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Unemployment Rate Falls To 7.8% As Economy Creates 114,000 Jobs

Source: NBC News The nation’s unemployment rate dropped to the lowest it has been in almost four years in September, giving President Barack Obama a potential upbeat talking point as the presidential race heads into the final innings. The Labor Department reported Friday that the unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, a decline of 0.3 percentage point and [...]

KitchenAid Apologizes For Tweet Insulting President Obama

Source: CNN The home appliance brand KitchenAid apologized Wednesday evening for a political tweet sent out from its official account during the presidential debate. The tweet has been removed but at least a dozen retweets of the post showed it read, “Obamas gma even knew it was going 2 b bad! ‘She died 3 days [...]

Pres. Obama Takes Shots At Romney In First Post-Debate Speech: ‘That Was Not The Real Mitt Romney’ (VIDEO)

Source: Andrew Kirell / Mediaite The morning after the first presidential debate, President Barack Obama was back on the campaign trail speaking at a rally in the frigid Colorado weather. He opened his speech by going after Republican opponent Mitt Romney, blasting the candidate for not being “the real Mitt Romney” by contradicting his own campaign beliefs while on stage [...]

HUFFINGTON POST: Top Adviser Says Obama Debate Strategy Will Be Adjusted

Source:  Sam Stein / The Huffington Post President Barack Obama’s top campaign adviser pledged Thursday morning that there would be “adjustments” in strategy before Obama faces off against Mitt Romney in the second debate. But those adjustments won’t be massive, David Axelrod said. Rather, it will be the type of tinkering one would expect from a candidate [...]

ROLAND MARTIN REPORTS POLLS: What Did You Think Of Jim Lehrer’s Performance As Debate Moderator?

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Philadelphia Officer Who Punched Woman To Be Fired (VIDEO)

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Watch More News Videos at ABC | 2012 Presidential Election | Entertainment & Celebrity News Source: Christina Ng / ABC News The Philadelphia cop caught on video punching a woman in the face will be fired, according to ABC News’ Philadelphia station WPVI. A video posted on YouTube [...]

Mitt Romney Takes Aim At Big Bird And PBS In Presidential Debate (VIDEO)

Sesame Workshop’s Sherrie Westin told CNN’s Soledad O’Brien that cuts to public broadcasting will not ‘kill Big Bird.’

Fact Checking The First Presidential Debate Between Pres. Obama & Mitt Romney (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, Will Cain, Brett O’Donnell, Dana Bash, John Berman, Soledad O’Brien fact check the first presidential debate between Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama.

LISTEN: Roland Martin, Marc Morial Break Down The First Presidential Debate

Roland Martin talks with Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, about last night’s debate and the importance of voting. For more information visit http://www.nielsen.com/africanamerican

Debate Watchers Say Mitt Romney Won First Debate; Did Pres. Obama Miss An Opportunity? (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, Will Cain and CNN’s Carol Costello discuss the first Presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. A new CNN/ORC poll indicates that Romney won the debate.