Ever since Mitt Romney all but wrapped up the GOP nomination earlier this year he and Barack Obama have been firing political salvos at each other. But despite tens of millions of dollars spent on attack ads by the Obama and Romney campaigns and their surrogates, the race appears to be a toss-up.
July 20, 2012 The careful news follower has already heard about the expected rise in prices at the grocery store due to this summers harsh drought conditions across the country. What you may not have expected was how this dry season will affect prices at the gas pumps
July 16, 2012 MSNBC political activist Ed Schultz has been busy in the last few days, attacking presidential candidate Mitt Romney for his international investments. Schultz has critiqued Romney's Swiss Bank accounts as "unpatriotic" and "un-American". Apparently Canada isn't a foreign country.
Thanks to his support of civil rights, Bill Clinton has been wryly dubbed by some as “America’s first black president.” But chances are good Morgan Freeman disagrees with that — in fact, he says even Barack Obama doesn’t qualify for the title.
July 9, 2012 President Obama’s former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright delivered a sermon just two miles from the White House. The Daily reports that Wright was particularly critical of African-Americans educated in and shaped by white America.
July 6, 2012 Apparently $98.5 million dollars from the Federal Government wasn't enough to get Nevada Geothermal Power's solar-panel company off the ground. Just like Solyndra (which received $535 million dollars from taxpayers), the alternative energy company looks like it's going to fail
July 3, 2012 As so many Americans are walking away from properties, and companies being bankrupt when they can't unload some land. The government is finding they own buildings and they have let them go. Run down and vacant buildings are being paid for by taxpayers.
July 3, 2012 Now that the Supreme Court has weighed in on the legality of the Affordable Care Act, food service executives are beginning to weigh in on what the ramifications will be for their industry.
The news is not good
The Obama campaign has been catching grief lately for suggesting that wedding guests donate money to his 2012 presidential run in lieu of more traditional gifts. However, their latest campaign gambit to combine love and politics is likely to be a bit better received.
June 25, 2012 Apparently there isn't enough cash in the coffers for the Obama campaign. In a new fundraising campaign, Obama directs Americans to consider giving up their wedding, birthday, and special event presents; Instead, he wants citizens to convince their loved ones to donate to his Presidential campaign instead
June 22, 2012 I had the pleasure of Talking with Duluth Mayor Don Ness, He was kind enough to call into the morning show and talk about the state of Duluth on Thursday. I just want to personally thank the Mayor, he could have said he was too busy and I would have understood, but he made the time to call in and talk.
Listen to the interview below;
June 12, 2012 He knows who your mother is - and who she voted for in the last election. The Obama campaign is mining through the digital world to find out information about you in unprecedented ways, in an effort to win the White House in November
