Playing the debate expectations game Arkansas Times Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:14 PM PDT Both President Obama and Mitt Romney are playing down debate expectations, a time-honored tradition to work the refs in the expectations game. Nonetheless, Talking Points Memo has compiled a video with clips of Romney back in the primary, when taller talk was the order of the day. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] | Battle for presidency remains close in new CNN poll CNN Political Ticker Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:13 PM PDT Washington (CNN) â" Two days before the first presidential debate, a new national survey indicates a very close contest between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the race for the White House. And according to a CNN/ORC International poll, neither candidate appears to have an edge on the economy, which remains the [...] | Obama trying to avoid miscue in first debate Portland Press Herald Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:13 PM PDT Obama's campaign has tried â" to the point of hyperbole â" to lower expectations for the president and portray him as an underdog who hasn't had enough time to get ready. | Hours of preparation for Romney ahead of debate Portland Press Herald Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:13 PM PDT As the candidate has prepared for the first matchup, one question has loomed among both advisers and observers: Will he provoke Obama or will Obama provoke him? | Virginia Among Key States in US Presidential Election Voice of America Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:08 PM PDT In the final five weeks of the U.S. presidential election campaign, President Barack Obama and challenger, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney are focused on a handful of so-called "battleground states" that likely will decide the election. One of those states is Virginia, which the president won four years ago. As it was in 2008, Virginia is one of a handful of states that could tip the ... | | |
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