Everyone in politics is guilty of spin and the American people are tired of it. It becomes even more painstaking when the spin involves unemployment, which affects the very livelihood of many Americans. Today on Fox News, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz did just that type of spinning that I, like so many others, is […]
A new CBS poll asks who the blame should fall on for the economy and the numbers are very interesting (PDF): Has President Obama Made Real Progress Fixing the Economy? Total Rep. Dem. Ind. Yes 28% 9% 52% 23% No 68% 89% 42% 72% That question right there is rather loaded. I’m not sure […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Tea Party Nation is out with another piece of misinformation attacking President Obama. In “The Do-Nothing President and his awesome vacation”, founder Judson Phillips is once again attack the President for taking a vacation, something that has become the norm for the right. Phillips is also taking a preemptive strike against the counter point of […]
Think Progress has released this video of Mitt Romney in his own words. This is in response to Romney releasing his first ad yesterday, which can be seen here. In the ad Romney sunk to new lows when it comes to deceit: Then, the Romney ad clips a section from the same Obama speech, in […]
Now that he has surged in the polls, Newt Gingrich has decided to take on an issue that can be the kiss of death – social security: Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich is set to introduce a “growth and innovation” plan that would offer younger workers an alternative to Social Security. The former House speaker, […]
A manhunt was underway yesterday for Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, who was suspected of firing a gun at the White House last week. Last night authorities caught the man and now we are starting to learn more about him: CBS News, also citing unnamed sources, reports they say “Ortega-Hernandez was not on the radar of the […]
Last week President Obama was accused of calling American workers “lazy”, which of course he didn’t. That hasn’t stopped the right from taking his comment out of context and seizing on it as Obama hating America. While that story is still going on, we now have a new one. Now the Prez has decided to […]