Election 2012

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August 30, 2012

Can Romney take advantage of his big moment?

FIRST READ - After Ann Romney's introduction on Tuesday and Paul Ryan's rousing speech last night, Mitt Romney gets his…
August 29, 2012

Despite diversity brag, few black delegates at the 2012 Republican convention

theGRIO REPORT - How much racial diversity is there at this year's Republican National Convention? It's hard to say, if…
August 29, 2012

Black Mormon candidate Mia Love hits the national stage at RNC

theGRIO REPORT - Mia Love, the 36-year-old black Mormon woman running for a U.S. House seat in Utah, officially launched…
August 28, 2012

RNC: The 5 strongest lines by Artur Davis against President Obama

theGRIO REPORT - In a 10-minute address in Tampa, Davis repeatedly used sarcasm in invoking the president's promises from four…
August 28, 2012

Herman Cain: 'I’d probably be the nominee' if race was fair

In a recent interview for Republican presidential candidate (and controversy magnet) Herman Cain argued that 'if everyone had competed fairly…
August 28, 2012

NAACP blasts GOP's 'withering attacks on voting rights'

theGRIO REPORT - At the start of the NAACP convention, the NAACP says the GOP is attacking the voting rights…
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

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

Trial opens challenging South Carolina voter ID

WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal trial over South Carolina's voter identification law got under way Monday with a state senator…
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 27, 2012

The Bain Capital leaks don’t bode well for Romney

OPINION - Gawker just released 950 pages of once confidential documents related to Romney family’s investments, most of which were…
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…