Today, the media is swooning over Barack Obama’s supposedly huge lead in the state of Ohio. Politico is reporting that unnamed Mitt Romney advisers — they’re always unnamed – say that President Obama has a far easier path to re-election
According to new analysis of unemployment data by the National Employment Law Project, while 60 percent of the jobs lost during the 2008-2009 financial crisis were in middle income occupations, the vast majority – 58 percent – of jobs created
According to Dean Obeidallah, commentator at CNN.com, white Protestants have “jumped the shark.” Here’s what Obeidallah had to say: I’m sincerely not gloating. And my jibes are in jest. But what I’m happy about is that our two major political
According to a French surgeon treating fighters in Syria, foreign Islamists are pouring into the country, joining rebels to fight the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Jacques Beres worked in a hospital in northern Syria; he explained that well over 6
According to the Chairoscuro Foundation, New York City’s disastrous abortion rate – 41 percent of all pregnancies in the city end in abortion – is largely the result of repeat abortions. The highest rate of abortion in New York City
On Saturday, Gov. Mitt Romney talked about resistance at the Democratic National Convention to re-inserting a mention of God in the party platform. “For me,” said Romney, “the Pledge of Allegiance and placing our hand over our heart reminds us
During his excellent lawyering case for a very guilty client, former President Bill Clinton dropped a bombshell that stunned much of the media. He said, “Since 1961, for 52 years now, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years,
This morning on CBS’ Face the Nation, President Obama made clear that the centerpiece of his entire presidential campaign will be his Ahab-like quest to raise Americans’ taxes. Last year, Republicans signaled they were willing to raise some taxes in
President Obama and Vice President Biden mirrored each other’s thematics particularly well last night. They were on point with regard to redistribution of wealth and foreign policy. They were shoulder-to-shoulder on government spending and fibs about Obama’s personal history. But
As the civil war among Democrats rages over the reinsertion of Jerusalem and God in the Democratic Party platform and the exclusion of other pro-Israel language from that platform, a second front is opening up among liberal media allies. The
Bill Clinton’s speech last night at the Democratic National Convention was a brilliant act performed by a master magician. It was also, like all magic, sleight-of-hand. Actually, to be more blunt, it was a toxic, 50-minute bromide of lies, prevarications,
Despite yesterday’s chaos on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in an attempt to restore Jerusalem and God to the Democratic Party 2012 platform, full pro-Israel language from the 2008 platform has not been and will not be restored.
Tonight, former President Bill Clinton took to the floor of the Democratic National Convention to deliver a long, meandering speech light on rhetoric, long on word count, and short on facts. The speech will provide rich fodder for fact checkers
The Democratic National Convention, reeling from today’s chaotic fiasco surrounding the reinsertion of pro-Israel, pro-God language into the party platform, has announced that President Obama personally intervened to ensure that that language was revived. But Politico is now reporting that
Update: In a departure from his text as provided to journalists, Wolpe ad-libbed a statement of support for Jerusalem as the capital of Israel–an issue that had divided delegates on the convention floor. Tonight, Rabbi David Wolpe gave the closing benediction.
Tuesday night, Michelle Obama took the stage at the Democratic National Convention to deliver an impassioned defense of her incompetent husband. It didn’t focus on his record. It focused on his feelings. “Serving as your First Lady is an honor
Julian Castro, Mayor of San Antonio, delivered a passionate keynote speech tonight. Some moments of it were clearly plagiarized from the speeches of Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) at the Republican National Convention. The mood in
Nothing pumps up Democrats like screeching about abortion, and in that spirit, Nancy Keenan or National Abortion Rights Action League Pro-Choice America took the stage tonight to wild applause. “We believe in funding family planning because it helps to prevent
Tonight, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) took to the podium to lie repeatedly about President Obama’s record. In flowing tones, he explained, “Some said he shouldn’t move heaven and earth to get bin Laden.” Just who said that, aside
For those on the ground in Charlotte, it is becoming clear just what the Democratic National Convention 2012 is: the most astroturfed political event in recent memory. First, Breitbart News reported that the Democrats could be using trick photography to
How many tweets about the anuses of conservative women does it take to get fired from Nickelodeon? More than two, apparently. Yesterday, Breitbart Managing Editor Alexander Marlow emailed West Coast Vice President of Nickelodeon Ariana Urbont about Jason Biggs, star
Tonight’s Obamafest 2012 will kick off in the world’s tiniest arena. There are perhaps 300 seats on the floor of the Time Warner Cable Arena; half of the floor space is taken up by a gargantuan TV platform. By contrast,
Tonight, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) is slated to kick of a rousing round of “blame the Republicans” at the Democratic National Convention. He’ll be speaking at approximately 8:30 PM EDT, ushering Americans into primetime coverage. First, he’ll blame Republicans for
Media availability for Obama officials and acolytes has been shut up as tight as a clam for conservative media here at the Democratic National Convention. According to sources at Talk Radio News Service, placing a stringer outside the designated TV
