Politics

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2012 UPDATE: Press Secretary Jay Carney will gaggle aboard Air Force One. In the morning, the President will deliver remarks at a campaign event at Sloan’s Lake Park in Denver, Colorado. The President’s remarks will be open to…

(The Root) — The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court decision (pdf) to halt implementation of Pennsylvania’s voter-ID law until after the 2012 election may represent another tipping point in the Republican battle to limit the vote of likely Democratic voters. Advocates fighting to halt the imposition of these restrictive voting laws have won — in whole or…

Global Grind‘s Michael Skolnik says that the latest drummed-up controversy about President Obama is part of a “white-man-losing-power bulls—t rap.” Splashed across his website was a link to a 2007 video of then Senator Barack Obama giving a speech at Hampton University in front of the nation’s top black clergy. In this speech, Senator Obama…

(The Root) — The first presidential debate is finally here, and the once-nervous chatter of many inside the GOP has turned to outright groans about the state of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. From Peggy Noonan to Joe Scarborough to George Will, conservatives (myself included) have become increasingly anxious about a campaign in which the optics,…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2012 In the morning, the President will depart from Henderson, Nevada en route Denver, Colorado. The departure from McCarran International Airport and the arrival at Buckley Air Force Base are open press. In the evening, the President will…