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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…
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…