Election 2012

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September 7, 2012
OPINION - This was a candidate imploring voters to return to that hopeful spirit of 2008 to help build a…
September 7, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Obama used his nationally televised speech closing out the Democratic National Convention to try to revive…
September 6, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Actress Kerry Washington spoke with Johansson on Thursday night and described herself as the granddaughter of…
September 6, 2012
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - For all of his firsts — first black student admitted to an all-white South Carolina college,…
September 6, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - President Barack Obama pronounced himself eager to go before the Democratic National Convention and the nation…
September 6, 2012
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) - The Secret Service said Wednesday it is investigating the reported theft of copies of Republican presidential…
September 6, 2012
OPINION - Now, eight years later, Obama returns to the podium tonight to deliver yet another speech at the Democratic…
September 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - If night one of the Democratic National Convention was about the power of women, night two was…
September 6, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - It's time for Joe Biden to show why President Barack Obama is keeping him as his…
September 6, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Actress Eva Longoria says her speech to the Democratic convention will be very different from Clint Eastwood's…
September 5, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - President Barack Obama inherited a wreck of an economy, "put a floor under the crash" and…
September 5, 2012
OPINION - For black women in particular, Mrs. Obama is an object of particular pride; someone you never dreamed you'd…
September 5, 2012
theGRIO VIDEO - The goal for the president's supporters is simple: four more years. TheGrio's Todd Johnson caught up with…
September 5, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Celebrities are flocking to Charlotte for the Democratic convention, albeit without the prop furniture that made…
September 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Ohio's Secretary of State, Jon Husted refuses to reinstate early voting the final weekend before Election Day…
September 5, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - When Bill Clinton takes the convention stage in prime time Wednesday to praise President Barack Obama,…
September 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Here's what we learned from the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte...
September 5, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - If Cory Booker decides to run for president one day, he already has a personal connection…
September 4, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - 'Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it,' the first lady told the Democratic National…
September 4, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- If there's a theme to tonight's speaking lineup here at the first day of the Democratic convention,…