Election 2012 Missouri News, Results: Dems Roll—Obama Wins Presidency, Nixon and McCaskill Also Win

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Barack Obama Re-Elected President

President Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.

President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan.  NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 11:15 EST. The president sent a message on Twitter at 10:14 saying simply, "This happened because of you. Thank you." The Obama campaign won the most expensive presidential race ever, with both parties raising about $2.6 billion. The race was filled with negative campaigning on both sides, from President Obama attacking Romney’s business experience with Bain Capital to Romney lambasting Obama’s handling of the economy. The race tightened during the final months of the campaign, with gaffes and surges …

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george theodorakos

1:35 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013

just to keep it going...what is happening now....14,000 dow....but still the debt goes up...unemployment went up touching 8% again....personally...I think it is all smoke and mirrors////obama thinks he has a mandate....I just cant figure it out...no kidding...I think romeny would have been a very good president....but...he just didnt have it....not the charisma and the democrats vilified him...…   more ›

Whose Political Ad Are You Happy to See Disappear?

With the election only one day away, it's time to fess up: Whether it's Akin, McCaskill, Spence, Nixon or someone else, which political ad will you be happy to see go?

You know the drill.  The somber music plays in the background while a deep voice shares a fearful message about a candidate seeking election. Occasionally, a few seconds might be reserved afterward for an inspiring message from that candidate's challenger.  These so-called attack ads have grown more prevalent as we've moved closer to the Nov. 6 election.  In the U.S. Senate race, an ad from Rep. Todd Akin (R-Wildwood) contains a voice that connects Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) to President Barack Obama. The voice references McCaskill's support of the Affordable Care Act and her endorsement of the president in 2008.  An ad from McCaskill takes a similar approach in connecting her opponent to the 2012 presidential campaign. The ad begins by …

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After Irene and Sandy, Climate Change, Yes or No?

This week's Conversation Starter is about the question of whether Irene last year and Sandy this year have persuaded you to give the question of climate change and global warning another look.

Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist at the City University of New York. He appeared for a segment last week on CBS This Morning to discuss the question of global climate change in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, which bashed parts of Manhattan, the Jersey Shore and other regions of the country hard on Monday and Tuesday. Are you a believer? What do you think about the question of whether mankind is having an effect on the global climate? Does the fact that a giant hurricane, Irene, and another one combined with two other weather systems, Sandy, pounded the northeast in just 14 months? Kaku's basic premise was this: Get used to so-called "100-year storms" and "100-year floods" happening more often. Because the trends that track energy (…

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Political Poll: Does Obama or Romney Have Your Vote?

If the election were held today after the debates, which presidential candidate would you vote for?

The debate season is over and we've entered the home stretch of the Presidential Election season. In just two short weeks, 14 days, voters will finally get their wish—the constant television and radio ads will stop. Finally, after months (years?) of campaigning, the United States of America will get to vote for its leader for the next four years. The conventions have come and gone and President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney have squared off in three debates. All that's left is a final two-week push to convince those last undecided hold outs.  Before the debates, we polled readers wondering who they favored in the election. Out of 68 total votes, the Republican challenger, Romney, won the popular vote. He picked up 45 votes (66 …

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Who Won The Final 2012 Presidential Debate: Obama or Romney?

The debate at Lynn University in Florida on Oct. 22, 2012, is behind us. Who do you think won? And what did our audience for our Wehrenberg debate watch parties think?

Updated with results of Patch surveys. Who won Monday night's debate between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney? It might have been Major League Baseball, as the politicians competed with Game 7 of the St. Louis Cardinals-San Francisco Giants pennant series. But among about 60 die-hard politics watchers who joined Patch.com for debate-watching parties at two local Wehrenberg theaters, viewers called the tete-a-tete a draw. Monday's debate was the last of three debates between the presidential candidates and the fourth in a series staged by the Commission on Presidential Debates. The vice presidential candidates faced off on Oct. 11. The debate came 15 days before voters go to the ballot box on Nov. 6. A narrowly pro-Romney crowd …

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Gary W. Elliott

5:02 am on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Just think, you may have to move in with your kids!   more ›