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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…
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…