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VIDEO: Romney Says He Lost Because Minorities Love Obamacare

PHOTO: REUTERS

Blame, blame, blame. Fox News Sunday broadcast former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's first interview since losing the 2012 election. Romney blamed his loss on his poor performance among "minorities" and the "lower incomes" whom he claimed were seduced by the Affordable Care Act.

ROMNEY: We did very well with the majority population, but not with minority populations, and that was a failing, that was a real mistake.

CHRIS WALLACE: Why do you think that was?

ROMNEY: Well, I think the Obamacare attractiveness and feature was something we underestimated, particularly among lower incomes. And, uh, just didn’t do as good a job in connecting with that audience as we should have.

Oh and this ... again:

Ann Romney said she blamed the media for unfairly treating her husband. The portrayals of them as rich and out-of-touch kept the public from getting "to know Mitt for who he was." While she shed tears after the loss, she said, "I'm mostly over it. But not completely."

But we're completely over you, hon. Via Think Progress, watch AFTER THE JUMP ...

EBONY: "2012's Biggest News Stories" Report + Photos

It's the last day of the year and my latest for EBONY wraps the year that was: "2012's Biggest News Stories." Obama, gun violence, LGBT rights, reproductive justice, HIV/AIDS ... It's not a comprehensive list—just a Top Ten—but the list should have something for everyone. Check out the amazing photo gallery created by the producers.

Read the report and photo gallery HERE.

Mitt Romney "Bored" and Ann Romney "Crying" After Election Loss

Mitt and Ann Romney are having difficulty adjusting to life after being overwhelmingly rejected by the voters. The Republican presidential nominee is "detached" and "in seclusion" at his mansion outside San Diego, according to friends interviewed by the Washington Post.

Gone are the minute-by-minute schedules and the swarm of Secret Service agents. There’s no aide to make his peanut-butter-and-honey sandwiches. Romney hangs around the house, sometimes alone, pecking away at his iPad and e-mailing his CEO buddies who have been swooping in and out of La Jolla to visit. ...

By all accounts, the past month has been most difficult on Romney’s wife, Ann, who friends said believed up until the end that ascending to the White House was their destiny. They said she has been crying in private and trying to get back to riding her horses....

Oh and this:

In private, Romney has told friends he has little interest in helping the Republican Party rebuild and re-brand itself. Advisers also said he felt no need to explain himself after his comments to donors about Obama using the power of incumbency to give “gifts” to female, black and Latino voters leaked into the public sphere.

There is some hope. Mitt and Ann are reportedly looking forward to exstensive renovations that  will transform their "beach house into an 11,000-square-foot manse complete with a car elevator."

EBONY: Maine GOP Chairman Accuses "Blacks" of Voter Fraud

Our latest for EBONY: "Everybody has a right to vote but nobody in these towns knows anyone who's Black,” said Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster.

Webster has been forced to issue a public apology after his bizarre allegations that “dozens [and] dozens of Black people [came] in and voted on Election Day.” Webster implied that this could have tipped the state’s vote to President Obama.

Webster’s preposterous comments were not satire for “The Onion." The remarks were made to Portland’s NBC affiliate WCSH-TV and represented the latest in a series of racially-charged post-election commentary by the Republican official. Webster made similar comments the previous day and “refused to provide specifics” or proof, reports the Portland Press Herald. “I'm not talking about 15 or 20. I'm talking hundreds.”

More than 95.5% of Mainers are white—the second highest percentage after Vermont. It’s very likely that many Mainers, especially those in rural areas, do not have any have Black neighbors. It’s also likely that “dozens and dozens” of Blacks were trying to vote in Maine on Election Day—probably the very few Blacks who actually live there.

Read the op-ed HERE.

In related news: An editorial in the Portland Press Herald has condemned Webster's race-baiting and asks Republicans to denounce the party chairman.

REPORT: Romney Cancels Campaign Credit Cards After Conceding

Thanks for nothing. Now walk a thousand miles home!

From the moment Mitt Romney stepped off stage Tuesday night, having just delivered a brief concession speech he wrote only that evening, the massive infrastructure surrounding his campaign quickly began to disassemble itself. Aides taking cabs home late that night got rude awakenings when they found the credit cards linked to the campaign no longer worked. [...]

Were they looking for a "handout"? The visual of hundreds of waitresses, cab drivers and unionized airline ticket counter employees telling Romney staffers "Your card has been declined!" is positively delicious.

Murdoch Warns Christie to "Re-Declare for Romney"

News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch's is not pleased with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's praise of President Obama's handling of Hurricane Sandy. Murdoch lashed out in a series of tweets, culminating in this message where he approved cancellation of the New York City marathon and warned that Christie will "take blame" for the next four years unless he "re-declare[s] for Romney."

