Romney's Transition Site. Who Won The Popular Vote In 2012? Barack Obama, Carla WindhorstPresident Barack Obama calls to thank volunteers in Wisconsin, at campaign office call center the morning of the 2012 election, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Chicago. Carla Windhorst is seated next to the president. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Jabrylle McClendon, center, waits at the front of the line to vote with her nephew,Terrell Ford, 7, as a woman who only identified herself as Dolores, takes a seat next to them before their polling place opened on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)Voters line up to cast ballots in the general election at Barrow County's Precinct 16 at Bethlehem Christian Academy, Tuesday morning, Nov. 6, 2012, in Bethlehem, Ga. (AP Photo/David Tulis)Voters line up to cast ballots in the general election at Barrow County's Precinct 16 at Bethlehem Christian Academy, Tuesday morning, Nov. 6, 2012, in Bethlehem, Ga.
Barack Obama Sings 'U Can't Touch This' You better believe it, suckers. Ahem. Sorry. We got carried away in all the euphoria there. But here's the reigning US president (er... "reigning" is the right word, isn't it?) Treating us all to a rousing rendition of MC Hammer's 'U Can't Touch This', courtesy of YouTube mash-up maestro baracksdubs. You know, it reminds us a little of Obama's equally catchy 'You Didn't Build That' from a couple of months back. Altogether now: "Stop! By the way, this seems as good a time as any to treat ourselves to a little reminder of some of Barack's coolest moments. Loading Slideshow (Via The Poke) SEATTLE TIMES: Pennsylvania touchscreen machine openly flips vote from Obama to Romney | No More Stolen Elections 2012. Obama wins the election! (on Twitter)
Can Twitter predict the outcome of the US election tomorrow? If our results are anything to go by then Barack Obama will be reelected. The data presented below are the result of some research that Adham Tamer, Ning Wang, Scott Hale and I (Mark Graham) carried out in order to see how visible both major presidential candidates are on Twitter. We collected about 30 million geocoded tweets between Oct 1 and Nov 1 and pulled out all references to Obama and Romney. You can see the initial results in the map below. We see that if the election were decided purely based on Twitter mentions, then Obama would be re-elected. In fact, the only states that Romney would win are Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Vermont.
If you want to explore the data in more detail, please play around with the interactive map below: We can also map the data using a sliding scale in order to better see how close the margin of victory is in each state. What do these data really tell us? Election Results. 2012 Presidential Election - Candidate Tracker. Christie gets call with the Boss, sells out Romney.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, helping people, pissing off GOP base. President Barack Obama was all over New Jersey last week after Hurricane Sandy, and its Republican governor and Mitt Romney keynote speaker Chris Christie was effusive in his praise. Obama returned the favor: Christie: I speak to President Obama every day; he put Bruce Springsteen on the phone. Romney re-returned the favor. New Jersey Gov. Christie has clearly decided that he has a better chance of getting reelected in 2013 than getting the GOP nomination in 2016. Jay-Z sings ’99 Problems But a Mitt Ain’t One’ at Obama rally | The Ticket. Hip-hop artist and entrepreneur Jay-Z performed at a rally for President Barack Obama in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, where he sang a version of his song "99 Problems" with the refrain, "99 Problems But a Mitt Ain't One. " "I changed this one up, I have to do it, I'm sorry.
I didn't get clearance from the Secret Service so if they come tackle me y'all save me," Jay-Z said onstage before Obama's speech. "I didn't get that vetted, so let's do that real fast before they come snatch me off this stage. " Here are the lyrics: If you're having girl problems I feel bad for you son I got 99 problems but a Mitt ain't oneI got the rap patrol on the gat patrol Foes that wanna make sure my casket's closed Rap critics that say he's "Money Cash Hoes" I'm from the hood stupid what type of facts are those?
More election coverage from Yahoo! President Barack Obama. BREAKING: Lawsuit Filed In Ohio Over Voting Machine Software. A lawsuit filed Monday, on the eve of the election by the co-chairman of the Ohio Green Party and editor of FreePress.org, Bob Fitrakis alleges that software in some Ohio voting machines makes the machines vulnerable to having votes altered after they are cast. The lawsuit involves machines made by Election Systems and Software out of Omaha, Nebraska, alleges that software on the machines could allow vote manipulation by non-election board officials.
