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A Pulitzer prize winning reporter, formerly with the Washington Post, says the major media has mostly given the Obama administration a pass. In a story published yesterday at the Daily Beast, 2006 Pulitzer winning reporter Susan Schmidt agrees that this administration

A divide has begun to unfold in the usually conservative Tea Party movement in Florida and more generally in the Southeast. Debbie Dooley, the founder of the so-called Green Tea Party, has launched an effort in Florida to push for

Apparently having learned nothing from complaints that they were flat broke when she and husband Bill left the White House backfiring so disastrously for her, now Hillary is whining about big money in politics – as if she and Bill’s

Is this the worst ad of the 2014 election cycle? It’s certainly a contender. The National Abortion Rights Action League had created a new war-on-womeny ad about a near future in which Cory Gardner has banned birth control leading, somehow,

In response to Toxic: Democrat In MD Gubernatorial Race Drops 9 Points After Obama Campaign Event: It’s fun watching Obama nurse his wounded ego while Democrat candidates don political hazmat suits and treat him like a virus.  The Washington Post

Here’s a lovely companion piece to the story about how ObamaCare’s servers remain vulnerable to hacker attack: the White House itself appears to have been penetrated by online hooligans.  Reuters reports assurances from the Administration that no sensitive data was

National Journal took at look at campaign donations this cycle and details what it describes as ” some of the most influential political donors in tech this cycle” here. At the same time, with so many options available to inject money into political

With a week to go before Kansas voters go to the polls, two new surveys indicate both the race for the governorship and the senate are in toss-up territory. “Democrat Paul Davis leads Gov. Sam Brownback 46 percent to 43

Marvel is holding a press/fan event at Disney’s flagship theater on Hollywood Blvd today. Here’s the theater which is directly across the street from the locations where the Oscars are held each year. Here at the @ElCapitanThtre for the mysterious

It’s not easy to pretend that a failure as immense as ObamaCare is “working,” much less living up to its promises, but the hard Left and Administration drones keep trying.  The latest road apple dropped by Health and Human Services,

Yesterday I noted that an expert who examined Sharyl Attkisson’s computer found evidence it had been hacked using proprietary government software. That expert source, described as working for a government security agency, is never named in the book. Attkisson simply

If the conventional wisdom has been Democrats in general are dissatisfied with Barack Obama and his administration, if anything, said dissatisfaction appears to be growing as we approach the mid-term elections. The complaints seen to be across several fronts, from

In response to Hillary Spin on ‘Jobs’ Remark Reminiscent of Husband’s Backpedal of Lewinsky Affair : What did Hillary say about Bubba’s (Bill) thoughts on “trickle-down economics?” Without any reference to Bubba’s cigar-gate incident, Hillary mentioned that he knew how

  When it comes to backpedaling, the Clintons are well known for some of the most creative spin. Former President Bill Clinton told his fellow Americans he “did not have sexual relations with that woman” in one instance and in

Democrat Mark Udall was so focused on abortion early on in his race to retain his seat in the senate, he made himself into a joke. And it wasn’t only among his opposition. See the Washington Post on October 13th,

Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy ‘s line of attack against Democrat Mary Landrieu in Louisiana hasn’t changed much throughout the race and the latest USA Today poll suggests it’s working, at least in the sense it may get Cassidy into a one-on-one run-off

Speaking after an event for Shaheen opponent, Republican Scott Brown, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Democrat Jeanne Shaheen isn’t “a serious member” of the Senate Armed Services Committee, adding, “I don’t see her at very many of the hearings. I’ve not

Between his unfortunate youthful indiscretions and a reliance on purely a negative campaign, without providing any real reason to vote for him, once rising star Democrat Paul Davis is now falling back to earth in his bid to challenge incumbent conservative Republican

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Women were supposed to flock to the “political folk hero” who filibustered a bill outlawing late term abortions in June of 2013.  The MSM certainly did its part to prop up the pro-abortion

Hearing Democrat Bruce Braley’s perhaps trial lawyer-ishly emotionally charged story in an effort to connect with the middle class can be almost uncomfortable at times. He says he keeps an old pair of work boots from a Summer job as

A Michigan man leaving a Halloween party was struck by a car andsent to the hospital after trying to scare motorists while dressed up as azombie. While there is no excuse for the driver of the car to have leftthe

To the chagrin of Senate Democrats now busy trying to run away from him, recently Barack Obama said they all had his back when it mattered. It turns out, Obama was right. A new CQ vote study shows vulnerable Senate

The AP points out how in Louisiana, both parties are employing the domestic Ebola outbreak in their political messaging this year. Democrats are trying to link the issue to Republican candidate for US Senate Bill Cassidy by suggesting his support for cost

This latest from Alaska Dispatch News seems curious, at best. Every recent major credible poll has Sullivan up by single digits.  2 new polls raise Begich hopes in US Senate race A string of recent polls through this week had

The latest Wall Street Journal / NBC News poll says Republicans have soared to a mind-blowing 11 point lead, with voters saying they want a Republican-led Congress by a margin of 52-41.  The generic lead for the GOP was only

The phrase “got your back” is one of President Barack Obama’s favorites. He deploys it to indicate to various groups that he supports them, even if he does so quietly. (The most notorious case: Obama’s assurances to pro-Israel voters that

A new Hawaii News Now/Star Advertiser poll in Hawaii’s open  1st Congressional District has the race between Democrat Mark Takai and Republican Charles Djou all tied up. Some analysts believe the Repuiblican Djou may even have an edge given a