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Scarborough, Heilemann to GOP: Ignore Rush, Do Deals With Obama
Rush Limbaugh likes to say that when the liberal media says "talk radio," they mean him. Rush's point was perfectly illustrated on today's Morning Joe. John Heilemann first spoke of "talk radio . . . howling" at Boehner and McConnell not to capitulate to President Obama. Just a moment later, Heilemann made explicitly clear whom he had in mind: "you got to listen to Rush Limbaugh for just one…
November 7th, 2014 8:11 AM
NBC Plays Up Both Sides as 'Digging In' Following Midterms
On Thursday night, NBC Nightly News played up the current political state of affairs in Washington as both Republicans and Democrats having “dug in” to their policy preferences, but focused only on how Republicans want to repeal “the President’s signature accomplishment” and are angered that he will go through with an executive order on illegal immigration.
Anchor Brian Williams first teased…
November 7th, 2014 12:47 AM
Mother Jones Blogger: Did Obama Make Sharyl Attkisson Go Crazy?
The Mother Jones pundit writes that Attkisson used to be “a pretty good, hard-nosed investigative reporter,” but adds that as she developed ties to conservative activists, “her reporting became…detached from reality....Her descent seems to be complete.”
November 7th, 2014 12:36 AM
AP Couldn't Bring Itself to Say 'Walker Won' in Wisconsin Tues. Night
That the folks at the Associated Press have had it in for Scott Walker for over 3-1/2 years has been quite obvious. The wire service's reporters, particularly Scott Bauer, have made their personal opposition quite clear, sometimes quite bitterly and often dishonestly, to Walker's Act 10 and other policies in their supposedly "objective" reports.
So it wasn't any surprise, or really even a…
November 6th, 2014 10:00 PM
Cordes Hypes 'Far Right Flank' as Destructive on Illegal Immigration
During Thursday’s CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley, Nancy Cordes continued to disparage conservatives, as she referred to some of the newly elected House of Representatives members as being to Speaker John Boehner’s “far right flank” and joining returning Representatives who stifled “Boehner’s own attempts” to address illegal immigration (that President Obama will now act upon in an expected…
November 6th, 2014 9:18 PM
Election Night Reality vs. MSNBC's Wishful Thinking
Election night was a tough night for Rachel Maddow. The results of the night, even in deep blue states like Oregon, give conservatives much to cheer and liberals much to dread.
November 6th, 2014 9:10 PM
MSNBC Panelist: Dems Lose Because They Don't Talk On Voters' Level
Appearing as a panelist on the November 6 Hardball, liberal talk show host Joe Madison offered his assessment for why Democrats lost the 2014 midterms: Liberals, being the intellectuals they are, talk above the heads of the average voter, rather than communicating their ideas in an accessible manner for the layman to understand.
November 6th, 2014 8:48 PM
Barney Frank: I Thought of Tea Party as 'Dumb Animals'
A shame that Barney Frank retired from Congress. We could really use him as the face of the Dem party.
On this evening's Hardball, Barney, AKA Mr. Congeniality, let it be known that he thought of Tea Party members as "dumb animals."
November 6th, 2014 8:24 PM
Priebus Stuns CNN Host by Stating 'I Don't Believe a Thing' Obama Says
The fallout from Tuesday's midterm elections continued to be felt on Wednesday evening, when the host of CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront pressed Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus on whether his party -- which had just won control of both chambers of Congress -- will make “a fresh start” and agree to more compromises when working with the president during his last two years in the…
November 6th, 2014 7:05 PM
Bob Beckel Flips Off Jesse Watters On-Air During FNC's The Five
During Thursday’s edition of The Five on the Fox News Channel (FNC), co-host Bob Beckel displayed his middle finger toward fellow panelist Jesse Watters during a discussion about how race-baiting by Democrats in the runup to the 2014 midterm elections backfired.
The discussion erupted following a point from Watters that the Democratic Party uses race in trying to convince voters to not vote…
November 6th, 2014 7:00 PM
WaPo Hillary Booster Gearan: Dem Losses Good for Clinton in 2016
Washington Post diplomatic correspondent and veteran Hillary Clinton cheerleader Anne Gearan devoted 41 paragraphs today to an examination of "How Democrats' big losses [in the 2014 midterms] could be Clinton's 2016 gain." She did her level best to dismiss as irrelevant the fact that she was unable to move the needle for Democrats in key, tight Senate races, nor in the Maryland governor's race,…
November 6th, 2014 6:15 PM
Nate Silver Falsely Claims Turnout Was Down in 'Almost Every' State
Wednesday afternoon, supposed polling genius Nate Silver tweeted that "Turnout was down from 2010 in almost every state."
Silver's readers and clients had better hope that Silver is usually better at counting — and analysis (HT Twitchy):
November 6th, 2014 5:50 PM
ABC Dismisses Conservative Joni Ernst's Ad as 'Downright Bizarre'
Covering the midterms on election night, Nightline anchor Dan Harris huffed that Senator-elect Joni Ernst's 2014 campaign commercial was "downright bizarre." As the returns rolled in and it became clear that Democrats had suffered massive losses, Harris recapped the year's political commercials and the money behind them: "Most of it spent on a barrage of political ads that ranged from terrifying…
November 6th, 2014 5:34 PM
Iran Nuclear Talks Are Like Bargaining with the Devil
Having missed a July deadline for reaching an agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, the six world powers party to the talks -- the United States, Russia, China, France, United Kingdom and Germany -- have set November 24 as their new deadline. Iran says there will be no extension if a deal isn't reached.
Given the Obama administration's horrible record in the Middle East -- treating…
November 6th, 2014 5:25 PM