Photo: AP Just days before voters head to the polls, Missouri Congressman Todd Akin has launched a nearly two million dollar ad campaign in his race for US Senate. This is the first time since his controversial comments about “legitimate rape” in August that the Republican has made an ad buy that comes close in funding to his opponent, Democratic incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill. This last minute funding for Akin is the final push to get the controversial congressman reelected. The Washingto...

Photo: MorningJournal.com Voting rights activists are concerned about new software installed on Ohio voting machines in 39 of 88 counties in the state. As a swing state that could will determine the election, activists are worried about the features and implications of the software. The precincts using the software cater to an estimated four million potential voters. According to the Free Press, internal memos from senior staff in the office of Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted confirm the in...

Credit: AP Vice President Joe Biden called the United States a "purple nation" during his campaign stops in Iowa last week. While speaking to crowds in both Muscotine and Fort Dodge, he highlighted bipartisan efforts in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. He said, "What came out of this, this godawful storm in the East, was cooperation like it used to exist when I first got into office.” The Vice President also mentioned the Republicans he worked with while serving in the Senate. Yet, Biden sa...

Credit: Orlando Sentinel In this final week before the election, Mitt Romney’s campaign has launched a new anti-Obama ad on Spanish language television stations and on its website. The ad targets an important segment of the Florida Hispanic vote – Cubans. The latest Florida International University/Miami Herald/El Nueva Herald poll shows President Obama leading Hispanic voters in Florida by a narrow 51 to 47 percent over Mitt Romney. The same poll found that without Cuban-Americans, Obama wins ...

Credit: Kfoxtv.com Election day is right around the corner. Campaigns across the country are coming down to the wire. Both Democrats and Republicans are keeping a close eye on the U.S. Senate race in Missouri. Weeks after Republican challenger, Rep. Todd Akin, made controversial comments about “legitimate rape,” he is now in a statistical dead heat with incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in the MO senate race. According to the latest survey of likely voters by Mason-Dixon Polling & Res...