Republican Paul Ryan lost Tuesday in his bid to be the next US vice president but kept his seat in the House of Representatives, leaving the young conservative with a platform for potential future ambitions. With most results in, Ryan
United Press International recently published a nice piece on Paul Ryan touting his “youth” and his “political savvy.” Nicole Debevec notes that Wisconsin Representative Ryan “brings a lot to the ticket,” going on to say that supporters feel he “brings
The shingle on Howard Kurtz’s office reads “media critic,” but these days “palace guard” is a more accurate moniker. Kurtz, who toils for both the liberal Daily Beast and left-leaning CNN, is defending today’s comedian class for dereliction of duties. Namely,
You know leading Jewish Democrats are struggling to convince voters President Barack Obama is good for Israel when Alan Dershowitz has to publish an endorsement of Obama not once, but twice in the Jerusalem Post–and has to lead the endorsement
Late night comedians have spent the past four years all but ignoring the President of the United States. Why mock the most powerful man in the world when you can tease former President George W. Bush or even Sarah Palin?
Iowa’s Quad City Times, one of that swing’s states most important newspapers, endorsed Mitt Romney for President on Sunday. In 2008 the paper endorsed Barack Obama: We invested heavily in hope back in 2008. Our 2012 endorsement of Mitt Romney
Julianne Moore earned endless kudos for mocking Sarah Palin in the fact-deficient HBO film “Game Change.” Now, Moore is picking up on President Barack Obama’s fact-deficient War on Women meme in a new video dubbed “Yes We Plan.” The clip
Soap opera star Nancy Lee Grahn is obsessed with the Palin women. The “General Hospital” star routinely trashes both Sarah Palin and her daughter, Bristol Palin, via Twitter. This week, Grahn’s tweets took a particularly nasty turn. Grahn is referring
Bob Schieffer, the moderator for the last of the three presidential debates in 2012, needs to be watched carefully; he has a clear partisan agenda that favors Barack Obama that was evident even in 2008. When he moderated the last
The Obama administration’s decision to block oil drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) is the latest symbol of an energy policy that could be described as “none of the above.” It is an even worse decision when
Once again, Joe Biden lied his way through a Vice Presidential debate–just as he did in his contest with Sarah Palin in 2008. This time, the media caught a few of Biden’s worst “malarkey” moments–as did his opponent, Paul Ryan,
On the morning of the vice presidential debate, Time Magazine released outtakes of Paul Ryan working out from a photo shoot done nearly a year ago, continuing the mainstream media’s tradition of using photos as political weapons against Republicans. These
Tonight, Republican Vice Presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan will meet the incumbent Vice President Joe Biden at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky for the first and only debate for the Vice Presidency. The last time Joe Biden met for such
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s family is working on a book about fitness and self-discipline designed to help Americans stay healthy while enjoying the pleasures of homemade comfort foods. In an email to People magazine, Palin said the book will “unique
Vice President Joe Biden has a problem: nobody seems to like him. In the latest Pew Research Center poll, from October 2012, just 39% of the public had a favorable opinion of Biden, compared to 51% unfavorable; by contrast, Republican
During the 2008 vice presidential debate against Sarah Palin, Joe Biden told an anecdote about someone at his local gas station who did not have enough money to fill up his gas tank because gas prices ($3.17 on average for
No, the answer isn’t “just show up.” Biden is a master of malarkey, turning clear defeats into victories, fiction into fact. In 2008, Gov. Sarah Palin completely outclassed her more seasoned opponent. And yet the post-debate commentary–often more important than
Rep. Paul Ryan is not just running for Vice President; he’s also running for re-election as the Representative from Wisconsin’s 1st congressional district. His name was on the ballot before he was chosen as Mitt Romney’s running mate–and, by law,
Amidst reports President Barack Obama’s campaign has tried to block national outlets from publishing stories about a potential campaign finance scandal, the Obama campaign announced on Twitter Saturday it raised $181 million in September in conjunction with the Democratic National
President Barack Obama may have already been rattled, as Sarah Palin suggested on Thursday, in the days leading up to his disastrous debate with Mitt Romney on Wednesday because of a potential campaign finance scandal. But even if the Obama
Steven Rattner, a former adviser to President Barack Obama, called for “death panels” in a recent opinion piece in the New York Times, proving that liberals and the mainstream media were apoplectic when former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin threatened Obamacare
When you’re a Republican, your biggest debate opponent is not the one next to you on the stage but the one in front of you at the moderator’s table. The moderators help set the outcome for Democrats in three ways:
Actress Jennifer Garner says her new film, “Butter,” wasn’t intended to send up the Tea Party, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann or former Gov. Sarah Palin. Tell that to the film critics who torched the film for its mean spirited take on
Danny Strong just landed the best gig in town. The screenwriter has been selected to pen the final two installments of the “Hunger Games” franchise, the kind of assignment any Hollywood writer would envy. Surely winning two Emmys for writing
Mitt Romney is about as close to defeating President Barack Obama as any Republican could have hoped to be. The polls–if you believe them–show him slightly or significantly behind, but within striking distance. The challenge he faces is unique: he
