Reasonable people might suggest that it is outrageous that CIA chief David Petraeus and the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, General John Allen, would take the time–mere days after the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, and
The United States of America just re-elected the most radical president in its history after four years in which he expanded the power of the state, spent lavishly on redistributive programs, and adopted a policy of “leading from behind” in
There are three basic ways to understand the Republican defeat last Tuesday–and how to learn from it in future. There was the loss in the Electoral College, where Obama had focused intensely on winning key states; there was the loss
“I think Republicans will have to give in much more than they think. He won re-election… “Elections have consequences… The leadership in the Republican Party and the leadership in the conservative movement has to pull back, let people float new
In late 2011, long before the first caucuses and primaries of the 2012 election, I had the opportunity to speak with someone high up in Mitt Romney’s finance world, and warned him that the conservative base wasn’t warming to the
President Barack Obama once promised, as a U.S. Senator, to honor veterans of the Cold War, who have never received official recognition and are therefore prevented from full participation in many Veterans Day celebrations. But he never fulfilled that promise–neither
The new conventional wisdom in the aftermath of the 2012 elections is that Republicans face two challenges: first, that the United States is no longer a center-right nation, but a center-left one; second, that the country’s demographic shift away from
Throughout 2012, there have been signs that Israel was planning a pre-emptive strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. First, none other than Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta suggested that Israel would strike in the spring (thus undermining the strike). Then Israeli
Your liberal friends aren’t as liberal as they think they are. Most–not all–actually share what you believe about freedom, responsibility, and limited government. They just will not bring themselves to acknowledge their values openly, or vote for them. But they
As an immigrant, married to a fellow immigrant, I have to say I am puzzled that some conservatives are urging the Republican Party to embrace amnesty for illegal immigration in the wake of Tuesday’s election–even those who otherwise think the
As Republicans try to explain their Election Day losses in terms of policy, tactics, and strategy, one factor is emerging as the essential difference between the Obama and Romney campaigns on November 6: the absolute failure of Romney’s get-out-the-vote effort,
The Breitbart News Network/Judicial Watch post-election survey released today is a warning to those who have argued, in the wake of the 2012 election, that the way for the Republican Party to broaden its appeal is to compromise on core
Breitbart News and Judicial Watch teamed up with Public Opinion Strategies to conduct our own exit poll on Election Day, focusing on questions we knew the mainstream media would neglect to ask voters. The results of the exit poll are
The United States faced the same choice that other democracies in crisis have faced: whether to continue down a path of bigger government and smaller liberties, in search of the elusive ideal of equality, or whether to trust individual freedom
California voters narrowly approved Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed “temporary” tax hikes on wealthy earners, by a margin of 54% to 46% yesterday. The referendum will allow the big-spending state to raise revenues from those earning over $250,000 per
On November 6, the people of the United States rejected President Barack Obama. And re-elected him to a second term in office. Though Obama failed to win a majority in the popular vote–and may even have lost the popular vote
Among those major newspapers that have endorsed a presidential candidate, Republican Mitt Romney has picked up twelve of those that President Barack Obama won in 2008, while Obama has won the endorsement of only one of the newspapers that backed
The following reports were received via the Breitbart News ELECTION TIP LINE (noreply@breitbart.com) as of 1:30 a.m. EST, Election Day, November 6. Note that you should not mess with Texas yard signs: California I walked my neighborhood and only saw one
CBS News’ Steve Kroft, whose 60 Minutes interview with President Barack Obama was selectively withheld from view, recently denied there had been any attempt by the media to cover up for Obama on the Benghazi attacks. Kroft told an audience in
