Rochester, Michigan I’m out here for the deathless drama and schoolyard hijinks that attend each and every Republican debate and, wandering the spin room, I came upon NBC’s Chuck Todd who made a very good–and sort of flattering–political point: last night’s election results reaffirmed the mood that I encountered on my recent road trip. It [...]
On Wednesday, the Obama Administration held an “African American Policy” conference in Washington, hosting leaders from state and local governments, academia, business and media to discuss a range of topics: how the President’s jobs bill, if passed, would extend unemployment insurance benefits to millions of Americans–particularly relevant for blacks, 15.1% of whom are unemployed. And [...]
Rep. Joe Walsh, an Illinois Republican, has redefined the modern town hall. Forget hecklers and protesters, the Tea Party favorite turns the tables on his own constituents: He later apologized.
For all the carping about how there are too many Republican presidential debates, I’m actually looking forward to No. 11. It’s been more than three weeks since the gloves came off in CNN’s Las Vegas debate and the field has shifted significantly since then. Now there’s really only one thing dominating the GOP’s 2012 race [...]
Just four years after the federally funded preschool program Head Start began in 1965, it was slapped by a report, commissioned by the Johnson Administration, that questioned its effectiveness. Forty years later, not much has changed. While Head Start’s aim to prepare low-income students for kindergarten is noble, it’s still faces questions about its demonstrable [...]
Two of the women who have accused presidential hopeful Herman Cain of sexual harassment have agreed to appear together at a joint press conference to discuss the specifics – and similarities – of their complaints against Cain. Joel Bennett, the attorney for Karen Kraushaar, who settled a sexual harassment complaint against Cain with the National [...]
Revealing anecdote from a Politico profile of Grover Norquist, who may be Washington’s most powerful conservative and is a towering obstacle to a Congressional tax reform deal: Sometimes, he said, he has to yank a wandering leader back into line, as he said he did with Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) in May. Kyl [...]
A big election night for Democrats as Ohio’s collective bargaining restrictions and Mississippi’s personhood amendment go down. Narrow state senate election in Virginia augurs competitive 2012. Outed Cain accuser comes forward, seeks to organize other alleged victims against him.
Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, spoke with TIME’s Rick Stengel about his new book, Back to Work, and how to fix the economy. Excerpts from that conversation follow.
In a hard-won victory for Democrats and their labor-union allies, Ohioans decisively rejected the state’s collective-bargaining law on Tuesday night, repealing Republican Governor John Kasich’s signature legislation in a referendum that could reverberate into 2012.
