Will the Media Call Out McCain for Missing the Benghazi Briefing?
John McCain missed a classified briefing on Benghazi because he was giving TV interviews about his alleged questions about Benghazi.
John McCain missed a classified briefing on Benghazi because he was giving TV interviews about his alleged questions about Benghazi.
Maine GOP Chairman Charlie Webster is blaming his party’s defeat on hundreds of unknown black voters who showed up to vote on election day. Oh no, GOP the black voter fraud apocalypse is upon you.
Longtime foe of multiculturalism, William J. Bennett, says Republicans lost culture war and accuses Democrats of playing identity politics
David Petraeus isn’t speaking publicly, but he is setting the record straight. Petraeus debunked the right wing conspiracy theories in a series of conversations with CNN’s Kyra Phillips.
It appears there was at least one very specific reason for Mitt Romney’s desperation to be president that the public was not aware of.
Hypocrisy alert: John McCain supported Condoleeza Rice who misled the public on WMD, causing thousands to die, but now attacks Susan Rice.
The secessionists whose real reason for wanting to leave America has nothing to do with the Founders, the Constitution, or the economy and everything to do Barack Obama’s skin color.
In a conference call today, Romney said Obama won because he gave ‘gifts’ to African Americans, Hispanics, young people and women.
President Obama is warning John McCain that if he keeps jabbering on and threatening to block any nomination of Susan Rice, he is going to have a problem with the President of the United States.
President Obama used his press conference in order to set a trap for House Republicans that will leave them in a lose/lose situation on the Bush tax cuts.
McCain told CBS News that he would block Ambassador Rice’s confirmation, saying she’s ‘not very bright’ and ‘not qualified.’
We’ve seen some crazy conclusions drawn since Election Day, but Larry Klayman’s claim that conservatives are the new N-words is obscene.
The Morning Joe panel, from S.E. Cupp to David Gregory,l admitted that Obama has a mandate to let the Bush tax cuts expire for the wealthiest Americans.
Fox News has taken their conspiracy claims for impeachment to new crazy places by claiming that Obama blackmailed Petraeus in order cover up Benghazi.
Jon Stewart hammered the so called job creators for using Obamacare as an excuse for layoffs. Stewart said, ‘Obamacare is just the latest excuse to rig the social contract.’
Republicans should review the Grand Bargain they turned their noses up at in the summer of 2011, because chances are, they’re not going to get it again.
It turns out the answer to avoiding the fiscal was right under our noses. We don’t need partisan negotiations. If the tax dollar mooching red states want to leave, we should let them.
Army General, David Patraeus was destined for greatness from his first year at West Point. Sadly, an affair tainted his stellar reputation.
The greatest example of petty taunting and counter-productivity since the 7th grade lunch table returns to Capitol Hill today, fresh off President Obama’s re-election.
There are different types of denial, and after President Obama won re-election last week, Republicans expressed minimization and simple denial over raising taxes on the rich.
Majority Leader Chip Rogers believes the United Nations is using Soviet-era mind control techniques to take over the U.S. through the Georgia Chamber.
Republicans have quickly shifted from licking their election defeat wounds to try to tie David Petraeus’ affair to Benghazi in order to impeach President Obama.
Showing that he learned absolutely nothing from getting his ass kicked on Election Day, Paul Ryan returned to the House to whine about Obama’s leadership and boss around the president.
Republicans continue to turn on their own media, and refuse to accept the fact that it was their ideas, not Rush Limbaugh and Fox News that lost the election for them.
Victor Hugo wrote Les Misérables in 1862, addressing themes of social injustice that are still embraced today in the Republican Party
Elizabeth Warren may get to sit on the powerful Senate Banking Committee. That is, if the powers waging a quiet war against her don’t get their way.
2012’s weather is a terrifying foretaste of the future of ourworld with Global Warming. Watch 24 Hours of Reality, the Dirty Weather Report
Republicans are so shaken by the Obama’s huge victory that some are calling for conservatives to escape from their self imposed Fox News/Rush Limbaugh/Drudge Report media bubble.
Honor the sacrifice of veterans by telling Republicans to pass, immediately, the Veterans Jobs Corps Act and oppose the Ryan budget cuts that affect Veterans cost of living adjustments.
Ohio Secretary of State, Jon Husted wants to dramatically change electoral votes to favor Republicans, and make it nearly impossible for Democrats to win Ohio.
On Fox News Sunday, Bill Kristol floated a Fox News complete cave on taxing the rich, ‘It won’t kill the country if we raise taxes a little bit on millionaires.’
