President Obama held a meeting with House Republicans Wednesday (March 13), in hopes of coming to an agreement on several issues, including the budget. Although closed to the press, details behind the exchange reveal that things weren’t copacetic—but maybe the president didn’t notice.
Today’s release of the U.S. Labor Department’s statistic for the month of February marked good news for stock holders as 236,000 new jobs were added to the U.S. economy. As it stands, the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, its lowest figures in over four years.
Comedian, actor and educator Bill Cosby is known for his strong opinions and he proved so once again this past Monday (March 4). As a guest on CNN ‘s Starting Point, Cosby checked the current Republican base after comparing them to civil rights movement-era opponents of desegregation.
The ongoing divisiveness between Republicans and Democrats in Congress played out once again in the confirmation vote of Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel. In an unprecedented move, GOP Senators have opted to obstruct Hagel’s ascent to President Barack Obama’s cabinet by employing the first filibuster of a Defense Secretary nominee ever.
Former South Carolina Republican Party director Todd Kincannon has come under fire for making a racist, and insensitive joke about Trayvon Martin. The self-proclaimed “Honey Badger of American Politicos” tweeted the racist quip about Martin during the Super Bowl. Kincannon reportedly wrote “This Super Bowl sucks more d-ck than adult Trayvon Martin would for drug money.”
Tagg Romney, son of former presidential hopeful, Mitt Romney, is potentially gearing up to run for a Senate seat, the Boston Herald reports. Tagg made the decision after Scott Brown passed on the chance to grab the Massachusetts seat.
A 2007 video from a radio interview with Mitt Romney has gone viral. The clip, taken from a 20-minute sit-down with a conservative radio host at WHO-AM in Des Moines, Iowa shows the Republican candidate being questioned about his stance on abortion as it relates to his Mormon faith. Agitated by the question posed during […]
According to polls, President Barack Obama and GOP hopeful Mitt Romney are in a tight contest with either side just besting the other by mere points depending on the survey. Both men have catered their campaign talks to a variety of audiences, including the African-American community. Just how critical is the Black vote to this race? […]
Cory Booker is doing damage control. The Newark N.J. mayor caused a stir for criticizing Obama’s campaign attacks over Mitt Romney’s work at Bain Capital, and attempted to change the tide Monday (May 21) first via YouTube, and later by going on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show.
GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum must have forgotten his multiple degrees and ambitious educational career after addressing a Tea Party forum in Michigan ahead of Tuesday’s primaries. During the gathering, the former senator of Pennsylvania referred to Barack Obama as a snob because of the President’s wish that every American be afforded the opportunity to […]
