A Virginia poll found 43% of Virginians favor a state constitutional amendment on November’s ballot that would make it harder for the state government to use eminent domain to take private property. Public Policy Polling (PPP), a liberal outfit that
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates and former Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen said on Monday Washington needed more “adults” in politics, especially in dealing with the country’s budget and debt and possible sequestration that could cut billions from the
A new Gallup poll on Monday found a majority (54%) of Americans believe the government is “trying to do too many things that should be left to individuals and businesses” while 39% of those surveyed said the government should actually
President Barack Obama said Monday that, if Republicans wanted him to “walk the dog” or “wash their car” to help reduce the country’s debt, he would be “happy to do it” in the spirit of bipartisanship. “I’ve said if the
“The Hope and the Change,” the movie about Democrats and independents who voted for President Barack Obama in 2008 and will not do so in 2012, will air on a dozen television stations this fall leading up to the presidential
Public Policy Polling conducted a poll in Virginia that showed President Barack Obama did not receive a bounce from the Democratic National Convention. According to the poll, Obama led Mitt Romney by five points, 51% to 46%. In PPP’s survey
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan and Vice President Joe Biden will both be in Iowa duking it out in the crucial swing state. Ryan will be in Des Moines and Biden will be in Burlington. Early voting begins in
Rep. Peter King (R-NY), the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said on Sunday the “Israeli government does not trust the American government” and President Barack Obama’s foreign policy was “confused,” “apologetic,” and “misguided.” “We’ve never had a situation
Susan Rice, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, refused to answer on Sunday questions about the lack of Marines at the U.S. consulate in Libya prior to eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. She also punted when asked why
Last week, employees for a Southern California painting company rid themselves of their trade union, which they accused of serving them poorly by “losing work, health and vacation benefits.” According to OC Weekly, 59 employees at GPS Painting and Wellcovering
Last week, Cause of Action, requested the Office of Inspector General investigate Federal Aviation Administration officials John Hickey and Ray Towles for potentially having violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees in the executive branch from using their official
A Survey USA/Denver Post poll released on Friday has President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney essentially tied in Colorado, a state Obama won by nine points in 2008. Obama only leads Romney by 3 points in the RealClearPolitics average of polls. In the poll, Obama
A prominent rabbi says media organizations engaged in a “blood libel” by spreading false reports that said a Jew made the Internet film that allegedly outraged Islamic radicals to storm the U.S. Embassy in Egypt and the U.S. consulate in
Google stood up for artistic expression and to White House pressure today when it rejected a request from the Obama administration to remove an online video that mocked Muhammed. Anti-American Islamists have used the video as an excuse to attack
A prominent ratings firm downgraded the U.S. Government’s credit rating from “AA” to “AA-” one day after the Federal Reserve announced it would pump more money into the economy by buying more than $40 billion of mortgage-backed securities per month
A Chesterfield County elementary school in Virginia rejected First Lady Michelle Obama’s request to speak on Thursday, citing school policy. Tim Bullis, the school division’s community relations director, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that School Board policy 6100 prohibits “the use
On Thursday, an NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll that oversampled independent voters found 52 percent of Virginians think the country is on the wrong track. The poll also found President Barack Obama with a five-point lead in Virginia, one of the country’s
A Republican presidential elector in Iowa, Melinda Wadsley, resigned on Thursday after she told the Associated Press she may not cast her vote for Mitt Romney if Romney won Iowa’s six electoral votes. “I have accepted Melinda Wadsley’s resignation this
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan addressed the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. on Friday and denounced Obama’s lack of “steady” and “consistent” leadership abroad “amid all these threats and dangers.” Across the world, anti-American Islamists
President Barack Obama’s approval ratings have plummeted largely because Democrats and independents who fell for his “hope and change” rhetoric in 2008 have now abandoned him and his false promises. But the mainstream media is not covering this, once again
The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) apologized on Wednesday for displaying images of the Russian warships at the Democratic National Convention on the big screen while a retired Navy four-star Admiral was on stage honoring 50 veterans. They blamed the
Mitt Romney on Thursday called President Barack Obama out on his mishandling of the economy and foreign policy at a campaign rally in Fairfax County, Virginia, a region he said could “well determine who the next president is.” In a week in
Beyonce Knowles is the latest in a long line of celebrities sending fundraising e-mails on behalf of President Barack Obama’s campaign. Once more, the missives combine cheesiness and creepiness along with some fake intimacy. Obama cannot make time to meet
The Pentagon deployed two warships, the USS Laboon and the USS McFaul, to Libya Wednesday evening after radical Islamists attacked the U.S. consulate on the eleventh anniversary of 9/11, killing the U.S. Ambassador to Libya. According to reports from the Associated
Members of the Church of Scientology are feverishly letting Harvey Weinstein’s studio know they strongly object to Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie “The Master,” which loosely is about Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. According to The Hollywood Reporter, concerned
