In an interview with Jewish Life Television (JLTV), Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz failed to provide a single reason for Jewish voters to support President Barack Obama other than abortion, which she cast as somehow intrinsic to the
Remember “truthiness”? The Word of the Year 2006 that the left and the mainstream media used to attack President George W. Bush and his alleged dishonesty over weapons of mass destruction and just about everything else? Now the shoe is
The Obama campaign may be attacking Republican rival Mitt Romney for investing abroad, but it is not shy about raising campaign cash overseas. Last week, the campaign held a fundraiser for American expatriates in Shanghai, raking in large sums from
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Israel today, in a visit that is being billed as an effort to discuss the stalled peace process, but which Israeli media have labeled an attempt to upstage Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney,
In an exclusive interview, Romney campaign surrogate John Sununu responded to the most recent attacks by the Obama campaign and the mainstream media about Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital and the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
The mainstream media has been repeating–without any criticism, context, or opposing view–Sen. Harry Reid’s claim that Mitt Romney could not be confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve in the Cabinet–or even to serve as “dog catcher“–because he has only
President Barack Obama, who has no business or economic qualifications whatsoever, accused rival Mitt Romney in a CBS interview of being unable to grasp “the economy as a whole.” Success and profit in the private sector, Obama said, were only
The Obama campaign has apparently fed more opposition research to the dutiful stenographers in the mainstream media–this time the Boston Globe, which has recycled an old charge that Mitt Romney had not actually “left” Bain Capital in 1999, and stayed
The Romney campaign has just released a new television advertisement, “No Evidence,” in which it flatly accuses President Barack Obama of having “lied” in his campaign’s attacks on Mitt Romney for “outsourcing” jobs to foreign countries. The television ad points
Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney told the NAACP annual conference this morning: “I’ve never heard anyone look around an impoverished neighborhood and say, ‘You know, there’s too much free enterprise around here. Too many shops, too many jobs, too many
Hugo Chavez might be shipping fuel to the murderous Syrian regime. He might be helping the genocidal Iranian regime build a missile base in Venezuela that can target the United States directly. He might have supported Muammar Qaddafi, just as
For ten days, political pundits (myself included) have struggled to understand why Mitt Romney has remained so silent in the face of a blitz of negative advertising by Barack Obama, especially in crucial swing states. The Romney camp puts Obama’s
Before there was Solyndra, there was Serious Energy. The company was personally hyped by President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Senator Roland Burris (remember him?) as a “green jobs” company funded by Obama’s 2009 stimulus. Today, Serious Energy
CNN went into full anti-Romney attack mode this morning, with a false report about an anti-Koch brothers protest at a fundraiser for Mitt Romney and endless discussion of Romney’s personal finances, in keeping with the Obama campaign’s current message. The
This morning, CNN’s Ali Velshi followed the Obama campaign’s talking points to the letter, hitting Republican Mitt Romney for “offshore accounts,” “tax returns,” and for raising money in the Hamptons at the home of David Koch, the younger of the
David Maraniss’s Barack Obama: The Story has made headlines for revealing that the 44th President fabricated significant parts of his first memoir, Dreams from My Father. Yet in correcting Obama’s myths, Maraniss indulges one of his own: that Obama’s fibs
The Romney campaign today released data, including the spending chart above, showing that the Obama campaign has spent nearly $50 million on television ads, most of them negative, since Mitt Romney became the Republican nominee in April–outspending Romney three to
Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard Law School professor, liberal Democrat, and pro-Israel icon, has warned fellow Democrats to stop attacking Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate who has emerged as the top Republican donor in the 2012 election cycle. President Barack Obama’s
Unemployment is stagnant at 8.2 percent, and more people are leaving the labor force altogether. That imposes greater costs on the rest of us, who must still provide the jobless with basic necessities. As Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi might remind
“Growth nonetheless!” That was the spin this morning on the new report of stagnant 8.2% unemployment in June by American Public Media‘s Marketplace program, which airs on public radio stations nationwide. The government reported that the economy only added 80,000
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), chair of the House Budget Committee–and potential running mate of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney–told Breitbart News this week that the party’s leaders are “absolutely” committed to repealing Obamacare. “It would have been nice for the
On a hurriedly-arranged, on-the-record conference call this morning, Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and former Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota sought to reassure conservatives that Mitt Romney intends to take the fight to Barack Obama. The call followed widespread criticism
As Mitt Romney kicks off a campaign bus tour into what ABC News calls “hostile territory,” Barack Obama is waging a defensive campaign, visiting states he won in 2008. It is clear, from campaign schedules alone, that Obama does not
Former Politico reporter Joe Williams, who told MSNBC’s Martin Bashir on live television that Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney is more comfortable around “white folks,” can’t stop blaming his subsequent firing on the late Andrew Breitbart–and smearing Breitbart using tired
On this Fourth of July, we should remember just how little President Barack Obama cares for America. He does not believe the United States is an exceptional nation in any unique sense. He refused to wear a flag pin as
