(AP) Romney ready to claim GOP nomination after TexasBy STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressCRAIG, Colo.Mitt Romney is poised to clinch the Republican presidential nomination after Tuesday’s Texas GOP primary, a largely uncontested election that will formalize the former Massachusetts governor’s status as
Labor’s gubernatorial challenger to Scott Walker, Tom Barrett, has resorted to campaigning with notorious anti-speech Democrat Russ Feingold. It was former senator Feingold who, along with John McCain, criminalized speech for a class of Americans in their campaign finance witch
(AP) THE RACE: Presidential race is most costly everBy TOM RAUMAssociated PressThe battle between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney will be the most expensive presidential contest ever _ by a long shot. There are two main reasons. It’s
(AP) Powell not ready to endorse Obama for re-electionWASHINGTONFormer Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn’t ready “to throw my weight behind someone” at this
No Republican has ever won the presidency without carrying the state of Ohio. Given the state’s shale gas reserves, Ohio stands on the verge of a possible natural gas-backed economic and employment boom. Therefore, in an effort to block Mitt
A billionaire whose family owns the Chicago Cubs is considering a proposal to help fund a strongly provocative campaign against Barack Obama. Joe Ricketts, the founder of the brokerage firm TD Ameritrade, may get behind a group of high-profile Republican
Van Jones: “When the oil spill had happened in the spring of 2010, there was another moment to say, ‘Hold on a second, let’s relook at energy policy in America. Should we be subsidizing companies who are risking our health
College students are being played for suckers by the Democratic Party again. Barack Obama’s 2013 budget indicates that the interest rate on federally backed student loans will jump from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent in the summer of 2013. This
(AP) Obama basks again in Hollywood glory, but at cost? By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Under a tent on George Clooney’s basketball court, the cheers were loud and warm for President Barack Obama. It can’t feel too shabby to
(AP) Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votesBy LAWRENCE MESSINAAssociated PressCHARLESTON, W.Va.Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in
A new poll shows that Barack Obama is losing support among American Jews. Knowledge Networks for the American Jewish Committee did a survey in March that shows Obama leads Mitt Romney by a margin of 61%-28%. In 2008, Obama led
Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN) has released a new radio spot featuring Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Here’s the transcript: Announcer: Senator John McCain. McCAIN: Indiana is fortunate to have a Senator like Dick Lugar. He knows the importance of getting our country’s
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has picked up on the latest political internet meme: when President Obama was a boy, he ate dog. The Senator chimed in via Twitter today: It appears that it’s now a Senator-eat-President-eat-dog world.
Republicans should rejoice. When it comes to understanding the threat of the media, in a news-making interview with our own Larry O’Connor yesterday, Governor Mitt Romney proved he is no John McCain. Whether the story is true or not,
“I’m not somebody who, when we’re in a political contest, suggests somehow that one side or the other has a monopoly on love of country,” claimed Barack Obama yesterday at a posh, $10,000-a-plate “intimate” Palm Beach fundraiser held in the home of
Diplomatic efforts to halt Syria’s bloodshed have “failed” and the world must send military aid to rebels to stop further slaughter, US Senator John McCain said Tuesday at a refugee camp in Turkey. The two lawmakers visited the Syrian refugee
Tension escalated on Monday between Turkey and Syria after shots from the Syrian side into Turkey injured three people, angering Ankara a day before a visit by international envoy Kofi Annan. Two Syrians and a Turkish translator were wounded near
White House officials held talks with representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood in Washington this week, as the Islamist group threw itself into the fray in Egypt’s presidential election. The meeting on Tuesday with low-level National Security Council staff was part
(AP) GOP’s McCain to Santorum: Time for ‘graceful exit’WASHINGTONSen. John McCain says Rick Santorum should recognize “it’s time for a graceful exit” from the Republican presidential campaign in the wake of Mitt Romney’s sweep of primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and
The twisted road to the Republican presidential nomination — thanks in part to the party’s decision to apportion delegates in the March primaries and caucuses — runs through Louisiana Saturday, giving the state a higher profile than in primaries past.
