From our friends at Hypeline.org By Kelsey Petruzzi NAACP chapter president and Democratic strategist L. Joy Williams took a racial shot at Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson on MSNBC Sunday, calling him a “safe negro.” Now let her backpedal a bit. Williams is claiming that the phrase she used was what supporters of Carson are…
Tough talk from the GOP presidential campaigns has fizzled out and it turns out the kerfuffle was much ado about nothing. CNN Money reports: The Republican effort to stage a united front on debate reforms began to crumble Monday night as several campaigns announced that they would not sign a letter of demands to debate…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Ben Carson surged to the top of the Republican presidential primary field in a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Tuesday, solidifying recent polling gains and coming within striking distance of Donald Trump’s polling average. Carson is the first Republican to overtake Trump in a Journal/NBC poll since June, winning the support of 29 percent…
Major news from Politico reports that the majority of Republican presidential campaigns are plotting a revolt against the Republican National Committee. The move comes after growing dissatisfaction with the RNC-coordinated debates turned to full outrage following Wednesday night’s debacle. Politco reports: Republican presidential campaigns are planning to gather in Washington, D.C., on Sunday evening to…
Casey Harper An inside look into the aftermath of the CNBC Republican debate Wednesday shows just how devastating the performance was for CNBC employees. CNNMoney spoke with multiple anonymous CNBC staffers who shared their humiliation. The staff reportedly spent the plane ride after the debate appalled by the performance, questioning what went wrong, and wishing…
With the frost now promising snow, politicos anxiously look to Iowa and New Hampshire– the first proving grounds of the 2015 presidential primary elections. The campaign season has been anything but conventional. Early wisdom held the Republican contest would come down to two, Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin and former Governor Jeb Bush of Florida….
I’m not a Vermonter. I wasn’t born there, I don’t live there, and I don’t know much about it except that Bernie Sanders is their Senator and they tried universal healthcare but it didn’t work out. What I do know is that one of their state representatives is hilariously wrong when it comes to Rand…
Senator Lindsey Graham is running for president. You may not have known that because he is performing so dismally he will not even be featured in tonight’s Republican debate. However, CNN’s Dana Bash did sit down the outspoken southerner for an interview, during which she actually got Graham to play a cleaned up version of…
Former world heavy weight champion Mike Tyson has thrown his support behind billionaire Donald Trump in his bid to become President of the United States. Tyson, who is often the butt of jokes for seemingly slow wit and speech impediment, issued his endorsement to the press recently. “He should be president of the United States, that’s…
Ben Carson once stood against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; now he wants to send troops back to Iraq by Joey Clark It is the measure of man to stand on principle in the face of troubling events as they unfold. To stand for principle in mere retrospection, as a kind of musing on…