The White House attempt to turn Organizing for America into a major political force like the right-leaning Tea Party has suffered a second humiliation in just a few months. In August, not a single person showed up for a Climate
(AP) Medal of Honor winner asks to return to dutyBy LOLITA BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe former Army captain who received the Medal of Honor on Tuesday has asked to return to active duty in the Army, a rare move by an officer
In response to OFA Rally on Capitol Steps Draws Two Dozen: “Tea Tards?” Really Obama For Action? That’s not slightly offensive to you? On Sunday, we were treated to mass hysteria on the left over some redneck holding a Confederate
Yesterday I highlighted something Avik Roy pointed out about the design of the Obamacare exchange. Simply put, the decision to force people to create an account in order to shop for plans was made for political reasons not a concern
Once again a member of Hollywood stoops to calling anyone who disagrees with him a racist. This time it is former Disney Channel writer Bob Schooley who Tweeted out the trope that Republicans hate President Barack Obama solely because he’s
On Thursday, the US will exhaust its borrowing authority, according to the Treasury Department. With both parties and the White House far apart on any deal to end the government shutdown and increase the debt ceiling, the fiscal stand-off will
President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid seem hell-bent on forcing Republicans to choose default. By pre-emptively rejecting House Republicans’ minor modifications to the proposed Senate deal on the shutdown and the debt ceiling, the White House and
On Tuesday, House Republicans announced plans to push another proposal to end the partial government shutdown and temporarily lift the debt ceiling. Even before details of the new proposal were finalized, the White House and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
When the history of the debt limit fight of 2013 is written, one of the enduring questions historians will have to answer is why Republicans allowed the Democrats to negotiate with the Senate Republicans and the House Republicans separately. That
We hear constantly–it was repeated on MSNBC today, for example–that it is unreasonable to expect President Barack Obama to accept any changes to his “signature” legislative achievement, Obamacare. That was not the case when it came to President Ronald Reagan’s
If congressional negotiators fail to raise the debt ceiling and reopen the government, voters will blame House Republicans, but it is the president and fellow Democrats that are behaving like teenagers by wanting to spend irresponsibly. Studies by the non-partisan
(AP) Obama meeting with congressional leaders postponedBy JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe White House says a meeting between Obama and congressional leaders has been postponed to give Senate leaders more time to resolve a standoff over the nation’s debt and the partial
On Monday, the White House announced that Vice President Joe Biden would get involved in ongoing negotiations concerning the government shutdown and the debt ceiling. Over the weekend, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) implored Biden to get involved. According to the
On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made a new offer to GOP Leader Mitch McConnell to end the partial government shutdown. The proposal would extend government funding through mid-December at current levels and lift the debt ceiling until the
President Barack Obama is demanding a $1.1 trillion “ransom”–or else he will not allow the debt ceiling to be raised. That’s the effective offer on the table from the president and Senate Democrats. They have now refused to pass a
Throughout the government shutdown and the debt ceiling fight, President Barack Obama and the Democrats have attempted to use the specter of economic collapse to force Republicans to make concessions. On Oct. 3, President Obama even attempted to talk stock
On Monday, Breitbart News spoke with Norman Rosenbaum, brother of Yankel Rosenbaum, the Orthodox Jewish victim of a violent mob at the 1991 Crown Heights, who was killed within days of Al Sharpton stating, “If the Jews want to get
During the last debt ceiling fight, in the summer of 2011, Republicans and Democrats were near a “grand bargain” on the long-term budget when President Barack Obama, seeing Republican poll numbers fall, made a last-minute demand for $400 billion in
According to Chuck Todd it’s a “labor of love.” The NBC News White House correspondent is writing a book about the Obama Presidency and it’s now reached the pages of Amazon. Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 partly because
It appears the cease fire in the White House’s war on Fox News is now history. White House spokesman Jay Carney has become increasingly hostile toward Fox News White House correspondent Ed Henry. Early last week he attacked Henry’s
In response to So about that ‘Confederate Flag’: It’s a wonder they haven’t digitally edited the Confederate flag right off the roof of the General Lee in “Dukes of Hazzard” reruns. Imagine that: a generation ago, one of the most
Twitter is abuzz this evening over photos and reports that, among the protestors at the White House, one young man was waiving a Confederate flag. Heaps of condemnation poured in. Can we slow the roll for a minute, though? While
On Sunday, with throngs of veterans marching through Washington D.C. to protest President Obama’s closure of war memorials, the media focused on one man in particular: a random dude with a Confederate flag at the White House. In the apparent
On Sunday, protesting the barricades placed at memorials around Washington D.C. by the vindictive Obama administration, veterans removed the barricades and proceeded to take them to the White House. Multiple people tweeted photos of the barricades being removed and taken
Over the weekend, House and Senate Republican proposals on the fiscal showdown, which largely met previously stated demands from the White House, were summarily rejected by President Obama and Senate Democrats. Having shown that they are desperate to end the
