September 2009
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Top black lawmaker slams Obama over advice to New York governor
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, in an unusual public spat involving three of the nation’s most prominent black politicians, criticized President Barack Obama for reportedly pressuring New York Gov. David Paterson not to seek a full term. In an interview for broadcast Sunday on “Washington Watch With Roland Martin,” a new talk show, Clyburn, the [...]
Jefferson’s request for a new trial denied
Former Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson’s request for a new trial on bribery and racketeering charges was denied by a New Orleans judge, court records said. Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat, asked for a new trial partly because the federal judge refused to let the jury hear information about a relationship between an FBI agent and a [...]
Census: Recession had sweeping effect on US life
The recession is profoundly disrupting American life: More people are delaying marriage and home-buying, turning to carpools yet getting stuck in ever-worse traffic, staying put rather than moving to new cities. A broad array of U.S. census data, released Monday, also shows a dip in the foreign-born population last year, to under 38 million after [...]
GOP chief hints racism involved in Obama, Paterson controversy
Jimmy Orr, Christian Science Monitor – It provided for some interesting TV watching yesterday: The chair of the Republican party (an African-American) hinted that the President of the United States (an African-American) is opposed to the governor of New York (an African-American) seeking re-election because the governor is an African-American. Weird? Yes. That’s how the [...]
Resisting Obama, Paterson Vows to Seek Office
DANNY HAKIM and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, New York Times – Gov. David A. Paterson insisted on Sunday that he would continue his campaign for governor, despite urgings from the White House that he step aside for the good of the Democratic Party. At a parade in Harlem, the governor refused to discuss his conversations with President [...]
