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The Motley Fool
| 7 months ago
Trading was canceled on Monday and Tuesday because of Hurricane Sandy, the longest weather-related closure since 1888. When markets opened again, the reaction was subdued and stocks moved sideways for the week ...Strong economic news pushed the...
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Lexington Herald-Leader
| 7 months ago
It didn't take long for a couple of fringe preachers to proclaim that Hurricane Sandy was God's retribution for homosexuality and other aspects of society they don't like. Such freakish, attention-seeking claims have become as common as the freakish...
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United Press International
| 7 months ago
Most Americans believe President Barack Obama's handling of Hurricane Sandy may help his re-election campaign, a United Press International poll found. The UPI/C-Voter survey released Saturday said 65 percent of adults agreed the destructive storm...
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Tahoe Daily Tribune
| 7 months ago
I disagree with Linda Norton's letter claiming that Mitt Romney is the responsible choice for president. I don't know how she can say she trusts Romney when there is no way to know what he really stands for. He has contradicted himself on nearly...
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Boston.com
| 7 months ago
Five things to watch for in the closing days of the presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney: 1. About 25 million people have already cast ballots in 34 states and the District of Columbia. No votes will be...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 7 months ago
Mercury News Editorial The most compelling case for Barack Obama's re-election was made this past week, not by him or by any campaign strategy but by a storm named Sandy. We've seen the heartbreaking images of grieving mothers and destroyed homes, as...
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Telegraph India
| 7 months ago
Bloomberg backs President over latter's handling of storm aftermath K.P. Washington, Nov. 2: Hurricane Sandy has brought a political windfall for Barack Obama with storm-battered New York City's mayor Michael Bloomberg endorsing the US President for...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 7 months ago
Romney on his part pledged to "restore fiscal sanity to Washington.
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BBC
| 7 months ago
NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg backs Obama 2 November 2012 Last updated at 03:20 ET Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney are back on the campaign trail. The mayor of New York has declared that he's backing President Obama for re-election.
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Zee News
| 7 months ago
US President Barack Obama has lashed out at his Republican challenger's promise of change, alleging that what Mitt Romney is offering is "not change" and his policies would take the country backwards. "We know what change looks like.
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
As a military plane flew overhead, Mitt Romney paused during his standard stump speech Thursday evening and said, I love the sound of those jets. The crowd, dotted with people who carried signs that said Navy Wives 4 Romney and Marines 4 Romney,...
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Daily Nation
| 7 months ago
Rating In Summary Obama, locked in a tight race with Republican Mitt Romney, quickly welcomed the announcement, saying he was honoured by Bloomberg's nod. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg reluctantly endorsed Barack Obama's campaign for a second term...
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Daily Nation
| 7 months ago
Rating In Summary Romney, struggling to not become a blip on the radar after being side-lined by Sandy, made three stops in battleground Virginia where he sought to refocus the race on his strongest argument: the sluggish economy. Obama launched an...
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Miami Herald
| 7 months ago
In his endorsement, which appeared as an op-ed in the publication he founded, Bloomberg said Obama's position on climate change in particular had moved him to endorse the president. He also cited the president's position on abortion and marriage...
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BBC
| 7 months ago
US presidential candidates fight to the finish 1 November 2012 Last updated at 19:15 ET President Barack Obama has resumed his election campaign, which he had suspended because of the devastation caused by superstorm Sandy. With less than four days...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 7 months ago
Diane Bondareff/AP It would be weird if Hurricane Sandy didn't play a role in New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg's endorsement of Obama . In an ideal world, Sandy would play a role in everyone's decision about who to support for president, including those...
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Fox News
| 7 months ago
FoxNews.com New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is endorsing President Obama for re-election, citing agenda items that Obama has touted but failed to make legislative progress on: climate change. Bloomberg's announcement comes as New York City and much...
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The Onion
| 7 months ago
NJSaying he had been deeply shaken by the extent of Hurricane Sandy 's destruction, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney visited the storm-battered mid-Atlantic coast Thursday to help victims repair and re-erect thousands of downed Romney-Ryan...
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GMA News
| 7 months ago
The U.S. presidential race remained effectively tied on Thursday, with President Barack Obama backed by 47 percent of likely voters and challenger Mitt Romney supported by 46 percent in a Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll. The race has been stable...
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NY1
| 7 months ago
Next week's General Election may be a secondary concern to many New Yorkers recovering from Hurricane Sandy, but Mayor Bloomberg is refocusing attention on the presidential contest by announcing his endorsement of President Barack Obama.
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International Business Times
| 7 months ago
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg broke his silence on the 2012 presidential election and endorsed Barack Obama for re-election Thursday, pointing out the president's record on climate change in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Citing Hurricane Sandy'...
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New York Observer
| 7 months ago
In a surprising announcement this afternoon, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who left the Republican Party in 2007 and has been courted extensively by both presidential candidates, endorsed President Barack Obama for reelection. Mr. Bloomberg publicized his...
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Associated Press
| 7 months ago
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday backed President Barack Obama over Republican Mitt Romney, saying the incumbent Democrat will bring leadership that is critically needed to fight climate change after the East Coast devastation wrought by...
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Waldwick Suburban News
| 7 months ago
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is endorsing President Barack Obama for re-election, citing his leadership on climate change. Bloomberg says in an online opinion piece that Hurricane Sandy made the stakes of Tuesday's presidential election even...
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
In the final throes of a bitter presidential campaign, President Obama this morning said that a non-partisan America had arisen to deal with Hurricane Sandy and offered it as a template for the next four years. Speaking to a crowd in Green Bay, Wisc.,...
