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August 31, 2012

Obama visits Texas to mark Iraq war anniversary

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is serving up an election-year reminder that he ended the Iraq war, visiting a…
August 31, 2012

Movie audiences flock to anti-Obama doc '2016'

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The conservative film exploring the roots of President Barack Obama's political views surprised the film industry…
August 31, 2012

Clint Eastwood mocked for 'empty chair' RNC performance

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Clint Eastwood earned plenty of bad reviews for his latest performance: a bizarre, rambling endorsement of…
August 31, 2012

RNC: A night with Romney and Eastwood

FIRST READ - On getting American voters more comfortable with him as president, Romney made a stronger case -- and…
August 31, 2012

Clint Eastwood goes off-script in Romney endorsement

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Clint Eastwood, the Hollywood filmmaker who knows all about sticking to the script, turned in a…
August 30, 2012

RNC: What we learned from Mitt Romney's speech

theGRIO REPORT - Here's what we learned from Mitt Romney's RNC speech on Thursday night at the Republican National Convention...
August 30, 2012

Rep. Tim Scott: I can make 'bigger impact' outside Black Caucus

theGRIO REPORT - South Carolina Rep. Tim Scott didn't join the Congressional Black Caucus because his goal is to impact…
August 30, 2012

Paul Ryan takes factual shortcuts in RNC speech

WASHINGTON (AP) - Laying out the first plans for his party's presidential ticket, GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan took…
August 30, 2012

Can Romney take advantage of his big moment?

FIRST READ - After Ann Romney's introduction on Tuesday and Paul Ryan's rousing speech last night, Mitt Romney gets his…
August 30, 2012

Michelle Obama tells Letterman she 'tends not to watch' RNC

NEW YORK (AP) - Michelle Obama says she isn't tuning in to this week's Republican National Convention. But that's just…
August 29, 2012

Why Condoleezza Rice's RNC speech matters

ANALYSIS - Condoleezza Rice's speech is one of the rare ones at a convention that could be worth watching...
August 29, 2012

Condoleezza Rice says America's voice 'muted' in world affairs

TAMPA, Florida (AP) - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the voice of the United States in world affairs…
August 28, 2012

RNC: The 5 strongest lines by Artur Davis against President Obama

theGRIO REPORT - In a 10-minute address in Tampa, Davis repeatedly used sarcasm in invoking the president's promises from four…
August 28, 2012

Obama tells residents to heed officials on Isaac

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says residents of the Gulf Coast should listen to local authorities and follow their…
August 28, 2012

How will Republicans balance the convention and Isaac?

FIRST READ - The Ann Romney and Chris Christie speeches will try to accomplish these two different goals: the soft…
August 28, 2012

Santorum criticizes Obama on welfare reform

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Rick Santorum was one of Mitt Romney's toughest foes during the GOP presidential race, but the…
August 28, 2012

Chris Christie: Romney 'wishes he could' take back birther joke

VIDEO - Chris Christie believes if Mitt Romney could re-do his recent recent birth certificate joke, he'd take it back...
August 28, 2012

Anti-Obama film '2016: Obama's America' muddy on facts

WASHINGTON (AP) - '2016: Obama's America,' a new conservative film exploring the roots of President Barack Obama's political views, took…
August 28, 2012

Ex-Obama backer Artur Davis to deliver Tuesday night speech at RNC

theGRIO REPORT - In 2008, then-congressman Artur Davis of Alabama gave an effusive speech to second Barack Obama’s nomination as…
August 28, 2012

Is Mitt Romney running a 'racialized' campaign?

OPINION - Romney said this election would be about jobs, but continually took hard right stances during the primary that…