MS NOW October 2012 Articles

Romney compares Sandy relief to cleaning up after high-school football game

Mitt to press: Talk to the hand

First Word: Politics of Sandy recovery

Poll: Obama maintains solid Michigan lead, auto rescue key issue

Ahead on the 10/31 Maddow show

Go vote–‘this one counts for history’

Chris Matthews pokes fun at Mayor Bloomberg’s Spanish

Romney: Nevermind about eliminating FEMA

Romney’s auto ads were ‘too outrageous and misleading’ for car companies not to respond to

Ed Show Playbook: 10/31

What’s behind Romney’s late blue-state strategy?

Very Last Word: The origins of ‘rabid Republicanism’

Poll: Nearly 8 in 10 approve of Obama’s Sandy response

‘Brain dissection:’ presidential candidate edition

Steve Speak: Why you should vote for Romney

Biden smacks ‘scurrilous’ GOP claims

FEMA funding no longer ‘immoral’ for Romney

David Axelrod and Scarborough place ‘stache bets on election

FEMA director hits back at Brownie: ‘Better to be fast than to be late’

Flynt has an offer for Mourdock

Obama at 50% in Ohio, but is a last-minute Romney surge possible?

Obama, Gov. Christie tour hurricane ravaged NJ

This little girl says it all

Anti-Obama texts linked to VA Republican

Did recession-era austerity make Frankenstorm worse?

About those early-voting totals…

Automakers to Romney: Stop lying about offshoring jobs

Top Links: Sandy, subways, polls, Obama and Romney’s fact-shrugging

Bloomberg’s decision to turn down Obama is ‘very strange’

A personal reaction to Hurricane Sandy

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

Bachmann continues to lead Democratic challenger in Minnesota race

Romney’s latest auto claims are absurd

The ignominious return of the welfare lie

Understanding the nature of the federal government

What women need to remember about Romney and the GOP

Morning Maddow: October 31

Today on the campaign trail: Obama to survey damage in NJ, Romney heads to Florida

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Morning Headlines: Wed., Oct. 31

After Sandy, a new disaster: No power, broken infrastructure

O’Donnell slams Des Moines Register endorsement of Mitt as ‘magical thinking’

Mayor estimates up to 25,000 stranded as flood worsens

Mayor estimates up to 25,000 stranded in Hoboken as flood conditions worsen

The delicate dance of campaigning during the storm relief effort

Christie praises Obama, says he’s ‘not interested’ in surveying disaster area with Romney

Does anyone have a grip on who Romney is?

Chris Matthews filets Mitt Romney on Jeep ads

Ahead on the 10/30 Maddow show

Romney camp allegedly training poll watchers to mislead Wisc. voters

President Eisenhower’s granddaughter endorses Obama

Clinton rips Romney on climate change, pointing to Hurricane Sandy

FEMA and White House praised for Sandy response, so far

After Sandy, can U.S. improve our power grid?

Why Christie’s praise of Obama matters

First Word: Campaigns address Sandy aftermath

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

‘Would you eliminate FEMA’ is not a trick question

A bit of inspiration on a grim day

GOP spending millions in Pennsylvania in last days before election

Obama on federal storm response: ‘No bureaucracy; no red tape’

Joking about ‘the rise of the oceans’ far less funny now

Gov. Christie praises Obama’s response to Hurricane Sandy

VIDEO: Romney doesn’t want to talk about FEMA anymore

Former FEMA director Michael Brown criticizes Obama for responding too Sandy ‘quickly’

Venture capitalist Einhorn behind ‘voter fraud’ billboards

Romney’s winning team?

‘Heckuva job Brownie’ rips Obama for moving too fast on Hurricane Sandy

What Norm Coleman doesn’t understand about Roe v. Wade

The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

Romney camp gives poll-watchers bogus info in Wisconsin

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Top Links: Hurricane Sandy, Romney, ‘storm relief event,’ that ‘Jeep’ ad and Benghazi

Teams Romney, Obama wade back into campaigning following Sandy

Romney surrogate pushes myth that candidate won’t overturn Roe v. Wade

The Trump Card

Romney’s ‘disaster relief’ looks a lot like a campaign rally

What impact will Sandy have on early voting?

GOP already working to de-legitimize an Obama win

Parsing the meaning of ‘campaign event’

Let Me Start: One week to go

Biden on Romney’s auto claim: ‘Have they no shame?’

Giving ‘politics at water’s edge’ new meaning

Very Last Word: The day of the super storm

Destructive Sandy could delay election but not likely

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Morning Headlines: Tue., Oct. 30

Photos: Scenes from Hurricane Sandy

Obama camp fights back against Romney’s false Jeep ad

Sandy may wallop polling places across northeast

What a Romney administration could do to FEMA

‘Image game’: Obama, Romney grapple with Sandy

Mother Nature puts politics in perspective

Hurricane Sandy is 2012’s political ‘Black Swan’

Ahead on the 10/29 Maddow show

The commander-in-chief moment

Monday’s Mini-Report

Early voting drawing crowds in several states

First Word: Hurricane Sandy shakes up election

Top Links: Hurricane Sandy, Ohio, Romney, Newt, jeeps and a plethora – yes, plethora – of October Surprises

Even as Sandy makes landfall, Romney wants FEMA to back off

Sandy from your perspective

Newark’s Cory Booker responds personally to citizens’ Sandy pleas

Supreme Court won’t review ‘personhood’ Okla. ballot measure

Cantor counter: Taking on the House Majority Leader

Obama camp pushes back on Romney’s Jeep/China lie

As storm hits, Obama leaves campaigning to surrogates

Frankenstorm’s impact on early voting likely subdued

FEMA could once again become a political football

Artist behind 2008 Obama ‘Hope’ poster: Elections rife with ‘legalized bribery’

Valerie Jarrett: Women in swing states still leaning Obama in double digits

There’s an app for that

Obama on hurricane: ‘I’m not worried about impact on election’

Obama speaks from White House on Hurricane Sandy

New poll has Romney, Obama tied in Ohio, but is it an outlier?

