Election, the president ial election, according to the fox news exit polls, 93 of africanamericans voted for barack obama. Only 6 voted for governor mitt romney. My question is, why . Well, lets take a look at the statistics. Now, back when barack obama became president back in january of 2009, the Unemployment Rate among africanamericans was a startling 12. 7 . But guess what . Fast forward four years. That number is even worse. The current Unemployment Rate of this group is now 13. 5 . Now unfortunately those arent the only startling statistics when it comes to those who need food stamp assistance. In 2009 over 7 million africanamericans participated in the program. Now according to the most recent information that we have, this number has now risen over 10 million. And thats not all. In 2009 over 9 million africanamericans were listed as living in poverty. This shouldnt come as a shock today. That number is worse. According to the latest data, over 10 million are now listed in that
Back byto the back of the air force one and spoke ten minutes off the record. This is as try as true as giving them more free food. The only thing that the press likes more is juicy information is information so juicy they cant tell anyone about it. Where do they go from here . No one knows, but i have a feelingfeeling this golf excursion is not the last time the president flips the press the birdie. Im done talking now. Michael thanks brett. Someone is always in our war room. Check us out online at current. Com the war room and check out our exclusive web extras. Have a great night and well see you back here tomorrow night. Cenk welcome back to the young turks. All of a sudden in washington, d. C. , we got a new sheriff in town, Elizabeth Warren. The question i really want to ask is about how tough you are. My question is when did you bring him to trial . The question im really asking is can you identify when you last took the wall street banks to trial . Cenk awesome and boy, do we n
To see the house engage in a profile in courage. That was a remarkable victory. House republicans got nothing in the deal. What they did end up getting were lower poll numbers. Putting it mildly. Republican Favorability Ratings went to an all time low. Some senator from arizona, he was saying today. There is a fools errand. The shut down has been a fools errand. It was a fools errand. This is really a fight for the soul of the Republican Party. That doesnt mean we cant make progress. The president outlined three areas of focus. Passing a budget, immigration reform, farm bill. There as it lot of noise out there. The government is back open after a 16day shut down. At least for 90 days. What was the big takeaway. How business is done in this town has to change republicans picked an unnecessary legislative fight with president obama and they lost. Completely. Today president obama explained that the economy suffered a big loss too. There are no winners here. These last few weeks have infl
That the president sold it on a basis that was not true has undermined the foundation of his second term. I think its rotting it away. Wait, theres a little bit more, the Washington Post obtaining an internal memo that shows an outside Health Adviser warning of trouble ahead for the rollout. Telling the administration, quote, i do not believe the relevant members of the administration understand the president s vision or have the capability to carry it out. Looking back, people are going to be scratching their heads for years going how did they make this mistake . So how do mistakes like this happen inside the west wing . Well, look, i think thats a fairly devastating story. Joining me now is democratic congressman jerry nadler from new york. I want to get your reaction from this from the Washington Post article in which it says a 2008 obama Health Campaign adviser puts the rollout this way. They were running the biggest startup in the world and they didnt have anyone who had run a sta
The local level. What does that mean practically speaking . According to former congressman and onetime boehner ally steve latourette, it means you may wake up wednesday morning and find Central Committee of the Ohio Republican party populated with a lot more members of the tea party. And the Buckeye State is not alone. When texas held its primary in march, National Outlets focused on the fact that senator john cornyn crushed his Tea Party Challenger steve stockman. But downballot in the lone star sate it was an entirely different story. Among the host of lesser rices, rice Political Science professor mark jones says the state level results show the tea party is alive and well in the state of texas. So while john boehner can kick back tonight with a glass of merlot and watch his direct results roll in, he should remember change often comes with the bottom up and reports of the tea partys demise are greatly exaggerated. Joining me now former democratic governor of ohio and president of