CNN’s GUT CHECK for October 4, 2012
CNN's GUT CHECK | for October 4, 2012 | 5 p.m.
– n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news cycle
BREAKING: WALL STREET JOURNAL: OBAMA GETS FINANCIAL SALVE… “The Obama campaign set a new monthly fundraising record for the 2012 election cycle, taking in more than $150 million in September … The September total far surpasses the $114 million raised in August, when the Obama team snapped a three-month streak in which it was outraised by Republican challenger Mitt Romney. At the time, the $114 million was the most the Obama campaign had collected in any one month in the 2012 election season. The most the Romney campaign has collected so far was $111 million in August. – By Peter Nicholas
CNN’s GUT CHECK for October 4, 2012
CNN's GUT CHECK | for October 4, 2012 | 5 p.m.
– n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news cycle
BREAKING: WALL STREET JOURNAL: OBAMA GETS FINANCIAL SALVE… “The Obama campaign set a new monthly fundraising record for the 2012 election cycle, taking in more than $150 million in September … The September total far surpasses the $114 million raised in August, when the Obama team snapped a three-month streak in which it was outraised by Republican challenger Mitt Romney. At the time, the $114 million was the most the Obama campaign had collected in any one month in the 2012 election season. The most the Romney campaign has collected so far was $111 million in August. – By Peter Nicholas
Ann Romney to co-host 'Good Morning America'
(CNN) - Ann Romney, wife of GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, will co-host ABC's "Good Morning America" next week.
Her press secretary, Sarah Haley, says Romney will act as co-host for the broadcast morning television show on Wednesday, October 10.
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Johnson campaign claims debate victory, sort of
Washington (CNN) - Not invited to participate? No problem. Just declare yourself the winner.
Following last night's debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson's campaign did just that in an email to supporters.
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Biden defends Obama's debate, casts Romney as flip-flopper
Council Bluffs, Iowa (CNN) - In the face of bruising headlines and public opinion that President Obama did not bring his A-game for Wednesday's presidential debate, Vice President Joe Biden rallied to the president's side - disagreeing with dominant public opinion and essentially casting Romney as a flip-flopper.
"I thought the president did well. He was presidential," Biden said after reporters asked him about the president's widely panned debate performance.
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Survey: On importance of religion in presidential politics, racial divides evident
Washington (CNN) – A survey released Thursday shows striking racial and religious divides over the role of religion in presidential politics.
More black and Hispanic millennials – ages 18 to 25 – said that it was important that a presidential candidate hold religious beliefs than white millennials, according to survey by the Public Religion Research Institute and Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.
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That was fast: Romney debate remarks in new Obama ad
(CNN) - Less than 24 hours after the first presidential debate, President Barack Obama's re-election campaign released a new television ad Thursday attacking Mitt Romney over his comments about taxes in the Denver showdown.
Obama, citing a study from the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, argued Romney's tax policies would cost $5 trillion –a claim Romney forcefully shut down during the debate.
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Team Obama recalibrates, attacks
(CNN) – Amid a flurry of post-debate speculation over where President Barack Obama's debate sparring gumption was Wednesday in Denver, the Democrat's campaign wove a narrative of a president attempting to keep the debate civil, sticking to answering the questions concerning American voters.
But while Team Obama credited the incumbent with acting collected and presidential, the campaign itself wasted no time in delivering sharp attacks on the substance of Romney's remarks.
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Gore: Altitude threw Obama off (no, really)
(CNN) - Former Vice President Al Gore's analysis of President Barack Obama's debate performance Wednesday: the Mile High City may be to blame.
Pundits and a CNN poll of those who watched the debate both found GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's showing to be stronger than Obama's, who some described as appearing tired and long-winded.
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On the road again
Denver, Colorado (CNN) - "Eastbound and down, loaded up and trucking."
That's a line from a Jerry Reed song made famous in the film "Smokey and the Bandit," but it also explains what's next for the CNN Election Express.
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