Aug 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Excerpted from The Weekly Standard: Earlier this week, Senator Al Franken of Minnesota joined Vice President Joe Biden for a campaign event in Minnesota. "Biden got plenty of support from Minnesota Democrats," PostBulletin.com reports. "Sen. Al Franken praised Obama for pushing the health care law, saying it will help more seniors get help paying for ...
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Aug 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(BUZZFEED) When the Obama campaign released its much-anticipated Dashboard platform last May, it was touted as a potentially revolutionary organizing tool that would connect supporters, and merge online activism with real-life grassroots campaigning. It can also be used as a platform to launch whispering campaigns, as one user proved this week. On Monday, a "team member" named ...
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Aug 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Maybe legitimately-elected Vice President Joe Biden at a campaign rally at Renaissance High School in Detroit, Mich., Wednesday afternoon.
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Aug 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Martin Bashir. MSNBC's foreign-born Pakistani. And it shows.
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Aug 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Navy SEAL and author Matt Bissonnette Excerpted from Fox News: The author of a recently announced insider account of the raid that killed Usama bin Laden has been identified to Fox News as a 36-year-old former Navy SEAL Team 6 member from Alaska who also played a role in the high-profile rescue of an American captain ...
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Aug 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Excerpted The Richmond Times-Dispatch: from A judge today ordered the release of a Marine Corps veteran being detained as a psychiatric patient after concerns over his Facebook postings. After an hourlong hearing, Circuit Judge W. Allan Sharrett said an involuntary commitment petition issued against Brandon J. Raub was invalid because it contained no allegation or basis ...
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Aug 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Chuck Biscuits
Rasmussen poll made me laugh out loud. If anyone believes that, I just turned 29. Sneaky stuff. bit.ly/SscVZf— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) August 23, 2012 Excerpted from The Hill: Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) trails Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) by double digits in their Missouri Senate race, according to a survey released Thursday from conservative polling outlet Rasmussen. McCaskill ...
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Aug 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(BIG GOVERNMENT) Republicans have joined Democrats in Congress to give President Obama even more power to appoint officials to Cabinet positions without seeking approval from the Senate. Obama signed the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 while Paul Ryan's selection as Mitt Romney's running mate was being announced, to ensure it would ...
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Aug 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Chuck Biscuits
Excerpted from The Weekly Standard: Michelle Obama, speaking yesterday at a campaign event in Florida: "So that one new voter that you register in your precinct -- think about it -- that one neighbor that you get to the polls on November the 2 I want you to understand, that could be the one that makes ...
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Aug 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Excerpted from Buzz Feed: The controversy surrounding conservative veterans groups criticizing President Obama over the killing of Osma Bin Laden is heading to Tampa next week, with three organizations planning to hold an event at Liberty Plaza on Tuesday. The event, called "Defending the Defenders," is being hosted by three political action committees whose goal has ...
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Aug 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(FREE BEACON) A Republican Jewish group is calling on the Obama campaign to distance itself from a controversial rabbi who has met with anti-Semitic Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and who sits on the board of an organization that has been listed as one of the “Top Ten Anti-Israel” groups by the Anti-Defamation League. The rabbi in ...
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Aug 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Chuck Biscuits
Excerpted from Beltway Confidential: President Obama wondered to supporters if this election could be “the end” of his political career. “It’s August 23rd,” Obama wrote in a fundraising email with “the end?” as its subject line. “And 75 days from now, I’ll either be looking at another four years in the White House — or the ...
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Aug 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(FREE BEACON) Barack Obama is introducing some humility to his campaign. Obama glad-handed with about 120 donors, including failed baseball player Michael Jordan and noted anti-police activist Carmelo Anthony on Wednesday. “It is very rare I come to an event where I’m like the fifth or sixth most interesting person,” he said. “Usually the folks want to ...
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Aug 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Excerpted from The Hill: Bucking protocol, President Obama and the Democrats are planning a full-scale assault on Republicans next week during their convention. Presidential candidates have traditionally kept a low profile during their opponent's nominating celebration, but Democrats are throwing those rules out the window in an attempt to spoil Mitt Romney’s coronation as the GOP ...
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Aug 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(THE DAILY CALLER) The moderator of the lone October vice presidential debate was previously married to a top Obama official, an association both ABC News and the left-leaning Commission on Presidential Debates do not view as a conflict of interest. ABC Senior Foreign Correspondent Martha Raddatz, whose role as moderator was announced on August 13, ...
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