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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…
September 26, 2012

Madonna calls 'black Muslim' Obama remark 'ironic'

Pop music icon Madonna made some waves recently when she referred to President Barack Obama as a "black Muslim" while…
September 26, 2012

President Obama talks education, school reform, with NBC News' Savannah Guthrie

VIDEO - As part of the NBC News 2012 "Education Nation" Summit this week, President Barack Obama sat down with…
September 26, 2012

AP-GfK Poll: Most Americans believe 'Obamacare' will be implemented

WASHINGTON (AP) - They may not like it, but they don't see it going away. About 7 in 10 Americans…
September 26, 2012

How the Democrats are winning the voter ID law battle

theGRIO REPORT - When Republican-led state legislatures and governors passed controversial voting bills throughout 2011 and earlier this year, the…
September 26, 2012

New economic trends could help Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) - For the past year, as the presidential election unfolded, President Barack Obama confronted a dizzying swell of…
September 25, 2012

President Obama and the first lady visit 'The View'

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama visited 'The View' on Monday for a taping that aired…
September 25, 2012

Review: Lupe Fiasco is back (hopefully for good) on 'Food & Liquor II'

REVIEW - The Chicago wordsmith gets our attention by delivering the long-awaited, 'Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap…
September 25, 2012

New polls suggest Romney behind in Ohio, Florida

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - As Mitt Romney joins running mate Paul Ryan in Ohio for two days of campaigning, a…
September 25, 2012

President Barack Obama calls human trafficking 'modern slavery'

NEW YORK - President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting...
September 25, 2012

Madonna endorses 'black Muslim' in the White House

theGRIO REPORT - At a concert in Washington, D.C. last night Madonna went on rant where she called Obama 'a…
September 25, 2012

President Barack Obama urges United Nations to confront roots of Muslim rage

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - President Barack Obama told world leaders Tuesday that attacks on U.S. citizens in Libya "were attacks…
September 25, 2012

Why Team Obama wants you to vote before Election Day

theGRIO REPORT - Voting on Election Day sometimes has complications, particularly long lines. So in key battleground states, Team Obama…