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Key Republicans press Obama to meet border enforcement union
The National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council has warned Congress immigration reform will cause a surge of illegal immigration. Read more...
Axelrod Blames Republicans for Washington Bridge Collapse
On Twitter, former senior advisor to President Obama David Axelrod blamed Republicans for the collapse of a portion of the I-5 bridge in Mount Vernon Washington. He tweeted: The Obama administration supposedly spent hundreds of millions of dollars on infrastructure in the stimulus package of 2009. Show More Summary
Tesla repays government loan, Republicans sniff
Who said government never helped create a job? There's 3,000 of them at this Tesla plant.
Good news for those who believe government should invest in next-generation green technologies that won't just help preserve our environment, but...Show More Summary
Larry Hirsch: WIll Republicans Feel the Sequester Pain?
The first effects of the sequester were felt by most Americans when air traffic controllers were furloughed. Flights were delayed and Congress got alarmed. Republicans,...
GOP hopes to take Obama “scandals” home to the voters
Congress will soon adjourn for the Memorial Day recess, and lawmakers will return to their states and districts to explain their policies, defend their votes, and get input from their constituents. And if they’re Republican members of Congress, they will … Continue reading ?
Republicans' 'Mad Lib' IRS controversy
They’ve been given an inch – can they take a mile? The national controversy involving revelations that the IRS has subjected conservative groups to extra scrutiny in their applications for tax-exempt status has evolved into a fill-in-the-blanks scandal for Repu …
Scott Walker in Iowa
Proving that a little more than a year is a long time in politics, Republicans who may have an eye on 2016 have begun to descend on Iowa, where 16 months ago Republican voters ventured from their homes to take part in the first party caucus of the 2012 presidential election. Show More Summary
Why Republican Attacks in Obama Scandals Aren’t Sticking
Karl Rove has predicted Benghazi will be “corrosive” to President Barack Obama. Fox News political maven Roger Ailes in an email to Fox News employees compares the Obama administration’s actions against his company to McCarthyism and predicts they will fail. Is Barack Obama on the political ropes going down for the count — to become [...]
Do Parties Really Need to Rebrand Themselves?
The Republican "rebranding" effort may be on temporary hiatus as all the party's factions come together in the vain hope that they may finally have something to impeach Barack Obama over, but as soon as these various non-scandals, faux-scandals,...Show More Summary
Levin Attacks Christie For Meeting With Obama: "Same-Sex Politicians" Getting Together To "Check Out The Jersey Shore"
From the May 23 edition of Cumulus Media's The Mark Levin Show: Previously: Fox's Bolling: Christie Should "Act Like A Republican" And Stop Praising Obama For Sandy Response Fox's Dobbs: Chris Christie "Literally Slobbered Over" Obama For Sandy Relief
McCain: Tea Party Senators Forcing Dems to Destroy Senate Rules
On Thursday, former Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that the Gang of Three – Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT) – had provoked Democrats into trying to change traditional Senate rules. Show More Summary
Jim Wallis, Frank Wolf Discuss How Politics Can Serve the Common Good
Evangelical left leader Jim Wallis and Republican Congressman Frank Wolf (Va.) discussed how politics can serve the common good at a Thursday panel at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. While the panel wasShow More Summary
“Time for them to do their damn jobs”
Our communications director, Brad Woodhouse, fired off this email to supporters today about how Republicans in Congress need to stop playing political games and do their jobs: Friend -- Getting in President Obama's way has been the top priority for Republicans in Congress since day one. Show More Summary
Sadly for Republicans, Obamacare Not Likely to Be a Train Wreck
Is Obamacare fated to be a "train wreck"? Matt Yglesias says no, but warns us of what to expect as it rolls out: You have to remember a few basic facts about ACA implementation coverage over the next 18 months. One is that the media has a large negativity bias. Show More Summary
DNC Spox: GOP 'Making up' Scandals 'Out of Thin Air'
In a fundraising email sent Friday, Democratic National Committee spokesman Brad Woodhouse accused Republicans of "making up so-called 'scandals' out of thin air," and asked supporters to "Tell President Obama you've got his back." Woodhouse wrote: Getting in President Obama's way has been the top priority for Republicans in Congress since day one. Show More Summary
Billionaire Investor Blames Boobs, Babies for Lack of Female Traders
Paul Tudor Jones is 58 years old. He is a hedge funder. He is one of the richest men in America. He is probably a Republican. He predicted the 1987 market crash (see below). On Wednesday, we also learned that he holds some sexist beliefs about women because of most of the characteristics just listed. Read more...
Republican Massacusetts Senate Candidate Calls Democratic Opponent ‘Pond Scum’
Republican Gabriel Gomez had these words for Ed Markey during an interview. Said Gomez: “I don’t think there’s anything more offensive. You know I’ve got four young kids, and they gotta sit there and gotta see an ad with their dad — who served honorably, talk to anybody I served with — whether as a [...]
No scarlet letters
ON WEDNESDAY David Vitter (pictured), a Republican senator from Louisiana, proposed—and the Senate agriculture committee accepted—an amendment to the farm bill that would, in Mr Vitter's words, "prohibit convicted murderers, rapists and pedophiles from receiving food stamps." It's not hard to see why this amendment passed. Show More Summary
Thin-skinned Gomez: Markey is 'dirty and low…pond scum'
Republicans have found themselves another high-profile candidate who just is not ready for prime time, and certainly not ready for a state-wide run in blue Massachusetts. Gabriel Gomez proved that yet again Thursday when he responded to a question about whether his latest ad against Markey didn't show just a tiny bit of desperation in his campaign. Show More Summary