Politico: Six months ago, one thing seemed certain about the 2012 election: While the White House and the Senate might be up for grabs, the House surely wouldn’t. The new Republican majority seemed too big to erase in a single night. And the upcoming round of redistricting was poised to lock in recent GOP gains [...]
New York Times: CAIRO — Syria’s state news agency reported Monday that “armed gangs” had killed 120 police, security personnel and civilians in multiple attacks in a northwestern town, and that residents were “pleading” for the army to intervene. The reports could not be independently verified, but regardless of whether the numbers are inflated, they [...]
The Hill: President Obama’s reelection effort could be “very rough” if job growth remains anemic, veteran Democratic strategist James Carville warned Monday. If the economy only adds about 54,000 jobs a month — as it did in May — Carville warned that Obama’s 2012 campaign could be in danger. “If 54,000 new jobs is the [...]
The Hill: More than a hundred House conservatives have signed a letter to GOP leaders setting stringent conditions that should be met if they are to support a national debt limit increase. Conservative members of the House Republican Study Committee are growing suspicious about whether House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor [...]
Politico: A key conservative group will launch a new campaign this week aimed at trying to put the blame for high gas prices on the Obama administration. The Americans for Prosperity Foundation, the libertarian-leaning nonprofit chaired by David Koch, will launch rallies and media campaigns in a series of states — beginning with Nebraska — [...]
“Me and the pussys”
Y-net: The Iranian regime is closer than ever before to creating a nuclear bomb, according to RAND Corporation researcher Gregory S. Jones. At its current rate of uranium enrichment, Tehran could have enough for its first bomb within eight weeks, Jones said in a report published this week. He added that despite reports of setbacks [...]
Excertped from an interview with Ailes by Howard Kurtz in The Daily Beast: Ailes told me he met with Palin in his Manhattan office, serving chicken sandwiches and giving her parents and daughter Piper a tour of the Fox studios. Palin told him she’ll decide on a White House bid this summer. Denying a New [...]
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Excerpted From The Daily Caller: Newly uncovered information in the ongoing #Weinergate scandal raises more questions as to just how much private communication New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner had with porn star and stripper Miss Ginger Lee. The Daily Caller has discovered a tweet from Lee on March 3 indicating she received Weiner’s pro [...]
New York Times: WASHINGTON — President Obama’s national security team is contemplating troop reductions in Afghanistan that would be steeper than those discussed even a few weeks ago, with some officials arguing that such a change is justified by the rising cost of the war and the death of Osama bin Laden, which they called [...]
National Times: Surely it’s time for climate-change deniers to have their opinions forcibly tattooed on their bodies. Not necessarily on the forehead; I’m a reasonable man. Just something along their arm or across their chest so their grandchildren could say, ”Really? You were one of the ones who tried to stop the world doing something? [...]
