Politics
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Soledad O'Brien Blasts Rudy Giuliani
In a Starting Point interview with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, host Soledad O’Brien asked him about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and specifically about a comment by Maureen Dowd — formerly the chief strategist for the Bush-Cheney 2004 presidential campaign — that it could take some time to…
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President Obama's Race-and-Politics Calculus?
Everyone’s heard President Barack Obama proclaim, “I’m not the president of black America. I’m the president of the United States of America.” Everyone also understands that his historic role isn’t quite that simple. The New York Times’ Jodi Cantor, in a piece this weekend, unpacked the way some see him balancing his belief in universal…
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Obama's Day, Oct. 22: Debate in Florida
WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2012 In the morning, the president will depart from Camp David en route Boca Raton, Florida. The departure from Joint Base Andrews will have out-of-town travel pool coverage and the arrival at Palm Beach International Airport will be open…
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Watch the Final Debate With The Root in DC
(The Root) — Join CSE, the Madyun Group and The Root in Washington, D.C., tonight as we watch President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney go head-to-head during the third and final round of presidential debates, leading up to Election Day on Nov. 6. (The Root is also hosting a debate watch event at the Aloft…
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MHP: Will Politics Trump Policy in Debates?
On Monday, President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney will have one of their last chances to attract voters, in the final presidential debate. MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry hopes that the discussion — which will no doubt swirl around the president’s characterization of the events in Benghazi, Libya — won’t be so much an argument focusing on who said…
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George McGovern, Liberal Icon, Dies
George McGovern, 90, has died in his home state of South Dakota, according to CNN. McGovern, who served in both the Senate and the House, was famously against the Vietnam War and an advocate for agriculture and feeding the hungry, but more importantly he helped pave the way for the contemporary Democratic party. While…
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Single Moms Create Gun Violence? No, I Don't
During last week’s presidential debate Mitt Romney took a question about after-college job placement and spun the answer into a declaration that single-parent families create gun violence. And while many viewers shook their heads, Huffington Post contributor Monique Ruffin says that as a mom raising her child in the inner city by herself, she felt…
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Abigail Fisher and the Me Generation
(The Root) — Abigail Fisher is a puppet, nothing more than the latest Pinocchio to Edward Blum’s Geppetto. She may be the vessel, but it is Blum who is the driving force of Fisher v. University of Texas — the current Supreme Court case that may lend the fatal blow to affirmative action for which…