Jazz Shaw, Politico has issued what they refer to as a cautionary tale about the modern age of political warfare, specifically in terms of the recent blow up involving Liz Mair and Governor Scott Walker. Their basic warning is that the battlefield has expanded considerably, and candidates are no longer the only targets. Staffers – […] Continue reading →
The head of Israel’s election commission acted on Monday to limit any pre-election boost Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may get from a March 3 speech to the U.S. Congress, in which he will warn of the threat from Iran’s nuclear programme. The speech has caused controversy in Israel and the United States, where Democrats and […] Continue reading →
A Michigan lawmaker has snatched victory from the clutches of Satan, just in time for Christmas. A nativity scene will grace the Statehouse lawn in Lansing after all, instead of leaving a satanic display as the capitol’s only holiday exhibit. The creche was saved when state Sen. Rick Jones volunteered to ensure that the Christian […] Continue reading →
Conn Carroll, “I am not on the ballot this fall,” President Obama said while campaigning in Chicago this October. “But make no mistake: These policies are on the ballot. Every single one of them.” Obama was right. His policies were on the ballot Tuesday night. And they were soundly defeated. As of this writing, Republican have […] Continue reading → With polls about to close, Republicans are aiming for a big election night — hoping that two years of intensive campaigning will net them the six seats they need to take over the Senate, even as top Democrats vow their ground game ultimately will keep the Senate in their hands. The first polls close at […] Continue reading → Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz embarrassed herself on national TV this week. She was repeatedly asked, and given plenty of opportunities to respond, about President Barack Obama’s campaign schedule. The chair of the Democratic Party was asked why former President Bill Clinton has been seen on the campaign trail so much more than […] Continue reading → Less than two weeks before Election Day, Democrats are bracing for losses — and are already quietly trying to shift the blame. Years of disappointment and tension between Democrats and their president are now on open display as politicians, party leaders and strategists worried about their chances in the midterm elections begin casting about for […] Continue reading → George Will, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie could be forgiven if he had chips on both shoulders as big as those shoulders. This year, the first of his second term, has been overshadowed by often partisan investigations, more protracted than productive, of the involvement of several of his former aides — he fired them — in the closing […] Continue reading → New Jersey Governor Chris Christie denied a report that he told Republican Party donors that he’s lost 85 pounds following lap-band surgery. “I didn’t give them any information — they made it up,” Christie Very Fat, 52, a possible 2016 presidential candidate, told reporters in Camden today. “My guess is that they were playing carnival […] Continue reading → Hillary Clinton’s public pretense about her presidential campaign took another step forward today. Here’s how Bloomberg News relayed it: Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) — Hillary Clinton said she’ll decide “after the first of the year” whether to run again for the presidency of the U.S. “I have a very clear vision with an agenda of what […] Continue reading → Hank Adler They’re rioting in Paris, they’re starving in Iraq. There’s hurricanes in Florida; ISIS is on the attack. The President is vacationing, he has not a clue. ISIS hates the Christians, Hamas hates the Jew. Turks hate the Kurds, Putin hates the Ukraine. And Obama is on yet another political campaign! But we can […] Continue reading → President Obama has been called the “Obama is “not competent” when it comes to running the government, which they also believe is more corrupt than government has ever been. One need only look at the massive failure across the board that is Obama’s foreign policy, coupled with the innumerable scandals spread throughout each and every […] Continue reading → At Netroots, RedState’s Dan Spencer and I looked on as Democratic Senator from Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren rallied the troops with her pugnacious brand of liberal populism. “She scares me,” said Spencer as we left the main ballroom, noting her unabashedly progressive leanings. What scares me about Warren, besides her positions on policy, is how […] Continue reading → When a U.S. president is using the IRS to terrify his political enemies, destroying American health care, and opening our southern border to millions of future welfare-collecting, Democratic voters from the Third World, why is a dime’s worth of money being wasted on trying to replace the Republican senator from Mississippi with a slightly different […] Continue reading → First Lady Michelle Obama is everywhere. She’s traveling to China. She’s raising money for Democrats. She’s issuing plaintive tweets seeking the rescue of the kidnapped Nigerian girls. She’s wading uncharacteristically deep into the Washington political mud pit to defend her school lunch program against Republicans, assailing them last Tuesday for opting to “play politics with […] Continue reading → Allahpundit, If we’re destined to have another Bush versus Clinton election, it’s only right that there be a Perot-type in the mix too. As David Petraeus once said, tell me how this ends. Ben Carson is warming to the idea of running for president. Since the famous brain surgeon retired last year from Johns Hopkins […] Continue reading →