The Koch Brothers handed down a warning to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for not rejecting provisions in the ACA to submit health insurance exchange.
Analysis of the white vote reveals they choose Romney by significant margins. What does this mean when it comes to race issues in the USA?
Republicans, in appraising the causes for the Republican defeat in 2012, shy away from the real reasons for that defeat: the culture war
According to Paul Begala, before he passed away in 2008, Ted Kennedy gave him a tutorial on how to defeat Mitt Romney. Obama and the Dems followed Kennedy’s advice, and won.
Republicans are laboring under the fallacy that President Obama and his supporters are enemies because they rejected the great white hope as president.
Bill Maher perfectly summed up the GOP’s biggest problem, ‘Republicans have the same problem as the Beach Boys. Their fans are dying.’
The braniacs at World Net Daily and the American Family Association have convinced themselves we voted for Obama because George Clooney did
Republicans lost because their party was steeple-jacked in the late 1980s by fake Republicans replacing the moderates.
Republicans can try once again to rebrand themselves, but at heart they remain exclusionary and selfish and more than anything else, owned and operated by big business.
Gen. David Patraeus abruptly resigned from his position as CIA Director citing poor judgment and an extramarital affair. Thus, another Republican dream candidate for president has self destructed.
As the absentee vote count continues in Miami-Dade county. Post-election, Rick Scott should be investigated
President Obama let Republicans know that he is in charge by telling House Republicans to give him a deal that includes tax hikes on the wealthy, or the country will go off the fiscal cliff.
In a conference call with reporters today, Sen. Bernie Sanders alerted the American people to the Republican (with some Democrat support) plan to reduce the deficit by cutting veterans benefits.
The Religious Right took a black eye in 2012 but they are far from powerless and will be back to attack the Constitution in 2016
In rejecting the Draconian agenda Romney and Ryan proposed, the majority of Americans expressed the compassion President Obama demonstrates in working for all Americans.
Rachel Maddow blew up the Republican blame of Hurricane Sandy for Romney’s loss by looking at the poll numbers and concluding, ‘You did not lose because of the storm.’
President Obama made a surprise visit to the campaign office in Chicago yesterday, thanking his supporters for all of their work, saying this victory is yours.
The Republican Party is like a dry drunk, yet only two days sober, who is not in any kind of recovery program. They are just looking for a new way to escape reality.
It was two days ago that the nation elected Barack Obama to a second term, but PPP is out with their first Democratic poll of 2016, and Sec. of State Hillary Clinton is leading VP Biden, 58%-17%.
Arrogant leaders in the House and Senate have issued statements that gave the appearance Republicans had won the election handily and put them in control of the government.
In a conference call with reporters today, Obama senior advisor David Axelrod said the message of the election to conservative billionaires is that the White House is not for sale.
In a conference call today, Team Obama deflated the Republican talking point that they can fix their demographic problem by running a Latino.
The booing of Mitt Romney’s treatment of Obama at the NAACP convention was not a one time thing. African Americans turned out to vote, and gave President Obama 99% support in some communities.
Over 10 million people watched the Fox News coverage of the 2012 election, but President Obama spoke, more than 80% of them tuned out.
Mitt Romney is taking zero responsibility for being routed by Barack Obama. Instead, Romney is blaming Hurricane Sandy for killing his momentum.
It was a great day for the nation when President Barack Obama was re-elected to a second term in office, and it was also a good day in Michigan when voters cast their ballots to reject Proposal 1.
Nate Silver was on The Daily Show, where Jon Stewart summed up his role as the defender of reality as, ‘you were like the Chick-fil-a sandwich for reality.”
Justice was decisive as she struck down the three GOP ‘stooges’ in Arkansas, best known for hating immigrants, loving slavery and advocating the death penalty for rebellious children.
Facing intensified scrutiny over the awkward position he’s placed his country in, Netanyahu rushed congratulations to the President last night.
Now that the election is over, it is time for this country to address the deplorable state of voting and start seriously considering transforming America into an easily accessible democracy.
Incredible amounts of money were spent on the 2012 General Election. And lots of that money was wasted when expensive attack ads didn’t work
Celebrate President Obama’s reelection and other Democratic victories with a special live call in victory party tonight at 7:30 ET.
America won four more years for President Obama, but did we issue a mandate for change or for the status quo?
Bernie Sanders has a message for the Republican Party, ‘the American people do not want a government pushing right-wing extremist policies.’
