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| With three days to go, Romney calls his campaign a ‘movement’ Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 06:52 AM PDT PORTSMOUTH, N.H.â€"Mitt Romney kicked off a whirlwind weekend of campaigning across the country in the state where he launched his bid for the presidency, expressing confidence that he will win the election. "New Hampshire won me the Republican nomination, and New Hampshire is going to get me to the White House," the Republican nominee said [...] Full Story | Top |
| Romney, Obama look for edge as campaign nears end Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 03:22 AM PDT  Three days. Nine states â€" give or take. A magic 270 electoral votes. For President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney, the final touch-and-go stretch of campaigning is down to the numbers. Full Story | Top |
| Obama ‘revenge’ comment referred to Romney ‘scare tactics’ in Ohio: Campaign Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 09:10 AM PDT MENTOR, Ohioâ€"A campaign aide moved to explain President Barack Obama's comment in which he referred to voting as "the best revenge," saying that Obama was referring in part to a television ad Mitt Romney's campaign released that suggested Chrysler was planning to ship manufacturing jobs out of Ohio to China. Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki [...] Full Story | Top |
| #HashOut On Location: What is the best reason to vote for Barack Obama on Election Day? Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 08:18 AM PDT Election Day is just three days away, so the HashOut team headed to the battleground state of Ohio to hear what voters are thinking. First stop: Cleveland. We walked around a very windy and cold downtown (temperatures dipped into the 40s), which is just beginning to recover from Hurricane Sandy. As we looked for voters, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama seems to have early voter lead in key states Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 05:21 AM PDT  President Barack Obama heads toward Election Day with an apparent lead over Republican Mitt Romney among early voters in key states that could decide the election. Full Story | Top |
| Obama and Romney tied three days before election Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 01:56 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney remain essentially tied in the race for the White House with razor thin margins in four key swing states, according to a Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll released on Saturday. Three days before the November 6 election, both men are neck and neck in Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Colorado, the poll showed. Nationally, the electorate is divided. ... Full Story | Top |
| Romney's path: Win indies, stoke base, no errors Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 01:07 AM PDT  Mitt Romney's plan for victory boils down to this: Convince independent voters he'll change Washington, stoke Republican enthusiasm and avoid unforced errors. Full Story | Top |
| While Romney didn't serve in military, many Mormons do Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 04:00 AM PDT  WASHINGTON/SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - While neither of the candidates in next week's U.S. presidential election was in the military, Mitt Romney's age - he was eligible to serve in Vietnam - has raised questions during the campaign about why he didn't serve and whether his Mormon faith had anything to do with it. Guy Hicks, a Mormon and former officer in the Army Reserve Special Forces, said there is a public misperception that members of the Mormon Church do not serve in the military. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama banks on Bill Clinton to clinch close states Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 05:44 AM PDT  Republican Mitt Romney has millionaire backers, a huge staff and years of campaign experience, which may be enough to win the White House. President Barack Obama has one asset Romney can't match, however: Bill Clinton. Full Story | Top |
| Sorry, Kentucky, South Carolina: No booze with your ballots Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 08:33 AM PDT Let's say the 2012 campaignâ€"the flood of attack ads, the torrent of junk mail, the mere trickle of inspiring proposalsâ€"has you reaching for an Election Day drink. Tough luck, voters in Kentucky and South Carolina: No booze for you! Eighty years after Prohibition's repeal, those states are the only ones holding on to bans on [...] Full Story | Top |
| Win or lose, Biden may be back in the race in 2016 Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 03:01 PM PDT  Two weeks after the election, Vice President Joe Biden will turn 70, with 40 years in elective office. But win or lose, this may not be Biden's last campaign. Full Story | Top |
| Hurricane Sandy's darker side: Looting and other crime Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 12:00 PM PDT The last bus from Brooklyn rolled into the Belle Harbor neighborhood of the Rockaways, Queens, on Friday evening just before 6 p.m., as darkness slipped quickly over the beach-town streets, obscuring curbside piles of discarded furniture and electronics. Full Story | Top |
| Better off 4 years later? A mixed bag of answers Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 09:36 AM PDT  It's a staple of every presidential election, a single question that puts the incumbent's record on trial and asks American voters to be the jurors. Full Story | Top |
