Gazing into his crystal ball, left wing Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX) asserted Friday that Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) “can’t be president.” Castro, whose twin brother Julian is the Democratic mayor of San Antonio and considered to have national political ambitions
It’s rare that anyone in Hollywood has a kind word to share about a Republican, past or present. This week, House of Cards actor Kevin Spacey surprised an interviewer by toasting arguably the most reviled Republican in recent memory–President Richard
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie taped an interview with CBS News’ “Sunday Morning,” and said “there’s gotta be a solution other than” shutting down the government over ObamaCare. The interview will air on Sunday, just a day before the government
Reading Politico’s Friday lead piece, “The GOP Should Just Do It,” on my iPhone this morning, I simply assumed it was an editorial. The tone is so partisan, inflammatory, and derisive, the thought that such a thing would be presented
Just days ago Barack Obama was calling for Washington to act with “decency and common purpose.” Pres Obama ends 36min campaign style speech calling on Congress to act with decency & common purpose, so that economy grows stronger. — Mark
One can only hope this scenario plays out. West says he will run for the Senate in 2016, not against Rubio, but if the seat becomes open, were Rubio decide to run for President, and with the Republican nomination. “If
In an otherwise useful article about the coalition building going on among establishment Republicans and more conservative activist groups outside Congress, Politico nonetheless insisted on using the term “wingers” to identify the movement conservatives who are seeking to have more
Pro-life women from across the state of Virginia are gathering in front of the venue to Wednesday night’s debate between gubernatorial candidates Ken Cuccinelli (R) and Terry McAuliffe (D). A group called Women For Ken will support Cuccinelli’s pro-life position and
Steve Deace, nationally syndicated talk radio host and political powerbroker in Iowa says that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is “on a path to the White House.” On Wednesday, Deace to the DC establishment-organ, Politico, to explain the appeal of Cruz
In the wake of Senator Ted Cruz’s 21-hour filibuster, in order to ensure his ideas are not heard, the media have focused on his reading the Dr. Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham. But that was just the one-punch. The
I don’t know if Dylan Byers is reading The Conversation these days but his post this morning about media treatment of Ted Cruz vs. Wendy Davis is dead on: When a Democrat like Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis filibusters against
A proposal by Senator David Vitter (R-LA), which would put lawmakers’ staffers on the Obamacare exchanges was discussed during the Tuesday through Wednesday’s non-stop remarks made by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). Cruz wants to take Vitter’s proposal one step further and place
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library will no longer be the CEO of Politico, a position he has held since the publication debuted in 2007. On Sunday, Fred Ryan, the founding CEO of
Pop superstar Justin Timberlake has weighed in on President Barack Obama, skipping past the leader’s handling of Syria, the economy or other weighty matters. Timberlake confirmed Obama’s cool quotient during a chat with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show this
Monday evening, GOP Minority Leader announced that he would oppose a proposed filibuster from Sens. Cruz and Lee to block the House Continuing Resolution from reaching the Senate floor. McConnell’s opposition was echoed by John Cornyn, number 2 in GOP
CNN has announced that its HLN network will be helmed by television executive Albie Hecht starting September 30. Hecht is a long-time TV executive that has headed up several other channels, but he is also a big donor to the
Cause of Action, a public advocacy group, has released a $60 million Private Placement Memorandum for GreenTech Automotive. The memorandum states that Democratic Virginia gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe was still an executive with the company on March 12, 2013. McAuliffe
Politico’s Burgess Everett became the latest mainstream media reporter to inaccurately smear Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) late Sunday, attempting to argue in his headline that Cruz is trying to “scramble” to “salvage” his Obamacare defunding strategy. “Ted Cruz and his
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe said in 2009 he “never want[s] another coal plant built,” but in the meantime, he hasn’t been above taking money gained through coal investment for his campaign. Tom Steyer, a California-based financier and one of McAuliffe’s
Could the leaders of both parties have it wrong? Could top Republicans and top Democrats inside DC be simultaneously obtuse about the reality beyond the Beltway? You know, out there in the USA? Is there something about life in Powertown
The outrageous things Nancy Pelosi says would be unintentionally hilarious if she hadn’t been given such a powerful position in government by the Democratic Party. This week in an interview with Politico, the House Democratic Leader claimed that President Obama
Though 45 states originally signed onto the Obama administration-backed Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the coalition supporting the standards appears to be unraveling. Georgia, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, and three other states have pulled back from Common Core, and Maine and Florida
Knocking the Republicans every time President Obama speaks is apparently not enough. In an interview with POLITICO’s Mike Allen, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi complained that Obama is too non-partisan.
Following the September 16th Washington Navy Yard shooting, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) was notably absent from the list of Democrats calling for more gun control. Manchin’s constituents are some of the most pro-gun in America, and Manchin has spent the
Politico ran two opposing pieces today, one titled What’s Wrong with Obama? and the other And What’s Right with Obama? What’s right turns out to be his “dazzling” smile, his “normality,” his enemies and his luck. It’s not very convincing
