Articles about “Election2012”
Video: Jon Stewart Grills Obama On Drowsy Debate, Benghazi Attack, Biden Swimwear
President Obama made his anticipated appearance on The Daily Show last night, talking to Jon Stewart about his vision for his second term, the financial crisis, Guantanamo Bay, his administration's response to the Benghazi attack, and...
Obama And Romney's 10 Best Jokes For Rich People At The Alfred Smith Dinner
Last night was the 67th annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner (the Catholic Archdiocese of New York’s big charity benefit) and this year the Archdiocese of New York welcomed both presidential candidates to the stage...
Bloomberg Opens Fire On Obama And Romney's Gun Control "Gibberish"
Mayor Bloomberg, with Manhattan DA Cy Vance and Commissioner Ray Kelly, holding an assault rifle after a gun bust last week (Anne Saunders/Gothamist). In last night's Presidential debate Governor Romney and President Obama were asked about...
Debate Hangover: Wide Awake Obama Wins, Mitt Miffed Over Rules
Viewers who were worried that last night's presidential debate was going to be a polite study in retail politics and pain-feeling were relieved to see President Obama and Mitt Romney reenact that fight scene from They...
"Binders Full Of Women": Mitt Romney's Pay Equity Answer Is Full Of It
Mitt Romney is a liar, Boston Phoenix journalist David Bernstein writes: "Romney's claim tonight, that he asked for such a study, is false."
Video: "Diva" Orthodox Jewish Candidate Mindy Meyer Brings Elephant To Fund-Raiser
It's been a while since we've heard from the Elle Woods-inspired ('cause she's in law school and loves pink, okay?) State Senate candidate, Mindy Meyer. But now we're ready to make up for lost time, because in...
Pizza Hut Blinks, Cancels Horrible Debate Publicity Stunt
If only Pizza Hut were as delicious as Pizza The Hutt. Remember when Pizza Hut announced that it wanted to subvert the democratic process in order to get some free publicity at tomorrow's presidential debate? Y'know,...
Upstate NY Town Sample Ballot Typo: "Barak Obama"
The Utica Observer-Dispatch noticed that the sample ballot for the November 6 election showed President Barack Obama's name as "Barak Obama." And Mitt Romney's name was suspiciously spelled correctly!
Malarkey Unleashed At VP Debate! Biden Shows Spirit, Smile Against Ryan
After last week's first 2012 presidential debate that basically freaked the hell out of liberals and shook up polls, last night's vice presidential debate was a 180. Both Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan...
Pizza Hut, Having Ruined Pizza, Now Targets America's Democratic Process
And also? What if you prefer your pizza without meat? Pizza Hut, you just lost our vote. Not that we were planning on ever going back to the pizza chain, but now we have a good...
So Jersey, So Racist: NJ Shop Window Features Obama As Witch Doctor
From a conservative activist, OF COURSE Hey, people—did you realize that Skuby & Co., based in Spring Lake, NJ, is "the premiere corporate casual to weekend menswear store in the Jersey shore area." Which is why...
Obama Ad Shows How Romney Sees Big Bird: As The "Menace To Our Economy"
Big Bird...or Big Brother? [Update Below] If the first Presidential debate cast the Obama campaign into a bottomless chasm of unrelenting darkness, his desperate advisers can at least find solace in one bright yellow beacon of...
Obama Loses 5 Point Lead Over Romney In Wake Of Debate, According To Gallup Poll
President Obama eats his feelings at an Ohio fudge shop. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) A national poll of registered voters shows that President Obama has lost a five point lead over Mitt Romney...
Conspiracy Theory: Did Romney Have A Cheat Sheet At The Debate?
If the Internet was made for anything besides cat videos, it was for spreading, analyzing and parsing conspiracy theories. And here's the hottest new one, which stems from the video clip below: did Mitt Romney have...
Romney: The "47%" Comment I Previously Stood By Is Now "Completely Wrong"
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney thumped his chest after his triumphant debate appearance by offering Fox News—a.k.a. the News Corp wing of his campaign—an "exclusive" interview. Sean Hannity decided to ask Romney about the topic that...
