Sep 16, 2010 – Few political analysts thought Christine O’Donnell, political neophyte and perennial outsider candidate, would defeat heavyweight, … This so-called “political impossibility” is a major victory for the Tea Party, adds luster to the king-making ability of former Alaska … Lisa Murkowski (R), is evidence that the grassroots conservative political movement constitutes a rip tide capable of dragging down…

Sep 15, 2010 – News & World Report (which wasn't always a college ranking guide) interviewed Brandeis political scientist Thomas Cronin, who explained … FDR offered a winning political program. … Rich Lowry of the National Review visited it at length in 2007. It's also imperfect.…

Sep 15, 2010 – diverted by whether or not Florida pastor Terry Jones and Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf had reached a compromise, a report critical to our national … First, the Good News: They report that the War on Terrorism has degraded al-Qaida's capabilities to such an extent that the authors … But there is also new Bad News: What the media calls "home-grown terrorism" (more to follow about precisely where this terrorism is…

Sep 13, 2010 – ISI told the Delaware News Journal that she had been "terminated for operating a for-profit business." … and is profoundly humiliated by this demotion of being asked to perform clerical and administrative tasks, after appearing on national … is not helpful, however, to adopt the Alinsky/Obama tactic of attacking the bearer of unwelcome or inconvenient information for political…

Sep 13, 2010 – The national Democrats, and their principal ally in the popular press, have signaled their plan for holding back the electoral tide … Boehner of Ohio and other Republican leaders summoned more than 100 industry lobbyists and conservative political activists to Capitol … Other than people who watch Cable News and read MULLINGS, my guess is Boehner's national name ID is, at best, in the low double-digits…

Sep 12, 2010 – Glenn Beck (cable news megastar and darling of the Tea Party movement) and Mitt Romney (former Governor of Massachusetts and current … As the anniversary of 9/11 looms and national tensions are running high, news of a Florida church's plan to burn the Koran in protest … We should not allow any distorted sense of political correctness, or fear of militant reprisals, discourage us from exercising this…

Sep 9, 2010 – On August 28, Fox News commentator Glenn Beck confounded his colleagues in the media when he brought hundreds of thousands of Americans … to the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC for a rally he called "Restoring Honor." … That creed is so ingrained that it has served as the subtext of every major political and civic speech by every American political…

Sep 9, 2010 – Apparently not, given the latest ABC News-Washington Post poll that shows the president's approval rating at 46 percent and his disapproval … With the public outraged over the huge deficit and the multi-trillion dollar (and growing) national debt, those Democrats who vote … and with greater intensity when the game appears to have been lost, so maybe they will vote for more spending and failure in a political…

Sep 8, 2010 – Let's take the Washington Post/ABC News poll as an example. … The Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll had a similar finding. … More bad news for the Ds? Ok.…

Sep 8, 2010 – President Barack Obama is a highly controversial and divisive political figure -- public opinion polling data from Iraq, that is. … Except Iraq's great change traps Obama in an uncomfortable psychological and political vise. … To disagree with Reid and Obama's hokum made one a liar or a rube in the overwhelmingly pro-Obama national media.…

Sep 8, 2010 – talking about a real, gripping American disaster: our trillion-dollar deficits under Obama and the ever-increasing weight of the national … Why, Friedman wondered, was it that political self-interest was so much nobler than economic self-interest? … A national effort is being organized by Motive Entertainment, the company that promoted the grassroots campaigns for "The Passion of…

Sep 27, 2010 – With polling numbers showing Tran within the margin of error of Sanchez and non-partisan political handicapper Charlie Cook moving … the race from “Likely D” to “Lean D” over the summer, CA-47 is shaping up to be a headache for national Democrats on election night … I hope you will check out Tran’s website and Twitter accounts to stay informed on the latest news and updates from his campaign.…

Sep 25, 2010 – From a blue state bystander, New York may emerge as the epicenter of a political earthquake. … And, just when Republicans were mourning their decreased chances of victory in the Delaware Senate race comes the news that former … seats as among the hundred it considers to be in play -- tied with Pennsylvania for the national lead.…

