Election 2012

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October 31, 2012

GOP hopeful: 'Rape thing' not cause for abortion

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - A Republican congressional candidate says abortion should not be legal, even when it involves 'the rape…
October 31, 2012

Is the Romney team training campaign workers to mislead voters?

theGRIO REPORT - A Think Progress investigation has exposed parts of a misleading training manual being distributed to Mitt Romney…
October 31, 2012

NFL players talk politics, look ahead to election

WASHINGTON (AP) - NFL players are paying attention to politics as Election Day approaches — just not as much as…
October 31, 2012

Obama visits Hurricane Sandy victims with Republican critic Chris Christie

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama joined one of his top Republican critics to visit victims of superstorm Sandy on…
October 31, 2012

Biden jokes about 2016 presidential bid

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden is joking about running for president in 2016...
October 31, 2012

Cell phones spammed with anti-gay, anti-Obama messages

theGRIO REPORT - Anti-Obama text messages from an anonymous source hit hundreds of voters' phones Tuesday night...
October 31, 2012

6 days left: Obama maintains very narrow advantage

ANALYSIS - President Obama still leads narrowly in most polls in Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio and Wisconsin, keeping him…
October 31, 2012

Obama to visit Hurricane Sandy victims as campaign rolls on

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama put campaign battleground travel on hold to tour the ravaged New Jersey coast Wednesday...
October 31, 2012

Record participation of Latino voters expected in 2012, 8 percent already voted

NBC LATINO - Everyone agrees the importance of the Latino vote in this year’s close election all boils down to…
October 30, 2012

Stacey Dash tweets photo of herself with Paul Ryan

theGRIO REPORT - In a move that will likely alienate and infuriate a significant portion of her black fanbase, ex-Single…
October 30, 2012

Election 2012: Why black voters are fired up

theGRIO REPORT - On the first day of early voting in North Carolina, the lines to cast ballots snaked down…
October 30, 2012

Gaffe-prone candidates hurt GOP's Senate chances

WASHINGTON (AP) - Flawed, gaffe-prone nominees may have cost them the chance to win three seats in the 2010 GOP…
October 29, 2012

108-year-old South Carolina woman casts her 1st vote ever for Obama

VIDEO - Joanna Jenkins has never voted before and doesn't have an official state ID, but she didn't let that…
October 29, 2012

Controversial billboard labels MLK a Republican

theGRIO REPORT -'Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican. VOTE REPUBLICAN!' the controversial billboard reads from above Martin Luther King…
October 29, 2012

Hurricane Sandy could delay release of jobs report

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hurricane Sandy could complicate Friday's release of the October U.S. jobs report, the final snapshot of employment…
October 29, 2012

'Avengers' director Joss Whedon releases mock pro-Romney 'zombie' ad

VIDEO - In a satirical Mitt Romney endorsement ad, filmmaker Joss Whedon bids for the vote of GOP presidential candidate...
October 29, 2012

Mitt Romney said FEMA should be outsourced to states during GOP debates

theGRIO REPORT - As Hurricane Sandy approaches the east coast, the Romney camp was asked on Sunday whether or not…
October 29, 2012

Florida early vote totals revised, raising questions

theGRIO REPORT - With early voting under way as of Saturday, there are already questions being raised about the vote…
October 29, 2012

Five things to watch in final week of campaign

AP-JOBS REPORT: The final unemployment rate report comes Friday — just four days before Election Day. The economy remains voters'…
October 29, 2012

Obama: 'I know Black America wants to keep Michelle as first lady'

theGRIO REPORT- Asked if African-Americans should be as excited about voting for him as in 2008, President Obama said, "I…