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Should We Believe Gallup&#39;s Poll?
 Should We Believe  
 Gallup's Poll? 
opinions
Oct 19, 2012 10:46 AM CDT

Should We Believe Gallup's Poll?

Nate Silver skeptical Romney is leading, though conservatives scoff

(Newser) - The latest Gallup poll suggests that Mitt Romney is still riding the wave from the first debate with a full 7-point lead nationally. Be skeptical, writes poll guru Nate Silver at the New York Times . Almost all other polls have the race roughly even or with Obama ahead . Silver offers...

Best Lines From Romney, Obama Roast

Candidates tweak each other, themselves, at charity dinner

(Newser) - The presidential candidates took a break from the campaign to poke fun at themselves and each other last night during the annual Alfred E. Smith charity dinner in Manhattan. Some highlights, from the New York Times and Washington Post :
  • Romney: "As President Obama surveys the Waldorf banquet room with
...

Obama on Libya: &#39;I Wasn&#39;t Confused&#39;
 Obama on Libya: 
 'I Wasn't Confused' 
Daily Show Interview
Oct 19, 2012 7:13 AM CDT

Obama on Libya: 'I Wasn't Confused'

Jon Stewart asks about wiretapping, Congress

(Newser) - Barack Obama stopped by the Daily Show last night for the lightest of grillings on matters ranging from economic policy to the situation in Libya. Stewart pressed Obama on whether he thought Romney had a point about unemployment being too high. Obama defended his record, adding, "We could be...

Political Drug Arrests Make Obama Unacceptable
Political Drug Arrests Make Obama Unacceptable
Scott Adams
Oct 18, 2012 1:24 PM CDT

Political Drug Arrests Make Obama Unacceptable

Scott Adams thinks Aaron Sandusky's prosecution is a 'firing offense'

(Newser) - No matter how much you like President Obama, you shouldn't vote for him, Dilbert creator Scott Adams argues in his latest provocative blog post . Why? Well, "suppose you found out he once killed an American citizen … to help his reelection," Adams muses. Would you still vote...

Springsteen Officially Endorses Obama

Boss posts note of praise on website

(Newser) - It's no secret that Bruce Springsteen is an Obama fan , but the Boss made his support official yesterday in a letter on his website. The president has had "a really rough ride" due to the "economic chaos" left to him by the previous administration, Springsteen writes. "...

Tagg Romney: I Wanted to Punch Obama

Mitt's oldest son didn't like president calling his dad a liar during debate

(Newser) - Don't mess with those rough and tumble Romney boys: In an interview with a North Carolina radio station yesterday picked up by Buzzfeed , the candidate's oldest son, Tagg, was asked how it felt to hear the president call his dad dishonest during Tuesday's debate . "Jump out...

Suddenly, Election 2012 Is All About Women

Romney tries to close the gap with crucial demographic

(Newser) - Women have surged to the forefront of the presidential race in the wake of Tuesday's debate , with both candidates furiously courting the demographic. Both candidates talked about women on the campaign trail —as did their surrogates—and the Romney campaign released a new ad shedding a more moderate...

Conservatives Pile on Candy Crowley

Rush accuses her of 'journalistic terrorism'

(Newser) - One person who definitely did not win the presidential debate this week was Candy Crowley—at least as far as conservatives are concerned. Right-wingers are claiming the take-charge moderator deliberately helped Barack Obama look good, reports CBS News . "Crowley's behavior goes beyond despicable as it was a blatant...

Beyond Mitt&#39;s Binders: Women Lost the Debate
Beyond Mitt's Binders:
Women Lost the Debate
OPINION
Oct 17, 2012 12:58 PM CDT

Beyond Mitt's Binders: Women Lost the Debate

Apparently, single moms cause gun violence?

(Newser) - By now you've probably seen some snarky jokes about Romney's " binders full of women " comment, but that wasn't the only thing making feminists cringe in last night's debate . Romney's entire answer on pay equity "was pretty amazingly retrograde," writes Matthew Yglesias...

Fact-Checking Last Night's Debate

Obama, Romney both played a little loose with the truth

(Newser) - As usual, the truth took a bit of a beating in last night's presidential debate. At least one fact was checked during the debate —Obama's assertion that he did, indeed, use the term "act of terror" to describe the attack on the US consulate in Libya...

