Are we in a Recession? – Post No. 012208-1

The Federal Reserve, confronted with a global stock sell-off fanned by increased fears of a recession, cut a key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point on Tuesday. Fighting to stave off recession in the world’s biggest economy, the decision comes after sharp stock market declines on Wall Street and around the globe.
The Fed [...]

John Edwards| Profile Spotlight – Post No. 012108-2

As a wealthy trial lawyer, Democratic contender John Edwards may seem like an unlikely messenger of populism, but he draws from his roots in a poor Piedmont mill town. The former North Carolina senator has built his campaign for president on fighting the widening gap between society’s haves and have-nots.
As a [...]

A Woman’s perspective on Hope – Post No. 012108-1

GAYLE DANIELLE LEWIS-DANIELS
January 21, 2008
I registered to vote in 1976 and took part in every election since then – partly because I enjoy the process but mostly because a lot of people did some extraordinary things in order for me to have the right to vote.  I don’t take any of this for granted.  Throughout [...]

Happy Birthday, Dr. King – Post No. 012108

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968), was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement. Dr. King was a Baptist minister, one of the few leadership roles available to black men at the time.
 
He became a civil rights activist early [...]

Special Post – Super Bowl XLII

 
New England Patriots vs. New York Giants| Enough said!

McCain Wins South Carolina Republican Primary – Post No. 011908-3

By JENNIFER PARKER
Sen. John McCain narrowly beat out former Gov. Mike Huckabee in the Republican South Carolina primary Saturday night, reversing his 2000 defeat to George W. Bush in the state, and solidifying himself as a candidate to be reckoned with leading up to the multi-state Super Tuesday votes.
The Arizona senator has battled back from [...]

Romney, Clinton Win Nevada 08′ Caucuses – Post No. 011908-2

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney cruised to victory in Nevada’s GOP caucuses, while New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has won the state’s Democratic caucuses.

By Marie Horrigan
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OUTCOME
New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won a close but clear-cut win in Saturday’s Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses. The former first lady pulled in just more than [...]

SPOTLIGHT: Using a Woman-owned business as a front to increase sales… – Post No. 011808-1

Recently we have received several emails from unknown individuals in regards to opportunities to partner with Women-owned businesses in order to be more attractive to government agencies and ultimately increase sales.
As we do not post comments from “unknown” individuals, those posts were discarded.
However, the 8-PAC position on this topic is as follows:
We support legitimately partnering [...]

A POLITICAL JUNKIE MUST READ!! Clinton and Obama: A Much Closer Look – Post No. 011708-2

There’s a simple test, says Hillary Rodham Clinton, that voters can use to decide whether she or Barack Obama is the true “agent of change.” Just look at our records, she says, and see who has actually gotten results. The outcome of the race for this year’s Democratic presidential nomination could well be decided by [...]

Senate Democrats Reverse on War Funding – Post No. 011708-1

Senate Democrats moved closer Tuesday toward acceding to the Bush administration’s demands on war funding.
With a growing number of lawmakers deciding that legislation providing some money to the troops could not be put off until next year, the Senate Democratic leadership discussed different approaches to preserving some of the many restrictions on the war funding [...]

H. Wilfong Jr.| LETTER TO THE EDITOR of the SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS – Post No. 011608-3

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
letted@savannahnow.com
I read your “Landslide for Change” editorial yesterday, with interest and elation. I read Geveryl Robinson’s piece with warmth and understanding. I almost cried myself on Thursday night.
H-I-S-T-O-R-Y was made on Thursday, January 4, 2008, in Iowa. Let’s hope this “landslide for change” results in what was thought virtually unbelievable just months, [...]

Who will be the GOP nomination winner?..we are officially clueless – Post No. 011608-2

One thing about the Republican presidential race is certain – the nomination won’t be by acclamation.
The fight for the party nod isn’t likely to end until well into February – or even beyond – as Mitt Romney, John McCain and Mike Huckabee have divvied up the early states, and no clear front-runner with a burst [...]

Democratic Debate in Nevada: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly – Post No. 011608-1

While the long series of presidential debates have sometimes acted to ratchet up tensions among the candidates, the faceoff Tuesday night among the three remaining competitive candidates for the Democratic nomination had the unusual effect of quelling a recent controversy. The first question asked at the debate in Las Vegas – a prelude to Nevada’s [...]

Clinton, Obama vow to bury race debate – Post No. 011508-4

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama blamed aides and campaign surrogates Tuesday night for fueling a campaign controversy over race, jointly pledging at a debate on Martin Luther King’s birthday to put the matter behind them.
Obama said “not only in hindsight, but going forward,” he regretted that his [...]

Romney wins convincing Michigan victory – Post No. 011508-3

DETROIT (AP) — Mitt Romney scored his first major primary victory Tuesday, a desperately needed win in his native Michigan that gave his weakened presidential candidacy new life. It set the stage for a wide-open Republican showdown in South Carolina in just four days.
Three GOP candidates now have won in the first four states to [...]

Relevance of The NMSDC to Minority Business in the 21st Century – Post No. 011508-2

January 15, 2008
Kim Brown
Public Relations Department
National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc.
1040 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor
New York, New York 10018
Dear Ms. Brown:
SUBJECT: Relevance of the NMSDC to Minority Business in the 21st Century
In light of the changing political climate in our country, and the imminence of a our having a new President in the [...]

It’s getting tight… aThree-Way Race in Michigan Presidential Primary – Post No. 011408-2

Native son Mitt Romney has the most at stake in Michigan’s Republican primary.
Polls show that Romney, a former Massachusetts governor who grew up in Michigan, is running close to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Arizona Sen. John McCain in Tuesday’s race.
According to Bill Ballenger, a former state legislator and the publisher of Inside Michigan [...]

GOP Membership Jumping Ship! – Post No. 011408-1

The percentage of Americans who identified as Republicans in 2007 is the lowest of any of the 20 calendar years since 1988 that Gallup has conducted its interviewing primarily by telephone. An average of 27.7% of Americans identified as Republicans, based on more than 26,000 Gallup interviews in 2007. The previous low in Republican identification [...]

It’s the Economy, Stupid! – Post No. 011308-2

 
By David J. Lynch
Former Treasury secretary Robert Rubin and several prominent economists Thursday backed a temporary fiscal stimulus of around $100 billion designed to spur job growth and consumer spending as the economy flirts with recession.
Supporters said Congress should move quickly to enact precisely targeted tax cuts and spending to jump-start the flagging economy. Among [...]

No Improvement in Job Scores for Bush or Congress – Post No. 011308-1

 
Public approval ratings of President George W. Bush and the United States Congress haven’t budged from their most recent December readings. Both figures continue to be extraordinarily weak, approaching historical low points in Gallup trends. While President Bush at least enjoys majority support from members of his own Republican Party, disapproval of Congress is a [...]