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If you were unsure why you should in this election, First Lady Michelle Obama made it plain why you should.  Speaking last evening at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's ( CBCF ) Phoenix Award Dinner, the first lady gave all in attendance some tough political thoughts to take home. Coming off a rousing speech this month at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, and making several campaign fundraising speeches in support of her husband, President Barack Obama, the first lady's speech last night was booth encouraging and inspiring, touching on several issues that included her saying that this election "is the march of our lifetime." The First Lady wearing a floor-length, off the shoulder black Micahel Kors gown with a shimmering, diamond-like sequenced belt, addressed the crowd telling them, "But today, how many of us have asked someone whether they’re going to vote, and they say, no, I’m too busy, and besides, I voted last time; or, nah,...

We've offered those sentiments to all of the other Republican candidates in the 2012 election, and we were correct in our prediction.  Now, we're also certain we can say the same about Mitt Romney. Here's why Mitt Romney will not be the next president of the United States. The real Mitt Romney. He doesn't care about 47% of the American population.  It's not speculation.  It comes from the horse's mouth. In a video from a fundraiser earlier this year Mitt Romney says that he will never be able to change the minds of 'those' Americans who can't take personal responsibility for themselves, nor is even worried about them, calling them government dependent. “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what,” Romney states. “All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them,...

Rumors are swirling around the Internet that election won, or not, the first lady, her mother - Marian Robinson - and daughters Sasha and Malia may be moving to the beautiful state of Hawaii. While the first lady indicated that she loves the Chicago Bears when asked what her favorite football team is, she may not love its wintry weather as much. Photo from the Obama Facebook page that reads, 'Keep them around four more years". Commit to vote." The Obamas have vacationed several times in Hawaii since President Obama was elected and have found the state to be a welcome retreat from the cold, winter weather of Chicago and the Nation's Capital. Unconfirmed reports indicate that Mrs. Robinson first gave an impromptu reference to the family's decision to put their Hyde Park home on the market and move to Hawaii in 2013. Several sources further indicate that the Obamas may have already found a house - to the tune of $35 million. Whether it will be a vaca...

Out on the campaign trail the President and Vice President make a few unexpected stops along the way, and have two totally different experiences. President Obama, while campaigning today in Florida, stops unexpectantly by the Big Apple Pizza and Pasta Restaurant and gets an unexpected lift by the owner. Restaurant owner Scott Van Duren lifts President Obama giving him a bear hug. Meanwhile, while also on the campaign trail, Vice President Biden makes a stop at a local restaurant in Ohio and gets cozy with a female patron. Vice President Biden schmoozes with a female patron at Cruisers Diner in Seaman, Ohio. Is this action conduct unbecoming of a VP?  What must our second lady be thinking?

Mitt Romney has created a fund called the One Term Fund and he wants supporters to donate $25, or more, to "put President Obama out of work". The fund's page asks, 'What is a one term president worth to you?'. Per the Romney campaign: We're not better off when 23 million people are struggling for work. Nor are we better off when, for every net new job that was created last month, nearly four Americans gave up looking for work entirely. We're not better off when poverty rates are headed toward a 50-year high, and nearly 47 million Americans are on food stamps. No amount of liberal mythology or political theater in Charlotte can mask the cold, hard truth: this president has not kept his promises and America is not better off. Thursday night, President Obama asked for four more years to get it right. But it's time to hold him accountable. Americans deserve new leadership that will get our economy moving again. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan's ...

With the RNC and DNC conventions at a close, we look back and give you our thoughts, critiquing the tone and vibe of the two. Starting with the Republican Convention. We find that the Republican convention looked more and more like Midwestern America with its mostly Caucasian audience.  This is troubling because it seems to suggest that the Republican model speaks to only white people.  While the speakers at the DNC were diverse, one was hard pressed to find ten people of color in the entire listening audience.  We know there are at least ten people of color in the Midwest.  Judging from the camera angles at the RNC, not even they are supporting Mitt Romney. The DNC audience looked more like the face of America: people of all races, creeds, and nationalities convening harmoniously, to listen to the words of their party's platform.  At the RNC reports of hate and bigotry surfaced.  Stories that a CNN reporter had peanuts thrown at her , a...

