Politics & Policy

Romney has a lot of reason to smile, the winds of change are blowing in his favor.

Eye of the Tiger - The rise of Mitt Romney

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/18/2012

It's a good time to be Mitt Romney. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee is rising in the polls and his favorability ratings have just risen above 50 percent. He is now within easy striking distance of Obama, who voters find disappointing and increasingly unelectable. LOS ANGELES, ...

Romney picks up steam against Obama

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/18/2012

In another sign that Romney is nipping close at Obama's heels, Romney's campaign generated $40.1 million in April, almost as much as Obama raised during the same time. Fundraising is crucial as experts now believe the election will be close and decided by voters in a few battleground states. ...

Austerity? What austerity? Obama pays bonuses.

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/17/2012

Many Americans still struggle to find work, or to make do with what they have, but Obama has still managed to pay federal employees $430 million in bonuses. It must be a nice to be a high-ranking federal employee these days. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Senior executives in Washington and ...

No matter how many of these you have, you may not be able to dodge US taxes for much longer...

Ex-PATRIOT Act to go after tax dodgers

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/17/2012

Uncle Sam doesn't like it when you dodge your taxes. Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin announced that he was renouncing his US citizenship ahead of Facebook's IPO, a move that would keep the government from getting its hands on his share of some $4 billion from the move. WASHINGTON DC ...

Twenty-four-year old Michael Wear is married and grew up in Buffalo, New York. The young evangelical worships at the National Community Church in Washington, D.C.

President appoints 24-year-old man for 'faith outreach'

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/16/2012

As if in response to Christian leaders who say the current White House is slow to address "faith issues," President Obama has selected a 23 - soon to 24-year-old man as their "faith outreach manager." The new religious outreach director, Michael Wear graduated from George Washington ...

Sorry Obama, but our eyes are open

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/16/2012

Like the old joke about puppies that go from being Democrats to Republicans, the left is beginning to realize what the rest of the country has known for some time - that Obama is in serious jeopardy. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The joke goes: A democrat was jogging in a park when she ...

While the heterosexual, married father of two doesn't fit the standard notion of a gay man, many see the cover as an attempt by Newsweek to best rival news magazine Time for shocking covers.

Newsweek proclaims Obama as the 'First Gay President'

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/14/2012

The cover depicts U.S. President Barack Obama with a stern expression on his face while enveloped in a rainbow-hued halo, the symbol of gay pride. Newsweek magazine declares Obama as "The First Gay President." While the heterosexual, married father of two doesn't fit the standard notion of a gay ...

Obama and his then pastor, Jeremiah Wright.

Jeremiah Wright - Obama offered 150k to keep quiet

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/14/2012

In a bombshell revelation, Rev. Jeremiah Wright said Barack Obama asked him not to preach until after the 2008 election. According to a report the in New York Post and a follow up on The Blaze, Obama's staff offered money to the preacher if he would stop speaking until November. CHICAGO, IL ...

Severe cuts to California schools and public safety face the state if voters fail to approve tax increases in November, California Governor Jerry Brown says. The state's budget deficit has swelled to a projected $16 billion, much larger than what was previously predicted.

California is bankrupt with $16 billion debt

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/14/2012

Severe cuts to California schools and public safety face the state if voters fail to approve tax increases in November, California Governor Jerry Brown says. The state's budget deficit has swelled to a projected $16 billion, much larger than what was previously predicted. LOS ANGELES, CA ...

Former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum is urging Republican candidate Mitt Romney to 'step up' and 'weaponize' the issue of same-sex marriage. 'This is a very potent weapon, if you will, for Governor Romney if he's willing to step up and take advantage of a president who is very much out of touch with the values of America.'

Santorum urges Romney to weaponize same sex marriage issue

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 5/14/2012

Former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum is urging Republican candidate Mitt Romney to "step up" and "weaponize" the issue of same-sex marriage. "This is a very potent weapon, if you will, for Governor Romney if he's willing to step up and take advantage of a president who is very ...