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Herman Cain Suspending 2012 Campaign For President
Herman Cain announced on Saturday that he is suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. The news comes in the wake of Cain being accused of having an extramarital affair and sexual harassment charges from more than a decade ago resurfacing. The former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza has vehemently denied any wrongdoing amid the [...]
Herman Cain Affair Allegation: GOP Hopeful Meeting With Wife Gloria Amid Uncertain Candidacy
ATLANTA (AP) — Rapidly becoming a mere footnote in the presidential race, Herman Cain sent mixed signals Friday on whether he would abandon his beleaguered White House bid on Saturday after a woman’s allegation of an extramarital affair. He said he would make a “major announcement” on whether he would press on – at an [...]
Hispanics Leaving Connecticut Town, Citing Racial Abuse By Police
EAST HAVEN, Conn. — Santiago Malave has worked law enforcement jobs in Connecticut for more than four decades, but as a Puerto Rican, he says he cannot drive through his own town without worrying about police harassing him. Malave, a probation officer who works in New Haven, says the racial abuse is so bad that [...]
Jimmy McMillan Of ‘The Rent Is Too Damn High Party’ Announces Presidential Bid
Full Story:Huffingtonpost.com Jimmy McMillan, folk hero, internet sensation, and leader of New York political party “The Rent Is Too Damn High,” recently announced he has his sights set on the White House. After being catapulted to fame following a quirky yet impressive performance in the New York gubernatorial debates this fall, McMillan attained rockstar status, [...]
Obama To Make A Grassroots Push For DREAM Act, Won’t Engage In Filibuster Reform Fight
WASHINGTON — The White House is preparing a major grassroots push to pass the DREAM Act next year, which President Obama said Wednesday was one of his top priorities after the legislation failed in the recent lame duck session. Acknowledging the next Congress will be much more resistant to the President’s agenda, the White House [...]
NAACP To Protest As South Carolinians Celebrate Confederacy With ‘Secession Ball’
Members of South Carolina’s NAACP will march in protest of a “secession ball” in Charleston later this month which will commemorate the 150th anniversary of South Carolina’s secession from the Union. State NAACP leaders held two press conferences Friday, spreading the word they will protest the ball and any other sesquicentennial events that they deem [...]
Obama-Clinton Briefing: Former President Endorses Tax Cut Deal (VIDEO)
Full Story And Video: Huffingtonpost.com WASHINGTON — Bill Clinton implored Democrats to back the tax-cut deal that President Barack Obama negotiated with Republicans as the former president made a surprise appearance with Obama in the White House briefing room Friday – and later took over the podium. “I don’t believe there is a better deal [...]
Elizabeth Edwards passes today.
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Edwards, who closely advised her husband in two bids for the presidency and advocated for health care even as her marriage publicly crumbled, died Tuesday after a six-year struggle with cancer. She was 61. She died at her North Carolina home surrounded by her three children, siblings, friends and her estranged husband, [...]
Sarah Palin’s North Korea Slip: ‘We’ve Gotta Stand With Our North Korean Allies’ (AUDIO)
Listen to Audio: Huffington.com Sarah Palin took a break from her book tour Wednesday to call into Glenn Beck’s radio show and weigh in on the recent shelling of a South Korean island by the North Korean military. Unfortunately, a verbal slip-up caused her to urge the U.S. to support an unexpected country. “But obviously, [...]
Obama Leads 2012 Rivals in Virginia
A new poll released Tuesday shows President Obama in a strong early position to win Virginia’s electoral votes in 2012. The poll, conducted by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling Nov. 10-13, found Obama leading against frontrunners Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and Newt Gingrich. Obama held 11-percentage-point leads against Palin and Gingrich and [...]
lRepublican Investigators Take Aim At Health Care Law
Full Story:HuffingtonPost.com WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans plan to use the investigative powers of Congress to go after President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, and they’re focusing on questions uppermost in the minds of consumers: What’s it going to cost me? Can I keep the coverage I have if I like it? Republicans can call hearings [...]
Lindsey Graham Gets It Wrong On The Stimulus: Blames Legislation For U.S. Job Losses.
Full story: Huffingtonpost.com A top issue on the Sunday morning talk shows was the Obama administration’s record on jobs, with Republicans hitting the stimulus and calling for an extension of the Bush tax cuts. To make, his case, however, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) completely distorted the effects of the stimulus, calling it a “disaster” and [...]
OBAMA VS. OBAMA:WATCH: Senator Obama Grills President Obama Over Endless Wars.
Back in early 2007, when the Bush administration was insisting that its military intervention in a faraway land was not open-ended, Senator Barack Obama wasn’t buying it.
