2012 Election

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October 12, 2012

Shot fired at Obama campaign office in Denver

DENVER (AP) - Denver police are reviewing video footage from city surveillance cameras after a shot was fired through the…
October 12, 2012

Biden's aggressive vice presidential debate performance boosts Democratic base

OPINION - Biden, who has always been a strong, and underrated, debater, did something else: he burnished his own brand…
October 8, 2012

NBA players past and present star in new ad backing Barack Obama

VIDEO - NBA players past and present are backing President Barack Obama in an official ad uploaded to You Tube…
October 7, 2012

Obama aides slam 'dishonest' Romney in debates

WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Barack Obama tries to gather more campaign cash today in California, his surrogates are continuing…
October 6, 2012

Obama, Democrats raise $181 million combined in September

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's campaign and Democrats have raised $181 million combined in September, pulling in the most…
October 6, 2012

Politically incorrect list of reasons to vote against Romney, for Obama, goes viral

A politically incorrect Twitter post offering curse-filled reasons to vote against Mitt Romney and for Barack Obama for a second…
October 5, 2012

What if Obama had debated as aggressively as Romney?

OPINION - What if President Obama had gotten mad – really mad and responded to Mr. Romney with the full…
October 4, 2012

Settle down, Obama supporters! Wednesday's debate is not the end of the campaign

theGRIO REPORT - Was Wednesday night's debate a 'game changer,' or as some pundits have branded it, the real start…
October 3, 2012

Election 2012: President Obama interviewed by Glamour magazine, discusses women's issues

Regarding ongoing controversies regarding abortion and access to birth control, the president cited his relationship with his own daughters, Sasha…
October 2, 2012

Paul Ryan on video: 30 percent of Americans 'want their welfare state'

theGRIO REPORT - First there was Mitt Romney's '47 percent' comment, caught on tape at a GOP fundraiser. Now, Paul…
October 2, 2012

Is Allen West in trouble? Polls send mixed signals, candidate lashes out

theGRIO REPORT - Is Tea Party Rep. Allen West's House seat in jeopardy? It depends on which polls you believe...
September 30, 2012

MSNBC's Chris Hayes: GOP breaking 'crack commandments', 'getting high on their own supply'

VIDEO - MSNBC's Chris Hayes says Republicans who are disputing the methodology of polls showing Barack Obama beating Mitt Romney…
September 28, 2012

Is this the most outrageous anti-Obama newspaper ad yet?

Christian schools "forced to hire non-Christian teachers" ... "homosexuals buying surrogate babies" ... the Muslim Brotherhood choosing police staff ...…
September 28, 2012

Man allegedly kills himself, family, over paranoia about Obama re-election

A Virginia man who killed himself, his wife and his two children allegedly sent increasingly paranoid notes to family and…
September 24, 2012

Full text and video: First Lady Michelle Obama's speech at the CBCF's Annual Phoenix Awards

First Lady Michelle Obama calls voting rights the "sit ins of our time" during her speech to the 42nd Congressional…
September 19, 2012

Whoopi Goldberg fires back at Mitt Romney: 'I used to respect you'

theGRIO REPORT - Whoopi Goldberg took to Twitter to fire back at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who was caught…
September 17, 2012

In leaked video, Romney says 47 percent of Americans are ‘dependent,’ feel ‘entitled’

theGRIO REPORT - According to Mitt Romney, nearly half of Americans are dependent on government and believe they are entitled…
September 17, 2012

Obama an increasingly strong favorite

CINCINNATI - A wave of new polls show President Obama leading nationally and in key swing states such as Florida,…
September 7, 2012

DNC vs. RNC: A tale of two 2012 conventions

OPINION - Republicans and Democrats have wrapped their presidential nominating conventions, and they couldn't have been more different...
August 23, 2012

In swing states, voters largely back controversial ID laws

theGRIO REPORT - A large majority of voters in Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin, three key swing states that have adopted…