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Fact-Checking Last Night's Debate

Obama, Romney both played a little loose with the truth

(Newser) - As usual, the truth took a bit of a beating in last night's presidential debate. At least one fact was checked during the debate —Obama's assertion that he did, indeed, use the term "act of terror" to describe the attack on the US consulate in Libya...

Aggressive Obama Edges 2nd Debate
 Aggressive Obama 
 Edges 2nd Debate 
OPINION ROUNDUP
Oct 17, 2012 2:30 AM CDT

Aggressive Obama Edges 2nd Debate

Prez made vital comeback from Denver disaster, pundits say

(Newser) - President Obama actually showed up for the second debate, and while the feisty contest was nowhere near as one-sided as his Denver defeat, most pundits say that the president made the comeback he needed. Some 46% of viewers thought Obama won the debate, while 39% called it for Mitt Romney,...

Obama Goes on Offensive in Debate No. 2

This one is a lot feistier than round one

(Newser) - President Obama and Mitt Romney wrapped up their second debate tonight, and this time both candidates came to play. The early consensus is that Obama got aggressive and did much better than in the first go-round, though Romney didn't retreat much from his aggressive attacks—on the economy in...

2 Cops Hurt in Michelle Obama Motorcade Crash

But Michelle is OK, does 'Today' interview

(Newser) - Two motorcycle officers riding in Michelle Obama's motorcade escort were injured in a crash yesterday in Ohio, WBNS-10TV reports. Obama, who had just spoken at a university, was not injured, and details of the crash weren't known. The first lady then went on to Today , where she sat...

Obama's Next Softball Interview: Us Weekly

Romney turned down opportunity

(Newser) - President Obama hasn't done a full press conference in a while, notes Politico , but he's now taking not-so-hard-hitting questions from readers of a gossip mag. Us Weekly is soliciting readers' questions to be answered in an issue arriving on newsstands Friday, Oct. 26. Obama will take queries "...

What Not to Do While Your Rival's Talking

Listen closely, minimize note-taking, and avoid tics: experts

(Newser) - To prep for debates, candidates have to work on more than just talking: They must perfect their listening, too. With split screens constantly in use, President Obama and Mitt Romney may want to give some serious thought to the AP's list of do's—and especially don'ts:
  • Don'
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ScarJo, Longoria Release Incensed Pro-Obama Ad


 Now Jay-Z Does 
 Pro-Obama Ad 
Oct 16, 2012 8:36 AM CDT

Now Jay-Z Does Pro-Obama Ad

Plus: ScarJo, Eva, Kerry are quite unhappy with Romney's politics

(Newser) - President Obama brought in the big guns for his latest video: Jay-Z. The rapper appears in a new, nearly 2-minute video for the Obama campaign that's basically a mutual lovefest. "When the president got into office initially, what he represented to a nation of kids was hope,"...

Town-Hall Challenge: Can Romney, Obama Look Human?

Channeling Bubba could be the answer

(Newser) - It's Round 2 for President Obama and Mitt Romney tonight. Romney is riding high from his trouncing of Obama in the Denver debate, but pundits say neither candidate is a natural at the town hall format, making tonight's debate at Long Island's Hofstra University a potential challenge....

Team Romney Raised $170M Last Month

And kicks off $50K 'Republicanpalooza' this weekend

(Newser) - Riding high on his first debate performance , Mitt Romney has more good news: His campaign raised $170 million last month, nearly matching Obama's killer $181 million haul , the New York Times reports. What's more, Romney's campaign is hosting a 3-day donor retreat at the New York Waldorf-Astoria...

Kochs' CEO: 'Consequences' if Wrong Guy Wins Election

Warns workers they could 'suffer' in letter

(Newser) - Koch Industries president Dave Robertson has sent a missive to employees warning that they could "suffer the consequences, including higher gasoline prices, runaway inflation, and other ills," if President Obama is reelected, Yahoo News reports. The letter was included in a voter information packet sent to workers at...

