Tomorrow, Democrats officially kick off their convention in Charlotte, NC. On Thursday, President Obama will ascend the stage at Bank of America stadium and try to rekindle the enthusiasm and fervor that greeted his acceptance speech in Denver in 2008.
On Labor Day, 1980, Jimmy Carter’s presidential re-election campaign was ahead by 4 points. On November 4, 1980, the incumbent lost by 10 points. As I learned firsthand back then, a lot can happen in two months. Today, as
Judicial Watch has notched another critical court victory recently on a very important issue – gerrymandering. On August 17, Maryland’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, issued a ruling that will subject Maryland’s newly gerrymandered Congressional Districting Plan (MD Senate
It was remarkable watching the mainstream media fulminate against an actor and miss entirely how he connected with the audience. This was a crowd not just of snotty baby boomers with fancy degrees and charter membership in the Smart Set,
The American media was stunned last night to see the first Obama jokes ever performed on National TV. After Clint Eastwood left the stage, media people across the country were mystified. A shell-shocked Andrea Mitchell stammered, “This was exceedingly strange
Tonight, Mitt Romney needed to give the speech of his life. And he did. That isn’t to say that Romney suddenly morphed into Ronald Reagan. He wasn’t electrifying. But he brought what is best about Mitt Romney to the surface:
The studio which gave us “An Inconvenient Truth” is prepping a new film about President Ronald Reagan. “Reykjavik” will star Michael Douglas, a Democratic fundraiser, as the 40th President. Reykjavik takes place over a few days in 1986, when Reagan
Mitt Romney flew to Tampa to be with his wife Ann when she addresses the Republican National Convention. It will also be an opportunity for him to be present when the delegates officially nominate him. After appearing in Tampa, Romney
The following evidence of liberal bias in the film critic community could be repeated until we ring in 2013. For now, let’s just compare Time magazine film critic Richard Corliss’ hatchet job on the conservative documentary “2016: Obama’s America” with
Ron Paul will not have a primetime speaking spot at the Republican National Convention, but Mitt Romney and the GOP know they need his enthusiastic, libertarian-leaning supporters to vote for Romney in November. Both have taken steps to ensure Paul
Toni Preckwinkle, an Obama ally and mentor and Cook County, Illinois Board President, said on Tuesday President Ronald Reagan deserved a “special place in hell” for “making drug use political.” “What? You didn’t like that?” Preckwinkle said after members of the
Conservative HQ’s Richard Viguerie notes the significance of the recent announcement that Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan will give the benediction at next week’s GOP convention: The archdiocese of New York is one of more than 40 Roman Catholic groups suing
President Obama’s team took misleading politics to a new low yesterday, vilifying pro-life Republicans and the GOP’s longstanding platform language on the sanctity of life. Yesterday the Platform Committee of the Republican Party went through the GOP platform, as the
The hysterical reaction to Mitt Romney’s naming of Paul Ryan has been nothing short of comedic for those of us who bother with such trifles; every one of the usual suspects from the loons at MSNBC to the more mainstream
PORT Mitt Romney sat at the presidential card table with an ace in the hole. But, he didn’t play it and instead folded like a cheap suit. A gambling man he ain’t. The odds-makers in the pundocracy were right when
Liberal attack dogs are going into overdrive trying to distort Congressman Paul Ryan’s record. They want to paint him as a wild-eyed fanatic and make Ryan terrifying to swing voters, just like they did to Governor Sarah Palin. “Not this
Gov. Mitt Romney’s recent foreign trip, including stops in London, Warsaw, and Jerusalem, was a smashing success by any measure. It provided him an opportunity to assure America’s allies that the Romney administration will stand with them, that capitalism and
Are you interested in learning how Ohio tumbled near the bottom of the economic heap under largely Republican leadership over the past two decades, or looking for the inside line on Romney’s chances in the vital state? Matt Mayer offers
With less than a 100 days to go before the November election, President Barack Obama’s campaign — one day before the July jobs report was released — unveiled an advertisement campaign that tries to obliterate Romney instead of building up
Ted Cruz kicked off the Red State Gathering 2012 conference in Jacksonville, Florida by telling the fired up crowd that he’s seeing an ‘awakening’ in the American people who are fed up with liberal policy and establishment politicians on both
(AP) Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, diesBy HILLEL ITALIE and ANDREW DALTONAssociated PressLOS ANGELESGore Vidal, the author, playwright, politician and commentator whose novels, essays, plays and opinions were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, died Tuesday at age
Harvey Weinstein knows a thing or two about film violence. His name is attached to some of the biggest offenders in screen history, from the “Kill Bill” series to the recent “Halloween” remake and “Piranha.” Now, Weinstein is calling for
When President Obama won the presidency, he did so driven by an ideology that took precedent over the very people who voted him into office. Since entering office, his determination to fundamentally change America has been shown to include abusing
“Through a process combining hope and resentment, the organizer tries to create a mass army…” – Saul Alinsky The website NewsOne.com — which ironically promotes itself as ‘For Black America’ — has done the Obama campaign proud and put Alinksy’s
If Republicans are looking for a way to compare Barack Obama to Jimmy Carter, look no further than the President’s bizarre and dispiriting speech after today’s devastating jobs numbers were released. A turning point in Carter’s presidency is what came
