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Brutal pro-Obama super PAC ad blames Romney for indrectly causing woman cancer death

Dominic Carter | August 7, 2012
Ads run by super PACs are typically harsher than the candidates' own campaign ads, so here we go.

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As a Diabetic Taking Insulin Twice a Day, I Believe Bloomberg Is Right About Soda Ban

Dominic Carter | June 10, 2012

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Stop and Frisk controversy is growing

Dominic Carter | June 8, 2012

Stop and Frisk Part two. The way we discussed it on RNN-TV this week.

This as City and state legislators stood side by side with New York's congressional delegation in Washington, D.C. to demand that the Justice Department investigate the New York City Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisk policies.

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Zimmerman is back in jail

Dominic Carter | June 4, 2012

George Zimmerman, accused of murder is back behind bars after the judge ruled Zimmerman misled the court over his finances.

Zimmerman, accused of murder in the Trayvon Martin case, turned himself in to authorities in Florida Sunday after his bail was revoked.

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Cuomo is riding sky high

Dominic Carter | May 30, 2012
Boy do New Yorkers love their Governor.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo just pulled in his highest approval rating ever– at 71 percent.

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Republicans are back to “dissing” Mitt. This time its Giuliani

Dominic Carter | May 28, 2012

  

With Friends like this, who needs enemies?

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani went on TV yesterday as a surrogate for presidential contender Mitt Romney — that part is expected, but Giuliani wasn't drinking the Kool Aid. Giuliani seemed to pump himself up more than the presumed GOP nominee.

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Use of Rev. Wright Would Be a Disaster, but Not Necessarily for Obama

Dominic Carter | May 22, 2012
Be careful what you wish for.

Or what your powerful supporters might have possibly wanted.

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So Many X Factors in Next Year’s Race for NYC Mayor

Dominic Carter | May 18, 2012

Conventional wisdom and recent polling indicates City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is the one to beat in the 2013 race for mayor, but it may not be that simple.

Quinn by all accounts, is the front-runner now, but the race, about a year and a half away, is a lifetime in the world of politics.

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Christie/Booker deal with their rivalry with a funny skit

Dominic Carter | May 16, 2012

New Jersey's Republican Gov. Chris Christie and Newark's Democratic Mayor Cory Booker have teamed up in a new web parody video portraying the two men as bitter political rivals desperately trying to one up each other. It's funny with Booker basically serving as Superman. "I got it, Governor!" Booker says, prompting a hapless Christie to fume, "Booker!"

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Obama Commercial Hits Romney Hard, and where it hurts

Dominic Carter | May 14, 2012

The Obama campaign is hitting hard at Romney, with a 2-minute ad on Mitt Romney's Bain Capital.

Targeting Romney's involvement in the acquistion of GST Steel, the commercial shows workers at a shuttered plant pinning Romney and Bain with the blame.

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