| Romney enters the final stretch emotional, but upbeat Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 06:56 PM PDT COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.â€"Mitt Romney isn't known for his dramatic entrances, but in the campaign's final stretch, he's stepped up his game. As several thousand people waited for the Republican presidential nominee at an airplane hanger here on Saturday afternoon, a campaign aide switched on the soundtrack to the film, "Air Force One, " known for [...] Full Story | Top |
| With can-do stance on marathon, mayor misreads NYC Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 02:06 PM PDT  Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried to sell the New York City Marathon as a symbolic victory for the city after a devastating storm, invoking two of the biggest symbols of them all â€" Rudy Giuliani and 9/11. Full Story | Top |
| Obama leads Romney 47-42 percent among likely voters in Iowa Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 05:25 PM PDT  DUBUQUE, Iowa--President Barack Obama leads Republican challenger Mitt Romney by five percentage points among likely voters in Iowa, according to a poll released Saturday by the Des Moines Register. Forty-seven percent of likely Iowa voters who participated in the survey said they're supporting Obama, compared to 42 percent who plan to support Romney. The survey [...] Full Story | Top |
| At the end, Romney, Obama spar over voter revenge Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 11:54 AM PDT  Reaching for the finish line, Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama embarked Saturday on the final 72-hour haul of their long, grinding quest for victory, swatting at one another over what should motivate Americans to vote, which candidate they can trust and offering dueling pictures of what the next four years should bring. Full Story | Top |
| GOP likely to hold House after $1B campaign Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 01:51 PM PDT You can do a lot with a billion dollars â€" but still not change much. This Election Day, it's likely to produce another Republican-led House that's little different from the existing version. Full Story | Top |
| Florida bomb squad detonates ‘suspicious packages’ found outside early voting site Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 01:43 PM PDT A Florida bomb squad has detonated two suspicious packages that were discovered outside one of the state's early voting stations on Saturday morning. Voting was suspended until 2 p.m. on the final day of early voting, with a long line of reportedly upset voters waiting to cast their ballots. Early voting has been popular in [...] Full Story | Top |
| Life on the rope line: Lots of advice for Romney Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 10:00 AM PDT  Mitt Romney calls it the "advice line." Full Story | Top |
| Obama knocks Romney over Mass. health care law Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 05:10 PM PDT DUBUQUE, Iowa--In one of his final campaign speeches in Iowa before Election Day, President Barack Obama hit the major themes from his normal stump speech but also took a quick shot at Mitt Romney for the health care law he championed while governor of Massachusetts. Obama has made it a staple of his campaign address [...] Full Story | Top |
| GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 04:35 PM PDT  Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate â€" Pennsylvania topped their list â€" as Democrats remained cautiously optimistic that they'd retain their narrow majority after Tuesday's suspense-filled elections. Full Story | Top |
| Toddler killed, infant wounded by gunfire in Ga. Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 08:49 AM PDT Authorities and relatives say a 2-year-old girl was killed and her infant brother wounded after someone fired gunshots through the door of an Atlanta home as they slept alongside their grandmother. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. disaster relief in a race against freezing cold Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 04:33 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fuel supplies headed toward disaster zones in the U.S. Northeast on Saturday and a million customers regained electricity as near freezing temperatures threatened to add to the misery of coastal communities devastated by superstorm Sandy. The power restorations relit the skyline in Lower Manhattan for the first time in nearly a week and allowed 80 percent of the New York City subway service to resume, but more than a million homes and businesses still lacked power, down from 3.5 million on Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Christie Was the First Choice: the Romney Campaign's Veep Buyer's Remorse Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 07:39 AM PDT  The Romney campaign officially has Paul Ryan buyer's remorse. Citing "campaign insiders," Politico's Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei report Mitt's first choice for Vice President was New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Full Story | Top |
| Obama: Voters must be able to trust a president Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 09:53 AM PDT  President Barack Obama says voters need to be able to trust their president because they can't predict what challenges he'll face in office. Full Story | Top |
| New York cancels Sunday marathon in wake of deadly storm Saturday, Nov 03, 2012 04:43 AM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg abruptly reversed course and canceled Sunday's marathon, a beloved annual race that had become a lightning rod for people frustrated by the disastrous aftermath of megastorm Sandy. The decision on Friday came after a growing number of storm victims, some runners, and other politicians criticized Bloomberg's decision earlier in the week to go forward with the marathon, one of the world's most popular sporting events. ... Full Story | Top |
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