The political debate continues to be dominated by questions involving GOP nominee Mitt Romney and his financial history, more particularly his refusal to release any tax information other than his 2010 return and an estimate of his 2011 taxes. The decision to withhold the information has begun to perplex even …
NEW YORK — Why have the rich turned against President Barack Obama? That has been a persistent theme of this campaign: We were reminded of it at the beginning of this week, when Mitt Romney’s team raised more money than the president’s for the second month running, and more colorfully …
“If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him.” – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney addressing a skeptical NAACP crowd at the group’s annual convention. via News from The Associated Press.
The Queen avoided personally giving Sir Mick Jagger his knighthood because she thought he was an inappropriate candidate for honour, it has been claimed. The 86 year-old monarch is said to have not had “the stomach” to present the Rolling Stone’s frontman in 2003 on account of his anti-establishment views. …
Spare us any more hooey about “preventing fraud” and “protecting the integrity of the ballot box.” The Republican-led crusade for voter ID laws has been revealed as a cynical ploy to disenfranchise as many likely Democratic voters as possible, with poor people and minorities the main targets. Recent developments in …
Everywhere I go, concerned citizens ask about the November elections and what they can do to make sure that whatever it is that they’re terrified is going to happen, doesn’t. Therefore, as a public service, I am prepared to answer questions: I am terrified that President Obama is going to …
“The majority of the court said it’s a tax and therefore it is a tax. They have spoken. There’s no way around that. You can try and say you wish they had decided a different way but they didn’t. They concluded it was a tax.” – GOP presidential candidate Mitt …
As the 2012 presidential election approaches, pundits are talking a whole lot of game about civil rights, the economy, and (big one coming up Thursday) healthcare. Meanwhile, the American people care about one issue and one issue only: Which candidate will protect us and our gold from aliens? The definitive …
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Preventing loquacious Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from campaigning for re-election on the airwaves for more than three minutes isn’t an easy task, but that’s what opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles is demanding. Capriles criticized his adversary on Tuesday for attempting to take political advantage of special …
“I tell everybody in this memorable day, that because of your choice, your will, and after God’s favor, I am a president for all Egyptians.” – Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate, who was declared the winner of Egypt’s first free presidential election Sunday. via News from The Associated …
No matter who the candidate is, campaign fundraising is an unappetizing proposition. Steve Kelley and R.J. Matson prove the point. via Double Take ‘Toons: The Root Of All Politics? : NPR.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage did little to shift the nation’s views on the subject, with a new poll finding that the public remains evenly split on the issue. Even so, an Associated Press-GfK survey released Friday found that the president fired up his core …