By The Admin on October 27, 2010
Girding for the campaign’s homestretch, President Barack Obama is quietly using the powers of his office to fire up a reeling Democratic Party.
Though Obama is off the campaign trail for three full days this week, he’s personally targeting key Democratic constituencies from the White House, holding conference calls with union activists and campaign volunteers, and [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections
By The Admin on October 27, 2010
The Westside Gazette
- In our long struggle for freedom, justice, and equality, there have always been attempts to make some of us believe that there are just too many obstacles in our path or life journey and, as such, we should just throw in the towel, give up, and quit fighting for freedom and empowerment. [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections
By The Admin on October 27, 2010
This state’s official name — The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations — is more than just a mouthful. To many, it evokes stinging reminders of Rhode Island’s prime role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Voters next Tuesday will decide whether to change the name by dropping the words “and Providence Plantations.” The issue has [...]
Posted in Race, Rhode Island
By The Admin on October 27, 2010
National Journal
- In the final days before the midterm elections, President Obama and Democrats are intensifying their pitch to black voters, hoping to defy predictions of lower turnout and rescue embattled Democrats in a handful of key states.
Only weeks after the White House deflected pointed questions suggesting the president was intentionally bypassing inner cities and [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections
By The Admin on October 27, 2010
Los Angeles Times
- If election night goes his way, as many expect it will, Tim Scott of South Carolina will become something Washington has not seen in nearly a decade: A black Republican in Congress.
Scott beat the son of the late-Sen. Strom Thurmond to win the GOP nomination for an open seat in this conservative [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, Congress
