Election 2012

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Man Commits Suicide Over Obama Victory

Fla. man scrawled 'F*** Obama' on will

(Newser) - A troubled Florida man appears to have chosen death over another four years of President Obama, police say. Officers who had been requested to conduct a welfare check found the body of Henry Hamilton, 64, next to two empty bottles of anxiety and schizophrenia medication in the Key West home...

Romney Losing 11 'Likes' Per Minute

But he still has 12M fans on Facebook

(Newser) - One of the consequences of losing a presidential election in the age of Facebook: You lose a lot of "likes," too. Mitt Romney has been getting "unliked" on Facebook at quite a quick clip, CNN reports. When the Washington Post took a look at his Facebook page...

Ryan: &#39;Oh Gosh,&#39; Loss Was &#39;Pretty Sad&#39;
 Ryan: 'Oh Gosh,' 
 Loss Was 'Pretty Sad' 
post-election interviews
Nov 13, 2012 8:48 AM CST

Ryan: 'Oh Gosh,' Loss Was 'Pretty Sad'

Former VP candidate gives first post-election interviews

(Newser) - Paul Ryan did a bit of a post-election media blitz yesterday—but no, he didn't reveal any plans to toss his hat into the 2016 ring , telling Madison's CBS affiliate WISC-TV it's too soon to discuss. "Oh gosh, we just finished a presidential election," Ryan...

Texas' Secession Petition to Get White House Review

Not because Obama takes it seriously ... it just got enough signatures

(Newser) - Will we soon be a nation of 49 states? Not a snowball's chance in hell. But the Houston Chronicle reports that residents of Texas who petitioned for the right to secede from the Union will indeed have their plea considered by the White House. That's not because the...

Congress Gets 1st Bisexual, Hindu Members

Open bisexual Kyrsten Sinema wins tight Az. race

(Newser) - Tammy Baldwin's victory in Wisconsin last week made her the first openly gay US senator, but she isn't the only "first" in the newly elected Congress.
  • Democrat Kyrsten Sinema has been declared the winner in a tight US House race in Arizona, making her the first openly
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Wife Blames Husband for Election, Runs Him Over: Cops

He's hospitalized in critical condition

(Newser) - President Obama's re-election? It was all the fault of one man, according to his wife—who allegedly ran him over and left him in critical condition, reports ABC 15 . Holly Solomon, 28, got into a shouting match with her husband Saturday in a parking lot in Gilbert, Arizona, because...

Gingrich: GOP Needs to 'Stop Talking,' Start Thinking

Newt Gingrich on the future of the Republican Party

(Newser) - In a less-than-subtle column for Politico , Newt Gingrich blasts the GOP for being downright "wrong" about pretty much everything from voter turnout to the best advertising messages to "the makeup of the electorate." Bottom line: "Republicans spent more and achieved less than Democrats in 2012,"...

Unhappy Voters in 20 States: Let's Secede From Union

They take their request to ... the Obama administration

(Newser) - Forget moving to Canada : Some disappointed American voters would like to stay in the USA ... so long as their state secedes from the Union. The blog Red Alert Politics takes a look at petitions posted to the White House's petitions page by residents demanding just that. Newser's count...

It's Official: Obama Wins Florida

Final electoral count is 332 to 206

(Newser) - See, that didn't take so long. Florida finished its count of absentee ballots today, and, as expected , President Obama won the state. The victory makes the final Electoral College tally 332 to 206. State officials say Obama won by roughly 74,000 votes out of about 8 million cast,...

Prosecutors Drop 220 Pot Cases in Washington State

... thanks to Tuesday's vote on legalization

(Newser) - Meet the 220 people happiest that Washington state voted to legalize small amounts of marijuana: the folks who faced criminal charges before Tuesday's vote but are now having those charges dismissed. Local authorities said yesterday they were dropping the 200-plus misdemeanor cases even though legalization doesn't take effect...

