GOP brand languishes even as Obama feeds opposition
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 3rd, 2011 4:34 am by HL
GOP brand languishes even as Obama feeds opposition
President Obama may be struggling with a bad economy and flagging poll numbers, but his party is still more popular than the alternative.
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that 48 percent of people view the Democratic Party favorably, compared to just 40 percent who view Republicans in a good light.
Herman Cain denies new harassment allegations, accuses Rick Perry of fueling stories
Former restaurant executive Herman Cain faced a new set of sexual harassment allegations Wednesday, with a report that a third former employee had described unwanted, sexually aggressive behavior from him and a Republican pollster saying he had witnessed at least two such incidents.
Cain continued to deny the charges. Speaking to the Northern Virginia Technology Council, he ascribed the reports to “factions that are trying to destroy me personally as well as destroy this campaign.” And he indicated he believes that the rival campaign of Texas Gov. Rick Perry is fueling them — an accusation that a Perry spokesman denied.
House bores into Obama’s Africa troop deployment plan
Just when you thought congressional committee hearings could not be more boring, endless and shallow, the lawmakers are developing ever new ways to waste everyone’s time.
Most recently, adopting an e-mail variant of talk radio call-in shows, members are using constituents’ questions to quiz hearing witnesses.
Rick Perry’s New Hampshire speech: Playful or plain odd?
Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s speech on Friday night to a conservative audience in New Hampshire is generating considerable chatter in the political world.
Perry’s delivery and tone was considerably more relaxed than in the vast majority of his other public appearances as a presidential candidate. That much is without question. What is up for debate is why.
