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| AP poll: Majority harbor prejudice against blacks Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 08:48 AM PDT  Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks whether they recognize those feelings or not. Full Story | Top |
| Obama hits Romney on Wall Street, Medicare, education Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 09:26 AM PDT NASHUA, N.H. - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign released a harsh new ad Saturday that accuses Republican rival Mitt Romney of looking to roll back regulations on Wall Street, turn Medicare into a voucher system, and slash education funding. The 30-second ad cast the incumbent in a defensive light -- someone fighting to hold onto [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama hits Romney for ‘cradle-to-grave tax hikes and fees’ Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 01:18 PM PDT NASHUA, N.H. â€" Mocking Mitt Romney's vow to bring "big change" to Washington, President Barack Obama charged at a campaign rally here Saturday that his Republican rival was actually offering a "big re-run" of George W. Bush's policies. The embattled incumbent also hit Romney's record as governor of nearby Massachusetts, accusing him of imposing "cradle-to-grave [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama did not deny requests for help in Benghazi: Aide Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 11:24 AM PDT The White House on Saturday flatly denied that President Barack Obama withheld requests for help from the besieged American compound in Benghazi, Libya, as it came under on attack by suspected terrorists on September 11th. "Neither the president nor anyone in the White House denied any requests for assistance in Benghazi," National Security Council spokesman [...] Full Story | Top |
| Ryan: Obama hasn't made case he deserves new term Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 04:31 PM PDT  Starting a two-day bus tour of Ohio's small towns and cities, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan told voters Saturday that President Barack Obama hasn't made the case he deserves a second term. Full Story | Top |
| Obama warns GOP not to undo Wall Street law Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 03:13 AM PDT In New Hampshire, Obama hits Romney on taxes, record in neighboring Massachusetts Full Story | Top |
| Al-Qaida leader urges kidnapping of Westerners Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 05:57 AM PDT  The leader of al-Qaida has urged Muslims to kidnap Westerners to exchange for imprisoned jihadists, including a blind cleric serving a life sentence in the United States for a 1993 plot to blow up New York City landmarks. Full Story | Top |
| Emails shed light on Ryan, Walker relationship Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 01:17 AM PDT  Rising political stars and personal friends, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker worked quietly behind the scenes to coordinate public policy, avoid each other's limelight and steer clear of political minefields that would haunt their campaigns, according to more than 1,000 pages of internal emails obtained by The Associated Press. But there was at least one pointed snub between them, too. Full Story | Top |
| Al Qaeda's Zawahri calls for kidnap of Westerners Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 01:44 AM PDT  DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, join Syria's rebellion and to ensure Egypt implements sharia, SITE Monitoring reported on Saturday, citing a two-part film posted on Islamist websites. The Egypt-born cleric, who became al Qaeda leader last year after the death of Osama bin Laden, spoke in a message that lasted more than two hours. ... Full Story | Top |
| Up to 40 percent may vote early in election: Obama ahead Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 11:21 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Early voters could account for up to 40 percent of all ballots cast in the 2012 U.S. presidential election, and polls of people who already voted show President Barack Obama with a comfortable lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Both candidates have been urging supporters not just to vote but to do it early as Republicans and Democrats campaign vigorously - particularly in key battleground states - to lock up as many votes as possible before Election Day on November 6. Polls of people who say they already have voted show Obama with a lead in many of the states. ... Full Story | Top |
| Des Moines Register backs Mitt Romney Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 05:37 PM PDT LAND O'LAKES, Fla.â€"Mitt Romney won a major newspaper endorsement on Saturday, as the Des Moines Register's editorial board formally backed the GOP candidate's bid for the presidency. It was the first time in 40 years the influential battleground state paper endorsed a Republican in the general election, dating back to its support of Richard Nixon [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama, Romney campaign with eye on storm forecast Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 09:46 AM PDT  With an eye on the weather forecast, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are starting a 10-day sprint to the finish line in a contest increasingly about momentum versus math. Full Story | Top |
| Rubio drops off Romney bus after daughter’s car accident Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 04:33 PM PDT LAKEWOOD CREST, Fla.â€"Florida Sen. Marco Rubio abruptly dropped off Mitt Romney's campaign bus just east of Tampa Saturday evening after word that his 12-year-old daughter had been injured in a car accident in Miami and airlifted to a local hospital. According to his office, Rubio, who had been campaigning with Romney in Florida today, was [...] Full Story | Top |
| Romney calls for cooperation in Florida Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 05:31 PM PDT  With the election 10 days away, Mitt Romney is calling for more partisan cooperation in Washington as he rallies supporters in Florida. Full Story | Top |
| Amid dire forecast, Sandy a hurricane again Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 10:00 AM PDT  With much of the Eastern Seaboard in the path of a rare behemoth storm, residents of the nation's most densely populated corridor contemplated whether to heed dire warnings of torrential rain, high winds and up to 2 feet of snow. Full Story | Top |
| Marines, police prep for mock zombie invasion Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 02:38 PM PDT  Move over vampires, goblins and haunted houses, this kind of Halloween terror aims to shake up even the toughest warriors: An untold number of so-called zombies are coming to a counterterrorism summit attended by hundreds of Marines, Navy special ops, soldiers, police, firefighters and others to prepare them for their worst nightmares. Full Story | Top |
| Young Millennials: Fiscal conservatives? Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 12:24 PM PDT  This generation of young Americans has been called many things, from civic-minded to "entitled." But fiscally conservative? Full Story | Top |
| Why don't these voters decide? Some like to mull Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 01:00 AM PDT  Who are these people who still can't make up their minds? They're undecided voters like Kelly Cox, who spends his days repairing the big rigs that haul central California's walnuts, grapes, milk and more across America. Full Story | Top |
| Obama, Romney line up elite lawyers for potential election disputes Friday, Oct 26, 2012 10:04 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney scramble to come out ahead in the November 6 election, two other men are preparing for a legal showdown that could begin the next day. They are the lawyers who have been tapped by the Obama and Romney teams to navigate any legal challenges to voting procedures or results in a tight contest that could dredge up memories of the disputed 2000 election that was settled by the U.S. Supreme Court. Leading Romney's team is Benjamin Ginsberg, chief legal counsel for George W. Bush's presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004. ... Full Story | Top |
| Romney woos Florida early vote; Obama eyes NH Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 08:11 PM PDT  Juggling politics and storm preparations, Mitt Romney dangled a plea for bipartisanship before early voters in Florida on Saturday as Barack Obama worked to nail down tiny New Hampshire's four electoral votes. Both campaigns scrambled to steer clear of a most unlikely October surprise, a superstorm barreling up the East Coast. Full Story | Top |
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