At the Democratic national convention, former president throws his weight behind onetime foe in major boost to campaign BY: Ewen MacAskill in Charlotte for the guardian.co.uk, Thursday 6 September 2012 06.32 BST Bill Clinton, formerly one of Barack Obama‘s most bitter critics inside the Democratic party, has thrown all his prestige and popularity unequivocally behind […]
Video – Bill Clinton’s Speech at DNC 2012
By Kenya Today In his DNC speech, the former president states that Obama brought arithmetic to Washington, while the numbers of Romney’s plan don’t add up. According to the BBC, Clinton’s speech was an ultimate effort to gain white middleclass votes for Obama. Bill Clinton speech – DNC 2012 – Highlights [divider] Bill Clinton […]
Video: Michelle Obama’s speech at DNC
By Kenya Today Michelle’s speech for the Democretic Convention was incredibly succesfull; it destroyed Twitter with 28.000 tweets per minute. It was the first lady’s job to remind the voters why they liked Obama, and she rose to the challenge. Watch her DNC speech, where she shares personal stories about her husband. Michelle Obama’s […]
Mitt Romney’s Acceptance Speech
By Kenya Today Presidential candidate Mitt Romney formally accepted his nomination at the Republican Convention in Tampa. In his acceptance speech, Romney asked for support of the voters and that it’s a great honour to be nominated. Watch Mitt Romney’s Acceptance Speech (full version):
Black Republican activists strive to recruit African Americans to GOP cause
Conservative groups insist that the dream of winning over African Americans from the Democratic party is not a lost cause
Politics of ethnic alliances and ethno-regional parties: Which way for Kenya?
By Antony Otieno Ongáyo, August 27, 2012 While much has been discussed about Kenyan political parties, their leaders, lack of internal democracy, lack of ideologies and ethnic orientation, any genuine analysis of their history needs to take cognizance of the fact that Kenya has undergone many phases and transformation in terms of political party […]
A strategy for filtering America’s toxic sludge of political advertising
Until media firms are forced to disclose where the ad dollars for this mendacious propaganda comes from, believe nothing
Young Kenyans shun tribalism over fears of post-election violence
Many citizens are tiring of divisive rhetoric used by politicians on campaign trail and seek to avoid a repeat of 2007 ethnic unrest
Democrats’ nerves start to show as Ryan fires up conservative voters
The Republican candidate was kept on the back foot for weeks but in choosing Paul Ryan, Romney is looking to his core vote
Obama bests Romney in the social media campaign, research shows
Study indicates Obama is in front of his GOP challenger on social media, but neither spends much time on engagement