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,
Fox News will re-broadcast last Friday’s Hannity special “The Hope and The Change,” featuring the new Citizens United documentary of the same title, this Friday and Saturday at 10 PM eastern. The special, featuring director Stephen K. Bannon, producer David
Tonight, Mitt Romney needed to give the speech of his life. And he did. That isn’t to say that Romney suddenly morphed into Ronald Reagan. He wasn’t electrifying. But he brought what is best about Mitt Romney to the surface:
Breitbart News editor Dana Loesch confronted Code Pink demonstrators who attempted to disrupt Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s speech accepting his party’s nomination Thursday night. When two demonstrators stood up to the left of the stage and heckled Romney, Loesch
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) delivered a stirring address as he introduced Republicans to their party’s nominee for President of the United States, Gov. Mitt Romney. Touching on his family’s immigrant experience, and attacking President Barack Obama’s “divide and conquer”
