Is there a Republican out there with political skills to go up against President Obama? Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels or Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour? Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post breaks it down… For all their bluster about making Barack Obama a […]
Both Parties Must Come Together on a Budget that Cuts Wasteful Spending Without Sacrificing Investments in the Future
President Obama addressed the proposed budget cuts in his weekly address. His goal to cut “wasteful spending without sacrificing job-creating investments in education, innovation, and infrastructure,” and still meet congressional Republicans halfway seems a bit illogical but, let’s give the President the benefit of the doubt. At least they’re still talking about creating jobs because […]
Rahm Emanuel Wins: Now What?
Maze Jackson – It was over before you knew it, and Rahm Emanuel had shocked and awed his way to becoming the mayor of our great city. Pundits and political junkies alike have analyzed what happened, why it happened, and what does this mean for politics, particularly in the African-American community. Newspaper headlines have declared […]
Giant Step for Esperanza Spalding and the Grammy Awards
The 53rd Grammy Awards has given me new-found faith in humankind. The selection of musical jazz artist Esperanza Spalding as the Grammy Award winner for Best New Artist was a weighty aversion from human indecency and a strong score for human decency. In the past, I’ve been an out-spoken critic of the Grammy Awards and […]
Deep Enough, Far Enough or Just Too Much?
By Julianne Malveaux – President Barack Obama has proposed a 2012-2013 budget that is, at best, politically pragmatic. Responding to the Republican sway in congress, he has decided to impose a set of his own cuts, anticipating those his opponents might offer. Their response is predictable. The Obama cuts are not deep enough; they do […]
Obama Gives Props to Romney on Health Care
(CNN) – In a moment that Mitt Romney’s future GOP opponents couldn’t have scripted better themselves, President Obama Monday issued a full-throated embrace of the former Massachusetts governor’s stance on health care. “I know that many of you have asked for flexibility for your states under this law,” Obama said during a speech to a […]
Why the GOP Declared Open Season on Michelle
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson – Former Arkansas Governor and almost certain 2012 presidential contender Mike Huckabee recently told reporters that attacks from Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann and an armada of others in the GOP on Michelle Obama were silly, foolish, and counter-productive. Huckabee’s push-back at the Michelle bashers was as noble as it was futile. […]
Obama’s Meeting With Black Leaders: A Little Too Laid-Back
Thanks to Cynthia Gordy of TheRoot.com for asking the tough questions after President Obama met with a group of African-American “advisers”. It’s not helping the Black community to see so many of their “leaders” so happy to roll up in the White House they don’t question how the decision’s made by this administration impact Black […]
Is the Tea Party Causing Some GOP Members to Waffle on Key Issues?
One of the more maddening aspects of politics for pundits and casual observers alike is our elected officials’ penchant to change their positions, to paraphrase Captain Renault in the classic Casablanca, “based upon the prevailing winds.” Case in point; when then President Bill Clinton first sought universal health care in 1993, one of the major […]