2012 Election
President Barack Obama on Thursday became the first U.S. president to cast an early vote in person. He also became the first president (that we know of) to hear the words: “I need an I.D..” The president flew home to Chicago’s Kenwood neighborhood to cast his early ballot. Democrats are encouraging their supporters to vote […]
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell broke with the Republican party during the 2008 election, to endorse then-candidate Barack Obama for president, calling Obama a “transformational figure.” With 12 days to go before the presidential election, Powell publicly endorsed President Obama for re-election on “CBS This Morning” Thursday “I voted for him in 2008 and […]
Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, is distancing himself from comments made by the Indiana Republican senate candidate about rape. Richard Mourdock, during a televised Tuesday debate, declared that a woman who gets pregnant by her rapist is carrying a “gift from God” and thus must have the child. Romney, however, will not pull his endorsement […]
Hamilton County elections officials say machines used to cast ballots are safe from tampering. A Washington Post linked the company that makes the machines to executives that support the Romney campaign. Suggestions that the machines could be rigged were denied by officials who say that they have complete control over the equipment. Click here to […]
In contrast to how combative they were in the last two debates, President Obama and Mitt Romney actually let each other talk Monday night. The two sparred briefly over Libya, pledged mutual support for Israel, and discussed a strategy for Syria — but Mitt Romney wasn’t as aggressive as he was in the first two […]
President Obama, and Vice President Biden, have another trip to Southwest Ohio this afternoon. The pair will hold an event near downtown Dayton, scheduled for 3 P.M. Check out the video above to learn more about their Dayton visit. Meanwhile, Republican nominee Mitt Romney‘s expected to visit a Roselawn business Thursday. Recent Stories: Mason Teen […]
There’s a split decision of endorsements between two of the largest newspapers in Ohio. The Cleveland Plain Dealer supports President Obama for a second term. The paper also supported them in 2008, but they’re supporting him this time with “less enthusiasm or optimism” than four years ago. The newspaper praised Obama’s leadership on the auto […]
We wish he would. When asked by radio host, Bill Lumaye, how it felt to to hear President Barack Obama call his father, Mitt Romney, a liar, Tagg Romney, 42, said that only Secret Service stopped him from assaulting the president, reports RawStory.com. ” ‘I’m going to ask something I think a lot of people […]
At one of the tensest moments in Tuesday’s presidential debate, Romney questioned the president on his reaction to the Benghazi attack that killed four Americans back in September. Romney went on to say Obama did not, in fact, call the Benghazi attack an act of terror for 14 days. But moderator Candy Crowley… Obama: “Get […]
Opinion ahead: I’m sure that I don’t want a political party to lead this country who favors placing so-called intimidating billboards in black neighborhoods about voter fraud and a party that keeps trying to prevent voting because they don’t think it favors them. Well, Jon Husted, not this election because the Supreme Court said so or no […]
