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Mourdock apologizes in wake of rape comments
U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock apologized Wednesday to anyone who misinterpreted his comments during a Tuesday debate that "life is a gift from God" and that "even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, it is something that God intended to happen," saying that he and the God he worships abhor violence while adding that he is a "much more humble person" today.
Eastwood cuts ad for Romney
Clint Eastwood left the chair behind in his latest attempt to make Mitt Romney's Election Day.
Dem seizes lead in Connecticut Senate race
Connecticut Rep. Chris Murphy was trailing his U.S. Senate opponent Linda McMahon just three weeks ago, but now he has gained the upper edge in the race, with a new poll Wednesday morning giving him a 6-point lead.
Romney supporters pack 'magnificent' Colo. venue
Colorado supporters showered Mitt Romney with a thunderous reception late Tuesday as the Republican presidential nominee visited the stunning Red Rocks Amphitheater, repeatedly making him have to pause and collect himself.
Woodward: Obama 'not correct' on sequester
Journalist Bob Woodward, who recently published a book about President Obama's debt-ceiling negotiations with Congress in summer 2011, said Mr. Obama was "not correct" in his assertion during Monday night's debate that the idea for across-the-board spending cuts that are set to begin next year, also known as "sequestration" originated on Capitol Hill, not the White House.
Axelrod: Romney 'parroted' Obama's foreign policies at debate
David Axelrod, a senior adviser to President Obama's campaign, couldn't resist reinjecting Big Bird into the post-presidential debate analysis even though neither Mr. Obama nor Mitt Romney mentioned the iconic yellow-feathered creature in Tuesday night's third and final debate.
Graham: Fort Hood shooting clearly an act of terror
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a senior Republican member of the Armed Forces Committee, on Tuesday said he sharply disagrees with the Department of Defense's characterization of the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood as a case of workplace violence, not terrorism.
Ann Coulter directs slur at Obama after debate
Conservative political pundit Ann Coulter called President Obama a "retard" after his debate Monday night with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Kerry blasts Romney's 'Rosetta Stone' foreign policy
Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, proclaimed Tuesday his "day of exorcism" after playing Mitt Romney in debate prep with President Obama — and didn't hold back on his real-life counterpart, saying that the ticket of Mr. Romney and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan has the least foreign policy experience "ever presented to the country in modern times."
McCain: 'Horses and bayonets' comment was 'small ball'
Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, on Tuesday derided President Obama's attack on GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney over his remark in Monday night's debate that the U.S. Navy is smaller now than at any time since World War I as "cheap shots."
Poll: Jesse Jackson Jr. has huge lead
Reclusive Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., an Illinois Democrat battling medical and legal problems, has a whopping 31-percentage point advantage over his nearest rival in his re-election bid, a new poll shows.
Donald Trump says he'll drop political bombshell on Obama
New York real estate magnate Donald Trump said Monday that he plans to drop a "big" bombshell about President Obama this week that could alter the outcome of the election.
Obama leads by 5 in Ohio, down from 10 last month
President Obama leads by 5 points, 50 percent to 45 percent, in a Quinnipiac University/CBS News poll released Monday, but Republican Mitt Romney carved into President Obama's 10-point advantage in the all-important state of Ohio he held last month.
Romney, Obama advisers butt heads over binders, Big Bird and 'Romnesia'
Top Romney and Obama campaign advisers butted heads Sunday over Big Bird, Mr. Romney's infamous "binders full of women" comment and a new word being used by the president on the campaign stump: "Romnesia."
Graham calls nuke talks with Iran a 'ploy'
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that Iran is taking advantage of the upcoming U.S. presidential election to buy time for its nuclear program, since the country reportedly has agreed to one-on-one negotiations with the U.S. only after the election is decided.
