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NYC Man, 61 Killed In Subway Shove

NYC Man, 61 Killed In Subway Shove

Wai Kuen Kwok, 61, of the Bronx was pushed under a speeding subway car  in what police are describing as a random act by an unknown Black individual who, presumably didn’t even know the elderly man he pushed to his death

Pipeline Activists Threaten Democrats

While having approximately 50 Keystone pipeline protesters camped out on her doorstep may almost be a positive for Democrat Mary Landrieu in her Louisiana run-off election against Republican Bill Cassidy, it can hardly be a welcome sight for national Democrats

Pelosi: Shaky, Not Stirred – For Now

Pelosi: Shaky, Not Stirred – For Now

If anyone needs a drink right now, it may well be 74 year-old House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi who by all accounts gets to keep a job she’s now failed at for two election cycles. But she no longer seems to

States: Show Me The Money For Climate Change

Supposedly, Obama is re-focusing his Climate Change efforts back toward the states after playing it up on the international stage. However, if one reads between the lines, it’s not hard to see that what this is actually about for many

Why Vox Should Be Illegal

While basically a First Amendment absolutist, there may be an argument for making Vox.com – the seemingly brainless brain child of Leftist Ezra Klein – illegal as an act of education, if not compassion, as the crew at Vox doesn’t

Obama Just Stepped In A Pile Of Gruber

Obama Just Stepped In A Pile Of Gruber

There are at least two notable issues that emerge from this brief clip of Barack Obama’s latest remarks on the current fire storm surrounding Jonathan Gruber, ObamaCare and the White House. First, Obama describes Gruber as “some adviser who never

Cruz Hits ObamaCare With Gruber Video: "Can't Shake It Off"

Realizing the significance of keeping Jonathan Gruber’s growing number of newly discovered revealing statements regarding the formulation and passage of the Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare, Texas Senator ted Cruz is out with a new web video hitting ObamaCare architect

Rob Portman Talking Up White House Run

Clearly Republican Bob Portman wants the media talking up the notion that he’s considering a run for the presidency. But given his deep ties to D.C. and both previous Bush administrations, one has to wonder how he would keep any

Slate: Landrieu's "Desperate, Pointless" Campaign

How bad are things for Democrat Mary Landrieu in her bid to try and hold onto power? This bad. When Slate is calling your campaign cynical, desperate and pointless, it may well be time to give it up. But that’s

Hit By Wave, Democrats Avoided A Tsunami

If the 2014 mid-term elections constituted a wave election, new findings via a survey from the Public Religion Research Institute indicate Democrats may have just barely avoided being hit by a tsunami that could have given the GOP additional senate seats

Democrats Stuck On Stupid, Or At Least With It For Now

If you thought Democrat leadership in Washington is accountable to someone, or something other than D.C. Democrats … you’d be wrong. Despite overwhelming and near historic Democrat losses in both the House and the Senate, the party faithful are poised

October Budget Deficit Up Over Last Year's

While blaming accounting procedures, the federal government’s budget deficit for October came  in higher than it did for October of last year. According to reports, the Treasury Department reported “a $121.7 billion deficit in the first month of the fiscal year,

The Liberal Landslide Away From Mary Landrieu

Imagine the sinking feeling you might experience if the very ground you were walking on began to fall away beneath your feet. That’s likely how Mary Landrieu feels as the liberal wing of her own party cuts and  runs on

House Dems To Obama, Go Big On Immigration Reform

With news that the White House would use executive action to protect up to five million illegal immigrants from deportation, House Democrats showed their solidarity with Barack Obama in his willful disregard of American voters and how they expressed themselves

Warren May Join Democrat Senate Leadership

Warren May Join Democrat Senate Leadership

Perhaps the most vocal and even most visible Progressive member of the Senate Democrat caucus, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is reportedly “under consideration for a leadership position.” If Hillary Clinton is to be challenged from the Left for her party’s nomination

GOP Targets Reid In 2016

While it remains uncertain if outgoing Senate majority leader Harry Reid will run for re-election to the senate in 2016, for now, all signs are that he will and the GOP is making it clear he’ll have a target on

Reid "Shakes Down" Dems To Help Landrieu

Perhaps trying to save face by proving he can win something, outgoing Senate majority leader Harry reid is reportedly putting the arm on Democrats in  a big way in an effort to save a struggling Mary Landrieu in Louisiana. Politico

Democrats Playing Politics With Keystone Vote

In what is perhaps one of the more politically cynical moves one might imagine during the upcoming lame duck session of congress, Senate Democrats are considering moving forward on a vote on the Keystone pipeline as a means of propping

Democrats: Obama Can Wait On His AG Pick

Senate Democrats may have one last parting display of animosity for Barack Obama. Reports indicate they have no intention of trying to ram through his pick for Attorney General in the lame duck session. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

George W Bush: Run, Jeb, Run

In case you thought  the last Bush in the White House didn’t want Jeb Bush to run for president, former president George W. Bush has made his support official. “Jeb is making a very personal decision, and we can pressure

Landrieu Makes It Personal With Cassidy Attack

Landrieu Makes It Personal With Cassidy Attack

Struggling in the polls and locked in a race most believe she can’t win, Democrat Mary Landrieu goes after her Republican challenger Bill Cassidy in a very personal way with a new TV spot entitled “ WHOA.”  See below. The ad