How Housing Turmoil Could Hurt Republicans in ‘08
October 15, 2007
Christopher Cooper, Wall Street Journal
The housing crunch is most severe in some of the most hotly contested political battleground states, a trend that could spell trouble for Republicans next year.
Six of the 10 states with the highest foreclosure rates in the country last month are considered by leaders of both parties to be swing states. They include the two biggest prizes of the past two presidential campaigns: Florida, which came in No. 2 on the list, with one foreclosure filing for every 248 households in September; and Ohio, No. 7, with one foreclosure for every 319 households, according to a survey by RealtyTrac Inc., a California property-research company.
Poll: Suspense builds among GOP rivals
October 15, 2007
Susan Page, USA TODAY
A new statewide survey in New Hampshire shows a Democratic contest that has a clear front-runner and a Republican race that doesn’t. Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a 21-percentage point lead over Democratic rival Barack Obama.
But among Republicans, Mitt Romney has an edge that seems increasingly precarious, while Arizona Sen. John McCain has rebounded to a strong third. Romney was backed by 26% of likely primary voters in the Marist Poll, followed by former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani at 20% and McCain at 17%. Former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson had 10%.
Showdown Over Children’s Health Care Looms
October 15, 2007
Carl Hulse, New York Times
Democrats are not predicting victory in the main event in Congress this week - their push to override President Bush’s veto of a children’s health care bill. But they believe they’re winning nonetheless.
Even though Republicans expect to narrowly sustain President Bush’s veto in a vote set for Thursday, Democrats say they have managed to put Republicans back on their heels, scrambling to explain their opposition to a popular health program.
3 Democrats woo black votes in Iowa
October 14, 2007
Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune
Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Joseph Biden courted support from African-American voters Saturday night, each vowing an agenda of change and social justice.
Speaking to a banquet for Sisters on Target, an African-American women’s political organization, Clinton, a New York senator, cited the contribution of black women throughout the nation’s history but said, “it’s as sisters and brothers that we will finish the journey.”
Amid furor, DJ cancels party for ‘light-skinned’ blacks
October 14, 2007
Oralandar Brand-Williams, The Detroit News
A local DJ and party promoter retreated Thursday from a plan to sponsor a bash that would let “light-skinned” black women into a downtown club for free.
But the “Light Skin Libra Birthday Bash” at Club APT on Woodward Avenue turned out to be a bashing — of promoter Ulysses “DJ Lish” Barnes after word of the unusual party spread on the Internet.
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