GATHER ‘ROUND. It’s on. First Lady Michelle Obama will also speak tonight. Team Obama has released the following video of spotlighting San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro’s mentor, his mom. It comes as we await his historic speech tonight.
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Julian Castro’s Moment Reflects the Era of Obama
**UPDATED VIDEO FROM TEAM OBAMA** Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com IT’S A BIG night for the mayor of San Antonio, Julian Castro, who will give the keynote speech tonight. Sen. Marco Rubio is good, but Mayor Julian Castro has serious game and without Rubio’s baggage, with much smoother edges than the gruff Chris Christie, [...]
Melissa Harris-Perry: ‘What Is Riskier Than Living Poor in America?’
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “What is riskier than living poor in America?” Seriously! What in the world is riskier than being a poor person in America? I live in a neighborhood where people are shot on my street corner. I live in a neighborhood where people have [...]
Win Against Republican Efforts in Texas and Ohio to Disenfranchise Voters
IN CASE you missed it, more wins against the continual efforts by the right to disenfranchise voters. First, a word from Bill Clinton on voting rights. Taken together, such measures could significantly dampen the Democratic turnout next year – perhaps enough to shift the outcome in favor of the GOP. “One of the most pervasive [...]
Tokenism in the 21st Century
Earlier in the day, during the roll call of the states, it was notable that several black delegates were given the honor of casting their state’s ballots while surrounded by crowds of white faces. It would be easy to dismiss this as tokenism and window dressing — which, of course, it is — but there [...]
Republicans Forced to Highlight Puerto Rico, Guam and Samoa to Find Diversity for the TV Camera
IT’S A MAKE or break week for Mitt Romney. The message is critical, but the presentation is as well. Who will deliver it, what will it look like and will the TV audience peeking in see people with whom they can relate? It’s a big problem when Republicans have to go to Puerto Rico, Guam, [...]
Romney Picks Paul Ryan as Vice Presidential Running Mate
THE 2012 REPUBLICAN never too white or too male 2012 team theme team is official. What’s the theme? Austerity or bust, baby. Because it’s worked so well over the pond. But what optics. With the USS Wisconsin as the stage, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Mitt Romney, who jogged down to the platform set up to [...]
But Will Any of It Matter?
President Obama came to the White House with big plans. He’d halve the deficit. Strengthen the economy. Lower unemployment. What did we get? National Debt over 15 trillion and climbing. Unemployment above 8 percent for 40 straight months. An ongoing economic crisis with no end in sight. He tried. You tried. It’s OK to make [...]
SCOTUS Punts on Racial Profiling, Next Stop Lawsuits
The court backed a section of the Arizona state law that calls for police to check the immigration status of people they stop. – Supreme Court Upholds Key Part of Arizona Law [Wall Street Journal] CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS jumped in to make the majority and avert a tie, due to Justice Kagan’s recusal, that would [...]
Romney: Reports False, Marco Rubio Being “Thoroughly Vetted”
Mitt Romney says Florida. Sen. Marco Rubio is being “thoroughly vetted” for vice president. The comments came Tuesday amid reports by ABC News and The Washington Post citing unnamed advisers that Rubio isn’t being vetted for the No. 2 spot on the GOP ticket. Romney told reporters Tuesday evening that he “can’t imagine” who the [...]
Bill Kristol Gives Mitt Romney Some Good Advice
WHILE DAVID PLOUFFE tried to make the case that Pres. Obama’s executive order on DREAMers wasn’t at all political, which is laughable on its face, Bill Kristol nailed the situation on the Republican side of things. From Politico’s Reid Epstein: “This was the anti-Marco Rubio initiative by the administration,” Kristol said. “They were scared. Sen. [...]
Pres. Obama Interrupted by Conservative Reporter from Daily Caller
Tucker Carlson, Editor-in-Chief: “I don’t remember Diane Sawyer scolding her colleague Sam Donaldson for heckling President Reagan. And she shouldn’t have. A reporter’s job is to ask questions and get answers. Our job is to find out what the federal government is up to. Politicians often don’t want to tell us. A good reporter gets [...]
Obama Moves to Enact Parts of DREAM Act Without Republicans
**UPDATED BELOW: Rep. Steve King to sue over policy** THE ELECTION YEAR IMMIGRATION move comes after a series of articles revealed real angst inside the Hispanic community over Pres. Obama’s deportation milestone, which puts him as kicking more Hispanics out of the U.S. than even George W. Bush. It grants work permits to what are [...]
Florida’s Gov. Rick Scott Sues DHS
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com … But on Fox, he did acknowledge the importance of getting the job done before the November election. “Elections sometimes are really close,” he said. “We don’t want non-U.S. citizens on our voting rolls and voting, so I’m going to do my best to get it done as quickly [...]
Is Netroots Nation Enabling Pres. Obama?
**UPDATED** “The administration should be worried about the level of despair here.” – Markos Moulitsas “We look at Wisconsin as a win.” – Howard Dean NETROOTS NATION was last week. Having gone to the first event but not since, because I’m not a movement progressive, the varying articles on the activist gathering have neglected to [...]
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