Barack Obama
Final election-season report: U.S. adds 171k jobs, unemployment rate stays below 8 percent
After rumors that the final jobs report before Election Day might be delayed by Hurricane Sandy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the report, on schedule, this morning.
The report estimates the country added 171,000 jobs in October, with the unemployment rate ticking up slightly to 7.9 percent. More
Romney fund-raiser on Bloomberg endorsement: 'UGH'
"I think Seasoned executives should NOT PANIC on one Occurrence...It's not Indicative of any Long term Trends." More
(2)How global warming finally became a presidential campaign issue
Michael Bloomberg announced his endorsement of Barack Obama today in a 969-word statement posted on Bloomberg View and his personal website. More
Bloomberg endorses Obama, citing climate change
Mayor Michael Bloomberg today endorses President Barack Obama for reelection, citing, among other things, Obama's more aggressive approach to combating climate change. More
(1)Obama and Christie on the cover, around the world
The post-Sandy displays of cooperation and mutual admiration between erstwhile Romney surrogate Chris Christie and the president is big news, for a number of reasons. More
(1)Obama deploys a Colin Powell ad
President Obama's campaign has released a new ad called "Solid" featuring last week's endorsement from Colin Powell.
The footage consists of Powell responding to questions about the president on CBS "This Morning," when he champions Obama's work on the economy, housing and terrorism. More
Six days before Election Day, the Christie and Obama show
A meeting between the two executives would have been unthinkable prior to the storm, with Christie emerging as one of the president's most combative and outspoken critics this election cycle, after having been mentioned as a possible nominee to challenge Obama's re-election. More
Cuomo: Whoever doesn't see extreme weather pattern is 'denying reality'
Governor Andrew Cuomo thinks New York needs to prepare for more Sandys and Irenes. More
(1)Christie says Obama has been 'wonderful' on the Sandy response
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who has spent much of the year assailing President Obama's leadership as a top campaign surrogate for Mitt Romney, praised the president's response to Hurricane Sandy in a couple of morning show interviews earlier today.
"The president has been great," said Christie on "Morning Joe." More
Polls: A Democratic challenger, and Obama, both improve upstate
A new Siena poll of the 19th congressional district shows the Democratic challenger, Julian Schreibman, and President Obama both improving their standing in the right-leaning district, which stretches from the Hudson Valley up to the Capital Region.
Schreibman has cut the lead of incumbent Rep. Chris Gibson from 16 points in September, down to just five, with a week to go until Election Day. More
Bloomberg doing nothing extraordinary, and other images of Hurricane Sandy
Here's Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the New York City Office of Emergency Management, in Brooklyn, where he and other officials are tracking Hurricane Sandy. More
(1)Obama still leads in aggregate, but a newspaper poll makes Ohio look closer
As the battleground states progressively tightened and the national polls settled into a dead heat, President Obama always had Ohio.
The all-important swing state has consistently favored the president in poll after poll, even as his margins in other states closed following a lackluster showing in the first presidential debate.
But now it could be an open question too. More
(3)Polls: Obama helps with the House, at least in New York
President Obama's October slide is hurting Democratic candidates across the country and dimming the party's hopes of re-taking the House, according to pollsters and operatives who talked to Politico.
But in New York, the president's coattails seem to be getting longer. More
Bloomberg: Romney has no values, Obama has no bin Laden cred
Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks Mitt Romney has no values and President Obama shouldn't get credit for killing Osama bin Laden.
Romney "walked away from everything he did," Bloomberg told the Atlantic.
Polls: Romney closes the gender gap, at least before Mourdock
A new Associated Press-Gfk poll shows Mitt Romney leading President Obama, 47 percent to 45 percent, thanks mainly to his improved standing with women voters.
Romney, who trailed Obama by 16 points among women in the same survey a month ago, has now drawn even with the president, 47 to 47. More
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