(AP) Poll: Obama, Romney even amid economic worriesBy JIM KUHNHENN and JENNIFER AGIESTAAssociated PressWASHINGTONFewer Americans believe the economy is getting better and a majority disapproves of how President Barack Obama is handling it, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.
In 2010, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) tried to pass sweeping cap and trade legislation that dealt with climate change and failed. Now, Kerry’s throwing a fit. On Tuesday, Kerry, according to The Hill, said there is a “calculated campaign of
Former Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) will play the role of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to help President Barack Obama prepare for his forthcoming presidential debates this autumn. Beyond representing the same state of Massachusetts, Reuters notes
Politifact, which was one of the “fact-checking” sites that emerged after the Swift Boat Veterans exposed John Kerry, has revealed that it’s stumping for Barack Obama again. Mitt Romney has a new ad stating that Massachusetts unemployment at the end
On March 22, Taureg rebels, fueled by an influx of weapons brought in by mercenaries fighting for Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, successfully overthrew the government of Mali, ending 20 years of democracy. Weapons from the US-sponsored Libyan civil war have
Under siege over dubious claims of Indian ancestry, Elizabeth Warren slammed a car door in the face of reporters trying to ask her questions regarding what may now eventually become a campaign-ending controversy. It was actually the third door slammed
It appears our troops have finally reached a point of success against the IED warfare of insurgents and radicals throughout Afghanistan and elsewhere in the Middle East. And while this accomplishment comes as no credit to uncommitted politicians like Senator
David Letterman recently reminded his audience he’s all in for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. Never mind that it’s practically written in the Late Night Host Manifesto that comedians tastefully torment presidents with their barbs. Now, Letterman is turning his attention
NBC, ever anxious to capitalize on its connections to the White House, is planning a new sitcom titled 1600 Penn for next season. Written by former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett, the show will portray life in the White House, with
When Democrats are actually honest with the American people, they usually say things they wish they hadn’t. Like the time Michelle Obama told a Wisconsin crowd in 2008 that she was “really proud of her country…for the first time in [her] adult
With Rick Santorum safely out of the way, Barack Obama’s re-election campaign has focused all of its weapons on the Romney campaign. In truth, the Obama campaign has assumed that Romney would be the nominee for well in excess of
Director Steven Spielberg, who donated more than $87,000 to the Democratic Party in the last election cycle, has a co-producer who feels a little differently than he does about President Barack Obama. Meet Gerald R. Molen: Spielberg’s co-producer on Hollywood
Last Saturday, the Los Angeles Times ran a front-page feature story on the upcoming HBO television film Game Change, and predicted that the movie, “was sure to reopen the wounds of that lost campaign and reignite controversy over Palin’s fitness
The U.S. Senate’s leading proponent of tax increases on the American people — Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) was delinquent on his property taxes on until a reporter called him to ask him about it. Brown who supports higher income, energy and investment
In the wake of the news that Obamacare will mandate all employers to provide for birth control, including Catholic employers, many have wondered whether President Obama will damage his standing with the Catholic vote. In 2008, the Catholic vote split
Today, The New York Times released a chart purporting to compare what the candidates made and gave away in 2010. This is a bit like comparing apples to oranges, because the New York Times, like a lot of liberals, compares
According to a new book, The Real Romney, “one close aide privately called Romney’s Dukakis II,” comparing it to then-Governor Michael S. Dukakis’s plan to phase in near-universal coverage in Massachusetts. To help pass RomneyCare, Romney brought in Jonathan Gruber,
When the Democrats aren’t cheating on their taxes like Charlie Rangel or forgetting to pay them like Timothy Geithner, they’re busy lambasting Republicans for actually paying theirs–albeit at a rate unsatisfactory to them. In yet another fantastic display of hypocrisy,
– Geraldo: Newt Gingrich called Juan Williams a ‘racial epithet.’ [youtube eiI3EcQ-gBQ nolink] Yes, seriously. [via] – Former John Kerry Staffer Arrested For Disclosing Identities of CIA Operatives Who Interrogated Top Al-Qaeda Leaders To The Media: The Justice Department charged
I’m not a big fan of Mitt Romney. I hammered him the day before Christmas for being open to a value-added tax, and I’ve criticized him in previous posts for his less-than-stellar record on healthcare, his weakness on Social Security
At Real Clear Politics, Big Government contributor Charles C. Johnson has a piece examining all of the Washington insiders, Newt Gingrich included, that are feeding at the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac trough: … Gingrich was only passing through a
The Law of the Sea Treaty may be brought to a vote in the Senate by John Kerry sometime in early 2012. Ambassador John Bolton charts the implications for U.S. sovereignty on Secure Freedom Radio. Listen to the interview in
The Boston Globe has joined the growing chorus of voices calling for a ban on congressional insider trading. From the Boston Globe: WHEN CONGRESS returns to Washington after New Year’s, a bipartisan proposal to ban insider trading by lawmakers should
Presidential candidate Senator Rick Santorum spends time with Frank to speak about his fellow presidential candidate Ron Paul’s ridiculous notion that America and the world will be safer if America just concedes to field to the Russians, Chinese or Islamists.
It’s hard to believe but Frank Rich’s latest exercise in the fantasist’s art comparing JFK to Obama is a wonder to behold. It really is. One might think it satire if Rich had never been presented as a serious essayist
