Election 2012

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July 19, 2012

Jindal, Pawlenty and Portman: How do the GOP VP frontrunners fare on race?

OPINION - Romney’s pick of a running mate comes at a time when the Republicans’ minority outreach efforts face an…
July 19, 2012

Morgan Freeman gives $1 million to Obama super PAC

theGRIO REPORT - Morgan Freeman has just donated $1 million to Priorities USA, one of the key super PAC's supporting…
July 19, 2012

Will Cain or Condi speak at the GOP convention?

theGRIO REPORT - Several African-Americans are also popular figures in the GOP and could be slated for major roles at…
July 18, 2012

Obama proposes $1 billion for science, math teachers

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration unveiled plans Wednesday to create an elite corps of master teachers, a $1 billion…
July 18, 2012

Why Team Obama is not taking the black vote for granted

ANALYSIS - As the Urban League detailed in an important report it released on Monday, African-Americans are themselves a crucial…
July 18, 2012

Allen West emerges as fundraising juggernaut

theGRIO REPORT - House Republican Allen West of Florida, one of only two black Republicans in Congress, has turned his…
July 18, 2012

How Obama would govern in a second term

ANALYSIS - If he wins a second term, President Obama is likely to make renewed pushes for comprehensive legislation on…
July 17, 2012

Obama campaign sues over Ohio early voting law

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is suing Ohio's top elections official in a dispute over a…
July 17, 2012

Romney surrogate John Sununu: Obama needs to 'learn how to be an American'

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is trying to blunt questions about his record as a businessman who…
July 17, 2012

Jindal, Pawlenty, Portman on Romney's VP short list, according to reports

theGRIO REPORT - Reuters is reporting that Mitt Romney could tap his vice-presidential nominee very soon...
July 17, 2012

Urban League: Obama needs better than 2004 black turnout

WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the country's oldest civil rights groups says President Barack Obama may have a tougher time…
July 17, 2012

Obama winning by campaigning like a Republican

OPINION - The Obama campaign has gone for the jugular -- directly attacking Mitt Romney’s central argument for why he…
July 17, 2012

Romney's risky 'play it safe' VP approach

OPINION - The names on Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential list confirm that he is betting this election will driven almost solely…
July 16, 2012

Repealing Obama's health care law won't be easy

WASHINGTON (AP) - Any realistic effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act — as opposed to last week's quixotic vote…
July 16, 2012

Romneys sit down for interview with Oprah Winfrey

WOLFEBORO, N.H. (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney is talking about his presidential campaign with Oprah Winfrey...
July 16, 2012

Beyoncé praises Michelle Obama in 2012 campaign video

VIDEO - Pop star Beyoncé has made her first appearance in a campaign ad for Barack Obama...
July 16, 2012

Voters split on race, Mormonism

theGRIO REPORT - People who view Mormonism favorably are more likely to support Mitt Romney, while people who feel blacks…
July 14, 2012

New Obama ad: 'Mitt Romney is not the solution, he's the problem'

GLEN ALLEN, Virginia (AP) - An unrelenting President Barack Obama jabbed at Republican candidate Mitt Romney's record with a private…
July 13, 2012

Conservatives strongly object to Condi Rice as Romney VP

theGRIO REPORT - Conservatives took to Twitter and blogs late Thursday and early Friday to sharply criticize the idea of…
July 12, 2012

8 percent of blacks can't vote because of felony convictions, according to new report

theGRIO REPORT - One of every 13 African-Americans of voting age is disenfranchised because of laws in states that prevent…