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August 9th, 2012
07:38 AM ET

Thursday's live events

The race to the presidency now turns toward the general election in November.  CNN.com Live is your home for all the latest news and views from the campaign trail.

Today's programming highlights...

Continuing coverage - Tropical Storm Ernesto

12:45 pm ET - Obama talks economy - President Obama continues his campaign swing through Colorado today with two events.  The first one will be in Pueblo, followed by a speech in Colorado Springs at 3:30 pm ET.

1:00 pm ET - Mars rover briefing - What's up with the Curiosity rover on its visit to Mars?  Officials with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will have the latest.

1:15 pm ET - Supporting Romney in Colorado - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has been named on a few shortlists of potential Mitt Romney running mates.  Jindal and other Republican lawmakers will campaign for Romney at an event in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

CNN.com Live is your home for breaking news as it happens.


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  1. Philip in Colo. Spgs.

    Look for me on TV today. I'm the guy waving a big sign that says "President Obama-Lift Bush's gag orders from FBI Sibel D. Edmonds" on one side, and on the other side "Allow the names of the men who financed 9/11 to be spoken"
    EVERYONE would like to know who financed 9/11. Not you?

    August 9, 2012 at 10:40 am | Report abuse | Reply
    • Jay jay

      oh god here we go. In the state of massachusetts they are spending 170000 dollars to send voter registrations out to all of people on welfare. Now imagine the uproar we would here if Romney sent voter reg. forms out to all multimillionaires...

      August 9, 2012 at 3:11 pm | Report abuse |
    • Obama Mama

      @ buddy Jay, that would only be 3%, and you probably could e-mail them.

      August 9, 2012 at 3:14 pm | Report abuse |
    • @Jay jay

      Seriously???You don't think that's exactly w t f happens EVERY bloody election, incliding your god Mitt? What a dumb comment.

      August 10, 2012 at 2:23 pm | Report abuse |
  2. Philip in Colo. Spgs.

    There is absolutly no doubt in my mind that I will be spat on and jeered by my fellow citizens, just as I was when I went downtown just weeks after 9/11 and began passing out "The TRUTH about 9/11" flyers.
    Ignorance is bliss. I am the rain on your parade.

    August 9, 2012 at 10:51 am | Report abuse | Reply
    • Obama Mama

      But you love it, right?

      August 9, 2012 at 3:15 pm | Report abuse |
    • Obama Mama

      Not the spitting part.

      August 9, 2012 at 3:18 pm | Report abuse |
  3. Simon Abela

    Philip, what time do you expect this to air and on what network? I live in New York but want to see the famous Philip. Good luck Sir and be careful young man.

    August 9, 2012 at 10:53 am | Report abuse | Reply
  4. Philip

    About 5:30 EST, and on whatever TV camera I can make my way in front of before being arrested again.

    August 9, 2012 at 11:19 am | Report abuse | Reply
    • little mister

      Philip I hope you do get arrested, so we don"t have to listen to your paranoia every day.

      August 9, 2012 at 2:22 pm | Report abuse |
  5. Philip

    President Obama is slated to speak near downtown today, at Colorado College. (3:30 MST) I already have my sign stashed near the back steps of the old campus church on Nevada Avenue.
    Honestly, I doubt that I make it anywhere near a TV CAMERA before [Waffen] Secret Service men confiscate my sign.

    August 9, 2012 at 11:28 am | Report abuse | Reply
    • SO...

      What happened? Betcha didn't get near a camera to save your life, huh? LMAO!!!!

      August 10, 2012 at 2:25 pm | Report abuse |
  6. Natas

    Hi phillip your reaction to your fears have revealed themselves may i ask you a question good how do you know all of what happened on 911 knowledge right your wrong you are just like the rest of society always jumping to assumptions and forming your own conclusions to what has happened your fear has got the best if you has it not yiue answer is no when yiu stand in front of the camera today be sure to bend over and speak to us so your not so muffled and remem ber this do not smear your lipstick as you begin to speak answer this when was the last time you made a mistake but e veryone else is a failure but you how could someone be so perfect and never step out of your bubble not mingle with ithers ti develope ones self your fears are exposed by by for now phillip

    August 9, 2012 at 11:50 am | Report abuse | Reply
    • saywhat

      @Natas
      You have just to reach for the Summary of US 9/11 Commission to get you thinking and research, that is if you seek to wade thru the fog of propaganda and fabrication that clouds this crime against America.. There are questions out there that any thinking American would have about 9/11.

