Joan Walsh: 'White Working Class' Rejects Hillary Because of Obama

Joan Walsh, who after a long tenure at Salon.com is now National Affairs Correspondent at far-left publication The Nation, is responding as leftists usually do when their favored candidates and causes are in trouble: immaturely, and by smearing recalcitrant people who, in their fevered minds, should be supporting them. Walsh is a big fan of Hillary Clinton, whose legal and electoral situations…
Tom Blumer

NewsBusted: O'Malley's Campaign Goes Into a Permanent Siesta

"Martin O’Malley’s campaign for the Democratic nomination will remain suspended indefinitely.  He made this decision after he found out he was polling five points behind El Chapo!" – Jodi Miller of NewsBusted.
NB Staff

Gergen: 'Can't Remember' Anyone 'More Competent' Than Hillary Clinton

Former Clinton official and CNN senior political analyst David Gergen received the first nod during the AC360 Post Debate Special to comment on Thursday’s PBS NewHour Democratic Debate and exalted how he couldn’t recall a presidential candidate “who was more experienced and more competent than Hillary Clinton was tonight.”
Curtis Houck

Kat Von D and Josh Groban Stir Up Trouble on CBS’s ‘Life in Pieces’

Popular celeb tattoo artist Kat Von D guest stars in CBS’s Life in Pieces Valentine’s Day episode titled “Tattoo Valentine Guitar Pregnant.” Tim (Dan Bakkedahl), hoping to surprise Heather (Betsy Brandt) with a Valentine’s Day gesture of a tattoo, visits a tattoo shop with a design in mind. He intends to have “I heart Heather” inked onto his shoulder but walks out with “I heart Heater” instead.…
Karen Townsend

CNN's Burnett to Kasich: Is Your Pro-Life Stance 'Worth Losing Over?'

On Thursday's Erin Burnett OutFront on CNN, host Burnett hit John Kasich from the left on his support for defunding Planned Parenthood in Ohio and, alluding to his desire to win the votes of moderate Democrats and independents, pressed him on whether his conservative views on abortion would cause him to lose: "According to a recent Quinnipiac poll, though, 60 percent -- nearly 60 percent of…
Brad Wilmouth

Ifill to Sanders: Would You Be ‘Thwarting History' By Beating Hillary?

After having started off with a number of surprisingly solid questions in Thursday’s PBS NewsHour Democratic Debate, co-moderator Gwen Ifill wondered to socialist Senator Bernie Sanders if he’s concerned that he “will be the instrument of thwarting history” if he defeats Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary as part of her second campaign to be the first female president.
Curtis Houck

Nets Hail Hillary’s Black Caucus PAC Endorsement as ‘New Momentum'

In the Thursday evening newscasts ahead of the PBS Democratic Presidential Debate, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC largely focused on spinning the Congressional Black Caucus PAC’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton as “a major endorsement” and sign of “new momentum” following socialist Senator Bernie Sanders winning New Hampshire. 
Curtis Houck

Matthews to de Blasio: Do You 'Wish' You Were Hillary's Boxing Coach?

Last October, after about six months of dawdling, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio finally came out with an endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president. Yet on tonight's Hardball, anchor Chris Matthews made it sound like the mayor probably wishes he had his old campaign-manager job back and was Hillary's "Mickey in the corner" at every debate.
Ken Shepherd

CNN's Costello: 'Old, White, Rich' Labels of Hillary 'Really Harsh'

Carol Costello spotlighted a young leftist's disdain for Hillary Clinton on Thursday's CNN Newsroom: "I talked to one young feminist — young woman — who said Hillary Clinton is just an old, white, rich person. Why should I listen to her? And that sounds really harsh, but young people are gravitating around Bernie Sanders because they like his idealistic message."
Matthew Balan

Mark Halperin: Press 'Biased Against' Hillary

Any would-be Republican presidential candidate who had--hanging around his neck--all the scandals and investigations that surround Hillary Clinton, would likely not have the chutzpah to throw his hat into the ring. He'd know that the MSM would create such a toxic environment that his candidacy would never have a chance of getting off the ground.  And so it is somewhere between amusing and…
Mark Finkelstein

Yellen, AP Continue to Blame 'The World' As U.S. Economy Weakens

The Federal Reserve, Fed Chair Janet Yellen, and the ever-cooperative Associated Press have a message for America: "If there's an economic downturn, even one that turns into a recession, it's going to be the rest of the world's fault. The U.S. economy is fine, and it will stay fine if everybody else doesn't ruin it." As the AP's Martin Crutsinger reported today ("YELLEN: TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE…
Tom Blumer

My First Ride In a 'Driverless' Car

This past Tuesday, I had my first ride in an autonomous car. The anticipation for me was a bit like a kid waiting for Christmas. But when I shared my enthusiasm with friends and colleagues, many thought I was crazy.
Scott Rasmussen

Mitchell: Unlike Dems, GOP Primaries in South Carolina Are ‘Nasty'

Unlike the apparently civil Democrats, the Republican primary in South Carolina is a historically “nasty” affair “going back to Richard Nixon.” That’s according to MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell on Thursday. Talking to Washington Post reporter Chris Cillizza, she lectured, “South Carolina Republican primary is so different from the Democratic primary.” 
Scott Whitlock

Bernie Ups His Amnesty Bid On Univision

Univision News elicits amnesty promises from the Bernie Sanders campaign.
Jorge Bonilla