Washington: Democrats in the US Senate increased their voting edge to 10 with a newly elected independent saying on Wednesday he will align with them. Senator-elect Angus King says he has decided to caucus with Democrats, ending months of speculation about which party he would vote with. The former Maine governor was elected last week to replace retiring Republican Sen Olympia Snowe, a prominent centrist. Republican and conservative groups spent...
10:42 PM, Nov 14, 2012
Chicago: On the day after the 2010 midterm election that swept Republicans into control of the House of Representatives and decreased Democrats' majority in the Senate, senior White House adviser David Axelrod had a message for President Barack Obama. "I think they just planted the seeds of your re-election," he told his boss. "The most strident voices had seized control of the Republican Party and you knew that the nominee...
03:30 AM, Nov 09, 2012
Washington: One day after a bruising, mixed-verdict election, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner both pledged on Wednesday to seek a compromise to avert looming spending cuts and tax increases that threaten to plunge the economy back into recession. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev said "Of course" an agreement is possible. While all three men spoke in general terms, Boehner stressed that Republicans would be willing...
07:09 AM, Nov 08, 2012
Washington: Millions of dollars were raised and spent, swing states reeled from endless political ads, and now that President Barack Obama has been re-elected, the soul searching begins. What happened to the powerful Republican "Super PACs" and advocacy groups that staked all in a failed attempt to ensure the Democrat's defeat? The 2012 campaign was the first real test for "super" political action committees (PACs) - in part spawned by...
06:44 AM, Nov 08, 2012
A US Election officer in New Delhi said that they are expecting more people to vote in this election, both in the US and overseas. ...
06:32 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Washington: Supported largely by the Indian-American community, President Barack Obama's Democratic Party with the longest continuous operation in the US has promoted a social liberal and progressive platform since the 1930s. Led by Obama, the 15th Democratic president of the United States seeking re-election on the slogan of "Forward", the party says it is "focused on building an economy that lasts-an economy that lifts up all Americans" as it believes...
05:21 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Washington: Boasting of the only two Indian-American governors, presidential challenger Mitt Romney's Republican Party is the flag bearer of American conservatism advocating "smaller and smarter" government, fiscal discipline, lower taxes and minimum regulation. Founded by anti-slavery activists in 1854, the Republicans dominated US politics nationally for most of the period between 1860-1932 providing 18 of America's 44 presidents, including George W. Bush, who occupied the White House from 2001 to...
11:14 AM, Nov 05, 2012
US presidential polls are just around the corner, while that is still sometime away. Our correspondent Netra Agarwal caught up with American fashion designer Rachel Roy who was in India recently and discussed style quotient of Obama as well as US first lady Michelle Obama. ...
02:30 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Reactions and thoughts from both Democrats and Republicans after the debate between the two Presidential candidates in the US elections. ...
02:01 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Hempstead: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday scored a clear victory over Mitt Romney in the high-stake second presidential debate, putting up a combative performance as he slammed his Republican presidential rival on issues like outsourcing and Libya. As Obama faced-off Romney in a town hall style debate at Hofstra University here, he was under intense pressure to improve upon his lacklustre performance at the first debate in Denver on...
02:30 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Washington: US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's strong performance in last week's debate helped him pull ahead of President Barack Obama, a Pew Research Center poll showed on Monday. Likely voters favored Romney in the presidential race by 49 per cent to Obama's 45 per cent, while Romney came up even at 46 per cent with Obama among registered voters, Pew said. Romney had trailed Obama by nine points among...
07:59 AM, Oct 09, 2012
There seems to be cold hard realism within our Indian sensibilities that money and electoral politics is a toxic cocktail for parliamentary democracy. Whenever well-funded ...
01:15 PM, Oct 08, 2012
Romney came across as aggressive and polished, while Obama appeared laid back and unassertive in the first debate. ...
11:54 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Republican Mitt Romney came across as aggressive and polished, while Democrat Barack Obama appeared laid back and unassertive in a presidential debate on Wednesday that showcased their differences in style as much as substance. Can Romney catch up with Obama in the crucial elections? Join CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar for an informed perspective in World View on Friday at 10 pm. ...
05:47 PM, Oct 04, 2012
In a showdown at close quarters, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred aggressively in their first campaign debate on Wednesday night over taxes, deficits and strong steps needed to create jobs in a sputtering national economy. The economy dominated the evening, as it has the race for the White House all year. Pre-debate opinion polls showed Obama with a slight advantage in key battleground states and nationally. With ...
09:15 AM, Oct 04, 2012
Denver: In a showdown at close quarters, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred aggressively in their first campaign debate on Wednesday night over taxes, deficits and strong steps needed to create jobs in a sputtering national economy. "The status quo is not going to cut it," declared the challenger. Obama in turn accused his rival of seeking to "double down" on economic policies that actually led to the...
08:59 AM, Oct 04, 2012
Washington: The debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Wednesday marks the first time the two candidates will be able to challenge each other directly on the economic issues that have been the focus of the presidential campaign. Viewers should be able to determine how each candidate fares by keeping an eye on the following five factors: Romney on offense, Obama on defense With less than...
02:56 AM, Oct 01, 2012
Washington: In a major embarrassment to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a video of his fundraising has surfaced that shows him dismissing President Barack Obama's supporters as "victims" who live off government handouts. The remarks of Romney, from a video of private fundraiser held early this year, was first reported in the liberal magazine Mother Jones, creating political upheaval in the presidential elections, which is now just 50 days away....
01:23 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Belmont: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Saturday of standing by while a looming budgetary calamity unfolds in Washington as he sought to regain his footing after a tough week on the campaign trail. Romney leaped into the debate over the "fiscal cliff," the potential for an end-of-the-year uproar when some $109 billion in across-the-board spending cuts kick in unless Obama and Congress reach a deficit-reduction...
08:59 AM, Sep 16, 2012
Barack Obama was campaigning in Florida when he met Scott Van, a registered Republican. ...
03:12 PM, Sep 10, 2012
