The great majority of U.S. personnel in Benghazi at the time of the attack were not tied to the State Dept. but to the CIA, according to a recent report. In fact, it is reported that Benghazi was chiefly a
Karl Rove, whose precinct-to-precinct electoral expertise is almost unmatched in the pundit sphere, has asserted that Mitt Romney’s poll numbers give him a clear edge in the presidential election. Rove’s prediction? Romney 51%, Obama 48%, with Romney winning at least
Today, Mitt Romney is campaigning with major business leaders including Charles Schwab, CEO of Cisco John Chambers, and co-founder of Home Depot Bernie Marcus. But the biggest name on Romney’s list – at least for political purposes – is Intel
James Taranto of The Wall Street Journal did yeoman’s work showing us a perfect example of the bias of the New York Times. Taranto highlighted the way the “paper of record” ripped Bush’s Gross National Product report while putting a
Two of the most prominent channels on your cable or dish system are suffering from significant audience decline. Here’s a hint: one channel features a “news” duo who famously tilt to the left, while the other is known for foisting
By RYAN NAKASHIMAAssociated PressSometimes it’s not the size of the storm, it’s where it hits. As Hurricane Sandy raged through one of the country’s most densely populated regions, it created a surge in online traffic Monday as people sought weather-related
***UPDATE: By some miracle, something changed and now we’re being told this the BLS intends to release the numbers Friday as scheduled: “The employees at the Bureau of Labor Statistics are working hard to ensure the timely release of employment
Based on his economic election model, Yale University economist Ray Fair predicts that GOP nominee Mitt Romney will pull out a sparse victory in November. Fair’s model accounts for the winners of every election but two since 1916. The two–the
The mainstream media, accustomed to celebrating even not-so-bad economic news as wonderful news for President Barack Obama, is greeting news of 2% economic growth in the third quarter with somber sobriety. The 2% growth rate in gross domestic product (GDP)
The Obama campaign has finally released the transcript of his endorsement interview with the Des Moines Register–and it is clear why they were reluctant to do so: the President says he has “absolutely” no regrets about ignoring the economy during
Clint Eastwood isn’t content to let his “empty chair” RNC speech end his contributions to the current presidential debate. Eastwood is the star of a new political commercial warning voters what could happen if President Barack Obama overcomes current polling
The coverage I’m seeing this morning, is pretty much summed up with Bret Stephens “Wall Street Journal” column. Because Romney wisely (in my opinion) stayed above the fray, didn’t attempt to litigate things like Libya, and showed himself to be steady and informed
Romney made absolutely no gaffes in tonight’s debate. The President, however, made quite a few. For starters, those ships Obama doesn’t want to build are built in the swing state of Virginia and we still use bayonets. Obama’s biggest gaffe,
The mainstream media is apparently attempting to label Republican Mitt Romney a flip-flopper on China, on the basis of some remarks he made five years ago that are just as tough in substance, if gentler in tone, than his policies
If you took progressive flack Sam Stein at HuffPo’s written word for it, you might think something is happening here. It’s not. Mitt Romney Bain Attacks: Obama-Backing Super PAC Goes Back To The Well-The group, which just reported raising $15.2
A new WSJ/NBC poll, released this morning, finds Romney surging in the final weeks of the campaign. He and Obama are tied at 47%. Previous polling by WSJ/NBC showed Obama with a steady 3-5 point lead in the presidential race.
Democrats and even polling organizations have assumed enthusiasm for President Barack Obama’s candidacy in Iowa would match 2008’s level, but the chair of the Iowa Democratic Party admits that will not be the case this year. Sue Dvorsky, chairwoman
The Democrats keep trying to float the meme that the Tea Party is dead. Eighty-seven new GOP congressmen were elected in 2010; many of them Tea Party favorites. About 20 of those face tough races in 2012, either because of
It appears Obama surrogates in the mainstream media are circling the wagons in the days leading up to the Oct. 22 foreign policy debate. Case in point — the Wall Street Journal’s Oct 18 report providing a smokescreen for U.S. Ambassador
Rep. Jesse Jackson told reporters he was “not well” a day after reports came out that he was on the verge of being indicted on charges of misusing federal dollars to decorate his home and reportedly caught cavorting with women
Just a few weeks ago, conservatives (including some at this site) called out pollsters for releasing polls with impossibly huge sampling discrepancies as wide as D+11. For their trouble they were labeled “poll truthers” by folks on the left. Now,
The Dow lost 2% last week to mark the sharpest weekly decline in four months. These losses occurred despite the Obama Administration’s best efforts to tout the highly controversial surprise drop in unemployment to 7.8%. At least three factors
Coming out of Thursday’s one and only Vice Presidential debate, the one thing that remains perfectly clear is that Joe Biden did nothing to stop the Romney-Ryan momentum. “The Big Mo” for the Republican ticket began with a bang almost
The Obama campaign is struggling to respond to mounting criticism of Vice President Joe Biden’s bizarre behavior during last night’s debate with Rep. Paul Ryan. Biden not only interrupted Ryan frequently–82 times, according to Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus–but
Last night, all three broadcast networks found the revelations heard in congressional hearings surrounding the September 11 anniversary attack in Libya (criminally lax security and an obvious White House cover up) unworthy of leading their nightly newscasts. All three hit