Sonny Bono's Widow Loses House Seat After 14 Years

Husband Connie Mack also lost Senate bid

(Newser) - A would-be DC power couple has ended up 0 for 2 in this year's election. Republican Mary Bono Mack—widow of Sonny Bono—conceded defeat last night in her House race against Democrat Raul Ruiz, reports the Hill . Bono Mack, who held the seat near Los Angeles for 14...

'Bronco Bama' Girl Happy Again

Abigael Evans doesn't have to hear election coverage anymore

(Newser) - Sure, Florida is still counting ballots, but this feels like a pretty good end to the election cycle. Little Abigael Evans, the 4-year-old who cried because she was sick of coverage about "Bronco Bama" and Mitt Romney, is smiling again. Her mom released a short clip of her being...

Romney's Get-Out-the-Vote App Failed Miserably

A volunteer says ORCA was a monumental screw-up

(Newser) - Before election day, the Romney campaign was touting something it called "Project ORCA," an app that was supposed to revolutionize and digitize the GOP's get-out-the vote efforts. How did it work out? Well one volunteer who was using it—John Ekdahl from the Ace of Spades HQ...

For Stumbling Fox, Megyn Kelly Is a Hero

She's smart, telegenic, and skips the GOP cheerleading: Noreen Malone

(Newser) - Fox News may still be licking its wounds after Karl Rove's " bizarre" moment on election night, but Megyn Kelly proved why she might just be the network's salvation, writes Noreen Malone at the New Republic . She was the shining star Tuesday night when she challenged Rove and...

Video of Tearful Obama Is Awesome

Mary Elizabeth Williams: It proves he's a 'leader with a heart'

(Newser) - A video now making the rounds shows President Obama shedding tears as he thanks young staffers in Chicago. Cynics are already having a field day, but Mary Elizabeth Williams at Salon thinks the clip will resonate among the president's supporters because it's "an affirmation of exactly who...

Romney&#39;s Next Job Will Be...
 Romney's Next Job Will Be... 
Nov 9, 2012 10:32 AM CST

Romney's Next Job Will Be...

People close to Mitt speculate about his future

(Newser) - When the bell tolled on Mitt Romney's presidential ambitions, he told his staff they'd just seen his final political campaign. But, he vowed, "I will not fall off the map," the New York Times reports. Now speculation is swirling over the former CEO's next gig....

'Shocked' Romney 'Hastily Composed' Concession

Why the campaign really thought it was going to win

(Newser) - Mitt Romney's surrogates weren't bluffing when they said they thought he would win; they expected Pennsylvania to be close, North Carolina to be a blowout, and Florida to be a comfortable win, they tell CBS News . When none of that happened, Romney "was shellshocked," one adviser...

Rove's New Claim: Obama 'Suppressed the Vote'

Argues on Fox News that Obama did so via negative ads

(Newser) - Karl Rove is not backing down: Though he seems to have accepted the fact that President Obama was, in fact, re-elected, Rove was back on Fox News yesterday to claim that Obama won by "suppressing the vote," the New York Daily News reports. How exactly did the president...

Nate Silver: GOP Better Adapt to 'New Reality'

Party faces 'structural disadvantage' unless it adjusts

(Newser) - Nate Silver has a right to gloat , but his first post-election blog post at the New York Times resists the urge. Well, mostly: He acknowledges a "very strong night" and links to a glowing CNET review . Silver does, however, admit to getting one thing wrong on election night: Turns...

Romney Adviser: We Lost Florida
Romney Adviser:
We Lost Florida
Nov 8, 2012 4:38 PM CST

Romney Adviser: We Lost Florida

Counting continues, but outcome looks certain

(Newser) - Three of Florida's big counties are still counting absentee ballots, but an adviser to Mitt Romney says it's all over: “We thought based on our polling and range of organization that we had done what we needed to win," Brett Doster tells the Miami Herald . "...

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