| Florida's I-4 corridor: The mother road of swing voters Posted: 04 Nov 2012 11:17 AM PST  Interstate 4 bisects the center of America's most notorious swing state, running 132 miles from Tampa, through Orlando and ending near Daytona Beach. Fifty-five percent of Florida voters live in the I-4 corridor. It is often where elections are decided in a state that has frequently switched sides, voting [...]
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| In final days of Obama campaign, little drama, plenty of passion Posted: 04 Nov 2012 12:48 PM PST  Win or lose Tuesday, the next two days will be the last President Barack Obama ever spends campaigning for public office, and he's coming to terms with it. "I've known him for 20 years. ... I've never seen him more exhilarated than he is right now," campaign strategist David Axelrod told a group of reporters [...]
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| Housing crisis looms as U.S. storm victims battle cold Posted: 04 Nov 2012 02:14 PM PST  A housing crisis loomed in New York City as victims of superstorm Sandy struggled on Sunday without heat in near-freezing temperatures, and officials fretted displaced residents would not be able to vote in Tuesday's presidential election. Fuel shortages and power outages lingered nearly a week after one of the worst storms in U.S. history flooded homes in coastal neighborhoods, leaving many without heat and in need of shelter in New York and New Jersey. ...
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| Obama focuses on turnout, Romney on Pennsylvania Posted: 04 Nov 2012 10:25 AM PST  Just two days from the finish, President Barack Obama's campaign is mobilizing a massive get-out-the-vote effort aimed at carrying the Democrat to victory, as Republican Mitt Romney makes a late play for votes in Democratic-leaning Pennsylvania.
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| Romney campaign: Sandy didn’t curb momentum Posted: 04 Nov 2012 11:26 AM PST  Mitt Romney's campaign is rejecting the suggestion made by a leading Republican official that Superstorm Sandy has stalled the Republican presidential nominee's momentum heading into Election Day. In an interview with CNN's "State of the Union," former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said, "The hurricane is what broke Romney's momentum. I don't think there is any [...]
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| Northeast power outages from Sandy finally fall below 2 million Posted: 04 Nov 2012 02:14 PM PST  The number of homes and businesses still without power nearly a week after Hurricane Sandy hit the U.S. Northeast fell to 1.9 million on Sunday morning, down from 2.5 million the previous afternoon, although a quarter of New Jersey and almost a tenth of New York remained in the dark, the Department of Energy said. As of Sunday, power had been restored to critical infrastructure and preparations were being made to ensure polling places would have power on Election Day. ...
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| Bill Clinton, Paul Ryan square off in Iowa op-eds Posted: 04 Nov 2012 08:41 AM PST  With President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney vying for eleventh-hour undecided voters in the battleground state of Iowa, former president and Obama surrogate Bill Clinton and Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan each penned op-eds published by the Des Moines Register on Sunday outlining the cases for their respective candidates. "This election is [...]
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| #HashOut on Location: What's the best reason to vote Romney? Posted: 04 Nov 2012 02:51 AM PST  For day two of Yahoo!'s HashOut on Location in Ohio, we drove from Cleveland to Columbus. On Friday, we asked people: What is the best reason to vote for Barack Obama on Election Day? On Saturday, we switched gears and asked: What is the best reason to vote for Mitt Romney on Election Day? Saturday [...]
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| Bomb shakes Damascus, opposition holds unity talks Posted: 04 Nov 2012 03:14 PM PST  A bomb exploded near army and security compounds in Damascus on Sunday, Syrian television said, and fractured opposition groups seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad began unity talks abroad to win international respect and arms supplies. The 50-kilogram (110-pound) bomb, near a large hotel in a heavily guarded district, was described by state media as an attack by "terrorists" - the government's term for insurgents in the 19-month-old uprising against Assad. ...
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| New oil workers key bloc in all-important ND Senate race Posted: 04 Nov 2012 02:13 PM PST  Shirley Meyer grew up on a ranch north of Dickinson, N.D., and has represented her rural district in the state House for a decade. But when she knocks on doors in her re-election campaign, she sometimes feels like a stranger in her own home.
