Republican lawmakers are working to strip President Barack Obama of his authority to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline in a last ditch effort to bring Canadian oil to the U.S. Read the rest of this entry »
Republicans move to revive Keystone XL pipeline
January 26th, 2012Ballot-Box Zombies : Dead voters prove the need for photo ID at the polls
January 26th, 2012Liberals love to laugh off voter fraud. It’s “a made-up problem invented by GOP operatives,” Robert Koehler snickered in the Huffington Post on January 5. Regarding ballot hijinks, Democratic national chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz chuckled: “There is almost none.” Read the rest of this entry »
Reality Check: No Matter the State of the Union, Reporters Love Obama’s Speeches
January 24th, 2012Tuesday night, President Obama delivers his third State of the Union address, and his sixth speech to a joint session of Congress since taking office in 2009. But there’s no need to spend a lot of time wondering about what the media will say after The Great One speaks, since — like a gaggle of corporate yes-men — journalists have gushed over every one of these major addresses.
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Florida’s Air War : Abandoning the ground game of retail politics, candidates take to television
January 24th, 2012The first three battles of the Republican presidential race — Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina — were frequently waged in crowded restaurants. Read the rest of this entry »
Letterman Airs Mock Video of Gingrich Having Sex With Vending Machine
January 20th, 2012On the CBS Late Show Thursday, host David Letterman aired a mock video of Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich having sex with a vending machine. Read the rest of this entry »
The GOP’s Suicide March : President Obama could not have chosen more self-destructive adversaries
January 20th, 2012‘Are you better off today than you were $4 trillion ago?” — Former presidential candidate Rick Perry … It’s the campaign line of the year, and while the author won’t be carrying it into the general election, the eventual nominee will. Read the rest of this entry »
House votes to block Obama request for another $1.2 trillion in debt
January 19th, 2012The House on Wednesday kicked off the new Congressional session by passing a resolution to reject President Barack Obama’s call to raise the debt limit by another $1.2 trillion. Read the rest of this entry »
Civilization in Reverse : We, too, can lose our civilization
January 19th, 2012In Greek mythology, the prophetess Cassandra was doomed both to tell the truth and to be ignored. Our modern version is a bankrupt Greece that we seem to discount. Read the rest of this entry »
CBS’s Rose Throws Race Card at Gingrich Over Food Stamp Remark
January 17th, 2012On Tuesday’s CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose hinted Newt Gingrich should apologize for a supposedly racially-tinged comment he recently made: “I want to give you an opportunity, because the point was made…about it’s better for black Americans to seek a job than it is to seek food stamps, and many people stepped forward to say, isn’t that simply true for all Americans who are desperately looking for jobs?” Read the rest of this entry »
Newt Gingrich Plays Hardball : The former House speaker tries to take down the frontrunner
January 17th, 2012A week ago, on the night of the New Hampshire primary, Newt Gingrich stepped out of an SUV, his face grim, and stormed the Radisson hotel lobby in downtown Manchester. As he moved briskly toward the ballroom, he was swarmed by cameras and a bevy of reporters. Read the rest of this entry »