Enthusiasm on the rise for Latino voters

Obama cancels campaign events as Sandy whips the Northeast

Dirty tricks aim to keep voters from the polls

EXCLUSIVE Obama: There will be ‘war’ inside GOP after the election

Monday’s campaign round-up

Roads cleared, NYC public transit suspended as Sandy approaches (photos)

Monday on ‘The Cycle’: The political effects of Hurricane Sandy

The politics of FEMA’s future

Relying on a foundation of falsehoods

Today on The Cycle: The Des Moines Register endorsement

Rubio pushes variation of the ‘foreign’ smear

McCain equates Benghazi, Watergate

Let Me Start: Hurricane Sandy edition

Gingrich on rape, abortion: ‘Get over it’

EXCLUSIVE: Obama talks Benghazi accountability, bipartisanship, and deficit

Morning Maddow: October 29

President Barack Obama: Morning Joe Interview (FULL TRANSCRIPT)

Campaign Calculus: Romney’s new strategy, Mourdock’s mess, and the Powell seal of approval

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Morning Headlines: Mon., Oct. 29

Very Last Word: California’s complex ballot

Hurricane Sandy could deliver jolt to the election

Des Moines Register endorses first Republican for president in 40 years

Gingrich: ‘Virtually every Catholic and every fundamentalist’ agrees with Mourdock

Black America, Barack Obama, and the racial backlash

Hayes: What if Ohio were the Bronx?

Sunday’s Guests (Oct. 28): Swing states, the electoral college, Obama’s plan for a second term, the myth of voter fraud

Watch: 3 memorable moments in election night history

Children of incarcerated parents have a ‘foot soldier’ in Brooklyn

What difference can Millennials make – if they vote?

If you succumb to cynicism, the regressives win it all

For rape survivors, Mourdock’s remark was an(other) attack on consent

It’s glossy, it’s glowing, it’s Mittzine: And it’s coming to a swing state Sunday paper near you

This Week in God

Something to consider if you get annoyed with hurricane coverage

Very Last Word: Lawrence votes early

Very Last Word: Lena Dunham, censors, and the electoral college

Chris Matthews breaks down the states with potential game-changing Senate races

Colin Powell’s former chief of staff: ‘My party is full of racists’

Right-wing racial attacks are stinking up the campaign

Sununu, Palin, Trump race baiting to rev up ‘the Archie Bunker crowd’

Obama on climate change: ‘We’re not moving as fast as we need to’

Ahead on the 10/26 Maddow show

‘ED Show’ playbook: Friday, Oct. 26

Romney ducks questions, Obama takes dozens

Forget ‘Romnesia,’ Nancy Pelosi prefers ‘Mittology’

80 days of non-stop viewing to watch all campaign ads in Ohio

CEO thriving under Obama pressures employees to vote Romney anyway

Afghanistan vet throws strike to start World Series Game 2

Roadside distractions: Billboard says ‘Comrade Obama’

First Word: 11 days to go

Friday’s Mini-Report

Obama: Sununu’s race-baiting ‘doesn’t make much sense’

Obama: ‘I’ll walk Mitch McConnell’s dog’ to get debt deal done

The battleground state of New Hampshire

Lena Dunham rips off Ronald Reagan

The truth behind the $716 billion in Medicare cuts

McCain blames Powell for Iraq war

Obama’s media blitzkrieg bop

Hope for a real Renaissance in the Motor City

Joe and Mika talk with President Obama

Campaigns cashing in: October’s money haul

Why Romney’s not ready for Hurricane Sandy

Expect a Bradley effect in Ohio?

Too good to check: Romney falsely claims Chrysler shipping jobs to China

Actor Kal Penn rallies the youth for Obama

Billboard in Georgia compares Obama to Hitler

Romney adviser on list of lobbyists who fought efforts to lower gas prices

Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, Vol. XL

‘Susan B. Anthony would be appalled’

Romney’s record bodes further discrimination for LGBT families

Surprise! There’s No October Surprise!

UN Human Rights Council to investigate American drone war

The inevitable GDP conspiracy theories

Meet Romney’s loudest race-baiter: John Sununu

Friday’s campaign round-up

Must-Read Op-Eds for Oct. 26, 2012

Poll: Should Romney denounce Sununu’s remarks?

An ’embarrassing flirtation,’ but not from the ‘past’

Rebounding U.S. economy spoiling what had been a lovely recession for Team Romney

Today on The Cycle: the power of twitter

Tight polls aren’t worrying Obama campaign

Today on the campaign trail: Obama does MTV, Mitt in the Midwest

Why Romney’s bogus Jeep claims matter

Pro-Romney business leader’s ironic Obama criticism

Improving economy lifts Obama’s chances

Obama endorses same-sex marriage initiatives in three states

Lena Dunham endorses Obama in ‘first time’ ad

Top Links: Polls, smoking guns, Sununu, Meat Loaf and Lena Dunham’s ‘first time’

Let Me Start: Team Romney plays the race card

Romney surrogate Sununu: Powell endorsed Obama because of race

NOW Today: Overheard in the Oval Office

Romney campaign chair: Powell motivated by race

Remote control president? Obama reaches out to young voters via MTV

Morning Maddow: October 26

When heroes turn human

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Morning Headlines: Fri., Oct. 26

Sandy feeling no pressure to move out to sea

CEOs to Congress: OMG, fix the deficit!

Lena Dunham talks to voter virgins in new Obama ad

Dick Cheney, Glenn Beck fundraise for Romney

Powell’s former chief of staff: I’m voting for Obama too

Political baseball: the Ohio provisional ballots edition

Does the Colin Powell endorsement matter?

Romney responds to Obama’s ‘bulls*****r’ remark

Fired Ohio Dem election officials lose court battle

Tina Fey: Akin’s views on rape are ‘making me dumber’

The lesson on choosing our leaders we can learn from Kennedy

First Word: Romney avoiding Mourdock questions

Caroline Kennedy opens up about father’s secret recordings

NOW president: Mourdock’s views represent ‘the creeping Talibanization of American policy’

Sensata workers defiant as Bain Capital tries to silence ‘Bainport’

Ahead on the 10/25 Maddow show

Very Last Word: What it’s like on the trail

Spielberg: ‘Lincoln’ doesn’t strike parallels with present day

You built this (video)

Mitt Romney only has eyes for Ohio

CNN pulls ‘findings’ on the role of hormones in women’s voting

Obama becomes first sitting president to vote early

Thursday’s Mini-Report

‘ED Show’ playbook: Thursday, Oct. 25

Rape exceptions: ineffective, damaging, and discriminatory

Mitt Romney: Mr. Business or corporate raider?

