Yesterday in an interview with Iowa Congressman Steve King to discuss the “Iowa Freedom Summit,” a multi-candidate forum for presidential hopefuls, King claimed that Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin called him a “racist” to a member of his staff during a phone
With Senate Democrats defeating approval for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline by one vote, the issue may flow all the way over into the 2016 presidential election, with one’s position on it being at least noteworthy, if not
While police claim to be close to an arrest of suspect Kevin Darden in the subway shoving death of 61 year-old Wai Kuen Kwok, it’s claimed that he may be linked to two previous platform shoving incidents. That’s in addition to a
Kevin Darden, the violent parolee wanted in connection to the fatal subway platform push of 61 year-old Wai Kuen Kwok is said to be linked to a previous platform pushing incident according to CBS reporter Weijia Jiang. #BREAKING Police source says the
“It’ll be an event that all the nation stops and looks at,” said Iowa’s Steve King in announcing “an annual multi-candidate forum for presidential hopefuls.” King made the announcement in a Monday telephone interview with The Des Moines Register. The move formally sets
While basically a First Amendment absolutist, there may be an argument for making Vox.com – the seemingly brainless brain child of Leftist Ezra Klein – illegal as an act of education, if not compassion, as the crew at Vox doesn’t
While having approximately 50 Keystone pipeline protesters camped out on her doorstep may almost be a positive for Democrat Mary Landrieu in her Louisiana run-off election against Republican Bill Cassidy, it can hardly be a welcome sight for national Democrats
If anyone needs a drink right now, it may well be 74 year-old House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi who by all accounts gets to keep a job she’s now failed at for two election cycles. But she no longer seems to
The NYPD has identified a homeless man, Kevin Darden, 35, as the suspect in a deadly subway incident that took the life of Wai Kuen Kwok, 61, of the Bronx. Darden has a long history of violence “with more than 30 arrests”—for crimes
Wai Kuen Kwok, 61, of the Bronx was pushed under a speeding subway car in what police are describing as a random act by an unknown Black individual who, presumably didn’t even know the elderly man he pushed to his death
Supposedly, Obama is re-focusing his Climate Change efforts back toward the states after playing it up on the international stage. However, if one reads between the lines, it’s not hard to see that what this is actually about for many
There are at least two notable issues that emerge from this brief clip of Barack Obama’s latest remarks on the current fire storm surrounding Jonathan Gruber, ObamaCare and the White House. First, Obama describes Gruber as “some adviser who never
“We don’t need a fundamental transformation of America, we need a fundamental restoration of all that’s good and safe and free in America,” said former Alaskan Governor and GOP Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin at a recent event in support
A new Politico item by Paige Winfield Cunningham asks a timely and perhaps interesting question: New Obamacare furor: Was Jonathan Gruber the “architect”? But what may prove more interesting to some is how Cunningham appeared to have no problem identifying his
Realizing the significance of keeping Jonathan Gruber’s growing number of newly discovered revealing statements regarding the formulation and passage of the Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare, Texas Senator ted Cruz is out with a new web video hitting ObamaCare architect
Clearly Republican Bob Portman wants the media talking up the notion that he’s considering a run for the presidency. But given his deep ties to D.C. and both previous Bush administrations, one has to wonder how he would keep any
How bad are things for Democrat Mary Landrieu in her bid to try and hold onto power? This bad. When Slate is calling your campaign cynical, desperate and pointless, it may well be time to give it up. But that’s
With news that the White House would use executive action to protect up to five million illegal immigrants from deportation, House Democrats showed their solidarity with Barack Obama in his willful disregard of American voters and how they expressed themselves
Imagine the sinking feeling you might experience if the very ground you were walking on began to fall away beneath your feet. That’s likely how Mary Landrieu feels as the liberal wing of her own party cuts and runs on
If the 2014 mid-term elections constituted a wave election, new findings via a survey from the Public Religion Research Institute indicate Democrats may have just barely avoided being hit by a tsunami that could have given the GOP additional senate seats
