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| It's Happening: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio doesn't think Hillary is progressive enough 11/20/2014 10:01:54 AM Noah Rothman 22 Comments Appearing at a Politico breakfast this week, progressive icon and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio effusively praised his fellow liberal, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), but his plaudits for likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was far More... Cassidy up 11 over Landrieu in new poll 11/20/2014 9:21:44 AM Ed Morrissey 33 Comments The first thought that comes to mind may be: Is it that close? The runoff in Louisiana’s Senate race hasn’t attracted the larger national pollsters, perhaps because of the trouncing that incumbent Mary Landrieu is widely presumed to have More... Only some civil disobedience is tolerable to the media 11/20/2014 8:41:17 AM Jazz Shaw 146 Comments Much hay is being made in the media about an offhand comment made by Senator Tom Coburn yesterday, when he speculated that national anger over executive amnesty could result in acts of protest. Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn warns there could be not only a More... Video: Jim Webb launches presidential bid 11/20/2014 8:01:57 AM Ed Morrissey 63 Comments Aaaaaaaand we’re off and running … in November? Former Senator and Reagan administration official Jim Webb formally announced the start of a presidential campaign exploration committee, becoming the first in either party to formally make a More... Quotes of the day 11/19/2014 10:01:33 PM Jazz Shaw 453 Comments President Barack Obama might be open to using the Keystone pipeline as leverage with Republicans if they cooperate on other aspects of his long-stalled domestic agenda, such as investing in infrastructure, closing tax loopholes or reducing carbon More... Deep-blue Arlington elects first non-Democrat since 1983, kills off expensive streetcar project 11/19/2014 9:21:00 PM Mary Katharine Ham 74 Comments It’s a story we’ve all heard before. In 2006, when economic times were good and the Northern Virginia area was riding high as it always does on cronyism’s coattails, Arlington decided it’d be keen and swell to put a streetcar into More... Al Sharpton: I have tax problems because people hate Obama or Trayvon Martin or something like that 11/19/2014 8:41:04 PM Jeff Dunetz 89 Comments Professional racial agitator Al Sharpton responded to Tuesday’s NY Times piece revealing that both Sharpton and his charity National Action Network was increasingly delinquent in paying taxes to NY State and vendors who performed services. More... Video: How living-donor transplants can save — and transform — lives 11/19/2014 8:01:01 PM Ed Morrissey 12 Comments Readers of my original Captain’s Quarters blog know that my wife Marcia has been the recipient of multiple transplants, including two live-donor kidney transplants that saved her life. (The first failed unexpectedly after less than two years.) Over More... Broadcast networks won't carry Obama's immigration address… with one big exception 11/19/2014 7:21:16 PM Noah Rothman 114 Comments As Guy Benson wrote, President Barack Obama will address the country on Thursday night to announce his sweeping, unprecedented decision to use executive authority to enact portions of an immigration reform bill that could not pass Congress. It will be, More... Steyer backed group: Nuclear Iran is okay, but climate change will kill us all 11/19/2014 6:41:53 PM Jazz Shaw 29 Comments Have you heard of the Truman National Security Project yet? If not, you probably will in the coming days and weeks. As we previously noted, President Obama is busy working on a deal with Iran – dubious though it may be – and he’s going More... NBC poll: Executive amnesty is… pretty unpopular with just about everybody 11/19/2014 6:01:17 PM Noah Rothman 216 Comments On Monday, USA Today released a poll that might have buoyed the spirits of those who support President Barack Obama's planned executive order which will enact portions of the Senate's failed immigration reform bill. That survey found that an executive More... Will the GOP use "rescission" to counter Obama's immigration executive action? 11/19/2014 5:21:55 PM Bruce McQuain 82 Comments If, no, when President Obama issues his executive orders addressing immigration, Republicans are going to be faced with making some decisions about how to address those EOs. One of the ideas recently floated comes from the Chairman of the House More... The rise of liberal tea party caucus? 11/19/2014 4:41:37 PM Noah Rothman 61 Comments Democrats have long lamented that they do not enjoy the kind of enthusiasm which Republicans benefited from with the rise of the tea party. The left has gone to great lengths to manufacture this sort of energy, including touting the volatile Occupy Wall More... Canadian ambassador: A no to Keystone is a yes to higher emissions 11/19/2014 4:01:46 PM Ed Morrissey 34 Comments True, and for a couple of reasons, as Ambassador Gary Doer explained to the Morning Joe panel earlier today. Six years after Canada wanted to find a more efficient way to deliver its crude to Gulf Coast refineries, providing jobs and flexibility to the More... Barbara Boxer's mortifying anti-Keystone Senate speech 11/19/2014 3:21:19 PM Noah Rothman 108 Comments As the senator who spoke out most forcefully against a proposed pipeline that would carry Canadian crude oil to the Gulf Coast, the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate endorsed Sen. Barbara Boxer's (D-CA) vision for a Keystone-free American economy on More... Breaking: Obama to announce sweeping executive amnesty in Thursday night address 11/19/2014 2:41:12 PM Guy Benson 514 Comments And away we go: Looking casual in WH Facebook video, Pres Obama announces he’ll unveil immigration reform actions tomorrow at 8pm/ET. pic.twitter.com/DcNnT7boGM — Mark Knoller (@markknoller) November 19, 2014 It’s officially happening, guys. More... In rare rebuke, Democrats shun Pelosi ally and back rival for committee leadership 11/19/2014 2:01:12 PM Noah Rothman 70 Comments Democrats are reportedly fuming over Nancy Pelosi's decision to deny Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) a proxy vote in House elections for leadership posts and committee assignments. Duckworth, a heavily pregnant double amputee whose condition prevented her More... Are we to just accept that TV political coverage stinks? 11/19/2014 1:31:48 PM Jazz Shaw 53 Comments Our friend Matt Lewis is taking stock of the media landscape following the election and the outlook is not brilliant to say the least. Surveying the cable news band, Matt finds that people aren’t watching nearly as much any more, and the reason is More... Netflix pulls Cosby special as allegations mount against comedian; Update: NBC cancels sitcom in development 11/19/2014 1:01:48 PM Ed Morrissey 146 Comments He’s been a cultural icon for decades, but a number of women have spent nearly that long accusing Bill Cosby of being something entirely more sinister. Although allegations against Cosby of sexual assault have been public for decades, a confluence More... Mitch McConnell looks at forming Senate GOP super PAC 11/19/2014 12:31:33 PM Jazz Shaw 39 Comments What works in the midterms doesn’t always translate over to presidential election years, so the GOP will need to scratch their collective heads and come up with some fresh ideas. This, however, does not sound like a fresh idea at all. Incoming More... Tapper: Gruber exposes explicit Obama lie on ObamaCare; Update: Video fixed 11/19/2014 12:01:46 PM Ed Morrissey 78 Comments Last night, Noah posted the 2-minute video from American Commitment on Gruberama that he called “positively enraging.” Not too many media outlets have responded to this story very well, but Jake Tapper at CNN has been an exception to that More... Chuck Todd dismisses Gruber revelations as 'a politics story' 11/19/2014 11:31:09 AM Noah Rothman 90 Comments The mainstream press – a term which is rapidly losing all meaning as Fox News has begun to not only dominate cable news but the networks as well, but what was once understood to include big city newspapers and the three broadcast networks – has largely More... Dems to Obama: You broke our party 11/19/2014 11:01:14 AM Ed Morrissey 214 Comments No kidding. On almost every measure, the Democratic Party has lost significant ground to Republicans during the Barack Obama era. Six years ago, they seemed ascendant, on the verge of the mythical “permanent majority” not just on the federal More... |   | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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