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Roland Martin’s Debate Prep Advice For President Obama: Get A Hype Man Like Bundini Brown

Roland Martin has some advice for President Barack Obama to help him prepare for his second debate against Mitt Romney; get a hype man like Bundini Brown.

California City Bans Smoking In Duplexes And Other Multi-Family Homes

Source: Ronnie Cohen / Reuters / NBC News SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – A San Francisco suburb on Monday banned smoking in duplexes, condominiums and other multi-family homes, with city leaders saying they hoped to lead a wave of such regulations across California and ultimately the country. The City Council in San Rafael, a community of 57,000 [...]

theGrio: 3 White NY High School Students In Blackface Re-Enact Chris Brown-Rihanna Beating

Source: Abdul Sada / theGrio Three white high school students in Waverly, New York, performed a satirical “re-enactment” of Chris Brown’s infamous beating of his then-girlfriend Rihanna, in blackface, at a pep rally in front of students, parents, community leaders, and the media. The act has decried as racist by former students of the high school, and [...]

Battery Maker A123′s Bankruptcy Drawing Scrutiny Of Obama’s Green Stimulus Before Debate

Source: Tom Zeller Jr. / The Huffington Post With the second presidential debate just hours away, a bankruptcy announced Tuesday by a company that received federal stimulus funding under President Barack Obama threatened to provide new ammunition for critics of the president’s energy and environmental spending and put the White House on the defensive. The [...]

Charity President: Paul Ryan “Did Nothing” At Soup Kitchen Photo-Op

Source: Brian Montopoli / CBS News The head of a charity in northeastern Ohio where Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan and his family were photographed cleaning dishes over the weekend said Monday that Ryan was not authorized to be on the premises and “did nothing” while there. Brian J. Antag, president of the Mahoning County [...]

Ex-Reagan Adviser: Romney’s Tax Plan Will Not Jump-Start The Economy

Source: Bonnie Kavoussi / The Huffington Post Contrary to the Romney campaign’s promises, a former economic adviser to President Ronald Reagan says that Mitt Romney’s tax plan just won’t revive the economy. “The idea that tax reform will jump-start an economy suffering from the after-effects of a cyclical downturn is nonsense,” Bruce Bartlett wrote in a New York Times blog post on [...]

Hight Stakes? Obama, Romney To Debate In Town Hall; What Should You Expect (VIDEO)

Obama and Romney square off Tuesday in a town hall debate. CNN’s Athena Jones looks at the high stakes. WATCH:

WASHINGTON WATCH: Actress Lynn Whitfield & The Young Professionals For Change VP Debate Reaction (VIDEO)

Roland Martin attended the Young Professionals for Change debate watch party this past Wednesday in New York. Here’s what they had to say about the debate… MR. BRIAN BENJAMIN:  My name is Brian Benjamin, founder of Young Professionals United for Change.  Glad to be here hosting this watch party. I think it’s very clear that [...]

Washington Watch with Roland Martin, 10.14.12, Video Podcast

At the top of our agenda this week: throw-down in Kentucky. Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan go at it — hard. What must the President do to win his next debate and the election? The Supreme Court takes up and could strike down affirmative action, highlighting the critical choices presidents make on [...]

Koch Brothers To Workers: Vote For Romney Or ‘Suffer The Consequences’

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: Martha C. White / NBC News As a contentious election season enters its final weeks, a flurry of communication from corporate leaders to rank-and-file workers strongly implies that voting for Obama could imperil their jobs and their financial stability. Employees of a paper [...]