The lawsuit comes days after FreePress.org published a report claiming that Husted had done an “end run” around Ohio law by installing the software on the vote tabulators in the weeks leading up to to the election. According to the report, the software was installed on machines that will be used by more than 4 million registered voters, including those in major metropolitan areas such as Cleveland and Columbus.
FreePress claimed it obtained a copy of the contract for the software from a source at Husted’s office. How Early Voting Prevented Ohioans From Choosing Between Their Paycheck And Their Vote. By Scott Keyes on November 5, 2012 at 6:00 pm "How Early Voting Prevented Ohioans From Choosing Between Their Paycheck And Their Vote" DAYTON, Ohio — “Today is the first day in the last seven that I’ve been outside,” David Ellis, a heavy-set African American man, told me as he waited at the back of the line in Springfield to vote.
Ellis had just been released from the hospital earlier that day following major surgery. “I can’t stand out here long,” he said as he leaned on his black cane. What if there weren’t early voting on Monday, I asked. “I would’ve been a no-vote,” Ellis said, letting out a hearty chuckle. Whether he knew it or not, Ellis came within a hair’s breadth of being a no-vote. ThinkProgress traveled around southwest Ohio Monday, when voters were allowed to cast ballots from 8am to 2pm, to speak with people waiting in line at early polling locations. Voters in line at the 1.5-hour wait mark in Greene County However, the shortened early voting hours brought about long lines. Robocalls from GOP give false voting locations to Democrats (VIDEO) Lemmy: Mitt Romney Is a 'Monster'
Presidential Polls 2012: Obama's Battleground Advantage Holds. Situation RoomMay 1, 2011: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Seated, from left, are: Brigadier General Marshall B. "Brad" Webb, Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command; Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Standing, from left, are: Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President; Audrey Tomason Director for Counterterrorism; John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
Please note: a classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured. Polls 2012: Barack Obama Leads Mitt Romney With One Day Remaining. WASHINGTON -- With just one day remaining in the 2012 race for president, the polling picture is now virtually complete. President Barack Obama continues to hold narrow but significant leads over Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in enough battleground states to put him over the 270 electoral votes needed for victory. The sheer volume of data tells us that Obama's leads in the tipping point states like Ohio and Nevada are not a matter of random chance, and there are no signs of any late breaks to Romney.
If anything, the latest national polls appear to indicate a slight uptick in Obama's favor. The only real remaining question is whether the the final polling averages will prove to be accurate or whether some systematic error in the swing state surveys is concealing a hidden Romney advantage that will reveal itself when all the votes are counted. Before weighing those possibilities, consider the dozen or so new national polls released on Sunday. . • Cell phone only voters.
Ohio Romney Rally - Interviews with Supporters. Organic Bytes #353: Do or Die in California: OCA's Final Plea. The final Pepperdine pre-election poll on the November 6 Proposition 37 California ballot initiative to label genetically engineered foods came out October 30. After enjoying a 26-point lead for the past six months, our side is now supposedly 10 points behind in the polls. The online poll, which in theory has a margin of error of 3-5%, was conducted before our Yes on Prop 37 TV ads finally began running last weekend.
But the results are nonetheless alarming. We still enjoy a lead among those who don't watch TV, but the opposition's ads have turned huge numbers of California TV-watchers against us. For a full month Monsanto and their allies have pounded the California airwaves with nearly $50 million in TV and radio ads, spewing lies about how mandatory labeling for genetically engineered food will mean higher costs for consumers, lawsuits clogging the courts, "confusing" labels and poor farmers and grocers facing "nightmares of paperwork. " Spread the Word: No More Stolen Elections. U.S. Adds 1.1 Million Millionaires Under President Obama: Report. Debate over the strength of the U.S. economy has been at the heart of much of this year's presidential election.
Mitt Romney has continually slammed President Barack Obama on his economic record and accused him of being "anti-wealth," but a recent survey from British analyst WealthInsight reports the U.S. has added 1.1 million millionaires since Obama was elected in 2008. According to the London-based wealth-analysis group, the figure means the number of millionaires has grown by 28.6 percent. This is equivalent to over a thousand new millionaires per day during Obama’s first three years, according to a press release obtained by The Huffington Post. "It doesn't really fit the campaign rhetoric that one side is against the rich and the other is for," WealthInsight analyst Christopher Rocks said.
