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Sep 12, 2012 1:01 AM CDT

Poll: Europeans Don't Like Mitt

Mitt's ratings dismal in UK, France, Germany, but better in Pakistan

(Newser) - Europeans say a resounding no, non, and nein to the prospect of a Mitt Romney presidency, according to a YouGov poll. The poll found a surprising level of distaste for the Republican nominee in the UK, France, and Germany, with only about one in 20 people saying he would make...

Romney Would Reform,
Not Repeal, ObamaCare

OPINION

Sep 11, 2012 1:21 PM CDT

Romney Would Reform, Not Repeal, ObamaCare

His record in Massachusetts is a good indicator: Eric Convey

(Newser) - It seems as if Mitt Romney's tenures at Bain and the Olympics get more scrutiny than his governorship in Massachusetts, writes Eric Convey in the Wall Street Journal . Which is a shame, because his "practical, businessman's approach to governing" in the state probably provides a good guide...

Pols Avoid Ground Zero
as Cost Debate Rages

Sep 11, 2012 7:59 AM CDT

Pols Avoid Ground Zero as Cost Debate Rages

Obama, Romney put negative ads on hold

(Newser) - For the first time, no elected officials will speak at Ground Zero on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the AP reports. While many hailed the change as a separation of 9/11 from any sort of political agenda—"The fact that the politicians will not be involved, to...

Romney Slams
Striking Chicago
Teachers

Sep 11, 2012 4:21 AM CDT

Romney Slams Striking Chicago Teachers

White House trying to stay neutral

(Newser) - Mitt Romney, a frequent critic of teachers' unions, has been handed plenty of ammunition by the Chicago teachers' strike , reports the Chicago Sun-Times . The unions "have too often made plain that their interests conflict with those of our children, and today we are seeing one of the clearest examples...

Romney
Camp: We're
Not Losing

Sep 11, 2012 12:26 AM CDT

Romney Camp: We're Not Losing

Sources scramble to hose down good poll news for Obama

(Newser) - Mitt Romney's campaign was scrambling yesterday to reverse any impression that the candidate might be slipping into election oblivion. A GOP campaign pollster conceded that, yes, maybe President Obama got a bounce out of the Democratic National Convention, but he warned voters not to get "too worked up...

First Time Since April:
Obama Outraises Romney

Sep 10, 2012 7:46 AM CDT

First Time Since April: Obama Outraises Romney

Pulls in $114M to Mitt's $111M

(Newser) - President Obama's campaign outraised Mitt Romney's in August, marking a first since the spring. Obama raised $114 million, just squeaking by Romney's $111 million, Reuters reports. It's a small gap compared to July, when Romney's $101 million dwarfed Obama's $75 million. But Obama's...

If Facebook Fans Could Elect the President ...

If Facebook
Users Could
Elect the
President...

study says

Sep 10, 2012 12:30 AM CDT

If Facebook Users Could Elect the President...

Obama would win, but quilters like Mitt

(Newser) - If all of America were made up of people with Facebook pages, President Obama would win hands down, Forbes has discovered. As of yesterday, Obama rocked with 28.5 million Facebook fans, while Romney tallied a paltry 6.6 million So who goes for Obama in the Facebook universe? Video...

Romney: Yeah,
I Like Parts of
ObamaCare

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Sep 9, 2012 9:32 AM CDT

Romney: Yeah, I Like Parts of ObamaCare

Candidate gives interview to David Gregory

(Newser) - Mitt Romney made a rare appearance on Meet the Press this morning, along with wife Ann Romney, and notably admitted that not all of ObamaCare is bad, reports Politico . “I'm not getting rid of all of health care reform,” Romney said. “Of course, there are a...

Obama
Pulls Ahead

Latest Polls

Sep 9, 2012 7:37 AM CDT

Obama Pulls Ahead

Obama gains momentum in swing states, makes tough road for Romney

(Newser) - President Obama's DNC acceptance speech may have inspired more yawns than fervor , but the latest polls are showing him a clear advantage, especially in several key swing states, reports Politico . Republican officials admit that their in-house tracking polls show Obama with a high-single-digits lead in crucial battleground state Ohio....

Larry Flynt:
$1M for
Romney's
Tax Returns

Sep 9, 2012 6:50 AM CDT

Larry Flynt: $1M for Romney's Tax Returns

Hustler publisher puts ads in major newspapers to dig up info

(Newser) - Hustler publisher Larry Flynt is ready to cough up a cool $1 million for an up close and personal look at something lusted after by Democrats everywhere: Namely, Mitt Romney's tax returns. Flynt is offering the reward to anyone who can dig up new evidence of the GOP candidate'...

Now Obama Tells
Birther Joke

Sep 9, 2012 5:42 AM CDT

Now Obama Tells Birther Joke

Last month, Dems slammed Romney for making similar joke

(Newser) - Apparently Mitt Romney isn't the only presidential candidate who likes to make a birther crack, because President Obama chimed in with his own yesterday. While at a campaign stop in Orlando, Obama was told a 6-year-old boy at the table was born in Hawaii. "You were born in...

Polls Suggest 'Decent' Bounce for Obama

nate silver

Sep 8, 2012 10:41 AM CDT

Polls Suggest 'Decent' Bounce for Obama

He ticks up in the major ones: Nate Silver

(Newser) - Nate Silver sifts through the latest polls and finds good news for President Obama after the Democratic convention, he writes at his FiveThirtyEight blog for the New York Times:

Gallup: Obama leads Mitt Romney by 3 points, up from 1. The president's Gallup approval ratings also rose, to 52%.

...

Mitt Romney:
Jobs Report
Is Post-Party
'Hangover'

OPINION ROUNDUP

Sep 7, 2012 9:52 AM CDT

Mitt Romney: Jobs Report Is Post-Party 'Hangover'

Will it affect the election? Analysts offer mixed reactions

(Newser) - Mitt Romney is pouncing on today's jobs report , which found lowered unemployment but fewer jobs created than were expected. "If last night was the party, this morning is the hangover. For every net new job created, nearly four Americans gave up looking for work entirely," Romney says...

'The Choice
Could Not
Be Clearer'

Dem convention

Sep 6, 2012 10:07 PM CDT

'The Choice Could Not Be Clearer'

'Road is hard, but it leads to better place,' says Obama

(Newser) - A smiling, supremely confident Barack Obama took charge of the stage tonight at the Democratic National Convention to repeatedly stress the dramatic choice Americans have in this election, and reveal a vision for the future, which he compared to the "bold experimentation" of Franklin Roosevelt. The president decided to...

Putin Explains Why
Group Sex Is Great

Interview

Sep 6, 2012 10:15 AM CDT

Putin Explains Why Group Sex Is Great

...something about not having to 'hit the ball all the time'

(Newser) - Ladies of Russia, take note: Vladimir Putin might just be into orgies. In an interview with Russia Today , Putin threw out an off-handed comment on the upside of group sex while discussing Pussy Riot, the Telegraph notes. Putin says that Pussy Riot—which he faults for making "everyone say...

Hackers
Claim to
Have Mitt's
Tax Returns

Sep 6, 2012 6:10 AM CDT

Hackers Claim to Have Mitt's Tax Returns

They demand $1M ransom

(Newser) - An unidentified team of hackers say they've stolen Mitt Romney's tax returns and will make them public unless his campaign forks out $1 million in "ransom." The hackers say they made off with Romney's pre-2010 returns after gaining access to a PriceWaterhouseCoopers office in Tennessee,...

Clinton
Rocks the
Rafters

dem convention

Sep 5, 2012 10:31 PM CDT

Clinton Rocks the Rafters

Obama's cleaning up GOP mess, says attacker-in-chief

(Newser) - The Democrats unleashed their silver attack fox tonight, as Bill Clinton dusted off his convention chops to debunk a host of charges leveled against President Obama by Mitt Romney—and earned a hug afterward from the president himself. Clinton first formally placed Barack Obama's name into nomination, saying he...

Axed Workers at Bain Plants Slam Romney Pain

dem convention

Sep 5, 2012 9:26 PM CDT

Axed Workers at Bain Plants Slam Romney Pain

Mitt's got lots of experience cutting ... jobs, they say

(Newser) - Who triggered some of the biggest boos for Mitt Romney at the Democratic National Convention tonight? Three workers who lost their jobs after their companies were taken over by Romney's Bain Capital. “Mitt Romney said, 'I like to fire people,'” noted Randy Johnson, whose work...

Fact-Checkers Ding
Democrats, Too

Sep 5, 2012 2:00 PM CDT

Fact-Checkers Ding Democrats, Too

Democrats fudge figures, misrepresent Romney policies

(Newser) - Fact-checkers raked Republicans over the coals during their convention, but Democrats haven't exactly been squeaky clean, either. Here are some of the distortions spotted on night one of the convention:

Julian Castro said the Romney-Ryan budget would "gut Pell grants." Paul Ryan's budget doesn't actually

...

'Are You Better Off?'
Well, It's Irrelevant

Ezra Klein

Sep 5, 2012 12:27 PM CDT

'Are You Better Off?' Well, It's Irrelevant

Ezra Klein points out that the president's 'record' doesn't mean a ton

(Newser) - Mitt Romney has been feverishly reciting Ronald Regan's famous quote: "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" But that's a "dumb campaign question," Ezra Klein writes for Bloomberg , because "four years ago, George W. Bush was still president." Romney himself...