Politics

(Special to The Root) — In the day-to-day pre-election grind, it’s so easy to get bogged down in the 24-hour news cycle that we start to lose sight of what’s actually at stake in this presidential election. We simply can’t afford to do that this year, especially when two such different visions and plans for…

Daily News blogger Zerlina Maxwell checks in on Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s flip-flop concerning federal spending on disaster relief in light of Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath. She determines that politically, he will have difficulty outrunning the eye of the storm. … Although he has flip-flopped already, in a response to a question about whether…

President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney returned to the campaign trail on Wednesday in preparation for Nov. 6 after spending a day focusing on the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Sandy in mid-Atlantic states, according to the Hill. Mitt Romney and President Obama will re-emerge on the presidential trail on Wednesday, but in starkly…

Two members of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity at the University of Florida who wore blackface to a party last week found themselves in the midst of controversy on campus and across the nation after the image was posted to Instagram, the Huffington Post reports. The photo, taken at an off-campus party on Oct. 24,…

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting will be closed press. In the afternoon, the President will depart from the White House en route…

Valerie Jarrett isn’t paying much attention to media polls in the days leading up to Election Day because she is rightly more focused on voter turnout — and the momentum that is building in the African-American community, Michael H. Cottman writes at BlackAmericaWeb. Valerie Jarrett, a senior strategist for the Obama campaign, isn’t paying much…

In a piece at Ebony, Michael Arceneaux lambastes Mitt Romney for flip-flopping on the topic of FEMA during an election year and in the face of Hurricane Sandy, saying no one should believe a word that comes out of the presidential candidate’s mouth. Ever secure in his choice to follow the sociopath’s guide to winning the…

The Washington Examiner reports that President Barack Obama, concerned that his supporters will be turned away at the voting booths during early voting, is offering legal assistance to those who encounter obstacles at the polls. He made the statement during an interview on Thursday with American Urban Radio Networks: “If people have problems voting, we can…