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Poll: Obama and Romney Tied in Key Battleground States of Colorado, Nevada and Iowa
Tweet Share on Facebook May 31, 2012 CommentNew polls from a trio of battleground states reinforce what national polls have shown—that President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney are virtually tied.
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Tea Party Alive and Well in Texas Senate Race
Tweet Share on Facebook May 30, 2012 CommentThe heat is on in Texas, where a pair of conservative Republicans will battle it out until July 31 for the right to take on their Democratic competition for retiring Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's seat.
After failing to secure 50 percent of the vote during a nine-way primary, Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst must continue campaigning against his top Republican rival, Ted Cruz. Though Dewhurst is backed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, it's Cruz who has the support of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Tea Party champion Sen. Jim DeMint, and conservative groups willing to dump cash into the race on his behalf, including the Club for Growth and the Tea Party Express.
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Romney Attack Ad on Solyndra Looks to Hurt Obama's Likability
Tweet Share on Facebook May 29, 2012 CommentSeeking to turn the image of laid-off workers back on President Obama, Mitt Romney's campaign launched an attack advertisement highlighting a California solar panel manufacturer that received more than $500 million in taxpayer funding before going bankrupt and laying off 1,100 workers.
The ad comes after the Obama campaign portrayed Romney as a callous corporate raider whose private-equity firm, Bain Capital, valued profits over workers.
The Romney ad features grainy video clips of Obama and ominous music as a narrator details a series of so-called green energy companies that received billions in taxpayer-backed loan guarantees that ultimately went bankrupt or failed. Worse than just the loss of tax dollars, the narrator says, is that according to a government watchdog report, many of the loan guarantees were offered to Democratic donors' "friends and family."
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Poll: Veterans Overwhelmingly Support Romney Over Obama
Tweet Share on Facebook May 29, 2012 CommentPresumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney leads a new poll this week showing veterans would pick him over President Barack Obama.
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Poll: Brown, Warren Tied in Massachusetts Senate Race
Tweet Share on Facebook May 24, 2012 CommentDespite the media furor over Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage, or lack thereof, voters in Massachusetts say they just don't care that much, according to a new poll.
The Democratic Senate candidate has faced criticism from her Republican opponent, Sen. Scott Brown, in recent weeks over whether or not she used her ancestry to further her academic and professional career. Questions also arose over whether or not Warren was indeed part Cherokee at all, as she had been told by family members growing up.
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Romney Adds to Lead in Florida, Obama Tops National Polls
Tweet Share on Facebook May 23, 2012 CommentAbortion, gay marriage and swing states, oh my!
A slew of new polling paints a difficult road ahead for President Obama in Florida, record support for same-sex marriage nationally as well as a near-record number of Americans identifying as 'pro-life' when it comes to abortion.
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GOP Groups Dominate Super PAC Landscape
Tweet Share on Facebook May 22, 2012 CommentThis year marks the first election in which Super PACs will enter the fray alongside presidential candidates, bringing with them piles of cash not subject to any limits on fund-raising or spending.
The latest campaign finance filings show that conservative Super PACs continue to vastly out-raise liberal ones and are leveling the presidential playing field in the process.
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Obama Takes Bain Fight Directly to Romney
Tweet Share on Facebook May 21, 2012 CommentPresident Obama brought the attacks his campaign has been making against GOP rival Mitt Romney directly to the businessman on Monday during a NATO summit press conference in Chicago.
Asked about Newark Mayor Cory Booker's comment on Sunday calling the attacks against Bain Capital, the private equity firm Romney used to lead, "nauseating" Obama strongly defended his campaign.
"This is not a distraction, this is what this campaign is going to be about," Obama said. Referring to a recent web video depicting workers laid off from a plant purchased by Bain, Obama said, "What is a strategy for us to move this country forward in a way where everybody can succeed? And that means I've got to think about the workers in that video just as much as I'm thinking about folks who've been much more successful."
Obama called out his opponent twice and took a shot at the fact that while Romney is playing up his business credentials, he's largely glossing over his time as governor of Massachusetts.
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Gingrich, Santorum Fail to Practice Fiscal Responsibility They Preached
Tweet Share on Facebook May 21, 2012 CommentNewt Gingrich's presidential campaign pitch that he'd have been the best leader to crack down on federal spending and balancing the budget was belied by recent campaign finance reports that showed his presidential bid ended with him wallowing in nearly $5 million of debt. The report also showed the candidate with about $800,000 in cash.
As recently as April 13, smack in the middle of the reporting period covered by the monthly Federal Election Commission report showing the outstanding debt, Gingrich was slamming President Obama's fiscal record.
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Obama Guns for Veteran Voters
Tweet Share on Facebook May 17, 2012 Comment (5)The Obama campaign is vowing to reverse historic veteran voting trends in the upcoming election. In announcing its veterans and military family outreach effort on Thursday, the campaign director overseeing the effort said the incumbent Democrat is aiming to top his rival Mitt Romney among veteran voters, despite the fact that vets traditionally vote for Republicans.
"We're going to break down that mythology about the military voting history and the veteran voting history," said Rob Diamond, the Obama campaign official, speaking to reporters on a campaign call. "In 2004, veterans voted 57-41 for Bush. In 2008, they voted 55-45 for McCain. But the fact is we won the under-60 veteran vote with 51 percent [against McCain]. We won those between [the ages of] 55-45 with 53 [percent] for President Obama. There's a changing demographic out there, and there's a changing military."
