Why it Matters: Infrastructure
THE ISSUE: The U.S. interstate highway system, celebrating its 60th birthday this year, is showing its age. Many roads and bridges are in need of repair or expansion.
Category Archives: 2012 Presidential Election
Heavy hitters go to bat for slumping Clinton
As Hillary Clinton's once-sizable lead has evaporated in national surveys and must-win swing states, her supporters are speaking out with a new urgency, urging core followers to set aside any qualms and get behind Clinton with enthusiasm. President Obama, in a speech Saturday night before the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, bluntly stated that African-Americans need to affirm his legacy by helping put another Democrat in the White House.
Iran deal remains issue in Maryland races
Maryland's Republican Senate nominee Kathy Szeliga was a few minutes into answering questions at a campaignevent last week when the discussion took a sharp turn toward the summer of 2015. "We've asked Chris Van Hollen to comment on whether he's still supporting this Iran deal," she told a few dozen Rotarians in Montgomery County, referring to her Democratic opponent.
Obama urges black voters to rally for Hillary Clinton
" President Barack Obama is making it clear that if the African-American community fails to turn out for the presidential election and support Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, he's taking it personally. Obama delivered his final keynote address to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Saturday night and said his name may not be on the ballot, but issues of importance to the black community were.
Jack Spillane: Lies, dangerous lies and Donald Trump lies
In one of the most astonishing developments in the history of modern journalism, prestigious news organizations on Friday began to call out Trump for lying in real time, as it was happening. These were not carefully crafted stories, written over weeks of dogged research but statements popping up on TV news scrolls literally at the same time Trump was lying on the same screens.
Boggiano will decide in January on possible mayoral run or re-election bid | Political…
There were no crab and lobster hors d'oeuvres or any other highfalutin catering hall food. It was simple fare and a bar at Reflections on Newark Avenue, a Journal Square spot in Jersey City, the location of Councilman Richard Boggiano's Thursday fundraiser.
Colin Powell discussed – secret’ Israeli nukes in leaked emails
In a private email exchange last year leaked this week by hackers, former Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed Israel's nuclear weapons capability with a friend, saying the country has 200 warheads. Though Israel is widely believed to have developed nukes decades ago, it has never declared itself to be a nuclear state.
Many black voters skeptical at Trump’s birther about-face
Black voters reacted skeptically Friday to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's admission that he now believes the nation's first black president was indeed born in the United States. Many said the fact that Trump spent years questioning President Barack Obama's national origin was disrespectful, and an insult to all black Americans.
Gary Johnson And Jill Stein Not Invited To First Presidential Debate
Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein were not invited to participate in first presidential debate on Sept. 26. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be the only presidential candidates to debate on Sept.
Birther issue reborn – Trump to make statement on Obama birth
Republican Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time on Friday that President Barack Obama was born in the United States, reversing himself on a controversy that he helped launch but that has become a distraction to his White House bid. "President Barack Obama was born in the United States.
Donald Trump Finally Admits President Obama Was Born in the United States
Donald Trump on Friday addressed the so-called "birther" theory in about 40 words after spending a half hour on an unrelated military tribute and promotion of his new upscale hotel . "President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period," Trump said, finally abandoning the long-debunked conspiracy theory that Obama was not born in the United States.
Trump Ends Equivocation on Obama’s Birthplace, Blames Clinton
Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump ended five years of uncertainty over his views by declaring Friday that U.S. President Barack Obama "was born in the United States, period." The Republican nominee in 2011 was a force behind a movement arguing, without evidence, that Obama was born abroad.
Campaign, not Trump, says Obama was born in the US
Donald Trump's campaign says the billionaire now believes President Barack Obama was born in the United States -- but the Republican nominee still can't bring himself to say it out loud and in public. Instead, the Republican nominee turned to an adviser late Thursday to release a statement attempting to finally lay to rest the birtherism crusade that effectively launched Trump's rabble-rousing political career five years ago.
N.H. Union Leader picks Johnson over Trump. But will it matter?
In spite of its century-long record of endorsing Republican candidates, the Manchester-based daily newspaper has backed Libertarian Gary Johnson. The Union Leader of Manchester, N.H., endorsed the Libertarian - and denounced Republican candidate Donald Trump, as well as Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton - in an editorial published on Wednesday evening.
Why it Matters: Refugees
THE ISSUE: The United States is the proud home of "the mother of exiles," the Statue of Liberty. But of the millions of exiles from the Syrian war, only about 10,000 have reached U.S. shores.
Republican deal averts vote on impeaching head of IRS
A last-minute deal between conservatives and GOP leaders in the House has averted votes expected Thursday on a measure to impeach the commissioner of the IRS. The conservative House Freedom Caucus celebrated the development as a win late Wednesday, as conservatives had long pushed GOP leaders for impeachment hearings against Koskinen.
After a Century of Backing Republicans, New Hampshire Union Leader Endorses Gary Johnson
The New Hampshire Union Leader has long wielded an outsized influence on national GOP politics, being a conservative thought leader in an early-primary state. Tomorrow, on its front page, the paper will for the first time in a century endorse a non-Republican for president: Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson.
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Twitter and Iraq
Just a brief look at what makes it on Twitter when the topic is Iraq. Barack Obama voted against the Iraq War? In a football fantasy league? Barack wasn't in Congress when the vote took place.
Clinton admits to misspeaking during 2 decades in public eye
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has had to clarify some comments she has made over the years on the campaign trail. The 2016 presidential election has been unusual in many ways, but never have two more unpopular candidates represented the major parties.