Hofstra Students Enjoy Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity To See Debate
Well before Tuesday's toe-to-toe debate that CBS News' Scott Pelley called the most rancorous ever, a political frenzy took over at the Hofstra University student center.
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Well before Tuesday's toe-to-toe debate that CBS News' Scott Pelley called the most rancorous ever, a political frenzy took over at the Hofstra University student center.
President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney both claimed to support comprehensive immigration reform in the second presidential debate Tuesday, but different in their definitions of what the term meant.
No matter who comes out on top tonight on stage at Hofstra University, one local lodging place is already a winner.
If given the opportunity to ask either candidate a question this evening, what would it be?
Tuesday night marks the second presidential election in a row that features Hofstra University hosting a pivotal debate, and Long Islanders are the ones actually asking the questions.
Romney so misrepresented his record in Denver that it will be hard for the former Massachusetts Governor to walk it back tonight because Romney will be lying about his record to a room full of voters.
Obamacare and Romneycare are so associated with President Barack Obama and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney that each took time to field a question about their namesake plan and health care in the CBS Local Presidential Forum.
Much like the first debate, GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney will win the second debate as well but on a much smaller scale. The reasons for the second win in a row will be quite different on the surface but will be much the same beneath the surface.
With voting registration deadlines upon us, here is all you need to know about performing your civic duty this election season. CBSNewYork has compiled what you need to know to get you to the polls and voting smart.
Hofstra will be center stage for the second presidential debate this election year when President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney go at it inside the university's Mack Sports Complex on Tuesday night.
While it is reported that 94% or more of African-Americans support President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney in the upcoming national presidential election, the rarely-spoken question is: Are many African-Americans only voting for Obama because he's black?
The two presidential candidates were asked a question by CBS Local about Obamacare vs. Romneycare and asked them to talk about the similarities or differences between the two plans.
With two days to go until the next Presidential debate Hofstra University is buzzing. The school's basketball arena is being transformed into a debate hall, where locals will get to question the Presidential candidates.
Given his comments on the two, it seems possible that his support for the candidate of his choice is somewhat lukewarm.
The vice presidential candidates were back on the campaign trail Friday following there sometimes "rock 'em, sock 'em" debate on Thursday night.
There's a lot of ground to cover from Thursday night's debate at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky between Mitt Romney's running mate - Rep. Paul Ryan - and Vice President Joe Biden.
Mitt Romney's apprentice salesman stepped on the stage last night and delivered his talking points, but little more. Throughout the night, Joe Biden delivered lesson after lesson to the ambitious young Congressman from Wisconsin.
Both candidates did what they had set out to do. Biden reached out to his base, and Ryan spoke to those who don't like the direction the country is headed. Republicans are likely not happy that Ryan didn't deliver the knock-out debate Mitt Romney did a week ago while Democrats are, as previously stated, ecstatic Biden didn't have a bad night.
Today on the CBS Local forum, Romney and Obama were asked: What will you do to make the U.S. more energy independent?
The candidates shared a warm handshake and then retreated to their respective corners to try to eviscerate each other.
First, try to make Paul Ryan look inexperienced and un-Presidential and, two, hold the Romney/Ryan ticket accountable for their ever changing policies and focus on Mitt Romney as someone that cannot be trusted.
The Obama campaign's thinking – or non-thinking – that America will be distracted by Big Bird when there are so many other really important issues involving real people is nothing more than an insult to every Americans' intelligence.
When it comes to America's future, the issue of education rises to the top for many which is why Obama and Romney were asked to weigh in on it as well.
Quite a few New Yorkers going out on Halloween said Wednesday that they were planning to portray a fine feathered friend who stands 8 feet 2 inches tall, and who has found himself at the center of a political debate lately.
The two candidates were asked in the CBS Local Forum: What is your urban agenda? Name a few struggling cities and define how your agenda would specifically affect them?
