In January 2012, as the presidential campaign moved into full swing, congressional Republicans vowed to unite to deny President Obama a second term. House Speaker John Boehner said he had instructed every committee chairman to step-up oversight of the Obama administration. The strategy was to nitpick everything the administration did, from national security to foreign [...]
As Gun Control Vote Nears in Senate, GOP Threatens Filibuster
April 9, 2013 | Posted by
As the Senate moves closer to taking action on gun control legislation, some Republicans are threatening to filibuster – ploys that President Obama called “political stunts” during a speech in Hartford, Conn., not far from the site of the Newtown massacre. Republicans are fearful of being forced to vote on a bill for universal background [...]
Most Blacks are Democrats and Not Republicans. But Why? Video
December 24, 2012 | Posted by
In Kevin J. Williams’ video documentary “Fear of a Black Republican,” the question probed is why there are so few. The Republican Party was the anti-slavery party, founded by Abraham Lincoln. The Republican Party was the party of Reconstruction. The Republican Party was the part of civil rights legislation beginning in the 150s and 1960s. [...]
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee To GOP: Stop ‘War On The Working People Of America’
November 30, 2012 | Posted by
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) on Friday called on the GOP to stop waging a “war on the working people of America” as fiscal cliff fighting intensifies. “First of all I’d like our Republican friends to stop a war on the working people of America,” she said on CNN’s “Early Start.” “That is what the [...]
How Mitt Romney and The GOP Can Make Inroads Into African-American, Latino Communities
November 12, 2012 | Posted by
At first glance, both ethnic groups would appear to be natural Republican-leaning constituencies. With a strong emphasis on family and a decidedly conservative focus on key social issues such as crime, education and religion, both African-Americans and Latinos have long shared a common thread with the Republican Party, only to overwhelmingly support Democrats in the [...]
Stacey Dash Shocked, Saddened by Reaction to Romney Endorsement
October 10, 2012 | Posted by
Quoting the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Stacey Dash defended her support of the GOP presidential candidate as being a decision made “not by the color of his skin, but the content of his character.” Dash, who voted for President Obama in the ’08 election without public fanfare, further supported her stance and her [...]
African American Reverse Migration Means More Political Opportunity for Black Community
October 1, 2012 | Posted by
It was the failure of the liberal North to integrate African Americans into the mainstream that prompted the reverse migration of blacks back to the South over the past three decades, argues City College of New York professor Daniel DiSalvo in a piece in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. DiSalvo shows how much the black population in [...]
Florida Republicans Accused of Fraudulent Registration Forms
September 30, 2012 | Posted by
A firm working on behalf of the Republican Party of Florida has been accused of submitting potentially fraudulent voter registration forms in at least 10 counties. The claims from Florida election officials have led the state’s Republican Party to file an election fraud complaint against Strategic Allied Consulting, the firm they originally employed. The allegations [...]
Frank Insults Gay Republican Group With ‘Uncle Tom’ Comparison
September 6, 2012 | Posted by
Newly married gay Congressman Barney Frank ridiculed the Log Cabin Republicans in an interview with the Huffington Post on Wednesday, suggesting that the conservative gay organization tries to model itself like an “Uncle Tom.” Originally the name of the title character in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in 1852, the phrase “Uncle Tom” has [...]
Report: Opinion Gap Between Dems and GOP Larger Than Ever
August 20, 2012 | Posted by
The gap between the views of the Republican and Democratic parties in this country has never been wider, according to a new study by the Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation. But the study also found troubling news for both political parties—namely, that the coalitions inside of each party often bring together disparate groups [...]
