Christie Welcomes Obama to the Post-Obama Era The truth about Christie’s outreach to Obama is blindingly obvious: Mitt Romney is now running away with this election, freeing Christie to offer praise to the president without fear that doing so will tip the scales. What we are witnessing in Obama’s visit to New Jersey is, in fact, the first glimpse of the post-Obama era--when America can finally do what is right again, and for the right reasons. by Joel B. Pollak
'Sandy Stole the Election': Left, Media Prepare to Delegitimize Romney Victory In 2000, it was hanging chads and the Supreme Court. In 2004, it was electronic voting machines. Now, the left and the mainstream media are busily spinning another narrative to get them through the years ahead in the event that Mitt Romney unseats President Barack Obama next week: Superstorm Sandy stole the election.
Analysis: Why Obama's Desperate for Early Votes While no one who has worked turnout operations and statistic models ever accepted Nate Silver’s prediction that Obama had an 87% chance of winning (NY Times, October 4, 2012), we do understand the urgency in President Obama’s appeal in hopes of keeping his re-election prospects from slipping further below 50%.
McCaskill and Husband Raked in 20M from Stimulus Claire McCaskill’s husband, Joseph Shepard, obtained over $20 million in federal stimulus funds that benefited his real estate projects. In the period in which this happened, McCaskill had influence over federal policy that directly affected those proceedings.
by John Nolte ...Politico's Burns Defends Smear As I mentioned in my piece about BuzzFeed Politics' McKay Coppins being caught trashing Mitt Romney on a hot mic, this isn’t as much about Coppins as it is about a left-wing media culture where this kind of talk is perfectly acceptable and probably an everyday event. Within seconds of publishing this piece, Politico's Alexander Burns proved my point a tweet defending Coppins.
Liberal Donors Prop Up Libertarian to Save Tester in Montana by Mike Flynn Desperate Democrats turn to their bag of tricks in an attempt to save the embattled Senator.
California's Tax-Hiking Propositions Unlikely to Pass by Elena Lathrop Two of California’s high profile ballot initiatives are not likely to pass, according to downward trends in the polls. Propositions 30 and 38 are both tax hikes intended to fund public schools.
by Wynton Hall Docs: Obama Admin Cut 20,000 Non-Union Autoworker Pensions Newly uncovered internal documents between the Treasury Department and the federal agency in charge of private-sector pension benefits reveal that the Obama Administration was directly involved in the elimination of pension benefits for 20,000 retired salaried workers of GM supplier Delphi Corp., a claim it previously denied.