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Signed. Sealed. Delivered. He's Yours! Barack Hussein Obama wins re-election as President of the United States of America. President Obama defeated Mitt Romney, winning 303 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the 2012 election in perhaps the closest race, leading up to the election, in presidential history.  Romney with 206 of the electoral votes, in his concession speech during the wee hours of Wednesday morning said, he has been "humbled", while President Obama in his victory speech said to supporters, "You lifted me up the whole way and I will always be grateful. He thanked the country's First Lady, his wife, Michelle and his daughters Sasha and Malia for her support, noting how his daughters were growing up to be fine, smart young women. "Just like their mother", the president said to a roar from the crowd. The president has fought hard during his first tenure for the rights of women .  Among them:...

I voted today, and I ate my carrots . After all the campaigning, radio and TV ads and the billions of dollars spent to get here, today is election day in the United States. Here's how the presidential candidates will spend their day. President Obama's day will include a series of radio and television interviews.  He will also participate in his  traditional Election Day basketball game, make a pit stop at a small campaign field office at the corner of Hyde Park Blvd. (We anticipate he'll make more stops like these). Later President Obama will eat lunch and dinner at his home in Chicago before delivering a speech tonight from Chicago's McCormick Place. The First Family will remain overnight in Chicago, Illinois. Presidential candidate Romney, along with wife Ann, voted earlier today in Belmont, MA.  Romney will travel today to Ohio and Pennsylvania for last-minute campaign stops. Ohio, once again, is a crucial state for either presidential...

With just 11 days to go until the 2012 election for the presidency, candidate Mitt Romney and sitting president Barack Obama , along with their wives and veeps (present and aspiring) are hitting key swing states to make a near final last ditch effort.  Our friends over at The Hill sums up the touring schedule quite nicely. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan hold a campaign rally in North Canton, Ohio, at 7:15 p.m., where Romney will make what his campaign is billing as a major address on the economy. Romney will also hold a campaign rally in Ames, Iowa, at noon. And Ryan will also make a stop in Huntsville, Ala. President Obama will be in Washington, where he'll make a stop by the Democratic National Committee headquarters. He'll also tape interviews with “The Michael Smerconish Show," with MTV, and with American Urban Radio Networks. Vice President Biden will be campaigning in Wisconsin with stops in Oshkosh and Kenosha. Jill Biden will be campaigning in New Hampshi...

The second presidential debate between President Obama and presidential candidate Mitt Romney took place last evening at Hofstra University, located in Hempstead, NY.  President Obama settled in days before his running mate, preparing his speech at the nearby Kingsmill Resort where he spent days restructuring his debate strategy in hopes of improving upon a very lackluster first debate that left undecided voters still undecided. With just three weeks until the 2012 Election, viewers last night saw a more tactically engaged President Obama, in a debate moderated by CNN's Candy Crowley (host of the show's State of the Union on Sunday mornings), as he addressed the issues that seemed important to voters.  Among the issues : more insight into the 9/11 attack in Benghazi, women's rights, and energy. Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. While undecided Americans claim they still don't know who they'd vote for, or which candidate they are more like...

The election is less than a month away. Make sure you are registered and ready to vote on November 6th!   Click here to download the Voter's Rights Toolkit with everything you need to know about voting requirements in your state, the latest developments regarding voter ID legislation and opportunities for civic engagement. Oct. 13 Delaware Oct. 15 Virginia Oct. 16 Kansas Louisiana Maine Maryland Minnesota New Jersey Oregon West Virginia Oct. 17 Massachusetts Wisconsin Oct. 19 Nebraska Oct. 22 California Iowa South Dakota Wyoming Oct. 23 Connecticut Oct. 26 Alabama Oct. 27 New Hampshire Oct. 31 Vermont

Vice President Joe Biden and VP candidate Paul Ryan go head-to-head in the only VP debate of 2012. As the two defend and try to make a case for their positions on a number of issues to include foreign policy , abortion , tax cuts and the middle class, Biden was chastised in the media for smirking and smiling too much , while Ryan was labeled as not being able to effectively communicate the Romney-Ryan plan for America. What we noticed was that Ryan (who smiled/smirked just as often as Biden) could be an advertisement for the bottled water company Drink More Water, as he repeatedly drew sips from his glass of water.  Such action could be summed up as a defense mechanism, or a chance to buy more time between giving a response to an uncomfortable topic he was unprepared to answer. The Vice President made a strong case for removing US troops out of Afghanistan by 2014 , suggesting the Afghan country needs to take responsibility for its own...

First Lady Michelle Obama inspired a crowd of eager Loudoun County area voters and campaign supporters at the Leesburg 4-H Fair Grounds yesterday where she stressed the urgency of voter registration and voting in the upcoming election.   First Lady inspires crowd in Leesburg to move 'Forward'. Photo/CD Brown. Along the road to the fairgrounds were stark reminders of that need as several Romney yard signs decorated the sides of the road way.  But with Al Green's Let's Stay Together  being played and the anticipation of the first lady speaking, the crowd was clearly in an Obama state-of-mind.  The attendees listed intently as the first lady remarked, "So for the next 28 days, 28 days" she repeated, "we need you to work like you’ve never worked before. You hear me? Sign up with one of our volunteers here today to make phone calls, to knock on doors. I want you more importantly to talk to everyone you know; your friends, your neighbors...

Says 'Question 7 will create thousands of good-paying jobs, increase funding for public schools'. Today, the Washington Redskins joined county officials, labor organizations and business leaders in supporting Question 7, a ballot initiative that would bring thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions in revenue to Maryland. The announcement is the latest in a large and growing coalition of support for Question 7. “The Washington Redskins organization is proud to join with elected officials and our business partners in Maryland to endorse Ballot Question 7,” said Dennis Greene, President of Business Operations. “As members of the Prince George’s County business community, we see it as our obligation to speak out in support of major economic development initiatives. We believe Question 7 represents a tremendous opportunity for Prince George’s County and all of Maryland to create thousands of good-paying jobs, increase funding for public schools, and help provide dollars for ot...

She's Not Who She Says She Is Most folks know that if you can't trust the words of a potential presidential candidate before an election begins, you'd be hard pressed to find people who believe you during a presidential campaign; and even if they won, they’d still be considered questionable. Some would-be politicians think that given a mic, a podium, a few hundred folks to listen, and a national spotlight, they can say anything, as though it were truth.                                                                                                   Rep. Michele Bachmann ap...