Gergen Extols ‘Spirited’ Hillary; She's 'Found More of Her Voice'

Former presidential adviser and CNN senior political analyst David Gergen did his best in the moments right after Hillary Clinton’s speech late Monday night reacting to the nail-biting race between her and socialist Senator Bernie Sanders by trumpeting Clinton as “animated, spirted” and clear that she’s “found more of her voice.” Host Anderson Cooper went to Gergen immediately after Clinton’s…
Curtis Houck
February 2nd, 2016 12:19 AM

Whoopi Goldberg Slams PC Culture: Don’t Hyphenate America!

View co-host Whoopi Goldberg on Monday took a surprisingly strong stand against political correctness and what she saw as the hyphenating of America. Discussing diversity in Hollywood, she explained, “I went from being colored to being a Negro to being black to African-American.” She forcefully argued, “Every time... you hyphenate American, anytime you put something in front of it, it's like you'…
Scott Whitlock
February 1st, 2016 11:29 PM

X-Files: 'You Can't Transform Into a Different Sex! That's Nuts!'

In the new X-Files episode "Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster," the monster of the week is a horned lizard that transforms into a human and back. At one point the monster is hit by a former man who "transitioned last year" into a woman. Talking about it later, Fox Mulder tries to explain what transgender means to the human form of the lizard, and it does not compute.
Alexa Moutevelis
February 1st, 2016 11:27 PM

F-Bomb Dropped on Live MSNBC Election Coverage

During live coverage of the Iowa caucus, Monday, MSNBC featured the F-word as voters debated who would be best for the military. A young woman talking to a Bernie Sanders fan complained, “I am a vet. My mom's a vet. How is he going to fix it?...The fact I haven't gotten benefits in three months because the VA is so fucked up really makes me concerned.” 
Scott Whitlock
February 1st, 2016 10:19 PM

CNN Marvels at ‘Real Time Voting & Counting Live on Intl. Television'

Grasping for straws in the early going of the vote tallying for Monday night’s Iowa caucuses, CNN correspondent Brian Todd exclaimed to viewers about the seemingly simple sorting and counting of votes at one Republican caucus site that he hyped as being beamed “live on international television.”
Curtis Houck
February 1st, 2016 10:14 PM

Maddow, Williams: Democrats Move About at Caucuses Like 'Herds'

Explaining the difference between how Republican and Democratic caucuses are conducted in Iowa, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow noted that while Republicans tally votes statewide on a one person/one vote system, Democratic caucuses are more complicated and involve physically moving caucus-goers around the caucus room. "In herds," NBC's Brian Williams helpfully offered by way of analogy.
Ken Shepherd
February 1st, 2016 9:23 PM

ABC Boosts Hillary Giving Volunteers Donuts, Stopping for Coffee

ABC’s World News Tonight and their fellow newscasts on CBS and NBC went all out on Monday just before the Iowa caucuses, but it was ABC that found it important for viewers to know that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton began her day by giving volunteers donuts and stopping for coffee at a local coffee shop. In Democratic correspondent and Saturday anchor Cecilia Vega’s report, she began by…
Curtis Houck
February 1st, 2016 8:28 PM

Van Jones: Obama the 'Coolest Person Ever Born'

Liberal CNN pundit and former Barack Obama advisor Van Jones declared the 44th President of the United States the "coolest person ever born" during live Iowa caucus coverage on the network this evening.  
Ken Shepherd
February 1st, 2016 8:25 PM

Speaking for the Establishment, Nicolle Wallace Touts Trump Campaign

Speaking for the establishment, MSNBC analyst Nicolle Wallace on Monday announced that D.C. political types have decided they can “live with a President Trump.” But not, apparently, a President Cruz. Wallace, who previously worked for the McCain/Palin ticket, derided, “Ted Cruz's lack of civility toward his colleagues....He was not a very collegial person.” 
Scott Whitlock
February 1st, 2016 7:45 PM

The United States of Trump

Trump is right about one thing. The public is sick of traditional politicians who make promises but don't deliver, while driving up the debt and lining their pockets. But whose fault is that? Ultimately it's the voters' fault, because they are the ones who put them in office, demanding more from government than it can, or should, deliver and demanding too little of themselves. Welcome to the…
Cal Thomas
February 1st, 2016 7:33 PM

Schieffer Returns to Trash ‘Illogical’ Race Similar to a Bad Wedding

In his return to CBS since retiring from hosting Face the Nation at the end of May 2015, Bob Schieffer chimed in on the 2016 election during Monday’s CBS Evening News and trashed the “nasty, illogical” election as similar to a dysfunctional wedding that’s “half-way through the weird uncle's long, unfunny and embarrassing rehearsal dinner toast.”
Curtis Houck
February 1st, 2016 7:33 PM

CNN Bests ABC, NBC By Raising 'Big Deal' E-Mail Scandal With Hillary

On Monday, CNN's New Day put ABC and NBC's morning newscasts to shame by actually raising the ongoing e-mail scandal during their interview of Hillary Clinton. Alisyn Camerota pointed out "the issue that has bedeviled your campaign," and noted that "your opponents have said that this is...a big deal." She asked, "How do you convince voters today not to be concerned about this?" When Mrs Clinton…
Matthew Balan
February 1st, 2016 7:07 PM

Open Thread: Joe Scarborough's Skinny-Jean Caucus

Most of you guys probably have a favorite candidate or two for the caucus tonight, and so an open thread is probably bound to get rather heated as folks debate the merits of their respective choices. So in our attempt to unite everyone around a common foe, here's a topic starter: What's with Joe Scarborough wearing skinny jeans on air this afternoon?
NB Staff
February 1st, 2016 6:29 PM

Jeb! Surrogate to Jorge Ramos: Bush 'More Latino' Than Cruz or Rubio

Former U.S. Treasurer and current Jeb Bush surrogate Rosario Marín goes on Univision's Al Punto, and essentially affirms Jorge Ramos' campaign of racial disqualification against Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio
Jorge Bonilla
February 1st, 2016 5:16 PM