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June 30, 2011

Republicans invite Obama to talk taxes

VIDEO - Some Republicans were clearly irked by the president's criticism during his Wednesday press conference...
June 29, 2011

Herman Cain promotes his business plan

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain says his tax-cutting, pro-business philosophy will power the U.S. economy and…
June 29, 2011

Obama: Congress should 'get it done' on debt limit

WASHINGTON (AP) - The president said members of Congress needed to stay in Washington until budget negotiations are finished --…
June 29, 2011

Donna Brazile on voter ID laws: GOP willing to violate civil rights to win elections

Brazile writes that her sister in Florida was a victim of voter suppression during the 2000 election...
June 28, 2011

Herman Cain loses top staffers in New Hampshire

The staffers are Matt Murphy, Cain's New Hampshire campaign director, and Jim Zeiler, the campaign's regional director left due to…
June 28, 2011

Bachmann walks back anti-Obama rhetoric for 2012 run

OPINION - The main thing with Bachmann is that though she may make comments that could easily be branded 'crazy'...
June 27, 2011

Bill Maher lets Reggie Brown finish his routine

Brown disputed the idea that his racial material played a part in his set being cut short and expressed doubt…
June 27, 2011

Bachmann regrets saying Obama has 'anti-American views'

Bachmann informed Bob Schieffer that despite some past comments, "I don't question the President's patriotism at all...
June 27, 2011

Obama joins debt talks, Republican negotiator leaves

VIDEO - Next week President Obama will hold talks with house and Senate leaders to hammer out a deal to…
June 24, 2011

House rejects Obama's authority to continue US role in Libya

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has voted down a measure giving President Barack Obama the authority to continue the U.S.…
June 24, 2011

GOP to African-Americans: If we can't get your vote, no one can

OPINION - If there is one time-honored tactic GOP politicians have mastered, it's voter suppression...
June 24, 2011

Gingrich: Obama so bad, blacks will vote Republican

Newt Gingrich told a GOP banquet that President Barack Obama is so bad that he's made it possible for the…
June 24, 2011

Obama stops short on embracing gay marriage

NEW YORK (AP) - While praising New York state lawmakers as they debated legalizing gay marriage, President Barack Obama stopped…
June 23, 2011

Former gay rights protesters support Obama and Democrats

But in surveying a host of gay rights activists and donors, it seems increasingly clear that his relationship with the…
June 23, 2011

Cain: Jon Stewart mocked me because I'm a 'black conservative'

ThinkProgress reports that Cain, former CEO of Godfather's pizza, leveled the charge while speaking during a stop in the key…
June 21, 2011

Bachmann: 'Obama has failed the African-American community'

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says President Barack Obama "has failed the African-American communtiy" and "failed the Hispanic community"...
June 19, 2011

Obama impersonator gets yanked for offensive jokes

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Reggie Brown showed a picture of a picture of Fred Sanford of "Sanford and Son" as…
June 15, 2011

Bachmann can't run from her birther bona fides

OPINION - Bachmann has been one of the most extreme and racially insensitive voices of right wing opposition to the…
June 15, 2011

Mormon candidates must confront religion's racist past

OPINION - Given the long and suspect history of Mormons on race, Romney and Huntsman are kidding themselves if they…
June 14, 2011

Republicans assail Obama in opening big debate

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (AP) -- Republican presidential hopefuls assailed President Barack Obama's handling of the economy in their first major…