The decennial redistricting process always creates interesting match-ups for congressional seats and 2012 is no exception. As you look around at the most interesting races resulting from this process, the battle over Florida’s 7th District, which features freshman Republican Sandy Adams against
In an extensive interview with “Game Change” director Jay Roach, The Los Angeles Times made one last-ditch effort to save the film from criticism that it’s just a hit piece against Sarah Palin. In doing so, Roach made an odd
Defenders of HBO’s “Game Change” have fought back against those who criticize the politically charged film as a two-hour attack on Sarah Palin. They claim that unless a person has watched it in its entirety, they cannot judge its content
In case there was any doubt about the liberal biases behind the HBO film “Game Change” all you need to do is follow the money. The Hollywood Reporter did just that, and the results are exactly what a clear-minded person
The new issue of Entertainment Weekly reviews the HBO telefilm “Game Change,” a production you may have read about at this site. The magazine rates the film an “A-” and says Sarah Palin need not worry about the movie’s impact
John McCain appeared on Brian Kilmeade’s Fox News Radio show to discuss the upcoming movie “Game Change” based on the “totally untrue” book.
It took long enough. After weeks of chatter about anti-Sarah Palin bias in the HBO movie “Game Change,” former presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) finally attacked the film: I won’t watch it. I know it’s based on a book
Despite the premise of “Game Change” – that Sarah Palin cost John McCain the 2008 presidential election – Gallup polls prove HBO’s assertion categorically false. Palin wasn’t the reason the Republicans lost the election. She’s the only reason they had
HBO’s new smear job on Sarah Palin, “Game Change,” claims Palin is an idiot and a head case, a selfish and self-aggrandizing centralizer of power. As we’ve discussed multiple times, that’s sheer nonsense. The biggest slander of all, though, is
Are the bitter fruits of Senator John McCain’s “diligent diplomacy” a humiliating prisoner “exchange”–innocent US NGO workers, for hardened jihadists, including the notorious “Blind Sheikh” Umar ‘Abd-al-Rahman, who orchestrated the murderous 1993 World Trade Center bombing? My colleague at Translating
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Republican John McCain has been traveling the Mideast with a bipartisan delegation of his Senate colleagues. He seems to think the region’s ascendant Islamists of the Muslim Brotherhood are people America
When the prospect of a Santorum nomination gives me night-tremors, I console myself that his current poll dominance isn’t so much a surge in support for the failed Senator as it is a continued rejection of the presumptive frontrunner, Mitt
A new poll shows President Barack Obama trailing three of the four GOP presidential candidates in the key swing state of Iowa. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads Obama by 46 percent support to 44 percent among likely Hawkeye state
Actress Julianne Moore’s new film “Game Change” won’t hit HBO until March 10. But the 51-year-old actress can’t stop talking down her character, Vice Presidential hopeful Sarah Palin. “Game Change,” based on the 2008 election chronicle by authors Mark Halperin
Rick Santorum is surging in national polling. As Ed Morrissey notes, in a two-man race, Santorum beats Mitt Romney among Republicans by a sweeping 55% to 34% margin. In other words, ouch. But while many pundits suggest that Santorum has a
Madonna – love her or hate her. Some think she has no talent, while others have named their daughters after her. Some think her career is pure marketing and her fans believe she’s a real trend setter. There has always
Sen. John McCain voiced caution at the Munich Conference on Security Policy that China will face its own “Arab spring” in the form of an uprising by neighboring Tibet.
After dropping out of the G.O.P. presidential contest, Jon Huntsman Jr. quickly endorsed Mitt Romney. The Huntsman daughters, his attack dogs, filmed, but did not release, a savage anti-Romney mock interview that ABC4 obtained. Once Huntsman dropped out, the DNC
[youtube 7WZ33w3B8Hw] Rick Santorum: Relax. You’re the most conservative candidate in the race, and have outperformed expectations. While the two front-runners attack each other, you have a unique opportunity to stand up for Republican conservative ideas and policies. Focus on
A few months ago, I was given a 3-hour personal tour of the Capitol with a handful of tea party leaders by a Republican Congressman. This tour was different from normal tours as we were able to access the House