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Passive Obama Debate Performance 'a Case Study in What Not to Do'
Tweet Share on Facebook October 4, 2012 CommentThe downcast eyes. The passive body language. The occasional scowl.
National polls show that Mitt Romney trounced Barack Obama at the first presidential debate Wednesday night, and the president's nonverbal communication might have had something to do with it.
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15 Tweets That Explain Why Obama Lost the First Debate
Tweet Share on Facebook October 4, 2012 CommentThe first presidential debate between Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama in Denver Wednesday night was the most tweeted event in U.S. political history, according to Twitter. The great majority of those tweets appeared to be not so kind to Obama, whom most polls agreeing he badly lost this round. According to a CNN poll, 67 percent of debate watchers questioned believed Romney clearly won the debate, reportedly the highest number in the history of that poll.
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5 Things the Government Spends More on Than PBS
Tweet Share on Facebook October 4, 2012 CommentIf there's one thing that became clear in last night's first presidential debate, it's that a whole lot of people love PBS. (That, and President Barack Obama was not on his A game.)
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'Never Wrong' Pundit Sticks By Obama in 2012
Tweet Share on Facebook October 3, 2012 CommentA year ago, Whispers asked political pundit Allan Lichtman to look to his crystal ball (or his highly accurate "key" formula) and make a prediction about who would win the White House in 2012.
Lichtman was confident then that there was no way President Barack Obama could lose.
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Teddy Finally Wins the President's Race
Tweet Share on Facebook October 3, 2012 CommentAs Whispers predicted last week, Teddy the underdog racing president won the fourth-inning president's race during the Washington Nationals' last regular season game Wednesday afternoon—marking the first time he beat "George," "Tom," and "Abe" in the team's history.
Previously, Teddy was on a more than 500-race losing streak.
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INFOGRAPHIC: Obama's Direct Contributions Far Outpace Romney's
Tweet Share on Facebook October 3, 2012 CommentFor months, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney could boast a significant cash advantage over President Barack Obama, whose support from super PACs came nowhere near that of the former Massachusetts governor's.
But a new infographic from Rootstrikers, a project founded by political activist Lawrence Lessig to fight the influence of money in politics, shows Obama still has his not-so-secret weapon from 2008: grassroots support.
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Donald Rumsfeld Spars With John Stossel Over Defense Spending
Tweet Share on Facebook October 3, 2012 CommentJohn Stossel got a little bit feisty Tuesday night in his introduction of Donald Rumsfeld as the keynote speaker at the 30th anniversary dinner party for the conservative newspaper The Washington Times. The former Secretary of Defense wasn’t impressed.
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Military Vote Missing This Election — Including In Big Swing States
Tweet Share on Facebook October 2, 2012 CommentA new report finds many military members and their spouses aren't exercising their right to vote this election, with the low number of absentee ballot requests on track to make 2012 a record low for the military vote.
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The Importance of Facial Expressions in a Presidential Debate: A Story In GIFs
Tweet Share on Facebook October 1, 2012 CommentHistorically, how a candidate fares in a presidential debate depends not only on what he or she says but also how he or she says it. False smiles, toothy smiles, eye blinks and darting eyes—these are the expressions that appear in reaction shots, and in the moments that are replayed for days after the debates.
When President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney take the stage at the first presidential debate in Denver Wednesday night, their facial expressions will be just as important as their answers to probing questions.
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Two Sponsors Pull Out From Debates Over Exclusion Of Gary Johnson
Tweet Share on Facebook October 1, 2012 CommentThis post was updated at 11:38 a.m. to include comment from the Gary Johnson campaign.
At least two of the original sponsors of the 2012 presidential debates have pulled their support over the exclusion of Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, arguing that the commission which runs the debates is locked into a two-party outlook.
The first presidential debate will take place in Denver on Wednesday between President Barack Obama and Republican contender Mitt Romney.
