Reverend Al Sharpton criticized GOP leaders, including Speaker of the House John Boehner, on his MSNBC show for the postponement of President Obama’s jobs speech for Congress due to the GOP Presidential debate being held on the same day. Obama’s speech was originally scheduled for next Wednesday — but was postponed because Boehner would not […]
Roland Martin appears in The Situation Room with Rich Galen and host Wolf Blitzer to discuss Gov. Rick Perry’s charitable donations.
While a lot of the focus after Thursday’s Republican debate was on Newt Gingrich snapping at Fox News Channel’s Chris Wallace for asking “gotcha” and “Mickey Mouse” questions, what I found the most offensive one of the night was Byron York questioning Rep. Michelle Bachmann with regards to submission. As someone who didn’t find the […]
Right-wing website RedState.com has offered a comprehensive plan for its followers to infiltrate left-wing sites by pretending to be progressives to hurt the Democratic Party. The list of directions created by the site are below. First, infiltratethe site. For this, you will have to avoid creating screen names like “GoPalinGo” or “Heartlandredstater.” Also, some websites […]
A general consensus among some conservatives, in Iowa especially, is that presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty’s refusal to sign Iowa’s “Marriage Vow” could be political suicide. The anti-gay-marriage, anti-porn, anti-abortion, anti-divorce pledge, drafted by Conservative stalwart Bob Vander Plaats, founder of The Family Leader has been signed by Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum, however Pawlenty said […]
While GOP polls show conservative sweetheart Rep. Michele Bachmann (R.-Minn) as a forerunner in the premature Republican presidential race, recent negative press could suggest a looming political debacle. This week is most certainly Media V. Bachmann, as two controversial stories have placed the Minneapolis representative in not-s0-comfortable footing, despite topping Republican favorite Mitt Romney in […]
While Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum received media backlash for signing an Iowa pledge that made suggestive comments about slavery, news agencies broadly linked the pledge to a conservative group, The Family Leader. The pledge enjoined GOP presidential candidates to denounce gay marriage, and included a line that read, “Slavery had a disastrous impact on […]
WASHINGTON There is tension between the traditional conservative GOP and the anti-spending Tea Party over the role of defense spending. The New York Times reports: Those differences were on display Wednesday on Capitol Hill, where the traditional Republican who now leads the House Armed Services Committee, Representative Howard P. McKeon, fought back against proposed cuts […]
Roland Martin appears on JKUSA with Rich Galen, Cornell Belcher and host John King to discuss the GOP take over of the House of Representatives. WATCH:
