Articles filed under Political Figures
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Presidential politics reignites in Sandy’s wakeNov 01, 2012 9:06 am - ROANOKE, Va. — Presidential politics reignited in the wake of natural disaster Thursday, with the candidates beginning their full-throttle closing arguments with new vig...
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Romney, GOP suddenly plunging onto Democratic turfOct 30, 2012 8:54 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — Mitt Romney is suddenly plunging into traditionally Democratic-leaning Minnesota and Pennsylvania, and his GOP allies are trying to put Michigan into play....
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Romney China-made Jeep comments become Ohio campaign issueOct 30, 2012 2:00 pm - Mitt Romney's focus on Chrysler Group LLC's desire to build some Jeeps in China has spawned a TV ad battle in Ohio, where the Republican presidential candidate and Presi...
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Romney collects supplies in Ohio for storm victimsOct 30, 2012 1:44 pm - KETTERING, Ohio — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney collected relief supplies in Ohio on Tuesday in an attempt to strike the right tone after superstorm Sand...
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Nasty campaign tactics: Phony voting instructionsOct 30, 2012 11:15 am - MIAMI — With a week to go until Election Day, the nasty campaign tactics are coming out. People in Florida, Virginia and Indiana have gotten calls falsely telling them t...
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Sandy upends final week of presidential raceOct 30, 2012 11:15 am - KETTERING, Ohio — Superstorm Sandy’s mayhem is upending the final week of the presidential race, with President Barack Obama calling off another of the waning days left ...
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Nature slams campaigns into real worldOct 30, 2012 10:02 am - WASHINGTON — Suddenly, after drifting through months of confusing finger-pointing and iffy economic theory, the presidential candidates are getting walloped by an all-to...
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A week to go: Sandy disrupts presidential campaignOct 29, 2012 9:30 pm - WASHINGTON — Eight days before the election, President Barack Obama switched from campaigner to hands-on commander of the federal response to Superstorm Sandy as it barr...
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Hurricane Sandy upsets candidates’ campaign plansOct 28, 2012 7:26 pm - CELINA, Ohio — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama frantically sought to close the deal with voters with precious few days left in a...
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Advantage Obama in hunt for 270 electoral votesOct 28, 2012 6:30 pm - AMES, Iowa — President Barack Obama is poised to eke out a victory in the race for the 270 electoral votes needed to win re-election, having beaten back Republican Mitt ...