"This is a very dangerous movement, and it's ironic it's happening under a president who promised to unify us,".... "Barack Obama owns the Occupy Wall Street movement, it would not have happened but for his class warfare."
Rudy Guilianni
Friday, November 4, 2011
Would Cain Be Leading the Race if He Were White? : Roll Call Politics
"The thought of rallying behind a conservative African-American candidate for the Republican nomination undoubtedly is appealing to many conservatives, if only to prove to liberals and journalists that they aren’t the racists they are often portrayed to be.
Just as important, many Republicans understand that black conservatives and conservative women drive Democrats up the wall. So supporting Cain is a way for conservative Republicans to get just an extra bit of satisfaction knowing how it rattles their opponents. (Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown once called Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas “a shill and cover for the most insidious form of racism.”)
This isn’t to suggest that conservatives are embracing Cain because he is black. Perennial African-American candidate Alan Keyes never made much of a splash during his presidential bids, and if Cain’s race were such an important factor to Republicans, they would have embraced him before they flirted with Bachmann and Perry.
Still, Cain stands out in the current Republican field for his charisma, plain-speaking, business experience and, yes, his color. It’s part of who he is and of his appeal to conservatives. But if Cain were white, he might very well be where he is today given the performance of the rest of the GOP field and the desire of conservatives for an alternative to Romney."
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Just as important, many Republicans understand that black conservatives and conservative women drive Democrats up the wall. So supporting Cain is a way for conservative Republicans to get just an extra bit of satisfaction knowing how it rattles their opponents. (Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown once called Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas “a shill and cover for the most insidious form of racism.”)
This isn’t to suggest that conservatives are embracing Cain because he is black. Perennial African-American candidate Alan Keyes never made much of a splash during his presidential bids, and if Cain’s race were such an important factor to Republicans, they would have embraced him before they flirted with Bachmann and Perry.
Still, Cain stands out in the current Republican field for his charisma, plain-speaking, business experience and, yes, his color. It’s part of who he is and of his appeal to conservatives. But if Cain were white, he might very well be where he is today given the performance of the rest of the GOP field and the desire of conservatives for an alternative to Romney."
Link to entire article:Would Cain Be Leading the Race if He Were White? : Roll Call Politics
Editorial: One year from Election Day, debt bomb ticks on – USATODAY.com
Americans have long had the luxury of being able to tune out Washington. It shows up on their television screens like just another reality show vying for their attention, one about grown men and women with an affliction that that makes them behave like children.
But as the nation reaches the one-year point before the 2012 elections today, it is becoming increasingly clear that mild exasperation no longer suffices. The government's problems have reached the size where, if unaddressed, they will soon kill the proverbial goose that laid the golden egg.
The federal government is borrowing $4 of every $10 it spends. Including the money owed to Social Security, the U.S. national debt has climbed to $15 trillion, or about $50,000 for every American. The debt is roughly equal to 100% of the nation's annual economic output, not much less than in many European countries now in the throes of crisis, and borrowing continues at a trillion-dollar-a-year rate.
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Editorial: One year from Election Day, debt bomb ticks on – USATODAY.com
State Department training Islamic political parties in Egypt - By Josh Rogin | The Cable
U.S. assistance to Egypt is helping political parties of all ideologies prepare for the upcoming elections -- even Islamic parties that may have anti-Western agendas.
"We don't do party support. What we do is party training.... And we do it to whoever comes," William Taylor, the State Department's director of its new office for Middle East Transitions, said in a briefing with reporters today. "Sometimes, Islamist parties show up, sometimes they don't. But it has been provided on a nonpartisan basis, not to individual parties."
The programs, contracted through the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI), include helping political parties in Egypt conduct polling, provide constituent services, and prepare for election season. NDI's chairwoman is former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. IRI's chairman is Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
State Department training Islamic political parties in Egypt - By Josh Rogin | The Cable
"We don't do party support. What we do is party training.... And we do it to whoever comes," William Taylor, the State Department's director of its new office for Middle East Transitions, said in a briefing with reporters today. "Sometimes, Islamist parties show up, sometimes they don't. But it has been provided on a nonpartisan basis, not to individual parties."
The programs, contracted through the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI), include helping political parties in Egypt conduct polling, provide constituent services, and prepare for election season. NDI's chairwoman is former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. IRI's chairman is Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
State Department training Islamic political parties in Egypt - By Josh Rogin | The Cable
Obama, Romney Tied Nationally and in Swing States
Registered voters nationally and in 12 key swing states are evenly divided in their preferences for president in the 2012 election between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney. Romney is at least somewhat more competitive versus Obama than either Rick Perry or Herman Cain, in polling conducted before the recent allegations of sexual harassment against Cain surfaced.
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Obama, Romney Tied Nationally and in Swing States
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Obama, Romney Tied Nationally and in Swing States
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