What’s that smell? A whole lotta conservative memes rotting on the trash pile of history – that’s what.... Read more»
In a risky move, Mitt Romney has chosen to go all-in with white voters. But he’ll have to walk the fine line of racial pandering and denying it. Americans no longer elect overt racists.... Read more»5
Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney is poised to clinch the Republican presidential nomination with a win in Tuesday’s largely uncontested Texas primary.... Read more»
Donald Trump said on Monday that he may run as a third-party presidential candidate if the Republican Party picks the “wrong candidate.”... Read more»2
The best course of action for Democrats is to sit back and let Republicans wound their own. Increasingly, the GOP nominating process is serving Democrats—peeling back the layers of obfuscation and exposing the weaknesses and inadequacies of its likely nominees.... Read more»2
In the United States, Donald Trump’s mystifying combover is the subject of much speculation. In New Zealand, a government minister similarly mocked for having hair that resembles a ‘dead possum’ has come out swinging at his critics on YouTube.... Read more»
While President Obama may have ended speculation about his own birth right, arguments over the clause in Article Two of the U.S. Constitution which states “no person except a natural born citizen” can stand for office, are likely to rumble on.... Read more»
Arizona Democrats favor U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as their nominee to fill the Senate seat being vacated by Jon Kyl. For Republicans, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin is their top choice as a Senate candidate.... Read more»1
If you want a perfect pictorial image of almost everything that’s wrong with the contemporary elite media in the age of Obama, you could do a lot worse than to focus on the sight of carrot-topped megalomaniacal billionaire Donald Trump, seated as an honored guest of The Washington Post at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner.... Read more»
Trump’s heavy use of courts against critics or those he’s trying to gain a financial edge against could create image and political headaches for him if he chooses to run for the GOP nomination.... Read more»
To a political junkie, the atmospherics of the president’s birth certificate news conference were awe inspiring. By 11 p.m., Donald Trump was KO’d.... Read more»1
Donald Trump falsely claimed that 99 percent of Egyptians voted to end the peace treaty with Israel. There was no such vote, although a recent poll found that 54 percent do support ending the treaty.... Read more»
President Barack Obama, trying to end the conspiracy theories about his eligibiility to the presidency, released his long-form birth certificate Wednesday. Calling the “birther” issue a “sideshow” touted by “carnival barkers,” the president said “We do not have time for this kind of silliness.” (with document & video)... Read more»
I’m often taken aback when I hear someone complain that racial conditions in the United States haven’t changed much—or are worse—than at some point in the nation’s past. Anyone who says something so observably false either doesn’t know or fails to respect the progressive march of history.... Read more»1
If Donald Trump worked for us, we’d have to say: “Donald, you’re fired — for incompetence.” When it comes to getting facts straight, he fouls up again and again on the basics of President Obama’s birth. As a rookie reporter, he just wouldn’t make it.... Read more»3
CPAC was a circus. When they weren’t blaming liberals, Democrats, and public servants, they were all too happy to fight amongst themselves.... Read more»
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