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Video: Romney walks back 47 percent, does anyone buy it?

Posted 10/5/2012

The Grio.com’s  Joy Reid, MSNBC co-host Krystal Ball, and Rev. Al Sharpton call Romney’s back-track on the 47 percent comments “the ultimate Etch-a-Sketch moment.” (PoliticsNation)

 

Video: Romney tripping on the truth

Posted 10/5/2012

Dana Milbank from the Washington Post and Real Clear Politics’ Erin McPike talk about Romney’s attempts to “bait and switch” his very-right policies from the start of the campaign to his more moderate positions outlined in Wednesday’s debate….

 

Video: RNC voter fraud investigation in Florida

Posted 10/4/2012

Florida has opened up a criminal investigation on Republican-caused voter fraud in the state. Rev. Al Sharpton follows up on the story in this segment of “Block the Vote.” (PoliticsNation)

 

Video: Romney must denounce John Sununu

Posted 10/4/2012

After former Gov. John Sununu called the president “lazy” and “disengaged,” Rev. Al Sharpton, The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart, and MSNBC contributor Victoria DeFrancesco Soto are calling for Mitt Romney to condone or condemn the GOP surrogate.

 

Video: Sharpton: Big Bird is a big diversion

Posted 10/4/2012

On Wednesday night, Mitt Romney said he would cut funding for PBS in order to decrease the deficit. Rev. Al Sharpton finds it odd that tax breaks for big oil are OK, but Big Bird has to go. Mother Jones’ David Corn and Newsweek/The Daily Beast’s Mi…

 

Video: Policy more important than performance in Ohio

Posted 10/4/2012

Debates aside, the fact is that President Barack Obama is still leading in Ohio, especially among the middle class on how to handle the economy and jobs. Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, says that Obama and Brown should both win the Buckeye State in Nove…

 

Video: Debate was Romney vs. Romney

Posted 10/4/2012

Democratic strategist Bob Shrum and economist Jared Bernstein join Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss how Wednesday night’s debate was really Mitt versus Mitt in terms of contradicting politics and promises from the Republican candidate. (PoliticsNation)

 

Video: Passion the key to debates

Posted 10/3/2012

Rev. Al Sharpton remembers his time on the debate stage in 2004 and offers advice to the candidates heading into Wednesday’s debate. (PoliticsNation)

 

Video: Romney’s debate record is mixed

Posted 10/3/2012

Wednesday’s debate is high stakes for Mitt Romney, who is trying to restart his campaign again. His record as a debater is mixed, with some examples of wins and errors. Abby Huntsman of HuffPost Live and Neera Tanden, President of The Center for Amer…

 

Video: Right-wing media focuses on old Obama speech as shocking

Posted 10/3/2012

The right-wing website Daily Caller claimed they’d dug up a new tape of a “shocking” speech by President Obama, but the tape has been readily available since the 2008 campaign. Professor James Peterson and Ana Marie Cox of the Guardian weigh in o…

 

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