Republican's ad features his handshake with Obama
(CNN) - The latest campaign ad released by a Republican senator running for reelection shows him shaking hands with a Democrat most GOP candidates are running against: President Barack Obama.
"Good job," Obama is seen saying in the spot, which was produced by Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts.
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Obama to young Hawaiian: 'You have a birth certificate?'
(CNN) - What does President Barack Obama ask when he meets another native of Hawaii?
About their birth certificate.
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McCain calls out Obama over Syria, again
(CNN) - Sen. John McCain, a consistent critic of U.S. inaction regarding the civil war in Syria, on Saturday again blasted the Obama administration's handling of the crisis in an interview with CNN.
He was speaking at the Ambrosetti Forum in Italy, an annual conference bringing together political leaders from around the globe.
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Romney: Clinton speech helped ‘elevate’ Democratic convention
(CNN) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Saturday that former President Bill Clinton’s speech helped “elevate” the level of the Democratic National Convention.
“He did stand out in contrast with the other speakers,” said Romney in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" airing Sunday. “I think he really did elevate the Democrat convention in a lot of ways and, frankly, the contrast may not have been as attractive as Barack Obama might have preferred if he were choosing who’d go before him and who’d go after him.”
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Biden mocks GOP convention, ponders Martian reaction
Zanesville, Ohio (CNN) - Fresh off the Democratic National Convention, Vice President Joe Biden used two appearances in Ohio on Saturday to mock the Republican National Convention in Tampa and accused his opponents of not having the courage to explain their policies. Those and other comments were quickly labeled as "false and discredited attacks" by the Romney campaign.
Biden even went galactic: claiming that a Martian visiting the RNC would have, essentially, been lost in translation.
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Romney casts dark cloud over Democrats' convention high
(CNN) – Mitt Romney capitalized on a sobering conclusion to Democrats’ convention high Saturday, painting the party as “completely out of ideas” with an inadequate leader in light of Friday's disappointing job report.
In his weekly podcast, Romney used August’s lackluster job numbers as evidence the weak economy has not improved under President Barack Obama, leaving the incumbent undeserving of a second term in the White House.
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Hustler magazine offers $1 million for a different type of exposure
(CNN) - A magazine known for its sexually explicit material is offering a reward of $1 million dollars for a different type of bare-all expose.
The publisher of Hustler magazine, Larry Flynt, is offering the sum for the skinny on GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's financials, the magazine announced.
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Romney tells military-friendly crowd: ‘We’ll rebuild military might,’ keep God on U.S. currency
Virginia Beach, Virginia (CNN) – Mitt Romney revved up a Virginia Beach audience heavy on military families Saturday by pledging to “rebuild America’s military might” and keep the word “God” on U.S. currency.
“Our pledge says ‘under God,’” Romney told thousands of energetic supporters at the Military Aviation Museum. “I will not take God out of the name of our platform. I will not take God off our coins. And I will not take God out of my heart.”
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Ryan campaigns, virtually
(CNN) - GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan was in California on Saturday, but managed to talk with supporters in not one but four battleground states.
He participated in an online video chat with people who his campaign said were at “victory centers” - or GOP campaign offices - in the battlegrounds of Florida, Nevada, Virginia, and Wisconsin, Ryan’s home state.
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Priorities ad hammers Romney’s tax plan
(CNN) – A leading independent group supporting President Barack Obama’s re-election released a new ad Saturday chiding Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s proposed tax plan for laying the economic burden on middle-class Americans.
The Priorities USA Action ad titled “We the People” will run next week online and on televisions in six key battleground states – Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin.
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