Tonight is the big night for Vice President Joe Biden. Or is it? Do veep debates even matter?
Other question: Due to Sarah Palin's presence, the veep debate in 2008 was widely watched. Do you think people will tune in this year?
Open Thread
By NB Staff | October 9, 2012 | 10:28 AM EDT
Discuss the news of the day and anything else you'd like on this thread.
By NB Staff | October 5, 2012 | 7:49 AM EDT
Discuss the news of the day and anything else you'd like.
By NB Staff | October 4, 2012 | 10:56 AM EDT
We're focusing on last night's debate so please use this thread to post on any other news topic that you'd like.
By NB Staff | October 3, 2012 | 8:30 AM EDT
It's a standard campaign technique to downplay a politician's debating strengths shortly before a candidate face-off. That way, if the candidate performs poorly in the debate, it can be shrugged off as "old news." If he does well, it will be played as a surprising show of strength.
By Matthew Sheffield | October 2, 2012 | 10:11 AM EDT
Even if an elite journalist is actually committed to being fair, unless he actively fights to overcome the worldview of the vast majority of his colleagues, bias is going to creep into coverage. It’s only natural since reporters are humans.
But what if we had a news media where you actually had questions which were contrary to the liberal Democrat worldview? Hard to imagine, granted, but our friends at Investor’s Business Daily have done just that. Here are just a few that they would like to see asked of President Obama:
By NB Staff | September 28, 2012 | 10:59 AM EDT
Today's starter topic: voter identification. We all know that somehow or another, voter identification laws are supposed to be ageist and racist according to the left. And yet, that means apparently most of American society also has those characteristics. Over at Patriot Update, David Goetsch has a great post talking about the numerous mundane situations in which people are required to show identification. How can society be so “racist” as to require ID so frequently?
By NB Staff | September 27, 2012 | 9:09 AM EDT
Discuss the news of the day or anything else you'd like here on this thread.
By NB Staff | September 20, 2012 | 10:46 AM EDT
Anti-American uprisings are suddenly sweeping the planet.
Irrespective of the Obama administration's claim they're all about a video no one's seen, how big of an impact if any do you think this will have on the upcoming elections?
By NB Staff | September 18, 2012 | 11:42 AM EDT
Discuss the news of the day and whatever else is on your mind.
By NB Staff | September 13, 2012 | 10:48 AM EDT
Despite all appearances that the attack on the American embassy in Libya was more than just a protest gone violent, the Obama White House is still refusing to call the violence "terrorism." This is looking increasingly ridiculous as more is learned about the background surrounding the attack and Al Qaeda's recent actions: