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Obama: The Republican Victory Was a 'Shellacking'
According to Rhe Washington Post, President Barack Obama signaled a willingness to compromise with Republicans on tax cuts and energy policy Wednesday, one day after his party lost control of the House and suffered deep Senate losses in the midterm elections. Obama called the Republican victories “a shellacking.” At a White House news conference, the…
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Message to Democrats: Don't Worry, Be Happy!
The headlines tell us of big Republican gains in these midterm elections, including the retaking of control of the U.S. House of Representatives. They also point to a number of victories for candidates from the far-right Tea Party movement. True enough. And this is news. But I am not depressed or alarmed by these election…
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Lion King Actress Shannon Tavarez Dies
Shannon Tavarez, a young soprano who starred in The Lion King on Broadway, has died at age 11 after a battle with acute myeloid leukemia, Broadway World is reporting. The actress played Young Nala from September 2009 until April, when she began feeling pain in her lower back and legs. Soon the emerging star was…
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NPR: Even If House Is Lost, Obama Finds Hope in History
Excerpt: Three times in the past century, a sitting president’s party has lost its majority in at least one house of Congress. And all three times, the president went on to win re-election — Harry Truman in 1948, Dwight Eisenhower in 1956 and Bill Clinton in 1996. So if, as expected, the GOP takes the…
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Harry Reid: Both Sides of Senate Need to Work Together
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says lawmakers of both parties need to start working together now that Republicans have reduced the Democrats’ dominance in the chamber. You think? Reid said on NBC’s Today show that he planned to speak Wednesday with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on ways to “build a consensus and move this country…
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Black Lawmakers Break New Ground
Black lawmakers scored historic victories. Terri Sewell, Tim Scott and Allen West became history makers last night when they won seats in the House of Representatives. Sewell, an Alabama Democrat, defeated Republican challenger Don Chamberlain to become the first black woman to be elected to Congress from her state. According to The Birmingham News, Sewell…
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Kamala Harris and Steve Cooley: Too Close to Call
UPDATE (5:56 a.m. EST) Democrat Kamala Harris pulled slightly ahead of Republican Steve Cooley in California’s attorney general’s race early Wednesday, leading the Los Angeles County district attorney on his home turf. With 89 percent of precincts reporting statewide, Harris, the San Francisco district attorney, had a half-point lead. In Los Angeles County, Harris was…
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Watching the Results: IMPACT's Election Party
No matter their political affiliation, the experts on the panel at D.C.-based emerging-leaders organization IMPACT‘s Election Night Party, which The Root co-sponsored with the CBC Institute, BET and Politic365, agreed that increased political engagement is paramount in the black community. The panel, moderated by BET White House correspondent Andre Showell, opened the evening at Washington,…