Calling out Republicans for wasting six weeks on contracpetion and filibustering at will, Reid said he is going to reform the filibuster rules.
All this and more happened because Americans across the country spent hours in lines, after surviving the Republican obstacle course, and voted.
Is Rush Limbaugh working for the Democratic Party? It sure seems that way after Limbaugh told his listeners that the Republican Party doesn’t need to court minority voters.
Obama swept the country in a decisive defeat of Romney with so far 303 electoral votes to 206, and possibly more. It’s called a mandate.
Fox News VP Neil Cavuto admitted that all of his network’s pundits were all wrong about Romney defeating Obama because they based their predictions on the Wisconsin recall polls.
In case you missed it or just want to relive the moment, here is President Obama’s late night victory speech.
The Republican rape triplets running for the senate took a big hit last night. The War on Women was a bad move for Republicans.
Mitt Romney finally took the stage in Boston to let Republicans know that the delusion is dead. The anger got them nothing, and it was time for the nation to move on.
Before we say goodbye to Mitt, here are Romney’s 11 goofiest gaffes and most disturbing comments. Now you can laugh.
Racism, lies, and four years of endless obstruction were not enough to stop Barack Obama from winning a second term.
Join PoliticusUSA for a live chat and video streams for Election Night. Get all the results right here at PoliticusUSA as soon as the polls close.
Feeling a little nervous about the election? Before the polls close, call in and talk to Jason Easley and Sarah Jones at 5:30 ET.
Where Republicans represent all that is wrong with humanity, Barack Obama stands apart with compassion, morality, and patriotism Republicans like Romney are ill-equipped to comprehend.
No matter who emerges victor (Obama) today is a day for celebrating ourselves and our participation in the democratic process. We survived a tough four years
In a press conference today, Christie accused the ‘know-nothing’ Romney staffers of just trying to issue some payback for Christie praising the president.
Ralph Giles, the VP of Product Design for Chrysler, who last week took down Trump, is at it again. This time he’s announcing that Chrysler is giving the day off to its employees so they can vote.
Republicans have connived to make sure you couldn’t vote. Today is the day when you march to the polling place, and stand proud in the long lines that their conspiracy has delivered to tell them NO!
It was an emotional night in Des Moines, Iowa as the President gave his last speech at a campaign rally for himself, ever.
Jon Stewart ripped pundits in general for their lack of accountability, but he saved some special scorn for Dick Morris. Stewart called Morris the, ‘king of wrong mountain.’
At a grassroots rally in Columbus, Ohio, the President said, ‘Changing the facts when they’re inconvenient to your campaign – that’s definitely not change.’
While PoliticusUSA was investigating a recently re-opened case in bankruptcy court in Delaware, a clerk of the court indicated that where Romney and Bain are concerned, they are above the law.
Rush Limbaugh is predicting a landslide win for Mitt Romney based on everything, but the data on polling and voting. Limbaugh claims Romney is heading for a big win if we don’t consider voting.
This is your Election Day check list, providing you with information on everything from what to do before you leave for the polls, to what to do if you are harassed or denied your vote
In a poll of countries around the world, President Obama is preferred to Romney in 20 of the 21 countries polled. The Romney holdout? Pakistan.
Paul Ryan says Obama’s path compromises some non-existent values; the real problem is that Obama stands between Ryan and the Constitution
The Republican Party has become a sad caricature of itself, and Mitt Romney is the perfect albeit unintentional parody of that caricature.
Nearly 180 ballot measures face a vote on Tuesday. Here are a few of the most consequential initiatives to watch.
In Florida, in 2008 8.4 million people voted; in 2010 only 5.3 million did. Margin of victory for Rick Scott? 1.2%.
If you want to know who is winning this election consider that while Romney supporters were begging to leave his PA rally, President Obama was dancing with a joyous crowd in Ohio.
There could be no worse selection for President than money-monger, Mitt Romney. He himself admits, 47% of the population will be sidelined.
Citing ‘security concerns’ the Romney campaign refused to let supporters leave his Pennsylvania rally even though the crowd had been waiting in the freezing cold for the tardy candidate for hours.
The Obama campaign estimates that the President spoke to 23,000 supporters in Hollywood, Florida today about the change we’ve already accomplished and what we still need to do.
The lid was blown off Mitt Romney’s latest attempt to fool voters today, as it has been revealed that Romney bought ads in Pennsylvania because it is the only state with ad space left for sale.
Today, a relentless assault on Romney’s auto lies dominated on the Sunday shows, from Fox News to David Gregory.