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Ricketts: I’m not going to use Jeremiah Wright

NBC’s Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro discuss the day’s top political news including the possibility that republicans may use President Obama’s former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, in ads attacking the president. The Super PAC funded by Joe Ricketts has released a statement from the founder of TD Ameritrade that essentially states he will not use Jeremiah Wright as an attack against President Obama. Joe Ricketts is a registered independent, a fiscal conservative, and an outspoken critic of the Obama Administration, ...

GOP Undermines Violence Against Women Act

The passage of the Violence Against Women Act almost two decades ago was an historic moment for America’s women and girls. The law gave women new legal protections that help ensure their safety. Last month, Democratic and Republican Senators came together to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. The bill they approved would address the high rates of domestic violence committed against Native American women, ensure that LGBT victims have access to services, and make college campuses safer places to ...

Boehner: ‘I’m not threatening default’

By NBC’s Luke Russert and Mark Murray House Speaker John Boehner this day denied he was threatening default when he called yesterday for equal or greater spending cuts to accompany a future increase in the debt ceiling. “I’m not threatening default,” he stated in response to a question by NBC News. “What I’m trying to do is encourage people on both sides of the aisle on both sides of the Capitol and on both ends of Pennsylvania Ave to be ...

A day of contradictions for Obama

A day of contradictions for Team Obama… And a contradiction for Romney in Iowa… That NYT/CBS poll — things that make you go, hmmmm… Pro-Obama Super PAC doubles down on Bain… JP Morgan Chase loss spurs more speak about regulation… NE SEN primary day: Establishment front-runner beware!… And WI Dems complain about a lack of DNC money for the upcoming recall. By NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Brooke Brower Mandel Ngan / AFP – Getty Images President ...

Little-Told Stories of Big-Hearted Mitt

Mitt Romney, seen visiting a Lutheran church in New Hampshire, may not want to speak about his good works for fear of highlighting his Mormonism. Related Topics: Mitt RomneyRECOMMENDED ARTICLES Putting policy implications aside (I will get to that later), here’s what I would advise Mitt Romney to say about JP Morgan Chase’s trading loss of at least $2 billion from a failed hedging strategy: more ›› Today’s unconscionable Washington Post story, which implied without evidence that Mitt Romney was ...

Paul states he will cease campaigning in coming primaries

Texas Rep. Ron Paul stated Monday that he will cease campaigning in upcoming caucuses and primaries, an announcement of symbolic, if not substantive, significance. Paul, the libertarian-minded congressman who’d sought to convert his grassroots support and fund-raising prowess into electoral success, sent a letter to supporters announcing he had stop spending money on forthcoming nominating contests. “Moving forward, however, we will no longer spend resources campaigning in primaries in says that have not yet voted.

Romney gives Liberty University graduation speech

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney received applause from a crowd at Liberty University in Virginia when he stated that marriage should only be between a man and a woman. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports. LYNCHBURG, Va. — Delivering a commencement address at the country’s largest Christian school, presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney on Saturday defended traditional marriage and stated there is common ground between his Mormon faith and that of the largely evangelical crowd.  But it was one of the few ...

Mormon Romney gives Baptist college’s graduation speech

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney received applause from a crowd at Liberty University in Virginia when he stated that marriage should only be between a man and a woman. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports. LYNCHBURG, Va. — Delivering a commencement address at the country’s largest Christian school, presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney on Saturday defended traditional marriage and stated there is common ground between his Mormon faith and that of the largely evangelical crowd.  But it was one of the few ...

Gay Marriage a Moral & Political Win for Obama

Forty-nine years ago this spring, as he proposed the landmark civil rights reforms of the 1960s, John F. Kennedy became the first president to declare that ending racial discrimination was a moral issue — that “this nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.” Now Barack Obama has taken the next step in the unfinished journey toward that ideal: He cut through a cacophony of political advice, the ...

Gay Marriage: Why Obama Couldn’t Wait

Even though the waiting was frustrating, President Barack Obama’s announcement this day that he fully supports marriage equality for gay and lesbian Americans is historic. It will certainly go down in record books with events like Stonewall as an important milestone in the equal-rights movement. Having a President, especially this President, take a strong moral stand in favor of rights for gays will help the country complete its own evolution on the issue and lead to a day where, once ...