In next year’s presidential election, the toughest opponent the eventual Republican nominee will face will be the liberal press. As a political neophyte who had not even completed a single term in the U.S. Senate prior to his election, Barack Obama was and is a creature of the media. Without the iron-clad grip that liberals hold on public discourse at the national level, there’s simply no way that… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : NewsBusters Discovery Date : 08/09/2011 20:43 Number of articles : 2
Texas Governor Rick Perry suggested in Iowa today that should Bernanke “print more money” before the election that it would be treason. Treason is a capital offense. Speaking just now in Iowa, Perry said, “ If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I dunno what y’all would do to him in Iowa but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas. Printing more money to play politics at… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : zero hedge Discovery Date : 16/08/2011 04:31 Number of articles : 3
When Gov. Lynch vetoed SB 129, the bill that would require voters to present photo identification before casting a ballot, he offered a very simple, very clear explanation. An eligible voter who goes to the polls to vote on Election Day should be able to have his or her vote count on Election Day. SB 129 creates a real risk that New Hampshire voters will be denied their right to vote. House Speaker… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Blue Hampshire Discovery Date : 25/07/2011 21:52 Number of articles : 2
Yingluck Shinawatra (L), sister of fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, shakes hands with her supporters during her election campaign in Ubonratchathani province. Thailand#39;s rival political camps launched a last-minute appeal for votes Saturday on the eve of a hard-fought election seen as crucial to the future of the kingdom after years of often bloody unrest. About 170,000 police are to be deployed to protect polling stations for the tense vote, which comes little more t
Via Dave Weigel. Wow. Just… wow: Democrats sort of bungled a low-turnout jungle primary for Jane Harman’s open seat. They expected it to produce an all-Democrat race between Janice Hahn and Debra Bowen, but Bowen fell short, and Republican Craig … Continue reading → Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Political Carnival Discovery Date : 14/06/2011 23:31 Number of articles : 8
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney formally entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, announcing his second White House bid with a direct shot at President Barack Obama’s economic leadership. “Barack Obama has failed America,” Romney declared in Stratham, N.H. “It breaks my heart to see what’s happening in this country.” “What’s [the president’s] answer? He says this: ‘I’m just getting started.’ No, Mr. President, you’ve had your chance.” Mitt’s run comes at an uncertain time for the U.S. economy, which he claims his business acumen makes him uniquely qualified to take the reins of. He lost to John McCain back in 2008. Will he prevail in 2012? He has strong GOP institutional support, but must overcome a lack of enthusiasm among many Republicans and outright opposition among others. Romney’s championing of universal health care in Massachusetts is one point of contention among Tea Party members who prefer … someone else. Talk to THG: If the election were today, I’d vote for …
Is the “American Dream” dead? Despite hard times Black America is willing to do whatever it takes to keep their head above water in a struggling economy. “Due to today’s struggling economy, many young people are less inclined to believe in the “American Dream” than their parents and grandparents. “More than 4 in 10 predict it will be tougher to raise a family and afford the lifestyle they want,” according to a poll conducted by an Associate Press-Viacom poll of Americans aged 18 to 24. But this has not prevented African Americans or whites from feeling hopeful that they will be able to adapt and cope with their circumstances. “Social Security may not even exist when I’m older. Health insurance is going up. Everything just costs more,” said Ashley Yates, a nursing student at San Francisco State University. But students like her are not shaken by the dismal economy. 90 percent of the 1,104 participants surveyed actually believe that they will find a career that will bring them happiness. Young adults are willing to take on second jobs to supplement their incomes to make up for low salaries and there is a trend of optimism. More students and young professionals are determined to better their individual circumstances even if they believe that the general population will not be able to accomplish their goals. “Even if it never gets better permanently, we’ll adjust to whatever it is,” said Preus, 22, a linguistics and cognitive science grad from Cornell University who plans to pursue her passion for science in graduate school. A Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation-Harvard University poll discovered the economic crisis within the last few years has eliminated nearly a fifth of Americans’ net worth. African Americans and Hispanics were more likely to be left broke, jobless and concerned that they lack the skills needed to gain profitable careers. But they also remained the most hopeful that they would eventually be able to prosper. AOL BlackVoices also reported that black teens were more optimistic about their economic futures compared to the general population. Seventy percent of black students ages 15 to 18 thought their standard of living would be better than their parents, compared with just 36 percent of white students, according to a Hamilton College poll. In contrast, white baby boomers were not as hopeful. “I think things are going to get worse before they get better. A lot of people are going to have to buckle down because we’ve got a generation now that doesn’t work,” said David Still, 54, a married, white father of two who works as an electrician in Sumter, S.C. Studies have speculated that the rise in optimism among blacks is due to the election of President Barack Obama despite the history of oppression and strife in America. Perhaps a generation where more students have seen traditional pathways to economic success feel they are more inclined to create their own road to accomplish their goals. “A lot of stuff in the news is telling everyone that they can’t, that the economy is crumbling and there’s no room for anyone to do anything,” said 23-year-old Lucas Ward. “But I’m watching that being disproven every day.” We will prosper! Why do you think young Blacks have a more optimistic attitude toward the future than older white Americans? Have older generations helped to instill a healthy attitude toward struggle? Or are we just being naive? Source