Aggressive Obama Edges 2nd Debate
 Aggressive Obama 
 Edges 2nd Debate 
OPINION ROUNDUP
Oct 17, 2012 2:30 AM CDT

Aggressive Obama Edges 2nd Debate

Prez made vital comeback from Denver disaster, pundits say

(Newser) - President Obama actually showed up for the second debate, and while the feisty contest was nowhere near as one-sided as his Denver defeat, most pundits say that the president made the comeback he needed. Some 46% of viewers thought Obama won the debate, while 39% called it for Mitt Romney,...

Really? Obama Listens to Nicki Minaj?
Really?
Obama Listens
to Nicki Minaj?
OPINION
Oct 16, 2012 1:35 PM CDT

Really? Obama Listens to Nicki Minaj?

Pop-culture shoutouts have gotten ridiculous in this campaign

(Newser) - Frank Bruni thinks he's caught President Obama in a lie, but to prove it, somebody has to subpoena his iPod. On Friday, Obama said he occasionally listened to Nicki Minaj—who once called the administration " lazy bitches ." But Obama had been asked to weigh in on the...

ScarJo, Longoria Release Incensed Pro-Obama Ad


 Now Jay-Z Does 
 Pro-Obama Ad 
Oct 16, 2012 8:36 AM CDT

Now Jay-Z Does Pro-Obama Ad

Plus: ScarJo, Eva, Kerry are quite unhappy with Romney's politics

(Newser) - President Obama brought in the big guns for his latest video: Jay-Z. The rapper appears in a new, nearly 2-minute video for the Obama campaign that's basically a mutual lovefest. "When the president got into office initially, what he represented to a nation of kids was hope,"...

Romney, Ryan Smack Obama on China

Romney would label China currency manipulator 'on day one'

(Newser) - Both Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan had harsh words today for President Obama's handling of the US relationship with China, after the US Treasury announced that it would delay a regular foreign exchange report—which includes the possibility of naming China a currency manipulator—until after the election, NBC...

Morgan Freeman Narrates Latest Obama Ad

Plus, Bruce Springsteen campaigning for the prez

(Newser) - President Obama made a good choice for his latest ad: He got Morgan Freeman to narrate it. Freeman, a huge Obama supporter, has one of the most recognizable voices in the country, the Atlantic Wire notes—and if he says you're better off now than you were four years...

Swing States Poll: Romney's a Better Leader

Debate gives Mitt a boost, but most voters had already decided

(Newser) - Mitt Romney's debate performance is helping him in the race's key battlegrounds—but only by inches. A new New York Times /Quinnipiac/CBS poll found essentially no movement in Colorado, Virginia, or Wisconsin, with Obama's debate loss apparently being offset by strong unemployment numbers. But there is good...

Obama Needs to Talk About Snuffleupagus
 Obama Needs to Talk  
 About Snuffleupagus 
Dana Milbank
Oct 10, 2012 1:56 PM CDT

Obama Needs to Talk About Snuffleupagus

Dana Milbank: Focus on the imaginary parts of Romney's plans

(Newser) - Barack Obama is focusing on the wrong Muppet. His campaign's new Big Bird attack ad may have garnered lots of attention, but "Big Bird is not the problem," writes Dana Milbank of the Washington Post . "The problem is Snuffleupagus." Snuffy, if you don't recall,...

Has Obama Blown It?
 Has Obama Blown It? 
ANALYSIS
Oct 9, 2012 7:42 AM CDT

Has Obama Blown It?

Debate annihilated his lead

(Newser) - President Obama may have thrown away the whole election with his woeful performance in last week's debate, writes Andrew Sullivan at the Daily Beast . The latest Pew poll numbers show that Obama's lead has been eradicated, with Romney now enjoying a 4-point lead after a 12-point swing. Romney...

Goldman Donors Desert Obama
 Goldman Donors Desert Obama 
Oct 9, 2012 1:03 AM CDT

Goldman Donors Desert Obama

Financial industry throws its weight behind Mitt

(Newser) - Goldman Sachs execs and employees have abandoned President Obama in the biggest corporate campaign finance U-turn on record, a Wall Street Journal analysis finds. The firm's workers gave Obama more than $1 million in 2008—more than any other American corporation—but have given him just $136,000 this...

Romney Pulls Even With Debate Bounce
 Romney Pulls Even 
 With Debate Bounce 
gallup polling
Oct 8, 2012 5:50 AM CDT

Romney Pulls Even With Debate Bounce

Post-Wednesday tracking shows Romney narrows the gap

(Newser) - President Obama had the edge in Gallup polling immediately prior to last week's debate—but that changed after Mitt Romney walked away with Wednesday's debate. Registered voters are now evenly split, 47% for Romney and 47% for Obama, Gallup's daily tracking shows. Gallup's most recent poll,...

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