The DC political world thrives by obfuscating and making things seem more complicated than they actually are. The entire government edifice is built on buzz-words and euphemisms intended to obscure that’s happening. When Speaker Boehner promotes a Democrat-inspired “balanced approach”
One of the main arguments against the Obama plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the president’s attempts to bring “justice” to terrorists in the civilian courts is that upon release, these individuals become doubly dangerous. (We know
In the “fiscal cliff” negotiations, the Republicans are in desperate need of a game-changer. That is, the current dynamics in Washington DC are so bad right now for Republicans that they are likely to go off a political cliff. President Obama and
President Barack Obama will ask Democrats to keep Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) as Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in January when DNC members meet. A “senior Democratic official” told Politico that “because of the outstanding job she
Politico’s Dylan Byers has an extensive write up today focusing on what he describes as the “left-wing media” and how its relationship might become more adversarial with Obama now that he’s been safely reelected and no longer needs protecting from Republican bogeymen. Included
Politico’s Dylan Byers has an extensive write up today focusing on what he describes as the “left-wing media” and how its relationship might become more adversarial with Obama now that he’s been safely reelected and no longer needs protecting from Republican bogeymen. Included
Nate Silver, the New York Times‘ statistical and polling guru, has ripped into Politico, suggesting that they are stupid. Silver said on Bill Simmons’ “BS Report” podcast: What’s remarkable for me is that you had some journalist for Politico who
Despite Mitt Romney’s loss in the 2012 Presidential election, no serious challenger has emerged against Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, who announced earlier this month that he would seek a second two-year term. Speaking to CNN’s Piers Morgan on
On Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise appearance at the grand opening of the Washington, D.C. Costco for a photo op with the warehouse-club’s co-founder Jim Sinegal, who raised over $1.4 million for the Obama campaign. In July,
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, attempting to rule Egypt with an iron Islamist hand, lavishly praised his benefactor, Barack Obama, in an interview with Time Magazine. Morsi cooed: “President Obama has been very helpful, very helpful.” Morsi continued, “And I can say really that
This entry of “BenSmithing” into the official Urban Dictionary has been up since August 12. But do I get a card from Ben Smith? A call? A thanks? Nope. Nothing. No good deed, right? I have no idea who took the
The Romney campaign spent an estimated $356 million between January 1, 2011 and October 17, 2012 in its unsuccessful effort to defeat incumbent President Barack Obama. According to Federal Election Commission documents, as reported by OpenSecrets.org, $33 million of this amount
Even though guns and gun control had about as much to with the 2012 campaign as my Aunt Fannie’s fanny, here’s Politico pushing a meaningless poll: Voters in key three swing states preferred President Barack Obama to Mitt Romney on
For the record, I’m all in favor of going over the fiscal cliff. I’m willing to pay higher taxes for a few months in order to get a better deal on spending cuts and to save the soul of the
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has blistered U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice for her incompetence and lies to the American people about Benghazi. But he has refrained from criticizing Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State whose negligence allowed terrorists to attack the
Black leaders in former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s congressional district are worried that a white candidate may win the special election for Jackson’s seat because multiple candidates in the primary may split the black vote. Former Rep. Debbie Halvorson (pictured),
***UPDATE: Politico’s Dylan Byers remembered something I forgot — rumors that Lindsey Graham’s denied about his being gay. What we might have here, then, is an anti-gay joke told by Heilemann and laughed at hysterically by Joe Scarborough. They’ll get away with
Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) has indicated that voting to raise taxes on those making over $250,000 would not violate the anti-tax Taxpayer Protection Pledge he signed. “I don’t see that as a violation of my pledge,” Cole said of Grover
Multiple sources reported late Tuesday that two-term Virginia Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling will drop out of the 2013 race for the Republican Gubernatorial nomination in Virginia. Bolling’s surprising decision clears the way for conservative favorite, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, to secure the
Over the weekend, the San Francisco Chronicle announced that the gossip website TMZ was looking to launch a drone to monitor celebrities. According to the Chronicle, “Paparazzi are already using small drones on the Riviera to shoot photos of celebrities
Celebrities already live in fear of roving TMZ reporters ambushing them at airports, sidewalks and movie premieres. Imagine if the gossip site had access to a drone to follow them above and beyond their army of gossip-sniffing soldiers? The San
Today, syndicated radio talk show host Laura Ingraham ended her relationship with syndicator Talk Radio Network. She released a statement on her website: After more than 9 years with the distributor Talk Radio Network, I decided it was time to
In a move that shocked precisely no one, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) announced today that he had filed paperwork to move forward with a re-election bid. His likely opponent will be Newark Mayor Corey Booker, a dynamic African-American politician with
In November, voters in four states — Minnesota, Maine, Maryland, and Washington — handed election day victories to supporters of same-sex marriage initiatives, a marked contrast to the 2008 defeat they experienced with California’s Proposition 8. President Obama won all
Barack Obama spoke by phone with Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi thee times in the last 24 hours. Obama asked the man who regards Israel as his greatest enemy to broker a truce between Israel and Hamas. En route
