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by Jamelle Bouie onAugust 23, 2012
In a blog entry at the American Prospect, Jamelle Bouie checks in on a poll that asked respondents about two Mitt Romney controversies: his record with Bain Capital and his tax returns. While neither result was good, the ongoing fight over his taxes has done more damage.
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by Lynette Holloway onAugust 22, 2012
The presumptive GOP presidential nominee is not winning when it comes to scoring the black vote, according to a new NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll.
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by Michael Arceneaux onAugust 22, 2012
In a piece at Ebony, Michael Arceneaux calls Mitt Romney the great projector for trying to pawn off his political shortcomings onto the president by accusing him of making "wild and reckless accusations that disgrace the office of the presidency."
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by Jonathan Capehart onAugust 22, 2012
To the dismay of Republicans, President Barack Obama's remarks on the "legitimate rape" comment by Rep. Todd Akin will continue to dominate the national conversation, Jonathan Capehart writes in his Washington Post column.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onAugust 17, 2012
There's nothing like a good piece of inflammatory language to put GOP use of racial stereotypes back in the headlines.
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August 16, 2012
This week on the Confab: Join Staff Writer Jenée Desmond-Harris as she chats with Political Correspondent Keli Goff and contributor Genetta Adams about the Republican vice presidential hopeful's views on black people. Plus: Politicians and their athletic counterparts, and a wrap-up of Olympic controversies.
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by Clarence Page onAugust 15, 2012
Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page argues that Mitt Romney's assault on President Obama's welfare-reform policy actually gets in the way of putting its recipients to work.
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by David Swerdlick onAugust 11, 2012
Romney shook up the 2012 race by picking Paul Ryan as his running mate. But there's a catch.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onAugust 11, 2012
Updated: Will his type of conservatism help win over independents, or scare them away? The Obama campaign reacts.
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by Jackie Jones onAugust 11, 2012
BlackAmericaWeb's Jackie Jones enumerates the ways that the GOP is working to keep black and Latino voters from the ballot box.