"The total number of millionaires is growing and will continue to grow whether Obama or [Mitt] Romney is elected. " Also on HuffPost: The Romneys’ Hands Caught In The Cookie Jar, Time For Mitt To Prove Himself. It was learned yesterday that Mitt and Ann Romney have more than likely broken ethics laws. The law is simple; The Nation.com writes: Federal law requires that candidates disclose stock holdings that are affected by government action—and Romney’s million-dollar (at least) investment in a hedge fund that bought up Delphi stocks surely fits that bill… Under any rational interpretation of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, these are holdings that a presidential candidate would need to disclose, because they can be affected by government action.”“ On Thursday afternoon, UAW President Bob King and SEIU Vice President Tom Woodruff, among others, called for an official investigation into Mitt Romney’s investments and the possible ethics violations stemming from those investigations.
Mitt’s investments in Delphi stock, through a blind trust in Ann Romney’s name, is the center of attention because the investments clearly raise concerns of violations. Here is a copy of the letter. B.3cdn.net/seiumaster/1c197ea2a98d79cf03_irm6b5bkf.pdf. Larry Flynt Offers Richard Mourdock $1 Million Rape Challenge. When Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock declared he opposes aborting pregnancies conceived in rape because "it is something that God intended to happen," he came under a lot of fire.
While he's apologized if he offended people for the controversial comment, he has stuck to his guns. "You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube, you can't unring the bell," Mourdock said. Now, Hustler publisher Larry Flynt is offering $1 million to Mourdock if the Tea Party favorite can prove his statement that “even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen.” Flynt also suggests that divine intervention must have happened for Mourdock to make the statements in the first place.
"I assume that you would not have made this statement unless you had been authorized by God. Flynt is only giving Mourdock until 8 p.m., Nov. 5, 2012, to submit the information in order to collect the cash. So far, Mourdock hasn't responded to the offer. mourdock. The Second Coming: Mitt flips out when asked about the whole ‘Jesus in Missouri’ thing. New Ad Attacks Romney For Leading 'Gang Of Bullies'
Affordable Care Act. President Clinton Explains Mitt Romney's $5 Trillion Tax Cut. Campagne présidentielle 2012. Early Voting — California — GottaVote. Romney Admits Limited Understand of the World Economy (VIDEO) Meatloaf Butchers America the Beautiful for Romney. Election Beast. Republican operatives caught throwing away Democratic voter registration forms - Detroit liberal. A Republican funded voter registration operation in Harrisonburg, VA was found to be throwing away voter registration forms of people who did not identify themselves as Republicans. GOP employee Colin Small, 31, was arrested by police after multiple witnesses watched him throw away voter registration forms in a dumpster.
Those forms were recovered and given to police. The Republican party is denying any involvement or responsibility for the actions of their surrogate to whom they paid a salary. Small was originally hired by Strategic Allied Consulting, a known right-wing front that has been previously connected to cases of voter fraud around the nation. It is a felony in Virginia to accept a voter registration form while not turning it in. The L.A. Romney Blocked Birth Certificates for Gay Couples' Children. Since winning his party’s nomination, Mitt Romney has attempted to appeal to moderate voters on a variety of issues to include gay rights. For instance, at the recent Univision “Meet the Candidates” forum with Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas in Miami Romney stated that he felt gays should be allowed to “raise a family as they would choose“.
“My view is this, that individuals should be able to pursue a relationship of love and respect, and raise a family as they would choose.” However, this “severely moderate” viewpoint is directly contradicted by revelations disclosed by the Boston Globe today, regarding his efforts as governor of Massachusetts to thwart the issuance of routine birth certificates for the children of gay couples.
“It seemed like a minor adjustment. But to then-Governor Mitt Romney, who opposed child-rearing by gay couples, the proposal symbolized unacceptable changes in traditional family structures. Romney also has publicly sneered at LGBT families. WHOA: Romney Backs Candidate Who Says Rape Pregnancies Are Intended By God. Obama Schools Romney On The Fact That We Have ‘Fewer Horses And Bayonets’ 10 Lies And Blunders That Say A LOT About Whether Mitt Romney Is Fit To Be President.
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Rachel Maddow Rips Mitt Romney For Lies In Campaign Ads. Five Guys Took A Boy Band Anthem And Created One Of The Best Romney Parodies, Hands Down. This Video MIGHT Stop Romney From Becoming President. Rachel Maddow Rips Mitt Romney For Lies In Campaign Ads.