Election 2012

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August 29, 2011

Arizona launches attack on Voting Rights Act

OPINION - It seems the GOP is on a campaign to rewrite American history and erase the lessons learned from…
August 26, 2011

Hurricane Irene pelts East Coast with winds, rain

NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) - For hundreds of miles, people in the storm's path either fled inland or stocked up…
August 26, 2011

Rick Perry seeking endorsement from Birther-in-Chief Donald Trump?

Team Trump tells Politico's James Hohmann -- who broke the story Friday -- that Perry has called Trump "on 'several…
August 25, 2011

Obama campaign launching voter drive program

WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing high unemployment and a jittery Wall Street, Obama has had to confront questions over his handling…
August 24, 2011

Gallup poll finds less optimism on race relations

theGRIO REPORT - Fewer Americans see the election of America's first black president as a significant milestone for blacks, or…
August 24, 2011

Herman Cain's charity focuses on inner-city youth

It was the late 1980s and the then-CEO of Godfather's Pizza and self-made multimillionaire brokered a deal with the YMCA…
August 24, 2011

Perry compares civil rights movement to tax cuts for billionaires

OPINION - To compare the noble goals of the civil rights movement to the nefarious political strategies of GOP hacks…
August 22, 2011

Can black America afford another GOP president?

OPINION - There is no viable alternative. The current crop of Republican presidential candidates are even more radical and far…
August 18, 2011

Why Tavis and Cornel won't stop Obama in 2012 (even if they try to)

Never mind the slings and arrows of Tea Partiers. The most politically problematic criticism of Obama these days is coming…
August 18, 2011

Redistricting puts Black Caucus icons in re-election peril

OPINION - Sadly, minority majority districts have always been controversial and this time around will be no different...
August 17, 2011

GOP candidates compete to be the biggest Obama hater

OPINION - What has come of our body politic when these non-starters, have become front-runners?...
August 17, 2011

Obama to lay out new jobs plan in Sept. speech

WASHINGTON (AP) - On a related front, Obama will also present a specific plan to cut the suffocating long-term national…
August 17, 2011

Herman Cain: Impeaching Obama would be 'a great thing'

POLITICO - Asked on a conference call with bloggers this evening why Republicans can't just impeach Barack Obama, Herman Cain…
August 17, 2011

Do black voters believe wives should be 'submissive'?

OPINION - The black community is probably not the core of support for a far right Republican Congresswoman like Michele…
August 16, 2011

Olympian Carl Lewis not certified as NJ candidate

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey's top elections official won't certify nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis as a candidate…
August 16, 2011

Trump praises Perry, keeps open a possible run

NEW YORK (AP) - Real estate mogul Donald Trump says he expects Texas Gov. Rick Perry will do 'very nicely'…
August 16, 2011

Adviser: Obama not obsessed with keeping job

WASHINGTON (AP) - He also suggested that some Republicans "do not want to see this economy get better" because they…
August 16, 2011

Rick Perry's Texas is no 'miracle', it's a mirage

OPINION - If the devil is in the details, it is not favorable to Rick Perry's presidential aspirations should he…
August 15, 2011

Obama begins Midwest bus tour to hear from voters

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sets off Monday on a bus tour that aims to produce give-and-take with Americans...
August 12, 2011

Glenn Beck's twisted racial fantasies

OPINION - When in the history of this great republic has a man been able to set so many political…