Politics

Halfway through, they should have stopped the fight.  Gov. Mitt Romney eviscerated a staggering and bewildered President Barack Obama tonight in one of the most lopsided presidential debates in American history. Throughout the debate, which focused on domestic policy, Obama

By SARA BURNETTAssociated PressCHICAGOU.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s wife said Wednesday her husband is seeing his doctor two to three times a week and that she doesn’t know if he will return to work before the Nov. 6 election. Chicago

(AP) DENVERRepublican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are tangling over taxes in their first presidential debate. Romney says that Obama has mischaracterized his tax plan by calling it a $5 trillion tax cut. Obama responded that Romney appears to be

By JULIE PACE and DAVID ESPOAssociated PressDENVERPrimed for a showdown, President Barack Obama accused Republican rival Mitt Romney in campaign debate Wednesday night of wanting to “double down on the top-down policies” that led to a devastating economic downturn four

(AP) DENVERThe first debate between Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney is under way at the University of Denver. Obama and Romney are taking the stage in the first of three 90-minute presidential debates scheduled this month. The

Bill Pascrell, Democratic incumbent Congressman from New Jersey’s 9th district, has threatened his Republican opponent, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, with “suffering.” Referring to Boteach, Pascrell blustered: “He’ll have to suffer with the people who he’s getting the money from.” Pascrell didn’t

Denver is a very blue city in a state best described as purple. Drive around town and you’re likely to see Obama-Biden lawn signs and Obama 2012 bumper stickers in vast numbers. Tonight, the Mile High City welcomed the candidates

This morning, I wrote about the Obama campaign spreading misinformation about early voting in Pasco County, Florida. The effort is an obvious attempt to confuse voters and potentially reduce the number of GOP voters turning up at the polls. However,

Tax returns released on Tuesday by Angus King, the former Maine Governor and current Independent Senate candidate, showed that he is in the top 1% of income earners in America and that he paid a significantly lower tax rate than

Barack Obama’s “Truth Team” – the most Orwellian name for a campaign organization in recent memory – has unleashed an email this afternoon calling on its supporters to spam Facebook, Twitter, and other social media with pro-Obama propaganda during the

The presidential debate offers a rare opportunity to rise above the usual campaign froth and spin.  It’s a nationwide job interview where each participant will try to put their best foot forward without getting it anywhere near their mouth.  It

With the release of a 2007 speech in which candidate Obama made some unusually strong statements about race, now is as good a time as any to reveal another long lost Obama video. This clip from a January, 21 2002

Back in 2008, President Obama rested his campaign on the enthusiasm of young people. Now, it appears that he’s got problems with the youth contingent. According to a new poll, less young voters are interested in this election, and less

Barack Obama portrays himself as the great defender of the middle class. But the American public seems to agree with Vice President Joe Biden that under Obama’s watch, the middle class has been “buried.” According to a new poll, 85

Paul Volcker may be right when he said on Monday at the New York Athletic Club, regarding the Federal Reserve’s latest bond-buying program, that “…it’s not going to have any effect on inflation in the short run…The basic situation is

This week, Politico released its latest Battleground poll of the presidential race. Despite coming from the left-wing news site, the poll is one of my favorites. Its put together by respected pollsters from both parties, makes available its full cross-tabs

Angus King, the supposed independent backed by the Democratic party who once held a gigantic lead of almost 30 points in the Maine Senate race, is now in serious trouble. According to a new poll conducted by the National Republican

Barack Obama is practicing a sneaky way of firing people from their jobs without them knowing until after he’s reelected. His labor department is, in effect, bribing defense contractors to wait until after the November election to announce the certain

The Obama campaign arm, Organizing for America, is telling voters in Pasco County, Florida that early voting starts today. Early voting in Florida doesn’t start until October 27th. The thousands of robo-calls and door-to-door outreach from the Obama campaign, however,

Operation Fast and Furious was not the only gun walking program. Univision shed some light on another, Operation Castaway, centered around Hugh Crumpler, a 65 year old Vietnam War vet. Guns from this operation were found in Honduras, Puerto Rico,

The death of ICE Agent Jaime Zapata is rarely reported. People accuse the media, including Breitbart News, of ignoring him or excluding him from Operation Fast and Furious coverage. The fact is Agent Zapata isn’t connected to Fast and Furious

Businesswoman and philanthropist Susan Crown, a former Obama supporter and a member of one of Chicago’s most influential families, told an audience of over 300 women and men, “In the midst of the Obama administration, I became profoundly disappointed, disillusioned

The Obama campaign and the media have overplayed their hand. By suggesting, for three weeks, that the election is over, they created consternation among Republicans and conservative critics that blunted the effectiveness of Mitt Romney’s message. Yet in so doing,

Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie was shot and killed early yesterday morning near Naco, AZ. The 30 year old joined the Border Patrol in January of 2008 and was a native of Provo, Utah. Cochise County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Carol Capas