WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday that he would head home “to determine whether there is a path forward” for his White House bid after he finished a distant fifth in the Iowa caucuses.
Senate Republicans have been holding up the confirmation of Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau until changes to the agency’s structure are made to provide oversight and accountability at the agency. But sources from inside the
[audio: http://www.coffeeandmarkets.com/CoffeeandMarkets010312.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Scott Conroy from Real Clear Politics to discuss tonight’s Iowa caucuses, whether Santorum’s surge could lead
Courtesy of the Washington Post. Writer Amy Gardner makes no attempt to explain her headline. We’re left to assume that she’s equating Callista Gingrich and Camilla Parker Bowles because they both were at one time the “other woman.” That’s pretty
How do you write a news story about incivility in our politically charged times and not name drop Occupy Wall Street? Just ask the folks over at USA Today. The company chided for its brief news stories pulled out all
A narrative growing around former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is that he avoids right-of-center news outlets. A few weeks ago, the Daily Caller’s Matt Lewis stood by a piece the Romney camp disputed that took issue with the fact that
In an op-ed in today’s Los Angeles Times, Aaron David Miller admits the obvious: “Unlike his two predecessors, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Obama isn’t in love with the idea of Israel.” But Miller doesn’t address Barack Obama’s immersion
– Dueling narratives emerge on Iowa. – Big Journalism’s Dana Loesch will be bringing coverage of Iowa with CNN beginning this evening. Larry O’Connor will be bringing coverage from Iowa on UStream; watch Breitbart.tv for details. – The NYT: Why
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Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2011 list of Washington’s “Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” The members of the Obama Administration on the list, in alphabetical order, include: Attorney General Eric Holder
Larry O’Connor’s well-caught “sound bite for the day” yesterday deserves further elaboration. Yesterday, on MSNBC, left-wing journalists Chris Hayes of The Nation and Ezra Klein of the Washington Post—no strangers to Democrat-media collusion–revealed that they had been part of an
Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney on Friday in Iowa ripped President Barack Obama over his annual Hawaii vacation, painting him as out of touch with Americans’ economic suffering.
Ezra Klein and Chris Hayes reveal on MSNBC that they were invited to a private, “off the record” briefing during the payroll tax cut debate a two weeks ago. According to Hayes, the White House let the liberal journalists know
Ezra Klein and Chris Hayes reveal on MSNBC that they were invited to a private, “off the record” briefing during the payroll tax cut debate a two weeks ago. According to Hayes, the White House let the liberal journalists know
A politician is described as a “lame duck” once he or she has been defeated or announced their retirement, and is simply finishing out the remainder of their term in office. And even after Nov. elections are over and a
President Obama has not been defeated. He still occupies the White House, and that will continue until next November. But the nation is readying itself for what will prove to be a high octane race for the presidency. President Obama
Nice headline, huh? Actually, Wolf Blitzer is calling for Presidential Transparency on the leading Republican candidate, not the actual President. Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday hammered Mitt Romney on why he won’t release his financial records. Seriously, Wolf? I’ll get to
Personally, I don’t care what Michelle Antoinette wears on her taxpayer-funded lavish Hawaiian vacations with her husband President FailureTeleprompterDuffer. Thanks to an autobiography that was probably ghost-written by domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, Obama’s a millionaire and more power to him.
The Washington Post, in an apparent effort to embellish President Barack Obama’s national security credentials, has given him credit for accelerating the military’s highly successful drone program in an article entitled, “Under Obama, an emerging global apparatus for drone killing.”
From Politico: Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska will announce today that he is retiring after two terms, a serious blow to Democratic efforts to hold on to their majority in the chamber next November. Nelson is scheduled to hold
The Washington Post reports that journalists are complaining of the White House’s heavy-handed rudeness towards them when they do anything but fawn over the administration, branding the correspondence “nastygrams.” … this year, some reporters say, things have taken a decidedly
Something to understand about how bias works in the corrupt mainstream media is that it has less to do with what Obama’s Media Palace Guards cover than what you might think. Frequently, bias can be found in what isn‘t covered,
From the Associated Press: With a week to go, the state of the race in Iowa generally mirrors the race from coast to coast. Polls show Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, having lost ground and Texas Rep. Ron Paul
Newt Gingrich’s $500k credit line at Tiffany’s made headlines for weeks. Mitt Romney’s facetious $10k debate bet to Rick Perry was used as a sound bite to show him as an evil one percenter out of touch with voters. Somehow,
From The Washington Post: Since the failure of the company, Obama’s entire $80 billion clean- technology program has begun to look like a political liability for an administration about to enter a bruising reelection campaign. Meant to create jobs and