Sep 24, 2010 – Several months ago, we, here at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), began an earnest effort to lay out our argument … Now less than six weeks before Election Day, political handicappers and pundits are proclaiming Nancy Pelosi’s majority is in jeopardy … Democratic control of the House is in great danger.” - Rothenberg Political Report ·          “Republicans have a good chance to…

Sep 24, 2010 – is evident in the coverage of the campaign here in Afghanistan.On Sept. 18, the Afghan people went to the polls to elect a new national … It was similar to the kind of legislative election we will hold in less than six weeks -- with the same portent for political change … Those who "shape the news" have a predisposition for the negative and make a conscious choice to ignore "good news" that contradicts…

Sep 24, 2010 – Kody Brown and his wives are in fact "fundamentalist Mormons" who have been political activists to legalize polygamy in Utah. … Jaiya also appeared on "The Joy Behar Show" on CNN Headline News on Aug. 27 to promote her revolving-bedroom-door lifestyle: "It's … Sept. 17 was dubbed "National Freebie Day" and the movie has a website at Untie-theknot.com.…

Sep 24, 2010 – The New York Times said Team Obama was “considering a range of ideas, including national advertisements, to cast the Republican Party … From stories on masturbation and witchcraft, the news media have made a mockery of that race alone. … ABC’s new biased host of “This Week,” Christiane Amanpour, asked if the Tea Party was “a fad,” and Daily Beast political writer and…

Sep 24, 2010 – Five weeks before voters go to the polls, election handicappers are having as hard time keeping up with the dramatic political shifts … McMahon, attacking Blumenthal's blind support for Obama's entire agenda, has turned the race into a squeaker and the Cook Political … A Fox News survey shows that 88 percent of Americans believe we are still in a recession.…

Sep 23, 2010 – racialized Obama/Holder Justice Department could suffer a major setback tomorrow, as a career DOJ employee has decided to ignore his political … Heritage's Hans von Spakovsky lays out the context: The news that Christopher Coates, former chief of the Justice Department’s Voting … • Had a racially motivated policy of not enforcing Section 8 of the National Voting Rights Act, which requires states to remove ineligible…

Sep 23, 2010 – Why would a political leader call for votes that he knows he will lose? … In addition, the Schumer bill stifles targeted political speech. … There's actually a loophole for the National Rifle Association and other powerful lobbies."…

Sep 23, 2010 – Carter answered that it is only a tiny minority, but then added that it's goaded by Fox News and Newt Gingrich. … And many would most certainly not be surprised to hear that Lesley Stahl would try to rewrite history this foolishly on national TV … Carter obliged by slamming Fox News for "totally distorting everything possible concerning the facts."…

Sep 22, 2010 – being wounded by the likes of Karl Rove, Charles Krauthammer and the folks at the Weekly Standard and my own stomping ground, National … "A political reporter," Washington Post columnist David S. Broder once correctly observed, "is essentially a fight promoter." … And, of course, it's no surprise that the left would be eager for news of conservative infighting and disarray.…

Sep 22, 2010 – Carter answered that it is only a tiny minority, but then added that it's goaded by Fox News and Newt Gingrich. … And many would most certainly not be surprised to hear that Lesley Stahl would try to rewrite history this foolishly on national TV … Carter obliged by slamming Fox News for "totally distorting everything possible concerning the facts."…

Sep 21, 2010 – TEL AVIV – In Israel, politics is the national pastime. … News outlets gave what felt like obligatory coverage, but the talks typically ranked as the second or third item. … After all, his political advances almost always had owed to terrorism, notwithstanding some setbacks along the way.…

Sep 20, 2010 – The world now comes to them via cable news, talk radio, blogs, and social media. … Aben got her introduction to political activism though Smart Girl Politics. … That is a partial explanation of how so many women have come to be participating in the political process, even running for office,…