Here’s some news we already knew. The Congressional Budget Office has released a report claiming that extending long term unemployment benefits add more jobs to the economy. Here’s the report: WASHINGTON (AP) — Extending the current level of long-term unemployment benefits…
Month: November 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Kerry is angling to be the nation’s top diplomat by being, well, diplomatic. The longtime Democratic lawmaker from Massachusetts has largely stayed quiet while President Barack Obama considers him for the next secretary of state….
Am I reading too much into this? Am I misrepresenting what Grover Norquist is really saying here? With all the blatant disrespect this particular president has endured from these Republicans, I’ll put Grover’s statement in the same category as that…
Rachel Maddow has a very interesting take on why Republicans – led by John McCain and Lindsey Graham – are so against the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice. And according to Maddow’s theory, the reason has…
‘I do think he did a terrific job running the Olympics,’ Obama said. ‘And you know, that skill set of trying to figure out how do we make something work better applies to the federal government. There are a lot…
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner is taking another step back onto the political stage after the sexting scandal that upended his career. Weiner has co-authored an opinion piece about the suffering in the Rockaways following Hurricane Sandy. The column, written with Rep. Gregory…
Tom Ricks went into the lion’s den and poked the lion right in the eyes. Mr Ricks, the author of The Generals and Senior Fellow at Center for a New American Security, went on Fox News and told the Republican…
Let the political salivating begin. The prospect of a Cory Booker-Chris Christie throw-down has the twitterverse all atwitter and the national press sharpening its knives and pens. All that’s left is for both candidates to announce their intentions and we’ll…
Trump’s representative denied such a meeting occurred. Probably the most well famous ‘birther,’ Trump has spent years claiming to have investigations into President Barack Obama’s history underway and questioning the legitimacy of the commander in chief’s birth certificate. Shortly before…
John McCain and his Republican friends would not be happy hearing this. According to official reports, the White House had absolutely nothing to do with replacing the words, “al Qaeda” with “Extremists” in the talking points Susan Rice repeated on…
The favorite son of the Teaparty has decided to call it quits. Allen West has called his Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy, and he has congratulated Mr. Murphy on winning the Congress seat the two men fought for in the elections…
Anderson Cooper had a close call on the Gaza front line when a rocket exploded just a few blocks from where he was reporting live. The CNN anchor was speaking to the camera in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Sunday…