Tag: Mitt Romney

On Wednesday, AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka boasted of his organization’s aggressive ground game in the key states of  Ohio, Wisconsin, and Nevada. Noticeably missing from Trumka’s list were the pivotal swing states of Virginia and Florida where recent polls show Mitt

In an incisive column in the Washington Examiner, the dean of political analysts, Michael Barone, analyzes just why Mitt Romney is doing so well. Barone postulates that suburbanites who are more affluent are flocking to Romney. He notes that the

The overall number of Pennsylvania voters has decreased by three percent since 2008, according to state data, and the slump is hitting registered Democrats harder than Republicans. Democrat voter registration is down 5.1%, with 229,396 fewer voters, and Republicans are

In another sign of how questionable poll data is this year, Public Policy Polling unleashed a new Nevada poll on Wednesday showing that Barack Obama is leading Mitt Romney 51-47% overall in the state, and 61-39% among those who have

In the final days of the 2012 campaign, it looks like the Obama campaign has decided to peel away the veneer of “likeability” that his strategists had once considered an advantage over Mitt Romney.  Under pressure from an apparent Romney

New Hampshire is for the first time showing Mitt Romney topping President Obama in the presidential race. With less than two weeks to go, historically blue New Hampshire is showing a 50% Romney to 48% Obama result in Rasmussen’s latest

Winning the Battle vs. Winning the War  Sometimes you can win the battle and yet still lose the war–and that could well be the story of Barack Obama in his third debate against Mitt Romney. On points, Obama won the

As I write this, Barack Obama’s gal-pal Gloria Allred and the Boston Globe have aligned themselves with the Chicago Machine in a partisan crusade to launch an October Surprise against Mitt Romney. That we all know. What you might not

The presidential debates this month not only allowed Mitt Romney to break through the caricature of him painted by Obama and the media, they breathed life into the GOP base. At the end of the summer conventions, Democrat voters expressed

A new Center for Responsive Politics analysis out this week shows that despite President Obama slipping in the polls, he still has the love of many employees of the biggest players in Washington, D.C.: Google, Microsoft, Lawyers and Lobbying Firms.

There’s no question Donald Trump pulled yet another one of his classic publicity stunts today. Just a few minutes ago, as promised, he dropped a video announcing Big News. In this case, it was less about news and more about

President Barack Obama has spent the campaign season trying to disqualify and tear down Mitt Romney, but a new study has found Obama’s commercials actually energize voters to vote against the President, not his opponent. Evolving Strategies, a public opinion

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama refused to go on-the-record in an interview with the publisher and editor of The Des Moines Register, a prominent newspaper in Iowa. The Register is a left-of-center publication. Rick Green, the paper’s editor, wrote that Obama called him

Mitt Romney on Tuesday addressed over 10,000 people outside of Denver, Colorado and said the presidential debates have “supercharged” his campaign.  After the first presidential debate in Denver, a lopsided victory for the GOP candidate, the presidential race flipped, with Romney