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Who Do You Think Is Going to Win the Presidential Election? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:00:36 +0000

Today America settles the long battle for the White House between current President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. The national polls are very tight, whereas state-by-state polling seems to suggest another four years for Obama. But perhaps the most accurate way to determine who will win a presidential election is to ask voters who they think [...]

Richie At The Piano With A 2012 Presidential Campaign Summary [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:54:51 +0000

It’s all over except for the counting. Good luck to both candidates. i can’t wait for the absurdity to be over. But I wanted to summarize the absurdity in song, so here is a rough draft, recorded in my living room Hope you enjoy this. Apologies for the turned up collar, the looking up and [...]

Mark Cuban Tells Trump : Shave Your Head and I'll Donate A Million To Charity [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:28:05 +0000

The election is down to the wire, but the absurdity still continues. I thought it was a joke when I heard that Donald Trump told Obama that if he would produce his birth certificate, he would donate millions of dollars to charity. Now here comes another “dare”. You know the history of this, right? If not, here [...]

A Four Year Old Sums Up This Presidential Election So Well [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:38:47 +0000

Take heart, America – it’s almost over. We can finally have control of our TVs again. There have been many comments of how candidates have conducted themselves in this election cycle. Few have been positive. This four year old sums it up the best, however. I’m with ya, kid! This is kid is both cute [...]

Who Do You Think Won Round 3 Of The Presidential Debates – Romney Or Obama?

Richie Phillips — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:06:01 +0000

It’s our Sean and Richie “One Question Poll“. It will only take you about 60 seconds to complete. Are you in? Please write your answer in the comment section. Results will be mentioned on the Sean and Richie Show (if you can stop talking about Taylor Swift for one moment, Sean! )

Final Romney-Obama Debate Is Tonight

Jake Thomas — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:33:14 +0000

This is your final chance to see and listen to the President and his challenger head to head before you head to the polls to cast your vote. Tonight’s debate will center around foreign policy which is very important. A lot of what happens here in the USA, especially when it involves the economy [...]

And Now, The Presidential Debate Auto-Tuned [VIDEO]

Sean McMaster — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:10:02 +0000

You may have seen my post about the Vice President debate last week being ”songified” by the Gregory Brothers, if you liked that one, you will love this. The more I see these videos the more I think that maybe they should just use these instead of the actual debates. I think they are far more entertaining and you [...]

Who Do You Think Won The Obama Romney Debate? Sean and Richie Straw Poll

Richie Phillips — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:00:41 +0000

Well, you’ve seen them – now we’d like to know. Judging what they said and how they said it, who would you vote for right now? Take our quick and dirty poll! Results on tomorrow’s show &lt;a href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/6580261/”&gt;OK – You Saw Them. Now Who Do You Think Won The Debate?&lt;/a&gt;

Obama's Individual Mandate Upheld – CNN Gets It Wrong, Again

Bryen — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:26:47 +0000

Twitter exploded once the Supreme Court announced their decision that the Affordable Health Care act provision that all citizens are required to have insurance is in fact constitutional. All of the major news outlets had it right, except for CNN who declared that it was struck down. Check out some screen shots of the news after the jump.

Obama Campaign Registry for Your Wedding? [POLL]

Sean McMaster — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:45:30 +0000

The Obama campaign has a new fundraising tactic – and it’s actually fairly clever. The Obama campaign fundraisers are urging couples, graduates, anyone honored at a “gift worthy” event to ask guests to donate to the Obama campaign rather than give them a gift! There is even a website designed so you can create your own [...]

Follow Obama's Albany Visit Via Twitter

Bryen — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:32:29 +0000

President Obama is in the Albany area today and you can follow along on Twitter via hastag #obama518 - a lot of people complaining about the traffic but others commenting on Air Force One.

President Obama Albany Visit: Gives Congress To-Do List

Bryen — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:28:50 +0000

UPDATE @ 1:48:

President Obama, after speaking for 22 minutes, has left the podium at UAlbany. He spoke of the tremendous growth we've had here in the Albany area and his vision for seeing that happen in every American city. He spoke about jobs and creating them - and bringing jobs back home from overseas.

The President also outline a to-do list for Congress, joking that there are only a handful of things on the list so that they aren't overwhelmed. The entire list is posted on the blog of the President via The White House website.

What Would Happen If Reagan Met Obama? [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:32:28 +0000

There are two subjects that will always be touchy- politics and religion – especially recently. It seems that we’re slowly losing our sense of humor. Well I’m here to help. This is fantastic, and has gone very viral on the interwebs (as “W” would have said)I’m especially a huge fan of impersonations. These aren’t the [...]

News You Might Have Missed: Obama's Teleprompter Stolen! [VIDEO]

Richie Phillips — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:38:11 +0000

I never saw this story, did you? Was I sleeping? I guess this happened in October. The President’s teleprompter was ripped off! I guess this was News While I Snoozed, but it’s a funny visual! As is typical with going online, I was looking for something related to the CMA show, and this came up-something [...]

It's All About Jobs Right Now-Ours and Obama's! [VIDEO}

Richie Phillips — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:28:40 +0000

This is a pivotal moment right now for both the country and the Presidency. Let’s face it-it’s all about the money, honey- Tonite’s speech by President Obama is crucial. Just the mere mention of job creation could make the stock market soar. In fact one Congressman, Steve King on theCaffienatedThought.com website takes it even further: [...]

Obama Will Win in 2012 – And There's A Formula To Prove It!

Richie Phillips — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:25:06 +0000

Boy, betcha THAT got your attention, huh?. No, it’s not MY formula. It belongs to a college professor. It’s never failed since he predicted Reagan to win in 1984! His name is Alan Lichtman, and he’s a professor at American University. And according to an article at USAtoday.com , this guy never fails to [...]

Pataki Possibly Running for President

GNA — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:51:43 +0000

Former New York Governor George Pataki says he is considering a run for the White House. The 66-year old politician stated not only is President Obama hesitating and lacking a serious plan for the national debt, but the field of Republicans is also pretty thin. The Republican candidates also all seem to be considerably conservative. [...]

Obama's not the Only One with a Birthday Today

Richie Phillips — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:15:09 +0000

Yes, the President is celebrating a birthday today, and I’m happy for him -don’t get me wrong. He’s gone thru a lot. Constantly beaten up by the press no matter what he says. Let him have his cake and eat it today! But who’s sharing their day with the President? Let’s find out, shall [...]

Governor Requests Aid from President

GNA — Thu, 26 May 2011 14:22:55 +0000

Governor Cuomo has asked President Obama to declare certain parts of New York State “a major federal disaster.” The formal request went in Wednesday on behalf of 26 counties who were hit hard by heavy rain and flooding last month. If approved, these counties would receive federal aid to help with cleanup efforts. There was $38 million in [...]

Paul McCartney Gets Engaged Again, And Other News of The Day [AUDIO]

Sean McMaster — Mon, 09 May 2011 14:50:43 +0000

Happy Monday my friends! Well, today I did something a little different than last week. Not only, did I not start the morning monologue with an Osama Bin Laden joke, I didn’t even do one at all. Your welcome. So lets take a look at what we did cover in today’s monologue. Kate Hudson’s new [...]