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| Early voting extended at Florida site hit with bomb scare Posted: 04 Nov 2012 02:30 PM PST  MIAMI (Reuters) - Early voting was extended on Sunday at a central Florida polling site that was disrupted a day earlier by a bomb scare, and voters were allowed to cast absentee ballots in person in several other counties that had been plagued by long lines. Saturday was the last day for early voting in Florida, where polls showed Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney running neck-and-neck. But Orange County Elections Supervisor Bill Cowles reopened the polls at one site, a library in the Orlando suburb of Winter Park, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. ...
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| Forget war on women: Men’s vote could decide White House Posted: 04 Nov 2012 07:08 AM PST  A barrage of attention from the presidential candidates and the news media has been paid to "waitress moms," "Walmart women" and other exhibits of the female species this election, with pundits wondering whether the female gender gap, which works in the president's favor, will carry him over the top on Election Day. But the focus [...]
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| Abortion politics of 2012: Something God intended? Posted: 04 Nov 2012 06:39 AM PST  Happy birthday, abortion! You've bedeviled philosophers, politicians and doctors for 25 centuries! That's right: Since around the 5th-century B.C., when the Hippocratic Oath for physicians first contained a clause about abortion, we've driven ourselves insane over the implications of a simple, common, ancient medical procedure.
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| New York magazine publishes powerful Sandy cover Posted: 04 Nov 2012 06:49 AM PST  Like millions of other Con Ed customers, New York magazine's offices in lower Manhattan were without power last week in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. On Tuesday, they set up an "improvised newsroom" in midtown: "32 editors, photo editors, designers, and production specialists squeezed around a conference-room table, down the length of which snaked a [...]
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| Romney camp hoping for a systematic polling bias in Ohio Posted: 04 Nov 2012 06:05 AM PST  In the last two days, six new polls of Ohio voters have been released, five of which favor President Barack Obama, by leads of 6 points, 4 points, 4 points, 3 points and 2 points. The last reports a tie, from right-leaning Rasmussen, which gave former Gov. Mitt Romney a 2-point advantage last week. Obama [...]
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| Democrat Pelosi focused on U.S. election, mum on her future Posted: 04 Nov 2012 08:16 AM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Normally outspoken Nancy Pelosi is mum about her future. She won't say if she will step aside as Democratic leader of the U.S. House of Representatives if her party fails, as expected, to win back the chamber from Republicans in Tuesday's elections. Pelosi recently fanned speculation about her future by scheduling House Democratic leadership elections later than many anticipated, after the November 22 Thanksgiving Day holiday, rather than at the outset of the lame-duck session of the House that begins a week after the November 6 election. ...
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| As 2012 campaign nears finish, 2016 questions lurk Posted: 04 Nov 2012 11:54 AM PST  Relieved to see the long, costly 2012 presidential race end? The 2016 campaign is closer than you think.
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| U.S. soldier accused of Afghan rampage faces evidence hearing Posted: 04 Nov 2012 08:18 AM PST  SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. Army soldier accused of gunning down 16 Afghan villagers in a drunken rampage will face the military version of a preliminary hearing on Monday to determine if there is sufficient evidence to send him to a court martial. U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, a decorated veteran of four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan who could face the death penalty if convicted, is accused of walking off his base under cover of darkness and opening fire on civilians in their homes in at least two villages in March. ...
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| Coast Guard: Eight fuel tankers anchored in New York Harbor Posted: 04 Nov 2012 08:06 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eight fuel-carrying tankers are anchored offshore in the New York Harbor with traffic restrictions still in place after super storm Sandy pummeled the port and clogged it with debris, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Sunday. Four of the tankers were carrying petroleum products and the other four had crude oil onboard, according to the Coast Guard. Some of the tankers are transferring fuel to light barges that can easily enter the port and deliver supplies to working terminals. ... |
| Photos: Swing state voters share their stories Posted: 03 Nov 2012 06:00 PM PDT  Supporters look on as Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally at the Eastern Iowa Airport on October 24, 2012 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. |
