Larry O'Connor

Help me, Andrew.  I have a problem that only you can solve.   I’m supposed to write something for the site and I’m past my deadline. I just can’t figure out how to write it.  How many times in the

The White House has made their most adamant denial yet of the charge made by the New York Times that Organizing for Action was planning to reward $500,000 donors with access to President Obama for quarterly meetings.  Over the weekend

Author and media observer Michael Wolff appeared on HuffPo Live on the Huffington Post to discuss Roger Ailes and Fox News.  The moderator of the discussion was Alicia Menendez, daughter of embattled Senator Bob Menendez who has had quite a

Iran’s state-run news agency FARS altered an image of First Lady Michelle Obama presenting the Best Picture Oscar at Sunday’s Academy Awards.  The photo showing Obama on a giant screen hovering over the stage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood

An interesting thing is happening in Washington DC. The White House is trying to assign blame to Republicans in Congress for the impending “draconian cuts” to the federal budget known as the “Sequester.” Speaker of the House John Boehner, who

Earlier today, liberal Democrat Lanny Davis affirmed that the substance of Sen. Ted Cruz’ (R-TX) inquiry into Chuck Hagel’s undisclosed source of income derived from various speeches was “absolutely correct.” He just quarreled with the way in which Cruz conducted

Earlier today on WMAL-FM in Washington DC, I interviewed former Clinton White House Counsel Lanny Davis. I asked Davis whether it was legitimate to ask Chuck Hagel to disclose his sources of income from the various speeches he’s given in

When Ted Cruz was running for US Senate in the Republican primary in Texas, he promised the people of the Lone Star State that he would not go to Washington to just be another vote for the GOP establishment.  He promised he would go

MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts is a news anchor.  Just ask him.  Ask NBC News.  They describe him as a “News Anchor.”  Not a host, like Ed Schultz or Rachel Maddow or Al Sharpton.  No, those MSNBC prime time types are there

Isn’t it great to be Alec Baldwin?  When you’re Alec Baldwin you can do or say pretty much anything and there are no repercussions.  You can even call a member of the media a “coon” and a “crackhead” and still

One thing we can all agree on: Piers Morgan is pretty impressed with himself.   In an interview with London’s TV Magazine, the CNN host suggests that members fo the fairer sex are also quite smitten with the anti-gun advocate:

You’ll hear it all over cable news and the networks and in every lede paragraph from the Washington Post to the LA Times: Republicans are conducting an unprecedented filibuster of Chuck Hagel.   Where did the media get this buzz word that’s

“As of Feb 14, 2013, I am ending my tenure as CEO. Roger Simon, the novelist-screenwriter, is calling to me. After more than seven years, he is feeling extremely neglected. I am going to return to my creative writing while