Politico, ever eager to paint Barack Obama in a positive light, has an article about the supposed thaw in relations between Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Politico delights in Netanyahu’s weakness and Obama’s strength as Obama is visiting
The President’s predictions of doom and gloom if the sequester cuts took place seems not to have convinced most Americans. A Fox News poll released today found 49 percent of respondents labeled the cuts a “good thing” while just 37
Count former President Bill Clinton as the latest Democrat actively worried that Ashley Judd isn’t the best person to unseat Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell in Kentucky come 2014. Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is being wooed by Clinton
The House Ethics Committee will investigate Reps. Don Young (R-AK) and Rob Andrews (D-NJ) for illegally using campaign funds. Reps. Michael Conaway (R-Texas) and Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.), the chairman and ranking member of the Ethics Committee, made the announcement on Tuesday. According
The left-wing media complex has found its new bete noir for the 2013/2014 political news cycle, and that dubious honor goes to Republican rising star, Ted Cruz. Note that the left always targets those they perceive to be the greatest
Breitbart News was the first to report that CNN contributor Roland Martin’s contract would not be renewed by the network. That contract expires April 6. Since our report, CNN confirmed the news to Politico, and Martin himself has circulated the
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s Democratic Party mega-donor Dr. Salomon Melgen cozied up to President Barack Obama, Politico reports. “He posed for pictures with President Barack Obama, flew Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on his private jet and sought
The idea now supported by House GOP leadership that a budget should balance within ten years originally came from conservative leaders in the House and from Heritage Action, the Club for Growth, and the Family Research Council. On January 15,
Harrison Ford may be the only American simultaneously satisfied with President Barack Obama and Congress yet genuinely fearful of the fallout from sequestration. The Star Wars actor and aviation enthusiast appeared on the Hill today to caution the country about
After the Republican National Committee released its “autopsy” report highlighting the path forward for the GOP on Monday, conservatives blasted the RNC for proposing changes they feel would blunt the ability of grassroots conservatives to beat establishment candidates at the
House Republicans are standing strong in their pursuit of Operation Fast and Furious documents, The Hill’s Jordy Yager reports, undercutting a narrative the Department of Justice has tried to seep into the media. President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege over
After a meeting yesterday with Harry Reid (D-NV), Sen. Dianne Feinstein learned that her controversial assault weapons ban mess will not be part of the gun control bill package heading to the senate floor next month. The AWB could be
The mainstream media have played up the predictable narrative coming out of CPAC’s straw poll: that conservatives are moving towards isolationism, abandoning traditional support for a strong national defense. It is quite obvious whom that narrative benefits–not just Sen. Rand
A couple weeks ago, the last living legend in journalism, Bob Woodward — the man who took down a corrupt president and for the last forty years has remained at the top of his profession — made the biggest mistake
Politico’s Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman have produced a snarky yet sadly misguided analysis of the political backdrop to CPAC 2013. Their take reflects the mainstream media’s focus on particular personalities, as well as issues the left believes ought to define
After White House advisers conceded that Obama’s so-called charm offensive and meetings with Republican lawmakers were publicity stunts for the mainstream media, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), the House Whip, provided more evidence that Obama’s public meetings with Republicans may be
Senate Democrats are infighting on the eve of the release of Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray’s budget, Breitbart News has exclusively learned. Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, slammed Murray on Tuesday evening through
The headline below was up at Politico for a brief moment before it was quickly yanked, corrected, and replaced: This note has been added to the post: Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story included unrelated text that
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), the House Minority Whip, attempted to pre-empt Rep. Paul Ryan’s new budget, which balances within ten years, by accusing the Wisconsin Republican of hurting “middle class, seniors, veterans, women, children, federal employees, low-income families, and those nearing
Earlier this month, several tech savvy young Republican consultants and policy strategists, all under the age of forty, announced the establishment of the Empower Action Group, a conservative counterpart to the left’s successful New Organizing Institute. Patrick Ruffini, the thirty-four year
Mark Tapscott, executive editor of The Washington Examiner, did an interesting spot-check yesterday. Using the search engines of a few high-profile news outlets, he documented the number of references each made to conservative political activists, “the Koch Brothers,” as compared
Politico notes that the biggest obstacle to Democrats’ hopes of re-taking the House of Representatives in 2014 may be President Barack Obama. And the reason? His crusade for gun control: Adding to the complications of running as a conservative Democrat
It doesn’t get more ironic than this: Barack Obama, who boasted of how his administration was the “most transparent in history,” cracked jokes at the Gridiron Club annual dinner Saturday night about his transparency while the event was closed to
Because I just can’t bring myself to rename it the “Full Bush.” From… Breitbart (Politico buried the lede!): Bush will appear on the classic Ginsburg set: ABC’s This Week, CBS’ Face the Nation, CNN’s State of the Union, Fox News’ Fox
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush will do the “full Ginsburg” on Sunday morning–appearing on the Sunday news shows of every major network. In addition, he will appear on a sixth show, setting a new media record. The original feat is