Ralph Reed, lost in translation

Krystal reveals her big news

Rice: Let’s not ‘jump to conclusions’ on Libya attacks

Obama bets on early voting edge

“[I]t’s making me dumber when I say it, but it’s something about the body not being able to get pregnant when it’s under physical stress. Mr. Akin, I think you are confusing the phrase ‘legitimate rape’ with the phrase ‘competitive gymnastics.'”

Dick Cheney, Glenn Beck, and Reince Priebus walk into a fundraiser…

Still putting Clinton to good use

Chew on this: Cincinnati’s chili culture

RNC remains mum on Mourdock rape remark

Saddled with bad GOP wingmen, Romney can’t capture women vote

Republicans run from Mourdock

Pro-Romney employer warns workers of ‘personal consequences’

Scarborough: ‘I came on too strong’ with New Yorker editor Remnick

Obama’s closing theme: trust

Pic: Early voting in Fernley, Nevada

Scarborough: Mourdock, Akin drive away ‘so many swing voters’

Thursday’s campaign round-up

Colin Powell endorses President Obama for second term

Mourdock, GOP in sync on rape

Flip flop: McCain walks back Mourdock critique

Sarah Palin on Obama’s ‘shuck and jive’

Today on the campaign trail: Thursday, Oct. 25

Must-Read Op-Eds for Oct. 25, 2012

An excerpt from Robert Pozen’s “Extreme Productivity”

Planned Parenthood president: Mourdock, Akin are not outliers

Mourdock’s mess not just a one-day story

Colin Powell will ‘stick with’ Obama in 2012

NOW Today: Will the Mitt-mentum continue?

McCain to Mourdock: Apologize for rape comments

Today on The Cycle: Back Spin of Polls

Voter intimidation in Floridians’ mailboxes

Let Me Start: Abortion politics

Morning Maddow: October 25

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Elizabeth Warren, too, plays it safe on climate change

Obama condemns Mourdock for rape comments

Candidates talk drugs, climate, indefinite detention at third-party debate

Romney stands behind Mourdock despite rape comments

Report: Romney profited from auto bailout he opposed

New Obama ad recalls 2000 recount to urge voters to the polls

Palin, Trump continue to lead right-wing hate party against Obama

Extreme anti-Obama films, billboards flood swing states

Giuliani: I disagree with the GOP 30% of the time

Romney doesn’t agree with Mourdock but still supports him

First Word: Standing by his man

Romney promises of more ‘take-home pay’ unsupported by policy decisions

Biden to baby: Don’t worry, Romney won’t get elected

‘ED Show’ playbook: Wed., Oct. 24

Why Mourdock’s rape remarks could hurt Romney

Ahead on the 10/24 Maddow show

Special Olympian shames Ann Coulter for ‘retard’ insult

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

Pop culture approach to politics leaves substance out of the conversation

Warning: Be careful talking politics at work

About the ‘separation of powers’…

Women face wage gap straight out of college, report finds

On the bus with Alabama’s ‘Battleground Patriots’

End the Electoral College

Poll: Will Trump’s announcement have any impact?

Is it Akin all over again for the Romney campaign?

Palin stoops to ‘shuck and jive’

Will the youth re-rock the vote?

Colorado: The president’s hurdle to victory without Ohio

Paul Ryan’s policies for the poor

Vote: Why is Donald Trump demanding more of Obama’s records?

Study: Romney’s Medicaid scheme would throw tens of millions off rolls

With 13 days to go, 6.4 million votes already cast

This could happen: A Romney-Biden administration

National Education Association: ‘Romney has a strange way of showing love’ to teachers

Pics: Early voting in Indianapolis

Congresswoman reminds Romney & Co. to stay out of women’s bedrooms

Enter the ‘disposition matrix’: White House institutionalizes kill list

Colorado: The Rodney Dangerfield of the presidential race

Obama sees Latino support as central to success

Neocons flip flop on Iran: now they love world courts

Republican Senate candidate: God ‘intended’ rape babies

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

Mitt sprints away from Mourdock after pregnancy-rape remark

New Yorker editor defends Obama endorsement against Scarborough

Tagg Romney lowers boxing gloves, apologizes to President Obama

Remembering Romney’s ‘relative disinterest in bipartisan collaboration’

Log Cabin Republicans make an unfortunate endorsement of Romney

New numbers in Colorado’s voter purge

Eastwood is back on-script in new campaign ad

Today on the campaign trail: Wednesday, Oct. 24

Who ascribes ‘momentum’?

The ‘nothing’ election fails to inspire

When climate science becomes climate silence

Let Me Start: Romney’s irrational exuberance?

Bill and Melinda Gates donate $500K in support of gay marriage

Indiana’s Mourdock: rape pregnancies ‘something God intended’

Morning Maddow: October 24

NOW Today: Thirteen days to go

The final impressions from Monday night’s debate

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An excerpt from Kate White’s ‘I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This’

An excerpt from Dakota Meyer’s ‘Into the Fire’

Morning Headlines: Wed., Oct. 23

The origins of Obama’s ‘horses and bayonets’ line

Obama dings Romney for not mentioning vets at final debate

Senator: Auto industry bringing Ohio behind Obama

Obama unveils plan for second term in new ad

‘Inside the Actor’s Studio’ host James Lipton diagnoses Romney with stage fright

Plouffe: ‘Horses and bayonets’ line illustrates Romney’s old-fashioned views

So this happened in Ohio

Romney would bring us back to Bush-era foreign policy

Ahead on the 10/23 Maddow show

Presidential race could all come down to the Buckeye State

‘ED Show’ playbook: Tue., Oct. 23

Recent polling shows Romney momentum is actually Obama’s

Romney cites Ahmadinejad during debate to show dangers of U.S. debt

Poll: World wants Obama to win re-election

Romney win would be ‘triumph for lying’

Romney supports Obama’s foreign policy, and Glenn Beck isn’t happy about it

Romney failed miserably at his foreign policy debut

First Word: Bayonets, bailouts and battleground states

Can both candidates win the debate?

