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October 1, 2012

The presidential debates: Can Obama blunt a Romney comeback attempt?

ANALYSIS - For Mitt Romney, the presidential debates that start on Wednesday in Denver are perhaps his last and best…
October 1, 2012

As race stands, Obama within reach of 2nd term

LAS VEGAS (AP) - President Barack Obama took a break from preparing for a debate with Republican nominee 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

Kobe Bryant says Barack Obama is a trash-talker on the court

theGRIO REPORT - Kobe Bryant became the second Los Angeles Laker this week to make an appearance on Ellen. He…
September 28, 2012

Kentucky candidate compares Obama to Hitler, Ted Bundy in new ad

theGRIO REPORT - One Kentucky congressional candidate is shocking viewers with a new television ad calling President Barack Obama a…
September 28, 2012

Artur Davis appears in anti-Obama Super PAC ad

VIDEO - Former Obama ally, Democrat-turned-Republican Artur Davis, has appeared in advertisement supporting Mitt Romney for the 2012 election....
September 28, 2012

Obama now can call himself job creator: 386,000 more jobs now than 2008

(AP) - It probably won't help Obama much in his race for re-election. The economy is still a long way…
September 28, 2012

New poll finds Mitt Romney's favorability lower than George W. Bush

If Mitt Romney was hoping to distance himself from former President George W. Bush, a new poll has some news…
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 28, 2012

Obama using voter registration to stay close in NC

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Dozens of volunteers armed with clipboards and voter registration forms gather at President Barack Obama's field…
September 28, 2012

Can black youth repeat their strong voter turnout from 2008?

OPINION - In 2008, a greater share (63.9 percent) of black citizens under 30 overcame the unnecessary hurdles of registration…
September 27, 2012

Obama leads in nearly every swing state, on pace for 2008-like landslide

theGRIO REPORT-President Obama has a strong lead over Mitt Romney in New Hampshire and narrow advantages in Nevada and North…
September 27, 2012

Newt Gingrich: Obama is 'not a real president'

Although campaign 2012 should have ended a lot time ago for Newt Gingrich, that hasn't stopped him from second guessing…
September 27, 2012

New Obama ad uses audio from Romney's '47 percent' tape

VIDEO - A new campaign advertisement for President Barack Obama does not shy away from explicitly using Mitt Romney's infamous…
September 27, 2012

What do Ohio's white working-class voters want?

BRIDGEPORT, Ohio (AP) - To look at Ohio is to glimpse America in a nutshell — a state full of…
September 27, 2012

Samuel L. Jackson cusses for Obama campaign: 'Wake the f**k up!'

VIDEO - Few things make me as giddy as hearing Samuel Jackson cuss. Yes, he cusses – he doesn’t curse.…
September 27, 2012

Media makes boogeyman out of black church vote in Election 2012

OPINION - In the age of the two-year presidential election cycle coupled with online media and 24-hour news, it is…
September 27, 2012

Obama ahead of Romney in Iowa polls as vote starts

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney is struggling in swing-state Iowa at a perilous point: just as voters…
September 27, 2012

Obama touts 'economic patriotism' in 2-minute ad

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama tried Thursday to build on the lead he has started to take in the…
September 27, 2012

Will the young show up for Obama like in 2008?

ELMHURST, Illinois (AP) - What a difference four years can make. In 2008, college campuses in the U.S. were filled…