President Obama, who appears increasingly annoyed by presidential candidate Donald Trump, pointedly denounced the themes of the billionaire candidate’s campaign for president during his speech to the United Nations.
“Among all voters, Trump is at negative-25 — that is, he is viewed 25 points more unfavorably than favorably. Bush is at -21. Among Republicans? Bush gets lower marks than anyone, at plus-1. Even Chris Christie is at +4,” reported the Washington Post about the poll. “The difference is inside the margin of error, but this is clearly not where Bush would like to be.” Both Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton and former Republican favorite Bush have seen their favorability numbers plunge.
Beyoncé and Coldplay rocked out, First Lady Michelle Obama launched a new girls’ education initiative, and Leonardo DiCaprio warned of the dangers of climate change as tens of thousands gathered for the fourth annual Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park on Saturday.
Hillary Clinton is gearing up for war against Joe Biden. Though Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, has refrained from bashing Biden in public, the competition between the former First Lady and the current vice president has the makings of a steel-cage match. Clinton’s email scandal is starting to have real legal implications for her, and Bernie Sanders is holding his own in New Hampshire. Clinton’s inevitability is gone. The door is open for Joe.
Vice President Joe Biden stated that “at the moment of conception there’s human life and being,” but he’s “not prepared to say that to other God-fearing, non-God-fearing people that have a different view” or “impose” that view in an interview with America Media
“While unemployment rate for African-Americans has dropped by more than 7 percent since the height of the recession, it is still double the unemployment rate as the rest of the country,” Joe Biden says. “And over the last 30 years, African-Americans have faced even greater wage stagnation then the rest of the country.” Biden, who is contemplating a run for president in 2016 claims he and President Obama worked to save the economy from a giant recession, but that there was still a lot more to do.
During his speech, Biden ditched his prepared remarks and left the podium to strolled throughout the crowd, speaking frankly about police officers. He said he was speaking “from the heart” because he’s been following the issue for years. “The law enforcement officer in a tough neighborhood looks at a corner and sees a kid with dreadlocks and sees a gangbanger instead of a kid who has has an opportunity to be a great poet or author,” Biden said.
Vice President Joe Biden is currently considering a run for president in 2016, but it appears that he is also trying to square his Catholic faith with the Democratic party’s historic support for abortion rights.
In an interview with Fr. Matt Malone for America Media, Vice President Joe Biden said that while he is weighing a 2016 presidential run the factor still unanswered is if “this will be good for the family.” Biden said, “We’re
Bernie Sanders’ campaign on Friday unveiled a list of actors, directors, musicians and tech industry players and who have endorsed the independent Vermont Senator and self-described socialist’s bid for the presidency.
A group of prominent Democratic Party fundraisers on Friday began circulating a letter to encourage a hesitant Vice President Joe Biden to enter the 2016 race for U.S. president.
The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza published a column on Friday arguing that California Gov. Jerry Brown should run for president.
With the phrase, “I’ll jump in at the appropriate time,” California Gov. Jerry Brown dropped a hint Wednesday that he might, after all, enter the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 2016.
Vice President Joe Biden made an earnest plea to the world–and the GOP debate–to take climate change seriously on Wednesday, calling it “absurd” that there was a debate over man-made global warming.
Tuesday at a Hispanic heritage event, Vice President Joe Biden said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s “sick message” of “xenophobia,” in the long run “will not prevail.” Biden said, “I don’t want anybody to be down right now about what’s
At an event recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month, Vice President Joe Biden blasted the Republican Party and Donald Trump for supposed “xenophobia,” describing the billionaire candidate as “sick” for wanting to enforce immigration laws.
The MSM eagerly leaks editorial comments and analysis into stories it wants to blend into some larger, politically useful Narrative, but with Clinton most of those little contextual nuggets have consisted of breezy assurances that she’s still heavily favored to win both the Democrat primary and 2016 presidential election. The Narrative says that she had a rough summer, but her campaign will finish analyzing her “challenges” and re-inventing her to perfection any day now.
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Bloomberg TV’s “With All Due Respect” host John Heilemann said besides still weighing the emotional toll on himself and his family that entering the presidential race so close to the tragic death of his
The Late Show’s Stephen Colbert is practically begging Vice President Joe Biden to run for president. “Everybody likes Joe Biden, right? Isn’t that right?” Colbert asked in a Thursday interview, as the audience cheered and applauded.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka praised Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) as “taking the right issue on all issues that are important to working people” while stating of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton “It’s as if she’s working to get
While presidential candidates of both parties are swarming the important early state of Iowa, President Obama plans his own event in there.
The Jewish-American caucus in the U.S. Congress is split on whether to support President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.
Monday at an AFL-CIO Labor Day event in Pittsburgh, Vice President Joe Biden ranted about the economy as it pertains to the American labor force. Biden said, “We can’t let the changes that have taken place and crept in for the last
A fired up Vice President Joe Biden unleashed a passionate speech today against the wealthy in America. He says they continue to enjoy record profits, while working people are still suffering depressed wages.
Two state polls from NBC/Marist, released Sunday, show Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is now ahead of Hillary by 11 points in New Hampshire, the first primary state. In Iowa, Hillary is still ahead of Sanders, but she only earns 38 percent of the vote among Hawkeye Democrats.
