One of the more maddening aspects of politics for pundits and casual observers alike is our elected officials’ penchant to change their positions, to paraphrase Captain Renault in the classic Casablanca, “based upon the prevailing winds.” Case in point; when then President Bill Clinton first sought universal health care in 1993, one of the major […]
Davis bids goodbye to politics, Alabama
By Deborah Berry – Washington – The last few weeks of the lame-duck session have dragged on for Artur Davis, who has had little say during the final weeks of his congressional career. The Alabama Democrat no longer has an office in the ornate Cannon House Office Building. Like other lawmakers who lost races this […]
On Glenn Beck and Al Sharpton’s Separate and Unequal Rallies
By Chuck Hobbs, Esquire – The New York Times cyber headline “Beck and Sharpton hold parallel rallies” perhaps says it best. 47 years to the day that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his vision of an America where race matters less than character, two men, both self anointed heirs to his legacy and that […]
GOP members blast Sarah Palin for her tweet defending Dr. Laura’s N-word rant
By by John Avlon, The Daily Beast – Sarah Palin’s post-VP nominee career has so far benefited from bomb-throwing. The process follows a tight script—a crude, semi-calculated comment is shot into the middle of a political debate via Facebook or Twitter. It gains national attention. Liberals are outraged. Conservatives rush to her defense. Sarah Palin […]
Expect A Low Turnout
The Gantt Report – Are Black people insignificant to you? Well, to most political candidates, African Americans are the voters that no one seeks to court or influence. It’s true. Democratic and Republican candidates feel every ethnic group needs to be sought after but Blacks. Democrats feel Black voters are so politically backwards and unaware […]