CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – In light of the President’s travel to Louisiana to meet with local officials and view ongoing response and recovery efforts to Hurricane Isaac, President Obama will no longer travel to Cleveland on Monday, September 3. President Obama was supposed to deliver remarks at The 11th Congressional District Community Caucus Labor Day […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections is seeking reliable and civic-minded people to serve as poll workers during the November 6th General Presidential Election. To help make the public aware of these job opportunities, poll worker applications will be available at over 100 locations throughout the county. “This is an important […]
The pick is in. Republican Presidential nominee Governor Mitt Romney announced today that Congressman Paul Ryan will be his running mate in November as both seek to unseat President Barack Obama. Ryan is best known for his controversial “Ryan Budget” which will totally eliminate many programs that a large number of Americans depend on […]
WASHINGTON — New polls in three critical battleground states provide good news for President Barack Obama, as all three show him leading presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney by statistically significant margins. The new surveys, conducted jointly by Quinnipiac University, CBS News and The New York Times, show Obama leading Romney by six percentage points in […]
Winter Park, Florida (CNN) –- Buoyed by a recent poll indicating a 6-point lead in the crucial swing state of Florida, President Obama addressed an enthusiastic crowd in the Orlando suburb of Winter Park while making a particular birthday request only two days before he turns 51. “Winning Florida wouldn’t be a bad birthday present,” […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – President Obama visits Akron Wednesday, August 1. He will speak at the John S. Knight Center at 77 East Mill Street. Estimated time of remarks is 4 p.m., doors will open at 1:30pm. Tickets are required for entry. They were distributed Tuesday at three locations. Before heading to Akron, the President […]
Did Mitt Romney bring in supporters to cheer him on during his Wednesday speech to the NAACP? That’s the charge made by Hilary Shelton, who heads up the Washington, D.C., chapter of the NAACP. Shelton told Ed Schultz on MSNBC Wednesday night that Romney flew in supporters to Houston to applaud him at the civil […]
WZAK Stone Soul Picnic – Buy Your Tickets Mitt Romney was booed Wednesday at the NAACP conference for promising to repeal the president’s signature health care reform law, bringing him to an awkward halt in the middle of an otherwise civilly-received pitch for black voters. It was an awkward moment that forced him to go […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – President Barack Obama will visit Cleveland for a campaign event Thursday. President Obama will deliver remarks at the Cuyahoga Community College Metropolitan Campus on two contrasting visions for our economy. The President is expected to start speaking around 1:45 p.m. In his remarks, the President will outline the choice in this election: […]
MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to reelect one of the most polarizing politicians in the country, choosing between two starkly opposite visions of how to run the state. Symbolically, the election’s importance is second only to the presidential contest, and both gubernatorial candidates — Gov. Scott Walker (R) […]
LAS VEGAS — “He doesn’t want to talk about it.” Or so said Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s spokesman, on the question of where President Obama was born. Cohen, in a phone interview, called the renewed controversy over Trump’s questioning of whether Obama was born in the U.S. “a distraction,” and blamed it on “the liberal […]
Jesse Lee Peterson, the controversial conservative preacher and regular guest of Sean Hannity, said in a recent video it was a mistake to allow women the right to vote. In a video uploaded in March but publicized this Monday by Raw Story, Peterson, who runs an organization calling for Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny […]