Skip to main content

Headline Roundup October 30th, 2012

Hurricane and Politics

Featured Coverage of this Story

From the Left
Mitt Romney Refuses To Talk About FEMA After Hurricane Sandy Event
Mitt Romney Refuses To Talk About FEMA After Hurricane Sandy Event

HuffPost

News

Mitt Romney refused to answer reporters' questions about how he would handle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), after a Tuesday "storm relief" event in Ohio for Hurricane Sandy.

From the Romney pool report:
TV pool asked Romney at least five times whether he would eliminate FEMA as president/what he would do with FEMA. He ignored the qs but they are audible on cam. The music stopped at points and the qs would have been audible to him.
A follow-up report noted the specific questions Romney ignored, as he was...

Open on HuffPost
From the Left
How To Read The Post-Sandy Polls
How To Read The Post-Sandy Polls

NPR (Online News)

News

Hurricane Sandy's on-the-ground devastation has yet to be cataloged, and how the violent storm may affect the presidential campaign with just a week to Election Day is equally uncertain.

Will President Obama's response to the disaster help or hurt his re-election prospects? Or will the campaign's new trajectory โ€” canceled appearances, postponed early voting โ€” ultimately benefit Republican Mitt Romney?

Not really thinking much about that, are you?

Open on NPR (Online News)
From the Right
Romney stays in public eye minus political talk in wake of Sandy
Romney stays in public eye minus political talk in wake of Sandy

Fox News Digital

News

Mitt Romney on Tuesday attended a relief effort in Ohio for the victims of superstorm Sandy รƒยขรขโ€šยฌรขโ‚ฌล“ staying in the public eye but keeping away from political talk with just seven days left before Election Day.
โ€œWe have heavy hearts, as you know, with all of the suffering going on,ย said Romney, standing on an equipment box inside a Kettering, Ohio, gymnasium. โ€œI appreciate what you have done.ย

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/30/campaign-rallies-on-hold-aftโ€ฆ

Open on Fox News Digital

More headline roundups

More News about Elections on AllSides

News from the Left

News from the Center

News from the Right