WASHINGTON (CNN) – Calls of concern and support over President Obama’s possible pick to be the next secretary of defense are piling up as former colleagues and special interest organizations take aim at and defend the independent-thinking former senator. Chuck Hagel is believed to be the president‘s preferred candidate to run the Pentagon, but an…
BY STAMPP CORBIN Under normal circumstances a holiday party at the White House is a festive once in a lifetime party. You feel so honored to be invited that you are almost giddy with excitement. The party we attended was Dec. 14, the day of the Newtown, Conn. tragedy. As we stood in line, most…
WASHINGTON (CNN) – The White House said President Barack Obama supports reinstatement of a federal ban on assault weapons — a position he took in the 2008 campaign but failed to press during his first term. “It does remain a commitment of his,” presidential spokesman Jay Carney told reporters as the nation reeled from a…
(CNN) — Time is running out for congressional Republicans and President Barack Obama to strike a deal to avert the fiscal cliff. If the two parties can’t come to an agreement before the end of the year, a combination of broad tax hikes and deep government spending cuts take effect . Experts warn of a…
WASHINGTON (CNN) – What a difference a few months — and a presidential re-election victory — makes. A new CNN Poll of Polls indicates that President Barack Obama‘s approval rating stands at 52 percent, with 43 percent of Americans saying they disapprove of the job the president‘s doing in the White House. That’s a slight…
After Americans re-elected President George W. Bush and gave Republicans majorities in both houses of Congress in 2004, Karl Rove spoke of a durable Republican majority. It endured until 2006. The election of President Obama, which was touted as the first triumph of the changing demographics that would keep Democrats in power. That lasted until…
(CNN) – New polls released Monday indicate the presidential race is neck and neck in two battleground states. A CNN Poll of Polls show President Barack Obama has a narrow two-point edge over Mitt Romney in New Hampshire, 50 percent-48 percent, and a three-point edge over his Republican challenger in Iowa, 48 percent-45 percent. In…
The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) have endorsed Mitt Romney for president of the United States. LCR is a goup of LGBT people who identify with most Republican Party values. The group’s email endorsement was entitled “We are Americans first.” “The decision to endorse is the right one for our members, our community, and for the nation…
(CNN) – President Obama will make modern history Monday when he announces the creation of a monument to honor the late labor and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez. The Cesar E. Chavez National Monument will become the 398th park in the National Park Service system, and the first since the 1700s to honor a Latino,…
“Tony Perkins sits on a pile of dead gay kids every day when he goes to work,” so said Dan Savage speaking to a gathering of students at Winona State University in Minnesota Monday. Savage is founder of the It Gets Better campaign, which, as has been pointed out by several offended right-wing bloggers in…