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
Morning Joe, reiterating a proposal he made earlier this year...The remarks by Romney marked a return to criticizing Obama on the campaign trail, which the GOP nominee halted during Superstorm Sandy and its immediate aftermath. He said the president'...
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The independent
| 7 months ago
Mitt Romney tried to carefully strike a balance between acknowledging the suffering caused by Hurricane Sandy and the imperative of pressing ahead with his bid for the White House as he returned to the campaign trail here Wednesday morning. Romney...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 7 months ago
President Barack Obama is getting overwhelmingly positive reviews from the American people for his response to Hurricane Sandy...But for those of you trying to figure out what that means for the deadlocked presidential race, you'll just have to wait...
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Fox News
| 7 months ago
FoxNews.com With less than a week before the election, the race for the White House is dead even: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney receive 46 percent each, according to a Fox News poll of likely voters. Romney had a razor-thin 46-45 percent edge earlier...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 7 months ago
Thursday Nov 1, 2012 Republican's recent show of a lack of integrity threatens to be his downfall, writes Tracey Barnett This was my tipping point...The day after Hurricane Sandy struck, Romney faced the press pool at a non-campaign rally, one...
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The New Zealand Herald
| 7 months ago
Thursday Nov 1, 2012 While debate goes on in the US about economic recovery, a fiscal cliff looms. It has been an extraordinary couple of days here on the eastern seaboard of the United States. It will take some time before the full cost can be...
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Inquirer.net
| 7 months ago
President Barack Obama, locked in a tight re-election bid, is joining with one of his top Republican critics Wednesday to visit victims of superstorm Sandy, giving Americans a high-profile display of presidential leadership while leaving rival Mitt...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
Emmanuel Dunand/AFP Mitt Romney sidestepped a controversy over whether he plans to shut down the federal emergency response agency at an election rally in Florida where he is struggling to hold onto a once commanding lead in the opinion polls.
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 7 months ago
If President Obama's reelection bid fails, his staff may cite lost days of campaigning. If Mitt Romney falls short, his campaign could point to a perception that hurricane Sandy stopped his momentum...First Read over at NBC News raised that question...
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Newsbusters
| 7 months ago
In an appearance on CBS This Morning on Tuesday, the network's political director John Dickerson stopped by to briefly discuss the impact Hurricane Sandy could have on the upcoming election. The segment was primarily focused on how the candidates...
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Democracy Now
| 7 months ago
As the East Coast begins the difficult task of rebuilding from Superstorm Sandy the largest Atlantic tropical system on record we turn to the role of emergency responders and federal relief. Clean up of the disaster begins in the final days before...
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CNN
| 7 months ago
Jared Bernstein is the former chief economist and economic adviser to Vice President Joseph Biden. (CNN) -- I'm writing this from a Dunkin' Donuts in northern Virginia the day after Hurricane Sandy blasted through, wiping out power to millions of...
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GMA News
| 7 months ago
Obama made another such declaration for Connecticut Tuesday evening. "This is extraordinary in that generally we do more thorough assessments and it often times will take longer," Fugate told reporters. Millions of people were left reeling after...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney accepts relief supplies for people affected by Hurricane Sandy at a storm relief campaign event in Kettering, Ohio October 30, 2012 Reuters video AP Video video President Barack Obama learned a lesson in...
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Denver Post
| 7 months ago
During a "storm relief" event Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio, Romney ignored repeated questions from reporters about whether he wished to scale back the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a position he advocated during a GOP primary debate, in June 2011...
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Star Tribune
| 7 months ago
There's nothing like a natural disaster to test the depth of politicians' preference for small government. And so Mitt Romney found himself on the hot seat after superstorm Sandy battered the East Coast. Only last year, as Romney hewed to the right...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 7 months ago
Republican presidential nominee had some trouble being heard. The day after Sandy clawed her way across the Northeast -- leaving fires, flooding, downed trees, thousands homeless, millions without power and 40 dead -- both Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
A"Vote Early" sign in displayed as former President Bill Clinton speaks at a President Barack Obama campaign rally, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Youngstown, Ohio The Associated Press video video U.S...While Hurricane Sandy has forced a timeout from...
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 7 months ago
Mitt Romney is running hard today, but not after voters. He has suspended campaigning for the time being, out of respect for the millions struggling with the devastation inflicted by Hurricane Sandy...Absolutely," replied Romney. "Every time you have...
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Newsbusters
| 7 months ago
Liberal radio host Bill Press counts himself among bedwetting left wingers who are claiming Mitt Romney wants to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency...GOP debate): We're borrowing $1.6 trillion more this year than we're taking in. We...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 7 months ago
Hearst Washington Bureau On the day after Hurricane Sandy smashed into the mid-Atlantic states, the presidential campaign was on hold...Though official campaign efforts for both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were on hold because of the disaster that...
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The independent
| 7 months ago
Both camps in the US presidential race resisted ramping back up to full campaign mode last night as Hurricane Sandy laid to waste the best-laid plans for the final six-day stretch to the election. With daylight revealing a toll of death, damage and...
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National Public Radio
| 7 months ago
With the death, destruction, flooding, power outages and transportation disruptions caused by Sandy the Superstorm, it may seem crass to ask about the impact on next week's election. But here's a question: Could the trail of devastation left by the...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
Washington and in Kettering, Ohio Barack Obama at the Red Cross headquarters. Photograph: Chris Kleponis/Getty Images/Pool Barack Obama scrapped plans to campaign on Wednesday the third day in a row as he and his rival Mitt Romney sought to navigate...
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Perez Hilton
| 7 months ago
Here's something both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney can agree on. Hurricane Sandy has devastated parts of the East Coast and the Red Cross needs all the donations it can get for disaster relief! The politicians are calling on every American to help...
