Politics
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Obama's Words for Team USA Gymnastics
Obama’s words for Team USA gymnastics: He called the gold medalists from Air Force One as he traveled to a campaign event, saying, “Michelle and I have watched and decided of all the Olympiads, you guys amaze us the most.” He also had individual messages to each girl. To Gabby Douglas: “You just tore it…
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Obama's Day, August 1: Campaigning in Ohio
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2012In the morning, the President will depart the White House en route Mansfield, Ohio. The departure from the South Lawn and arrival at Mansfield Air National Guard Base are open press. While in Mansfield, the President will deliver…
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No Room for Romney's 'Anglo-Saxon' Politics
(The Root) — So much for the melting pot. When an anonymous foreign policy adviser to presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney criticized President Obama in the United Kingdom’s Daily Telegraph for slighting Britain and ignoring America’s “Anglo-Saxon heritage,” it was a political shot heard ’round the world — or at least on both sides of…
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Obama's Day, July 31: Daily Briefing
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
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Watch This: Romney Aide Goes Off
You can’t really blame Mitt Romney for the way his traveling press secretary lost his cool with reporters in Poland yesterday, but it still didn’t make for a great ending to a trip that’s already been wrought with gaffes. As Romney left the Polish Tomb of the Unkown Soldier, Rick Gorka became annoyed with journalists who wanted…
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Can Imperfect Crime Victims Get Justice?
(The Root) — The collective, sustained outrage and organizing in response to the Feb. 26, 2012, murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., by police enthusiast and self-appointed neighborhood-watch kingpin George Zimmerman has been both effective and inspiring. Trayvon’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, refused to accept that their son’s murder was justified…
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Mitt Romney's Awkward Honesty Tour
The opening ceremony for the 2012 Olympic Games began Friday along with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s global tour, and it’s been a bumpy road thus far. In London, Romney insulted the British and their Olympics by saying he wasn’t sure if the country was prepared. Cultural critic Jay Smooth at IlllDoctrine looks at Romney’s…
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Why the Black Vote Counts
During this election year, blacks have seen quite a few voting-rights attacks, but Kansas City Star writer Lewis W. Duiguid urges us not to be derailed from the polls. The votes of African Americans are a very powerful tool, and both President Barack Obama and Republican hopeful Mitt Romney are fighting for our favor. It…
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President's White Mom Had Black Ancestry?
Given the ethnic background of his parents — a Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas — it would have seemed that President Barack Obama was not a descendant of American slavery. But genealogists from Ancestry.com have dug a bit deeper, according to the New York Times, and may have found proof that the family…
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Gallup Poll: Job Creation Is Top Concern
The nation is 99 days away from Election Day, and the issue most importance to voters now is job creation. According to a new USA Today–Gallup poll, Americans say that increasing employment opportunities should be a “top priority” for President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney. “Americans assign much less importance to increasing taxes on…