While blaming accounting procedures, the federal government’s budget deficit for October came in higher than it did for October of last year. According to reports, the Treasury Department reported “a $121.7 billion deficit in the first month of the fiscal year,
If you thought Democrat leadership in Washington is accountable to someone, or something other than D.C. Democrats … you’d be wrong. Despite overwhelming and near historic Democrat losses in both the House and the Senate, the party faithful are poised
While it remains uncertain if outgoing Senate majority leader Harry Reid will run for re-election to the senate in 2016, for now, all signs are that he will and the GOP is making it clear he’ll have a target on
When a New Orleans 2-year-old was determined to have a sexually transmitted disease after an emergency room visit brought on by an alleged sexual assault, it appears detectives responsible for what should have been an investigation simply swept the issue under
Perhaps trying to save face by proving he can win something, outgoing Senate majority leader Harry reid is reportedly putting the arm on Democrats in a big way in an effort to save a struggling Mary Landrieu in Louisiana. Politico
Perhaps the most vocal and even most visible Progressive member of the Senate Democrat caucus, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is reportedly “under consideration for a leadership position.” If Hillary Clinton is to be challenged from the Left for her party’s nomination
Senate Democrats may have one last parting display of animosity for Barack Obama. Reports indicate they have no intention of trying to ram through his pick for Attorney General in the lame duck session. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
In what is perhaps one of the more politically cynical moves one might imagine during the upcoming lame duck session of congress, Senate Democrats are considering moving forward on a vote on the Keystone pipeline as a means of propping
In case you thought the last Bush in the White House didn’t want Jeb Bush to run for president, former president George W. Bush has made his support official. “Jeb is making a very personal decision, and we can pressure
Democrats and aligned groups ran “nearly 100 different political spots that ran in states from Alaska to Florida” attacking businessmen Charles and David Koch but a funny thing happened on the way to the would be lynching, according to the Washington Post. …
Struggling in the polls and locked in a race most believe she can’t win, Democrat Mary Landrieu goes after her Republican challenger Bill Cassidy in a very personal way with a new TV spot entitled “ WHOA.” See below. The ad
We’ve officially come a long, long way from the Obama administration’s promises that the Affordable Care Act would be something of a cure all for everything that might ail the American health care system. In fact, the administration’s message today
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a blistering report detailing “38 deficiencies in state and local management of the food stamp program, many of which “are significant and show lack of oversight and internal controls.”’ The state Department of
Count Star Trek’s George Takei, aka Sulu, as one of Hillary Clinton’s early supporters for 2016. At times I support things that [Senator John McCain] says. He’s one of the rational Republicans. But I’m a Democrat and I think particularly
While admitting that she has turned down work for personal and political reasons, Salon staffer Mary Elizabeth Williams claims she couldn’t possibly be seen as a “narrow-minded bigot,” presumably as her reasons are clearly so much better than, say, someone else’s.
Incoming Affordable Care Act mandates are rerportedly “playing havoc” with substitute teaching programs in some districts. Under the new program, school systems will have to limit a substitute’s hours to below 29, or be forced to provide them will health
Republican Senator and potential 2016 presidential candidate Rand Paul has been busy piling on Hillary Clinton in the wake of the Democrats’ 2014 midterm disaster. Whatever one wants to make of that, what hasn’t gotten much mention is the end
Not one prone to hyperbole, the most senior republican in the Senate, Utah’s Orrin Hatch said of Harry Reid’s leadership, it’s “the most pathetic, pitiful way I’ve seen the Senate run in all my 38 years — and I’ve seen some
If you believe things aren’t over till they’re over, than the 2014 mid-terms still aren’t quite over. A slew of House races, many of them in California, two governors races and two senate races remain uncalled. GOVERNORS Alaska: Independent Bill
Despite previous hints that he might opt to decide to caucus with Republicans and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reaching out in an attempt to make that happen, Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine says he’ll be staying with