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We’d hate to think we’re overly, or unnecessarily critical of Barack Obama here at Breitbart. But then, who needs to be when former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is busy denouncing his foreign policy and the Washington

We already know that Iowa Democrat Bruce Braley doesn’t think much of farmers, given that he called Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) a “farmer from Iowa who never went to law school” at a January fundraiser.  Now, given new video

When Paul Tencher,  the campaign manager for Michigan Democrat Gary Peters, isn’t making snide comments on the suicide of popular Hollywood figures, it seems he enjoys making fun of the current flooding in Michigan. The first Tweet below seems to

Colorado Democrat Senator Mark Udall is talking a good game (bird) when it comes to an issue with significant economic ramifications for the West, including in Colorado; however, his actions, unlike his words suggest there is good reason for concern.

Back in 2010, James Clyburn was warning anyone who would listen that the GOP would be investigating where Barack Obama was born if they took over the House. Needless to say, that never happened. Dem Whip: GOP majority will issue

As if Congressman Bruce Braley’s campaign hasn’t been getting enough bad press, now a self-described Progressive Veterans group is being called out for trying to hire Vets to work for Braley at the Iowa State Fair, while being unable to

Republican Scott Brown has launched a new ad targeting U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen for being soft on immigration. From Alaska, to Arkansas, in Maine, New Hampshire and elsewhere, clearly the border crisis has emerged as the key driver of Election 2014.

From the Arkansas to New Hampshire Senate races, to the Maine governor’s race, Republicans are attacking Democrats on “amnesty,” while suggesting it’s the root cause of the current border crisis. According to the Wall Street Journal, “Republicans cite the arrival of tens

Perhaps looking to distance herself from an increasingly failed Obama foreign policy prior to a run for the presidency in 2016, in a talk with The Atlantic, Hillary Clinton directly refutes Obama’s previous claims as regards the rise of ISIS.

The Washington establishment GOP might want to re-think it’s ongoing war against it’s own so called ‘Tea Party’ base. It’s that very thing USA Today credits for the GOP having such a strong hand in the House, it’s broadly assumed Democrats

The Hawaii Reporter calls the defeat of Gov. Neil Abercrombie in the Democrat primary a “historic upset” and attribute the loss to his having lost touch with base voters. Abercrombie enjoyed support from both  nions and Barack Obama, who himself has ties

NASCAR driver Tony Stewart “will not compete in a NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International on Sunday after being involved in an incident that claimed the life of a driver during a race in New York on Saturday

With the Senate poised to pass a bi-partisan bill imposing sanctions on Venezuelan officials involved in a violent crackdown against peaceful pro-democracy protesters, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Mary Landrieu teamed up with Citgo to block the pro-democracy legislation. As Politico

Breitbart News dismissed it as all but laughable as speculated swirled around a possible Senate bid by former MT Gov. Brian Schweitzer in the event embattled John Walsh dropped out.  That analysis proved prescient. Now that Walsh has made his

If there remained any doubt about the importance of the immigration issue when it comes to November’s mid-term elections, a new report out of Arkansas should take care of that. Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor and Republican challenger Tom Cotton

Only 31% of Americans approve of how Barack Obama is handling immigration reform, while only 38% say he “shares their priorities” and a clear majority, 56%, feel he does not. On the whole, Obama’s numbers remain in free fall and he

Democrats, with help from liberal media are attempting to use a solitary procedural vote by New Hampshire Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown to suggest he’s attacking Democrat Jeanne Shaheen for something he supported. However, the Democrat’s charge does not hold

Bloomberg is reporting that panicked Montana Democrats are “hoping that their damaged candidate, incumbent John Walsh, will withdraw and former Governor Brian Schweitzer will be tapped to take his place.” But Schweitzer already passed on running for the Senate just a

If you want to truly understand politics, especially of the Right-leaning variety, you’ll have to look beyond the dumbed-down, self-congratulatory so called journalism of Beltway establishment publications like Politico. Here is their headline out of Kansas: How Pat Roberts beat

From Michigan, to Arkansas, where even Left-leaning PPP polling has the Democrat Pryor under 40%, immigration politics and something of an anti-amnesty fever appears to be sweeping the country courtesy of the current border crisis. PPP’s newest Arkansas Senate poll

Harrodsburg, KY police officer and Libertarian candidate David Patterson is getting into the Kentucky Senate race. Ken Moellman, state chairman of the Libertarian Party, said Tuesday that a signature drive for Patterson has collected more than 9,000 signatures. He said

The so-called war on women morphed into the war on Asian Women if they happen to be married to a Republican thanks to a Democrat operative working against Mitch McConnell in in Kentucky. “Google Elaine Chao, #MitchMcConnell’s wife,” Groob tweeted

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann released the following statement tonight calling for Harry Reid to get the Senate back to work on what she now believes is a viable immigration fix passed by the House. “The meltdown of the phones this week

In a move that could be construed as wading further into the pond of 2016 presidential politics, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz joined other prominent Republicans in attacking New Hampshire’s Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen for supporting what he called Obama’s “amnesty” immigration

Along with popular conservative radio hosts like Mark Levin and Laura Ingraham coming out against him, the fundamental reasons why Senator Lamar Alexander may lose to Joe Carr in the upcoming primary are detailed in this Weekly Standard item. Not

Democrat Senators Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Mark Pryor of Arkansas have both now warned Barack Obama against taking “any steps without the approval of Congress” when it comes to dealing with the current illegal immigration crisis.  “I’m not for

The biggest casualty in this year’s West Virginia Senate race may be Barack Obama. West Virginia Democrat Natalie Tennant recently aired an ad that turned the lights out in the White House, now Republican Shelley Moore Capito is up with a  one-minute spot

Texas Gov. Rick Perry waded into the New Hampshire Senate race on a conference call with reporters, “I would be embarrassed if I was from New Hampshire and I had a United States senator who was so with the president on

In terms of 2014 overall race for control of the Senate, CQ Roll Call’s Niels Lesniewski quotes National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Jerry Moran, “I think we have a good map in the sense that we have good candidates and good

The same Democrats who were once feeling confident about Rep. Bruce Braley winning a U.S. Senate seat in Iowa are now worried if Braley might not turn out to be the biggest bust in what looks to be an extremely

In an item partly discussing yesterday’s leaked Nunn campaign memo, which the Atlanta Journal Constitution calls a “massive blow” to Democrat Michelle Nunn’s campaign,  Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed makes it clear that “Atlanta has open arms to the thousands of unaccompanied

As even The Daily Beast is forced to acknowledge, Obama continues to act as an albatross around the neck of Democrat hopes for holding onto control of the Senate this year. So much so, that many have now resorted to

A leaked document from the campaign of U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn has been much in the news for reasonsdirectly belkow – and deservedly so. But few if any seem to have picked up on one element that goesto the heart

Democrat Senate candidate Natalie Tennant wants to make it clear to the people back home in West Virginia she doesn’t view the Obama administration as a friend and ally when it comes to the topic of coal – an industry

With polls showing border security trumps a path to citizenship when it comes to immigration policy,  Scott Brown’s campaign is up with a new ad labeling Obama’s immigration policy “pro-amnesty” and also linking it to current New Hampshire Senator Jeanne

A new CNN-ORC International poll has Obama’s favorability rating stuck at a dismal 42% with Romney besting him 53 percent to 44 percent, but falling to Clinton 55 percent to 44 percent in a hypothetical election were it to take place