White House spokesman Jay Carney defended General John Allen, the American commander in Afghanistan, in spite of recent revelations that Allen had sent “thousands” of e-mails to a married mother of three in Tampa, Florida. Carney addressed the scandal involving
A week after President Obama defeated Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election, questions continue to arise around polling results in swing states that don’t quite add up. In the key swing state of Ohio, where President Obama’s 103,481 vote
Natalie Khawam (pictured above, far left) the twin sister of Jill Khawam Kelley (pictured far right), the FBI complainant whose report of threatening emails sparked the investigation that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus (pictured second from left), is beset
The New York Times is reporting that the Tampa office of the FBI began its investigation into General David Petraeus in June. A month earlier, in May, Tampa resident Jill Kwaham Kelley, a friend of General Petraeus and an unpaid military
On November 6, 2012, 3.2 million fewer Americans voted for Mitt Romney than President Obama. 61.8 million Americans voted for Obama, while only 58.6 million voted for Romney. Despite losing the popular vote 51% to 48%–not a landslide for Obama
Although the Dow Jones Industrial Average tanked after news of President Obama’s re-election, stock prices for gun manufacturers skyrocketed that same day. Firearms maker Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. surged 10.8% to $10.48 a share in morning trading, more than double its
With President Obama safely re-elected to a second term, federal workers feel comfortable to make their demands known. As debate rages over lowering the federal deficit, they want a pay raise. As CNN’s Money magazine reports: [Union president Colleen M.] Kelley
Fox News is reporting that a House panel plans on holding closed door hearings with intelligence officials from the Obama administration on the September 11, 2012 attacks on the American mission in Benghazi, Libya that left our ambassador and three
Despite all the talk about voter intensity surrounding the presidential election, 13 million fewer people voted in 2012 than in 2008. 131 million voters cast their ballots in the 2008 election in which Barack Obama defeated John McCain by a
Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney conceded the 2012 Presidential election to his opponent, incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama, at 1 am eastern time early Wednesday morning. Speaking to a large but dispirited crowd at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center,
Incumbent Republican Senator Scott Brown conceded the Massachusetts Senate race to Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren at 10:40 pm eastern on Tuesday night.
Polls in the key swing state of Virginia closed less than an hour ago at 7 PM EST. Turnout was high across the state, with long lines at many voting stations. It will be at least an hour after the
CNN’s Candy Crowley at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on Tuesday said that, given a second chance, she would insert herself again into the Presidential debate as she did in October. Leahy, Breitbart News: If you had to do
Breitbart News has just received reports from citizen journalists in Ohio that two precinct election judges were removed by Hamilton County Director of Elections for allowing unregistered voters to cast ballots. According to the individuals, one of those precinct election
A pre-election interview shows Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren still has a sore spot — and no evidence — for her claims to Cherokee heritage. A reporter for the Massachusetts ABC affiliate asked Warren a straightforward question this weekend. Warren’s
To no one’s surprise, the Boston Globe endorsed Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren for Senate in Massachusetts on Saturday. Many were shocked, however, that a key point raised by the Globe in support of Warren was her superior “character.” Really? The
Massive FEMA supply chain failures have resulted in shortages of bottled water, food, gasoline, shelter,power and clothing across New Jersey and metropolitan New York, where victims of Hurricane Sandy are angrily calling President Obama’s response no better–and in some regards worse–than President Bush’s
Just days after most Massachusetts political pundits had declared Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren the victor in Tuesday’s election battle with incumbent Republican Senator Scott Brown, a new University of Massachusetts-Lowell/Boston Herald poll shows the two are statistically tied on the
Former Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder, a Democrat who supported Barack Obama in 2008, has essentially abandoned him in 2012 by failing to endorse him this time around. Indeed, a careful reading of his high praise for Mitt Romney and tough
On Tuesday, October 30, the day after Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey, New York City, and Long Island with devastating losses, Mitt Romney converted his Kettering, Ohio campaign rally into a storm relief effort. He personally loaded bottled water onto
On Sunday, Madison’s Wisconsin State Journal endorsed Mitt Romney for President. In 2008, the paper endorsed Barack Obama, but four years later, the State Journal believes it’s time for Obama to go: Not enough hope and too little change. That
On Sunday The New York Daily News, the second largest daily newspaper in metropolitan New York and fourth largest in the entire country, endorsed Mitt Romney for President. In 2008 the Daily News endorsed Barack Obama. It was a stunning
As Long Island struggled to recover from Hurricane Sandy, the area’s most influential newspaper, NewsDay, endorsed Mitt Romney for President on Saturday. In 2008, the paper endorsed Barack Obama: Had Barack Obama done the job of president with the same
