On Wednesday, the Israeli Air Force took out a car carrying Ahmed Said Khalil al-Jabari, head of the military wing (the Al-Qassam Brigades) of Hamas, the Palestinian terror group that governs the Gaza Strip. Shortly after, the Israeli military started going to town on Gaza, again. And like that, the Israel Defense Forces took…
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John Metz, Dennys Franchisee And Hurricane Grill & Wings Owner, Imposes Surcharge For Obamacare
Metz said he will hold meetings at all his restaurants starting in December to discuss the surcharge and to tell employees “that because of Obamacare, we are going to be cutting front-of-the-house employees to under 30 hours, effective immediately.” Metz said he hopes the post-election meetings will inspire employees rather than alienate them. “What…
Voting Dade County – Progressive Recommendations
Here are my picks for the Dade county ballot. ***************************************************** Please remember- it seems like a lot, but there are important issues further down the ballot, and they are often decided by a few votes. Please vote all the way down. Use this guide – it’s not as hard to get through as…
Romney Invests In Chinese Companies That Steal From The U.S.
While Obama cited only one oil company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation, the Romneys’ 2010 and 2011 tax returns show investments in at least 10 Chinese companies, a total investment of at least $391,800. Among them were New Oriental Education and Technology, a company in which the Romneys’ blind trusts invested nearly $60,000. New Oriental…
BBC poll: Rest of world favours Obama
A BBC World Service opinion poll has found sharply higher overseas approval ratings for US President Barack Obama than Republican challenger Mitt Romney. An average of 50% favoured Mr Obama, with 9% for Mr Romney, in the survey of 21,797 people in 21 countries. MORE: BBC News – BBC poll: Rest…
2012: The battle for 7 states
The main battlegrounds: Ohio, Iowa, Colorado, Virginia, New Hampshire, Florida and Wisconsin. The late inclusion of Wisconsin on this list reflects a bet by Romney — buoyed by some polls showing an opportunity for him there — that he can turn a state that has not voted for a Republican presidential nominee since 1984. Romney…
Democracy in Suspense: Why Arizona’s Native Voters Are in Peril
Arizona’s Apache County is obscuring the collective power of the Native vote in an unprecedented way. The County, which has previously violated the Voting Rights Act, has inaccurately placed more than 500 people who attempted to register on a list that could permanently purge these would-be voters from the rolls. And most, if not all,…
Obama still more liked than Romney despite poor debate
Romney gained in a few areas, but not at Obamas expense despite the incumbents lackluster performance in the first presidential debate on Wednesday. On the broad question of who they will vote for in November, Obama kept his slim 2 percentage point lead over Romney among likely voters – 47 to 45 percent – in…
Romney’s Own Website Refutes His Claim About Tax Cuts For The Rich
Tax cuts for the rich are unpopular, unaffordable and have repeatedly failed to deliver any measurable economic benefits to the rest of the country. So it’s no wonder that during last night’s presidential debate, Mitt Romney didn’t want to embrace a policy of massive new tax cuts for the rich. “I will not reduce the taxes paid by high-income Americans,”…
The Biggest Lie Of The Debate? Romney’s False Claim About Clean Energy Bankruptcies
“And these [clean energy] businesses, many of them have gone out of business, I think about half of them, of the ones have been invested in, have gone out of business.” The New York Times, one of the few mainstream organizations to follow up on this claim, called Romney’s comment a “gross overstatement.” Actually,…
Romney Goes On Offense, Pays For It In First Wave Of Fact Checks
Here is a sample of what’s being reported about the truthiness of what Obama and Romney had to say Wednesday night on stage at the University of Denver: — One of the biggest disputes was over tax cuts. Obama argued that Romney’s plan to stimulate the economy includes a tax cut totaling $5 trillion…
Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval Hits 3 Year High
In the last few days, the President’s approval hit 54%. Gallup tracks daily the percentage of Americans who approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. via Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval.
Jobs Report: U.S. Economy Adds 114,000 Jobs In September; Jobless Rate Down To 7.8 Percent
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years. The rate fell because more people found work, a trend that could impact the presidential election. The Labor Department says employers added 114,000 jobs in September. The economy also created 86,000 more jobs…
Analysis: Reuters/Ipsos polls show scope of the challenge facing Romney
During the next five weeks – and three debates – Romney will make an appeal to voters aimed at overcoming an Obama campaign that has outflanked his own for much of the past four months. Romney enters the final sprint to the November 6 election behind in national polls and trailing in most of the…
Poll exclusive: President Obama winning message war
President Barack Obama is a campaign messaging guru, while Mitt Romney is struggling to find a theme that works, according to a new poll Wednesday that used methods for measuring the effectiveness of corporate branding and applied them to political candidates. Pollsters from the Democratic firm of Penn Schoen Berland said there were several striking…
Latest Swing State Polls 10/3
Here are the latest polls from the battleground states, updated as needed through the day: Florida: Obama 47%, Romney 46% (WSJ/NBC/Marist) Ohio: Obama 51%, Romney 43% (WSJ/NBC/Marist) Virginia: Obama 48%, Romney 46% (WSJ/NBC/Marist) via Latest Swing State Polls.
Paul Ryan Asked for Tax Math, Offers Gibberish
This last weekend, Paul Ryan repeatedly dodged questions about the mathematical impossibility of the tax plan he and Mitt Romney are running on, and then, having burned through seven repeated questions and two minutes of dodging, insisted he couldn’t answer because the math would take too long. Today Bloomberg News spoke to Ryan and promised…
RERUN: Fox, Carlson, Drudge Attacked Obama’s Hampton Speech Five Years Ago
Tucker Carlson’s Daily Caller, Matt Drudge, and Fox News’ Sean Hannity are all promoting a “bombshell video” of President Obama giving a speech on race issues in 2007 and are suggesting it could impact the presidential election. But Carlson, Drudge, and Fox News, among many other outlets, all reported on the same speech more than five years ago, and…
VIDEO: Foxs Juan Williams Calls Out Hannity For Throwing “Dirt” At Obama “To See What Will Stick”
Foxs Juan Williams Calls Out Hannity For Throwing “Dirt” At Obama “To See What Will Stick” | Video | Media Matters for America.
Early voting starts today, as do the rallies
After months of nonstop campaigning and TV commercials, the election of 2012 begins to count at the ballot box today. Early in-person voting begins in each of Ohio’s 88 counties at 8 a.m. while the first of more than 922,000 absentee ballots will begin to be mailed today by county boards of elections. Democrats marked…