Fires, all the consequences of a powerful storm of historic proportions. In sandys wake at least 28 are dead in the u. S. Dozens of homes lost to fire or swept to sea. Mass transit stalled, and some 8 million without power. The president has been hunkered down at the white house declaring states of emergency, working with governors, and helping to coordinate relief efforts. Just an hour ago he traveled to the headquarters of the red cross pledging for support for whats expected to be a lengthy recovery. My message to the federal government, no bureaucracy, no red tape, get resources where theyre needed as fast as possible, as hard as possible, and for the duration because the Recovery Process obviously in a place like new jersey is going to take a significant amount of time. Indeed. The president will travel to hardhit new jersey tomorrow, and just a week from election day the president s challenger was hardly content to sit on the sidelines. For his part, mitt romney tried to turn an
We are just a dirty dozen days from the president ial election, and with the polls tight in the seven tossup states, you might call this the lightning round where with the candidates racing across the ghunt a furious fight for those 270 electoral votes. The president is in the air after a massive rally in virginia in the midst of an eightstate battleground blitz. Hes due to land in chicago within the hour to become the first president to cast an early vote before heading off to ohio. The challenger, mitt romney, has just wrapped up at his second event today in that most crucial state, the one thats picked every president since 1960. The state that no republican has ever won the white house without. A new Time Magazine poll has the president up five points in ohio by the way, but never mind, earlier today in cincinnati, romney sounded resplendent and utterly triumphant. I mean, do you want real big change in this country . Well, youre going to get it on november 6th. Oh, yes, a romney w
This is going into coocoo land. Contempt, condemnation and coverup. Forget the tricorner hat of the Tea Party Patriots republican have a new threelegged stool to base the campaign strategy. A day after a Party Line Vote to hold lois lerner in contempt of congress the house is on its way to establish a select committee to investigate the 2012 attack on american facilities in benghazi. A preliminary vote was held moments ago setting up the final vote this evening for the committee load by South Carolina congressm tray gowdy. While the gop is united in the launch or another inquiry into an alleged coverup, republicans are split how partisan and opportunisting the party can afford to appear in a key election year. The National Republican congressional committee, the nrcc, is sticking with its shameless fundraising plug, one targeting president obama with distinct focus on Hillary Clinton. But just because this select committee is in the house, it doesnt mean the senate cant get in while th
Its sort of like i feel the same way about isis. I dont really want to tell you what the states are. Because theyve got a lot of money. What theyll do is immediately start advertising, trump is a horrible human being. Trump is also dismissing talk of disunity within his Campaign Amid widespread reports that some of his allies are trying to compel him to reset his campaign. I just want to tell you the campaign is doing really well. Its never been so well united. We started on june 16th. I would say right now its the best in terms of being united that its been since we began. As mentioned, just a few minutes ago, House Speaker paul ryan was interviewed on a wisconsin radio station. This was his first opportunity to publicly respond to the shocking news, really, of donald trump not being willing to support paul ryan in his primary tuesday. Heres what paul ryan said just moments ago in response to that. The only endorsements i want are those of my own employers here in the first Congressio
The Woolwich selectboard kept up its yearly tradition of meeting in the 1837 Town House when the board reopened the historic building at the corner of Old Stage and Dana Mill roads. The agenda Wednesday evening, June 21 was a light one, although.