“#14. Thinks he can do things he can’t do (Romney)”

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

Foreign policy isn’t just about getting ‘the bad guys’

Dying vet casts final ballot — photo goes viral online

Video of preacher’s unique gay rights speech goes viral

Per S.E.: Undecided voters, ‘this is your wake up call’

Media falls for Romney’s confidence trick

A Romney infomercial on the way?

Inside the Debate Studio: Romney’s role as the ‘boss’

Governor Romney’s apology tour

US drone war to expand regardless of election politics

Buckeye of the storm: Why Ohio voting rights matter

The ‘apology tour’ lie comes full circle

Rep. Chaffetz: Romney deserves credit for agreeing with POTUS

Video: Romney agrees with Obama over and over again at debate

Scarborough: Drone program will cause future problems for US

Ryan doesn’t understand what he doesn’t understand

Send in the cavalry! Bayonets aren’t relics after all

Paying to be No. 1: Romney, Twitter, and the debates

Early voting started yesterday in Arkansas

Debates leave Obama scrambling to assert second-term agenda

Meghan McCain reflects: The insane, emotional toll campaigns take on families

Sen. John Kerry slams Gov. Romney’s ‘Rosetta Stone foreign policy’

Send in the cavalry!

Sen. Kerry: Gov. Romney is hiding his positions

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Horses and bayonets emerge as latest debate meme

Romney still twisting in the wind on Arab Spring

McCain slams Obama for debate ‘cheap shots’

Obama’s best debate vs. Romney the realist

Investing in companies is ‘the wrong way to go’?

Congress Wave Off?

Are Demographics Destiny?

Must-Read Op-Eds for Oct. 23, 2012

‘Horses and bayonets’

Setting the record straight on the auto rescue

What we’re most excited about…

Today on The Cycle: Miller Time

Chuck Todd: Republicans ‘disappointed’ by Romney’s ‘meek’ showing

Where does Romney stand on Afghanistan? With Obama

The ongoing war Romney chooses not to understand

NOW Today: Two weeks to go with no debates left

Let Me Start: Role reversal

Morning Maddow: October 23

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Romney ‘a candidate in total confusion,’ says John Kerry

Romney’s constant flip-flopping was debate’s indelible image

When the CEO fails to sound like a POTUS

Ed Schultz: Romney’s foreign policy debate performance worst ‘ever’ by a Republican nominee

Rachel Maddow: Romney a ‘soulless shape-shifter’ on foreign policy

Feisty Obama paints Romney as naive, inexperienced

Polls: Who won the 3rd presidential debate? Best zinger?

From chest-thumper to diplomat in one easy Romney move

Romney again promises to label China a currency manipulator on ‘day one’

Obama schools Romney: Foreign policy isn’t a game of ‘Battleship’

Romney calls defense cuts ‘unacceptable’

Obama to Romney: ‘The 1980’s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back’

Obama: ‘The 1980′s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back’

In foreign policy debate, politics the likely victor

Poll: Dems may not reclaim House despite dismal approval rating

The final debate in two parts

Are demographics destiny? Poll shows trouble for both candidates

Obama, Romney face off in final presidential debate

ICYMI: Final presidential debate between Obama and Romney

Looking for more binders full of women tonight?

Gibbs: Romney will be severely conservative on foreign policy

Will sports fans watch the debate?

Gloria Steinem: Women’s rights are an economic issue

John Kerry: Romney has ‘zero experience in foreign policy’

Is Romney on the wrong side of American values?

The truth behind Romney’s crude energy policy

With passing of McGovern, we lost ‘a man who’d been a profile in courage’

Former election official: Tagg Romney’s stake in voting machine firm ‘doesn’t look good’

Women to Republicans: ‘You don’t own me’

Monday’s Mini-Report

Advertising fail: Mitt Romney blimp crash lands in Florida

Video: Nate Silver’s predictions, and the week on the trail

In education-reform debate, where are the specifics?

Poll: Which issue will trip Romney up tonight?

Military contributions favor Obama over Romney

An election bellwether in the marketplace?

Tough talk on China directed at Ohio

Blimp with Romney’s face makes crash landing

The billboard battle: what’s really ‘un-American’?

Medicare vote remains vital

Do facts matter? The challenge of fact-checking the campaigns

Worst. Socialist. Ever.

Romney has already failed the commander-in-chief test

Albright: Romney not ready for ‘prime time’

Campaigns select their post-debate ‘spinners’

Down to the wire

Todd Akin compares McCaskill to a dog that plays ‘fetch’

Obama campaign pans Issa’s cable dump as ‘political’

Monday’s campaign round-up

Today on The Cycle: Gas Guzzlers Beware

Spin to Win

Daily Trivia: Remembering Sen. George McGovern

GOP senator to Romney: Don’t be like Bush or Obama

Pro-Romney CEO tells employees: ‘Help yourself’ by donating

Pigskin politics

Akin just can’t help himself

Must-Read Op-Eds for Oct. 22, 2012

Romney’s offensive on Benghazi unravels

What we’re most excited about…

How will report of Iran talks play out during Monday’s debate?

NOW Today: Of all the numbers to be tied at…47

Obama on foreign policy debate: ‘Spoiler alert, we got bin Laden’

Registered voters vs likely voters

Debate prep: How Romney has dug a hole on the world stage

Let Me Start: The final countdown

GOP opposition to Fair Pay Act intensifies

As foreign policy debate nears, Sensata worker calls Romney’s ‘hypocrisy’ on China ‘mind-boggling’

Today on The Cycle: The Rise of the Super Rich

Romney’s pitch to Latina voters does not add up

Issa creates new threats with Libya document dump

Morning Maddow: October 22

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Morning Headlines: Mon., Oct. 22

George McGovern and man’s best friend

Poll: Who will win the third debate?

Billboards coming in Ohio: ‘Voting is a right. Not a crime!’

