Thursday, October 11, 2012
Did Joe Biden and Paul Ryan impress you or were they full of malarkey?
Talk about a debate. Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan came out swinging and never backed down during the Oct. 11 vice presidential debate. In contrast to the much more staid presidential debate, Biden and Ryan went toe-to-toe in Danville, KY, in a debate split between domestic and foreign issues. The men interrupted each other frequently, sometimes raising their voices—and in Biden’s case, throwing up his hands. Biden and Ryan challenged each other at almost every turn, accusing the other of misrepresenting facts, budget calculations, past records and pretty much anything else they could disagree about. (Fact-checkers, of course, are already parsing the statements.) While moderator Martha Raddatz, ABC News chief foreign …
Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan will debate on Oct. 11 at 9 p.m. Get the details here.
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
The first and only vice presidential debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan happens tonight, Oct. 11 at at 9 p.m. Biden and Ryan will spar over domestic and foreign policy in the debate at Centre College in Danville, KY. Biden is under increased pressure, some analysts say, because of President Obama's lackluster performance in the first presidential debate last week. Check below for more information on that debate and the remaining debates leading up to Election Day. AOL will provide a live stream of the debate. TV Channels Broadcasting Live: ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and more, including CNN Espanol. Live Streaming Online: AOL, YouTube's Election Hub. Below is more detailed information on the vice…
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
The national spotlight shines on Gov. Chris Christie for his Republican National Convention keynote address. The governor plans to use New Jersey as an "illustrative experience."
Gov. Chris Christie will have the nation’s attention this evening as he delivers the keynote address at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL. Network coverage of the Republican National Convention begins at 10 p.m. tonight. Christie is scheduled to speak at 10:30 p.m. The speech will be carried live across the national networks—ABC, CBS, NBC—plus on CNN, Fox News, PBS and NJTV. While Christie hasn’t released an advance copy of the speech, he left clues during a long morning of talk show interviews. On Today, Christie told Matt Lauer, “I’ll use New Jersey as an illustrative experience about what can happen if you stick by your principles and look for ways to solve problems.” Fox News reports that Christie will “make the case for …
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Republicans and Democrats agree, however, Paul Ryan's selection will galvanize their state parties, according to a Patch flash poll.
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Sunday, August 12, 2012
New Jersey Republican and Democratic insiders believe Mitt Romney's VP pick will galvanize each of their parties, but they're divided whether Paul Ryan is a better choice than Chris Christie. Of the 24 Republican respondents to Patch's flash poll this weekend, 25 percent strongly agree and 25 percent strongly disagree with the statement, "Paul Ryan is a stronger VP candidate than Chris Christie would have been." Nearly 17 percent said they somewhat agreed with the statement, while 12.5 percent somewhat disagreed and 20.8 percent were not sure. However, more than 50 percent of the 27 Democratic respondents either strongly agreed or somewhat agreed that Ryan was the better choice, while 18.5 percent somewhat disagreed and 11.1 percent …
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Elected officials and party leaders were quick to weigh in on the selection Saturday.
Politicians from the county level on up to the federal government reacted soon after Congressman Paul Ryan was named the vice-presidential running mate to Mitt Romney Saturday. Here's what they had to say: From Gloucester County's Republicans: The Gloucester County Republican Executive committee would like to congratulate our next president, Mitt Romney on his choice for our next Vice President. Paul Ryan is an intellectual prodigy and budget guru that will ensure this election cycle is focused on the issues that matter most to the American people. The economy and jobs! Democrats in New Jersey and around the country will do everything in their power to divert voters’ attention away from the failed policies of the Obama administration: High…
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan selected as GOP nominee, while NJ governor may serve as convention keynote speaker.
After months of rumors that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would be tapped as the GOP vice president nomineee, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney instead on Saturday chose Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan for the spot. Christie may now have the opportunity to serve as the GOP convention's keynote speaker later this month in Tampa, Fla. Being named the keynote speaker could open the door for Christie to run in 2016 and still allow him to serve a second term as governor. The New Jersey governor, who in the past has stated he was not interested in the vice presidential nomination, may have ultimately lost out in the long run due to his short fuse and short record. In just the last month, Christie branded a reporter as an "idiot" down in Monmouth County …
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan will run for vice president on the GOP ticket. Is he the right choice?
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Saturday, August 11, 2012
The team of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will take on Barack Obama and Joe Biden in November. Romney and Ryan, a Wisconson Republican congressman, teamed up in Norfolk, VA, this morning to make the official announcement, although details leaked out hours before. Ryan is considered a rising star in the GOP and is best known for his proposed budget that calls for an overhaul of Medicare. Some analysists call Ryan a "bold choice" because the congressman's selection is considered a controversial move and a departure from the "safe" reputation Romney has. Ryan has a long voting history on issues that Democrats want to run on — health care and Social Security, especially. Ryan also has never run for a statewide ticket, according to ABC News. …
Friday, August 26, 2011
Those surveyed showed satisfaction with current Republican presidential field.
While influential local Republicans in the early caucus and primary states said they are satisfied with the current GOP presidential field, a third said Gov. Chris Christie would be their choice for another candidate to enter the race. Sixty-three percent of those surveyed in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina said they are satisfied with the current field as part of the second Huffington Post-Patch Power Outsiders poll. Thirty-six percent of the 169 surveyed said that they wanted another candidate to enter the race. The survey, conducted earlier this week, comes as the Republican establishment in Washington is looking for new candidates to enter the race. Christie, who has continually tempered speculation that he wants to run for …
Lauren Burgoon
11:40 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Just think, less than 12 hours before everyone can take up the "who won the second presidential debate?" argument on a new article .... It will be posted throughout our region of Patch sites: Cherry Hill, Cinnaminson, Collingswood, Gloucester Township, Haddonfield-Haddon Township, Moorestown and West Deptford. more ›