Politics
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Gay Marriage: Obama's Words Finally Match His Deeds
In an entry for the Washington Post‘s PostPartisan blog, Jonathan Capehart says that leadership is about doing what’s right when it’s neither easy nor convenient. At 3 p.m., ABC News aired footage of the president of the United States saying, “I’ve been going through an evolution on this issue. I’ve always been adamant that gay…
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West Virginia Dems Prefer Inmate to Obama?
If you were looking for an excuse to throw your hands up and completely disengage from the political process, this just might be your day. The Associated Press reports that a man in prison in Texas got four out of 10 votes in West Virginia’s Democratic presidential primary. No, it wasn’t a majority, but yes,…
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Obama's Day, May 9: Hosting 'In Performance at the White House' Series
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press.In the afternoon, the President will host NATO Secretary-General Rasmussen for a meeting in the Oval…
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Obama Should Say 'Yes, I Do' on Gay Marriage
The Washington Post‘s Jonathan Capehart wishes that President Obama would stop playing games and follow the lead of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Vice President Joe Biden, who have taken clear stances on the issue of gay marriage. And where is President Obama? “Evolving.” Still. It’s as if he’s playing a big game of…
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White House Chef on Food-Desert Fight
Last month a front-page story in the New York Times emphasized two studies that appeared to challenge the notion that food deserts — districts with limited or no access to affordable and nutritious foods, yet rich in stores hawking junk food — are a real problem. The studies, recently published in the journals Social Science…
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Gay-Marriage Speech Obama Should Give
Of the many hollow critiques offered by President Barack Obama’s rivals, one of the hollowest is the snide charge — from opponents of same-sex marriage — that on the issue of same-sex marriage, “the president’s position, as it sits today, is the same position as Mitt Romney’s,” as Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said…
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Cory Booker: Heroic? Yes. Magic? No
When Cory Booker recently raced into a burning home to help save the life of a neighbor, his act of bravery turned the Newark, N.J., mayor into one of the lead stories of the day. News outlets from CNN to Fox News covered Booker’s heroism. Not to be outdone, fans on Twitter conjured up #corybookerstories…
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Will Obama Ever Finish 'Evolving' on Gay Marriage?
As Vice President Joe Biden makes a bold pro-marriage-equality statement, Ebony‘s Michael Arceneaux wonders when President Obama will do the same. With the niceties out of the way, let’s be clear: President Obama has never said he was “absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women” deserve the same rights and…