From Bill to Lilly Ledbetter, from Michelle to Deval Patrick inspiring DNC speeches you'll remember, in support of President Obama's re-election. Bill Clinton Bill Clinton wants a president who's "cool on the outside, but burning for America on the inside." "I want to nominate a man whose own life has known its fair share of adversity and uncertainty. A man who ran for President to change the course of an already weak economy and then just six weeks before the election, saw it suffer the biggest collapse since the Great Depression. A man who stopped the slide into depression and put us on the long road to recovery, knowing all the while that no matter how many jobs were created and saved, there were still millions more waiting, trying to feed their children and keep their hopes alive." Clinton told the crowd that what works in the real world is 'cooperation'.  Will we see more cooperation between the parties if Obama is re-elected, or more...

Ann Romney may have touted that she " lovvvvves women !" during her speech at the RNC last week in Tampa, however at the DNC this week, women's issues were front and center, and addressed - something that was severely lacking during the RNC.  (And by the way, no one called Ann Romney gay because she said she "loves women"; yet Time Magazine called President Obama the first gay president when he sided on the rights of same sex marriage). Former Georgetown law student, and recent completor of the CA bar exam, Sandra Fluke. Beginning with Lilly Ledbetter's rousing speech on equal pay and benefits for women (President Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbedder Fair Pay Act (LLFPA) during the first days of his administration making it unlawful for employers to pay women less than men for equal work), to Sandra Fluke's stance on contraceptive and preventive health care for all women, the current-day issues that affect women in the United States were high...

After Romney's traveling press secretary, Rick Gorka, had a few choice words for the media this week, the campaign is acknowledging the error of their ways and has decided to become more 'press friendly', the Hill Overnight is reporting. Fewer than 100 days out from the election, the campaign is expected to provide more press briefings and heightened access to the candidate in the coming days, and to make changes to the travel pool that will make it more media-friendly. The changes would represent a major shift for the Romney campaign, which so far has offered only extremely limited access to the presumptive Republican nominee, and usually only to favored outlets like Fox News. A senior Romney aide said the campaign would work to find a balance between respecting the role of the press and telling the story it wants the public to hear about Romney. “The press's job is to cover every single angle and inch of this campaign, and I think that any campaign operation h...

Romney, who sings America the Beautiful during a campaign speech, also likes Sweden; at least he likes his money there.  Romney - the $200 million dollar man - is so rich he doesn't want the American people to know just how rich he really is and hides much of his undisclosed assets in offshore bank accounts in countries like Sweden. Why would someone have a Swiss bank account?  According to this site people most likely to have a Swiss bank account are those "who don't want other people to know about their money".  The site adds that "unless you're a criminal, it's highly unlikely anyone can ever find out about your account". Romney has yet to release his tax records of the last few years, and quite frankly says he has no plans to do so, lending more questions by Americans about what Romney is hiding. Research shows that Romney joins more than half of the world's wealthiest individuals who house more than $3...

"If the election were held today, I think it would be close, but I think we'd win. And we now have 99 days left. If I can say that every day for the next 99 days, then we'll be able to embark on the next phase of this journey."  -  President Obama As the election is indeed less than a few months away, First Lady Michelle is doing her part to help her husband's campaign, and she's fired up, and ready to go. Fresh off her Olympic visit in London, she now gears up to embark upon a multi-state campaign speaking tour. See below for official schedule, which begins tomorrow, August 1, 2012. First Lady Obama's 2012 campaign appearances heating up. UPCOMING GUIDANCE FOR FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA Wednesday, August 1st , 2012 Greensboro, NC – First Lady Michelle Obama will speak to grassroots supporters at a campaign event in Greensboro, North Carolina. Raleigh, NC * 6:25 PM ET - First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver remarks at a campai...

Here are items we're following at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Today Vice President Biden hosted an event to launch a new Public Service Announcement (PSA) at the White House. The Vice President was joined by Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, White House Advisor on Violence Against Women Lynn Rosenthal, Jimmy Rollins of the Philadelphia Phillies, David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays and Andy Katz of ESPN.  Featured in the PSA are David Beckham, and Eli Manning the President, the Vice President, and other professional athletes and role models who deliver the message that dating violence is unacceptable.  The PSA, 1 is 2 Many, which also includes New York Knick standout Jeremy Lin, Evan Longoria, David Beckham, and Joe Torre will air on various television networks and online platforms this summer. Click here to view it.   First Lady Michelle Obama spoke at the Creative Arts Center in Pueblo, Colorado today at a campaign event where ...

