If you think the results of the election will force Republicans, Wall Street, CEOs and lobbyists to play nice as the negotiations begin over pulling back from the so-called fiscal cliff, you’ve got another think coming. First thing Sunday morning, while many folks were enjoying the last of the Thanksgiving break, pundits, business executives and [...]
Churches in Florida and NC Push Early Voting from Sunday Pulpit
October 30, 2012 | Posted by
After the Republican-led legislature in Florida changed the early voting rules, churches like Rev. R. Joaquin Willis’ Church of the Open Door in Miami had to make their own adjustments—they brought their congregants en masse to the polls after service past Sunday, the only Sunday where early voting was permitted in Florida. In 2008, many [...]
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 [...]
Conservatives: Polls Are Skewed in Obama’s Favor
September 29, 2012 | Posted by
With President Obama consistently beating Mitt Romney in most of the recent national opinion polls and also the polls in the swing states like Ohio, Florida and Virginia, Republicans are starting to complain loudly that the polls are skewed in Obama’s favor. In conservatives circles, this skewing of the polls demonstrates once again the liberal [...]
Americans Agree with Obama: Raise Taxes on the Wealthy
July 17, 2012 | Posted by
By a significant majority, according to a new poll, Americans have bought the idea that President Obama has been selling for months—namely, that raising taxes on Americans with incomes over $250,000 will help the economy and make the tax system more fair. According to the poll by the Pew Research Center, 44 percent of Americans [...]
GOP Approves Lifetime Care for Congress While Repealing Obama Law
July 16, 2012 | Posted by
They don’t call it “gotcha” politics for nothing. Apparently Congressional Democrats maneuvered their Republicans colleagues into casting votes to repeal President Obama’s healthcare law—while at the same time voting to keep their own taxpayer-funded, lifetime-guaranteed enhanced medical care. The maneuver now enables Democrats to point a finger at the hypocrisy of Republicans during the November [...]
As Obama and GOP Debate Bush Tax Cuts, Taxes Have Little Effect on Economy
July 9, 2012 | Posted by
President Obama threw down the tax gauntlet to Republican opponents Monday by calling on Congress to approve a one-year extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for Americans earning less than $250,000 a year. “We don’t need more top-down economics. We tried that theory … we can’t afford to go back to it,” Obama said. “That’s [...]
Poll: Half of Hispanics Are Politically Independent
July 2, 2012 | Posted by
A USA Today/Gallup poll finding that half of Hispanics are political independents may give some hope to Republicans as they try to woo this fastest-growing U.S. demographic group, but a closer look at the numbers will quickly squash that hope. When pressed about which party they are more likely to vote for, Democrats hold a [...]
Roland Martin Praises Mitt Romney for Speaking to NAACP
June 24, 2012 | Posted by
When Republican challenger Mitt Romney speaks at the NAACP convention next month, he has a chance to begin to show African Americans that Republicans aren’t afraid of black folks and are interested in reaching out to the community with policies that might be of assistance in the long run, argues political analyst Roland Martin in [...]
Republicans Making Plans to Repeal Healthcare Law
June 17, 2012 | Posted by
With a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court expected in the next two weeks on the Obama healthcare law, Republicans are making plans for how they will scrap the elements of the law that might still be standing if the court strikes it down. Because several of the large insurers have said they will retain [...]
