Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill appeared on Meet The Press today and defended United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice. Asked about Susan Rice and the roadblock Republicans are building to deny her the job of Secretary of State, McCaskill said; “I think it’s…
A White House source is saying today that if Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were to pick her successor, she wouldn’t choose Ambassador Susan Rice, but would instead go with Senator John Kerry. According to reporter Michael Sneed at theChicago Sun-Times, the source said, “Hillary is…
Two years ago, Republicans held the middle class American people hostage and demanded that the rich get a continuation of the Bush tax cuts. Those tax cuts were set to expire the last day of December 2010, but Republicans told…
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…
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…
