President Barack Obama deserves some credit for his upcoming trip to Israel. Better late than never, as the saying goes. Yet the same does not apply to Obama’s policy on Iran, which might well deserve the inverse: better never than
The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was a success–surprisingly. The venue was inconveniently outside the District of Columbia. The media were focused on controversial issues like gay marriage and controversial personalities like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Morale among conservatives
It’s widely felt that Media Matters for America is declining in influence, and today I was reminded why. In a piece entitled “What The Media Need To Know About CPAC 2013,” Media Matters’ Hannah Groch-Begley and Chelsea Rudman described me as
Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) is the unsung heroine of the foreign policy debates of the past few months. A Tea Party candidate who was elected in the 2010 wave, Ayotte has been one of the most reliable voices on the
In an early morning press conference at the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC), Donald Trump held forth on the federal budget, the state of the economy, his decision not to run in 2012, and the nation’s future. Trump also laid
[Update (May 2, 2013): President Barack Obama will indeed nominate Pritzker as Secretary of Commerce.] Penny Pritzker, the Hyatt heir and former subprime mortgage lender who was deemed too controversial to lead the Department of Commerce four years ago, is now
Jonathan Krohn, the precocious kid who became a sensation at CPAC 2009 after he delivered a rousing defense of conservatism, has spent much of the day dumping on CPAC 2013, and yours truly, on his Twitter feed. Joel Pollack: “It’s
The following remarks were prepared for delivery to the Conservative Political Action Conference following a speech by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). It is a privilege to address CPAC, and a challenge to follow Sen. Rand Paul. In the spirit of
Former American International Group (AIG) CEO Hank Greenberg accused the Obama administration Wednesday of threatening the company not to join a class action lawsuit that he has brought against the federal government over the terms of the 2008 AIG bailout. Minutes
The picture above is making the rounds–Pope Francis, then Archbishop of Buenos Aires, lighting the Chanukah candles with members of Argentina’s Jewish community. Francis is well regarded for his outreach to other faiths, and has been welcomed by
@saintseagull @conclavechimney @conclaveseagull If one Seagull Twitter account is good, two must be better! — Pius Pietrzyk (@PiusOP) March 13, 2013 Not a slow news day–just an inevitable result of millions of people watching one live webcam feed.
Politico’s Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman have produced a snarky yet sadly misguided analysis of the political backdrop to CPAC 2013. Their take reflects the mainstream media’s focus on particular personalities, as well as issues the left believes ought to define
Attorney General Eric Holder faces new questions about racial bias at the Department of Justice (DOJ), as well as about the veracity of his testimony before Congress, as the result of a new Inspector General report and documents obtained by
On ABC’s Good Morning America, host (and former Clinton White House staffer) George Stephanopoulos and his crew covered billionaire George Soros’s lawsuit against his Brazilian girlfriend, which includes allegations of physical abuse. Yet ABC and Stephanopoulos failed to describe Soros’s
When former American International Group (AIG) CEO Hank Greenberg sued the federal government over the terms of the 2008 bailout, saying that the shareholders had been shortchanged, the left pilloried Greenberg as a plutocrat out for revenge. Ed Schulz of
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), the House Minority Whip, attempted to pre-empt Rep. Paul Ryan’s new budget, which balances within ten years, by accusing the Wisconsin Republican of hurting “middle class, seniors, veterans, women, children, federal employees, low-income families, and those nearing
Following the example of the inestimable Charles Krauthammer, who calculated that President Barack Obama’s $1 million golf trip with Tiger Woods would pay for a full year of White House tours (at $18,000 per week), I decided to calculate the
Double standards: they’re not just for government anymore. The Boston Globe reported this weekend that Harvard University administrators went into resident deans’ email accounts to hunt for the person who leaked a story about massive student cheating (in a course about
Politico notes that the biggest obstacle to Democrats’ hopes of re-taking the House of Representatives in 2014 may be President Barack Obama. And the reason? His crusade for gun control: Adding to the complications of running as a conservative Democrat
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a member of the Democratic Party’s leadership in the House of Representatives, suggested to Jason Mattera at a Feb. 13 women’s rights rally that plans for an assault weapons ban and private-sales background checks were only
Rep. Paul Ryan has indicated that House Republicans have no intention of following those Republican governors who have accepted Obamacare as the “law of the land,” as Gov. Chris Christie called it last month. On Sunday, Ryan, who chairs the
Reports in the Israeli media and social media indicate that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have secured a deal to form a new governing coalition–one that excludes ultra-religious, “Haredi” parties. The exclusion of the Haredi parties was the
The 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) will open this week amidst an air of uncertainty in the conservative movement. This CPAC is not unlike the 2009 conference, in the aftermath of President Barack Obama’s first election, when delegates struggled
Because I just can’t bring myself to rename it the “Full Bush.” From… Breitbart (Politico buried the lede!): Bush will appear on the classic Ginsburg set: ABC’s This Week, CBS’ Face the Nation, CNN’s State of the Union, Fox News’ Fox
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush will do the “full Ginsburg” on Sunday morning–appearing on the Sunday news shows of every major network. In addition, he will appear on a sixth show, setting a new media record. The original feat is
