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August 30, 2012

Rep. Tim Scott: I can make 'bigger impact' outside Black Caucus

theGRIO REPORT - South Carolina Rep. Tim Scott didn't join the Congressional Black Caucus because his goal is to impact…
August 30, 2012

Paul Ryan takes factual shortcuts in RNC speech

WASHINGTON (AP) - Laying out the first plans for his party's presidential ticket, GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan took…
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 30, 2012

Condoleezza Rice says US standing in the world is at risk

TAMPA, Florida (AP) - Republicans delivered a scathing indictment of President Barack Obama's national security policy, although the Democrat's aggressive…
August 29, 2012

Yahoo fires bureau chief over Romney joke about 'drowning black people'

NEW YORK (AP) - Yahoo News has fired its Washington bureau chief after he was caught on a microphone saying…
August 29, 2012

RNC: Ann Romney, Chris Christie and the GOP trying to cast itself as diverse

FIRST READ - Ann Romney humanizing her husband and delivering a well-received speech, check. Chris Christie hitting the Democrats and…
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

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

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

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

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…
August 25, 2012

Romney on birther remark: 'We've got to have a little humor in a campaign'

COMMERCE, Michigan (AP) - Mitt Romney was on the defensive after raising the discredited rumor that Barack Obama wasn't born…
August 24, 2012

New app shows you who to vote for

BAY AREA -Berkeley students launch Politify, an app that helps you decide who to vote for...