Sep 5, 2012 – It was the most abortion rights-centric night for a Democratic convention since 1992, according to NBC News political director Chuck … choose a safe, legal abortion with dignity and privacy," said Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, formerly the National … NBC News' political team said the Democratic Party is spotlighting abortion rights to attract female voters.…

Sep 5, 2012 – The weakening, job-starved Obama economy looms over the Democrats' national convention this week, casting a pall of gloom over a party … In November of 2008, the national unemployment rate was 6.8 percent. … But keep in mind what Clinton said in June in a CNBC interview as you listen to his political spin from the podium.…

Sep 5, 2012 – Democratic National Convention Political Director Patrick Gaspard quickly sent out a fundraising appeal: "Paul Ryan's speech to the … It was impossible to tell where the Democratic Party ended and the "news" media began. … In 2010, you turned to President Obama after Obamacare passed and on live national television said, "This is a big f---ing deal."…

Sep 4, 2012 – I was a young copyboy at the NBC News network bureau in Washington. … Few enough people are engaged in the political process. … The political ads will play and replay at the commercial breaks, but the ads are fast food compared to live political TV.…

Sep 4, 2012 – . – "There is something about a national convention that makes it as fascinating as a revival or a hanging. … That was Henry Louis Mencken, writing in July 1924 about the Democratic National Convention that had adjourned a few days earlier at … They may not have had a national TV audience or air conditioning; they had to make do without balloon drops, iPad apps, or a Frank…

Sep 3, 2012 – Ask any politico or speech writer to stuff that into 11 minutes and you’ll get a stiff political speech. … There were too many funny punch lines that drew political blood. They were carefully developed. … For a generation that boasts of ignoring politics and getting news from the Daily Show, that’s a good thing.…

Sep 2, 2012 – But there are also plenty of political decisions that are holding the economy back. … It’s not really news unless you subscribe to the New York Times. … Just for you, however, I’ll include some analysis of the Goldman news: Who was the second largest contributor to Barack Obama’s campaign…

Aug 31, 2012 – When it comes to political polls, it would seem the latter is the case much of the time. … The Democrats will hold their national convention beginning Sept. 3 in Charlotte, N.C. … A recent ABC News poll indicated 52 percent of Americans are in favor of legalizing homosexual marriage.…

Aug 31, 2012 – polls and help propel him to the White House, but President Obama next week will make his case to the nation during the Democratic National … He directly mentioned his religion, something he has rarely done during political speeches. … Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress ) and in your email (…

Aug 31, 2012 – Afterwards, then-CBS News anchor Dan Rather reported that Schwarzenegger "slapped John Kerry around like a hockey puck." … I bring it up because it's hardly news that much of the press likes to report the convention as they want it to be rather than as it … "Production at the General Motors plant in Janesville is scheduled to end for good this week," the news services reported on April…

Aug 31, 2012 – And they're counting on the national news media and the nightly news to focus their fire power on the Romney-Ryan ticket, while burying … the economic news stories -- as the networks have been doing for the past four years. … For the past four years, the president has had the luxury of an extended honeymoon with the national news media.…

Aug 31, 2012 – MY LIVING ROOM COUCH -- It was the political convention that almost wasn't. … One commentator, a former ABC and PBS political director, reporting for Yahoo News from the convention hall, said Republicans "are … political conventions as little more than expansive entertainment on the margins of expensive prepackaged political theater.…

Aug 31, 2012 – Political junkies get excited about the Republican and Democratic national conventions, but for many Americans they provide a stark … reminder of how out of touch our political system has become. … Only 22 percent believe reporters even try to offer unbiased coverage of political news.…

Aug 31, 2012 – Perhaps veteran ABC and PBS political editor turned Yahoo! … Some news organizations take this to the limit. … As for news anchors and presidential debate moderators?…

Aug 30, 2012 – The day after Ann Romney delivered her electrifying speech to the nation at the Republican National Convention, the wife of the soon-to-be … Republican presidential nominee sat down with Fox News’ Shannon Bream to discuss her remarks, motherhood, and the decidedly negative … Her best line -- "Mitt doesn't like to talk about how he has helped others because he sees it as a privilege, not a political talking…

Aug 30, 2012 – Whatever your political party, let’s come together for the sake of our country.  Join Mitt Romney and me.  … She said she turned to her husband after a lengthy political discussion and said, "I'll be damned.  We're Republicans!"  … Governor Romney will enjoy the biggest stage and largest political audience of his life.  Stay tuned.…

Aug 29, 2012 – President Obama and his political allies are fully aware of IRS data that shows who pays what. … A complicit news media is only happy to assist. … It turns out that our national debt to GDP ratio in the 1970s was 35 percent; now it's 106 percent of GDP.…

Aug 28, 2012 – EDITOR'S NOTE: From the States, published each Tuesday by Baptist Press, relays news and feature stories from state Baptist papers … Partly because of perceived political differences, and also because the city receives a lot of resources, "I hear lots of people saying … every church strategy," said Aaron Coe, NAMB's vice president for mobilizing and equipping, during this month's SEND North America national…

Aug 28, 2012 – In 2010, President Barack Obama confessed to ABC News' Diane Sawyer, "I'd rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre … economic brink and destroyed our country's credit rating. 8) Obama's reckless spending and fiscal policies have added more to the national … Today the Constitution tragically conforms to and serves the White House's political whims, not vice versa.…

Sep 16, 2012 – It is not often that members of the liberal national media admit their biases. … The members of the liberal national media are surrounded by others who share their beliefs and political prejudices. … This is not breaking news.…

Sep 16, 2012 – , prompting the government to set up task forces at the crisis management center within the prime minister's office and at the National … As for China and Japan, it has now become impossible to separate issues of national pride from economic interests. … To paraphrase Erdogan, democracy is a station stop, not a political end-state in itself.…

Sep 15, 2012 – Iran reinforced the security detail around the embassy, Fars news agency reported. … Demonstrations in Pakistan and Afghanistan over the anti-Muslim film also will serve to advance the political objectives of local political … It is not a news publication. It presents original insights, not original news, most of the time.…

Sep 15, 2012 – The CIA, NASA, National Academy of Sciences and many news organizations issued similar alarums.Dr. … But the admission came amid decades of Newsweek, Time and even BusinessWeek and National Geographic stories about an imminent global … However, manmade global warming, climate change and “weird” weather remain the foundation of environmentalist and leftist political…

Sep 14, 2012 – According to news reports, campaign officials requesting anonymity said Obama wondered why the mention of God, included in the 2008 … ATHEISTS 'LEFT OUT' OF POLITICAL CONVENTIONS -- After watching the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, atheists felt left … Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress ) and in your email (…

Sep 14, 2012 – .”… Shawn Turner, spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, emailed: “This is absolutely wrong. … Let's flash back to an NBC News story I quoted and linked on Wednesday night:   Capt. … This is disgraceful and breathtaking:   “I told him the security was not enough,” Fathi Baja, a political science professor…