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The Boston Globe
| 7 months ago
Ohio (AP) Mitt Romney has canceled plans to campaign in New Hampshire this week because of the storm bearing down on the East Coast. It's the second major schedule change for the Republican presidential candidate with the election just nine days away.
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Arab News
| 7 months ago
Sunday 28 October 2012 Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu was right to claim that President Barack Obama is a lazy president and that the primary reason fellow Republican Colin Powell endorsed him was because both men are black. Obama's laziness...
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NY Daily News
| 7 months ago
Stories Colin Powell's former chief of staff has blasted the Republican Party for being full of racists...Lawrence Wilkerson came in response to controversy over a comment made by Mitt Romney campaign co-chair John Sununu , who suggested Powell...
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GMA News
| 7 months ago
Hillary Clinton says she still intends to step down as U.S. secretary of state sometime around January's presidential inauguration, dispelling speculation over reports she might opt to stay in the post amid numerous diplomatic crises if President...
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Gawker
| 7 months ago
My Party Is Full of Racists' The GOP is pretty racist. I could list examples, but we'd be here for the rest of eternity. This week's particular "widely believed racist conspiracy that some old, white Republican was dumb enough to say in public" comes...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 7 months ago
One of Mitt Romney's campaign chairmen has hastily withdrawn his suggestion that Colin Powell , the former secretary of state, only endorsed Barack Obama for re-election because they are both black. John Sununu , the former New Hampshire governor,...
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Arab News
| 7 months ago
Saturday 27 October 2012 Colin Powell, a Republican, retired army general and former secretary of state in George Bush's administration, who backed Obama in 2008, has reaffirmed his support to the incumbent president. His 2008 endorsement of Obama...
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Mail Online UK
| 7 months ago
The 2 per cent growth is good news for Obama in the run-up to the election on November 6 Barack Obama received a welcome boost to his election campaign yesterday after the US economy showed better than expected growth. The world's biggest economy...
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Washington Post
| 7 months ago
Powell, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs who served as George W...Sununu quickly backed off his remark, saying in a follow-up statement after the interview that Powell is a friend and, I respect the endorsement decision he made, and I do not...
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Truthdig
| 7 months ago
Former New Hampshire governor and Mitt Romney surrogate John Sununu made headlines after suggesting to CNN's Piers Morgan on Thursday night that Colin Powell, who had earlier endorsed President Obama, based his endorsement on race.
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Guardian Unlimited
| 7 months ago
Washington and in New York Barack Obama in Virginia on Thursday. The president spent Friday in the White House doing interviews. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Barack Obama received a pre-election boost on Friday when the latest economic figures...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 7 months ago
Colin Powell, a Republican, is drawing backbiting and racially tinged criticism for his decision to endorse the reelection of President Obama. Apparently still smarting from Powell's 2008 support for Obama, Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, has taken out...
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Newsbusters
| 7 months ago
On Friday's NBC Today , political director Chuck Todd described how "both sides are dealing with some unexpected political speed bumps on the trail" and began by detailing the supposed obstacles for the Romney campaign: ...it's Indiana's Republican...
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The Independent
| 7 months ago
Suggested Topics A senior aide to Mitt Romney has played the race card for the first time in the presidential campaign as new polling reveals that it is the most racially polarised election in more than two decades. John Sununu, a former White House...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
Newark mayor Cory Booker said John Sununu has 'gotten himself in a jam, and he's going to wear that jam for a while'. Photograph: Andrew Innerarity/Retuers The fallout from a claim by a prominent Romney supporter that former Bush secretary of state...
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CNN
| 7 months ago
Roland Martin is a syndicated columnist and author of "The First: President Barack Obama's Road to the White House." He is a commentator for the TV One cable network and host/managing editor of its Sunday morning news show, "Washington Watch with...
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KSBY
| 7 months ago
Former New Hampshire governor John Sununu is backing away from his suggestion that fellow Republican Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama because both men are black. Sununu has issued a statement saying the retired Army general and former Secretary of...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 7 months ago
Latest first Oldest first Auto update: On Off Updates: The Guardian's Gary Younge is in Roanoke, Virginia and he says that the difference between the Democrats in Virginia he's spoken to today and those he spoke to there three weeks ago seems to be "...
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CNN
| 7 months ago
Army general perhaps best known for having served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, endorsed Barack Obama's bid for re-election during an interview with "CBS This Morning." Given that Powell had enthusiastically endorsed Obama in...
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Towleroad
| 7 months ago
Final question, Colin Powell decided to opt for President Obama again, despite apparently still being a Republican...I do like the fact that Colin Powell's boss, George Herbert Walker Bush, has endorsed Mitt Romney all along. And frankly, when you...
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The Dish Rag
| 7 months ago
One of them is former Secretary of State Colin Powell , who jumped from the Republican party following the Bush administration in 2008 to support Barack Obama . "I voted for him in 2008 and I plan to stick with him in 2012, and I'll be voting for he...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney greets audience members at a campaign stop at Jet Machine in Cincinnati, Ohio October 25, 2012 Reuters video Multimedia Appearing on the Jay Leno show, President Barack Obama criticized Indiana GOP Senate...
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USA Today
| 7 months ago
A top surrogate to Mitt Romney suggested Thursday that race may have motivated Colin Powell's endorsement of President Obama. John Sununu, former New Hampshire governor and chief of staff to President George H.W. Bush, told CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight...
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Truthdig
| 7 months ago
Oct 26, 2012 Poor President Obama, as Colin Powell pointed out in endorsing him Thursday, clearly holds what should be a winning hand in the war-on-terror game, and yet Mitt Romney and his neocon speechwriters won't cut him any slack. Suddenly it's...