I&#39;m a Lifelong Democrat, and I&#39;m Voting for Romney
I'm a Lifelong Democrat,
and I'm Voting for Romney
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Oct 14, 2012 7:00 PM CDT

I'm a Lifelong Democrat, and I'm Voting for Romney

Buzz Bissinger was won over by the debate

(Newser) - Buzz Bissinger is a lifelong Democrat, but in a column for the Daily Beast , he throws his support behind Mitt Romney—even though his wife doesn't approve. Why? The first presidential debate was "the tipping point," he writes. "I have never seen a performance worse than...

Colbert on Romney: 'On a Rocket Ride to Plausible'

Pols bicker over Libya attack

(Newser) - With President Obama and Mitt Romney hunkered down in debate prep , their surrogates took to the airwaves today, as did Steven Colbert, both in and out of character, reports Politico . Assessing Romney's post-debate trajectory, Colbert quipped, "He is on a rocket ride to plausible at this point."...

'Million Muppet March' Will Support PBS Funding

Demonstration planned for Nov. 3 in DC

(Newser) - PBS supporters are planning a "Million Muppet March" at Washington DC's National Mall on Nov. 3 to defend government funding for the network, Reuters reports. Organizers aren't sure yet how many will actually attend, but "it does seem like we might get close to the biggest...

Morgan Freeman Narrates Latest Obama Ad

Plus, Bruce Springsteen campaigning for the prez

(Newser) - President Obama made a good choice for his latest ad: He got Morgan Freeman to narrate it. Freeman, a huge Obama supporter, has one of the most recognizable voices in the country, the Atlantic Wire notes—and if he says you're better off now than you were four years...

Obama Usually Comes Back Strong

 Obama Usually 
 Comes Back 
 Strong 
OPINION
Oct 13, 2012 10:44 AM CDT

Obama Usually Comes Back Strong

'Tends to respond when the pressure is greatest': Biographer Maraniss

(Newser) - President Obama used his "cool fluidity" and "improvisational ease" to easily beat his debate opponent, writes David Maraniss in the Washington Post . The problem for the president's supporters is that the debate took place in high school. Can that old Obama return to form? Maraniss, who wrote...

'Polls Don't Matter,' Says Obama Pollster

Campaign's opinion boss to volunteers: Don't get discouraged

(Newser) - Poll fluctuations are no biggie because "at the end of the day, polls don't matter," says the very guy in charge of, well, polling for President Obama. "Polls will go up, polls will go down," Obama's head of opinion research, David Simas, told...

Jon Stewart on Big Bird: 'Let It Go!'

Host fed up with Obama's Sesame Street obsession

(Newser) - Jon Stewart has had exactly enough of this Big Bird stuff from the Obama campaign. From stump speeches to a campaign ad , the big yellow guy is everywhere these days, Stewart noted on last night's Daily Show . The tipping point for the host: Will.i.am's appearance on...

Obama: I Was &#39;Too Polite&#39;
 Obama: I Was 'Too Polite' 
Oct 10, 2012 12:01 PM CDT

Obama: I Was 'Too Polite'

President suggests it won't happen at next debate

(Newser) - President Obama may have thought his first debate went OK at first, but now he, too, is criticizing his own performance. The Huffington Post picks up on an interview he gave this morning to Tom Joyner:
  • "I think it’s fair to say I was just too polite."
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Obama to Dems: Step Away From the Ledge

Meanwhile, Democrats look to Biden to get down and dirty

(Newser) - Chicken Little syndrome is running rampant among Democrats following President Obama's lackluster debate performance and subsequent polling turmoil, but prominent supporters are telling people to snap out of the freakout. Sure, maybe the Big Bird ad wasn't the salve many Dems craved, but insiders say the president's...

Sesame Street to Obama: Take Down Big Bird Ad

Daily Show offers right-wing dream of Sesame Street

(Newser) - Mitt Romney knows who America's real economic scourge is, and he's big and yellow. A cheeky new Obama campaign ad pokes fun at Mitt Romney's attack on Big Bird and PBS at the debate by labeling the children's icon an "evil genius who towered over"...

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