
For the self described “intellectual godmother” of Occupy Wall Street, Elizabeth Warren’s fifteen minute speech to the DNC sounded more like a well rehearsed lecture filled with standard left-wing platitudes delivered by a politically correct graduate student than the William
by Michael Patrick Leahy5 Sep 2012, 9:18 PM PST0

The Democratic National Convention tonight is pinning its hopes on the shredded credibility of Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, who has been caught telling so many blatant lies during the course of her campaign she has become a national
by Michael Patrick Leahy5 Sep 2012, 5:35 PM PST0

Clint Eastwood scored a victory over his critics Wednesday as the Democratic National Convention announced that it has moved President Obama’s acceptance speech on Thursday night from the 74,000-seat outdoor Bank of America Stadium to the 20,000-seat indoor Time Warner Cable Arena.
by Michael Patrick Leahy5 Sep 2012, 1:10 PM PST0

Political party platforms are usually filled with vague promises and general ideas. This year, the 2012 Democratic Party Platform offers support for a very specific constitutional amendment designed to strike down the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision and limit free
by Michael Patrick Leahy5 Sep 2012, 10:48 AM PST0

Even before the opening gavel, embattled Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren has told her first lie at the Democratic National Convention. Appearing on NBC’s Today Show Tuesday morning, she made this statement to Savannah Guthrie: “When Romney says his plan
by Michael Patrick Leahy5 Sep 2012, 10:11 AM PST0

John Walsh, the Chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, apologized Monday for remarks he made disparaging Senator Scott Brown at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Speaking at a delegate breakfast, Walsh called Republican Senator Scott Brown an “honorary girl.” According
by Michael Patrick Leahy4 Sep 2012, 2:09 PM PST0

The Washington Times reported on Monday that nine of the hotels hosting delegates and media at the DNC in Charlotte have recently reported problems with bedbug infestations: Some convention-goers were fearful in the run-up to the convention, and state officials and
by Michael Patrick Leahy4 Sep 2012, 12:47 PM PST0

Native American delegates to the DNC have invited embattled Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren to meet with their caucus before she gives her big speech to the convention on Wednesday, but so far she’s dodged the invitations. As the
by Michael Patrick Leahy4 Sep 2012, 11:31 AM PST0

With it increasingly likely that Democrats will be unable to fill the 74,000 seat Bank of America Stadium for President Obama’s acceptance speech on Thursday, the Daily Mail is reporting that the DNC is poised to move Obama’s speech indoors
by Michael Patrick Leahy4 Sep 2012, 10:43 AM PST0

As National Empty Chair Day continued to go viral on Monday, with a main headline link at The Drudge Report, the hashtag #EmptyChairDay trending as high as number 2 nationally on Twitter, and thousands of empty chair pictures circulating on
by Michael Patrick Leahy3 Sep 2012, 3:52 PM PST0

The Hill is reporting that the North Carolina AFL-CIO has a “Hug a Union Thug” booth at Monday’s Carolina Fest celebration, one of the final “pre-convention” events at the DNC. In Charlotte, people will be asked to “hug a union thug”
by Michael Patrick Leahy3 Sep 2012, 2:51 PM PST0

As Day One of the DNC dawns in Charlotte, North Carolina, conservatives are making mischief, having declared Monday “National Empty Chair Day.” The event is inspired by Clint Eastwood’s dialogue with an empty chair at the Republican National Convention Thursday;
by Michael Patrick Leahy3 Sep 2012, 1:38 AM PST0

In another sign that Clint Eastwood’s RNC talk to an empty chair has tapped in to broadly held opinions that President Obama is not getting the job done, word spread rapidly over the weekend among conservative new media outlets that
by Michael Patrick Leahy2 Sep 2012, 11:08 AM PST0

A 16 foot tall sand sculpture of President Obama “officially sanctioned” by the DNC and commissioned by the Myrtle Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau was damaged by rain yesterday. Workers hurried to recreate the right elbow of the statue and fill
by Michael Patrick Leahy2 Sep 2012, 9:03 AM PST0

Organizers at the Bureau of Indigenous Muslim Affairs anticipated crowds at yesterday’s “Jumah at the DNC” event in Charlotte, North Carolina would reach 20,000. Instead, only 300 Muslims showed up for the open air prayer ceremony. The event had been
by Michael Patrick Leahy1 Sep 2012, 12:59 PM PST0

The mystery surrounding how the “Jumah at the DNC” event sponsored by the Bureau of Indigenous Muslim Affairs, an obscure Islamist organization, became part of the officially sanctioned DNC/Charlotte in 2012 pre-convention program has begun to unravel. Ibrahim Jaaber, son of BIMA
by Michael Patrick Leahy1 Sep 2012, 12:44 PM PST0

MSNBC host Chris Matthews got into an ugly confrontation with GOP delegates to the RNC early Friday morning, according to the Hill: Matthews told The Hill in a phone interview that after he left the restaurant, he heard a group
by Michael Patrick Leahy31 Aug 2012, 3:04 PM PST0

Liberal talker Ellen Ratner, no fan of Mitt Romney, just put up this very odd piece at Talk Radio News,”Was Romney’s Stage a Mormon Pulpit?“: Couldn’t help but notice that the podium used by Mitt Romney Thursday night to deliver
by Michael Patrick Leahy31 Aug 2012, 11:47 AM PST0

The mainstream media gave a perfect example of how it disseminates Democrat talking points after the vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan’s speech at the Republican National Convention. Seconds after Ryan said in his speech that the Janesville, Wisconsin GM plant
by Michael Patrick Leahy30 Aug 2012, 6:19 PM PST0

Minutes before Ann Romney’s RNC speech, ABC Radio announced an ABC News/Washington Post poll purportedly showing a majority of Americans have an unfavorable view of Mitt Romney. Anchor Aaron Katersky tried to overshadow the content of Mrs. Romney’s speech by
by Michael Patrick Leahy29 Aug 2012, 2:38 PM PST0

Joseph Zwilling, spokesman for the Archdiocese of New York, announced Monday that Cardinal Timothy Dolan has been invited to pray at the Democratic National Convention. Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, has accepted an invitation to deliver the closing prayer at
by Michael Patrick Leahy28 Aug 2012, 2:16 PM PST0

CNN published an article by Shannon Travis yesterday,“Has the Tea Party ‘Sold Out’ to the Mainstream GOP?,” that illustrates why that once dominant media company is now failing. I received a phone call from Mr. Travis at 11 pm Saturday night
by Michael Patrick Leahy27 Aug 2012, 10:50 AM PST0

Fox News Latino reports that a Republican platform committee has approved a strong immigration policy: The platform stance on immigration is the brainchild of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the chief architect of the country’s most controversial state immigration
by Michael Patrick Leahy25 Aug 2012, 4:14 AM PST0

President Obama and the “social justice” Democrats have just told Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan they don’t want him at their convention next month, according to the New York Post. Earlier this week, the GOP announced that Cardinal Dolan will be giving the
by Michael Patrick Leahy24 Aug 2012, 2:53 PM PST0

Late this afternoon, Drudge flashed a “developing” headline that embattled Missouri Republican Senate nominee Todd Akin (R-Mo) would hold a hastily-called press conference. As speculation mounted in some corners that Akin might announce his withdrawal from the race, others cautioned
by Michael Patrick Leahy24 Aug 2012, 1:27 PM PST0