Tag Archives: Ohio

Adviser: Romney “shellshocked” by loss

Posted on November 9th, 2012

    By Jan Crawford / CBS News   BOSTON, Mass. Mitt Romney’s campaign got its first hint something was wrong on the afternoon of Election Day, when state campaign workers on the ground began reporting huge turnout in areas favorable to President Obama: northeastern Ohio, northern Virginia, central Florida and Miami-Dade. Then came the [...]

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President Obama’s reelection: 12 takeaways

Posted on November 7th, 2012

By MAGGIE HABERMAN  It’s over.   And the 2012 presidential race pretty much played out as predicted by public pollsters and observers. Except it was a better night for President Barack Obama in certain significant respects than was anticipated.   He defeated Mitt Romney in nearly all of the battleground states, including Virginia and Ohio, [...]

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Some see GOP voting tsunami coming

Posted on October 31st, 2012

  By: Paul Bedard Democrats more than Republicans are getting their most loyal supporters to vote early, but with polls showing a close race among those who have voted so far, concerns are being raised about a GOP tsunami on the actual Election Day, next Tuesday. According to a GOP analysis of early voting and [...]

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Why Mitt Romney isn’t going to get blown out

Posted on September 27th, 2012

Posted by Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake on September 27, 2012 at 6:30 am It’s easy amid a slew of swing state and national polling that shows President Obama opening up a high single-digit lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney to conclude that we could be witnessing an electoral blowout in the making. But, there’s [...]

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Romney Accuses Obama of Blowing Smoke at Coal Industry

Posted on August 14th, 2012

BEALLSVILLE, Ohio – Mitt Romney came to coal country here today to accuse President Obama of not telling the truth about how he feels about the coal industry and to tout his own support for the workers, many of whom lined up in hard hats to hear him speak.   “How in the world can [...]

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Republicans look to bury Obama on coal issues

Posted on May 22nd, 2012

By BOB KING and ERICA MARTINSON  Anger over coal helped an imprisoned felon defeat President Barack Obama this month in several West Virginia counties. Now Republicans hope Mitt Romney can squeeze an electoral diamond out of coal country in battleground states such as Ohio, Virginia and Pennsylvania. The GOP has stoked the fires by accusing [...]

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Obama Launches Campaign in Empty Arena

Posted on May 6th, 2012

Barack Obama launched his campaign in unspectacular fashion today at Ohio State University, the largest college in the crucial swing state. A photo posted to twitter by Mitt Romney’s campaign spokesman Ryan Williams reveals sparse attendance. The above image, according to Williams, was taken during the President’s first official campaign speech.   During the speech, [...]

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