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How to Follow Ohio&#39;s Results
 How to Follow Ohio's Results 
Nov 6, 2012 10:00 AM CST

How to Follow Ohio's Results

By tonight, we might know who's ahead, but not who's won

(Newser) - All eyes are on the swing state of Ohio tonight, but when polls close at 7:30pm, there's a good chance we won't know anything for certain. For those following at home, here's what we'll know, when we'll know it, and what factors could make...

Here's How It Feels to Lose the Presidential Election

The 'Daily Beast' talks to three men who know firsthand

(Newser) - You campaign for months—years, even—only to lose it all on Election Day. That can't feel great, right? The Daily Beast found out exactly how bad it feels by talking to Walter Mondale (who lost to Ronald Reagan in 1984), Michael Dukakis (who lost to George HW Bush...

Rove: Romney's Going to Win a Squeaker

Poll numbers, early results all in Romney's favor, says Karl Rove

(Newser) - Political guru Karl Rove may be predicting a Mitt Romney win next week, but at least he's keeping his predictions more modest than Dick Morris' " landslide ." Instead, Rove notes in the Wall Street Journal that Romney has a thin lead in national polls—he's ahead in...

Will Sandy Rain on Campaign?
 East Coast Braces for Sandy 
Oct 29, 2012 7:35 AM CDT

East Coast Braces for Sandy

Storm could toss election up in the air

(Newser) - Want to hear God laugh? Make a plan in the path of a Category 1 Frankenstorm. Sandy is disrupting lives and presidential campaign schedules all along the East Coast. Here's what's happening:
  • Both President Obama and Mitt Romney have canceled events in Virginia, and Obama today canceled a
...

Bob Dole: Losing Wasn&#39;t So Bad
 Bob Dole: 
 Losing Wasn't So Bad 
OPINION
Sep 29, 2012 12:27 PM CDT

Bob Dole: Losing Wasn't So Bad

Former senator and presidential wannabe says it opened a whole new world

(Newser) - Bob Dole knows what it's like to come out on the losing end of a presidential election, twice over. Not only did the former Senate majority leader lose to Bill Clinton, he was Gerald Ford's running mate 20 years earlier in the loss to Jimmy Carter. In DC,...

Mexican Candidates Would Yank Army From Drug War

US concerned over frontrunner Peña Nieto

(Newser) - Mexico will choose a new leader on July 1—and whoever it is, the country's drug war is set for big changes. The three frontrunners say they want the army to drop its anti-drug efforts, arguing that its involvement, championed by current President Felipe Calderon, has resulted in increased...

France's Le Pen Endorses ... Blank Ballot

Far-right leader doesn't get behind Francois Hollande or Nicolas Sarkozy

(Newser) - Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is refusing to endorse either candidate in France's presidential runoff and says she will cast a blank protest ballot. Le Pen, who came in a strong third place in the first round of voting April 22, told her supporters at a big rally in...

Boehner: Americans Won&#39;t Vote for a Loser

 Boehner: 
 Americans 
 Won't Vote 
 for a Loser 
talk show roundup
Apr 29, 2012 11:56 AM CDT

Boehner: Americans Won't Vote for a Loser

Romney's a winner because he's rich, he says

(Newser) - Americans hate "losers," and won't vote for one, House Speaker John Boehner insisted today. That means Mitt Romney, whose wealth makes him a "winner," has a good shot at becoming president, Boehner explained on CNN's State of the Union . Americans "don't want...

George McGovern Hospitalized
 George McGovern Hospitalized
Apr 5, 2012 2:12 AM CDT

George McGovern Hospitalized

He's having tests to find fainting cause: daughter

(Newser) - George McGovern has been hospitalized in Florida for tests, his daughter said yesterday. The former South Dakota senator and one-time presidential candidate was admitted to a St. Augustine hospital so doctors can determine why he occasionally passes out and loses his ability to speak, reports the Sioux Falls Argus Leader...

Cops Break Up Anti-Putin Rally

Moscow police storm protest against yesterday's election

(Newser) - Riot police today quickly and forcefully broke up an opposition attempt to occupy a downtown square in a bid to challenge Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's victory in Russia's presidential election, arresting dozens of participants, including some prominent opposition leaders. The harsh police action could fuel the opposition anger...

