
Senate candidate George Allen released a television ad Wednesday criticizing his Democratic opponent Tim Kaine for supporting Obama and his planned defense cuts. The ad came less than 48 hours after President Obama declared in the third presidential debate that he
by Michael Patrick Leahy24 Oct 2012, 3:31 PM PST0

At Monday’s third presidential debate, President Obama pointedly promised that sequestered budget cuts that will affect defense spending “will not happen.” OBAMA: First of all, the sequester is not something that I’ve proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed. It will not happen. [emphasis added]
by Michael Patrick Leahy24 Oct 2012, 2:46 PM PST0

The Daily Princetonian reported Wednesday that Michelle Obama, Princeton Class of 1985, “has rebuffed” numerous requests from Princeton’s administration to visit her alma mater since she became first lady in January of 2009: Over the past seven years, as her
by Michael Patrick Leahy24 Oct 2012, 11:48 AM PST0

President Obama’s gaffe in Monday’s debate when he told voters in the Norfolk area, home to the largest naval base in the country, that his second term plan is to further diminish the role of our Navy, isn’t his only
by Michael Patrick Leahy23 Oct 2012, 12:04 PM PST0

The defining moments of Monday’s foreign policy debate came halfway through the evening, when President Obama struck himself out–especially in Virginia–with three pitches aimed at Mitt Romney that boomeranged. These ill advised lines will come back to haunt him over the
by Michael Patrick Leahy23 Oct 2012, 5:43 AM PST0

On Sunday, The Arizona Republic joined a growing chorus of newspapers across the country when it endorsed Mitt Romney for President: The last U.S. president to attempt transformative social change on the scale attempted by President Barack Obama was Lyndon
by Michael Patrick Leahy22 Oct 2012, 7:08 AM PST0

On Sunday the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, one of the most influential newspapers in Texas, endorsed Mitt Romney for President: The slow U.S. economy and its discouragingly high unemployment overshadow the other important issues in this election. Economic recovery must be
by Michael Patrick Leahy22 Oct 2012, 7:06 AM PST0

On Sunday the Tampa Tribune, one of Florida’s most influential daily newspapers, endorsed Mitt Romney for President in 2012: Mitt Romney is the man who can lead the nation out of its lingering economic doldrums and restore faith in the
by Michael Patrick Leahy22 Oct 2012, 12:31 AM PST0

Amidst much fanfare, President Obama shook hands with workers at the July 15, 2010 ground breaking ceremony for the LG Chem plant in Holland, Michigan, built with a $150 million grant from the Department of Energy as part of his
by Michael Patrick Leahy21 Oct 2012, 7:01 PM PST0

On Sunday The Houston Chronicle, which in 2008 broke a 44 year tradition of backing Republicans and endorsed Barack Obama, endorsed Mitt Romney for President in 2012: Like so many others, we were captivated by the Illinois senator’s soaring rhetoric and
by Michael Patrick Leahy21 Oct 2012, 8:41 AM PST0

Saturday, the Reno Gazette-Journal, which endorsed President Obama in 2008, announced that it is endorsing Mitt Romney for President in 2012: The Gazette-Journal recommends a vote for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for president of the United States. It wasn’t
by Michael Patrick Leahy21 Oct 2012, 4:46 AM PST0

On the heels of Wednesday’s endorsement of Mitt Romney by the traditionally liberal Nashville Tennessean, another longtime left-leaning newspaper– the Orlando Sentinel — has also endorsed President Barack Obama’s Republican challenger. The Sentinel’s endorsement will have a greater impact, since it comes from one
by Michael Patrick Leahy18 Oct 2012, 7:23 PM PST0

The Nashville Tennessean, the traditionally liberal newspaper that gave Al Gore his start in journalism, endorsed Republican challenger Mitt Romney for President Thursday. It was another stunning setback for the Obama campaign, already reeling from plunging poll numbers. While the state
by Michael Patrick Leahy18 Oct 2012, 5:21 PM PST0

Democratic Congressional candidate Raul Ruiz, who was arrested for his role in a violent protest on Thanksgiving Day, 1997, doesn’t want voters in California’s 36th Congressional District to know what he said at a 1999 “Day of Mourning” rally. Breitbart
by Michael Patrick Leahy18 Oct 2012, 4:37 PM PST0

What do Wall Street billionaires Michael Bloomberg, Peter Ackerman, and John Burbank III have in common with Eliot R. Cutler (pictured at left), the former Independent candidate for governor in Maine and a current State Chairman for the Maine United
by Michael Patrick Leahy18 Oct 2012, 3:42 PM PST0

Democratic Congressional candidate Raul Ruiz (pictured above far left) was arrested for his role in a violent protest on Thanksgiving Day, 1997 that took place at the Plymouth Rock monument to the 1620 landing of the Pilgrims in Massachusetts just south
by Michael Patrick Leahy17 Oct 2012, 12:32 PM PST0

In a CBS interview that aired on CBS This Morning Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she did not brief American United Nations ambassador Susan Rice prior to her disastrous September 16 television appearances. On that day Ambassador Rice told
by Michael Patrick Leahy16 Oct 2012, 11:34 AM PST0

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CNN’s Elise Labbot that she “takes responsibility” for the security lapses at the American mission in Benghazi, Libya. In a Monday interview conducted from Peru, Secretary Clinton said the buck stops with her for the
by Michael Patrick Leahy15 Oct 2012, 5:36 PM PST0

The Boston Globe reported Monday that Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren raised $12.1 million for her campaign in the 3rd quarter ending September 30, 2012. That brings the total raised to $36 million. Yet more than 40% of these funds–an estimated
by Michael Patrick Leahy15 Oct 2012, 9:22 AM PST0

After AARP chided Obama for citing their endorsement of Obamacare in his first debate with Mitt Romney, Vice President Joe Biden went ahead and did the same thing last night in his only debate with Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul
by Michael Patrick Leahy12 Oct 2012, 7:32 AM PST0

A poll released today by a consortium of three Florida news outlets — the Tampa Bay Times, Bay News 9 television station, and the Miami Herald — shows Mitt Romney with a seven-point lead in Florida over President Barack Obama. According
by Michael Patrick Leahy11 Oct 2012, 3:52 PM PST0

The Washington Times is reporting that at the same time State Department officials were cutting security for our diplomatic stations in Libya, they were increasing the budget for our embassy in Austria in order to purchase Chevrolet’s electric powered Volt:
by Michael Patrick Leahy11 Oct 2012, 6:29 AM PST0

In “Making Credit Safer,” a 2008 Pennsylvania Law Review article co-authored with Owen Gill, Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren argued that American consumers are, in essence, too simple-minded to understand credit and therefore must be protected by the federal
by Michael Patrick Leahy10 Oct 2012, 6:33 PM PST0

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Charlene Lamb had the worst three minutes of Congressional testimony since the Watergate scandal at Wednesday’s House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearings on the Benghazi attack. Committee Chairman Darrel Issa (R-CA) was incredulous as
by Michael Patrick Leahy10 Oct 2012, 6:19 PM PST0

On Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland confirmed that Charlene Lamb, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security, and Eric Nordstrom, the former State Department Regional Security Officer for Libya, will testify at House hearings today on the attacks that killed
by Michael Patrick Leahy10 Oct 2012, 8:55 AM PST0