2012 Elections

Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett effortlessly won the recall nomination Tuesday night and is now headed for a rematch with his old rival from 18 months ago, Republican Gov. Scott Walker. If polls prove accurate and statewide campaign experience is taken into account, Barrett represents Democrats’ best chance of toppling Walker in the June 5...
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Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett effortlessly won the recall nomination Tuesday night and is now headed for a rematch with his old rival from 18 months ago, Republican Gov. Scott Walker. If polls prove accurate and statewide campaign experience is taken into account, Barrett represents Democrats’ best chance of toppling Walker in the June 5...
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Political Punch Twitter — the next (digital) battleground state. The social media wars are already underway, just check out Twitter foes David Axelrod, of the Obama campaign, and Eric Fehrnstrom, with the Romney campaign. Axelrod tweeted this photo, saying “How loving owners transport their dogs” — a shot at Mitt Romney, who in the...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are in a statistical dead heat in Ohio, Virginia and 10 other states up for grabs in the 2012 election, according to a poll released on Monday. The poll by Gallup Inc. and USA Today showed Obama with 47 percent support in the...
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Sen. John McCain asked former pro-Basketball player and TNT analyst Charles Barkley to join him in a bet via Twitter on Monday. @SenJohnMcCain tweeted, “Dear Charles Barkley, ‘don’t take it personally, you seem like a nice guy,’ but you’re clueless – @MittRomney wins. Wanna bet?” The suggested bet appears to be in response to...
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The hip-hop community stood in a loyal b-boy stance behind President Obama in 2008. Sean “Diddy” Combs encouraged young voters to “Vote or Die,” Jay-Z endorsed Mr. Obama on tour, and others rallied the urban community and millennial voters to jump on the “change” bandwagon. The hip-hop community’s enthusiasm during Obama’s 2008 campaign was...
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In the final week of a hotly fought Republican primary in North Carolina, one congressional candidate accuses his rival — in a mailer sent to GOP voters — of being a “Big Money Donor” to Democrats. And he accuses another of breaking a tax pledge. But we find both claims by wealthy businessman and former...
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Constitutionthisweek-webNews headlines, politicians, and hot-button issues come and go, but one 225-year-old document continues to emerge in our conversations about our nation’s most important questions and challenges: the Constitution. The Constitution is a big buzzword for Election 2012, and more than ever, citizens, pundits, and politicians are turning to the Constitution for answers–and sometimes...
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Click image to see more photos. (AP/Kevin Lamarque, pool) President Barack Obama, on a surprise nighttime trip to Afghanistan, told war-weary Americans that he would keep his promise to wind down the unpopular conflict by the end of 2014 but also vowed he would not abandon the strife-torn country prematurely. In a televised address...
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Click image to see more photos. (Evan Vucci/AP) At an event that was long past his campaign’s expiration date, Newt Gingrich ended his presidential campaign at a press conference Wednesday afternoon in Virginia. “Today I am suspending the campaign, but suspending the campaign does not mean suspending citizenship,” Gingrich said. He thanked Rick Perry,...
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