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Epic Fail Award: Corrine Brown’s cynical act of self-preservation
Rep. Corrinne Brown speaking at FAMU commencement. I’ve decided to start something called the Epic Fail Awards, to be handed out to the politicians, candidates and campaigns who seem bent on screwing...
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Study: Black voters could swing 20 House races
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies releases a report by Dr. David Bositis that offers cautious optimism for Democrats … if they can get their base act together. From the in-box: Less...
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Obama’s message to black voters: ‘stand with me and vote’
The DNC released a new radio spot this week which offers a targeted, pointed message to black voters. The ad, entitled “Vote” is part of a $3 million radio, print and online push by the DNC to engage...
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Mea maxima culpa: Sink to apologize for NAACP no-show
One of these ladies did not show up at a major NAACP political forum. The other is Jennifer Carroll Maybe it’s just me … but it probably would have been easier to just go to the forum… The latest from...
View ArticleObama, Meek, Sink make joint appeal to black FL voters
Kendrick Meek and Alex Sink were joined by President Barack Obama on a conference call with African-American clergy, political and community leaders Wednesday, the first time Sink, Kendrick Meek and...
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Why we lose: take one
Black voters and young voters had dismal turnout in the just-passed tsunami midterm. The voters who approve of President Obama most, weren’t there for him and his party on Tuesday. But hey, Lil Wayne...
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Easy, Clarence … read the exit polls
My friend Clarence McKee, and I call him my friend because I really do like him, and even moreso his wife, who I used to work with, is one of those black Republicans who are over the moon at Jennifer...
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Read this: Steve Schale explains Central Florida (with bonus polling geekery)
The ethnic mix in Central Florida is changing, and not in the way you might think. A clip: First, since 1992, some 2.7 million voters have cast a ballot for President in these three counties, and a...
View Article(Video) Republicans’ demographic Armageddon
… by the ladies in red, on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Bonus: The Very Last Word: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news,...
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This week’s Herald column: the cruel myth of ‘voter fraud’
Racist poster designed to frighten white Americans about “Negro suffrage”, 1866. (Source: Library of Congress: Broadside Collection) To understand the cruel calculus of voter ID laws, voter purges and...
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