The Real Debate Will Take Place on Facebook and Twitter
Technology Review Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:10 PM PDT
Campaigns are gearing up to shape social media reactions in real time. When President Obama and Mitt Romney take the stage for their first debate in Denver tomorrow night, a far more extensive shadow debate will unfold across social media. Campaigns and supporters will aim to seize the online "conversation" in a vast game of spin unfolding well beyond the telecast and media coverage does. |
Too Many Battery Factories, Too Few Electric Cars
Technology Review Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:10 PM PDT
The $2.4 billion program designed to jump-start the battery industry has met with horrible market conditions. In August 2009, President Obama announced a $2.4 billion grant program designed to create an electric vehicle battery industry in the United States. Three years on, the factories funded by those grants are sitting idle or operating well below their originally intended capacity. |
NY sues JPMorgan over Bear Stearns mortgage securities
The Malaysian Insider Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:10 PM PDT
NEW YORK, Oct 2 â€" New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a civil fraud lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co yesterday over mortgage-backed securities packaged and sold by Bear Stearns. It was the first action to come out of a working group created by President Barack Obama earlier this year to go after wrongdoing that led to the ... |
Before debate, Romney calls Obama weak on foreign policy
The Malaysian Insider Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:10 PM PDT
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, Oct 2 â€" Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney yesterday launched a fresh attempt to paint President Barack Obama as weak on foreign policy, saying he had let US leadership atrophy, while the two candidates prepared for their critical first debate tomorrow. Romney’s aides said the weak US economy remains his ... |
What to look for in 1st debate
Reading Eagle Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:10 PM PDT
Most of us already know who we want our next president to be. Polls show that only about 2 or 3 percent of voters are still undecided whether they'll vote for Democratic incumbent Barack Obama or Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Nov. 6. |
Defense, jobs key to capturing veterans' vote
Springfield News-Sun Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:05 PM PDT
Future cuts to national defense, finding jobs after their deployment ends, and getting their health care taken care of are the issues most on the minds of veterans as the presidential election nears, interviews conducted by the Dayton Daily News show. Veterans form a sizable voting block, and are key to Mitt Romney’s quest to replace President Barack Obama as the nation’s commander in chief. But ... |
Romney Says Obama Is Out of Excuses
Wall Street Journal Blogs Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:05 PM PDT
Mitt Romney told supporters in Denver Monday night that Barack Obama is out of excuses, and on Nov. 6, voters will put him out of office. |
UPDATE 1-Romney arrives in Denver for debate, wins Elway's endorsement
Reuters via Yahoo! Maktoob News Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:05 PM PDT
* Polls say Romney can win Colorado, taken by Obama in 2008 * Elway endorsed McCain in losing cause in 2008 DENVER, Oct 1 (Reuters) - John Elway won Super Bowls. Nowhe's trying to help Mitt Romney win the White House. Romney arrived in Denver Monday night, two days before hisfirst debate against President Barack Obama, holding a rally andpicking up the endorsement of Elway, the legendary ... |
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