Adam Carolla is frustrated Mitt Romney’s resume isn’t speaking for itself. The podcast king shared his feelings on both the political process and how Americans view politicians, on a radio show the day of Romney’s RNC speech: “When you see
Democrats are looking to fast track a successor for Barack Obama for 2012 and are looking to San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro to do just that. They’re hoping to pattern Castro’s ascent into the upper echelon of the party after Obama’s, by
It was both fitting and proper that Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who leads the state with the worst bond rating in the nation, should have received a primetime speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention as the nation passed $16
(AP) CONVENTION WATCH: Paging Betty White, Ryan rivalsCHARLOTTE, N.C.Convention Watch shows you the 2012 political conventions through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item. ___ PAGING BETTY WHITE
Breitbart News Network’s Ben Shapiro caught up with Obama campaign spokesman Robert Gibbs and grilled him on the campaign’s negative attacks on Mitt Romney and the shifting sands of the Democratic Party’s position on Israel.
Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Obama campaign co-chair and chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, on Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention accused Mitt Romney of having “embraced the racial profiling policies of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Sheriff Joe Arpaio.”
How many tweets about the anuses of conservative women does it take to get fired from Nickelodeon? More than two, apparently. Yesterday, Breitbart Managing Editor Alexander Marlow emailed West Coast Vice President of Nickelodeon Ariana Urbont about Jason Biggs, star
No one works harder to protect Obama than Ben Smith’s BuzzFeed Politics, but the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart was so outrageously misleading and dishonest in an attack on Mitt Romney yesterday that even Ben Smith’s BenSmithers felt compelled to record
Update: Republican nominee Mitt Romney has released the following statement in response: It is unfortunate that the entire Democratic Party has embraced President Obama’s shameful refusal to acknowledge that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. Four years of President Obama’s repeated attempts to
Upset by how the Republican Party establishment “disrespected” them during the Republican National Convention, over 300 Ron Paul supporters joined a conference call on Sunday night to discuss plans to urge Paul to run as a third-party candidate on the
The Democrats clearly are bankrupt of ideas. Tonight, late on the Labor Day holiday, they released their party platform for 2012. Platforms are where the national parties lay out their guiding philosophical and policy positions on the major issues of
Antonio Villaraigosa, the mayor of Los Angeles who was featured on the June 2009 cover of Los Angeles Magazine with the one-word caption, “Failure,” is the chairman of the upcoming Democratic National Convention. The obvious reason is that the Obama administration,
Ahead of the DNC gathering in Charlotte, a number of organizations are out today with new polls on the race in North Carolina. PPP has the race in the Tarheel State tied, although they use a D+13 sample to get
(AP) Romney launches GOP response at Dem conventionBy STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressGREENVILLE, N.C.Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign is launching an aggressive Republican response at the site of the Democratic National Convention aimed at stealing attention and driving new questions about President Barack
(AP) Days after Isaac, a quarter-million still in darkBy CAIN BURDEAU and KEVIN McGILLAssociated PressNEW ORLEANSAbout a quarter of a million customers remained in the dark Monday in Louisiana and Mississippi, days after Isaac inundated the Gulf Coast with a
Democrats across the country are in full meltdown over the growing possibility that their favored candidate, incumbent President Obama, may lose to Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. And, exercising Godwin’s Law, they’re already labeling Ryan and the GOP Nazis. Monday
At the Republican National Convention, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan outlined their plan for a stronger middle class and their vision for the future. They were joined by Republican leaders throughout the country who will join with them in restoring
President Obama’s competitive, boastful nature and condescending advice rubs even loyal Democrats the wrong way, a new profile alleges. The New York Times‘ Jodi Kantor airs complaints from “loyal” Obama associates — not as a buried lede but explicitly in
conservARTive: This was the last march of the week, protesting Mitt Romney’s speech, and there was an expectation that the anarchists were going to have a showdown with the police. Law enforcement had powerful anti-riot weaponry visible during the week.
