Romney wins endorsement of National Rifle Association
FISHERSVILLE, Va.—Mitt Romney officially won the endorsement of the National Rifle Association on Thursday, a show of support that could help his campaign's efforts to turn out voters on Election Day. While Romney has repeatedly assured audiences of his strong support for the Second Amendment right to bear arms, the NRA had held off on [...] Full Story | Top |
Iowa and New Hampshire, show us your election!
Iowa and New Hampshire residents, you're no strangers to candidate attention during an election year—or even before an election year, thanks to the nation's first presidential caucuses and primaries being held in your states. And the attention hasn't stopped now that they're both in play for the general election. The rest of us want to [...] Full Story | Top |
On the Romney plane, laughter and smiles after the debate
ABOARD THE ROMNEY PLANE EN ROUTE TO VIRGINIA—Reporters couldn't quite see Mitt Romney, but they could hear him. As his campaign plane crawled along the tarmac in Denver the morning after his first debate with President Barack Obama, the Republican nominee's distinctive laugh could be heard repeatedly in the front cabin of his aircraft. "Ha [...] Full Story | Top |
A sweeping look at Earth from the ISS
NASA is known for releasing awesome videos of life among the stars. But even by the space agency's lofty standards, this clip is something special. Taken from the International Space Station and narrated by Dr. Justin Wilkinson, the video features zooming and dreamy shots of cities, oceans, clouds and lightning, all from 200 miles above [...] Full Story | Top |
Canadian police seize 600 barrels of missing maple syrup
Breakfast fans, rest assured: Your French toast and pancake toppings are a little safer this morning. Police have made their first major breakthrough in the great maple syrup heist of 2012, after Canadian authorities seized 600 barrels of maple syrup that was allegedly stolen from a Quebec facility. In September, the Federation of Quebec Maple [...] Full Story | Top |
Boy Scout denied Eagle award after coming out
[Updated at 5:50 p.m. ET] A longtime Boy Scout claims he's being denied the organization's highest honor because he's gay. Ryan Andresen, who lives near San Francisco, recently finished an extensive service project needed to earn his Eagle Scout award, but his troop leader refuses to give him the rank. "He said he can't because [...] Full Story | Top |
Tour a real life haunted house in Los Angeles
Next week on the Sideshow we will be debuting the first of what will hopefully become a regular video feature on the blog. Today, we'd like to give you a preview of that first episode, a tour of the Blumhouse of Horrors. The Blumhouse of Horrors was conceived by Jason Blum, producer of the Paranormal [...] Full Story | Top |
Spidery black objects on Mars surface raise speculation
Someone alert Ziggy Stardust, there appear to be spiders on Mars. Strange black objects seen from 200 miles above the surface of Mars are generating interest and speculation that the unidentified objects could be anything from geysers to sunbathing colonies of microorganisms. NPR presents several photos of the objects, including one taken by the Mars [...] Full Story | Top |
Fussy baby eats to ‘Gangnam Style’ video
Oh, the many creative ways parents get their toddlers to eat. There's playing airplane with the food. "Open wide!" There's also pretending to eat the food yourself. For a North London couple, their trick is the global Internet sensation "Gangnam Style," by Psy. Andrew Tsai learned that when he plays the hit Korean music video [...] Full Story | Top |
Mars rover leaves a familiar print
One small step for the Mars rover, one giant roll for robot kind. While cruising the red planet, NASA's Curiosity rover left a familiar imprint on its surface. If the scuff mark left by the rover gives you a sense of déjà vu, it should. The print bears a striking resemblance to the boot prints [...] Full Story | Top |
Later, gators: Alligators found in NY supermarket parking lot
Alligators are a common enough sight in Florida. But in a New York parking lot? Rare. At least until two showed up at a Pathmark supermarket parking lot on Long Island two days in a row: a 2- to 3-foot-long gator on Tuesday, and then a 3- to 4-foot-long one on Wednesday. Luckily, responding officers [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama mocks Romney as ‘getting tough on Big Bird’
DENVER—President Barack Obama, stung by bad reviews in his first debate of the 2012 White House race, joked Thursday that the "very spirited fellow" onstage with him was "not the real Mitt Romney." Obama also mocked the former Massachusetts governor's pledge to cut government subsidies for PBS as "finally getting tough on Big Bird." "When [...] Full Story | Top |
