Michael Cottman
It’s hard to figure out exactly what motivated Rev. William Owens to compare President Barack Obama to “Judas” on national television. Owens, the leader of the Coalition of African American Pastors, is angry at Obama for supporting same-sex marriage, but the timing of Williams’ noisy diatribe raises questions about his end game and his politics. […]
President Barack Obama cautiously predicted the outcome of the November election in a dialogue with wealthy campaign donors in New York. "If the election were held today, I think it'd be close, but I think we'd win," Obama told the group of supporters this week. This is the kind of unbridled confidence that helped propel […]
Three months before Election Day, the White House has released a new report by the National Economic Council that highlights how President Barack Obama will keep taxes from rising for 98 percent of America’s families, which also includes millions of African-Americans. The report says Obama plans to create jobs by growing the economy not from […]
To fire up the electorate, the Obama campaign marked 100 days until Election Day by hosting more than 4,700 grassroots events in all 50 states across the country. In barber shops, restaurants, churches and local field offices, the Obama campaign blitz focused this weekend on "Barbecues for Barack," voter registration, recruiting new volunteers, and rallying […]
President Barack Obama preached to the choir this week, telling members of The National Urban League in an election-year speech that he will create a new White House office to ensure that African-American students are better prepared for high school, college and to compete in the global marketplace. “I’m establishing the first-ever White House Initiative […]
I cringed while watching a video of 300 black teenagers wilding their way through a Walmart in Jacksonville, Florida. Police called the trashing of Walmart a “flashmob” that stole snacks and sodas, turned over shopping carts, scared customers, and fired gunshots into the air outside the store. Watch video below. It was inexcusable and disgraceful […]
President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney don’t have much in common but they do have one shared interest today: collecting cash in California. Obama and Romney are in California this week to raise as much money as possible heading into the final 105 days of a campaign where both politicians are locked in […]
Campaigning in Florida this week, President Barack Obama shared his plan for creating jobs and told voters that Republican Mitt Romney does not have the compassion to lead the nation. Obama spoke to voters in Jacksonville and West Palm Beach on Thursday and plans to address residents in Fort Myers and Orlando on Friday. Florida […]
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. should take time to heal – and his critics should be patient. With the cacophony of negative noise and the political vultures circling, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has emerged as a voice of reason. She said, simply, that Jackson ought to have “the care and time he needs to get […]
Would you gladly welcome a Mormon into your family? Apparently some Americans still hold strong views about Mormons and with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney proudly boasting his longtime association with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the Mormon religion is being scrutinized today perhaps more than ever. According to a new […]
One day after Mitt Romney was booed at the NAACP national convention in Houston, he enraged many African-Americans by saying that if black people want more “free stuff” from government, they should vote for President Barack Obama. “I hope people understand this, your friends who like Obamacare, you remind them of this: if they want […]
Mitt Romney gave it his best shot – and got booed. “If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him,” Romney said with a straight face as he addressed the NAACP's national convention Wednesday. “I want you to know that if I did not believe […]
