By The Admin on January 28, 2011
Minutes after finding out that Illinois’ highest court had put him back in the race for Chicago mayor, Rahm Emanuel was at a downtown transit station, shaking hands and talking about a congratulatory phone call from President Barack Obama.
The scene after the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday in Emanuel’s favor served as a reminder [...]
Posted in Illinois
By The Admin on January 28, 2011
First lady Michelle Obama says her “Let’s Move” physical fitness campaign isn’t about telling the American people what to do.
Obama tells ABC’s “Good Morning America” that improving diet and exercise habits is “a national security issue.”
The “Let’s Move” campaign will be a year old next month, and President Barack Obama’s wife has recently been taking [...]
Posted in Health, White House
By The Admin on January 28, 2011
Democratic Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia is saying his party’s November election losses were partly due to voter antagonism toward a black president.
Moran, a 20-year House veteran, made the remarks Tuesday to the Arab television network Alhurra (ahl-HUR’-ruh) after President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.
Referring to widespread Republican wins in congressional and state [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, National Politics, Race
By The Admin on January 28, 2011
The State
- Gov. Nikki Haley appointed her last cabinet member Thursday, raising the ire of the Legislative Black Caucus, which says the Republican governor failed to appoint a racially diverse cabinet.
An organization that works to get more women into office says it, too, is disappointed in Haley.
Haley’s final cabinet appointment Thursday was Duane Parrish to [...]
Posted in Race, South Carolina
By The Admin on January 28, 2011
GPB News
- A racial rift has opened on Savannah City Council that could make it hard for a new chief executive to take the reigns in the port city.
The divide is over the search for a new city manager.
Tensions had been simmering for weeks but came into the open at a fractious meeting in which [...]
Posted in Georgia
