2012 Election: voting results so far Alabama (9 electoral votes) Mitt Romney 61% (1,245,221 votes) Barack Obama 38% (787,027 votes) Alaska (3 electoral votes) Mitt Romney 55% (120,329 votes) Barack Obama 41% (90,743 votes) Arizona (11 electoral votes) Mitt Romney 55% (896,302 votes) Barack Obama 43% (707,744 votes) Arkansas (6 electoral votes) Mitt Romney 60% (631,244 votes) Barack Obama 37% (38…
ged our economy into a crisis that put millions out of work, saddled us with more debt, and left innocent, hardworking Americans holding the bag. In the six months before I took office, we lost nearly 4 million jobs. And we lost another 4 million before our policies were in full effect. Those are the facts. But so are these: In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than 3 million jobs….
US President Barack Obama’s annual vacation in Hawaii in 2011 is likely to be his most expensive ever – or rather the taxpayer’s most expensive. President Barack Obama and his family travelled separately this time because he wanted resolve the payroll tax cut issue before leaving Washington. First Lady Michelle Obama didn’t not want to hang around waiting. His round trip flight…
ok and they would read together and discuss writers into the night. Like Alexandra McNear, Genevieve Cook was attracted by the “mental exhilaration” of his intellect, marveling at how mature he was at 22, but dismayed by his remoteness and wariness about commitment. Needless to say, Barack Obama was as self-obsessed as ever. When Genevieve Cook told him that she loved him, Barack Obama’s response…
Argentina: 83 % Obama, 17 % Romney Austria: 93 % Obama, 7 % Romney Belgium: 93 % Obama, 7 % Romney Brazil: 90 % Obama, 10 % Romney Canada: 83 % Obama, 17 % Romney Chile: 80 % Obama, 20 % Romney China: 48 % Obama, 52 % Romney Colombia: 77 % Obama, 23 % Romney Costa Rica: 83 % Obama, 17 % Romney Finland: 93 % Obama, 7 % Romney France: 88 % Obama, 12 % Romney Germany: 92 % Obama, 8 % Romney Greece: 8…
…mes as Barack Obama’s lacklustre showing continues to be mocked by top comedians – even those who are strong supporters of the President. The poll shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 49% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns the vote from 47%. In addition, Mitt Romney’s campaign took in a donation haul of $12 million via his website in just 48 hours after the co…
cally outlandish dress made of black PVC last week. THE MOST FOLLOWED CELEBRITIES ON TWITTER 1. Lady Gaga – 25 million 2. Justin Bieber – 22.5 million 3. Katy Perry – 20.4 million 4. Rihanna – 19.7 million 5. Britney Spears – 17.2 million 6. Shakira – 16.3 million 7. Barack Obama – 16 million 8. Kim Kardashian – 14.8 million 9. Taylor Swift –…
George Obama, US President Barack Obama’s half-brother, is making his film debut in a documentary where he talks about his non-existent relationship with his relative who is the most powerful man in the world. George Obama, 30, lives in Nairobi, Kenya and first came into the public eye in 2008 when his half-brother was a rising presidential candidate. At the time, he was living in a hut in…
tack the challenges facing the middle class all over the country.” After resisting for months calls to draw up a plan for a second term, this week Barack Obama tore down a small rainforest by printing 3.5 million copies of a 20-page booklet entitled “A Plan for Jobs and Middle-Class Security”. But there was nothing new in the booklet and was rushed out just two weeks before election day and the mo…
Edward Klein’s book, The Amateur, claims that Michelle Obama prepared divorce papers to separate from Barack Obama in 2000 following his disastrous attempt to win a House seat in Chicago. When Barack Obama lost miserably, the future First Lady was supposedly disgusted that her husband had ignored her warnings not to take on the four term incumbent Bobby Rush. Their marriage – in its eighth…
Mitt Romney’s campaign increased its fundraising lead over Barack Obama in June, official numbers released on Monday show. Mitt Romney and the Republicans raised $106 million, $35 million more than Barack Obama and the Democrats, who raised $71 million. Both camps raised more than in May, when the Romney bid took in $77 million and the Obama camp $60 million. The totals exclude millions rai…
r Mitt Romney with the Republican candidate winning every seat currently considered to be on the fence Colorado voted for Barack Obama in 2008 but the current president is predicted a marginal loss at 48.1% against Mitt Romney’s 51.9%, although with the caveat that only the two major parties were considered. Although the economy has improved under Barack Obama, Prof. Michael Berry said in a statem…
…veniencing a lot of commuters”. She added: “There has to be a better way to go about it rather than putting out how many thousands of riders out of commission, and having to find another way home.” In 2004, Democrats criticized George W. Bush for combining fundraisers with official duties, and Republicans have responded in kind this year. Barack Obama has been furiously fundraising ever since a Su…
…news feeds – regardless of whether they wanted to receive them. President Barack Obama’s page received more than one million “likes” in a single day – compared with about 30,000 per day in earlier weeks. But some observers warned the approach could frustrate and dissuade voters. It comes at a time when both President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney a…
