Notwithstanding the fact the GOP is now a whiter party than at any time in its history, no two ways about it: An African-American Senator from the post-Reconstruction South, from South Carolina of all places, would be a new day under the Sun.
Jim DeMint’s own choice to succeed him in the Senate is Rep. Tim Scott, a conservative African American freshman congressman representing South Carolina’s 1st District, a GOP official in the state tells TPM.
Big announcement from South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint that he will step down from the Senate to run the Heritage Foundation.
President Obama made public comments to this effect in front of the Business Roundtable. And various other commentators have reported it. But it’s turning out to be far more important than the jousting over tax rates that President Obama is saying flatly that he will not negotiate under any circumstances over raising the national debt limit. Read More
The 30 totally inconsistent, often contradictory, and occasionally incoherent things that Republicans say they must/must not do to rebuild. And it’s only been one month since Election Day.
PollTracker editor Kyle Leighton looks at the latest polling on the “fiscal cliff” to see what solutions people favor:
Photos from the life of the renowned jazz pianist. (Plus other notable deaths of 2012.)
Evan McMorris-Santoro is taking your questions in TPMPrime at 4 p.m. ET.
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) introducing bill to set federal standards to reduce lines at polling places and make them more accessible.
GOP ’16 pretenders try to start talking about poverty while the old guard is still dismissing Obama voters as government dependents.