President Barack Obama won reelection because he energized liberals and expanded the electorate by finding and turning out his base, especially black voters. Nowhere was this more evident than in Ohio, where black turnout increased by four percentage points from
President Barack Obama’s administration withheld some of the most controversial environmental and healthcare regulations during October so as not to jeopardize his reelection chances. However, the federal government has still posted an average of 68 regulations and notices a day for the
Former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus may have told his alleged mistress Paula Broadwell what really happened in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012 when terrorists murdered U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Broadwell, whose alleged affair with
The Florida woman who received threatening emails regarding newly-resigned CIA Director David Petraeus — some of which were from the mistress of Petraeus — and reported them to the FBI, was named on Sunday. A senior military official told the Associated Press
Vice President Joe Biden said on Friday it may not be worth pursuing a bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination if the economy “is not working.” Biden’s comments acknowledge Americans are still dissatisfied with the economy, despite Obama’s reelection on
Republicans did terribly across the board among all minority groups in the 2012 election, but there was a very small silver lining among young black voters. Republicans still lost African American voters aged 18-29 by 83 points, but this represented
Taxpayers in San Francisco, California will now pay for “gender-switching,” transgender surgeries to “help ease the mental anguish of people who feel they are trapped in bodies of the wrong gender.” These operations will be covered under San Francisco’s universal
NAACP President Ben Jealous said Democrats may have trouble motivating voters — especially African Americans — without Obama at the top of the ticket in future elections. Jealous told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Democrats “must quickly figure out how to
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Islamic civil rights organization, found in its 2012 presidential exit poll that more than 85% of American Muslims voted for President Barack Obama. In 2008, 89% of Muslims voted for Obama. CAIR surveyed
President Barack Obama won Hispanics in 2012 by 44 points (71%-27%) over Mitt Romney, as Latino voters continued the trend of voting for Democrats in greater numbers over the past decade. In 2004, 44% of Hispanics voted for the Republican
Mitt Romney was the first Mormon to receive a presidential nomination from a major political party, but surprisingly he received a smaller percentage of the Mormon vote than evangelical Christian George W. Bush did in 2004. According to Pew Research’s
After House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told ABC News Thursday that Obamacare was now the “law of the land” and Republicans should compromise with Democrats to pass comprehensive immigration reform, conservatives can expect the House Republican Study Committee (RSC) —
President Barack Obama’s administration deliberately held off implementing burdensome regulations that favored environmentalists, labor unions, and dealt with Obamacare in the month leading up to the election because they would be politically unpopular. Before Obama won reelection, the backlog of
On Election Day, the State Department invited a top economic analyst to hold a briefing for foreign reporters about the U.S. economy. The analyst’s message was clear: the U.S. is getting downgraded again. Kathy Bostjancic, director of Macroeconomic Analysis for
Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) rebuked House Speaker John Boehner for pledging to the mainstream media on Thursday to commit to various immigration reforms without even first speaking to House Republicans. “I’m urging the Speaker to talk with House Republicans before
On Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report that said letting the Bush tax cuts expire for those individuals making more than $200,000 and couples making more than $250,000 would not kill economic growth. The CBO also concluded that
Even after President Barack Obama and his allies spent over $1 billion to get him re-elected, Obama’s top strategist David Axelrod said to reporters on Thursday that one of the key lessons from the 2012 campaign was that candidates could
On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Democrats were more than willing to raise the debt ceiling by another $2.4 trillion when America hits its current ceiling at the end of the year. When asked what Democrats would do
David Plouffe, one of the Obama campaign’s most senior advisers, on Thursday said the Obama administration’s vaunted ground game and data sets could not be transferred to generic Democrats. Plouffe’s comments suggest that Election Day was more about Obama’s appeal
Ted Cruz, the Tea Party Republican from Texas of Hispanic descent, won his Senate bid on Tuesday, providing what may prove to be the most significant win for conservatives and Republicans when it comes to the future of the movement
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported on Wednesday that the United States incurred a budget deficit of over $1 trillion for the fourth consecutive fiscal year, even though tax revenue from all major sources increased. In October, the federal
On Tuesday, three quarters of Virginians voted to amend the state’s Constitution to protect property owners from eminent domain abuse by the government. Question 1 amends Section 11 of the Virginia Constitution’s Bill of Rights. The amendment protects property owners
After President Barack Obama won reelection, a Las Vegas business owner fired 22 employees because he feared he could no longer keep up with the costs that would be imposed on his business due to regulations such as Obamacare. The
