By The Admin on August 5, 2010
The Hill
- A longtime employee of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has accused its leaders of racial discrimination after they fired him last month.
Keith Carter, who joined the NRSC in 1995, has charged Republican officials with creating a hostile environment for the two African-American employees who worked at the committee.
Carter, who is black, said [...]
Posted in Party Politics, Race
By The Admin on August 5, 2010
Black members of the tea party movement on Wednesday rejected charges that the group’s activists are racist, saying they oppose President Barack Obama because of his policies not his skin color.
The members gathered at a Washington news conference in the wake of allegations about its rank and file, heightened by the recent split with a [...]
Posted in Party Politics, Race
By The Admin on July 30, 2010
On the surface, a judge’s decision to block tough provisions of Arizona’s immigration law was a defeat for the state’s Republican governor and a win for the Democratic Obama administration. But neither party is sure it will play out that way politically, either this fall or beyond.
Keeping the illegal-immigration issue burning might help some Republican [...]
Posted in Party Politics, Policy & Issues
By The Admin on July 27, 2010
Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele has repeatedly snapped back at the charge and the notion that the GOP is racist, harbors racist elements, and plays the race card. Steele on occasion has loudly said that the RNC must embrace diversity, and be a big tent that includes minorities. Every time he opens his mouth [...]
Posted in Party Politics, Race | Tagged Andrew Breitbart, GOP, Michael Steele, racism
By The Admin on July 23, 2010
Democrats nervously anticipating Rep. Charles Rangel’s ethics trial know all about the media frenzy and negative ads accompanying election-season scandals. They generated it themselves in 2006, when Republican Rep. Mark Foley was forced to resign in disgrace.
Foley’s misdeeds stemmed from his dealings with House pages and efforts by Republicans, then in the majority, to ignore [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, Congress, Party Politics | Tagged Charles Rangel, Democrats
