Thomas Jefferson said, ” I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” SEIU President Mary Kay Henry clearly believes that luck only comes through union membership, and she has
(CBS News) Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren waged a strong defense of President Obama Tuesday morning, acknowledging that people are still “hurting” and asserting that Republicans are blocking progress. Warren said Republicans in Congress opposed numerous efforts to pass additional
Native American delegates to the DNC have invited embattled Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren to meet with their caucus before she gives her big speech to the convention on Wednesday, but so far she’s dodged the invitations. As the
(AP) Dems open convention playing defense of ObamaBy CALVIN WOODWARD and JULIE PACEAssociated PressCHARLOTTE, N.C.Democrats open their national convention Tuesday in defense of a president who carries both the power and the burden of incumbency, offering President Barack Obama as
The son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Rory Reid, is the primary representative for ENN Energy Group, a Chinese energy company seeking to build a $5 billion solar panel plant on a 9,000-acre Clark County desert plot in
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.
Jake Schmidt, a director at the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), does not want you to look behind the curtain of the environmental lobby. In a recent article in the Huffington Post, the fringe group leader attempts to hide legitimate
Attention Los Angeles Times political reporters, New York Times columnists, MSNBC hosts and Democrat super PACs: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), running mate to presidential candidate Mitt Romney and chair of the House budget committee, told a radio host that he
According to Politico, the state of Connecticut is now considered to be a battleground state in the upcoming November election. Several factors have contributed to the shift in a state that was assumed to continue its legacy as an automatic
President Barack Obama is partly blaming his family and children for his inability to lessen Washington’s partisanship and gridlock during his first term. On CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday show, Jessica Yellin said she interviewed Obama for a forthcoming
Washington Post: A former senior congressional aide was indicted this week in D.C. Superior Court on charges that he sexually assaulted two women after drugging them with a sedative that he allegedly put in their drinks. Donny Ray Williams Jr.,
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
Organizers at the Bureau of Indigenous Muslim Affairs anticipated crowds at yesterday’s “Jumah at the DNC” event in Charlotte, North Carolina would reach 20,000. Instead, only 300 Muslims showed up for the open air prayer ceremony. The event had been
The mystery surrounding how the “Jumah at the DNC” event sponsored by the Bureau of Indigenous Muslim Affairs, an obscure Islamist organization, became part of the officially sanctioned DNC/Charlotte in 2012 pre-convention program has begun to unravel. Ibrahim Jaaber, son of BIMA
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore: “Obviously I’m not a fan of his presidency, but I want to make a point, Things went so badly wrong they cannot all be laid at his doorstep. One quick example: When the Senate
Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) highlighted Gov. Mitt Romney’s ability to create capital and juxtaposed it with Barack Obama’s intention to redistribute it in his speech to the RNC. Portman opened his Wednesday address to the GOP convention in Tampa by
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell comments on Senate minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell’s RNC convention speech
Once you’re gay, you stay that way —and that’s an order. So says the California State Assembly, which has just banned a form of psychotherapy, called reparative therapy for minors, aimed at making gay people straight. California, never shy about
There was a time when the GOP’s route to a majority ran through Missouri. Sen. Claire McCaskill is one of the more vulnerable incumbents in the country. Her deciding vote to approve ObamaCare is wildly unpopular in the state, whose
Ted Cruz, U.S. Senate candidate from Texas, addresses the 2012 Republican National Convention.
Former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter is battling cancer for the third time and has been hospitalized. “I’m battling cancer. It’s another battle I intend to win,” Specter said in a statement on Tuesday. “I’m grateful for all the well wishes
I called Paul Ryan in the winter of 2010, as I was making the transition from Republican politics in Illinois to conservative new media with Andrew Breitbart. He answered from his car, as he was driving to his tree stand
PHOENIX, Aug. 29 (UPI) —Rep. Ben Schweikert won an “inter-family battle” Tuesday in the Arizona primary, defeating fellow Republican Rep. Ben Quayle. In the battle for the Republican Senate nomination, Rep. Jeff Flake crushed Wil Cardon, a businessman who ran
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul (R) is on a campaign to legalize hemp, arguing it would put his home state’s economy at a competitive advantage. Last week, Paul wore a shirt made from hemp at the Kentucky State Fair. He suggested
Yesterday at the convention RNC Chairman Reince Priebus reiterated the party’s position on Todd Akin’s promise to continue his GOP senate campaign. Ben Howe and Chris Loesch spoke with Priebus: Akin would need to raise well over $100k each day
