Election 2012

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October 8, 2012

Will Obama's coalition stick with him?

OPINION - President Obama won in 2008 and has led Mitt Romney for much of the year in part because…
October 8, 2012

Stevie Wonder, Katy Perry and Earth Wind & Fire rally for Obama

theGRIO REPORT - Last night President Obama joined 6,000 supporters at the star-studded 30 Days to Victory gala at the…
October 8, 2012

What if the first black president were a Republican?

OPINION - A deeper analysis of this issue reveals a great deal about the prisms through which we see race…
October 7, 2012

The art of racial 'dog whistling'

OPINION - When you hear 'food stamps' and 'welfare queens' and 'boy,' speak up and say something. Because what you're…
October 5, 2012

Early voting reinstated but not required in Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated in-person early voting in the swing state of Ohio…
October 5, 2012

Report: Obama campaign outpacing Romney's in ads

NEW YORK (AP) - A new report finds that President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has run more than twice as…
October 5, 2012

Ann Coulter claims after debate Michelle Obama 'wanted to go home with Mitt'

Ann Coulter, currently promoting her book on race 'Mugged', made a typically provocative point during her reaction to the first…
October 5, 2012

'Reading Rainbow' star LeVar Burton rejects Romney's Big Bird politics

NEWS ONE - On Thursday night, the former Emmy-winning host and producer of 'Reading Rainbow,' LeVar Burton (pictured right), blasted…
October 5, 2012

What if Obama had debated as aggressively as Romney?

OPINION - What if President Obama had gotten mad – really mad and responded to Mr. Romney with the full…
October 5, 2012

Ohio voter fraud billboard accused of intimidating black voters

theGRIO REPORT - A new anti-'voter fraud' billboard in Cleveland, Ohio is stirring debate and allegations for voter intimidation...
October 5, 2012

How the black vote could lift Obama in Virginia

theGRIO REPORT - If Obama wins this state, as he did in 2008, if may not be because of his…
October 5, 2012

Obama: Jobs report shows America 'has come too far to turn back now'

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - President Barack Obama says an encouraging jobs report shows that the country has made too much…
October 5, 2012

Greg Anthony featured in new ad supporting Mitt Romney

VIDEO - Former NBA point guard Greg Anthony is no stranger to politics. The native Nevadan is featured in a…
October 5, 2012

How jobs news could boost Obama

ANALYSIS - The sharp drop in the unemployment rate is a major political boon for President Obama, allowing him to…
October 5, 2012

Montana judge who sent racist Obama email steps down

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The chief federal judge for Montana plans to step down from the post and take a…
October 5, 2012

Romney on '47 percent': I was 'completely wrong'

FISHERSVILLE, Va. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has described his disparaging remarks about the 47 percent of Americans…
October 4, 2012

Social media renders rapid judgment on debate

WASHINGTON (AP) - Big Bird is endangered. Jim Lehrer lost control. And Mitt Romney crushed President Barack Obama...
October 4, 2012

Sununu: Obama did poorly in the debate because he's 'lazy'

VIDEO - John Sununu is at it again. The former New Hampshire governor, Bush I chief of staff and current…
October 4, 2012

Obama to Romney: 'You owe the American people the truth'

DENVER (AP) - Mitt Romney basked in rave reviews Thursday after his first debate with President Barack Obama, envisioning an…
October 4, 2012

African-American churches use 'souls to polls' to rally vote

MIAMI (AP) - It's not just the collection plate that's getting passed around at hundreds of mainly African-American and Latino…