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Mitt Romney's campaign released the full transcript of the Rep. Paul Ryan VP speech, delivered on Saturday in Norfolk, Virgina. These are the remarks as prepared for delivery: My dad died when I was young. He was a good and decent man. I still remember a couple of things he would say that have really stuck with me.  "Son you are either part of the problem or part of the solution." Regrettably, President Obama has become part of the problem,...and Mitt Romney is the solution. The other thing m

Credit: Foreign Policy Mitt Romney announced Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate Saturday morning. Rep. Ryan is a shrewd decision from a domestic policy angle. He is a major architect of the Republican's Path to Prosperity, a vocal member of the GOP majority in Congress, as well as youthful, fresh and predicted to invigorate the Republican base. But between a relatively young Wisconsin Congressman and the former Governor of Massachusetts, where is the foreign policy experience? What a

Credit: Foreign Policy Mitt Romney announced Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate Saturday morning. Rep. Ryan is a shrewd decision from a domestic policy angle. He is a major architect of the Republican's Path to Prosperity, a vocal member of the GOP majority in Congress, as well as youthful, fresh and predicted to invigorate the Republican base. But between a relatively young Wisconsin Congressman and the former Governor of Massachusetts, where is the foreign policy experience? What a

(Photo: Reuters) One of the more contentious political episodes of the past week has been an ad run by a pro-Obama PAC making the claim that as CEO of Bain Capital, Mitt Romney killed a man's wife. Of course, the ad doesn't quite say that. The explicit point of the ad is to show that Romney was a heartless corporate vulture. The implicit point, however, was to implicate Romney in the death of a man's wife because when Bain closed a steel plant, the man lost his health insurance. His wife began

The Boston Globe reported this week that during the 10-year ownership of the Red Sox by John Henry, Tom Werner, Larry Lucchino and their partners, the team has contributed more than $52 million to charity, the most by any team in baseball, and probably in all professional sports. It affirms what I have repeatedly said about the Boston Red Sox having the highest civic ethic of any team in sports; now we have independent confirmation. When the Henry, Werner, Lucchino group took ownership of the

A new CNN poll shows that independent voters are turning their backs on the former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. “Among independent voters, the poll indicates President Obama has a 53%-42% lead,” CNN Polling Director Keating Holland told CNN.com Looking back to July, Romney led among independent voters, holding a 12 point lead over the President of the United States. CNN elaborates: Among independents, the poll indicates Romney's image has taken a beating. In May, only 40% of independe

Photo: alternet.org Over the last couple election cycles in the United States, there has been much talk of a "glass ceiling" in US electoral politics that racial minorities and women have not been able to completely break through to higher US political offices such as the US Senate and the presidency. For the two biggest parties in America, it's been mostly talk, but third parties are paving the way for women with female presidential candidates, and not just at the bottom of the ticket. Neithe

Photo: nme.com After a failed bid earlier this year to secure the Green Party's nomination, actress Roseanne Barr announced this Thursday that she will be seeking the nomination of the socialist Peace and Freedom Party. Though Barr has had her sights on the White House for a year now, the comedienne and award winning television actress lost the Green Party's nomination to Dr. Jill Stein, the Green Party's energetic and well-spoken Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate from 2010. Barr's potent

Western Growers, a powerful trade association representing the interests of California and Arizona specialty crop farmers, recently endorsed Mitt Romney for president, saying he subscribes to the right kind of immigration reform. The first-ever presidential endorsement by the organization is also significant for its having come before the conclusion of the primary race. Clearly, fresh produce growers are anxious to send a message to national farm policy makers: corn, soy and wheat aren't the onl

credit: VisitingDC.com Check out History Unspun’s President Profile Of The Day: John Adams. Who would have thought John Adams and Thomas Jefferson may have been the first case of 'frenemies' in United States history? Astrological Sign: Scorpio Term of Presidency: 1797-1801 Party: Federalist Age Upon Taking Office: 61 Vice President: Thomas Jefferson Ran Against: Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Pinckney, Aaron Burr Height: 5’7” Nicknames: “His Rotundity,” “Colossus of Independence,” “Duke of Br