Updated at 6:15 pm EDT: With 67.2 million people tuning in to the presidential debate last night, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney drew an audience 28 percent bigger than the first face-off between then-candidate Obama and challenger John...
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President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are seen at the Lavanderia coin laundry during their televised debate on October 3, 2012 in Miami.
Debates: 67 Million Watch, Fox No. 1
Washington Daybook: Playoffs Begin
On the final day of baseball’s regular season, Mitt Romney went into last night’s debate needing a home run after weeks of setbacks left him trailing in the polls to President Barack Obama. By many accounts, he hit a grand...
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Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama during the Presidential Debate at the University of Denver on October 3, 2012 in Colorado.
Obama-Romney: Lasting Impressions
Updated at midnight EDT For all the anticipation of the first presidential debate, the lasting impressions may be few. Republican Mitt Romney scored with a forceful debating stance, but left the stage without a memorable line. President Barack Obama reeled...
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Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich walks the floor during the Republican National Convention.
Gingrich Shocker: Romney Wins!
You don’t hear this every day (or year) — Newt Gingrich admitting another pol got the best of him. He did it this afternoon on CNN, when discussing the opening debate — Oct. 3 — between President Barack Obama and...
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Bill Clinton speaks during the Democratic National Convention.
Bill Clinton On Romney’s 47% — Americans Easily `Confused’
Bill Clinton, former two-term president and philanthropist-in-chief now, knows something about retail politics. He also plays softball pretty well: Fareed Zakaria, host of the CNN Sunday talk show in his name, asked Clinton in an interview airing Sunday about Republican...
Read more »Economy Will Improve, Voters Say
It’s getting better all the time. So say more than two-thirds of likely voters, saying they expect the U.S. economy to improve next year. More than half say that former President George W. Bush’s policies, not those of President Barack...
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Delegates during day three of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
Obama Over Romney Post-Conventions: ABC/Post, Gallup, CNN
President Barack Obama gained a 6 percentage point advantage over Republican Mitt Romney among registered voters following the Democratic National Convention, according to a poll which also finds a virtual tie among those most likely to vote. The president’s position...
Read more »Obama’s Audience Off from 2008 — Romney Competed with Eastwood
President Barack Obama drew a bigger national television audience at his convention than Republican nominee Mitt Romney did at his, the ratings show. Yet TV viewership this year was off from 2008, according to Nielsen Media Research. Fox News ruled...
Read more »Portman on Stage: Ain’t Talkin’ Rob
So the Democratic Party is the Hollywood party, right? Clint Eastwood and Jon Voight notwithstanding. So this is a party not to be outdone by the surprise cameo appearance of Eastwood at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, where he...
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Fox News interview with Ronald Reagan's son Michael Reagan during the RNC in Tampa.
Fox News: 36 pct of Convention View
Who was watching Mitt Romney accept his party’s presidential nomination? A lot of Fox News Channel viewers. With about 25 million tuning in, more than 9 million punched Fox. The ratings from Nielsen Media Research show 9.1 million tuning in...
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