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Bachmann, VP Biden think Cain’s ’9-9-9′ plan is bad

By | 10.12.11 | 11:32 am | More from The Iowa Independent

It’s a rarity to find agreement on both sides of the national political aisle these days, but it seems Atlanta businessman Herman Cain‘s ’9-9-9′ tax plan is a uniting force.

 

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The campaign for U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann issued a press release late Tuesday that More…

Obama reelection campaign political director in Florida this weekend

By | 09.20.11 | 1:15 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Barack Obama’s reelection campaign is quietly working in Florida the same week the Conservative Political Action Conference will be held in Orlando.

The Miami Herald reports that “Katherine Archuleta, the political director for Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, is coming to Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando More…

Reporter tossed from White House press pool for taking video of Obama protest

By | 04.29.11 | 2:12 pm

Phil Bronstein, a contributing editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, revealed in his column “Bronstein at Large” today that Chronicle reporter Carla Marinucci has been dismissed from the White House Press Correspondents’ Association’s pool of Bay Area print journalists. She was dropped from the pool because of a video More…

Archbishop Chaput pushes to deny communion to pro-abortion rights Catholic politicians

By | 04.12.11 | 2:22 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Denver Archbishop Chaput asked Notre Dame University Catholics this weekend to press for Church policy that would deny communion to U.S. Catholic politicians who support pro-choice or pro-gay rights positions. The speech comes in the wake of surveys that show most Catholics don’t agree with Chaput on the issues. More…

Wasserman Schultz named new chief of the Democratic National Committee

By | 04.06.11 | 9:46 am | More from The Florida Independent

Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was on Tuesday named chief of the Democratic National Committee. #


Wasserman Schultz represents Florida’s 20th congressional district, which covers parts of Broward and Miami-Dade counties and is member of the House Judiciary and More…

Obama administration to make sexual violence in schools an act of discrimination, in addition to a crime

By | 04.04.11 | 10:45 am

In this the first week of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, the U.S. Department of Education is introducing new guidelines for how universities should handle on-campus rape and sexual assault, reports The Washington Post.

On Monday, Vice President Joe Biden, during his address to the University of More…

Conservatives claim Biden hid in Aspen (while visiting veterans) during Libya speech

By | 03.30.11 | 1:03 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Vice President Joe Biden is coming under serious fire from the conservative blogosphere for “hiding out” in Aspen over the weekend ahead of President Barack Obama’s key speech justifying ongoing U.S. airstrikes in Libya.

The website Real Aspen rounds up some of the more heated slams of Biden, who More…

Biden: GOP spending/taxing philosophy just like blaming rape victims

By | 03.21.11 | 10:09 am

Rhetoric that defies logic — and tact — is not exclusive to the tea party.

At Friday’s Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser in Philadelphia, Vice President Joe Biden — talking about the federal budget — threw in a rape analogy, as reported by The Hill, calling Republicans who favor More…

White House to address bullying in America

The White House has announced that President Barack Obama and representatives from the departments of Health and Human Services and Education will participate in a conference to address bullying in the U.S.

Chris Geidner of the Washington D.C. based Metro Weekly reports on the planned conference and the president’s More…

Bob Woodward, Obama’s Wars, and the Perspective of History

By | 09.22.10 | 12:58 pm

Bob Woodward’s new book, entitled “Obama’s Wars,” will be released next Monday. The book covers the Obama administration’s decision-making process about troop levels in Afghanistan and details the internal squabbles among administration figures and military leaders.

Most of the juicy bits seem to be about these personality clashes, and More…