Senior Obama Campaign adviser David Axelrod reportedly contacted The Gallup Organization to discuss the company’s research methodology after their poll’s findings were unfavorable to the President. After declining to adjust their methodology, Gallup was named in an unrelated lawsuit by
This is the third in a series of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, Cold War historian and professor of political science, on his blockbuster book, The Communist: Frank Marshall Davis, The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mentor. The Communist is based on
The Vice Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral James Winnefeld, is on a secret visit to Israel as tensions rise over Iran’s nuclear progress, Israel’s army radio reported on Thursday. The Israeli military itself refused to confirm
Yesterday’s decision to move Obama’s acceptance speech from the 75,000 seat Bank of American stadium to the smaller 20,000 set TimeWarner Arena disappointed some unknown number of supporters. Democrats claim they had handed out 65,000 tickets and had another 18,000
The party faithful in the auditorium may have loved Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s speech at the Democrat’s national convention this week but an objective look at the up and coming Democrat’s week and performance suggests Booker may not have done
At least five themes coming out of the Democratic National Convention need refuting by conservatives and Republicans. 1. Sure, the economy is a disaster, but President Obama really, really cares about, like, you know, people and stuff. Conservative Comeback: If
During an interview with CBS News David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett were asked about the exclusion of naming Jerusalem the capital Israeli Valerie Jarrett “He just thought it was important to put back in what has been in the platform,
When Mitt Romney said in his speech at the Republican National Convention that, “Obama has thrown Israel under the bus,” Mitt obviously knew more than the rest of us. Within days of that speech, the picture of Obama’s betrayal of
The number of people killed in Syria will soon reach genocidal levels. Tens of thousands of civilians, including children, women and the elderly, have been massacred by the Assad regime since spring 2011. That jihadi militias are present and have
Early every spring, the White House administration is required by law to submit its regulatory plans for the year. Obama, however, has refused to submit this report as he faces reelection. The spring 2012 Regulatory Agenda is supposed to be
Former Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore is nowhere near Charlotte, North Carolina, as his party holds its national convention. The environmental activist is instead spending the week in New York City. Many prominent Democrats have skipped the DNC this year,
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel — who used to be President Obama’s chief of staff — told delegates at the Democratic National Convention about the challenges they faced on day one in the White House. He talks to Charlie Rose and
We all must absolutely acknowledge and accept the fact that president Obama came into office at a time when our economy was in an extremely troubled and difficult state. Things were bad, no doubt about it. It is a fact
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“Entourage” star Adrian Grenier, who appeared with his band The Honey Brothers at the Impact Arts + Film Fund party to kick off the Democratic National Convention yesterday, had some profound things to say about his favorite president. “I love
The U.S. national debt surpassed $16 trillion on Tuesday as the Democratic National Convention convened. When President Barack Obama was sworn into office, the country’s debt was under $10 trillion, which means under Obama the country’s debt has increased by
CBS News political director John Dickerson joins Charlie Rose, Norah O’Donnell and senior White House correspondent Bill Plante to discuss the “Are you better off now?” question and the candidates’ positions on Afghanistan.
The faux Republican War on Women is a major part of the Obama campaign’s strategy for 2012. And with all of the utter contempt that Obama really feels for women, he has asked Bill Clinton to speak. Asking Bill Clinton
The Obama administration now assures Iran the U.S. will not participate in Israeli strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities. According to reports, the Obama administration is doing everything it can do to avoid giving the impression that America stands with Israel
President Barack Obama made an appeal to the marijuana-smoking “stoner” vote with an online ad featuring the stars of the “Harold and Kumar” movie series. The ad depicts Obama calling actor Kal Penn, sitting next to John Cho, his co-star from the
During a recent Q&A, Illinois Congressional Candidate Tammy Duckworth gave an interesting answer regarding her perspective on sexual assault within the military: The documentary The Invisible War has a lot of people talking about sexual assault in the military. What’s
Breitbart News’s Joel Pollak reports from a Paul Ryan event in North Carolina that media is virtually ignoring the thousands attending the event in favor of a few pro-Obama protesters: Thousands of Ryan fans… but MSM cameras/journalists focus on SEVEN Obamabots demonstrating!
(AP) Days after Isaac, a quarter-million still in darkBy CAIN BURDEAU and KEVIN McGILLAssociated PressNEW ORLEANSAbout a quarter of a million customers remained in the dark Monday in Louisiana and Mississippi, days after Isaac inundated the Gulf Coast with a
President Obama’s competitive, boastful nature and condescending advice rubs even loyal Democrats the wrong way, a new profile alleges. The New York Times‘ Jodi Kantor airs complaints from “loyal” Obama associates — not as a buried lede but explicitly in
How can you check facts from a Convention before it begins. Easy. We know exactly what they’re going to say. Let’s run down some of the things that will be said early and often and do our fact checking now.