Rubio: ‘Hopefully we can avoid’ pursuing Romney’s preferred China strategy

Rubio, Ryan criticize equal pay legislation, call it a boon for trial lawyers

Cleveland ‘voter fraud’ billboards coming down

Progressive icon George McGovern dies at 90

Electoral college chaos

Electoral College Chaos

Silence on climate change at the debates

An open letter to President Obama, before the last debate

Va. state senator calls for investigation of potential widespread voter registration fraud

Meet Father Michael Lapsley, ‘Foot Soldier’

Forever Young (Voters)

CEO to employees: ‘Help yourself’ by donating to Romney

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GOP blows secrets and risks lives in document dump ahead of debate

Live from ‘Bainport,’ Sensata workers protest Bain and its corporate values

Tammy Duckworth: Rep. Walsh ‘taking biology lessons from Todd Akin’

TransCanada shuts down Keystone pipeline over safety issues

Matthews vs. O’Reilly: Now with helium!

Sensata temporarily closes plant in response to tonight’s ‘ED Show’ broadcast

‘ED Show’ playbook: Fri., Oct. 19

‘Severely conservative’ views only bring America backwards

Dr. Obama diagnoses Mitt with bad case of ‘Romnesia’

Ahead on the 10/19 Maddow show

Obama diagnoses Mitt with ‘Romnesia’

‘Exonerated’ actor on activism, life after incarceration

Friday’s Mini-Report

Mitt Romney’s misrepresentation of gas prices

What about the environment, stupid?

The magic number is 270

WTO sides with Obama over China

Top 5 ways to force employees to vote for Romney

Could drones enter the presidential debate?

Hot air skepticism of climate change cools

Daily Trivia

Locker room’s homophobia culture begins to crumble

First Word: ‘Romnesia’

Will Romney win popular vote and lose Electoral College?

Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, Vol. XXXIX

Big Ten battleground

Big Ten Battleground

Young activist shot by Taliban now able to communicate, stand

Maddow: Conflicting polls show race for White House ‘unsettled’

Examining the X-factor

Examining the X-Factor

All tied up: 269 to 269

All Tied Up: 269 to 269

Va. health commissioner resigns over abortion clinic restrictions

Romney’s dream of a post-Roe America

‘Perversion files’ bring dishonor to Boy Scouts

‘I think it’s called … Romnesia’

Battleground states see improved job numbers

Friday’s campaign round-up

Is what we do ‘good’?

Obama’s true second term agenda

How Obama can smoke out Romney

Keeping the spotlight on reproductive rights

Lawrence O’Donnell to Tagg Romney: ‘Take a swing at me’

GOP voter registration scandal grows more serious

‘He saved us from the brink of disaster’

Tina Brown: Ending print run of Newsweek a ‘necessity’

Rep. Joe Walsh: Abortion never medically necessary

Let Me Start: All over the map

Morning Joe heads to Boca Raton, Florida for the final debate

What’s up with Gallup?

Ann Romney defends family’s lack of military service on ‘The View’

An excerpt from Margaret Cuomo’s ‘A World Without Cancer’

NOW Today: A rare break for laughs, jokes by the candidates

How important is abortion to voters? Depends on gender, poll says

Money men: Who are top 5 donors to Romney?

Morning Maddow: October 19

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Morning Headlines: Fri., Oct. 19

Links for the 10/18 TRMS

Romney: ‘Big Bird didn’t even see it coming’

Employee of GOP-hired group arrested for destroying registration forms

First Word: Candidates cross paths at Al Smith dinner

Political baseball: the battleground states edition

Bitter Senate debate tackles Medicare, Social Security

Supreme Court hands Obama an Ohio victory on early voting

Al Smith Dinner is a chance for the candidates to show civility

How to (maybe) fix the fighting in Congress

Springsteen makes powerful case for Obama in battleground Ohio

We love ‘The Daily Show’ and President Obama does too

Ahead on the 10/18 Maddow show

Romney’s marriage pitch shortchanges parents, the safety net

Late-night laughs: Obama, yes; Romney, not so much

“I hate to say this on Fox, and I hope I’ll be allowed to leave here alive, but I don’t think there is any way we can cut spending enough to make a meaningful difference. We’re going to have to raise taxes on very rich people”

Alex joins Team Coco

‘ED Show’ playbook: Thu., Oct. 18

Thursday’s Mini-Report

Romney’s weird (possibly outdated) obsession

To female Romney supporters: read the fine print

Romney’s ‘binders’ problem grows

Romney’s advice to women: Pray you end up in a good employer’s binder

Romney, Obama spar over inequality in the workplace

Why doesn’t Romney’s ‘sketchy’ tax plan disqualify him in voters’ minds?

A mother’s legacy

‘Gangnam Style’ parody hits Romney, Ryan

The economy and the amnesiacs

Women’s issues: fringe or fundamental?

Daily Trivia

Ad Nauseum

Ad nauseum

‘Binders’ unseat Big Bird as reigning web trend

‘He thinks we’re dumb’

Rattner’s charts: Job growth and its impact on re-election

Romney’s foreign policy will once again alienate Arab world

The women of Romney’s binder speak out

After Crowley corrects Romney, conservatives demand: No more fact-checking!

Hey girl, the left has won the meme

Victory for Obama, but hardly home free

Federal court rules DOMA unconstitutional

Another federal appeals court: DOMA unconstitutional

Newsweek to end print production; Tina Brown joins Morning Joe Friday to discuss

Thursday’s campaign round-up

Poll: Did Tagg Romney go too far saying he wanted to ‘take a swing’ at Obama?

‘Trickle-down government’

‘The Boss’ stumps for Obama in key swing state

On tape, Romney urges bosses to tell their workers how to vote

Must-Read Op-Eds for Oct. 18, 2012

Romney’s bogus gas price attack on Obama

Why Scott Brown is paying homeless people

Obama makes his economic case in Iowa

Mika Brzezinski: How is Romney’s binder comment not a lie?

Jobless claims reverse course, bounce back up

A look back: Best zingers from the most contentious Senate campaigns

NOW Today: 2012, the year of the woman

What’s the question?

What’s the Question?

Let Me Start…

Romney to business leaders: tell employees how to vote

Morning Maddow: October 18

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An excerpt from ‘Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy’

Morning Headlines: Thu., Oct. 18

Lilly Ledbetter ‘disturbed’ by Mitt Romney’s ‘binder’ comment

Romney-Ryan Medicare voucher scheme could cause chaos for seniors

Is voter confusion the new voter suppression?

