Washington: President Barack Obama is sounding a conciliatory tone after his re-election victory, saying he has learned from those who supported him and those who opposed him. And he says he returns to Washington "more determined" and "more inspired."
He said he's hoping to work with Republicans to solve the nation's problems. He spoke to a cheering crowd in Chicago shortly after Mitt Romney told supporters in Boston that it's time for the nation to unite behind the president.
Obama said he wants to meet with Romney to discuss how to work together. As he starts his second term, Obama will once again be dealing with a Republican-controlled House and a Senate led by Democrats.
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12:59 PM, Nov 07, 2012
Washington: 1:05 pm: India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulated Barack Obama for being re-elected as the President of the United States. "We look forward to working with you," the Prime Minister said. 12:25 pm: Stressing on his determination to improve the economy, Obama said, "I return to the White House more determined and inspired than ever." "In the coming weeks and months I am looking forward to reaching out and...
12:15 PM, Nov 07, 2012
New York: A sigh of relief and happiness - this was what a picture tweeted by Barack Obama depicted after he was re-elected as the President of the United States on Tuesday. Obama tweeted a picture of him hugging his wife Michelle Obama and added 'four more years' to the tweet. The Democrats rejoiced as Obama was re-elected as the President of the United States on Wednesday, beating his Republican...
10:29 AM, Nov 07, 2012
Washington: Pennsylvania has turned out to be safe for the Democrats after all. The state's 20 electoral votes are going to President Barack Obama. Pennsylvania had been considered to be in Obama's column for much of the campaign. But in recent days, as polls appeared to narrow, Mitt Romney's campaign saw an opportunity. There was a late advertising blitz for Romney, and the candidate added visits to Pennsylvania Sunday and...
08:50 AM, Nov 07, 2012
Washington: Americans went to the polls to vote for their next president on Tuesday after a tightly contested race between incumbent Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney. Below are some comments made by the candidates and voters: Obama, speaking to WJLA TV in Washington: "We've laid out the choice very clearly for the American people, and now the question is going to be people showing up to the polls......
08:20 AM, Nov 07, 2012
Following the elections from Boston, Massachusetts: what are the voters looking for in their leader, what are the major issues? ...
04:57 AM, Nov 07, 2012
Washington: The first results of the US Presidential elections, by tradition, were tallied in Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, New Hampshire, shortly after midnight on Monday. President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney each received five votes in Dixville Notch. In Hart's Location, Obama got 23 votes to 9 votes for Romney and two votes for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson. Obama and Romney face the verdict of voters on...
01:40 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Iowa: For President Barack Obama, it ended where it all began. Obama closed his 2012 campaign with a nighttime rally on Monday in Iowa, where his 2008 caucus victory jumpstarted his road to the White House. In an event steeped in nostalgia, the president urged voters in the swing state to help him finish what they started in Iowa four years ago. "I've come back to Iowa one more time...
11:31 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Washington: Owing to the unique nature of American political system, both the camps in fray for the presidential polls will be eying the magical figure of '270', which is the minimum number of Electoral College votes a candidate needs to bag to be declared as the next President. Presidential elections in the US are held under which each state is worth a certain number of electoral votes based on population....
08:52 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Washington: Republican Mitt Romney will continue with his election campaigning even on the poll day on Tuesday as he plans to woo the voters in key battleground states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. According to campaign officials, Romney will travel to Ohio and Pennsylvania, which political experts said is part of his move to give a last minute edge to his electoral prospects in these two critical states. If past is...
08:09 AM, Nov 06, 2012
New York: The United States has begun early voting in what can be called one of the closest and tightest races to the White House. 538 votes will decide the election between President Barack Obama and his republican challenger Mitt Romney. CNN's poll finds Obama barely leading Romney 49 per cent to 48 per cent. Millions in the key states have already cast absentee or early ballots despite long queues,...
07:29 AM, Nov 06, 2012
New York: The race to the White House has entered its final lap in the United States. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney have one last chance to woo voters on the last day of campaigning. This after the two nominees faced each other in three rounds of Presidential debates. Obama seems to have the edge in the swing states. But a new poll now predicts a close...
07:40 AM, Nov 05, 2012
Washington: President Barack Obama would cast his ballot on Friday for the November 6 US presidential elections, thus becoming the first US President to vote early in the country's electoral history. Obama, 51, will stop in Chicago during his 48-hour tour of several key battle ground states of Colorado, Ohio, Nevada and Virginia. "I am going to stop in Chicago to vote before this 48-hour day is done," Obama said....
12:57 PM, Oct 25, 2012
A Republican politician in the US has invited harsh comments after he said that pregnancy caused by rape was God's will. Richard Mourdock is a candidate for the US Senate from the state of Indiana. Mourdock later apologised for that comment which was made while defending his opposition to abortion at a senate debate. Democrats have been quick to condemn the remark which has come at the fag end of ...
11:27 AM, Oct 25, 2012
Florida: President Barack Obama aggressively attacked Republican challenger Mitt Romney on foreign policy on Monday in their third and final debate in an effort to blunt his opponent's surge in the polls with two weeks left until Election Day. The high-stakes debate strayed repeatedly into domestic policy, with Romney seeking to bolster his argument that Obama had bungled the US economic recovery with high unemployment and rising debt. Neither man...
09:31 AM, Oct 23, 2012
New York: An aggressive President Barack Obama accused challenger Mitt Romney of peddling a "sketchy deal" to fix the U.S. economy and playing politics with the deadly terrorist attack in Libya in a Tuesday night debate crackling with energy and emotion just three weeks before the election. Romney pushed back hard, saying the middle class "has been crushed over the last four years" under Obama's leadership and that 23 million...
07:16 AM, Oct 17, 2012
Denver: Buoyed by a powerful debate showing, Mitt Romney said on Thursday he offers "prosperity that comes through freedom" to a country struggling to shed a weak economy. President Barack Obama accused the former Massachusetts governor of running from his own record in pursuit of political power. Both men unleashed new attack ads in the battleground states in a race with little more than a month to run, Obama suggesting...
09:40 AM, Oct 05, 2012
Denver: 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. Known for his eloquence, the Democratic president stammered and paused during many answers, looking down at his podium when he was not speaking. Romney, a former private equity executive, spoke in lists and was more...
12:49 PM, Oct 04, 2012
Washington: Challenger Mitt Romney used Wednesday's debate to put President Barack Obama on the defensive on healthcare, jobs and other issues. The president's reluctance to fire back harshly gave new hope to Republican partisans. Romney managed to highlight his top campaign themes - calling for lower tax rates, less regulation, the repeal of "Obamacare" - while largely fending off Obama's demands for details on how to pay for his proposals...
11:44 AM, Oct 04, 2012