Independent voter numbers have surged in battleground states since 2008
JUPITER, Fla.—If current voter registration trends continue, both the Republican and Democratic parties may have a serious numbers problem. Since President Barack Obama was elected in November 2008, the number of voters registered as independents or with a third party has surged in several key states, while those registered with both major parties have dropped [...] Full Story | Top |
Chris Matthews is still angry about Obama’s debate performance
Minutes after Wednesday's presidential debate ended, MSNBC host Chris Matthews unloaded on President Barack Obama's lackluster performance. Thursday morning, he was still fired up. "The way the president handled it was just not up to the task," Matthews, still in Denver where the debate was held, said in a remote interview on the "Today" show. [...] Full Story | Top |
Lehrer’s debate moderation mauled by critics
It was a rough night for President Barack Obama and Big Bird at the first of three presidential debates. It was even worse for Jim Lehrer. The 78-year-old moderator, who is executive editor and former anchor of "PBS NewsHour," was torn apart by critics who said he lost control of the debate, held at the [...] Full Story | Top |
‘Ruined Spanish Fresco Monkey Jesus’ costume makes rounds on Internet
In what could be called a Halloween costume work of art, "Ruined Spanish Fresco Monkey Jesus" is buzzing as one of this year's top getups. Inspired by the gaffe of an elderly woman who failed to restore a 19th-century painting of the face of Jesus called "Ecce Homo," Reddit user Spinjump crafted his masterpiece, which [...] Full Story | Top |
KitchenAid tweet about Obama’s dead grandmother brings apology
KitchenAid, maker of dishwashers and other home appliances, has a big social media mess to clean up. During Wednesday night's presidential debate, Barack Obama credited his tenacious grandmother who helped raise him and passed away three days before he was elected president. Moments later, @KitchenAidUSA, the company's official Twitter account, sent this: "Obamas gma even [...] Full Story | Top |
How Big Bird won the first presidential debate of 2012
To the list of "unlikely subjects of political discussion, 2012," please add one beloved "Sesame Street" character. The 8'2" bird entered the conversation at Monday's first presidential debate in Denver, Colorado, when Republican candidate Mitt Romney answered a question about what he would cut from federal spending. He included the federal subsidy to PBS, which [...] Full Story | Top |
Debates don’t move polls. Debate winners do.
Mitt Romney won the first debate; virtual every snap poll and snap pundit agrees on this point. As the 90-minute debate wore on, the Republican challenger's odds of unseating President Barack Obama rose about 5 percentage points to 31 percent in the Signal's election model, driven by gamblers who dumped the president's stock during and [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama camp: ‘Testy' Romney lacked specifics
DENVER - Amid the widespread judgment by the news media that Mitt Romney beat President Barack Obama in their first debate, top aides to the incumbent argued that the challenger came off as unlikable and failed to offer the policy specifics Americans want. "The governor had a tough debate, he was testy. He wanted to [...] Full Story | Top |
In the debate spin room, Team Romney takes a victory lap
DENVER—Even before Mitt Romney concluded his final statement at Wednesday's debate, his senior staff and top surrogates began streaming into the spin room with big smiles on their faces. Eric Fehrnstrom, a senior Romney adviser who has worked for the Republican presidential nominee longer than almost anyone on his staff, could barely get his talking [...] Full Story | Top |
Romney goes on offense against subdued Obama in first debate
Click image to see more photos from the debate. (David Goldman/Eric Gay/AP) President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney squared off in their first face-to-face presidential debate Wednesday, battling for more than an hour over the future of the economy, the federal budget, tax cuts, education, health care and even the future of Big [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama on the deficit
The president is correct when he says that he inherited the biggest deficit in our history, as he recently told Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes. But he's looking to stretch this premise to its limit, claiming that his policies, from the stimulus to the rebooted war in Afghanistan, only account for a small portion of [...] Full Story | Top |
