“Don’t be dragging people’s children into this. “It’s wrong and I think it demeans them and it makes them less of a valid trusted source of information on the real issues that confront this debate.” – Gov. Chris Christie THE PICTURE above is the first time Gov. Chris Christie showed himself as not your average [...]
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The Right Rallies for Missouri’s Todd Akin, NRSC Issues New Statement
“What’s the moral case for not backing the Republican nominee picked by the people of Missouri?” – Newt Gingrich NATIONAL REPUBLICAN stars from the far right, from Senator DeMint to Rick Santorum, have decided to throw down for Todd Akin. After the final deadline recently passed, with polls showing Claire McCaskill clearly ahead, Newt Gingrich’s [...]
Romney’s Bad, But His Base Is Worse
To pin recent stumbles on Stevens would be to overlook Romney’s role in all this. As the man atop the enterprise — in effect, the CEO of a $1 billion start-up — Romney ultimately bears responsibility for the decisions he personally oversaw, such as the muffling of running mate Paul Ryan’s strict budget message and [...]
Republicans Screwed Ron Paul, So Paulites Should Do the Same to Them
AFTER DECADES in politics and amassing an army of young people, the best the Republican Party could do for Ron Paul is the video above. CNN played it, C-SPAN did too, but there wasn’t much discussion anywhere about what he’s done for politics and to bring a generation of young people, as well as people [...]
Seeking Redemption, A Democrat Worth Forgiving
“It took a lot of work to get to where are are today, but I want people to know we’re a normal family,” says Abedin, 37. “Anthony has spent every day since [the scandal] trying to be the best dad and husband he can be,” she says of her husband, who does all the laundry. [...]
Obama Uses Newt Against Romney
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, on the eve of suspending his roller coaster presidential bid, said in an interview with USA TODAY that he will embrace Mitt Romney’s candidacy Wednesday and is ready to campaign for his former rival. – USA TODAY A NEUTERED NEWT GINGRICH will endorse Mitt Romney today. Gingrich said he wouldn’t [...]
We Won’t Have Newt Gingrich to Kick Around Anymore
“I’m going to be the nominee.” – Newt Gingrich Breaking from CNN… Newt Gingrich will officially end his bid for the Republican presidential nomination and formally express his support for Mitt Romney next week, two sources close to Gingrich tell CNN. While details are still being worked out, Gingrich is likely to hold his final [...]
Is Newt Still Around?
It’s primary Tuesday and Newt Gingrich is hanging on by his pudgy little fingers. But for how much longer? Newt Gingrich hinted he may withdraw from the presidential race if he has a poor showing in the Delaware primary Tuesday – a state where he has been actively campaigning for several weeks. – First Read, [...]
Frantic ‘War on Women’ Media Defense by Republicans
A word of caution about what you’ll be reading from now until November. An example is seen in an op-ed on Politico alleging that “Bay State not buying ‘war on women.’” It’s written by a woman associated with the Independent Women’s Voice, which is run by Kellyanne Conway, who also was hired by Newt Gingrich. [...]
Erick Erickson Gets the ‘Joe Scarborough Award’
As an added bonus, it was more than a bit ironic to hear Barack Obama call Paul Ryan a social darwinist considering Barack Obama remains the only member of the Illinois State Senate to speak in favor of infanticide from the floor of the State Senate. – Erick Erickson That’s the closing paragraph of Erick [...]
Gingrich Slams Obama for Trayvon Comments
Newt Gingrich just couldn’t help himself. The National Journal caught it and Politico picked it up. Of course, it played out during another of Sean Hannity’s Obama hate fest radio hours: Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich harshly criticized President Obama for commenting on Trayvon Martin’s race as he extended condolences to the 17-year-old shooting victim’s [...]
Bill Maher: Please Stop Apologizing
Mr. De Niro was speaking at a fund-raiser with the first lady, Michelle Obama. Here’s the joke: “Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney. Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?” – Bill Maher Why the first lady’s press secretary bothered to say Mr. De Niro’s joke was “inappropriate” [...]
Mitt Romney Gets Big Delegate Win in Illinois
**updated** (CBS News) More than four in ten of the people who voted for Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum in Tuesday’s GOP primary in Illinois “have reservations” about their choice, according to early CBS News exit polls. – CBS News Early exit polls hint at a good night in Illinois for Mitt Romney. Rick Santorum [...]
Romney-Santorum-Gingrich Not Doing Scott Brown Any Good
It wasn’t an accident that Sen. Scott Brown decided to steal a joke from Conan O’Brien to hit conservative extremist Rick Santorum. During the opening monologue of his Feb. 27 show on TBS, O’Brien, a Massachusetts native, used the same double entendre: “As of tomorrow, Rick Santorum will be assigned Secret Service agents. Did you [...]
John McCain: ‘Respect the Right for Women to Make Choices’
It’s so very basic, but yet it made news when Sen. John McCain said it on Sunday in his conversation with David Gregory. “There’s a perception out there because of the way that this whole contraception issue played out.. We need to get off of that issue. In my view, I think we ought to [...]
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