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Which Party Values the Votes of African-Americans?
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyThis is the perfect time for the Republican Party to make good on its claim that it wants to recapture the loyalty of African-American voters. Yes -- recapture all those lost Lincoln Republicans put off and run off by the 1960's and 1970's antics of the architects and beneficiaries of the Southern strategy. In the midterm election campaign, some African Americans grumbled that the Democratic Party's appeal to a voting base that is disproportionately hurting came late and with a whiff of desperation. Black newspaper editors and reporters wondered what the point was in voting for Democrats ...
Takeaway From 2010 Elections: Serious Conservatism Is Back
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyFrom its beginnings, a tension existed in the heart of American conservatism between winning hearts and minds -- and winning elections. A slogan from the 1964 presidential campaign hinted at this dichotomy. "In your heart you know he's right" implied that although we believed in Barry Goldwater, we knew you might not – at least not enough of you, not yet. By 1980, a majority of Americans certainly did rally to the side of the conservative star of the Goldwater campaign, but Ronald Reagan's eight years in the White House did not lay to rest the intramural Republican tug of war between ...
OJ Simpson in Buffalo: Out of Place, but Still the Best
By Dave Goldberg - AOL NewsWhen O.J. Simpson arrived in Buffalo in August of 1969, he was depressed about the city, depressed about the Buffalo Bills and depressed about a contract that, even after a holdout, paid him just $50,000, measly, he believed, for a Heisman Trophy winner who had been the first overall pick in the NFL Draft. For three years, his play depressed the Buffalo fans to the point that the most frequent word Simpson heard was "Boooooo!'' That he went on to become a Hall of Fame player -- the first to rush for 2,000 yards in a season -- plus an actor and a television personality for nearly 15 years ...
A Voice From the Sidelines: James Blake for President!
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(May 19) -- Among the victors in Tuesday's political races was former NBA center Chris Dudley, who won the Republican primary for a Senate seat in Oregon. Most papers reported the news and mentioned Dudley's 16-year career as a middling center, but none treated it as much of an oddity. And it wasn't. There are a lot of former professional athletes in American politics. But if you look through the various lists, one thing does stand out. The vast majority played team sports -- mostly football, baseball, basketball. There's a dearth of politicians who played professional individual sports, ...
Stop Excuses, Before I Lose My Mind
By David Whitley - AOL NewsLike most of you, I was disgusted when I heard what Ben Roethlisberger's been up to this offseason. Apparently, we ought to be ashamed of ourselves. Who knew it was all in his head? It seems the four concussions Big Ben has suffered may have helped turn him into the Tommy Lee of quarterbacks. At least that's a theory being thrown around by some medical experts. "It's conceivable to think that there is a possibility that those concussions have led to some behavioral issues," forensic psychologist Cyril Wecht told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. I'm no forensic psychologist, and I know ...
Ted Kennedy, Harvey Milk, Sidney Poitier Among Medal of Freedom Winners
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyThe White House has released a list of 16 people who will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on August 12. Echoing his rhetoric from the campaign trail, President Obama said they all shared one common factor: "Each has been an agent of change." ...
The Week in Blog: Smooth Segue Edition
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyWatch what you tweet (05:33) Sen. Jeff Sessions and the backlash against Southern Republicans (07:55) Alternative reality watch: Justice Arlen Specter? (07:08) Rumblings of a Dem primary challenge to Specter (04:23) The (possibly phony) controversy over Judge Sonia Sotomayor (08:51) Remembering Jack Kemp (08:45) ...
The Day Jack Kemp Helped Get MLK His Holiday
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyOn August 2, 1983 I sat in the press gallery of the House of Representatives and watched history being made. That was the date of the historic debate on the bill designating the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. a federal holiday. ...
R.I.P. Jack Kemp, AFL Quarterback
By Michael David Smith - AOL NewsThe obituaries for Jack Kemp, who died Saturday at age 73, have focused mostly on his career as a congressman, secretary of housing and urban development, and vice presidential candidate. But we should also take some time to remember Jack Kemp the quarterback. It's been so long since Kemp played -- and he accomplished so much following his retirement in 1969 -- that it has been largely forgotten just how good a football player Kemp was. Growing up in Los Angeles, Kemp was a good athlete and always knew he wanted to be a quarterback, but USC and UCLA didn't recruit him, so he decided to go to ...
Jack Kemp, RIP
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyJack Kemp passed away this weekend, and the conservative movement has lost another giant. No matter what political positions you hold or what party you belong to -- I'm guessing that (as you are interested enough to read this site) you have a few political idols. For liberals, there are the figures of FDR and Woodrow Wilson. For libertarians, there are thinkers like Ayn Rand. Conservatives, though, probably take the cake when it comes to their adoration of figures like Ronald Reagan (and before him, people like William F. Buckley and Barry Goldwater). As much as I loved the man, Reagan ...
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