Number crunching the polls: how much does the second debate matter?

First Word: Obama debate changer?

Is voter suppression, intimidation the kind of democracy people believe in?

Ahead on the 10/17 Maddow show

Aurora shooting survivor disappointed by candidates’ gun control responses

Romney surrogate: Contraception is a ‘peripheral’ campaign issue

‘ED Show’ playbook: Wed., Oct. 17

The boss

Romney camp releases ad to counter ‘binders’ comment

Steve Speak: A tribute to George McGovern

Romney’s self-inflicted wounds

Watch Romney react to Crowley’s instant fact-checking

Romney holds firm to ‘self-deportation’ line

Daily Trivia

Wednesday’s Mini-Report

New post-debate poll is a win for President Obama

Romney’s condescending ‘binders full of women’ story falls apart

Would-be terrorist targeted New York’s Federal Reserve

Why a ‘binder full of women’ isn’t a bad thing

Finally, the elephant in the room is acknowledged

3-D binder full of something else

Forget climate change: candidates vie for ‘pro-coal’ mantle

Birth control is not a ‘hypothetical situation’

Clear Eyes, Full Heart, Stop it

Clear Eyes, Full Heart, Stop it

Chris Hayes: How Romney broke the rules of the debate, and why it matters

Candidates failed to connect in a real way

Obama and Romney split on assault weapons ban

John Kerry: Romney was ‘petulant,’ and ‘expediently misleading’ in debate

Arizona’s largest county listed wrong date for the election on voter ID cards (but just in Spanish)

Do You Feel Lucky? New report says America’s richest are getting richer

LGBT celebrities endorse Obama in new ad

Binders full of pander: the meme that matters

Romney’s ‘binders full of women’ gets meme’d

Debate further muddles Romney’s position on contraception

Today on The Cycle: understanding the candidates body language

Reports: Mitt’s ‘binders full of women’ claim not even accurate

The debate hangover: who’s hurting more?

Crowley proves we shouldn’t wait another 20 years for next woman moderator

War of Words

War of Words

Wednesday’s campaign round-up

Must-Read Op-Eds for Oct. 17, 2012

Trying (and failing) to defend ‘self-deportation’

‘Binders full of women’

He’s not Bush; he’s worse

NOW Today: A different kind of debate

The moment when Romney lost

Scarborough faults ‘bulldozer’ Romney’s disrespect

How Obama got even in the debate rematch

Barack Obama: the new Comeback Kid?

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Morning Headlines: Weds., Oct. 17

Axelrod: Obama listened to Chris Matthews, determined to drop 47% bomb

Chuck Todd: Libya fact-check was Romney’s defining ‘moment of weakness’

How’d Obama do: Part deux

Debate drama: How Romney lost the plot

Ed: ‘The president destroyed Mitt Romney on foreign policy’

Obama comes out swinging at second presidential debate

MSNBC panel: ‘U-turn’ performance gives Obama big win

Fog of War at Foggy Bottom?

Fog of War at Foggy Bottom?

Poll: Who won the 2nd presidential debate?

Missed the debate? Watch it here

Check out MSNBC’s Facebook Election 2012 app

How’d Obama do: A column in two parts

ICYMI: Presidential debate between Obama and Romney

Robert Gibbs on how Obama can bring up abortion

Debate preview: What Obama must do

Obama, Romney face off in another presidential debate

Stakes, expectations are high for second presidential debate

Rocky road toward re-election of historic figure

What we need to hear Tuesday: women’s health, immigration, LGBT equality

Dinner, debate, and a didactic plan for success

Duggar family, Mike Huckabee’s wife stump for Todd Akin

Report: Obama will attack Romney on flip-flopping and abortion

Marco Rubio unintentionally highlights problem with Mitt Romney’s tax plan

Ireland to Ryan: Erin Go Blah

Town hall debates: A tradition ‘younger than Lindsay Lohan’

Twitter can give you bipartisan perspective- if you let it

Read this if you’re worried about the second presidential debate

Tuesday’s Mini-Report

Why the town hall debate might be trickier for Romney

Kaiser study: Romney’s Medicare plan raises costs

Do you have a Twitter buddy? You should

Director Rob Reiner on MSNBC: ‘You guys talk for me’

Child reality star Honey Boo Boo endorses Barack Obama

Children’s Health Fund demands answers on child poverty

DNC site lampoons Romney tax plan

Could Romney’s Syria policy embroil US in new Mideast war?

Debate brouhaha: Much ado about nothing?

Courting — or avoiding — the Hispanic vote?

Romney’s path to victory

Debating Mitt

RNC Chair calls Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi response a ‘3 a.m. call’

It’s still the economy, stupid: Obama remains on narrow victory track

Warren outraises Sen. Scott Brown in Massachusetts

Florida isn’t expecting as much from its black and Hispanic students

More than meets the eye

Ohio will get weekend voting after Supreme Court declines to intervene

Supreme Court rejects Ohio GOP’s early-voting restrictions

The top six domestic policy questions for Romney tonight

Downballot: Monday night (debate) madness

Secretary of Explaining Stuff

Poll: who will win tonight?

Let Me Start: Debate night!

Tuesday’s campaign round-up

Why the uncommitted voters are in the spotlight tonight

Sproul somehow manages to land on his feet

Chuck Todd: Don’t ignore Ross Perot endorsement

Romney’s central jobs argument exposed as fraudulent

‘Political Kombat’ lets politicos flex gamer skills

An encouraging economic story to tell

Must-Read Op-Eds for Oct. 16, 2012

Shining a spotlight on Sensata

Obama should hit Romney for false moderate talk

NOW Today: Round 2. The stakes have never been higher

Why Ryan would wash a clean pot

Clinton: ‘I take responsibility’ for Benghazi

Morning Maddow: October 16

From ‘Obama phone’ to ugly smear

Let Me Start…

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Morning Headlines: Tue., Oct. 16

Videos featured on tonight’s show

Stars shine in MoveOn ad while debates ignore women’s health

U.K. doctors: Chance of ‘good recovery’ for Malala

Obamas urge Americans to cast their votes early

In new ad, Jay-Z says Obama gives the nation hope

First Word: Undecided voters dwindle

Paul Ryan fakes photo op but his budget cuts are real

A vote for Romney is a confusing one

The battleground billboards trying to intimidate minority voters

A true moderate: remembering Arlen Specter

Campaign Calculus: The race tightens

Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up?

