An Illinois woman showed this morning that she was determined to vote, despite the fact that she was in labor. Galicia Malone’s water had broken, and her contractions were five minutes apart when she went to vote today about 8:30 a.m., according to a release from the office of Cook County Clerk David Orr. The […]
A pregnant suburban Chicago woman didn't let being in labor stop her from voting in her first presidential election. Cook County Clerk David Orr reports that 21-year-old Galicia Malone's water had broken and her contractions were about five minutes apart. But Orr says she still made the detour en route to the hospital to vote […]
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — One storm-battered New Jersey county is delivering ballots to emergency shelters while New York City is lining up shuttle buses to ferry people in hard-hit coastal areas to the polls. With the presidential election looming just a week after Superstorm Sandy's devastation, authorities are scrambling to make voting as manageable […]
After hundreds of political rallies and thousands of campaign speeches, Election Day has finally arrived and here’s my prediction: President Barack Obama will win re-election to the White House Tuesday – despite the superstitious so-called Washington Football Team Rule.” Since the NFL’s Washington Football Team moved to Washington in 1937, the rule has held true: […]
J. Anthony Brown uses Will Smith's hit "Men In Black" to create a day before the election hit "We Need Obama Back."
As Hurricane Sandy barreled down on the East Coast, there was another storm brewing that quietly made landfall. Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada), accused GOP presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, of tax evasion “for over 10 years” on the Senate floor in August, but the intense speculation around his statement simmered down after Mittens released two years […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama, winning re-election rests on a workman-like, get-out-the-vote strategy aimed at protecting key territory in the Midwest, ramping up minority turnout and building early voting leads that could protect against a late surge by Republican challenger Mitt Romney. It's a far cry from the lofty rhetoric and gauzy closing […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans living in predominantly wealthy, white neighborhoods account for nearly all the sizable campaign contributions in this year's presidential election, according to an Associated Press analysis, even as the presidential candidates have aggressively courted Hispanics. Latino voters are widely viewed as pivotal for victories in some battleground states Tuesday. The disparity in […]
KOGELO, Kenya (AP) — United States President Barack Obama's Kenyan half-brother says the leader's African family is optimistic that he will win Tuesday's election. Malik Obama told The Associated Press Sunday that the family sees no reason why Obama shouldn't be elected for a second term. He was speaking during a sports tournament that he […]
A super PAC ad running Ohio hopes it can woo African American voters with a new ad suggesting their loyalty to the Democratic Party is misguided, and that they should vote Republican because Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, too. [Watch below.] According to Salon, the Empower Citizens Network has an ad in the Columbus area […]
J. Anthony Brown presents this weeks murdered hit "Why Vote for Romney."
Roland Martin talks with Greg Palast about Mitt Romney and the auto bailout.
