Exit polls from the 2012 election show that Mitt Romney would have lost Wisconsin, Iowa, and New Hampshire even if he had received 100% of the Hispanic vote in those states. This undercuts the notion that Republicans will not win
As Wednesday night’s cease-fire went into effect–amidst continuing rocket fire from Hamas–many Israeli reservists returned home disappointed that the government had not launched the ground attack for which they had been called up. One soldier, quoted by Ynetnews, said that
As food pantries across the United States are overwhelmed by the newly poor and food stamp use is the highest it’s ever been, the Obama first family is enjoying a Thanksgiving meal with six different types of pie. Here is
By MATTHEW DALYAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama pardoned two turkeys in an annual Thanksgiving rite on Wednesday, saying he wanted to offer the birds a second chance. Cobbler, the newly designated national turkey, and his alternate, Gobbler, received a reprieve. Obama
Today, the White House admitted that the ceasefire that President Obama triumphantly waved before the world is “tenuous.” “The way we view this is that it’s an important step,” said a senior White House official to ABC News, “but our
Jay Leno: “President Obama today pardoned the White House turkey, and then the turkey forgave him for the bad economy. So it worked out nice. Thought that was nice.”
Yesterday the United States, Brunei, and Indonesia formed the US-Asia Pacific Comprehensive Partnership for a Sustainable Energy Future, and President Barack Obama promised up to $6 billion for the green energy idea. “The Partnership will offer a framework for consolidating
The United States condemned a bus bombing that injured 17 people in Tel Aviv on Wednesday and undermined attempts to mediate a ceasefire in Gaza, branding it a “terrorist attack.” Police said the blast erupted as the bus passed behind
In a recent interview, former Vice President Al Gore sounded the alarm of an impending “planetary emergency” if the Keystone Pipeline gets approved or if plans for Northwest coal export terminals proceed. “We have a planetary emergency,” said Mr. Gore.
Today, the White House officially refused to release photos of US officials during the September 11 terrorist attacks on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that ended with the deaths of four Americans. CBS News requested the photos on October 31;
Barack Obama spoke by phone with Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi thee times in the last 24 hours. Obama asked the man who regards Israel as his greatest enemy to broker a truce between Israel and Hamas. En route
People for the Ethic Treatment of Animals (PETA), which is famous for its shock tactics and its idiotic equation of animals to humans (most shamefully, in its “Holocaust On Your Plate” campaign), has now carried its message to the White
Online and on the cable nets, Marco Rubio is currently taking a hellacious beating for his answer to “GQ’s” question about the age of the Earth. And anyone who doesn’t think we’ll be revisiting Rubio’s “Earth” question in about 40
As part of a White House tradition dating back to 1963, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will choose the National Thanksgiving Turkey. Cobbler and Gobbler are the 2 birds in the running for a pardon.
The Hill cites two new polls to convince readers that Americans believe Barack Obama has a mandate to pursue the tax-the-rich platform he ran on during his reelection campaign to avoid the impending fiscal cliff. A Rasmussen poll claims that 57% of
The mystery of who gave Amb. Susan Rice her talking points has finally been solved. The Director of National Intelligence reportedly removed references to al Qaeda from talking points produced by the CIA. In the latest twist in the ongoing
Retiring Texas Congressman Ron Paul (R) wrote on Monday that he felt secession is a “deeply American principle” in response to the petitions the White House has received from Americans from all 50 states asking to allow their states to
President Obama and Congressional Democrats have gone to great lengths to defend embattled U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s role in the aftermath of the 9-11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Ms. Rice’s defenders claim that her initial public
Because — and this is a direct quote — “the optics of it are terrible; old white guys taking on a young African-American woman,” every single panelist on “Morning Joe” — Joe, Mika, Heilemann, Geist, Halperin, and some insufferable
It has been said that Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal and Bill Clinton’s lies about his affair with Monica Lewinsky respectively started and accelerated the distrust Americans have for both political parties, elected officials, its institutions, and the federal government. But
Jake Tapper’s “The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor” more than lives up to its title. It’s a remarkably compelling, heartbreaking, and inspiring tale about a little known battle in the Afghan War that cost the lives of eight
(AP) Fiscal cliff negotiators are facing high hurdlesBy CHARLES BABINGTONAssociated PressWASHINGTONIt’s entirely possible that lawmakers and the White House will reach a deal that staves off an avalanche of tax increases and deep cuts in government programs before a Jan.
In a piece of obvious stunt-casting, Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels chose Jane Fonda to portray Nancy Reagan in his new film “The Butler” — the story of a black man who served eight American presidents during his long White House career. Naturally, because this is
We lost by somewhere around 400,000 votes in four swing states, and suddenly the sky-is-falling in on the GOP? Well, no, actually it’s not. There’s no question we can do many things better, and must. But when you lose to
