Only because it’s my job, I follow hundreds of mainstream media types on Twitter and all day long watch broadcasts of MSNBC and CNN. The fact that this makes me the least informed person in the country is for another
Former “Growing Pains” star Kirk Cameron is coming to the defense of fellow pro-lifer Rep. Todd Akin. The Miss. politician, whose comments regarding “legitimate rape” and a woman’s alleged ability to prevent a rapist from impregnating her ignited a firestorm
Governor Christie was interviewed by WCBS Monday about his role as keynote speaker at the GOP convention. “I’m not nervous, no. I’m excited,” he told reporter Peter Haskell. Christie says he is now on his 7th draft of the remarks
The DNC has plenty of good elected official seats still available. From Politico’s Mike Allen: The (Convention planning) documents also give a glimpse of what parts of Obama’s record will get the most attention in the campaign, with one piece
Obama’s Last Stand, a new e-book by the Politico’s Glenn Thrush, contains a desperate exchange between House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and President Obama. As presented by Thrush, the exchange resulted from Pelosi’s realization that Obama’s drastic cuts in
A new e-book titled Obama’s Last Stand by Politico’s Glenn Thrush offers a behind-the-scenes take on President Obama as he prepares for his final election. The thrust of the book, at least as far as Obama himself is concerned, is
A new e-book, Obama’s Last Stand, reveals details about the disarray in President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign and Obama’s thin-skinned narcissism that, according to the mainstream media’s own standards, should disqualify Obama from being elected again. When then-candidate Obama was
The surest sign that Democrats know they are in trouble after Paul Ryan’s nomination to the Republican presidential ticket behind Mitt Romney is the desperation with which they are trying, desperately, to steer the conversation away from the economy, entitlements,
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL), who was cleared by the Office of Congressional Ethics of insider trading charges, is now busy collecting donations for his legal defense fund from the banking interests who stand to benefit most from his influence on
At last month’s annual conference of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a bipartisan group of legislators “amended a model resolution in opposition to federal efforts to enhance global tax enforcement,” write Americans for Tax Reform’s Grover Norquist and Patrick Gleason
The other half of the Simpson-Bowles commission gave an interview Friday in which he praised Paul Ryan as “a spokesman of hard truth against fakery.” Alan Simpson, the former Senator from Wyoming who co-chaired the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility
Bill Maher is in a bragging mood these days. The liberal comedian, whose HBO series “Real Time with Bill Maher” returns with fresh episodes tonight, tells Politico he won’t apologize for his hard-hitting jokes. He doesn’t have to serve up
In Florida, the Tea Party and the Republican establishment faced off in two marquee primary battles on Tuesday. Rep. John Mica, an ally of House Speaker John Boehner’s and a 10-term Congressman who chairs the Transportation Committee, defeated freshman Tea
At an appearance in Danville, VA Tuesday, Vice President Biden made a comment about putting “y’all back in chains” that has divided Americans, among them the President’s own supporters. Jesse Jackson has blamed the gaffe on the 24-hour news cycle
You win some, you lose some. Yesterday, we learned Mitt Romney can no longer use the Silversun Pickups’ track “Panic Switch” on the campaign trail. It’s hardly the first time a liberal music act put its foot down to prevent a
Many on the GOP side of the aisle have been complaining that Mitt Romney seems to be incapable of hitting back against the constant stream of lies, innuendo, and calumny that Obama and his minions have unleashed thus far in
Joe Biden is a political anomaly. Unmeasured, he appears to say whatever comes to mind whenever it comes to mind. Thus, he speaks to Virginians about winning in North Carolina, talks to Americans about leading the world in the 20th
In a shocking turn of events, Politico, which usually spends most of its time BenSmithing for the President, somehow allowed National Review editor Rich Lowry to take to its opinion pages today, where Lowry laid out a particularly strong case
The non-profit American Bridge 21st Century foundation, created by Media Matters founder David Brock, is launching a new watchdog group to delve deep into conservative groups and those who fund them. The Bridge Project will operate alongside the Democratic super
As we go about our daily business, free from terrorist attacks and warfare in our homeland, it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day and forget one every important thing: we are at war. We have troops spread throughout
Politico seems to have decided where it stands on Paul Ryan. On its main page on the afternoon of August 15, the news site seemed to carry a single message: Paul Ryan is a bad, bad man and Romney made
If our government consistently gets something wrong, but then declares that everything is A-OK, how should the rest of us react? Should we ignore clearly visible warning signs, or should we simply continue to trust the Obama administration–and Obamaphilic analysts
The race to define Paul Ryan is on. Democrats greeted his selection with the predictable claim that he was an extremist who wanted to end “Medicare as we know it.” That characterization hit a wall Monday morning when Morgen Richmond,
Kelsey Grammer’s work on the Starz series “Boss” earned him some of the best critical notice of his career. The actor won the Golden Globe for playing the embattled Chicago mayor on the cable show. Emmy voters, however, didn’t even
Mensa Joe Biden is now presenting himself as a Nascar type. In Stuart, Va. for a campaign stop, Mensa Joe learned that one of the patrons of the Coffee Break Cafe, Glen Wood, was the owner of the car that won
