Source: Ashley Parker / The Caucus / The New York Times A week after losing the election to President Obama, Mitt Romney blamed his overwhelming electoral loss on what he said were big “gifts” that the president had bestowed on loyal Democratic constituencies, including young voters, African-Americans and Hispanics. In a conference call on Wednesday [...]
Source: The Los Angeles Times Mitt Romney told his top donors Wednesday that his loss to President Obama was a disappointing result that neither he nor his top aides had expected, but said he believed his team ran a “superb” campaign with “no drama,” and attributed his rival’s victory to “the gifts” the administration had given to [...]
At the top of our agenda this week: President Obama wins big reelection victory, African-American voters crucial all across the country. Did GOP voter suppression efforts inspire black and Latino voters? You bet! In the “Washington Watch” roundtable, Democratic strategist Karen Finney, Republican strategist Elroy Sailor, Deborah Simmons of “The Washington Times” and Pennsylvania state [...]
Exit polls showed that an overwhelming majority of Latino and — and Asian-American voters — more than 70 percent of each group — voted to reelect President Barack Obama on Tuesday. Combined with black voters, who supported President Obama in even higher numbers, these voters of color were able to carry key states for the [...]
Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss factors that angered African-Americans and what both campaigns failed to address during the 2012 election cycle. This week’s Washington Watch roundtable features Democratic strategist and MSNBC contributor Karen Finney, Republican strategist Elroy Sailor, Deborah Simmons of “The Washington Times,” and Pennsylvania state senator Vincent Hughes. MR. MARTIN: [...]
President Barack Obama won a convincing victory in the Electoral College, getting 332 Electoral College votes to 206 for Mitt Romney. He won the popular vote 50.5 percent to 48 percent for Mitt Romney. He had over 3 million more votes than Romney, and he won nine out of the ten battleground states, losing only [...]
Source: The Huffington Post In the first post-election episode of the season, “Saturday Night Live” bid farewell to Mitt Romney in a cold open sketch that imagined what he must have done after conceding to President Obama (hint: it involves a LOT of milk). Watch the sketch above to see Ann Romney (Kate McKinnon), Karl [...]
Source: AP / The Washington Post ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Four days after the election, President Barack Obama can finally claim victory in Florida. The state finished counting its votes Saturday. Obama was declared the winner, giving him a 332 to 206 final margin in the Electoral College. Florida officials said Obama had 50 percent [...]
Source: James O’Toole / CNN Money NEW YORK – A coal company headed by a prominent Mitt Romney donor has laid off more than 160 workers in response to President Obama’s election victory. Murray Energy said Friday that it had been “forced” to make the layoffs in response to the bleak prospects for the coal industry [...]
By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com As political pros, journalists and pundits pick over exit polls to study how and why President Barack Obama beat Mitt Romney for the presidency, a lot of the attention has been showered on the Latino turnout, gender gap and late breaking voters for the president. The African American turnout [...]
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