WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s once solid support among Hispanics is showing a few cracks, a troubling sign for Democrats desperate to get this critical constituency excited about helping the party hold onto Congress in November’s election.
FROM NYDailyNews.com: President Obama has signed the toughest set of Wall Street regulations and consumer protections against greedy financial practices since the Great Depression.
MANNING, S.C. — In his first campaign appearance, South Carolina’s surprising U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene avoided any major gaffes Sunday as he hit his three major themes of jobs, education and justice.
From WashingtonPost.com: Public confidence in President Obama has hit a new low, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll. Four months before midterm elections that will define the second half of his term, nearly six in 10 voters say they lack faith in the president to make the right decisions for the country, and […]
CHICAGO (AP) – Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich called Oprah Winfrey a kingmaker who could influence voters as he mulled naming the talk show host to President Barack Obama’s former Senate seat, according to anFBI tape played Monday at his corruption trial.
Black Conservative Tea Party Backers Take Heat Date: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 By: Valerie Bauman ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — They’ve been called Oreos, traitors and Uncle Toms, and are used to having to defend their values. Now black conservatives are really taking heat for their involvement in the mostly white tea party movement — and […]
Analysis: NY’s Paterson, Rangel Face the Music Date: Thursday, March 04, 2010 By: Michael H. Cottman This is a tough week for black men who are occupying elected seats of power. David Paterson, New York’s first African-American governor, is under investigation and sinking deeper into political quicksand. U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), the raspy-voiced legislator […]
