ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A report has cleared Gov. Sarah Palin of ethics violations in the firing of her public safety commissioner. The report, released Monday, said: “There is no probable cause to believe that the governor, or any other state official, violated the Alaska Executive Ethics Act in connection with these matters.”
It’s no coincidence President Bush has been out of the public’s eye in recent days — that’s the way the Republican Party wants it. White House press secretary Dana Perino said Monday the incumbent’s invisibility is by design — because “the Republican Party wanted to make this election about John McCain.” The president knows there […]
Outside the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland yesterday, it was like a block party. It was ten minutes after 1 p.m., the official closing time, but the office was still open. A line of several hundred people waiting to vote wrapped around the building and down the block.
WASHINGTON — Counting down to Election Day, Barack Obama appears within reach of becoming the nation’s first black president as the epic campaign draws to a close against a backdrop of economic crisis and lingering war. John McCain, the battle-scarred warrior, holds out hope for a Truman-beats-Dewey-style upset.
RICHMOND, Va. — The NAACP on Friday resumed efforts to force Virginia to put more voting machines in minority polling places, setting up a court hearing 15 hours before voters head to polls in the battleground state.
Smokey D. Fontaine, the Chief Creative Officer of the BlackPlanet Universe and NewsOne.com, discusses African-American pre-election anxiety with CNN’s Lola Ogunnaike. Video after the jump…
PHILADELPHIA – His backers feeling increasingly confident, Democrat Barack Obama acknowledged that the GOP nominee has asked his supporters to temper their attacks on him and asked voters to have faith in him as the next president.
It’s been a roller coaster ride for the VP candidate for the Republican party. She’s been lampooned by Tina Fey, battled it out with Katie Couric, and fought the sexist coverage that dares to ask her questions about what books she reads or her stance on, say, the law. Well, luckily for Governor Palin the […]
While reading a Dwyane Wade interview (a Kevin Clark/TUD exclusive), I came across a response of his that took me for a loop in considering this year’s election. Besides its potentially paradigm-shifting outcome for our country’s economic policies, foreign relations and storefront issues, we will view it as a referendum on race relations, with history […]
