Politics

On Saturday morning, Mitt Romney answered the question many have asked during this 2012 presidential election campaign: Who will be his vice-presidential running mate? While names like former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have been circulated, it was Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan who joined the GOP candidate onstage in Virginia to announce their partnership. As…

BlackAmericaWeb‘s Jackie Jones enumerates the ways that the GOP is working to keep black and Latino voters from the ballot box. [Y]oung, women and minority voters are facing the big payback as new voter ID laws around the country aim to curb access for the traditionally Democratic voters, who propelled Barack Obama into the White…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2012 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. In the evening, the President will host an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan in the State Dining Room. This…

(The Root) — When Wade Michael Page walked into a Wisconsin temple last week, murdering six Sikh worshippers and critically wounding three others, it was an incident waiting to happen. As the neo-Nazi loser marched through the temple randomly shooting one Sikh after the next, perhaps the “14 words” motto of white supremacists was running…

BET‘s Keith Boykin runs down the anti-Obama rhetoric that he can already predict will come out of the RNC. 1. Higher Taxes Will Hurt “Job Creators” Despite what Republicans have been arguing lately, taxes are actually lower today than at any time in decades. Here’s the history they don’t want you to know. For six…

In his Washington Post column, Eugene Robinson says that Mitt Romney’s secrecy about his taxes is a cross Republicans will bear until Election Day, and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out why the candidate is keeping the information a secret. Apoplexy is not the tone politicians generally seek to project. Yet there was…

Clutch magazine‘s Stacia L. Brown notes that neither Mitt Romney nor Barack Obama has tailored ads to this group but says single women have significant legislative concerns. Since this is an election year, it’s time for our presidential candidates to come a-courtin’. Our incumbent and hopefuls are hard-selling their platform to key voting contingents–perhaps with…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2012 In the morning, the President will deliver remarks at a campaign event at the Colorado State Fairgrounds in Pueblo, Colorado. This event is open to pre-credentialed media. In the afternoon, the President will depart Pueblo, Colorado en…