Monday October 29, 2012, 8:49 am
The Des Moines Register, for the first time in 40 years, endorses a Republican for President.
Read the endorsement in the Register, then see the video of the Obama campaign's response here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6DKvUqZxhY&feature=player_embedded

Monday October 29, 2012, 11:35 am
Just one problem with this Romney vision....it's just a fantasy one that will not work and it will only take our nation into a deep economic crisis...but for him and the very rich that means an increase in their incomes. I wonder who now owns the Des Moines Register...surely not a Republican ... :-) .

Tuesday October 30, 2012, 9:48 pm
You cannot currently send a star to Jae because you have done so within the last week. According to Wikipedia Jae:
n 1985, faced with declining circulation and revenues, the Cowles family sold off its various properties to different owners, with the Register going to Gannett. At the time of sale, only The New York Times had won more Pulitzer Prizes for national reporting. In 1990, the Register began to reduce its coverage of news outside of the Des Moines area by closing most of its Iowa news bureaus and ending carrier distribution to outlying counties, although an "Iowa Edition" of the Register is still distributed throughout most of the state. Many of the Register's news stories and editorials focus on Des Moines and its suburbs.

Gannett Company, Inc.[pronunciation?] is a publicly traded media holding company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, near McLean.[2][3] It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. Its assets include the national newspaper USA Today and the weekly USA Weekend. Its largest non-national newspaper is The Arizona Republic in Phoenix, Arizona. Other significant newspapers include The Indianapolis Star, The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Tennessean in Nashville, Tennessee, The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, NY, The Des Moines Register, the Detroit Free Press and The News-Press in Fort Myers. Gannett owns 23 television stations through Gannett Broadcasting Inc.[4] and is the largest group owner of NBC-affiliated stations.[5] Gannett also holds substantial properties in digital media including PointRoll, BNQT Media Group,[6] Planet Discover,[7] Ripple6[8] and ShopLocal through Gannett Digital.
Gannett Company, Inc. was founded in 1923 by Frank Gannett in Rochester, New York as an outgrowth of a newspaper business he had begun in Elmira, New York in 1906. Gannett, who was known as a conservative,
List of Gannett Co. assets
Main article: List of Gannett Company assets

Gannett's media properties include the following newspapers among the top 100 (by circulation—figures are approximate) in the United States, and the following television stations:[21][22]
Print media

USA Today of Tysons Corner, Virginia (1,830,594, 2nd overall)
The Arizona Republic of Phoenix, Arizona (308,973, 14th)
Detroit Free Press of Detroit, Michigan (245,326, 20th)
The Indianapolis Star of Indianapolis, Indiana (182,933, 32nd)
The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky (159,275, 42nd)
The Cincinnati Enquirer of Cincinnati, Ohio (157,574, 43rd)
The Tennessean of Nashville, Tennessee (127,538, 61st)
Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester, New York (119,399, 65th)
Asbury Park Press of Neptune City, New Jersey (112,683, 68th)
The Des Moines Register of Des Moines, Iowa (109,095, 73rd)
The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware (87,138, 89th)
The Journal News of White Plains, New York (79,525, 96th)
Pacific Daily News of Guam

Broadcast media

WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee
WXIA-TV and WATL in Atlanta (Pacific and Southern Company, Inc.)
WUSA in Washington, D.C.
KPNX in Phoenix
WTSP in Tampa-St. Petersburg (Pacific and Southern Company, Inc.)
KARE in Minneapolis-Saint Paul
KUSA-TV and KTVD in Denver
WKYC-TV in Cleveland
KXTV in Sacramento, California
KSDK in St. Louis
WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan
WFMY-TV in Greensboro, North Carolina
WJXX and WTLV in Jacksonville, Florida
WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, New York
KTHV-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas
WLTX in Columbia, South Carolina
WMAZ-TV in Macon, Georgia
WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine
WLBZ-TV in Bangor, Maine

