Politics

(The Root) — I don’t know about you, but in the words of the late, great civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired. I learned these words from my middle school band director, the late, great Royal J. Singleton III, which he applied to our sometimes uninspired…

(The Root) — Little about the GOP candidate appeared to qualify him for the White House as he sweated freely over foreign-policy debate questions Monday night. Clearly ill-suited to be commander in chief, Mitt Romney fidgeted in his chair, fudged his Afghanistan position and, in the cross talk over Iraq, seemed on the verge of…

U.S. President Barack Obama became the first sitting president to participate in the early-voting process after showing his driver’s license at the Martin Luther King Community Center in Chicago, CBSNews reports. He later told election officials that he was excited to cast his ballot but was otherwise coy about who got his vote. Mr. Obama…

(The Root) — With the stress of the debates finally behind us, some of us need a little laughter before we head to the polls. Enter Key & Peele. And even the president yukked it up with Jay Leno. Key & Peele (Wednesday, 10:30 p.m. EST; Comedy Central) “Why you smiling, while you getting your…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2012 In the morning, the President will arrive in Tampa, Florida, then deliver remarks at a campaign event at the Ybor State Museum Park in Tampa, Florida.  The arrival at Tampa International Airport will be open press, and…

Writing at the Huffington Post, Tavis Smiley presents a list of funny (and not-so-funny) lines that he hopes not to hear the day after the election. “They said Obama was winning!” “I didn’t get to the polls, but I did say a prayer for the brotha!” “You know they wasn’t gonna let no Black man…

The Chicago Tribune‘s Clarence Page gives his take on “the chameleon’s” recent performance. President Barack Obama’s final debate with Mitt Romney wasn’t nearly as fascinating as the debate that Romney appeared to be having with himself … With foreign policy as the topic, Romney slid even further away in this debate from the self-described “severely…

Donald Trump’s “October surprise” announcement on Wednesday was a real snoozer. According to ABCNews.com: Donald Trump today pledged $5 million to a charity of President Obama’s choice, provided the president makes public his college applications and transcripts and releases his passport history, a far cry from the October-surprise bombshell Trump had promised. Calling the offer a…