Openly Gay Idaho Lawmaker Is Quitting After Having 'Lost Patience' Wit

Seattle-based New York Times reporter William Yardley reported melodramatically from Boise Saturday on the retirement of a gay state lawmaker, Nicole LeFavour, raising her gay rights priorities over those of every other legislator in Idaho: "Idaho Senator to Push Gay Rights Bill From the Outside."
Clay Waters
March 7th, 2012 7:36 AM

MSNBC's O'Donnell: 'I Want to See Hard Core Republican Conservatism Cr

During live coverage of the Super Tuesday primaries, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell declared that he hopes that Rick Santorum wins the GOP presidential nomination because he wants to see "hard core conservatism crushed" in November. Moments later, Chris Matthews declared his belief that Santorum would result in a "moderate to liberal Democratic party running the country" which he believed "would be…
Brad Wilmouth
March 7th, 2012 3:45 AM

Chris Matthews: Gingrich Did 'Evil Things' in Congress, 'Looks Like th

During live coverage of the Super Tuesday primaries, after Rachel Maddow declared that Newt Gingrich has a way of giving speeches that move people in the audience unlike fellow conservative Rick Santorum, Chris Matthews launched into his latest round of personal attacks on the former House Speaker, asserting that he "looks like the devil," and that he appears "diabolical." The MSNBC host…
Brad Wilmouth
March 7th, 2012 3:40 AM

Obama Calling Fluke Reminds Chris Matthews of Kennedy Phoning Coretta

During live coverage of Super Tuesday, MSNBC's Chris Matthews harkened back to a famous historical phone call from then-Senator John F. Kennedy to Coretta King, after her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was arrested, as he suggested that President Barack Obama's recent phone call to Georgetown Law School student Sandra Fluke would be similarly remembered as important to this year's…
Brad Wilmouth
March 6th, 2012 11:42 PM

Bozell Column: The Left's War on Babies

In the wake of the Obama administration dictate that private insurance companies cover contraceptives and abortifacients, supporters have defined anyone who would oppose this mandate as waging a “war against women.” Obviously, no opponent of this policy is actually bombing, shooting, or stabbing women to death. The same cannot be said for what the cultural Left favors – a war against babies.…
Brent Bozell
March 6th, 2012 10:50 PM

Columnist and Senator's Wife Rails Against Limbaugh as Attacking All o

On Monday night, Rachel Maddow unleashed liberal columnist Connie Schultz to rail nonsensically against Rush Limbaugh, that his attack on Sandra Fluke was conflated into an attack on her daughters and "the girls of mothers all across this country regardless of their politics." Would someone read that back to Schultz? What about all the conservative mothers and daughters who are Limbaugh fans?…
Tim Graham
March 6th, 2012 10:23 PM

Maher Defends Limbaugh: 'He Apologized, Liberals Looking Bad Not Accep

Here's something you probably thought you'd never see. Vulgarian Bill Maher Tuesday actually came out on Twitter in defense of - wait for it! - conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh:
Noel Sheppard
March 6th, 2012 10:01 PM

Open Thread: Super Tuesday

Today's real showdown in "Super Tuesday" was in Ohio where the poll results are still very close between Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. Who do you think will win the state? Post your comments here about the race or the media coverage of it.
NB Staff
March 6th, 2012 9:59 PM

Matthews: Obama Campaign to Attack Romney Like He Has His GOP Opponent

Chris Matthews on Tuesday said that people he has spoken to in the White House are thinking about attacking Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in the general election the way he's gone after his opponents in the primaries. Appearing on MSNBC's coverage of the Super Tuesday primaries, the Hardball host said, "They can’t wait" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 6th, 2012 8:48 PM

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Calls Senator Inhofe a 'Prostitute' and a 'Call

In the midst of all the media outrage over Rush Limbaugh calling Georgetown University law student and women's rights activist Sandra Fluke a slut, one would think political figures would shy away from using such words against their opponents, at least in public. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clearly doesn't think so for moments ago he sent a note via Twitter calling Sen. James Inhofe (R-Ok.) a "…
Noel Sheppard
March 6th, 2012 6:34 PM

Howard Kurtz: Bachmann Should Have Expected Verbal Abuse Because She R

Michele Bachmann complained that although the media are outraged over an insult of Sandra Fluke, "there is no level of vitriol that's beyond the pale" when the victims are conservative women. CNN's Howard Kurtz questioned that assumption since Bachmann ran for president and should have expected "a lot of criticism." Apparently, running for president nowadays subjects you and your family to vile…
Matt Hadro
March 6th, 2012 6:11 PM

Norris Column: Get Off Your Gas! Drill and Vote Gingrich! [Part

Since Jan. 1, the price of gas has soared 45 cents a gallon — the highest on record for this time of year. AAA reported this past week that the national average of unleaded gasoline climbed from Feb. 28's $3.71 per gallon to March 2's $3.73 per gallon and then up again to $3.76 per gallon over the weekend — the 25th straight increase in the past month. According to The Associated Press, the…
Chuck Norris
March 6th, 2012 6:10 PM

WaPo's Quinn Slams Rush Limbaugh Audience: 'Have You No Shame

In a March 5 post in which she deemed Rush Limbaugh's Saturday apology to Sandra Fluke as insufficient to be rewarded by her holiness, Washington Post "On Faith" feature editor Sally Quinn pounded her electronic pulpit yesterday, condemning Rush's audience for being complicit in Limbaugh's sin of daring to bombastically criticize the Left (emphases mine):
Ken Shepherd
March 6th, 2012 5:50 PM

NBC Delights in Obama 'Dealing With the Big Issues' While GOP Suffers

In the minutes prior to President Obama's Tuesday press conference, Meet the Press host David Gregory could barely contain his glee as he proclaimed those in the White House, "feel pretty good about how this Republican race is going for the President's reelection prospects, and there's nothing like being the president when the other guys are off fighting." Gregory added that Obama, "can…
Kyle Drennen
March 6th, 2012 5:00 PM