Fred Malek , president of Marriott hotel and accused dog 'killer and griller' in the 1950s is slated to host Mitt Romney in an upcoming fundraiser.   Dog BBQ. Popular in Laos. Dogs Against Romney (go ahead, Google it) don't think a presidential candidate should keep company with someone so vile. But remember, Romney tied his family dog to the roof of the family car for 12 (count them, 12) hours during a family vacation. I guess what they say is true: Dogs of the same 'fur', do bark together. Read this story for yourself. We can't make this stuff up. And they say Mike Vick was cruel.

Mitt Romney won Chicago last evening, and picked up an endorsement by the brother of former president, George W. Bush.  He's riding high. He's leaving Santorum, Gingrich, and Paul in the dust, it seems. But the candidate who loves cars and lakes, is also being made fun of, again. We're 'borrowing' a paragraph, or two, from Miami Herald writer Mark Caputo to illustrate what you may already know. A man can change his mind, but it might get you laughed at. Take a read. Mitt Romney began Wednesday basking in the glow of the surprise endorsement of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush less than 24 hours after a big Illinois win. All of the good news was in danger of being erased by what’s known as the Etch-A-Sketch gaffe. As Bush’s endorsement rattled about Twitter and the blogosphere, Romney advisor Eric Fehrnstrom flubbed a question on CNN when he was asked if the campaign plans to retool its message in the general election . “I think you hit a reset but...

Obama campaign makes remarks. Mitt Romney won his second caucus since wowing in Florida.   With 48% of the vote, and an endorsement from Donald Trump, Romney has gained Republican momentum in his bid for the White House. "This isn't the first time you gave me your vote of confidence, but this time I'm going to take it to the White House", Romney said. Romney also won Nevada in 2008.  (How many times have you won twice in Vegas?) Romney's running mates, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Super Tuesday bound, came in with 23% of the Nevada votes, while Rep. Ron Paul gained a jump at 18% over Pennsylvania's Sen. Rick Santorum who managed 11% of the Nevada's votes. The White House won't speak (at least publicly) about the Republican debates and caucuses, but sure make mention of them in campaign emails. Here's what one Obama campaign email read last week about Romney's Trump endorsement suggesting they are not impressed, nor a...

Earlier today Rick Perry gracefully bowed out of the presidential race after a lackluster performance in Iowa.  Amid that announcement, Perry outdoes himself one further by announcing he is endorsing the 'open marriage' minded Newt Gingrich. "Today, I am suspending my campaign and endorsing Newt Gingrich for President of the United States", Perry said during a morning press conference . The final four sparred off in a heated debate in South Carolina where Gingrich came under fire (again). Meanwhile, former presidential candidate Herman Cain , who 'suspended' his campaign first, announced during the Southern Republican Leadership Conference today at the College of Charleston, SC that he plans to endorse the "We the People" campaign. Quoting the Preample to the Constitution : We the people of the United States of America, in order to form a more perfect union, Cain said, "The union is in trouble." View his remarks here , at ...

President Obama had quite a busy day today, first spoke at Disneyland's Magic Kingdom where he unveiled a strategy that will significantly help boost tourism and travel. Here are a few colorful reports on the day from White House pool reporters who have been traveling along with the president, courtesy of NY Times reporter, Jackie Calmes. -- Orlando/Disney Magic Kingdom pool report :      The pool entered the Magic Kingdom looking like we’ve only dreamed of – empty of people for the most part. At 12:40 p.m. POTUS took the stage in the middle of the kingdom’s faux late 19th-century Main Street, against a backdrop of Cinderella’s blue-spired castle and a cloudless blue sky on a gorgeous day. He opened with a couple of jokes for the audience of about 150 people seated in front of him, and scores more, many of whom looked to be Disney employees, lining the faux storefronts. (After he spoke, one of those seated in front said she and some others were memb...

And then there were... We should just start a blog segment called ' Why (fill in the blank) Will Not Be The Next American President'. It was just last month that we saw another Republican presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich, put his foot in his mouth when he said 'poor people don't know about working because there is no one to teach them'. Rick Santorum doesn't want Black people getting welfare.  In his eyes, they are the only recipients of government services. Another racist (that's what it seemed like to us) Republican presidential nominee follows suit by putting his foot in his mouth by suggesting that Black people are the only ones on welfare . "I don't want to make Black people's live better by giving them other people's money...", United States presidential candidate Richard Santorum said on camera for all to see. Really, Santorum?  After all the free labor they've provided this country for 600 hundred (or m...

President Obama and his staff are no strangers when it comes using social media. After all, his election was won with it. Getting back to those roots, the president has joined FourSquare where viewers can see places he's visited, what he did there, historical information about the stop, and more. Including his Midwest bus tour.  Check it out here .