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  • 19
    Oct
    2012
    4:13pm, EDT

    The Week Ahead: Battle in Boca

    The candidates square off Monday for the final presidential debate from Boca Raton, Fla. It will focus on foreign policy. NBC's Domenico Montanaro reports on the vulnerabilities for both candidates.

    98 comments

    I for one am looking forward to this debate! Let's go Mr. President! Obama/Biden 2012

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  • 12
    Oct
    2012
    5:09pm, EDT

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Who will take de-bate?

    President Obama and Mitt Romney face off in Round 2 of the presidential debates. Can President Obama recover? Will Romney deliver another strong performance? And the first Week Ahead debate!

    94 comments

    Happy Friday. Poor Paul Ryan, he sat down at the debate table and immediately took a big gulp of water; seemed everytime we looked at him he was chugging another one. No wonder Joe Biden was smiling so big; he knows you should only drink a little not a lot on stage. No wonder Ryan looked uncomfortab …

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  • 5
    Oct
    2012
    4:07pm, EDT

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Mo' Joe?

    Biden and Ryan faceoff in first and only vice-presidential debate. Can Biden deliver in the clutch or will Ryan best him? Romney gives major foreign-policy address.

    141 comments

    It's too late to turn back now... All I'm going to say is, it was one hell of a roller coaster ride this week! As always, I appreciate our hardworking & gracious hosts, Mark & Domenico for giving us this little sand-box in cyber space I'll see you all over at the Dew Drop Inn for a night of  …

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  • 28
    Sep
    2012
    3:16pm, EDT

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Let the debates begin

    In the week ahead, President Obama and Mitt Romney square off for their first debate of this presidential election, Bill Clinton campaigns for the president in New Hampshire, and early voting kicks into high gear.

    57 comments

    It's been a GREAT week thus far for the President. I'm hoping next week his lead continues to grow in the polls and that he does well in the debates! Farewell Stench & Gilligan!!! Obama/Biden 2012!

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  • 21
    Sep
    2012
    4:29pm, EDT

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Romney tries to turn it around

    The big question for next week, is can Mitt Romney turn his campaign around, as he is slipping behind President Obama nationally and in key battleground states? He launches an Ohio bus tour, while President Obama also visits the Buckeye State, Virginia, and Wisconsin. And Romney talks Education Nation with NBC's Brian Williams.

    82 comments

    Na na na na Na na na na Hey Willard GOODBYE! PS, Good luck with that Throw Ohio Under the Bus tour!

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  • 14
    Sep
    2012
    4:11pm, EDT

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: A certain 'emptiness'

    Obama heads to Ohio and Florida (as well as Wisconsin), Romney addresses Hispanics in California and Florida, Ann Romney raises money with Laura Bush at ex-president's Dallas home.

    103 comments

    Tonight at the Dew Drop Inn there will be a celebration of life for our dear friend Ashley (PhinePhancy) who sadly lost her brave battle against cancer last week. We will not mourn her passing but rejoice her life and how she touched us each in a unique way! Girlfriend, I know you are looking down a …

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  • 10
    Aug
    2012
    9:58pm, EDT

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Veepstakes high alert

    It looks to be a busy week ahead in politics with Mitt Romney launching a bus tour of swing states and President Obama spending a few days in Iowa. And the vice-president speculation continues as Romney's decision looms. We breakdown the pros and cons of each of the candidates.

    Apologies for the late posting. We had some technical difficulties. And a special thank you to NBC's Jordan Frasier for figuring out a way around them.

    43 comments

    Launching a BUS tour? From an airport?? Oh wait- I forgot: das Mittster doesn't travel with "commoners". Silly me.... (hey,Mitt- all we saw on these pages a few years ago was how MUCH more qualified Palin was than "Obummer"- whyn'cha grab HER???????? Aint gonna happen, huh?? But why not? ALL  …

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  • 3
    Aug
    2012
    1:57pm, EDT

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Veep pick possible, but not probable

    Everyone's watching for when Mitt Romney will make his vice-presidential pick. It's possible next week with a bus tour toward the end of the week, but with the Olympics still going on, it's unlikely.

    President Obama heads to Colorado and raises money in Connecticut with Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and Vogue editor Anna Wintour.

    Edited by NBC's Domenico Montanaro

    30 comments

    Hmmm, the Week Ahead was earlier than usual and Andy was nowhere in sight - I sense a new conspiracy theory in the makings that involves Las Vegas! :) And speaking of our absent friends, that just makes more room at the old Dew Drop Inn this week for everyone else. The pulled pork is smoky, the mar …

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  • 20
    Jul
    2012
    4:57pm, EDT

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Focus on foreign policy

    Mitt Romney heads overseas, President Obama jets to Nevada, Oregon, California, and New Orleans, a new NBC poll, the Olympics kick off, and the NBC softball team goes for an unprecedented fifth straight DC media league softball championship.

    66 comments

    Amazing Grace, how sweetthe sound, That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. T'was Grace that taughtmy heart to fear. And Grace, my fears relieved. How precious did that Grace appear The hour I first believed.

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  • 20
    Jul
    2012
    4:23pm, EDT

    VIDEO: The Week That Was: Defense to offense

    NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro discuss the latest on Mitt Romney's impending vice-president announcement and the impact of today's shooting in Colorado on the politics of the presidential race.

    18 comments

    I don't feel like politics today! Can't we all just take the direction of President Obama & Governor Romney by taking a moment or two to reflect on what is really important in each of our lives..? The political cage-match can resume soon enough...

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  • 13
    Jul
    2012
    3:48pm, EDT

    Video: The Week Ahead: The Boos have it!

    President Obama heads to Texas, the Romney Veepstakes Heat Up, more Campaigning in the Midwest and what's with all the booing? 

    200 comments

    I'm so glad to have my first week after vacation behind me that I'm buying the first round at the Dew Drop Inn this evening.

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  • 6
    Jul
    2012
    4:32pm, EDT

    VIDEO: The Week Ahead: Feelin' the heat

    President Obama heads to Iowa, Romney speaks to the NAACP and raises money with Dick Cheney, it's veep season, and it's gettin' hot in here.

    91 comments

    D@mn it’s hotter than two H$ll’s out. I mean fry an Egg on the sidewalk, 101 in the shade, Old Dog laying up under the porch Hot. No wonder everybody in Washington is kind of cranky. Now Floyd and Betty are going to throw a “Melt and Run All Over Yourself” party down at the D …

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