Some very troubling polling has come out for the Republicans in their attempts to retake the White House. This from PolitcsUSA: The biggest surprise is in the new NBC/Marist poll of South Carolina, where Obama’s approval rating is a not too upside down for a reliable red state 44%/48%. The big shock is that President […]
The extent to which some Republicans will twist history to try and sell Newt is truly amazing.This morning on Chuck Todd’s show, former Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va) was busy explaining how voters will forgive Newt for his past. As an example he brought up Bill Clinton: Look at where Bill Clinton is today compared to […]
Yesterday the Republicans again filibustered the payroll tax cut extension. They continued their argument that paying for it with a surtax on millionaires would hurt hiring. NPR decided to look further into that claim and here’s what they found: We wanted to talk to business owners who would be affected. So, NPR requested help from […]
A new poll out by Gallup shows a strong decrease in enthusiasm for Republicans and Republican leaning independents. In September 58% of these voters were more enthusiastic about this election, but a new poll out has that number slipping to 49%. The Republicans are still winning in this part of the race, with the Democrats […]
The answer is here: In a thumbnail, Congress accepted the committee report, which found that Gingrich used tax exempt contributions for political purposes and then attempted to mislead the Ethics Committee about it. Pelosi sat on the Ethics Committee at the time, so has vivid knowledge of the whole business. Gingrich was fined $300,000 and […]
Another example of how the Republicans try to destroy our democracy: A Baltimore jury Tuesday found Paul Schurick, former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.’s campaign manager, guilty of fraud and related charges for his role in an Election Day 2010 robocall — a decision hailed by government watchdog groups who say that for too long […]
The right would have you believe that Obama will go to any lengths to try and silence dissidence, of course without proof. What they seem to forget is the great lengths the Bush administration went to in order to silence the opposing views. Now the Supreme Court is going to hear one such case: The […]
Nancy Pelosi is threatening to spill what she knows about Newt: Pelosi knows more about Gingrich than perhaps any other major national political figure. She was a senior Democrat when Gingrich was House Speaker, served on the ethics committee that investigated Gingrich for tax cheating and campaign finance violations, and even cut a 2008 ad […]
With the price of gas on the rise again, this is really shocking news: The United States is awash in gasoline. So much so, in fact, that the country is exporting a record amount of it. The country exported 430,000 more barrels of gasoline a day than it imported in September, according to the U.S. […]
Well if this is true then that was really fast: Sources tell FOX 5 News that Herman Cain plans to endorse fellow Georgian Newt Gingrich on Monday. They say details of a formal announcement are still being worked out. A spokesperson with the Gingrich campaign said there is a 2 p.m. press conference in New […]