Who Won? Political Analysts on the Final Presidential Debate
NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images(BOCA RATON, Fla.) — The final presidential debate on foreign policy appeared to be a win for President Obama, but a successful effort by Republican nominee Mitt Romney to return the conversation to the economy, ABC News …
A Romney-Biden Administration? It Could Happen
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — It’s sounds crazy, but it is possible that this election could result in a President Mitt Romney and a Vice President Joe Biden.If there is a tie in the electoral college, it will be up to the newly elected …
Undecided ‘Walmart Moms’ in Florida Give Win to Obama
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(ORLANDO, Fla.) — Out of a focus group of 10 “Walmart moms” in Orlando, Fla., eight gave the win to Obama in the third and final presidential debate. One woman gave the win to Romney, and another said she felt …
Obama Wins Twitter War with ‘Horses and Bayonets’
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — President Obama won Monday night’s Twitter war with the weapons of yore, replying to Mitt Romney’s complaint that the Navy will soon see its smallest fleet since 1917 by saying, “We also have …
Debate Ahead, Romney Gains on Int’l Affairs, Continues to Lag on Economic Priorities
NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/GettyImages(NEW YORK) — Mitt Romney carries newfound competitiveness in trust to handle international issues into the final presidential debate, combined with his highest personal popularity of the 2012 campaign. But continued weakne…
Foreign Policy Takes Center Stage in Final Presidential Debate
NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — There are 15 days and one presidential debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney left before the general election.While both candidates acknowledge the outcome of the election depends on no more than t…
Breaking for Staff, Press Football Game, Mitt Romney Ignores Questions on Iran, Debates and Polls
Alex Wong/Getty Images(DELRAY BEACH, Fla.) — Mitt Romney stopped by a football game between members of his staff and the press this afternoon, declining to take questions on Iran, the debate or polls, during a rare break from debate prep.“Let&rs…
Romney Attends Final Fundraiser of Campaign
Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images(PALM BEACH, Fla.) — After more than a year of attending finance events across the country, from California to Texas to New York, Saturday night marked Mitt Romney’s final campaign fundraiser, an aide confirmed …
A Wedge Between Romney and Ryan? Notre Dame-BYU Football Game
Win McNamee/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — Their families may agree on politics, but when it comes to football, the Romney and Ryan families’ college rivalry will be on display this weekend at the Notre Dame-BYU football game in South Bend, Ind.Two of …
Pro-Obama Super PAC Outraises Romney Super PAC, Again
William Thomas Cain/Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — For the second consecutive month, the main pro-Obama super PAC has outraised its Romney-backing counterpart.Priorities USA Action raised $15.2 million in September, according to a spokeswoma…
Obama, Romney Trade Barbs, Jokes at Al Smith Dinner
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Two days after their contentious brawl at the second presidential debate, Mitt Romney and President Obama faced off again Thursday night in a war of wit at the annual Al Smith dinner, poking fun at thems…
Biden Says GOP Has ‘Bullets … Aimed at You,’ Confuses Afghanistan and Iran
JIM WATSON/AFP/GettyImages(LAS VEGAS) — Vice President Joe Biden used controversial language to describe the GOP agenda in an exchange with an audience member in Las Vegas Thursday.Biden referenced Young Guns, the book the Republican vice presidential…
Biden Knocks Romney for Binder Comment, ’1950s Time Warp’ on Women
T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images(GREELEY, Colo.) — Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday hammered away at Mitt Romney over women’s issues, saying the former Massachusetts governor is living in a “1950s time warp” and mocking his relianc…
How Jeremy the College Kid Got on the Stage With Obama and Romney
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Although most of us try to avoid telemarketers, Jeremy Epstein’s sister didn’t. She picked up the phone and was asked by a research company if she was a registered voter. She said no, but her older brother was. She han…
Obama Camp Touts Libya Exchange as Key Moment in Debate
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Obama campaign Wednesday touted the president’s back-and-forth with Mitt Romney on Libya Tuesday night as “one of the best moments in recent debate history,” as the White House continued …
Romney Campaign Wavers On Lilly Ledbetter Act
EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Less than 24 hours after Tuesday night’s debate, a top adviser to Mitt Romney’s campaign switched his statement about whether the Republican presidential candidate would have supported the Lilly…
Mitt Romney Changes Argument on Contraception at Debate
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — It doesn’t quite have the same ring as “binders full of women,” but a comment Mitt Romney made during Tuesday’s presidential debate about contraception has added fuel to the narrative that he has a…
Romney: President Obama Has Failed America’s Women
Alex Wong/Getty Images(CHESAPEAKE, Va.) — Mitt Romney offered his own summary of Tuesday’s fiery presidential debate to voters in Virginia on Wednesday, saying President Obama has failed to present a plan for the next four years and has “f…
John Kerry Slams Romney’s ‘Etch A Sketch’ Memory
Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Weighing in as President Obama’s sparring partner in debate prep, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry said, “I don’t believe the American people can trust” Mitt Romney.“Mitt Romney …
‘Walmart Moms’ Say Obama Won Second Debate, But Not by Much
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(MILWAUKEE, Wis.) — Undecided “Walmart moms” in Milwaukee, Wis., gave the presidential debate win to President Obama by a narrow margin — but they’re not sold yet.In a bipartisan focus group conducted by Pu…