Gannett Digital

4info
Captivate Network
CareerBuilder (50.8%)
Classified Ventures (20%)
DealChicken
GannettLocal
HighSchoolSports.net
Metromix
MomsLikeMe (ceased operations in October 2011)
PointRoll
ShopLocal
Cars.com
Reviewed.com
In 2011, Gannett was criticized for laying off 700 U.S. employees a as cost-cutting measure after having increased executive salaries and bonuses. Bob Dickey, Gannett's U.S. newspapers division president, was paid $3.4 million in 2010, up from $1.9 million the previous year. In the memo announcing the layoffs, Dickey wrote, "While we have sought many ways to reduce costs, I regret to tell you that we will not be able to avoid layoffs."[15]

Wednesday October 31, 2012, 1:26 am
"I will not reduce the share paid by high-income individuals," Romney said. A few breaths later: "All right? I will not reduce the taxes paid by high-income Americans." He & the wealth are all heart----it's not for themselves they want to line their pockets with more money..... PSSSSSST !!!
The staggering economic inequality that has led Americans across the country to take to the streets in protest is no accident. It has been fueled to a large extent by the GOP's all-out war on behalf of the rich with some voters listed below who are assisting in that cause. In terms of wealth rather than income, the top 1 percent control 40 percent. of our assets. Their lot in life has improved considerably in the past decade

Wednesday October 31, 2012, 1:29 am
let your voice be heard VOTE

Wednesday October 31, 2012, 2:57 am
The liberals are always spewing about the rich in our country even though the rich provide millions of jobs, healthcare and retirement benefits.

Appears they see nothing wrong with biting the hands that feed them. Are we talking about big bonuses here? Obama's now bankrupt green companies paid out big bonuses just before they went belly up. Taxpayer funded companies....but, of course, the liberals don't want to talk about that.

Wednesday October 31, 2012, 9:43 am
Well, I guess its fresh if you are a carrion eater. The Wreck and Ruin economic plan is Reagan/Bush 1/Bush 2 all over again. Since Reagan every tax cut for the rich has resulted in fewer American jobs, every Repug since Eisenhower has increased the size and cost of government, increased the deficit and increased the debt. Great economic plan with numbers that either do not add up or take twice as long as Obama's plan to show smaller effects. In the last 30 years Trickle Down, aka Piss on the Poor, Economics has stagnated Middle class income to 18% over 30 years over those same 30 years the Upper 2% have seen their income increase by 265%. The R&R economic plan is not driving the US economy of a cliff it is buliding a ski jump to shoot the economy straight to the bottom.

Wednesday October 31, 2012, 11:04 am
Romney lives in La La Land - what does he know about hard-working, struggling people? Talk to a few people from Massachusetts who remember Mitt as governor - talk to employees of Staples, Dunkin Donuts and other Bain Capital victims.

Wednesday October 31, 2012, 11:51 am
Well, if you think Hell on Earth is Fresh, sure, I guess!

Wednesday October 31, 2012, 11:56 am
Diane O., what about taxpayer funded companies like BIG OIL, BIG COAL, BIG AG? Like Exxon's silly TV ad campaign that they support education....yeah, with billion tax dollar tax breaks. Better to cut out the middleman so universities aren't beholden to corporations and their warped and twisted science. Fund them directly, no strings! No matter which way you look at it, Exxon is using OUR mine to fund education. And you are WRONG about green energy not doing well. Another myth put out by BIG OIL, BIG COAL struggling desperately to maintain their dying status quo.

Wednesday October 31, 2012, 5:53 pm
You cannot currently send a star to Roseann because you have done so within the last week. I appreciate your presenting the facts based on the numbers put out by unbiased, nonpartisan sources Roseanne.

Wednesday October 31, 2012, 5:56 pm
The majority of the jobs created in this country are created by small businesses, who rarely meet anyone's definition of rich. Such businesses thrive based on amount of consumer spending, primarily by the poor and middle class--the rich sit on extra money instead so do not facilitate the primary form of job creation in this country.