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July 31, 2012

Dems pick first Hispanic, San Antonio mayor Julian Castro, for convention keynote

WASHINGTON (AP) - Marking a first for Hispanics, the Democratic party has chosen the mayor of San Antonio to deliver…
July 30, 2012

Bill Clinton to play key role at 2012 Democratic Convention

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton will have a marquee role in this summer's Democratic National Convention, where he…
July 27, 2012

Election official will not enforce Pennsylvania voter ID laws

A Democratic state election official says he will not enforce the Pennsylvania voter ID laws...
July 17, 2012

Republicans apologize for racist Facebook post

The Huffington Post reports that after backlash from some democrats and a series of angry comments, the Rutland County Vermont…
July 17, 2012

Obama winning by campaigning like a Republican

OPINION - The Obama campaign has gone for the jugular -- directly attacking Mitt Romney’s central argument for why he…
July 16, 2012

Jesse Jackson Jr.'s absence goes unnoticed in DC

CHICAGO (AP) - When Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. disappeared last month for a mysterious medical leave, it took weeks for…
July 11, 2012

Democratic leaders urge update from absent Jesse Jackson Jr

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic House leaders on Wednesday joined colleagues and constituents in urging Rep. Jesse Jackson of Illinois, who…
July 9, 2012

Romney's team outraises Obama and Democrats again

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's campaign and the Democratic party raised $71 million in June, well below the $106…
July 6, 2012

Charlie Rangel livid over Harlem voting debacle

VIDEO - The fate of U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel’s 21-term-career lies within a couple of cardboard boxes...
June 28, 2012

Democrats walk out on Holder contempt vote

theGRIO REPORT - Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives walked out of a Congressional vote on whether to…
June 27, 2012

Romney is on the ballot too, but this election is all about Obama

theGRIO REPORT - A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal point illustrates something obvious to anyone watching this campaign: all of…
June 27, 2012

Charlie Rangel wins primary, will seek 22nd term; controversial councilman defeated

theGRIO REPROT - Rep. Charlie Rangel, who has been hit with ethics charges and one of the tougher primaries in…
June 26, 2012

Sen. Harry Reid: Supreme Court ruling paves path to racial profiling

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Democrats and Republicans scrambled for election-year gain from the Supreme Court's ruling Monday that threw out…
June 21, 2012

Bill Maher attacks Allen West while calling the GOP ‘party of the apes’

The Huffington Post reports that comedian Bill Maher called Republican Florida Rep. Allen West's party a 'party of apes'...
June 20, 2012

Why Artur Davis is wrong: Republicans squandered any black good will

OPINION - The newly minted a member of the GOP, Davis is taking his show on the road calming the…
June 18, 2012

Republicans want food stamps cut in big farm bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans say Congress could cut the cost $2 billion a year by just closing a pair of…
June 14, 2012

‘Fear of a Black Republican’ documentary explores African-American role in democracy

VIDEO - The result is a film critical of both sides of the bipartisan system of democracy here in the…
June 14, 2012

Democrats becoming more worried about Obama’s re-election hopes

WASHINGTON (AP) - A growing chorus of once-confident Democrats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election...
June 7, 2012

Obama, Democrats collect $60 million in May

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party reported Thursday rolling up $60 million in contributions last month...
June 2, 2012

US economy souring, so what's a Democrat to do?

WASHINGTON (AP) - Five months before the elections, the uneven economic recovery is sputtering and job growth is anemic. Stock…