Opinion: Karl Rove Is The Most Overrated Person In Politics Today
Rove has managed to spin himself a personal fortune in national politics. His reputation, however, does not match his accomplishments.
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Rove has managed to spin himself a personal fortune in national politics. His reputation, however, does not match his accomplishments.
Mitt Romney's campaign has admitted it lost the state of Florida to President Barack Obama Tuesday, according to CBS4 news partner the Miami Herald.
In 2000, Florida became the punch line of jokes everywhere after having problems with a one-page punch card ballot. This year, Florida's ballot was as long as 12 pages in some parts of the state which spelled disaster.
President Barack Obama overcame the nation's high unemployment rate, sluggish job growth and economic recovery, and did it while actually expanding the base of voters from 2008 to 2012.
While the presidency has already been decided, the state of Florida still hasn't been declared to be a win for President Barack Obama or Mitt Romney.
Election Day 2012 coverage updated continuously throughout the day and night.
Today, Republicans feel a combination of confusion, disbelief, and anger as to how a slim majority of Americans can possibly want four more years of the Obama administration in the White House. To many, it seems inconceivable that people want to take a chance on more of the same.
After two years and more than two billion dollars spent, President Obama was returned to Washington with a clear mandate on the economy and the direction of the country.
President Barack Obama has won a second term in the White House, defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
Many voters in Broward County will remember Election Day 2012 for long lines, not enough ballots and a majority of precincts that only had one ballot scanning machine, which many said led to lengthy backups.
This is an Election Day residents of the storm damaged Northeast will never forget. Thousands are still without power, many without a place to live. But even in the most devastated areas, they're overcoming all obstacles to get out and vote.
Voters lined up before dawn across Miami-Dade to cast their ballots on Election Day.
The 2012 presidential election will go down as the first billion dollar campaign in American history, but that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the numbers that will define the 2012 election.
Broward voters are able to request, fill out and return an absentee ballot on Election Day.
Obama plays basketball and Romney campaigns on Election Day
After waiting in line for about 40 minutes, Gov. Rick Scott cast his ballot around 8 a.m. in his hometown of Naples.
Election Day voting got off to a relatively smooth start in Florida. Florida's Secretary of State Ken Detzner said voting stations for all of the state's 6,000 precincts opened on time and his department has heard of only minor problems.
While Mitt Romney talks about binders full of women, Democrats have ballots full of women.
It was another day of long lines at the Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections Office in Doral, where voters arrived before dawn to pick up or drop off absentee ballots.
Unfortunately, political poll after political poll reveals that the presidential election of 2012 has much to do – in fact, more to do – with the race of the presidential candidate than most anything else.
With multiple states in play and an extremely small margin separating the candidates nationally, it's possible that the 2012 election could see one candidate win the popular vote and another win the Electoral College and ultimately the presidency.
From Florida and Ohio early vote disasters with long lines to power outages in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York there are doubts that some people will have the opportunity to participate in this election.
Less than 24 hours before Election Day, Democrats in Florida have jumped to a 167,000 vote lead over Republicans out of the 4.5 million early votes and absentee ballots that have been cast thus far.
On Friday, President Barack Obama told his supporters at a campaign rally – inside a public high school, no less – to vote for revenge!