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The Courier-Mail
| 7 months ago
IN a spectacular finale to a 40-hour campaign sprint, US President Barack Obama has launched a searing attack on Mitt Romney in Ohio, the state that may decide their election duel. But Romney, rallying Republicans in the state's aptly named town of...
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News 24
| 7 months ago
An outspoken surrogate for Mitt Romney's White House campaign suggested late on Thursday that race was a factor in former secretary of state Colin Powell's endorsement of President Barack Obama...The remarks by Sununu, a prominent and often...
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Gawker
| 7 months ago
In an interview this evening, John Sununu, former New Hampshire Republican governor and Romney campaign co-chair, told Morgan the real reason why General Colin Powell endorsed Obama this morning: their skin colors match...In the interview, Sununu...
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Epoch Times
| 7 months ago
October 25, 2012 Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed President Barack Obama for reelection on Thursday...Powell, who served four years under the Bush administration, endorsed Obama during his first presidential bid four years ago,...
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Newsbusters
| 7 months ago
CBS This Morning brought on liberal Colin Powell on Thursday so he could break his endorsement of President Obama and boost the Democratic candidate that he supported in 2008. Norah O'Donnell spotlighted Powell's service with "several Republican...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 7 months ago
Barack Obama has become the first sitting United States president to vote early, casting his ballot in his hometown of Chicago this morning. Several American states allow voting before election day and polling data suggests the Democratic incumbent...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 7 months ago
Font Resize National editor's pick of the top news stories in the nation and world at this hour: A New York City police officer was charged Thursday with using fetish chat rooms to promote a plot to kidnap, torture, cook and cannibalize women. In a...
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Vanity Fair
| 7 months ago
Two times in one day we have the pleasure of mentioning former presidential candidate John McCain! Earlier, we noted how he was very cranky about Richard Mourdock . This latest incident: McCain is very cranky about Colin Powell's endorsement of...
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The Independent
| 7 months ago
Suggested Topics President Barack Obama has taken his rhetorical attacks on Mitt Romney, his Republican challenger, to a new level, calling him a bullshitter in a still-to-be-published interview with Rolling Stone magazine. The comment sent fresh...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
Mandel Ngan/AFP Barack Obama was expected to become the first president to take advantage of early voting by casting his ballot in Chicago on Thursday, a move he hopes will inject urgency into his campaign's relentless push to lock up early voters, a...
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is refusing to join the criticism of the Obama administration for its response to the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans last month, saying Americans should reserve...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
I'm only 20 and can't really remember Bush beyond his gaffes. Can anyone tell me, with specific examples of policy, why I should be more afraid of Romney than Bush? Close Link to this comment: You know let me be the devil's advocate here and say that...
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International Business Times
| 7 months ago
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell. (Photo: Reuters/Chip East) Former Secretary of State Colin Powell announced he would break from the Republican Party to endorse President Obama for a second term. After renewing his...
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The Arlington Advocate
| 7 months ago
Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed President Obama today, citing his efforts on terrorism as well as the economy and educattion. The Republican called Mitt Romney's foreign policy inconsistent and a "moving target."...Check this out Donald...
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Zee News
| 7 months ago
With just days to go before the US presidential election, Barack Obama today got a boost when former secretary of state Colin Powell, a Republican, endorsed his re-election bid. "I voted for him (Obama) in 2008 and I plan to stick with him in 2012...
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The New York Times
| 7 months ago
Archive Recent Posts October 25 Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee raised $111.8 million during the first seventeen days of October, Mr. Romney's campaign announced on Thursday. October 25 A hoarse and sleep-deprived President Obama...
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International Business Times
| 7 months ago
Reuters/Chip East) Former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Vice President Joe Biden will also be in Ohio, speaking at Marion Harding High School before returning to Washington. On Thursday night, the vice president and his wife, Jill Biden, will host...
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 7 months ago
The endorsement comes while Colin Powell says he's still a Republican.
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GMA News
| 7 months ago
Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday endorsed Barack Obama's bid for re-election, citing the Democratic president's efforts to wind down the war in Afghanistan and tackle terrorism. "I think we ought to keep on the track that we are on," the...
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Arab News
| 7 months ago
Former US secretary of state Colin Powell on Thursday endorsed President Barack Obama's bid for re-election. The Republican, who used to be chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said, I voted for him in 2008, and I plan to stick with him in 2012...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
The Associated Press Published Thursday, Oct. 25 2012, 8:03 AM EDT Last updated Thursday, Oct. 25 2012, 8:49 AM EDT Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a longtime Republican, is sticking with President Barack Obama in this year's election. He...
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Associated Press
| 7 months ago
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a longtime Republican, is sticking with President Barack Obama in this year's election. He tells "CBS This Morning" he respects Mitt Romney but thinks he's been vague on many issues. Speaking of Obama, Powell...
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Towleroad
| 7 months ago
Basing his 2012 endorsement primarily on economic upticks and strong foreign policy, former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell backed President Obama's reelection this morning. Powell voted for Obama in 2008 but has stayed on the sidelines...
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USA Today
| 7 months ago
Speaking on CBS' This Morning , Powell said Republican candidate Mitt Romney appeared to shift positions during this week's foreign policy debate. "So I am not quite sure which Gov. Romney we would be getting with respect to foreign policy," he said.
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SF Gate
| 7 months ago
Fla. (AP) Seeking to shore up his support among women voters, President Barack Obama on Thursday hammered Republican rival Mitt Romney anew over his backing of Richard Mourdock, the Indiana Senate candidate drawing fire for saying that pregnancies...
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Zee News
| 7 months ago
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is apparently riding high on the momentum ahead of November 06 elections, but US President Barack Obama still holds an upper hand in the Electoral College votes, major media outlets and political analysts...
