After Meeting With Ahmadinejad Fareed Zakaria Wants U.S. to Soften Ira

October 30th, 2011 10:51 AM
After his much-publicized interview with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last week, CNN's Fareed Zakaria thinks America has to change its attitude towards one of its biggest enemies. On Fareed Zakaria GPS Sunday, the host began the show declaring "Obama's Iran policy looks a lot like George W. Bush's - pressure and more pressure," and that "Obama should return to his original approach and test the…

Jonathan Alter's Blinders: 'White House Free of Scandal'; Obama Asset

October 29th, 2011 11:10 PM
Jonathan Alter, who spent 28 years at Newsweek, has been a columnist at Bloomberg News since early this year. Just this year, the reliably and insufferably liberal Alter, among many other things, called the Republican House's passage of Paul Ryan's budget plan in April an attempt "to throw Granny in the snow," and coldly calculated that in the wake of her shooting, Arizona Congresswoman…

NPR: ObamaCare Unpopularity 'Crummy'; Precursor 'Landmark' For Romney

October 29th, 2011 10:04 AM
On Friday, NPR's Julie Rovner bemoaned the "crummy month for sentiment" about ObamaCare in an online report about the latest poll from the liberal Kaiser Family Foundation, which found that over 50% oppose the liberal law. Rovner also labeled Romney's Massachusetts health care law his "landmark achievement." The correspondent lead her NPR.org item, "Democrats Lose Enthusiasm For Health Law…

CNN Scolds Herman Cain for Not Already Knowing 'All of the Facts

October 28th, 2011 6:20 PM
CNN put Republican candidate Herman Cain in the spotlight on Friday for his apparent lack of knowledge, accusing him of "dodging" tough questions. Cain had multiple times answered tough foreign policy questions by saying he would need to consider "all of the facts" before making an well thought-out decision. "One of the things that I've always prided myself on is making an informed decision…

2011: Sharpton Mocks Perry's Skills; 2004: He Delivered His Own Rambli

October 28th, 2011 5:41 PM
While many on the liberal MSNBC network have attacked Rick Perry's performance in presidential debates, it might be interesting to look back at how one of the network's own cable anchors botched such a performance. On October 18, 2011, Al Sharpton himself trashed Perry's rhetorical skills: "And then there's Rick Perry, still dancing with the stars, but with every debate his Texas two step is…

Martin Bashir Calls on Boehner and Cantor to Resign if They Won't Rais

October 28th, 2011 5:15 PM
MSNBC's Martin Bashir on Friday called for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Oh.) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) to resign if they won't raise taxes on the rich (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Toure, MSNBC's Resident 9/11 Truther, Slams Rick Perry as a Birther

October 28th, 2011 4:15 PM
MSNBC analyst Touré, who is a 9/11 truther, appeared on the News Nation show to denounce Rick Perry as a birther. Speaking of the Republican presidential candidate, he slammed, "...I see Trump and the other birthers, Perry, virtually going to the White House and knocking on the door saying can we see your documentation to make sure you are actually an American?" It's odd that MSNBC would…

New Poll: Only 52 Percent of Democrats Support ObamaCare; Will the Net

October 28th, 2011 11:42 AM
A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds the support for ObamaCare has dipped yet again, with just 34 percent of Americans favoring the president's signature health care overhaul. What's more, just 52 percent of Democrats support the law, a troubling sign for President Obama a year before Election Day. Thirty-one percent of Democrats view the law either "somewhat" or "very" unfavorably. We…

Chris Matthews Blames Tea Party for Congress's Lousy Poll Numbers

October 27th, 2011 7:16 PM
MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Thursday blamed the Tea Party for Congress's record-low job approval. Much as Bill Press did on MSNBC Wednesday evening, the Hardball host totally ignored the fact that Democrats control the Senate (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Free Publicity for Democratic Challengers to Tea Party on CBS

October 27th, 2011 5:40 PM

Thursday's Early Show on CBS provided free air time to Rep. Steve Israel of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and three of his top candidates for the 2012 election. Correspondent Nancy Cordes trumpeted how the Democratic Party is "determined to bounce back from their big losses" to Republicans during the 2010 cycle and highlighted that the three were "running against Tea Party…

Trump Says Birther Issue Good for Rick Perry

October 27th, 2011 4:42 PM
Not only isn't Donald Trump giving up on President Obama's place of birth, he also thinks this issue is a good one for Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry. So said the real estate tycoon in an interview with Piers Morgan to be aired on CNN Thursday evening (video follows with transcript):

NBC Gives 23 Seconds to State Department Buying Up Obama Books; Devote

October 27th, 2011 3:29 PM
On Thursday's NBC Today, White House correspondent Kristen Welker only managed to give 23 seconds to the State Department buying up $70,000 worth of President Obama's various books. However, on October 21, investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff offered a full report about Herman Cain's presidential campaign buying copies of the businessman's new book. Isikoff portrayed the large…

In Rolling Stone, Taibbi Trashes Perry as 'Whore,' 'Hitler' and 'Seria

October 27th, 2011 3:15 PM
In the last election cycle, Rolling Stone was one of the magazines to feature Obama covers repeatedly (one with a God-like aura). This might be the only reason why anyone would suggest to the magazine that Matt Taibbi's unhinged rants (badly disguised as political journalism) that they re-read Obama's speech in Tucson on civility. The Houston Chronicle offers a handy summary of all of Taibbi'…

ABC's Theme of the Day: Trash GOP Candidates like 'National Distractio

October 27th, 2011 12:14 PM
Thursday was Bash Republicans Day on Good Morning America. Reporter Jon Karl highlighted past Mitt Romney statements to spin the candidate as a flip flopper. In a follow up segment, Democrat James Carville appeared to dismiss Herman Cain as a "national distraction" and urge Rick Perry to drop out of the race. Stephanopoulos, a former Democratic operative and longtime friend of Carville,…