Conservative Groups Eclipsing GOP as Campaign Organizers
Shadow Campaigns
Taking Over GOP
Oct 30, 2011 4:20 PM CDT

Shadow Campaigns Taking Over GOP

Supreme Court allowed groups to spend freely

(Newser) - Conservative groups operating outside the public eye are carrying much of the water for Republican campaigns, the New York Times reports. Thanks to a Supreme Court decision that uncaps contribution limits, right-wing organizations like Americans for Prosperity and Karl Rove's American Crossroads are spending hundreds of millions of dollars—...

Why President Obama Should Resign Now: Steve Chapman


 Bow Out 
 Now, Obama 
opinion
Sep 19, 2011 3:42 PM CDT

Bow Out Now, Obama

'The vultures are starting to circle': Chapman

(Newser) - "The vultures are starting to circle" a president who can't solve the economy, can't excite his base, and "can't even sneak a cigarette," Steve Chapman writes in the Chicago Tribune . "But there is good news" for President Obama, Chapman insists: "I checked...

Pennsylvania Rule Change by GOP May Doom Obama
Pennsylvania Rule Change
by GOP May Doom Obama
in case you missed it
Sep 17, 2011 7:00 PM CDT

Pennsylvania Rule Change by GOP May Doom Obama

State may switch from winner-take-all in Electoral College

(Newser) - Pennsylvania Republicans are proposing a radical change in how the state divvies up its electoral votes that could have a huge impact on the 2012 election. The plan, which is being championed by Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi and already has the governor’s support, would switch Pennsylvania from a...

GOP Election-Law Rewrites Pose Threat to Dems

Minorities, young people targeted in new rules, say voting-rights groups

(Newser) - Pennsylvania’s Republicans aren’t the only ones instituting voting laws likely to hurt Democrats. Some 12 states have begun requiring voters to carry picture ID; Florida and Ohio have reduced early-voting time; and Florida has cracked down on ex-felons voting, the Washington Post reports. Republicans say they want...

Yet Another Cave-In to GOP Shows Obama in a 'Bubble'

He seems unaware of how weak he looks: Cenk Uygur

(Newser) - Cenk Uygur heaves a big sigh on behalf of progressives over President Obama's decision to postpone his jobs speech at the behest of Republicans. Obama comes off looking weak and defeated yet again, writes Uygur in Salon . He once held out hope that this pattern was part of a...

Cracks Form in Putin-Medvedev Partnership

Lower-ranking politicians fired as tensions flare ahead of Russian election

(Newser) - After three years of relative harmony, cracks are emerging in Russia’s dual leadership ahead of this year’s presidential elections—and the country’s elite has “spent the whole last month on the verge of a nervous breakdown,” unsure who to support, wrote a Russian economist. Divisions...

Nigerian Riots Leave Charred Corpses, Houses, Cars

At least 31 bodies found in Kaduna alone

(Newser) - The deadly rioting following Nigeria's presidential election has gotten worse: Mobs yesterday ran the streets of Kaduna, which separates the country's Muslim north from the Christian south, burning homes, churches, and police stations and leaving charred bodies in the streets. The AP reports that Muslim rioters started the...

Martelly Wins Haiti Presidency

Preliminary results show he took 68% against Mirlande Manigat

(Newser) - Musician Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly scored a come-from-behind victory today in Haiti's presidential runoff, according to preliminary results from last month's election. Martelly, who has never held political office, received nearly 68% of the vote in the two-way race with Mirlande Manigat, electoral council spokesman Pierre Thibault said in...

Michele Bachmann Outraises Mitt Romney

She pulls in $2.2M in first quarter, more than Mitt's $1.9M

(Newser) - Who's the front-runner, again? Michele Bachmann raised $2.2 million in the first quarter of 2011, easily trumping Mitt Romney's $1.9 million, reports Fox News . Bachmann pulled in $500,000 through her political action committee (MichelePAC) and $1.7 million through her congressional re-election fund. The latter money could...

Wyclef Jean Shot in Hand in Haiti

Treated for gunshot as Haiti goes to vote

(Newser) - As his country goes to vote for the presidential race he was barred from, it's oddly Wyclef Jean who's instead making news. The Haitian-born singer has been released from a hospital outside Port-au-Prince after he was shot in the hand last night, reports the AP . A rep for Jean, as...

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