According to Michael Barone, the election of 2012 shows that although the population of the United States has indeed moved toward the Democratic Party, but the outlook for future presidential races is still very much up in the air. Barone, one of
The past year has been one of great highs and lows for conservatives. These are among the many whom we should thank and remember as we look towards the future. 10. Jim Jordan – The outgoing head of the Republican
In Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times, the editorial board praised Republican Chris Christie for rising above politics in his response to Hurricane Sandy. But three weeks ago, as the hurricane was making landfall, they penned a Sandy-themed attack on
Under a cloud of personal and political scandal, Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned from Congress today. Dave Weigel asks on Twitter: “How much will Jesse Jackson Jr cost Illinois by forcing a special election when he could have quit three weeks ago?“ The
I must say, that of all the post-election criticism of conservative media (and not all of it undeserved), yesterday’s crowing from the BenSmithers over at BuzzFeed Politics was the most dopey. McKay Coppins and Ben Smith and the media in general
For a website that was leading with the story “27 Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names” at the time of this writing, BuzzFeed has a surprisingly tenuous grasp of irony. Earlier Tuesday, editor-in-chief Ben Smith‘s top political reporter,
For his final Campaign Stops editorial from November 18, New York Times columnist Thomas B. Edsall asked the seminal question left arising from the results of the re-election of Barack Obama: Is Rush Limbaugh’s Country Gone? Beginning his piece with a quote
Conservatives are being told that the recent election results are a sign that we have lost the “culture war” in the United States. Gay marriage proponents won state referenda for the first time, in four states. Pro-life candidates became a
CNN was gobsmacked over a county in Texas that saw an extremely low voter turnout for Barack Obama in the last election. On the other hand, the cable network showed no interest in the Ohio and Pennsylvania counties that had
Ted Cruz, the Senator-elect for Texas, is disgusted with the fact that Mitt Romney eschewed taking a strong conservative stance against Barack Obama instead opting for making nice with Obama. Conservatives never really made an argument. Cruz stated unequivocally, “We
The Old Media has found its narrative for Obama’s first press conference since March and the first since his re-election, and that narrative can be boiled down simply to this: Obama helpfully Reaching Out, Republicans still mean as snakes. After
Conservative scholar, talk radio host, and former Reagan administration official Mark Levin said conservatives need to first overthrow the Republican establishment to more successfully take on President Barack Obama and the institutional left. “We cannot get through Obama and the
On the editorial page of The New York Times, Andrew Rosenthal rips Republicans for raising questions and demanding answers about Libya: Something obviously went wrong in Benghazi. An Ambassador died. It’s necessary and appropriate to discuss what happened so as
A trailer for Netflix’s latest foray into original content, “House of Cards,” is now out on the Web. Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey stars in a series executive produced by David Fincher of “The Social Network” fame. Synopsis: Francis Underwood (Spacey) is
Discussing the path forward for Republicans, former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele and African-American said the GOP needed more diverse messengers, including those who looked more like him. “We need messengers who look like me,” Steele said on last Sunday’s CSPAN’s
On Thursday night, Nov. 15, anti-Israel protesters gathered outside of President Obama’s re-election campaign headquarters in Chicago to protest what they call “Israeli war crimes.” The protest was organized by the Palestine Solidarity Group, the Chicago Movement for Palestinian Rights
The new spiritual leaders of the Republican Party have come out swinging against Mitt Romney for his controversial remarks on a donor conference call about why Barack Obama won reelection. According to the New York Times, Romney said Obama had
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio joined many Republicans in distancing himself from Mitt Romney’s remarks to donors that President Barack Obama won the 2012 election by doling out “gifts” to minorities and young voters. Rubio, whose top aides used to work
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Mitt Romney was “absolutely wrong” in his analysis of why Barack Obama won reelection. Jindal’s statement was made in response to Mitt Romney’s comments on Wednesday that President Barack Obama won reelection by offering minorities
Apparently, Democrats are so perfect, Republican Joe Scarborough once again has all kinds of time to rip into Mitt Romney. Today, on the pages of The Enemy, Morning Joe gives more aid and comfort to the media by ripping into
Well, you called it his one show of passion. I would say it was his usual show of indignation which is his default response whenever he feels defensive or backed into a corner. You know, “How dare you attack my
The press corps following presidential candidate Mitt Romney frequently displayed anti-Mormon bigotry through the election season, according to fellow reporter and BuzzFeed Politics author McKay Coppins. Coppins, who is also a Mormon, offers several interesting bits of information and even
James Carter IV, grandson of former President Jimmy Carter and the man who brought Mitt Romney’s “47 percent” comment to light, has obtained a recording that he claims is proof that Republican objections to tax cuts are a secret appeal
A week after President Obama defeated Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election, questions continue to arise around polling results in swing states that don’t quite add up. In the key swing state of Ohio, where President Obama’s 103,481 vote
Always ones to try and set The Narrarive, today Politico leads with a story laughably titled, “Hard questions await Obama at news conference.” And just to be extra helpful, Politico includes questions it thinks should predicts will be asked. Hang on,
The secret of Barack Obama’s re-election is simply that for millions of Americans, he was just good enough. He had not fulfilled the promise of 2008, but he had passed a silent threshold. His supporters weren’t particularly excited; they weren’t
Scott Horsley of National Public Radio is a big fan of President Barack Obama–and is cheerleading for Obama’s attempt to get Republicans to agree to new tax hikes on the rich. His latest effort involves misusing exit poll data to
CNN’s Don Lemon joined Dr. Wendy Walsh to talk about the “post-election depression” by conservatives who are devastated by the Mitt Romney loss. Walsh was adement that the symptoms were “real.” She suggested that conservatives are taking this so hard
WISN: JANESVILLE, Wis. — Nearly a week after the election, Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan sat down with WISN 12 News political reporter Kent Wainscott. When asked about election night, Ryan said he and Mitt Romney were genuinely surprised by
The United States of America just re-elected the most radical president in its history after four years in which he expanded the power of the state, spent lavishly on redistributive programs, and adopted a policy of “leading from behind” in
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
If you were told that in 59 different voting divisions of a major city, Barack Obama got every single vote, every single vote, 19,605 votes, and Mitt Romney got zero, would you think there was no voter fraud? Or would
On “CBS This Morning” Grover Norquist holds fast to his position of not raising taxes and suggests that the Obama campaign won Election 2012 by smearing Mitt Romney.
The Hill.com is playing a disingenuous game to promote the meme that the primary reason Mitt Romney lost the election was the women’s vote. Noting the fact that according to the Gallup poll, Barack Obama won women by 12 points
“I think Republicans will have to give in much more than they think. He won re-election… “Elections have consequences… The leadership in the Republican Party and the leadership in the conservative movement has to pull back, let people float new
On November 6, 2012, 3.2 million fewer Americans voted for Mitt Romney than President Obama. 61.8 million Americans voted for Obama, while only 58.6 million voted for Romney. Despite losing the popular vote 51% to 48%–not a landslide for Obama
In late 2011, long before the first caucuses and primaries of the 2012 election, I had the opportunity to speak with someone high up in Mitt Romney’s finance world, and warned him that the conservative base wasn’t warming to the
The new conventional wisdom in the aftermath of the 2012 elections is that Republicans face two challenges: first, that the United States is no longer a center-right nation, but a center-left one; second, that the country’s demographic shift away from
By TAMARA LUSHAssociated PressST. PETERSBURG, Fla.President Barack Obama was declared the winner of Florida’s 29 electoral votes Saturday, ending a four-day count with a razor-thin margin that narrowly avoided an automatic recount that would have brought back memories of 2000.
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
