Obama book details extensive Marijuana use
Maraniss book details Obama’s pot-smoking crew; Trump goes birther (again); Democratic poll shows Walker up 3; Giffords featured in special election mailer.
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Elizabeth Warren controversy: Drip, drip, drip
The Elizabeth Warren controversy is becoming the controversy that won’t die.
Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Elizabeth Warren faces reporters during a May 2 news conference, where she addressed questions on her claim of Native American heritage. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)The Boston Globe this morning reported that Harvard University listed the Democratic Massachusetts Senate candidate as a Native American for six years in its federal diversity statistics — the latest example of Warren having been labeled a minority by the school.
The difference with this case, though, is that the Globe reports that such designations are almost always based on how an employee identified him or herself. Warren has said that she didn’t know how the school came to identify her as such. Though she had previously described herself as a Native American in law school directories, she stopped doing so around the time Harvard hired her in the mid-1990s.
The art of the political stonewall
Politicians generally don’t like to answer questions directly. And that goes double when they are talking about something uncomfortable.
The result, more and more, is an on-camera stonewall that would make General Jackson proud.
Case in point: Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic Massachusetts Senate candidate who has faced weeks of questions about whether she claimed to be a Native American to get preferential treatment, has met the repeated questions with a good, old-fashioned, political stonewall.
“I told you: I have answered these questions; I am going to talk about what is happening to America’s families,” Warren says in a video posted this week, repeatedly returning to the theme of the economy as a reporter peppers her with questions on what she claimed and when.
Oklahoma lawmaker promises to get in ‘a president’s face’
How much do Republicans dislike President Obama? A whole lot. And here’s another sign.
Two recent ads from Oklahoma Rep. John Sullivan (R) promise that the lawmaker will “get in your face if you’re wrong — even a president’s face.” Here’s “Care”:
How Obama moves the needle on gay marriage
The President of the United States is the most powerful person in the world. But when it comes to shifting public opinion, even POTUS struggles.
So when President Obama came out in favor of gay marriage, the storyline was all about how evenly split the American population is on gay marriage and how it might affect Obama in November’s election. It was rarely about whether Obama could actually bring people with him.
Yet anecdotal evidence suggests he might be doing just that — at least with one very specific group of people: African-Americans.
Dale Robinson waves his flag for people driving by a rally of the Dallas LGBT Community to applaud President Obama's stance on gay marriage and in the Oaklawn neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, on May 9. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Brad Loper)
Sarah Palin gets blowback for Orrin Hatch endorsement
Sarah Palin gets blowback, Wisconsin Democrats get $1 million, Mitt Romney gets heckled and Newt Gingrich gets a comeback.
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President Obama vs ‘Uncommitted’: The Kentucky primary explained
President Obama’s inability to break 60 percent of the vote against “uncommitted” in Tuesday’s Kentucky Democratic primary drew national headlines and set off a debate about the role race and culture played in the strong vote against the incumbent.
Now, thanks to the Louisville Courier Journal, we have a visual representation of how the “Obama vs uncommitted” primary played out. (Make sure to read Joseph Gerth’s whole piece breaking down the where and why of the primary vote.)
Why running against the Supreme Court just might work for Obama
Some time between now and July 4, the Supreme Court will hand down two rulings — one on the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care law, the other on Arizona’s immigration law — that could have genuine impact on the battle for the White House this fall.
The tea-leave reading of how the Court will rule — and, to be clear, this is guesswork at best — seems to suggest that they may well strike down the health care law and uphold Arizona’s measure, a dual decision that would widely be seen as a victory for conservatives and a defeat for President Obama.
Can Democrats run from Obama? Should they?
Two Democrats in the past two days have shunned President Obama.
Asked during a debate Wednesday night whether he would vote for President Obama, Arizona House candidate Ron Barber (D) demurred.
“My vote is my vote,” he told Republican Jesse Kelly, who he faces in a special election for the seat vacated by Gabrielle Giffords. “And I will not be talking about other elections. I’m focused on beating you on June 12.”
Wisconsin recall election: Barrett poll shows Walker up two
Democrats continue to fight back against the notion that they are losing control of the recall election in Wisconsin, with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s (D) campaign releasing another poll showing a tight race.
The Barrett poll, conducted Tuesday and Wednesday, shows Gov. Scott Walker (R) at 50 percent and Barrett at 48 percent.
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