Ahead on the 10/15 Maddow show

Pic: ‘Vote for the Americans.’ (Guess who.)

Jay-Z delivers powerful plea for people to vote

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a supersonic sky jump

Dress code in Brooklyn?

Monday’s Mini-Report

Fearless Felix and the end of the NASA era

‘ED Show’ playbook: Mon., Oct. 15

The truth needs saving from our politicians

Rick Berg tackles abortion, rape victims

Glenn Beck now pitching $130 blue jeans

Romney’s secret tax plan doesn’t add up. So press him in the debate

Debate stakes

Where does the GOP go from here?

First lady wants you to vote early, leads by example

Denied Eagle Scout badge, gay teen receives support

“I believe he could be Abraham Lincoln. He’s humble enough to listen. I’m not sure if he has the answers now, but it will be given to somebody who listens. And I believe he is humble enough to listen. “

School busing isn’t getting any simpler

Avoiding the cliff

Brown, Mandel clash in Ohio debate

You’re no Coach Taylor, Mitt Romney

Romney loses with ‘clear eyes, full hearts’

Paul Ryan, you’re no Jack Kennedy

Romney’s latest talking point is untrue. But why stop now?

Keeping reproductive health at the forefront

New polls show tightening race, President Obama at 51 percent

Racial resentment adds to GOP voter enthusiasm

Setting the record straight on the HPV vaccine

Debate crunch time: T-1 day

Today on The Cycle: The economy election

It’s time for Romney to get serious about the fate of our troops

Monday’s campaign round-up

Morning Joe heads to Boca Raton, Florida for the final debate

Campaigns fear Crowley’s moderator role ahead of debates

Steve Rattner says Romney, not Paul Ryan, is the real radical

Nordstrom execs come out in favor of gay marriage

The wrong issue for the wrong candidate

For Arlen Specter, stem cell fight was personal

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban travels to UK for medical treatment

Careless accusations of anti-Semitism

Must-Read Op-Eds for Oct. 15, 2012

Let Me Start: Eve of the second debate

Must-Read Op-Eds for Oct. 12, 2012

Pro-Romney CEOs forgo subtlety as part of campaign push

Let Me Start…

Portman will reject your reality and substitute his own

Candy vs. spinach

Morning Maddow: October 15

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Morning Headlines: Mon., Oct. 15

Morning Headlines: Mon., Oct. 15

Meet Aesha Rasheed, our Foot Soldier (part 2)

At his last interview, Specter advocated for NIH

Meet Aesha Rasheed, Foot Soldier (Part 2)

Longtime GOP Senate moderate Arlen Specter dies

GOP compares Obama to Bush over Libya lapses

Issa blames Benghazi security failures on White House concern with optics

Colbert out of character: Romney has a ‘good shot at winning’

Colbert out of character: Romney has a ‘good shot at winning’

How Malala Yousafzai is changing the game

How Malala Yousafzai is changing the game

Beau Biden defends dad, attacks ‘outrageous’ Ryan on security cuts

Beau Biden defends dad: It’s ‘outrageous’ Ryan thinks Dems don’t take security seriously

In our October 14 show, handle the truth

Exclusive: CEO suggests his employees may lose their jobs if Obama wins

Koch Brothers use company to round up votes for Romney

The Koch Brothers use their company to round up votes for Romney

Good Look: What a ‘strong president’ looks like

Good Look: What a ‘strong president’ looks like

What both sides got wrong about Libya at VP debate

The beauty of process

Meet Aesha Rasheed, our Foot Soldier (part 1)

Meet Aesha Rasheed, our Foot Soldier (part 1)

Ryan, Romney hit administration’s China policy in Ohio campaign stops

Where is your state on the voting ‘map of shame’?

In defense of democracy

In our October 13 show, help for the undecided

In our October 13 show, help for the undecided

Hayes: The beauty of process

Mockumentary features Romney, GOP candidates as unwitting guest stars

Part-documentary and part-fiction, film features GOP candidates as unwitting guest stars

Biden, Ryan spar over abortion rights

Chris Hayes on why Biden’s defense of the stimulus was so important – and deserved

Why Biden’s defense of the stimulus was so important – and deserved

What you missed: the conservative war on sanity

What you missed: the conservative war on sanity

Ed Rendell to Paul Ryan: ‘Medicare and Social Security made this country the envy of the world’

Ed Rendell to Paul Ryan: ‘Medicare and Social Security made this country the envy of the world’

Biden reminds us number one reason to vote: The Supreme Court

Obama needs to make next debate personal

Biden reminds us number one reason to vote: The Supreme Court

‘ED Show’ playbook: Fri., Oct. 12

What we learned during the VP debate

Comedian-driven super PAC ad hits Romney on Latino policies

Comedian-driven super PAC ad hits Romney on Latino policies

Obama needs to make next debate personal

Biden, Ryan lay out platforms, differences in debate

Ahead on the 10/12 Maddow show

First Word: VP debate spin

The not-so-lazy 47 percent

The not-so-lazy 47 percent

Friday’s Mini-Report

U.S. budget deficit shrinks by over $200 billion, reaches 4-year low

Big Bird goes BIG for Halloween

Big Bird goes BIG for Halloween

When Ryan loved the stimulus

Social media analysis: Love him or hate him, vice presidential debate was all about Biden

Name Dropping

Name Dropping

Pakistan holds day of prayer for young activist

Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, Vol. XXXVIII

Daily Trivia: Dead Fred Lives On

Reagan hologram resurrected?

What ever happened to the Reagan hologram?

