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July 28, 2011

Sharpton: Debt fight about 'your mama,' not Obama

BOSTON (AP) - He urged advocates to change the conversation about the debt limit to one about creating more jobs,…
July 28, 2011

Bachmann declares husband off limits in campaign

Bachmann isn't happy with the attention her husband, has been getting and wants him out of the discussion. However, she…
July 28, 2011

Psychology of debt talks is all in game of chicken

WASHINGTON (AP) - This is not political rhetoric. It's a real-life psychological negotiating scenario where it sometimes helps to seem…
July 28, 2011

Deportations may divide Obama's black and brown base

OPINION - Stalled immigration reform -- like several other high-profile Obama campaign promises has become a proxy for frustrated political…
July 26, 2011

White House threatens to veto Boehner's House plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House threatened on Tuesday to veto emergency legislation pending in the House to avert a…
July 26, 2011

Morgan Freeman sound-a-like narrates GOP ads

WASHINGTON - Actor Morgan Freeman sure is interested in Wisconsin politics. At least, it sounds like he is if you…
July 26, 2011

Obama won't win back white voters by being 'President Pushover'

OPINION - Last night, President Obama did what many in his party had longed asked of him: Tell the American…
July 25, 2011

#BeforeBlackPresidents: Hashtag highlights debt ceiling double standard

OPINION - The truth is today's Republican party is controlled by a fringe group of players who are after one…
July 25, 2011

GOP makes big gains among white voters

As the country enters into the 2012 presidential election cycle, the electorate's partisan affiliations have shifted significantly since Obama won…
July 25, 2011

Rick Perry's racially insensitive pastor problem

OPINION - Governor Perry's pastor problem begs a comparison with Obama's troubles with Rev. Jeremiah Wright...
July 22, 2011

Boehner withdraws from debt talks with Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) - "I expect them to have an answer in terms of how they intend to get this thing…
July 21, 2011

Keith Ellison: Cain is a 'religious bigot' for Muslim rants

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) said Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's controversial comments about Islam are ugly, inflammatory and bigoted...
July 21, 2011

Are black Republicans the biggest bigots?

OPINION - No matter what the source of these vicious and hateful comments, what remains is that they have no…
July 20, 2011

Congresswomen call on Allen West to apologize for tirade

WASHINGTON (AP) - Five Democratic congresswomen are calling on Republican Rep. Allen West to apologize for his email tirade against…
July 20, 2011

Bachmann: Migraines will not hinder ability to lead

theGRIO VIDEO - Joy-Ann Reid discusses why the American people will want to know about a candidates medical conditions, during…
July 20, 2011

How black farmers remain a Republican punching bag

OPINION - Michele Bachmann, like the GOP in general, has conveniently forgotten the USDA's history of racism as far as…
July 19, 2011

Cain: Mitt Romney can't win because he's a Mormon

Herman Cain made an issue of Mitt Romney's Mormon faith in an interview the Washington Times published Monday...
July 18, 2011

Rep. Jackson Lee says Obama's race at center of debt crisis

WEB RUNDOWN - Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) has suggested lawmakers are blocking President Obama's attempt to raise the debt…
July 18, 2011

Did ethics staff taint Waters, Rangel probes?

The former staff director of the House Ethics Committee accused two top committee lawyers of secretly communicating with Republicans on…
July 17, 2011

Debt crisis may help Obama woo independent voters

WASHINGTON (AP) - Polling by the Pew Research Center suggests that unaligned voters are increasingly alarmed about the prospects of…