Is the AOL/HuffPo Honeymoon Over?

There may be trouble in the AOL/HuffPo relationship, a report by Keach Hagey at the Wall Street Journal suggests: Arianna Huffington acknowledged Thursday that her portfolio at AOL Inc. is being scaled back to include only the Huffington Post, undoing a structure put in place when her website was acquired by AOL last year. … […]

 


‘A Very Gay Mother’s Day’

Not exactly your old-fashioned traditional celebration: A New York group that describes itself as “an advocate and resource for people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) parents” has announced a Mother’s Day fundraiser at a Soho sex-toy shop. “Join the queerspawn of COLAGE NYC on Sunday, May 13 for a very gay Mothers’ […]

 


Third-Rate Bromance, RINO Rendezous

MSNBC has in recent weeks become the daily venue for one of the most bizarre reality shows on cable TV: Morning Bromance, starring Joe Scarborough as a man helplessly smitten with “Republican presidential candidate” Jon Huntsman. When he isn’t blowing air-kisses at Huntsman, Scarborough is citing every possible media blurb about Huntsman as ratification of […]

 

Santorum Iowa Ad: ‘No Surrender’

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has published a full-page ad in Iowa newspapers in which the former Pennsylvania senator vows to “protect America’s moral foundation.” The new ad, clearly aimed at social conservatives who are a key GOP constituency in the Hawkeye State, is timed to coincide with Santorum’s three-day “Faith, Family and Freedom” tour […]

 

Rick Santorum Criticizes Newt Gingrich on ABC’s ‘This Week’

Current Republican presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich has put social issues in “the back of the bus,” his GOP rival Rick Santorum said Sunday in an appearance on ABC’s This Week. Asked by host Christianne Amanapour about Gingrich’s stand on “social values,” Santorum said: “I think Newt has consistently put those in, let’s say, the back […]

 




Herman Cain: ‘Still in It to Win It’

Herman Cain speaks Aug. 13 at the Ames Straw Poll Herman Cain is “still in it to win it,” his Republican presidential campaign told supporters in a fundraising e-mail highlighting the Atlanta businessman’s speech last week at the Iowa Straw Poll in Ames. Describing Cain as “a real leader” with “proven results,” the e-mail sent […]

 





Who Is John Galt?

The makers of the new movie Atlas Shrugged: Part I have invited me to an exclusive screening today in Washington, D.C. Here’s the trailer: They’ve taken a huge gamble, producing this ambitious film under a tight deadline and on a tight budget. During the CPAC blogger bash at FreedomWorks, they previewed four scenes from the […]

 

Mike Capuano: Thug 4 Life

“He’s a thug, plain and simple,” says Pundette, after Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Mike Capuano demonstrated the liberal “New Tone” at a union rally in Boston: “I’m proud to be here with people who understand that it’s more than just sending an email to get you going. Every once and awhile you need to get out […]

 

Palin Derangement Syndrome Prevents Bristol’s Appearance at University

Nothing says “academic freedom” like kowtowing to a few hundred students who signed up for an anti-Palin Facebook page: Anger over a decision to pay Bristol Palin several thousand dollars in student fees to talk to Washington University students about abstinence led to a decision Thursday night to nix Palin’s appearance on a panel here […]

 


Jared Loughner’s Zeitgeist Obsession:
‘He Wanted to Watch It All the Time’

Kudos to the Arizona Republic for this follow-up reporting: Loughner began fixating on a documentary: “Zeitgeist: The Movie.” The movie is a bramble of conspiracy theories involving Sept. 11, the international monetary system, and Christianity. “There are people guiding your life and you don’t even know it,” the trailer for the movie intones. “He wanted […]

 

Marco Rubio Stuck in the Basement

While I was on Capitol Hill to cover Wednesday’s swearing-in of the 112th Congress, I dropped by Marco Rubio’s office: Alas, poor Marco! Florida’s Tea Party superstar has been stuck in a temporary office in the basement, behind the cafeteria, on a dead-dead corridor across the hall from the Senate stationery store! The new senator […]

 

Wisconsin Dem Bumper Sticker Shows ‘Bloody Crash’ into GOP Governor’s Head

The Associated Press: Robin Vos, a Racine Republican, is taking offense at a Democratic bumper sticker he claims shows a train slamming into Gov.-elect Scott Walker’s head in a bloody crash. He thinks Democrats should stop offering it. The bumper sticker is available on the Wisconsin Democratic Party’s website. The sticker is emblazoned with the […]

 

What Could Possibly Justify Voting for Rahm Emanuel as Mayor of Chicago?

Three words: Carol Moseley Braun! Danny K. Davis, a longtime United States representative, has dropped out of the race to become Chicago’s mayor, creating the situation that black leaders here had for months been clamoring for: a campaign that includes only one major African-American candidate. Carol Moseley Braun, a former senator, became that candidate this […]

 


Hated by Haters

“Like the professoriate, publishers have become especially cautious, some might say cowardly or sadly, realistic. They do not want an Islamist bomb thrown through their windows, they do not want to absorb the cost of security for an author against whom a fatwa has been issued, nor do they want to pay to defend themselves […]

 


NY-1 UPDATE: Judge Reviewing Ballots, GOP Suspects Illegal Voting by Dems

New York’s 1st District, encompassing eastern Long Island, remains the nation’s last undecided congressional race of 2010. Supporters of Republican challenger Randy Altschuler contend that incumbent Democrat Rep. Tim Bishop was the beneficiary of illegal votes: Absentee ballot counting ground to a halt at 11 a.m. Friday in the only still-undecided congressional race in the […]

 

Glenn Beck Is a Jew-Hater, Mark Levin Is an Anti-Intellectual and Other Stuff Some People Want You to Believe

Sammy Benoit at Yid With Lid calls our attention to Media Matters’ effort to paint Glenn Beck as an anti-Semite for criticizing George Soros. (They’ve even managed to get the ADL’s Abe Foxman to join up for their smear crusade.) Of course,: Jew-hating is a vicious thing, but Media Matters certainly didn’t hesitate to foment hatred […]

 

Scapegoating Progressive Bloggers for the Obama Administration’s Failures?

Just when you think Democrats could not possibly become more absurd, they surprise you: With each passing day, I’m beginning to realize that the crux of the problem for Obama is a handful of prominent progressive bloggers, among them Glenn Greenwald, John Aravosis, Digby, Marcy Wheeler and Jane Hamsher. That’s from liberal New Media guru […]

 

Why Christine O’Donnell Is Surging: Three Ads From Tea Party Express

O’Donnell’s unexpected last-minute surge in the Delaware GOP Senate primary has caught some people flat-footed. How did this happen? It’s simple: For the first time, RINO Mike Castle is being called to account for his record with a series of hard-hitting ads (two on TV and one on radio) from the Tea Party Express: Let’s […]