend with his binders full of women...
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Fox News
| 8 months ago
FoxNews.com President Obama bolted out of the second presidential debate after employing a strategy he's used to great effect on the stump -- the power of nope. The words "not true" were a frequent rejoinder for the president, as he took pains to...
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Gawker
| 8 months ago
Turns Out Romney Didn't Commission Them, Compile Them, or Pay Particular Attention to Them During last night's debate, a question was raised by an attendee concerning each candidates track record on equality for women in the workplace. In response to...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
Maybe it's a cliche to say the gloves came off in Tuesday's presidential debate. But then again, maybe not, since the candidates sometimes looked like they were actually about to start boxing. It was a tense and testy exchange at New York's Hofstra...
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News 24
| 8 months ago
As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney traded barbs in their cantankerous second presidential debate even harsher volleys were being hurled online. Obama's Truth Team and Romney Response were joined on Twitter by eager partisans on both sides, as live blogs...
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Newsbusters
| 8 months ago
And what I've got is, they really covered, Rachel, I think we all agree about ten topics, it was very well I think very well moderated by Candy Crowley of CNN. Despite a little bit of stiffiness from the Governor, which has become normal He's the...
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The Globe & Mail
| 8 months ago
President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney appealed to female voters during Tuesday's presidential debate. Obama said he signed pay equity legislation for women, while Romney said he hired women for key posts in Massachusetts.
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The Reporter
| 8 months ago
Font Resize Digital First Media A rundown of some of the most interesting reactions to Mitt Romney's reference to "binders full of women" in Tuesday's presidential debate. Storified by Digital First Media · Tue, Oct 16 2012 20:33:55 Romney: "I've Got...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
The offhand phrase from former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Tuesday night was one of many topics that pinballed across social networks, as users instantly weighed in on moments from his debate with President Barack Obama . As with their first...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 8 months ago
In a line that may as well have come out of the Romney Gangham Style parody (Heeeeey, wealthy ladies!), Mitt Romney admits to having binders full of women...Romney, in tonight's town hall debate with President Barack Obama, speaking of inequalities...
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Truthdig
| 8 months ago
Oct 16, 2012 With exactly three weeks to go, and the presidency on the line, time is running out for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to persuade voters. The pressure is on for both candidates, but more so perhaps for Obama, who has seen his poll ratings...
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The Hill
| 8 months ago
The 90-minute presidential debate at Hofstra University in New York state was intensely aggressive and more closely matched than their first debate two weeks ago, largely because the president was more animated and assertive. Obama's performance...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
New York Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in a direct exchange at the second presidential debate. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters Barack Obama secured the comeback he desperately needed in the second presidential debate against Mitt Romney , finishing the...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
NowThisNews In the second presidential debate, women's issues finally came up. And Mitt Romney had an opportunity to show female voters he cared. But from his bullying of moderator Candy Crowley to his dismissive description of his hiring practices,...
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Star Tribune
| 8 months ago
Highlights from the presidential debate Tuesday night between Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney, just three weeks from the Nov. 6 election. Romney and Obama tangled for the first time face to face and heatedly...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 8 months ago
Finally, after two and a half debates, a women's issue pay equity...In my economy, he says, Employers will be so anxious to get good workers that they'll be anxious to hire women!...Obama bore it home with the I'll get back to you response from...
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The Hill
| 8 months ago
Twenty minutes into the debate, the two men were in each other's faces, pointing fingers and talking over each other and moderator Candy Crowley of CNN. Obama, who was criticized for a lackluster performance in the first debate, seemed energized at...