Is the “American Dream” dead? Despite hard times Black America is willing to do whatever it takes to keep their head above water in a struggling economy. “Due to today’s struggling economy, many young people are less inclined to believe in the “American Dream” than their parents and grandparents. “More than 4 in 10 predict it will be tougher to raise a family and afford the lifestyle they want,” according to a poll conducted by an Associate Press-Viacom poll of Americans aged 18 to 24. But this has not prevented African Americans or whites from feeling hopeful that they will be able to adapt and cope with their circumstances. “Social Security may not even exist when I’m older. Health insurance is going up. Everything just costs more,” said Ashley Yates, a nursing student at San Francisco State University. But students like her are not shaken by the dismal economy. 90 percent of the 1,104 participants surveyed actually believe that they will find a career that will bring them happiness. Young adults are willing to take on second jobs to supplement their incomes to make up for low salaries and there is a trend of optimism. More students and young professionals are determined to better their individual circumstances even if they believe that the general population will not be able to accomplish their goals. “Even if it never gets better permanently, we’ll adjust to whatever it is,” said Preus, 22, a linguistics and cognitive science grad from Cornell University who plans to pursue her passion for science in graduate school. A Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation-Harvard University poll discovered the economic crisis within the last few years has eliminated nearly a fifth of Americans’ net worth. African Americans and Hispanics were more likely to be left broke, jobless and concerned that they lack the skills needed to gain profitable careers. But they also remained the most hopeful that they would eventually be able to prosper. AOL BlackVoices also reported that black teens were more optimistic about their economic futures compared to the general population. Seventy percent of black students ages 15 to 18 thought their standard of living would be better than their parents, compared with just 36 percent of white students, according to a Hamilton College poll. In contrast, white baby boomers were not as hopeful. “I think things are going to get worse before they get better. A lot of people are going to have to buckle down because we’ve got a generation now that doesn’t work,” said David Still, 54, a married, white father of two who works as an electrician in Sumter, S.C. Studies have speculated that the rise in optimism among blacks is due to the election of President Barack Obama despite the history of oppression and strife in America. Perhaps a generation where more students have seen traditional pathways to economic success feel they are more inclined to create their own road to accomplish their goals. “A lot of stuff in the news is telling everyone that they can’t, that the economy is crumbling and there’s no room for anyone to do anything,” said 23-year-old Lucas Ward. “But I’m watching that being disproven every day.” We will prosper! Why do you think young Blacks have a more optimistic attitude toward the future than older white Americans? Have older generations helped to instill a healthy attitude toward struggle? Or are we just being naive? Source
Looks like we know why the Republicans are so bent on tightening immigration laws… The next America is arriving ahead of schedule. And it could rattle assumptions about the coming presidential election. Last week’s release of national totals from the 2010 census showed that the minority share of the population increased over the past decade in every state, reaching levels higher than demographers anticipated almost everywhere, and in the nation as a whole. If President Obama and Democrats can convert that growth into new voters in 2012, they can get a critical boost in many of the most hotly contested states and also seriously compete for some highly diverse states such as Arizona and Georgia that until now have been reliably red. “One of the strengths of our candidacy in 2008 is, we had a broader battlefield; what these numbers suggest is that those same opportunities are there [for 2012], and there are new ones to consider,” David Axelrod, who is expected to be Obama’s senior campaign strategist, told National Journal. Even as the growing minority population creates new opportunities for Democrats, however, the party faces persistent challenges within the majority-white community. In November’s midterm elections, Republicans won 60 percent of white voters—the highest share of whites they have attracted in any congressional election in the history of modern polling. Since May, Obama’s job-approval rating among whites has exceeded 40 percent only twice in Gallup’s weekly summary of its nightly polling. Unless the economic recovery accelerates, many analysts in both parties believe that Obama could struggle to match the modest 43 percent of white voters he captured in 2008. These twin dynamics suggest that in many states the key question for 2012 may be whether Republicans can increase their advantage among whites enough to overcome what’s likely to be a growing share of the overall vote cast by minorities, who still break preponderantly for Democrats. In Florida, Georgia, Nevada, Virginia, and other key states that have experienced substantial minority growth, a National Journal analysis shows that Obama can win next year with a stunningly small percentage of the white vote—if Democrats can translate the minority-population growth into commensurate increases in the electorate. This election in 2012 is just as big if not bigger than the election in 2008. MAKE SURE YOU GET REGISTERED AND VOTE!!! Source