Murdoch gives a "slight edge" to Obama but doubts the accuracy of the key state polls. Heehee.

VIDEO: Barbour Claims Hurricane "Broke Romney's Momentum"

Who is to blame if Mitt Romney loses tomorrow's election? Don't blame Romney because Hurricane Sandy "broke his momentum," claims former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. Watch the spin AFTER THE JUMP ...

GOP Begins Blaming Hurricane Sandy for Possible Romney Defeat

Let the recriminations begin!

Mitt Romney's presidential campaign and leading Republican strategists are blaming Hurricane Sandy for their possible defeat on Tuesday. CBS News reports that Romney's campaign claims that the storm "stalled" heir much-hyped "momentum":

Campaign sources concede superstorm Sandy stalled Romney's momentum. For eight straight days, polls showed him picking up support. The campaign's internal polling, which is using different turnout models than most public polls, had him on solid ground in Florida, Virginia, North Carolina and Iowa. He had a slight lead or was tied in Ohio, New Hampshire and Wisconsin and was in striking distance in Pennsylvania, a state Republicans hadn't won since Ronald Reagan in 1984.

But then came something very big: a natural disaster that left a path of death and destruction on the East Coast. Suddenly, there was little talk about small things. Those leads in Florida, Virginia, North Carolina and Iowa still hold in the internal polls, campaign sources say, but Romney's movement flattened out or, as the campaign likes to say, "paused." Nevada is now off the table.

Romney certainly "gained ground in the polls in the week or two after the Denver debate" but hasn't since mid-October, reports Nate Silver. And Nevada was never "on" the table. Only "a single poll all year has found Romney leading in Nevada," adds the New York Times' FiveThirtyEight. Cute spin, though.

Republican strategist and former Bush deputy chief of staff Karl Rove continues the meme in a Friday interview with The Washington Post, claiming that Hurricane Sandy was the "October Surprise."

"If you hadn’t had the storm, there would have been more of a chance for the Romney campaign to talk about the deficit, the debt, the economy. There was a stutter in the campaign. When you have attention drawn away to somewhere else, to something else, it is not to his [Romney's] advantage,” Rove [said]. "Obama has temporarily been a bipartisan figure this week. He has been the comforter-in-chief and that helps."

Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is also pushing the meme. "The hurricane is what broke Romney's momentum. I don't think there is any question about it," the former Republican National Chairman said on CNN's State of the Union.

Spin, spin baby.

REPORTS: Romney REFUSES to Discuss FEMA After Hurricane Sandy

PHOTO: GETTY

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney "refused to answer repeated questions about how he would handle the duties of the Federal Emergency Management Agency" while on the campaign trail today. The former Massachusetts governor has previously criticized federal disaster relief spending and suggested that he would privatize FEMA to respond to disasters such as Hurricane Sandy.

The questions came at an event in in Kettering, Ohio, "that was hastily converted into a 'storm relief event'" reports Reuters and the Washington Post.

"Governor, are you going to see some storm damage?" one reporter asked. Several others again asked Romney whether he would eliminate FEMA. "Governor, you’ve been asked 14 times. Why are you refusing to answer the question?" one asked.

Romney ignored the reporters’ queries and continued loading up the truck. Earlier, during the event, he ignored similar queries. During a 2011 primary debate, Romney supported the idea of curtailing federal disaster response and letting states and the private sector take on a bigger role.

And from the pool report via Huffington Post:

TV pool asked Romney at least five times whether he would eliminate FEMA as president/what he would do with FEMA. He ignored the qs but they are audible on cam. The music stopped at points and the qs would have been audible to him.

Romney said in a June 2011 debate that it would be "'immoral" for the federal government to fund disaster relief efforts without reducing spending elsewhere. Not sure how he feels about that today.

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VIDEO: Madonna Booed in New Orleans After Endorsing Obama

Madonna was loudly booed after endorsing President Obama's re-election at a Saturday concert in New Orleans.

"Who's registered to vote," the MDNA singer asked. Much of the crowd applauded Madonna's remark but there were many audible and loud boos."I don't care who you vote for as long as you vote for Obama. Seriously, I don't care who you vote for," she added. "Do not take this privilege for granted. Go vote."

Who knew that Republicans were Madonna fans? The N'awlins homocons must be overjoyed with the fantastic job that Bush did during Hurricane Katrina. Or maybe it's ... something else.

The boos are heard after 2:30. Watch AFTER THE JUMP ...