“[Mitt Romney] will bring back the foreign policy of the 1980s, the social policy of the 1950s and the economic policy of the 1920s.” — President Barack Obama The finale of the trio of presidential debates between incumbent President Barack Obama[1]and Republican Party hopeful, Mitt Romney[2], didn’t offer the pyrotechnics of the first and, perhaps, even the second debate. What the showdown at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida did prove was that in a proper setting, there is no more effective debater than President Obama when it comes to being clear in delivery and facts. Using the numbers from a variety of snap polls over the night, it appears the “undecideds” have given the nod to the POTUS as well. RELATED: Fact Vs. Fiction: 3rd Presidential Debate[3] From pundits and commentators on television, to a variety of folks chiming in via social media channels[4], it is clear that Obama won tonight’s debate. For much of the pivotal foreign policy face-off, Obama looked his opponent s ...
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama (pictured left) and Republican challenger Mitt Romney (pictured) are returning to the sometimes-nasty rhetoric of a close presidential campaign after a brief truce, renewing their focus on two battleground states and preparing for next week’s final, perhaps pivotal, debate. SEE ALSO:Mitt Romney And The Politics Of Disrespect[1] Romney and Obama set aside their differences — mostly — to poke fun of themselves and each other Thursday night at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner[2]. On Friday, it’s back to campaigning in Florida and Virginia, two of just a handful of states that will decide the election, now less than three weeks away. Obama was planning a speech at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., rallying college students in the northern part of the state. Romney was to fly to Daytona Beach, Fla., for a rally with running mate Paul Ryan. While they’re both focused on the South, an NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls released T ...
Rosie Perez mocks Mitt Romney over his “it would be easier if I were Latino” comments in a video posted on actually.org[1]. And boy, is it funny! SEE ALSO: The Origins Of ‘Ratchet’ [2] “Actually Mitt, that is so true,” Perez says in the video. “All you have to do is look at the statistics and Mitt’s point becomes crystal clear. Hispanics represent 17 percent of the population and account for less than 2 percent of all elected and appointed officials. SEE ALSO: Celebrities Argue That The Truth Matters[3] “The advantage is obvious,” she adds sarcastically. While the GOP candidate has been lambasted for his remarks about the “47 percent” (which he later said were misspoken), Perez is the first notable celebrity to satirize the Latino part of the video that was first published by Mother Jones. (Go to NewsOne for the full video[4] of Romney’s remarks) SEE ALSO: CNN Columnist: Blacks Don’t Like Affirmative Action[5] The hilarity of the two and a half minute clip intensified when she named the ...
