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August 27, 2012

Why blacks aren't laughing at Romney's birther 'humor'

OPINION - According to him and his surrogates, Romney’s off-color comments about never having his birthplace, his identity, his nationality…
August 27, 2012

Mitt Romney: 'I am who I am'

theGRIO REPORT - Despite badly trailing President Obama in terms of which candidate voters find more likable, Mitt Romney says…
August 27, 2012

Republican National Convention: 5 big questions

theGRIO REPORT - This week's Republican National Convention is one of the important moments of the presidential campaign...
August 27, 2012

Former Florida governor Charlie Crist endorses Obama

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says he's backing Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential race...
August 27, 2012

Clooney aids Obama campaign with Geneva fundraiser

GENEVA (AP) - George Clooney raised almost $15 million for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign at the actor's Los Angeles…
August 27, 2012

Can Romney use Republican convention to overtake Obama?

TAMPA, Florida (AP) - The foreshortened Republican National Convention to nominate Mitt Romney as the party's challenger to President Barack…
August 26, 2012

Anti-Obama documentary '2016: Obama's America' overshadows weak new films at box office

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hollywood may have run out of summer hits, but an anti-Obama documentary is helping to fill…
August 25, 2012

Obama: Romney has taken 'extreme positions'

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said Mitt Romney has locked himself into 'extreme positions' on economic and social issues…
August 25, 2012

Romney on birther remark: 'We've got to have a little humor in a campaign'

COMMERCE, Michigan (AP) - Mitt Romney was on the defensive after raising the discredited rumor that Barack Obama wasn't born…
August 24, 2012

New app shows you who to vote for

BAY AREA -Berkeley students launch Politify, an app that helps you decide who to vote for...
August 24, 2012

Artur Davis still sour on Obama, ducks question of whether Romney would help blacks

In an interview with American Urban Radio Networks' reporter April Ryan and radio host Tom Joyner, former Democrat and ex-Barack…
August 24, 2012

Why is Mitt Romney talking about birth certificates?

ANALYSIS - Mitt Romney's nod to the conservative birther conspiracy in a speech today in Michigan is a move that…
August 24, 2012

Ryan says Obama undercuts welfare reform law

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says President Barack Obama wants to ease work requirements for…
August 24, 2012

DNC ad slams Artur Davis for contradicting himself

theGRIO REPORT - his week the Democratic National Committee released an ad pointing out Davis contradicting his own words from…
August 24, 2012

Romney in Michigan: 'No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate'

theGRIO REPORT - Mitt Romney appeared to join those who question President Barack Obama's place of birth during a campaign…
August 24, 2012

Poverty remains largely absent from 2012 campaign debate

OPINION - With the ranks of the poor surging and much of the nation hobbled economically, officeholders can barely find…
August 24, 2012

How much has race defined Obama's presidency?

ANALYSIS - One of the great and to some extent unanswerable questions of the last four years is the role…
August 24, 2012

'2016: Obama's America': Anti-Obama documentary could win big at box office

OPINION - If you are a supporter of President Obama you may not have heard about the new documentary 2016:…
August 24, 2012

Romney's summer struggles damage presidential campaign

FIRST READ - Having a hurricane potentially land on your convention sort of sums up what has been a rough…
August 23, 2012

First lady Michelle Obama meets Sikh shooting victims' families

OAK CREEK, Wisconsin (AP) — Mandeep Singh Khattra and his family received Michelle Obama with an embrace Thursday as the