Obama dodges responsibility for high unemployment in debate

President Obama thoroughly flubbed the “Are you better off than you were four years ago test” during last night’s opening debate with Mitt Romney.

“Over the last 30 months, we’ve seen 5 million jobs in the private sector created,” Obama said, ignoring the persistent 8 percent plus unemployment rates that have been the characteristic of his presidency. “But we all know that we’ve still got a lot of work to do.”

Romney misses opportunity to hit Obama on student aid in first debate

Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney missed almost every opportunity given to him to address education reform in general and higher education reform, specifically, during the first presidential debate Wednesday night.

President Obama brought up the subject of education on five separate occasions during the debate, but Romney only touched on the subject once and briefly.

Axelrod refuses to explain how a 2nd Obama term would be different

CNN’s Candy Crowley had top Obama adviser David Axelrod on the defense this morning during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union“.

The CNN host pointed out that former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Clinton ally, had said the only reason Obama has been up in the polls has been a series of missteps by the Romney campaign and not because of any sort of clear vision.

SNL mocks Obama’s inability to create jobs

SNL mocked Barack Obama’s inability to get the economy back on track Saturday night. The opening sketch had the President at an Ohio town meeting taking questions from attendees asking what he when the economy would improve.

“I really don’t want to vote for Romney, but I really thought things would be better by now,” a woman asks Jay Pharaoh in character as Obama, noting she had been laid off in 2009.

Letterman says don’t vote for Romney if he doesn’t come on his show

David Letterman is getting desperate to get Mitt Romney on his show, saying people shouldn’t vote for him if he refuses to appear.

Romney has 39 days to stop ignoring his program, Letterman said Thursday night.

Allen West showcases opponent’s mug shot in new ad

Allen West’s take no prisoners attitude has contributed to his strong popularity with Tea Party members and has garnered him national attention.

His latest ad showcasing Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy’s mug shot from a Feb. 16, 2003 arrest for verbally assaulting a policeman and being arrested for getting into in a bar fight is no exception.

Pew finds Colbert, Daily Show viewers overwhelmingly young and liberal

A Pew study finds that the bulk of “The Daily Show” and “Colbert Report”’s viewers skew overwhelmingly liberal. The Comedy Central faux news shows also boast the youngest audience of any of the major TV news shows.

Forty-three percent of Colbert’s audience is under the age of 30 and 39 percent of Jon Stewart’s Daily Show audience falls into the same demographic. Yet those aged 18-29 comprise 23 percent of the nation’s total population.

Obama administration policies could make bacon scarce

Government subsidies could make the all-American breakfast favorite, bacon and eggs, something for the select few.

The United Kingdom’s National Pig Association warns that a worldwide shortage of pork products is inevitable next year due to rising pig feed costs fueled a global failure of soy and corn harvests.