By The Admin on March 30, 2009
Polling that ended too early and other technical shortcomings — rather than undetected racial bias — are the likeliest reasons so many surveys incorrectly suggested Barack Obama would defeat Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 New Hampshire presidential primary, a report concluded Monday.
Clinton defeated Obama 39 percent to 36 percent in the Jan. 8, 2008, [...]
Posted in 2008 Elections, Featured
By The Admin on March 30, 2009
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Monday criticized the lack of minority participation in the government’s financial bailouts and suggested that President Barack Obama isn’t doing much better than his predecessor to ensure diversity.
Giving Obama some leeway with only two months in office, the lawmakers voiced their concerns during an all-day summit on Capitol [...]
Posted in Congress, Money & Finance
By The Admin on March 30, 2009
Prosecutors and lawyers for New York Giants star Plaxico Burress are haggling over a plea deal and what punishment the wide receiver should get for accidentally shooting himself in the leg with an unlicensed gun at a nightclub last year.
A person with knowledge of the case says Burress and prosecutors have been in discussions about [...]
Posted in Outside of the Political Realm
By The Admin on March 30, 2009
Many assembly line autoworkers reacted with skepticism and anger Monday to the Obama administration’s tough tactics, which stoked long-simmering feelings that the people who put the country on wheels get treated differently than the wizards of Wall Street.
“It’s the age-old Wall Street vs. Main Street smackdown again,” said Brian Fredline, president of UAW Local 602 [...]
Posted in Money & Finance, White House
By The Admin on March 30, 2009
New Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Monday exhorted census volunteers to boost outreach in hard-to-count communities as a top lawmaker urged the government to halt immigration raids to ensure an accurate count.
Speaking at a Census Bureau training conference, Locke and Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Mo., tried to allay fears in Hispanic and Asian communities where [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues
