Apparently, George Santos is such a corrupt and obnoxious cancer that he even caused Sen. Mitt Romney to blow up on him.
Biden SOTU Was A Massive Hit According To New Poll
A flash poll of SOTU watchers by CNN found that Biden's speech was a major hit.
Biden’s State Of The Union Was A Joyous MAGA Killer
President Biden's State Of The Union was full of optimism, bipartisanship, joy. It was the anti-MAGA.
Rep. Lauren Boebert Get Booed As She Heckles Biden During SOTU
As President Biden was about to speak about his son's death, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) heckled him, and she was booed.
Biden Puts The Trump GOP To Shame With A Home Run SOTU
The patriotism was real, as Biden laid out a broad vision for America both at home and abroad in one of the best SOTUs in years.
Mitch McConnell Looks Ill As Biden Lists His Economic Successes At SOTU
Mitch McConnell looked like he could see his chance of winning the Senate majority slipping away as Biden listed his economic successes.
Biden Leads Congress In A Standing Ovation For Ukraine
At his State Of The Union, President Biden led the entire Congress in a standing ovation for Ukraine.
Marco Rubio Blows Off Biden’s SOTU With A Really Lame Excuse
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said that he would not be attending President Biden's State Of The Union because he doesn't have time to take a COVID test.
Nancy Pelosi Let Us Know This House Is Not Accepting a Shoe-in Dictator from a Reality Show
Your repeated ripping – don’t miss this, folks - let us know that you were not having it; this House is not accepting a shoe-in dictator from a variety-reality show/rally. Your calm, deliberate hands, here in the last few seconds of this game, will become an iconic image of discipline, restraint, civility, and yes, diplomacy. Historic. Heroic. Classic. Classroom stuff.
Elizabeth Warren Calls Out Trump For Using Iran Attack As Impeachment Distraction
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren called out Trump for picking this attack on an Iranian top general to distract from impeachment.
Here Are The Biggest Lies Told By Trump During His SOTU Address
During his State of the Union (SOTU) Address Donald Trump once again laid claim to being the biggest liar in the history of the U.S. presidency. This is true even though he read the speech, which had been prepared in advance.
Democratic Congresswoman Says Hell No To Paying For Trump’s Racist Border Wall
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) answered with an emphatic hell no when she was asked if she would pay for Trump's border wall in exchange for protections for Dreamers.
Obama’s State Of The Union Dominance Leaves Trump Whining And Whimpering To Fox News
A weak and broken Donald Trump could only whine and whimper to Fox News after the rationale for his entire campaign was destroyed by President Obama at the State Of The Union.
Obama Dazzles And Inspires While Delivering Visions Of Greatness In His Last SOTU
President Obama delivered a dazzling display of moral and political leadership during his final State Of The Union address.
Obama Obliterates Republican Claims That America Is In Decline In Final State Of The Union
President Obama dropped an eight megaton bomb of reality on Republican claims that America is in decline during the State Of The Union.
Obama Destroyed Trump’s Entire Campaign With 4 Sentences At The State Of The Union
President Obama never mentioned Donald Trump by name, but he destroyed the basis for the GOP front runner's 2016 campaign with one paragraph in his State Of The Union.
Jailbird Kim Davis Will Accompany Ohio Republican to State of the Union
The country's most infamous county clerk Kim Davis will be hosted at tonight's State of the Union by none other than Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).
Obama Drops Some Serious Smack Talk On Presidential Pretender Trump Before The SOTU
During an interview on NBC's Today, President Obama talked a little smack and showed the difference between a pretender like Donald Trump and the real President Of The United States.
Sarah Palin Is Back And Demanding A Government Job As Donald Trump’s Energy Secretary
You didn't want her for VP, but Sarah Palin feels she would be a great fit for a Trump administration's Department of Energy. You know, before she dismantled the department.
Jon Stewart Scorches Rand Paul And Ted Cruz Over Their State Of The Union Responses
During Wednesday night's broadcast of The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart took aim at the multiple Republican responses to this year's State of the Union address.
Obama’s Brilliant State of the Union Wasted On Stupid Anti-Government Americans
For the past seven years President Barack Obama has delivered prescient State of the Union speeches that should appeal to the majority of Americans regardless of their party affiliation except for one small detail; he represents the federal government.
Facts Are In A No-Go Zone For GOP Presidential Hopeful Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal repeating the European no-go zones myth, reminds us that he has never had a close relationship with the truth.
Boehner’s SOTU Fact-Checking Blames Obama for Income Inequality
The sad fact of Republican fact-checking is that their fact-checking needs to be fact-checked, and this was never more true last night.
A Revived Obama Dominates While Delivering A Wake Up Call To Republicans At SOTU
This was a dominant performance by the president. He reminded Republicans that they were wrong about the economy, wrong on the minimum wage, wrong about climate change, and wrong in the love and admiration for Putin during his State Of The Union.
Obama Reminds Republicans That Their Economic Predictions Were Wrong During SOTU
President Obama made sure to tell the country that all of the Republican predictions of gloom and doom about his economic policies were wrong. Obama listed just a few of the ways that they were wrong during the State Of The Union.
Obama Blasts Republicans During SOTU and Dares Them To Try Living On Minimum Wage
Of course, nothing helps families make ends meet like higher wages. That's why this Congress still needs to pass a law that makes sure a woman is paid the same as a man for doing the same work. Really. It's 2015. It's time. We still need to make sure employees get the overtime they've earned. And to everyone in this Congress who still refuses to raise the minimum wage, I say this: If you truly believe you could work full-time and support a family on less than $15,000 a year, go try it. If not, vote to give millions of the hardest-working people in America a raise.
Republican Congressman Compares Obama To Hitler For Not Attending Paris Unity Rally
If you were wondering how long it would take for a Republican to invoke Adolf Hitler in the made-for-Beltway-media controversy surrounding the White House's nonattendance at the Paris Unity Rally over the weekend, you got your answer Monday evening.
Tea Party Congressman Steve Stockman Subpoenaed By Grand Jury In Criminal Investigation
Outgoing Republican Congressman Steve Stockman and three of his aides have been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury as part of a criminal investigation.
The Significant Role That Stupidity Played in Republicans Winning Control of Congress
The sad fact is that the stupidity that drove the results of the midterms is not reserved to the Republican base, or Democratic voters would not have stayed home in a repeat performance of the devastating 2010 midterms.
President Obama Has The Middle Class’ Back As He Drops Chained CPI From His Budget
The White House announced that the President will be releasing his budget very soon. One thing that will not be included in that budget is chained CPI.
California Democrat Calls Out GOP Congressman For Inaccurate Criticism Of President
On Monday, Democrat Tim Sheridan, who is running against Calvert for his seat this November, fired back and called out Calvert for his criticism.
In 120 Years Republicans Only Cry Tyranny When the Black President Uses Executive Orders
Although President's have been issuing executive orders for over 120 years, Republicans consider it the height of tyranny and dictatorial power because this President happens to be African American.
Jon Stewart Calls Out Republicans On Their BS For Claiming They Want Bipartisanship
Wednesday night's episode was the first chance that Jon Stewart got to fully discuss the State of the Union address. Stewart turned it up to eleven with his righteous indignation and it was glorious.
Real Republican Response to SOTU: President Obama is a ‘Socialist Dictator’
Congressman Randy Weber (R-TX) disrespectfully tweeted from the House floor that Obama was a Socialist Dictator shortly before the President's State of the Union Address.
Obama Hits Grand Slam With A SOTU That Reflects America’s Move Left
President Obama delivered his best State Of The Union address yet by shifting left and championing equal pay for women, healthcare reform, and raising the minimum wage.
It’s On: Obama Tells Congress to ‘Give America a Raise’ By Raising the Minimum Wage
At the State Of The Union President Obama announced his support for increasing the minimum wage to $10.10/hour by telling Congress to say yes and get on board with giving America a raise.
Republicans Go Silent At SOTU As Obama Announces Plan To Beat Their Obstruction
There was loud applause on one side of the chamber as President Obama called out Republican obstruction, 'Wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that's what I'm going to do.'
Mitch McConnell Demands that President Obama Use the SOTU To Kill Obamacare
Mitch McConnell had the nerve today to demand on the Senate floor that President Obama use the State Of The Union to announce that he is ditching Obamacare.
John Boehner Threatens President Obama With Impeachment Over Use Of Executive Orders
On Tuesday morning, at a breakfast discussing the State of the Union address later in the evening, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) told reporters that President Obama is on dangerous ground on his use of executive orders.
Obama Does Right By Federal Contractors and Raises Their Minimum Wage To $10.10 An Hour
Just ahead of his State of the Union address where he will push for Congress to raise the minimum wage for all American workers, President Obama took action and issued an executive order to raise the minimum wage for all federal contractors to $10.10 an hour.
Dems Get Wish as Cornyn Will Face Tea Party Primary Challenger In Texas Senate Race
Late on Monday, just 15 minutes before the deadline to file, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) shocked the GOP establishment by placing his name on the ballot for March's Republican primary and will face off with incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.
Republican Attempts To Sabotage the Obama Economy Fail as Good News Pours In
Despite Republicans' best efforts to sabotage the economy, there were three or four suspiciously unreported pieces of good economic news over the past three days.
Behind the Chained CPI Outrage Is an Obama Budget That Is a Democratic Wish List
The President's budget proposals contain a great deal of Democrats' long-cherished wishes and few are paying any attention.
Sunday Shows Respond to the Popularity of Same Sex Marriage By Hosting Anti-Gay Bigots
Even as support for same sex marriage reaches a record high, Meet The Press, Face The Nation, and CNN's State Of The Union all gave air time to right wing gay bigots.
Most Americans Are No Longer Fooled By Republican Buzzwords and Dishonest Slogans
Americans not mesmerized by the GOP's buzzwords like "pro-growth" understand it was President Obama's stimulus that saved the economy and staunched massive job losses.
Rand Paul Shows Off His Tea Party Book Learnin’ and Still Comes Off Better than Rubio
As the Tea Party's 2nd choice, Rand Paul out performed Marco Rubio and his magic gulp.
Obama Delivers One of the Best Speeches of His Presidency: a Tour de Force SOTU
The Obama vision for America was laid out in sweeping fashion. President Obama delivered what might be the greatest State of the Union address from a president in at least 25 years.
Obama SOTU Message to Republicans, If They Want Cuts The Rich Have to Pay More
President Obama sent a clear message to Republicans in the SOTU. If they want any cuts at all, they have to raise more revenue.
One Thing is For Sure Republicans Will Be Petulant Little Children at the SOTU
Because Republicans cannot abide Americans tuning in to hear a popular President with a clear vision, they will do what petulant little children do and draw attention to themselves with distractions.
Republicans Again Go the Palin Route With Marco Rubio’s State of the Union Response
Sen. Rubio has a long way to go with the Hispanic community before he can deliver what the Republican Party thinks his skin color will automatically garner them.
Self Confessed Pedophile Ted Nugent Will be a Guest of House Republicans at the SOTU
House Republican Steven Stockman is helping to rebrand his party by announcing today that admitted pedophile, and generally insane person, Ted Nugent will be his guest at the State of the Union.
The Tea Party Deploys Rand Paul to Sabotage the Republican SOTU Makeover
Sen. Rand Paul's (R-KY) Tea Party State of the Union response will follow Sen. Marco Rubio's Republican SOTU response. This isn't going to help the GOP with their rebranding effort.
Debate Moderator Candy Crowley Calls Out Romney ‘Then and Now’ on Abortion
Candy Crowley, who is moderating the upcoming Presidential debate, called Mitt Romney out on the inconsistencies in his abortion positions today.
Mentally Challenged Media Attacks Obama for Not Compromising with Republicans
Despite the fact that President Obama has spoken of compromise throughout his presidency, CNN attacked the president for not compromising with Republicans.
Bernie Sanders Cracks The Coded Threat To Entitlements In Obama’s State Of The Union
Bernie Sanders gave President Obama good marks for his State Of The Union address, but he also warned about coded language in the speech that hinted at cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
Watch John Boehner Make A Fool Of Himself Trying To Attack Obama’s SOTU
John Boehner made a fool of himself today by criticizing President Obama's 2012 State Of The Union Address while the White House is still working on it.
The White House Defends Obama’s Supreme Court Criticism
Senior White House advisor David Axelrod was on Meet the Press today, where defended Obama's criticism of the recent Supreme Court decision on campaign finance at the State of the Union. Axelrod said, "I certainly think it was appropriate for the president to talk about the threat that this decision brings to our democracy."
Keith Olbermann Tries to Turn Obama to the Dark Side
On his pre-SOTU Countdown tonight, host Keith Olbermann urged President Obama to seize the hatred of his enemies on the right. Olbermann said Obama should follow the template of FDR and, "welcome their hatred." Olbermann is becoming very Darth Vaderish.
Chris Matthews Is Still Obsessed With Obama’s Race
The most surprising reaction to President Obama's State of the Union Speech came from MSNBC's Chris Matthews who said, "I forgot that he was black tonight for an hour." In other breaking news, President Lincoln has freed the slaves.
Michele “Crazy Eyes” Bachmann Caters to the Birthers…sort of
They were literally seconds from accomplishing the vote, so they could move to more important things. Things like Republican Thadeus McCotter's bill to force President Obama to apologize (down on your knees, boy!) -- clearly a much better use of their time; Michigan must be so proud -- when at the very last second, Republican Rep. Michele "Crazy Eyes" Bachmann tried to be a "good Republican" (oxymoron or just moron?) who would save the birthers by blocking the vote! Go, Michelle!!
A Method to Michele Bachmann’s Census Madness
It seems that there might actually be a method to Rep. Michele Bachmann's Census fear mongering madness. Since Bachmann derives most of her reelection campaign funds from outside of her district, and she is struggling to raise cash, could it be that Bachmann is using Census paranoia to refill her campaign coffers for her reelection bid in 2010?
GOP: Obama is Putting America at Risk through Politeness
Today on CNN's State of the Union, Republican Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) said that President Barack Obama was putting America at risk by being polite to Hugo Chavez. Ensign said that it was irresponsible for the president to be seen joking with Chavez.
Petraeus Disagrees with Cheney’s Criticism of Obama
Today on CNN's State of the Union program, Centcom Commander Gen. David Petraeus disagreed with former vice president Dick Cheney's statement that President Obama's national security policy has made the US safe and more vulnerable to a terrorist attack. Petraeus also came out against the Bush torture policy.
Why Cheney and Bush Should be Blamed for the Economy
Former vice president Dick Cheney was on CNN's State of the Union today, and he absolved
McCain: Obama has not Kept His Promises
While appearing on CNN's State of the Union, Republican Senator and 2008 party nominee, John McCain
Pros and Cons: Kathleen Sebelius as Obama’s Running Mate
Five Governors Who Could Be Obama’s VP
Barack Obama has a wide range of Democrats to choose his running mate from. In recent years the Democratic Party has been able to elect 28 of the nation's 50 governors. These state executives represent some of the party's best talent. If Obama decides to add a governor to his ticket, here are five excellent choices.
John Edwards: No VP for me!
According to an article by Sinead Carew of Reuters, on Thursday, April 3rd, John Edwards closed the book on the presidential chapter of his life. After delivering a speech to the big fish of the nation's wireless industry, Edwards was asked point blank by someone in the audience whether or not he would accept the VP slot on either the Clinton or Obama ticket.