In the afternoon before the first of three presidential debates, the Drudge Report, a Web site with a large following, announced that a problematic videotape was coming. Stay tuned. Near the start of the evening newscasts, Drudge reported that FOX...
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Reverend Jeremiah Wright, senior pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2008.
Anatomy of a Political `News’ Hit
Romney to Middle-Class Families: `Tough-luck,’ Obama Ad Says
Without even directly addressing the “47 percent” equation that Republican Mitt Romney has added to the presidential election contest this week, President Barack Obama’s newest TV ad frames the campaign as a fight for the middle class against an uncaring...
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Rep. Paul Ryan during a campaign rally on Sept. 18, 2012 in Newport News, Virginia.
Romney: Note to Running Mate Ryan
When Mitt Romney first tried to explain his remarks about 47 percent of the American electorate being dependent on government — “victims,” as he put it, and unreachable politically for him — he called his words inelegant. Romney’s running mate...
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Mitt Romney is seen through a television camera's viewfinder as he speaks at a campaign fundraising event in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Sept. 18, 2012.
Romney’s Fox Talk: It’s `A Campaign’
Mitt Romney, given some time on Fox News this afternoon to explain his comment about 47 percent of the electorate being politically out of reach to him, downplayed it as a remark about the state of his contest with President...
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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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Mitt Romney with wife Ann on stage at the Republican National Convention.
Ann and Mitt Romney: `Not Nervous’
Ann and Mitt Romney were kicking back, watching Fox News. She had a big speech tonight. He has one Thursday night. Backstage at the Republican National Convention in Tampa tonight, the party’s presidential candidate was on hand to see his...
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Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist, in Manhattan in 1962.
Ryan’s Bounce: Ayn Rand Booksales
While Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney didn’t get an appreciable bounce after naming Paul Ryan as his running mate, the late Ayn Rand sure did. The philosopher who favored individualism over collectivism has won renewed attention with the choice of...
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Sarah Palin in The Woodlands, Texas.
Palin Won’t Take Convention Podium
Mitt Romney’s convention planners may be breathing a sigh of relief today — the question of what to do about Sarah Palin no longer confronts them. The polarizing 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee issued a statement last night to her...
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President Barack Obama during his visit to the U.S. Olympic Training center on Aug. 9, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Obama’s Socks, Romney’s Gold Medalists — Gaming the Olympics
Everyone wants a piece of the Olympics. The president, campaigning in Colorado today, stopped in at the U.S. Olympic Training Facility in Colorado Springs. He gave a shout-out to the U.S. Women’s Soccer team for “avenging” their World Cup loss. He...
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Ann Romney nimbly avoids her horse Rafalca during a photo op at the National Grand Prix Dressage Championship at the United States Equestrian Federation Festival of Champions.
Romney’s Rafalca: ‘Dancing Around the Issues,’ Pushing Boundaries?
There are TV ads, and there are videos. The TV ads are broadcast, or relayed by cable networks, to millions of Americans in battleground states, all aimed at influencing public opinion about the presidential election contest. The videos are rolled...
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