HotAir Daily Express 09/02/2015

Quotes of the day 9/1/2015 10:41:03 PM  Allahpundit 263 Comments Don't forget Ben Carson. The retired pediatric neurosurgeon isn't generating the headlines or drawing the crowds of Donald Trump, but his numbers in some surveys suggest the appetite for his presidential candidacy might be just as great, if not More... Apparently "cops' lives matter" is now an insult 9/1/2015 10:01:39 PM  Jazz Shaw 63 Comments Janell Ross is listed as a “race, gender, immigration and inequality reporter” at the Washington Post, and someone we’ve run across here at Hot Air before. In keeping with her assigned “beat” in public news, Ms. Ross has More... At Purdue, Mitch Daniels attempts to disrupt college loan system with private investing 9/1/2015 9:21:16 PM  Mary Katharine Ham 22 Comments Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, upon passing on a run for the Republican nomination in 2012, took an interesting career turn. The famously fiscally conservative executive, who devised savings for the Hoosier state on everything from ??? to paper More... Poll: Trump now easily beating Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Scott Walker head to head nationally 9/1/2015 8:41:40 PM  Allahpundit 140 Comments So says PPP, the same outfit responsible for that poll a few weeks back showing Trump losing head-to-head match-ups against Rubio and Walker in North Carolina. Either NC is an outlier or the mood has changed nationally because Republicans across America More... Video: Project Veritas Action catches Team Hillary campaign violation 9/1/2015 8:01:00 PM  Ed Morrissey 35 Comments Not long ago, the Hillary Clinton campaign bragged about thwarting Project Veritas Action and their efforts to conduct undercover investigations into their campaign practices.  In this new video, though, PVA didn’t need to go undercover. One of More... "It's now or never": Teen girl facing manslaughter charge after egging boyfriend on to kill himself 9/1/2015 7:21:59 PM  Allahpundit 97 Comments We’ve done nearly 120,000 Headline items at HA over the past eight years and have digested many more news stories and op-eds than that in the process of culling interesting bits to highlight for you guys. Amid all that noise, this stands out as one More... CNN changes GOP debate formula to help Carly Fiorina 9/1/2015 6:41:25 PM  Taylor Millard 110 Comments Carly Fiorina may be getting a seat (or podium) in the next GOP primetime debate. CNN announced this afternoon they were changing the formula for the debate specifically so Fiorina could be on the stage. “In the event that any candidate is polling More... Trump ad hits back at Jeb: If I'm the liberal, why are you giving Hillary Clinton awards for public service? 9/1/2015 6:01:10 PM  Allahpundit 89 Comments A smart counter to Jeb’s ad this morning. Trump could have gone after Bush for his heresies on policy, like immigration or Common Core, but swiping at him for his coziness with the Clintons is a more viscerally populist message. After all, the More... Say, whatever happened to the deep Republican bench? 9/1/2015 5:21:30 PM  Ed Morrissey 93 Comments This was supposed to be the cycle of the Deep Republican Bench. In the past two presidential cycles, especially in 2012, Republicans lacked fresh and proven talent to bid for the White House. In both cycles, we saw the Next In Line candidate prevail over More... Mitch McConnell to conservatives: Look, we don't have the numbers in the Senate to defund Planned Parenthood 9/1/2015 4:41:54 PM  Allahpundit 243 Comments We do have the numbers to force a shutdown, but McConnell’s already ruled that out. I’m going to look on the bright side here: At least this guy’s trying to spare us another dismal episode of GOP failure theater. If we had a majority in More... Bernie Sanders: Vietnam conscientious objector 9/1/2015 4:01:36 PM  Jazz Shaw 70 Comments Somehow I’m not really sure that this is a disqualifier among Democrats these days, assuming it ever was. Hillary supporters seem to be getting desperate enough to lob some actual shots across Bernie Sanders’ bow now, and one of them was an More... Tuesday TEMS: Andrew Malcolm 9/1/2015 3:21:43 PM  Ed Morrissey 1 Comments Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! Andrew Malcolm joins us for Tuesdays with Andrew! The Prince of Twitter and I will discuss all of the hot political stories of the day. We’ll go a full More... Alleged Texas deputy killer was found "incompetent" in 2012? 9/1/2015 2:41:13 PM  Jazz Shaw 31 Comments Another twist has come up in the case of the assassination of Texas sheriff’s deputy Darren Goforth. The suspect in the case was reportedly “found to be mentally incompetent” in 2012 when he was charged in a felony assault case. This is More... The Federalist: Smoking guns in latest Hillary e-mail release? Update: Another? 9/1/2015 2:01:33 PM  Ed Morrissey 353 Comments Did the latest release of Hillary Clinton server e-mails uncover a “smoking gun” proving a criminal violation of the law? Chuck Todd earlier said no, but The Federalist’s Sean Davis says yes indeedy. The smokiest of these More... Oh yes: Some Romney donors still holding out hope he'll jump in and rescue the GOP 9/1/2015 1:21:48 PM  Allahpundit 95 Comments The more you hate Romney the more you should want him in the race, not just for strategic reasons, because it’ll split the center further, but for sheer comic value. If you think it’s funny watching Trump invent new insults daily to question More... Todd: The convenience argument is the worst Hillary can use, you know 9/1/2015 12:41:41 PM  Ed Morrissey 72 Comments “Knowingly is the key word,” Chuck Todd tells the hosts of NBC’s Today this morning, arguing that yesterday’s release of 7,000 Hillary Clinton e-mails did not provide a smoking gun on illegality. Hillary has recently shifted her More... Four day sweep in SoCal turns up hundreds of illegal alien felons 9/1/2015 12:01:17 PM  Jazz Shaw 82 Comments With all the stories we wind up covering which involve illegal aliens being caught, released, and left to roam around, it’s nice to see a report of ICE going out there and getting something done. That was apparently the case in Southern California More... Let the attack ads begin: New Jeb Bush ad hits Trump for being a fake conservative 9/1/2015 11:21:17 AM  Allahpundit 177 Comments Fair question from Amanda Carpenter: Why is Jeb knocking Trump? Those aren't his voters. Shouldn't he be trying to pick off support from Walker, Rubio, Kasich…? — Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) September 1, 2015 Why would the More... Trump has convinced conservatives to discard their principles overnight Breaking: Barbara Mikulski becomes 34th Senate Dem to back Iran deal, ensuring GOP can't stop it Study: 51% of households headed by immigrants used at least one welfare program Trump holds closed-door meeting with Hispanic leader Hillary's emails were born classified Romney is reportedly horrified by Trump — and that's restarting 'Mitt 2016' talk Jeb's sudden free fall Survey: Republicans like Obama's ideas better when they think they're Donald Trump's Hillary wrote and sent at least six e-mails containing classified info via her private server Mr. President, commute Sharanda Jones's sentence