Roland Martin joins JKUSA with host John King, Joe Johns, Dana Bash and Erick Erickson to discuss Newt Gingrich’s controversial comments regarding President Obama. WATCH: Roland Martin Says Steele Doing ‘Butt Dance’ Defending Gingrich

In June, a Charleston businessman named Tim Scott won the Republican nomination for South Carolina’s First Congressional District, defeating Paul Thurmond, the son of state political legend Strom Thurmond, with nearly 70 percent of the primary vote.

Roland Martin appears on Rick’s List with host Rick Sanchez to discuss the intriguing three-way Florida Senate race between Republican Marco Rubio, Independent Charlie Crist and Democrat Kendrick Meek. WATCH: Roland Martin breaks down Florida’s three-way Senate Race. Also check out the Pictures of the Week gallery: RELATED: VIDEO: Roland Martin Talks NAACP vs. Tea […]

Charles W. Bowser, 79, a tenacious advocate of racial fairness and an influential civic leader whose two campaigns for Philadelphia mayor inspired a generation of African American political leaders, died Monday from complications of Alzheimer’s disease at HCR Manor Care in King of Prussia.

Jurors in the corruption trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich asked the judge for guidance on how to proceed if they can’t reach a unanimous verdict, the judge said during a hearing.

Back in April, I asked rhetorically why Florida Senate candidate Kendrick Meek had earned so little respect from analysts and pundits. I was thinking mostly of the one-on-one general election contest then looming between Democrat Meek and likely Republican nominee Marco Rubio.

Will all of those young, enthusiastic Obama voters turn out in 2010? If history is any guide, probably not. Older voters are historically more likely to cast ballots in midterm elections than are voters under the age of 30. And this year, they are already more enthusiastic than younger voters about the coming campaign.

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Via: WJZ-TV Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and Republican Robert Ehrlich are running side by side according to polls this week. O’Malley led with 45 percent to Ehrlich’s 42 percent, which has an error margin of 3.5 percentage points. 807 registered voters were polled between July 13 and July 21.

From WashingtonPost.com: Just as race issues have returned to the forefront of political debate, Virginia Sen. James Webb (D) on Friday reiterated his opposition to some affirmative action programs and suggested that white Americans are being “marginalized” by current government policies.

FROM WashingtonPost.com: The House ethics committee is preparing to conduct what to amounts to a trial for former House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.).