…sunk to $31. Mark Zuckerberg Shares sold: 30.2 million Value: $1.13 billion Saved: $174 million Accel Partners, venture capital investor Year invested in Facebook: 2005 for $12.7 million Shares sold: 49 million Value: $1.86 billion Saved: $341 million Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder Year invested in Facebook: 2004 for $500,000 Shares sold: 16.8 million Value: $640 million Saved: $119 million DST G…
Dr. Dre has topped a Forbes list of the 25 highest-paid musicians in 2012. Dr. Dre, 47, became one of the leading names in rap in the early 1990s with N.W.A. and has worked with artists including Eminem and Snoop Dogg. The producer’s headphones business, Beats by Dre, helped him make $100 million in pre-tax earnings, according to Forbes. The top 10 also included Take That at number five. Th…
…s during the primary season to ensure he will face Barack Obama in November. Announcing its fundraising totals early on Thursday, the Obama campaign said on Twitter that 572,000 people donated in May, 147,000 of them for the first time. His campaign also reported that 98% of the contributions were less than $250. In its statement shortly afterwards, the Romney campaign reported that donations of $…
While ordinary Americans get only a few days off for Christmas, President Barack Obama has announced his Christmas vacation to Hawaii – for a staggering 17-day trip. Barack Obama, who visited Hawaii just two weeks ago for an economic summit, will head to Honolulu on Saturday December 17 until Monday January 2. The American president, who was raised in Hawaii until he was six, will be joined by hi…
…y – the Republicans – had lost their way and had forfeited the label of conservative. Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said the next president would set the tone for the next 40 years. “It will be the president’s leadership that determines how we as a nation meet the challenges that face the middle class. It is the president’s values that shape a future…
…f his donations came in amounts of less than $200. Just 13% of his cheques were for $2,500, the maximum amount donors are allowed to give as individuals. The Obama campaign has received donations from 4.2 million people, about a million more than in 2008. By contrast, Mitt Romney has profited from support from big business donors. Just 22% of his cash came from people donating less than $200 while…
pen question but the Romney campaign thinks so. “What’s going on here is when you have intensity and momentum,” said the Romney adviser. “You ask voters who they’re voting for and they say 48, 47 points Obama. And then you look at the people who are eight, nine,10 on the intensity scale, Republicans have a high single digits to low double digits advantage. “That’s what you see in…
hat the “big picture” was incumbent presidents fearing defeat. “Until 1976 [when Jimmy Carter beat President Gerald Ford] no sitting president had been defeated for re-election since 1932. It had been 44 years. “And then three of the next four presidents who tried [Ford, Carter and Bush Sr.] lost. Of all the presidents re-elected since Ford lost to Carter, only Reagan has won in a landslide. Georg…
…e same business talk show as him claimed to have more details. Douglas Kass, a Florida-based investor who appears on CNBC’s talkshow Squawkbox where Donald Trump is often a commentator, tweeted to his 48,000 followers: “High above the Alps my Gnome has heard that Donald Trump will announce that he has unearthed divorce papers between the Prez and his wife.” The claims about divorce papers have pre…
…tleground in presidential elections – no Republican has ever won the White House without capturing it. A Quinnipiac University poll of Ohio voters last week had Barack Obama leading his rival by 47% to 38% in the state. Earlier, the Obama campaign had run a barrage of attacks on Mitt Romney’s business record. “I’m betting you’re not going to lose interest,” Bara…
under $400,000 – up from the $250,000 level Democrats had originally sought. In addition to the income tax rates and spending cuts, the package includes: Rises in inheritance taxes from 35% to 40% after the first $5 million for an individual and $10 million for a couple Rises in capital taxes – affecting some investment income – of up to 20%, but less than the 39.6% that would…
Google told to clean up auto-complete results in GermanyGoogle has been ordered by a German federal court to clean up the auto-complete results its search engine suggests. The court said Google must ensure terms generated by…
Google Glass: Ten features and ways to use itGoogle has revealed for the first time what view users will get through its “Project Glass” wearable computer. 1. Google Glass responds to voice commandsGoogle Glass…
Samsung announces 5G mobile network technology developmentSamsung announces it has developed technology that could sit "at the core of 5G" - the successor to the 4G mobile-communications standard. The Korean company says its…
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere pass symbolic mark of 400 ppmCarbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have broken through a symbolic mark reaching its highest throughout human history, recent figures from a US monitoring station…
Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn perform emergency spacewalk to fix ammonia leakUS astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn are carrying out an emergency spacewalk to fix a leak of ammonia from the International Space Station's cooling system. Live…
Thermal invisibility cloak can hide objects from heatScientists have built and tested a form of invisibility cloak that can hide objects from heat. Similar cloaking efforts are underway to make objects invisible to light and…
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