In the past, Politico has gone to extraordinary lengths to carry water for Barack Obama–up to and including attacks on private citizens guilty of nothing more than supporting someone other than Barack Obama. That was vicious, but Tuesday Politico went
On Tuesday, Politico reported that President Obama will now delay a vote to authorize use of force in Syria until “a diplomatic solution has a chance to play out.” The Russian proposal upon which Obama relies, which would supposedly transition
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) complained that the Supreme Court was a right-wing institution that protected big-business interests on Sunday. According to Politico, Warren made her comments on a panel on the opening day of the AFL-CIO convention and attacked the
According to Hill sources, House Republicans will meet with Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday morning. The meeting is said to begin at 9:30am and Biden is expected to face a tough crowd. Republican and Democratic lawmakers and aides
Benjamin Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is leaving his job at the end of 2013. Jealous said he wants to be a University professor and spend more time with
Sources close to House conservative leaders have confirmed to Breitbart News that House GOP leadership is planning to cave and fund Obamacare’s implementation for at least the rest of 2013. Text of the Continuing Resolution (CR) that will fund the
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will make her first public comments on Syria on Monday after she visits with President Barack Obama at the White House. Politico reports that Clinton will meet with Obama for an unrelated event and
Politico, one of President Obama’s strongest allies in the mainstream media, tore into Republicans Monday for not supporting the president’s unilateral war against Syria. The left-wing outlet not only accused the GOP of turning “dovish,” but cherry-picked 2002 Iraq quotes
Politico’s “Playbook” morning email author Mike Allen and its executive editor Jim Vandehei wrote on Thursday morning that immigration overhaul efforts will be on hold until 2017 because of President Barack Obama’s decision to seek congressional authorization to militarily strike
Republican leaders in Washington, including Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), and Senators McCain (R-AZ), Graham (R-SC), and Corker (R-TN), are supporting President Obama’s call for an American attack on Syria, but Tea Party groups around
POLITICO: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., warned that other rogue regimes will be emboldened to defy the U.S. if we fail to respond to a chemical weapons attack in Syria.
Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe met recently with New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg “to get support from the billionaire politician.” The meeting, according to Politico, took place in New York City a week and a half ago. The outgoing
Kentucky Democrat Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes is getting a boost from the Hollywood elite. Grimes has refused to make clear her positions on many issues of the day, emulating Barack Obama in 2008. Jeffrey Katzenberg, the CEO of Dreamworks
Politico: Asked whether he will meet with Sen. Rand Paul on an upcoming weekend to make ammends, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says there is “no choice” between Rand Paul and spending the weekend with his wife for her birthday.
On Tuesday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) appeared on “Fox & Friends,” where co-host Brian Kilmeade asked him about video of Syrian rebels shouting “Allahu Akbar!” after hitting government targets with rockets. McCain responded, “Would you have a problem with an
The Ken Cuccinelli for Governor campaign launched an emotionally moving television ad on Tuesday that highlighted a little known element of his record as Virginia’s Attorney General, the office he now holds. Titled ‘Justice,’ the one minute commercial tells the
Politico reported Monday that “two comedians are tackling the sensitive topic of Islamophobia in the way they know best: laughter.” The article, entitled “Film tackles Islamophobia with humor,” puffs up Negin Farsad and Dean Obeidallah, “the co-directors of ‘The Muslims
On Saturday, President Barack Obama said that while he believes he has the authority to take military action in Syria, he is going to first seek congressional approval. “After careful deliberation I have decided the United States should take military
In his Saturday Playbook email, Politico’s Mike Allen defended GOP establishment Senators like Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Lamar Alexander and others facing Tea Party challengers as up against nothing more than an “expensive headache” they will defeat. Allen,
Politico: In an interview on MSNBC with Chris Hayes, Newark Mayor Cory Booker responds to comments about whether or not he is gay. Booker replies, ‘my sexuality not an issue’
According to Politico sources, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pushed Obama administration officials “to take military action to punish Syrian President Bashar Assad in response to reports that he used chemical weapons in his nation’s ongoing civil war.” Last night, Obama
On Tuesday, Sens. Mike Enzi (WY) and David Vitter (LA) introduced legislation to reinstate the requirement that members of Congress, and their staffs, receive health coverage through ObamaCare exchanges, as well as pay the costs of their premiums. Earlier this
President Barack Obama took time away from his latest economy pivot to watch Lee Daniels’ The Butler, the new film chronicling the life of a beloved black servant in the White House. The movie casts Forest Whitaker as a noble,
The marquee quote is Jesse Jackson declaring that “the Tea Party is the resurrection of the Confederacy,” but the entire surreal Politico article that tries to make ugly racialists obsessives and political hacks sound like reasonable mainstream commentators is a
On Monday, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) said she wants the federal minimum wage raised to $10 an hour. The current minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. “We need to raise the minimum wage. That will make a huge difference. …People