Medea Benjamin and her Code Pink cohorts showed up in Charlotte, NC to protest “money in politics” at the DNC. Strangely, the protesters had pictures of GOP candidates Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan in addition to President Barack Obama as
The Obama economy has been brutal on all Americans, but especially so on black Americans. Consider the following seven economic facts: 27 percent of black Americans now live in poverty, a two percent increase since 2009. According to last month’s
Variety: The TV Academy’s Governors Award will be presented to the organization behind “It Gets Better,” a movement designed to support LGBT youth with videos and other online content. Project co-founders Dan Savage and Terry Miller will receive the honor
In 2008, an aggressive candidate Barack Obama told supporters to “argue with them, get in their faces.” In 2012, Republicans are taking a page from Obama’s book, holding a “counter-convention” outside the Democratic National Convention at the Time Warner Cable
According to Politico, the state of Connecticut is now considered to be a battleground state in the upcoming November election. Several factors have contributed to the shift in a state that was assumed to continue its legacy as an automatic
CarMax co-founder and former CEO Austin Ligon, who will be a featured speaker at the Democratic National Convention, says he and his company’s 17,000 employees aren’t responsible for his billion dollar company, the government is: As President Obama has said,
Anna Wintour, Vogue editor and one of President Barack Obama’s top celebrity backers, will host two more lavish overseas fundraisers for the Obama campaign in London and Paris. On September 19, Wintour will host a “dinner with Anna Wintour, Tom
In addition to officially nominating Gov. Mitt Romney and Congressman Paul Ryan for President and Vice President, the GOP adopted a platform during the convention that supports “stand for you ground” laws and rejects any limitations on firearm magazine capacity.
They can’t help themselves; the Democrats are angry, frustrated and scared, and the list of speakers they are trotting out reveals that they are more desperate than ever. Let’s take a look at these attack dogs (with a brief example
At the end of last week, Barack Obama held a 3-point lead over Mitt Romney in Rasmussen’s Daily Tracking poll. Romney, however, is enjoying a modest bounce from the RNC convention and today, has reversed the numbers and now leads
(AP) Obama embarking on march to party conventionBy KEN THOMAS and KASIE HUNTAssociated PressCHARLOTTE, N.C.President Barack Obama is embarking on a four-day march through battleground states and the storm-battered Gulf Coast in the lead-up to his party’s convention as he
(AP) Guest lineups for the Sunday news showsWASHINGTONGuest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC’s “This Week” _ White House adviser David Plouffe. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” _ Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. ___
A producer for MSNBC’s “Hardball With Chris Matthews” reportedly started a shoving match with a pair of GOP fans who where heckling Matthews. Host Matthews was taping an outdoor portion of his show the evening Mitt Romney accepted his party’s nomination when
Friday afternoon on CNN, anchor Suzanne Malveaux used President Barack Obama’s hastily-scheduled trip to Louisiana on Monday as an opportunity to discuss whether Obama would come across as more empathetic than Mitt Romney, who visited Louisiana today. After White House
As you all probably know by now, as of this morning, President Obama had no scheduled plans to visit Louisiana — the state hit hardest by Hurricane Isaac. That is, until newly minted GOP nominee Mitt Romney announced immediately after
Mitt Romney left Florida Friday morning following his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention the night before. As he left he told Florida supporters he needs their help to win the White House.
For Occupiers protesting the Republican National Convention, some within their ranks are too poor to be part of the 99%. In “Romneyville,” the protester welcoming camp in Tampa, Florida, residents spoke about dissension within the Occupy movement. Interviewees said Romneyville
Liberal talker Ellen Ratner, no fan of Mitt Romney, just put up this very odd piece at Talk Radio News,”Was Romney’s Stage a Mormon Pulpit?“: Couldn’t help but notice that the podium used by Mitt Romney Thursday night to deliver
The American media was stunned last night to see the first Obama jokes ever performed on National TV. After Clint Eastwood left the stage, media people across the country were mystified. A shell-shocked Andrea Mitchell stammered, “This was exceedingly strange
When the week began, and the Republican National Convention bore the unfortunate burden (again) of coinciding with a hurricane near New Orleans, some thought that it was inevitable that President Barack Obama would upstage challenger Mitt Romney–not by campaigning, but
I was wrong; the Republican National Convention in Tampa was a big success for the party and its nominees. The RNC overcame Hurricane Isaac and the skepticism of the mainstream media to give Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan a boost,