Pakistan holds day of prayer for young activist

Colorado online voter registration, up in smoke

How we know Joe won: the right rips style over substance

Romney camp stokes defense-cut fears

In VP debate, Ryan says Congress, not courts should decide abortion rights

Setting the record straight on defense spending

Both sides declare VP debate victory

Both sides declare VP debate victory

Friday’s campaign round-up

Peace Out

Peace Out

Three’s a Crowd

Three’s a Crowd

European Union clinches Nobel Peace Prize for decades of ‘peace,’ ‘reconciliation’

Today on The Cycle: 100 Greatest Americans

Don’t expect any AC Slater-esque photo shoots out of Rep. Cantor

Today on The Cycle: 100 Greatest Americans

Must-Read Op-Eds for Oct. 12, 2012

The Cycle’s new spin

Putting Social Security privatization on the table

Joe Klein: Ryan was a little geeky, I thought

Morning Headlines: Fri., Oct. 12

‘Detailed’ and ‘passionate’ Biden wins high marks from MSNBC panel

Let me start: Touchdown Biden

Ryan, abortion, and ‘unelected judges’

In VP debate, Ryan says Congress, not courts should decide abortion rights

Don’t expect any AC Slater-esque photo shoots out of Rep. Cantor

No wonder Romney-Ryan pretends there’s no war in Afghanistan

Let Me Start…

NOW Today: VP debate a draw? Depends on who you ask

NOW Today: VP debate a draw? Depends on who you ask

Morning Maddow: October 12

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Joe Biden comes out swinging

Someone’s gotta do it: Ezra Klein fact-checks Paul Ryan

‘Detailed’ and ‘passionate’ Biden wins high marks from MSNBC panel

Joe Biden comes out swinging against Paul Ryan

Ed Schultz: ‘I thought Joe Biden made up a lot of ground’

Ed Schultz: ‘I thought Joe Biden made up a lot of ground’

Biden, Ryan face off in vice presidential debate

Baby with mustache gets a home

Women’s rights take center stage in Warren-Brown debate

Women’s rights take center stage in Warren-Brown debate

Chris Matthews’ checklist for Joe Biden tonight

Washington Nationals: A cautionary tale for President Obama?

Ryan drops endorsement of Wis. lawmaker who said ‘some girls rape easy’

‘I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man…’

Obama winning Ohio 63-37 percent in early voting

Debate Metaphors: Prize Fights? More Like Middle School Dances….

Ryan drops endorsement of Wisc. lawmaker who said ‘some girls rape easy’

Watch your feet! The VP debate…

Dirt is not a reason to vote for, against someone

Dirt is not a reason to vote for, against someone

Romney: Americans don’t die from lack of health care

Romney: Americans don’t die from lack of health care

The Cycle mockumentary: VP debate

Krystal Ball makes the Esquire ‘Women We Love’ list

Discovery Channel airs ‘Ted Nugent’s Gun Country’

Thursday’s Mini-Report

Cleveland targeted by ‘voter fraud’ billboards

‘Tea Party Mt. Rushmore’ crumbling?

Romney to pull story of Navy SEAL from speeches

John Hodgman’s nugget of wisdom for Joe Biden at VP debate

John Hodgman’s nugget of wisdom for Joe Biden at VP debate

Restaurant chain experiments with more part-time work to avoid Obamacare costs

Warren: Brown had ‘exactly one chance’

Barack Obama is to Obi Wan, as Mitt Romney is to…

Unpacking the polls

Unpacking the polls

A win for voting rights in Ohio (updated)

Issa eyes hearing over BLS conspiracy theory

Cleveland targeted by ‘voter fraud’ billboards

The Cycle Mockumentary: When you have nothing to say (lowering Debate expectations)

Cheesehead Cash Cow

Cheesehead Cash Cow

Past Is Prologue

Past is Prologue

Flake was for pledges before he was against them

Brzezinski: I’m not worried about Raddatz being objective

Romney tailors abortion stance to his audience

Krystal Ball makes the Esquire ‘Women We Love’ list

GOP lawmaker releases pro-marriage equality ad

GOP lawmaker releases pro-marriage equality ad

Rep. Elijah Cummings: Libya hearing was designed to give Romney ‘ammunition against the president’

CEOs pressuring workers to vote for Romney

Romney sticks to ridiculous emergency-room argument

Romney reissues threat to defund Planned Parenthood

Brzezinski: I’m not worried about Raddatz being objective

Memo to Joe, Re: Debate

Let me start: Debate night in Kentucky

Thursday’s campaign round-up

VP duel set for tonight in Kentucky

Take a trip to the Awesome Corner

If ‘the L-word’ fits…

Must-Read Op-Eds for Oct. 11, 2012

Must-Read Op-Eds for Oct. 11, 2012

Previewing the Vice Presidential Debate

Morning Headlines: Thu., Oct. 11

Memo to Joe, Re: Debate

NOW Today: NBC News/WSJ/Marist poll shows tightening in key 2012 battlegrounds

A political campaign isn’t a military campaign

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Paul Ryan channels AC Slater in ‘Time’ photo spread

What candidates can learn from past debates

What candidates can learn from past debates

Obama campaign seeks to portray Romney-Ryan as flip-floppers ahead of VP debate

A closing statement train wreck

Romney once again issues promise to defund Planned Parenthood

Let Me Start…

NOW Today: NBC News/WSJ/Marist poll shows tightening in key 2012 battlegrounds

Ryan ally in Wisconsin: ‘Some girls rape easy’

Morning Maddow: October 11

Ryan drops endorsement of Wis. lawmaker who said ‘some girls rape easy’

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Morning Headlines: Thu., Oct. 11

NBC/WSJ/Marist poll: Romney gains in key swing states

Martha Plimpton wants you to sign the Bill of Reproductive Rights

Martha Plimpton wants you to sign the Bill of Reproductive Rights

Mother of Navy SEAL killed in Libya tells Romney: Stop using my son’s name on campaign trail

First Word: Day of the girl

First Word: Day of the girl

CEOs pressuring workers to vote for Romney

A-list actors back ‘Bill of Reproductive Rights’ campaign

A-list actors back ‘Bill of Reproductive Rights’ campaign

Good jobs number trumps poor debate performance

The Comic Con collective (how do you Comic Con?)

Rep. Elijah Cummings: Libya hearing was designed to give Romney ‘ammunition against the president’

Watch: Frontline’s ‘The Choice 2012’ documentary

Ahead on the 10/10 Maddow show

Romney tailors abortion stance to his audience

Richard Wolffe on why Democrats need moderates

Richard Wolffe on why Democrats need moderates