Video: Jon Stewart Has A Serious Talk About Obama's Debate Performance
So THAT is what Obama was working on during the debate! In case you weren't clear on how Wednesday night's debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney went, well, let Jon Stewart sum it up for...
Jobless Rate Now 7.8%, First Time Since January 2009
Party animals by Jagodka/Shutterstock Here's something for your debate hangover: About 114,000 jobs were added to the economy last month, pushing the unemployment rate below 8% to 7.8%. The NY Times reports, "The unemployment rate dropped...
Debate Hangover: Romney Won, Big Bird Lost, Obama Stayed Awake
Until last night, we never doubted that a few dedicated people screaming at their televisions could change the world. But no matter how loudly we shouted at Obama to roll up his sleeves and stop being...
NYC Ballots Getting Bigger Fonts For General Election
Still our favorite write-in option. Among the many headaches created by this month's primary election was the one many voters got just trying to read those damn tiny fonts on their ballots. But good news everyone!...
Mitt Romney's 2011 Tax Return: Made Almost $14 Million, Paid 14% Effective Tax Rate
Via Romney Facebook Former corporate raider and current Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has decided to release his full 2011 tax returns today, but as a preview, it was revealed that he and wife Ann reported...
Univision Investigates Makeup After Romney "Brownface" Incident
Republican presidential candidate has had a rough few weeks: First, he was upstaged by an empty chair at the RNC. Then he botched a response to Middle East violence. Next, a video him bitching and moaning...
Video: Jon Stewart Calls Fox News "Bullsh*t Mountain"
This week, Jon Stewart and the Daily Show team ripped into Mitt "Monty Burns" Romney for his 47% comments at a $50,000/plate fundraiser. But in the wake of the extremely viral videos, Fox News decided to...
Video: Jon Stewart Rips Mitt Romney For Being Cartoon Rich Person
Would Mitt Romney's father vote for him? Based on his 47% comments that have been burning up the internet this week, Jon Stewart thinks absolutely not. Stewart and the Daily Show team tackled the clips from...
Mitt Romney Asks For Full "Inelegant" Fundraiser Remarks, So Here's The Video
Yesterday, Mother Jones posted clips from a $50,000/plate Mitty Romney fundraiser—held at the home of a private equity guy who loves sex parties (hey, his wife dumped him for the 23-year-old tennis instructor)—which featured Romney telling...
Romney Stands By 47% Of Americans Suck Video: "Well, Um, It's Not Elegantly Stated"
Yesterday, as the Romney campaign was trying to reinvigorate its efforts after a lukewarm RNC and disastrous (to conservatives even!) response to the situation in the Middle East, video of Mitt Romney speaking to wealthy donors...
Video: Romney Tells Millionaires That 47% Of Americans Are Dependent Layabouts
Romney and his deputies at Bain Capital in the 1980s (Boston Globe / Bain Capital) Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is trying to convince America that he has the solution for their problems (who cares if...
Crochety Clint Eastwood Thinks Obama Is "Charming," Still Loathes Him
At the Republican National Convention earlier this month, Clint Eastwood eclipsed Mitt Romney, Chris Christie and Paul Ryan with his semi-incoherent invisible Obama speech/performance art. Although he gave the first post-speech scoop to his local paper,...
To Mitt Romney, "Middle Income" Is $200,000-250,000/Year
In other words—Romney agrees with President Barack Obama.
Crotchety Clint Eastwood Explains Origin Of Invisible Obama
"Get off my damn invisible chair, Obama" Clint Eastwood's rousing, perplexing, semi-coherent speech at the Republican National Convention last week was the political talk of the town, eclipsing Mitt Romney's own speech as well as inspiring...
Obama Promises Better America, Though It Will be Hard
President Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination on the final night of the party's national convention and told the audience, both in Charlotte, NC and in the rest of the country, "When all is said and...