Marine Sgt. Eusebio Lopez, 25, shot and killed 19-year-old Lance Cpl. Sara Castromata and 23-year-old Jacob Wooley in the barracks near the Quantico Officer Candidates School where all three were employed, according to military officials. Lopez then turned the gun on himself. Officials initially believed the shooting to be the result of a love triangle, [...]
3 Marines Dead in Quantico Base Shooting
March 22, 2013 | Posted by
A U.S. marine committed suicide after fatally shooting two workers at a Virginia base Thursday night. Officials believe that the shooting was the result of relationship dispute, with the assailant killing a man and a woman before shooting himself. The names of the victims and the shooter are being withheld until the military can notify [...]
The Path To The Necessary 270 Electoral Votes Favors President Obama
November 6, 2012 | Posted by
First one to 270 wins. Electoral College math can be tricky, but knowing that 270 votes is the minimum needed for either President Barack Obama or Republican challenger Mitt Romney to claim victory in today’s presidential election makes it easier to understand. Varying political landscapes mean that each candidate has an array of possible ways [...]
Final Polls Give Barack Obama Slight Edge Over Mitt Romney In Presidential Race
November 6, 2012 | Posted by
President Barack Obama should win a second term after squeaking out narrow wins in a number of key swing states, according to the final presidential polls released on Sunday. Polls by the Pew Research Center, NBC/Wall Street Journal, CNN/ORC International and YouGov show the president with enough of a narrow but significant lead over Republican [...]
New Polls: Swing States Split In Support Of President Obama, Mitt Romney
November 5, 2012 | Posted by
Voters in swing states are evenly split between President Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney, according to a new poll from USA Today and Gallup. According to the poll, which was released late Sunday, 48 percent of likely voters in 12 of the nation’s key battleground states back Obama, while 48 percent prefer Romney. The [...]
Polls: President Obama Has Narrow Lead Over Mitt Romney In Ohio
October 31, 2012 | Posted by
The latest polls from arguably the three most important battleground states indicate President Barack Obama has a small advantage over Republican nominee Mitt Romney in Ohio, and that the presidential race is basically deadlocked in Florida and Virginia. According to a CBS News/New York Times/Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday, the president holds a 50 percent [...]
Obama or Romney: Polls Say Presidential Race Could Go Either Way On Nov. 6
October 29, 2012 | Posted by
Experts on CNN’s “State of the Union” said that it may be hard to figure out whether President Barack Obama or GOP nominee Mitt Romney is leading in the presidential race, but they agreed that the election will be close one. The eight various polls released on Saturday from battleground states reflected this political reality, [...]
President Obama, Romney Hit The Stump But Continue Trading Barbs
October 18, 2012 | Posted by
Still fresh off a more animated debate performance, President Barack Obama joked Wednesday that he is still trying to get the hang of the face-to-face showdowns with Mitt Romney even as the Republican nominee said the president appears to be “running on fumes” in the run-up to the Nov. 6 election. Continuing the fierce line [...]
Black Vote In Virginia Could Be The Difference For President Obama
October 5, 2012 | Posted by
The black vote could be the difference in Virginia if President Barack Obama is to carry the swing state and march to a second term in the White House. Obama became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state since 1964 when he bested John McCain four years ago, but he will need to [...]
Latest Poll Shows Obama Ahead In Several Key Swing States
September 13, 2012 | Posted by
Any potential electoral map to the White House might be getting a little trickier for Mitt Romney. The latest NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll didn’t bring welcome news to the Republican presidential candidate as it showed him trailing President Barack Obama in the key swing states of Ohio, Florida and Virginia. The survey, which followed the [...]