Romney on taxes
Here are the key planks of Romney's tax plan: - Bush-era income tax cuts and capital gains tax cuts become permanent. - All income tax rates are cut by an additional 20 percent. - The Alternative Minimum Tax and the estate tax are repealed. Unless Romney gives a lot more specifics right now, the problem [...] Full Story | Top |
Romney: “I love Big Bird”
The candidates were asked what they would do to cut waste out of the federal budget and each took a decidedly different approach. But the most memorable response goes to Romney, who took a direct shot at the beloved "Sesame Street" character, Big Bird. "I'm sorry, Jim, I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS," [...] Full Story | Top |
Candidates get confrontational on Social Security, Medicare
The first presidential debate took a more confrontational tone as questions shifted from general comments on the economy to the future of Social Security and Medicare. "Social Security is structurally sound," President Barack Obama said. On entitlements, Obama also took a veiled shot at Mitt Romney's criticism of the 47 percent of Americans the GOP [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama and Romney accuse each other of misleading claims on economic plans
Click image to see more photos from the debate. (Eric Gay/AP) The first presidential debate opened with three questions on the economy. And while each candidate presented details of their respective visions, they spent even more time assailing the details of their opponents' plans. [Related: Obama on jobs] In each of their follow-ups, both candidates [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama, Romney trade jokes on president’s 20th wedding anniversary
Click image to see more photos from the debate. (Jason Reed/Reuters) During the first question of the night, President Barack Obama paused before answering to note that it is his 20th wedding anniversary with Michelle Obama. "I promise we won't be doing this in front of 40 million people next year," Obama said. When it [...] Full Story | Top |
Romney on immigration
Immigration: Romney When Romney says Obama didn't even try and tackle immigration in his first three years, he's deliberately leaving out that the president lobbied for the DREAM act—which would qualify undocumented youth for a conditional path to citizenship—while the Democrats controlled the House and was met with opposition once the Republicans took over. Romney [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama on immigration
Immigration: Obama Obama suggests that Romney endorses or approves of Arizona's controversial SB1070 law—requiring police to determine detainees' immigration status, some argue through racial profiling. But Romney has actually talked about Arizona's e-verify law, which more modestly requires employers to check a job candidate's immigration status on an online database. Read more: • Mitt Romney [...] Full Story | Top |
Is that Steve Jobs on the back of a Chinese pickup truck?
A strange photograph that appears to show the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs standing in the back of a pickup truck, striking a pose in his signature black turtleneck sweater, is making the rounds online in China. The picture was reportedly taken on September 26 in the city of Xi'an. However, it's still unclear what [...] Full Story | Top |
Romney on energy
Romney claims the president has "doubled": gas prices. This statement is technically true, but should be qualified by the fact that prices were extraordinarily low when Obama took office. Romney is attempting to hype up the Keystone XL, the pipeline project to transport oil from Canada to plants in the Gulf Coast. His point is [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama on energy
The president likes to say he's "doubled" the generation of renewable energy and, in the long term, fuel efficiency of cars and trucks. These boasts sound great, but unfortunately for him, they're exaggerated. Since Obama took office, only a certain division of renewable energy—wind and solar power—has doubled; overall, the increase in capacity is under [...] Full Story | Top |
Romney on health care
When it comes to talking about "the role of government," Romney loves nothing more than to talk about the menacing governmental takeover that is Obamacare—but hyperbolic criticisms of the law are off the mark. According to Factcheck.org: "Both Obama and Romney expanded the private insurance market by mandating that individuals purchase health care coverage." Romney [...] Full Story | Top |
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