Mar 22, 2008 – the highest percentages of blacks, Latinos and Asians in American history, doesn't care much for racial divisions and relies for news … You can see in the national polls over the week before Obama's March 18 speech a decline in his favorable ratings, and a decline in … And observers of Obama's political career will note that joining that church gave Obama political connections in the all-black South…

Mar 21, 2008 – Obama’s speech on Tuesday the Intelligencia Politica, largely declared it having accomplished its task of changing the national debate … Remember all that nonsense a couple of weeks ago about what bad news it was for Sen. … At some point the national political press corps is going to come to the realization that the prospect of a Democrat being sworn in…

Apr 9, 2008 – Admittedly, this is an extreme case of news ignorance driving political debate and its derivative policy decisions. … , like Katie Couric, the CBS Evening News anchor, and paying a fee to CNN to buy the cable network's news feed." … Collecting news is too expensive, so almost all news organizations are cutting back on newsgathering.…

Apr 9, 2008 – (That extreme ethno-supremacist idea, of course, is not news to anyone who has paid attention to the massive illegal alien marches … And remember: The National Council of La Raza ("the race") claims that reconquista is just a "code word" invented by conservative " … marketing is to be provocative, but when it can be used as propaganda for certain people/nations, it has crossed the line into the political…

Apr 6, 2008 – Traditional political labels associate liberals with helping others, because liberals tend to favor government-transfer payment plans … For many Americans, political opinions are a substitute for personal checks; but people who value economic freedom, and thus bridle … The good news is that charitable giving appears to pay back, according to Brooks.…

Apr 6, 2008 – campaign news story these days.  … Decades ago news didn’t travel nearly as fast - or far. Consider what happened in December of 1950.  … In those days, such a letter was the old-fashioned equivalent of something that made national news a few months back, when the wife…

Apr 4, 2008 – Are we really to believe that such authenticity is something a majority of Americans now desire in a national leader? … The Wright affair has tarnished that image – or will, I think, over time, as its message sinks in even among those who get their news … A political Tiger Woods would do it anyway. Does Obama have that kind of class? Color me skeptical.…

Apr 4, 2008 – The husband of US Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mi), Tom Athans, is described by the Detroit News as "the co-founder and former CEO of … poll, to complete the circuit shows each Clinton or Obama beating McCain by five percentage points, but even that isn't all good news … National reporters are beginning to pick up on the fact that GOP senior political hacks don't much care who the Democratic nominee…

Apr 4, 2008 – For Clinton, there is nothing but bad news in the poll. … Dean's appointments to the credentials committee for the national convention have been heavily weighted with those loyal to him and … Barack Obama may become the greatest political leader of our lifetime. Who knows?…

Apr 3, 2008 – a serious run for the White House, taking questions from a panel of women who were used to talking about their hot flashes on national … We've come a long way since Harry Truman played the piano at the National Press Club in Washington with Lauren Bacall arrayed seductively … Today it's easier for Obama to flirt with the ladies, parrying soft questions, than to submit to tougher stuff on Fox News Sunday,…

Apr 1, 2008 – It's more likely that concerns about Obama's association with Wright have diminished with the cessation of a 24/7 news cycle devoted … Is it political correctness; are Democrats cutting him extra slack because of his race? … Hillary is not in as good a position to capitalize on an Obama implosion as Kerry was to exploit the Dean political suicide.…

Mar 31, 2008 – Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama, wrote a fiery letter to The New York Times after the paper published an unflattering news … Republican Party’s National ‘blog’.” … In a statement to Time magazine, New York Times Political Editor Richard W.…

Apr 19, 2008 – CENTCOM commander in chief (covering Iraq) during the Clinton administration, Zinni is a critic of President Bush's national security … Wesley Clark is a vice presidential prospect who, unlike Zinni, has a little political experience. … Specter returned the favor April 15, appearing at the ATR tax-day news conference in the National Press Building in Washington.…

Apr 14, 2008 – disability compensation over their lives; the cost of military reset, which includes both the cost of replacing all of the military and National … News & World Report by Linda Robinson on the discrepancy between disability ratings in the military and the VA. … is a big dumb bureaucracy and it never put a rope around the total cost -- as opposed to the cost being deliberately hidden for political…

Apr 13, 2008 – Attending a national conference on preaching here in the Washington, D.C. area this past week, I noted many references to Dr. … And with preaching in the news recently, I revisited some of his last sermons and speeches, wondering how they’d play in today’s cultural … and political climate.…

Apr 13, 2008 – Participants told ABC News that Hilary was “100 percent pro-NAFTA” and expressed “not a hint of waffling” on the deal. … praising Bill’s economic policies: “The economic recovery plan stands first and foremost as a testament to both good ideas and political … National service. The Brady Bill. Family leave. NAFTA. Investment in science and technology.…

Apr 10, 2008 – Charlton Heston is the head of the National Rifle Association. He deserves whatever anyone says about him.’” … Defender of individual liberty; President of the National Rifle Association. … Charlton Heston was “polarizing” and “controversial” because he refused to toe the line of political correctness.…

Apr 10, 2008 – Ambassador Crocker who uttered it, as he summarized what the United States faces on two battlefields - the one in Iraq and the political … feel safe enough to resume normal lives, Sunni sheiks are working with coalition forces, and the long process of Sunni-Shiite political … Another positive is the provincial elections scheduled for October with national elections to follow.…

Apr 29, 2008 – Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama sought to temper news headlines in the aftermath of his longtime friend and former … about the U.S. government and praise of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan "ridiculous" and "offensive" in a hastily-organized news … In recent days Wright engaged in several high-profile media appearances to refute the negative news coverage of his church.…

Apr 29, 2008 – According to ABC News, the ad features “an IED blowing up near US soldiers,” an image ABC confirms that was used in “Fahrenheit 9/11 … For the DNC to deploy such footage in a political advertisement suggests at best a lack of appreciation, and at worst a disrespect, … As a national party chairman you have an obligation to be straightforward with American voters. …

Apr 29, 2008 – Center for National Security Law, the professor has written two books on the War Powers Resolution and testified on the issue many … He told me he didn't know if I would consider it good news or bad news, but that he had shown my statement to the chairman — Rep. … Delahunt, denied the invitation was rescinded for political reasons. "Absolutely deny," he says.…

Apr 29, 2008 – It was a mostly unremarkable ad, employing no more radical a line of attack than the Republican National Committee, now run by McCain … The fact that he is my former pastor I think makes it a legitimate political issue.” … it will be in the arena,” McCain said in a Sunday media avail after the "Fox News Sunday" appearance by Obama.…

Apr 29, 2008 – now he has returned, unrepentant, to inflict further damage on the man who has been a member of his church for 20 years, whose political … In fact, while the sound bites constantly shown on TV news programs often used snippets of his most outrageous remarks, his fuller … And now one of Wright's own parishioners, Barack Obama -- whose political views I do not subscribe to -- is on the precipice of being…

Apr 28, 2008 – Speaker Jim Black, the fallout from which Easley did little to shield the state:The state and federal investigations of Jim Black’s political … It has subjected the state of North Carolina to national opprobrium and ridicule. … It probably helps that half the news reports about Black didn't mention he was a Democrat (guess the party!).…

Apr 28, 2008 – recent Wall Street Journal story cited that Planned Parenthood is contributing an unprecedented 10 million dollars to various political … I believe that before these court cases and accusations become old news, people of conscience of all races must stand up and be counted … Interestingly, it is the black leadership in this anti Planned Parenthood initiative that is beginning to draw national attention.…