Politics

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing. This meeting is closed press.

In Pennsylvania, lawyers, journalists and people who simply want to exercise their right to vote on Nov. 6 are waiting for the verdict on the state’s controversial voter-ID law. On Tuesday, Judge Robert Simpson must deliver his ruling determining whether the state’s law has disenfranchised voters. Some told Colorlines voting-rights columnist Brentin Mock that they’re…

Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign is in trouble, and according to New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow, the responsibility lies squarely between Republican politics and Romney himself. Following the now infamous 47 percent video, on which Romney describes most Americans as loafs who refuse to care for themselves, President Barack Obama is leading in many…

In 2008, 69 percent of black women eligible to vote cast their ballot for President Barack Obama. Now, Ebony contributor Zerlina Maxwell writes, this group is especially targeted by new voter-ID laws, which may keep them away from the polls. Unsurprisingly, Black women are also among those groups more likely to be impacted by voter…

With President Obama pulling out ahead of Mitt Romney in some national voter polls, it’s no surprise that some right-wing partisans are resorting to tactics of pure desperation. Wild conspiracy theories and attacks on a candidate’s dead mother are about as low as anyone can go — even more troubling when they attract the endorsement…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2012 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing and then meet with senior advisors in the Oval Office. These meetings are closed press. In the afternoon, the President will deliver remarks at a campaign…

At Politico, political commentator Jamal Simmons says that we need a president who understands families like his, who had to work hard to keep things together. Surely, among the 47 percent of Americans that Romney lumped into the victim or dependent category in his secretly taped remarks are parents of kids like me. There were…

(The Root) — Recent polls showing President Barack Obama leading Republican challenger Mitt Romney in key swing states like Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina have the potential to lull Democrats — and African Americans in particular — into a false sense of security. Restrictive voter-ID laws passed by Republican legislatures in 23 states in the…