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The 2012 election was historic for more than just the reelection of the nation’s first black president. “2012 will be the last campaign where one of the major parties seeks to get elected solely with the white vote,” David Bositis, senior political analyst for the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies said Wednesday in […]

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The Republicans are so desperate to win that even staunch conservatives and Tea Party members who railed against any modification in avoiding budget cuts, who are calling for stringent measures, including eliminating entitlement programs, have largely kept silent. They are gambling that the real Mitt Romney is the one who fought to prove his conservative […]

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Both President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney hit the campaign trail seeking votes from undecided women independents after Tuesday’s debate, which was considered a big win for the president and apparently didn’t sway many in either direction. After his lackluster performance in the first debate, Obama lost ground among women in some states and […]

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Americans love the tough guy, the guy who kicks butt and takes names, who mops the floor with his opponents, who has the quick one-liners that can shut a conversation down. It’s why we like Sylvester Stallone, Clint Eastwood and Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, action flicks with memorable lines and lots of action. It’s why we […]

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Well, those big numbers touted by the GOP each month this summer that showed Mitt Romney raking in scads more money than President Obama in campaign donations over the past few months won’t really help the Republican presidential nominee as much as first thought. According to The New York Times, much of the $300 million […]

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There are some unwritten general rules in the course of U.S. presidential politics when it comes to criticizing a sitting leader. First among them is that when the country or its representatives in a foreign nation comes under attack, the opposition does not attack the incumbent. The Romney campaign, however, violated the rule.     According […]

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Black voter turnout will be strong, but not likely to increase much over 2008, partly because of voter ID laws in several states designed to discourage voting among likely Democratic voters, according to a report released Thursday by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. “Nationally, black turnout increased 4.4 percentage points in 2008 […]

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It’s only August, but November certainly feels a whole lot closer. When the presidential stakes are at their highest, so are the extremes in behavior, even among those who normally don’t take it to the limit. Two so-far-unidentified attendees at the Republican National Convention threw peanuts at a CNN camerawoman and said, “This is what […]

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When you are president or CEO of an organization are you responsible for everything that goes on or can you delegate responsibility for the firm’s operations and claim plausible deniability for running the place? That’s at the crux of whether presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee Mitt Romney had nothing to do with investment company Bain […]

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You know what they say about payback, right? Well, young, 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 House in 2008, according to two studies. One study found that a […]

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If you’re impatient with President Obama’s handling of the economy and think it’s time to give someone else a shot at fixing this mess, Mitt Romney isn’t necessarily your man. It’s not because Romney doesn’t have a plan. The problem is his plan, by Romney’s own admission, will take at least four more years to […]

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Monday night President Obama was given a do-over. He and First Lady Michelle Obama were watching the USA Basketball exhibition game when the Verizon Center's "Kiss Cam” focused on them. The president put his arm around the first lady and the couple smiled, but no smooching. The crowd booed. The second time the camera focused […]