The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has hired Mohamad (“Mo”) Elleithee, a prominent Hillary Clinton strategist, as its new communications director. In 2008, Elleithee was Clinton’s traveling campaign press secretary. DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz released a statement praising the move,
Over at the Atlantic Garance Franke-Ruta has a thoughtful article arguing that the GOP’s current “war on women” response is ill-considered at best. Five different Republican committees this morning released a joint memo pushing back on the “Democrats’ War on
Democratic Party Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz on MSNBC
Recently comedienne Whoopi Goldberg got on her high horse to excoriate Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s GOP nominee for Governor, for his desire to use the state’s anti-sodomy laws to prosecute a 47-year-old pedophile. Goldberg attacked Cuccinelli saying that he is “in
CBS Los Angeles reported on Monday that even though former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has left office, Villaraigosa will maintain a taxpayer-funded security contingent for six months. Villaraigosa’s first outside job will be as advisor to the Banc of California; after
On Saturday, Virginia’s two candidates for Governor, Republican nominee and current Virginia Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, and Democratic nominee and former DNC Chairman, Terry McAuliffe, faced off in a debate sponsored by the Virginia Bar Association. During the two-hour long contest,
As Americans watch the Saturday protests across the nation with shouts of “Justice For Trayvon!” and “No Justice, No Peace,” they’ll probably be wondering where all the money came from to support the organizational effort needed for the 100-city effort.
After two black Democrat state legislators switched parties in the span of a month, more frustrated black Democrats may be willing to join them. Success begets success, and after Louisiana state Sen. Elbert Guillory and Central East Baton Rouge Mayor
Last month the DNCC host committee made a police report about items it claims were lost or stolen during last year’s Democratic National Convention. The report assigns hugely inflated values to the stolen items to reach a grand total of
The @Large Conference held recently in Baton Rouge, Louisiana brought people together from around the country to discuss issues related to black conservatives. In a time when the GOP is talking ‘outreach’, the conference was an important first step in
President Barack Obama’s Friday itinerary features, what else, more fundraising appearances. His California visit includes a visit to an entertainment mogul as well as quality time with Star Trek Into Darkness director J.J. Abrams. Continuing his effort to raise money
Last Friday, the Democratic National Committee sent out a memo to reporters and declared that the word of the month for May to describe the GOP’s reaction to the Obama administration’s scandals was “overreach.” The memo highlighted at least seven stories
Former Governor and DNC Chair Howard Dean on the Morning Joe panel on Thursday tries to play down the Benghazi scandal by claiming the September 11th, 2012 attacks were a year and a half ago
Former DNC Chair and current candidate for Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe in a May 2001 interview with C-SPAN: “I gave at the eulogy at his funeral, and there are many reasons why people thought Jack had died. He was 83
First Lady Michelle Obama and liberal donors will celebrate Jason Collins Wednesday night at a Democratic National Committee LGBT gala fundraiser in New York City, which Collins will headline. Collins tweeted that he could not wait to meet Michelle Obama,
April Fool’s Day was more than a month ago, but that didn’t stop DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse from emailing supporters Friday that the GOP was “making up so-called ‘scandals’ out of thin air.” This will obviously be news to the
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) senior official Lois Lerner, the director of the division that targeted Tea Party groups is being represented by William Taylor of Zuckerman Spaeder, a law firm that is closely connected to the Obama White House. The
“Why didn’t Romney make more of a big deal of it during the election?” MSNBC anchor and former DNC spokeswoman Karen Finney reveals she was better informed than the President Barack Obama on the recently-reported scandal over the IRS targeting
The Los Angeles teachers’ union, United Teachers Los Angeles, defeated a combined effort by several other labor unions, including the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and other public sector unions, in the city’s mayoral election Tuesday. The final tally of
President Barack Obama is back on the fundraising trail, and that means he’s spending some quality time with Hollywood denizens. Movie producer Harvey Weinstein once more is behind a major Obama fundraiser, and the outspoken filmmaker brought along one of
President Obama recently conducted a “tech tour” of Austin, Texas looking to get more federal money sent to support Austin’s tech boom. The visit is part of a new campaign Obama is conducting across the country to cajole Congress into
Appearing with Martin Bashir on May 10, former DNC Communications Director Karen Finney said the GOP is to blame for Benghazi. Why? Because of reductions in embassy security budgets which the GOP pushed through to rein in government spending in
Former DNC Communications Director and now MSNBC host Karen Finney blames Republicans in the House of Representatives for the terror attacks in Benghazi. As a guest on MSNBC’s Martin Bashir, Finney maintained that “austerity measures” were responsible for security reductions
Jason Collins will appear with First Lady Michelle Obama at a May 29 fundraiser in New York for the Democratic National Committee. According to Politico, the DNC’s LGBT gala on that night will be Michelle Obama’s first fundraiser since President
On Wednesday, President Obama is slated to head to Dallas, Texas, to attend the opening of the Bush Presidential Library, along with Presidents Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, and George W. Bush. But he’s using the opportunity to
