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“Elizabeth Warren will not deliver the keynote speech at this year’s Democratic National Convention, but instead will speak immediately before former President Bill Clinton on what party officials hope will be an energetic penultimate night,” the Boston Globe notes. “Warren and Clinton will speak in primetime on Wednesday, Sept. 5, and form a one-two punch aimed at crystallizing the choice between President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney in the general election, the Obama campaign said.”
Political Wire: “A new Gallup poll finds 66% of Americans have a favorable opinion of former President Bill Clinton, tying his record-high favorability rating recorded at the time of his inauguration in January 1993.”
“Democrats’ platform drafting committee … met in Minneapolis over the weekend and agreed on draft language that would put a major political party officially on-board with legal same-sex marriage for the first time in US history,” the Boston Globe writes.
Too cute? “Romney's visit to Poland could have an impact well beyond Eastern Europe because a large portion of the Polish-American community resides in critical swing states — especially Pennsylvania and Michigan, according to a 2010 survey of Polish-Americans by the Piast Institute,” USA Today writes. Thaddeus Radzilowski, president of the Piast Institute, said Polish-Americans will be listening for Romney to pledge his support to help Poland gain access to the visa-waiver program, which allows travelers from 36 countries to fly to the U.S. without applying for a travel documents ahead of time. During his trip to Poland in 2011, Obama expressed his support for legislation to help Poland qualify for the program.”
Romney didn’t mention the waiver program in his speech.
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This race will be close, but the only way republicans will win is through voter disenfranchisement. This policy should be declared unconstitutional by the SCOTUS. republicans mean to destroy democracy as we know it and replace it with corporate big brothers. George Orwell was only a little more than a generation off with "1984."
Really?
Yeah, it would have nothing to do with the 10+% real unemployment, or the 22% underemployment, or that American's lost 40% of their net worth, or that the deficit under Obama is more than all other presidents combined.
Go get your tinfoil hat.
LMAO
If they can't cheat they can't win.
Never mind the economy and jobs and being B slapped everytime you go to another country. Thats fine with the left. Just don't touch their free stuff.
Never forget who caused all of this, and that would be your bush and your party. Now your party has been nothing but a hindrance in our recovery. Saying "no" is easy. Getting to work is too hard for republicans.
Wayne, open your eyes. Obama has made things much much worse. You are blinded by the Obama lies and lack of media coverage on his corruption and failures.
He has only accelerated the problems and done nothing to slow them. He is a disaster.
You need to be careful calling someone else a liar RSR. You and your tea people are kings.
The republicans will do whatever to keep voters from the polls... In a number of states the "Voter ID Laws" are doing just that...
I'm ashamed as an American, that Governors across this country would, in the middle of an up-coming election, pull off these dirty trick...
If anything, the citizens of this country need to make a complete sweep of this "Do nothing but obstruct congress..."
If it were not for the actions of President Obama, this country and the world would be worse off today!
If by some miracle Obama were to be re-elected, will he blame himself for what he inherited?
Guessing no....
No miracle needed here Barlow. We've got Willard to help reelect President Obama.
What are you a TWIT?
When I see posts like yours.....
I think that I am a Geologist.
Because you are a ROCK!
Really?
Yeah, it would have nothing to do with the 10+% real unemployment, or the 22% underemployment, or that American's lost 40% of their net worth, or that the deficit under Obama is more than all other presidents combined.
Go get your tinfoil hat.
LMAO
WOW RedSoxRule, your tinfoil hat must have contacted some power lines. You're even more delusional this morning than usual. Every time I think these tea people Koch republicans can't dig their hole any deeper, they surprise me and start digging again.
At what part is he wrong Mo? Although it is not the President's job to create jobs, his numbers are pretty correct...
Yet another politically biased "article" by MSNBC. Why not just admit you all want Obama?
If you don't like to read the truth Pete, go back over to liar Limbaugh and lying Fox. Quit coming here and complaining about the truth.
republicans have their truths and democrats have theirs, may the best man win, which he will and Obama will have another 4 years, and the real truth will come out and republicans will stew in their lies and will pout and cry but the people have spoken and the majority of americans are smarter than republicans give us credit for.
i certainly hope everyone wants obama and just as important i hope everyone kicks the republican party out of office, for they are the greatest threat to this country!
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the largest lobbyist group in the nation, followed at a distant second by Exxon/Mobile.
The Chamber of Commerce is spending $400,000 in negative advertising, to keep popular former Governor Angus King (Independent) from winning the senate seat vacated by Olympia Snowe. They want a Republican majority so badly, they would destroy the most qualified, experienced, politician in the race, a businessman himself, and a pragmatic moderate, just to put in a figurehead Republican.
It's disgusting! Last night, eight business supporters of King, some of them Chamber of Commerce members themselves, pushed back angirly on the Chamber's campaign spending against Maine's Independent candidate. The media loves to portray unions as having an outside influence on elections, but why don't reporters talk about the Chamber of Commerce and how they are trying to buy politicians who will repeal environmental regulations and cut taxes on CEO's?
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/07/30/politics/us-chamber-ads-attacking-king-are-big-clumsy-out-of-state-money-candidates-supporters-say/
Nice post Amy. When will the people finally realize that a vote for a republican is a vote against their own economic self interest? republican candidates will thank you for your vote and then tell you to bend over.
The NRA is right there with the CoC and Exxon/Mobil. The tea people Koch republicans have lots of individuals, corporations and organizations trying to buy the elections.
Federal Court finds Obama appointees interfered with New Black Panther prosecution
Another example of the lying liars club that IS the Obama Administration. So they go to bat for the Black Panthers on voter intimidation...but AGAINST voter ID laws to guarantee the integrity of an election! Who voted for these people and why would anyone do it a second time? Idiocy!
Are you taking about that big organized group of two black Panthers Common. You tea people are really reaching deep into the grab bag.
The popular vote will be closer than the electoral vote. The electoral vote elects the president and that shows a landslide for Obama.
Black pastors group launches anti-Obama campaign around gay marriage
By Dan Merica, CNN
Washington (CNN) – A group of conservative black pastors are responding to President Barack Obama’s support of same-sex marriage with what they say will be a national campaign aimed at rallying black Americans to rethink their overwhelming support of the President, though the group’s leader is offering few specifics about the effort.
The Rev. Williams Owens, who is president and founder of the Coalition of African-Americans Pastors and the leader of the campaign, has highlighted opposition to same-sex marriage among African-Americans. He calls this campaign “an effort to save the family.”
“The time has come for a broad-based assault against the powers that be that want to change our culture to one of men marrying men and women marrying women,” said Owens, in an interview Tuesday after the launch event at the National Press Club. “I am ashamed that the first black president chose this road, a disgraceful road.”
At the press conference, Owens was joined by five other black regional pastors and said there were 3,742 African-American pastors on board for the anti-Obama campaign.
When asked at the press conference for specifics about the campaign – funding, planned events and goals – Owens said only that the group’s first fundraiser will be on August 16 in Memphis, Tennessee. But Owens insisted that “we are going to go nationwide with our agenda just like the president has gone to Hollywood.”
Looks like the Rattlesnakes are beginning to commit suicide! The decision to pander to the Hispanic vote added 800,000 illegal aliens to the job market in the black 18-30 demographic where the unemployment rate is 40%! Now he's abandoned a major part of the leadership in his own black constituency... All decisions made out of desperation of a failed presidency and a failing president!!!
Talk about @!$%#ting in your hat!!!
Romney 2012!!! Yeah Baby!!!