All Posts Tagged With: "democrats and republicans"

Voter Census Says Hispanic Voter Turnout not a Record

In the days following President Barack Obama’s re-election, in last November’s election, headlines across the country declared there had been a record Hispanic voter turnout. The same headlines said because of that record turnout Obama had been re-elected. An era of voter apathy amongst Hispanics was said to have ended along with the presidential hopes [...]

Treasury Secretary Says Deficit Cuts Do Not Constitute an Economic Policy

Jacob Lew the Secretary of the Treasury said on Tuesday that lowering the deficit in the country should not overshadow how it important the need is to boost the country’s economic growth and the creation of jobs. Lew said as important as it was to lower the deficit it cannot be a guiding star. Just [...]

Jobs and Opportunity Tours to be launched by White House

President Barack Obama is returning to the jobs issue by launching a group of Opportunity and Middle Class Jobs Tours that will begin on Thursday in the state of Texas, said a White House spokesperson. Obama plans to visit areas that are growing to better understand what has been done to help them with their [...]

Republicans Looking for Answers in Benghazi Probe

Darrell Issa, the chairman of an investigative committee in the House of Representatives said that witnesses scheduled to appear at a hearing on May 8 have critical information regarding the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya that killed the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and three other U.S. citizens. Issa also said that there are others, if [...]

Democratic Fight from Presidency in 2016

Stephanie Schriock the President of EMILY’S List said she believes there will be a fight for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2016 despite polls today showing Hillary Clinton having a sizable lead. She said that even though the numbers are where they are now, there will be a battle for in the primaries and it [...]

Schumer Wonders Why Marathon Suspect was not questioned by FBI

On Monday, Senator Chuck Schumer from New York said he would question why an interview was not performed by the FBI with the older brother suspected in the bombings at the end of the Boston Marathon, when he came back to the U.S. six months ago from Russia. Schumer said the FBI has been very [...]

Debate in South Carolina heats up Congressional Race

On Monday, two candidates vying for the 1st Congressional district seat in South Carolina participated in a spirited debate. Elizabeth Colbert Busch is a first time candidate running against the Mark Stanford the former Governor of South Carolina. The debate was not held on local television but Colbert Busch’s question to Sanford about his Argentina [...]

Romney doomed in 2012 due to big black voter turnout and white apathy

In 2012, blacks voted more than any other group of minorities and by most measures, for the first time, surpassed the turnout of white voters. This reflects the deeply polarized 2012 presidential election where Barack Obama was strongly supported by the black voter and many white voters remained at home. If people had voted in [...]

Washington State Republicans Seek Non-Discrimination Law Exemption

A number of Republican lawmakers in Washington state filed a new bill on Thursday that seeks an exemption to the anti-discrimination laws in the state. The filing came only weeks after a florist in Richland denied a gay couple service for their wedding and had legal action taken against her. Senator Sharon Brown a Republican [...]

George Says Brother Jeb Should Run for President

George W. Bush the former President of the United States has said he believes his younger sibling should run for the presidency in 2016. Former President Bush said his brother Jeb would be a great candidate and would be great for the White House if elected. President Bush said his brother did not need his [...]