      August 9, 2012 at 4:13 pm | Report abuse |
  7. Philip

    Anyone with a brain and a bit of knowledge about how well the Pentagon building is protected understood 9/11 to be an inside job from day one.
    You, on the other hand, have never even heard of FBI Sibel D. Edmonds of FBI chief fornsic examiner Dr. Whitehurst who led a team of over 300 investigators mandated by Congress to solve the crime of 9/11.
    You are the dumb fat kid making fun of the straight A students who made fun of you for being the only overly obese kid in school back then.
    I am a retired drilling consultant who understands that Bush rayped Afghanistan. You are not.

    August 9, 2012 at 12:03 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  8. Jay jay

    The RNC sent obomba a birthday cake the other day. It had a frosting pic of obomba smiling with the caption baring "you didn't bake this". Lol. Big govt is not a secure future obomba! You can try to get your little rat claws into our lives at every corner but I will protest along the way... F#%kin anti capitalist mentality running amuck. He will do ANYTHING to get a vote!

    August 9, 2012 at 12:08 pm | Report abuse | Reply
    • Obama Mama

      He sent the cake back, didn't he? Hate is with you today.

      August 9, 2012 at 3:21 pm | Report abuse |
  9. Philip

    @partisan blogger Jay jay. Your agenda is showing.
    Did you not know that no matter if the beast has a small donkey head of an Elephants ass or a Big Elephant head dragging around an overly obese donkey, it's still the same mentally challenged 12 yr. old on SSRIs carrying a loaded 12 ga. shotgun and a plastic badge that says "World Police"?

    August 9, 2012 at 12:10 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  10. HEY CNN

    There is a glitch in your mobile version that is preventing many bloggers from posting. Please fix this. It has prevented many posters from posting since yesterday. I will go elsewhere if this is not corrected post haste. Thank you.

    August 9, 2012 at 12:27 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  11. Kenny Rogers

    little mister
    look at the drought page

    August 9, 2012 at 12:37 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  12. ass9

    Nazis burned down the Reichstag? Truly absurd.

    August 9, 2012 at 1:02 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  13. Frank

    People of the United States of America,

    A couple of points,
    • Why does Mitt Romney have to have every minuet detail of his life scrutinized, Taxes, Religion, etc...I thought a Presidents personal life (i.e. Bill Clinton) is not up for review because it is personal
    • President Obama needs to explain in detail why he spent 4 million dollars to keep his College records from being unsealed, why are they sealed in the first place? He weaseled out having to produce these records in the first term, we need full transparency in order to give him a second term, what is he hiding? President GW Bush had his life put under a microscope and had the crap beaten out of him on his National Guard Service, Alcohalism and his alleged drug use. The Media and Democrats also went after Laura Bush on her tragic car accident went she was 20, 21 years old. Dirty Politics again.
    • President Obama has admitted to Pot and Cocaine drug use in High School and College in his book, How the Hell does he hold any level of Government Security Clearance, let along activating the Nuclear Football. The Media should in this era, be really concerned that the president in fact could be Blackmailed in some form, apparently all the rules do not count for Democrat Presidents.
    • It is time the Republicans go to DEFCON 1 in this Presidential Race or it will be 2008 all over again.
    • At this point the Democratic Party will play dirty and do anything ala Richard Nixon to reelect President Obama.

    August 9, 2012 at 2:14 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  14. Obama Mama

    Frank look up Son of Boss. Your tax avoidance pony.

    August 9, 2012 at 3:33 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  15. Superman

    The question is peace or civil unrest here in the US i would rather have secrecy then idiots running the streets, some things ntk , others u dont want to know i did some work in south central america and the things that we had to know are disturbing do you want those memmories? I dont think so , to much imformation to the civil population can do a lot of harm as well

    August 9, 2012 at 4:33 pm | Report abuse | Reply
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