Politico | Roger Ailes Still Wields Influence in GOP Circles
Politico | Roger Ailes Still Wields Influence in GOP Circles Posted on May 04 2012 – 5:00 PM – Posted by: Doug Brady When politicians head to New York, it’s often to fill their campaign coffers with Wall Street cash. But there’s another important stop for Republicans in the Big Apple: the second floor office of Fox News chief Roger Ailes. The draw to Ailes’s office in the News Corp….
Read more...Forbes | Obama’s 2012 Re-Election Prospects Suffer An Ominous GDP Report
Forbes | Obama’s 2012 Re-Election Prospects Suffer An Ominous GDP Report Posted on May 04 2012 – 6:00 PM – Posted by: Doug Brady Last Friday’s report by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on its first estimate of 1Q2012 GDP growth produced considerable weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth, especially among supporters of President Obama. The BEA reported that real GDP grew at a 2.2% annual rate. This was…
Read more...Phillip Klein | Obama’s Already Winning the General Election
Phillip Klein | Obama’s Already Winning the General Election Posted on May 04 2012 – 7:00 PM – Posted by: Doug Brady The general election unofficially began nearly a month ago, and so far President Obama is winning. This has nothing to do with poll numbers. Sure, Obama enjoys a statistically insignificant 3.7 percent edge over presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney in an average of polls compiled by RealClearPolitics, and…
Read more...GOP Insiders Trying to Marginalize Governor Palin & Her Supporters
GOP Insiders Trying to Marginalize Governor Palin Her Supporters Posted on May 04 2012 – 1:40 AM – Posted by: Stacy Drake For weeks, members of the GOP establishment have been busy rewriting history by trying to diminish Governor Palin’s record, and her real contributions to the 2008 presidential race. Without her on the ticket, McCain would have lost by 20 points. The facts no longer matter when you have…
Read more...CNN | Romney-Santorum Will Meet Privately Friday
CNN | Romney-Santorum Will Meet Privately Friday Posted on May 04 2012 – 2:42 AM – Posted by: Steve Flesher Washington (CNN) – Don’t expect to see a smiling photo op when Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum meet on Friday. The get together is to be private with no photo opportunity, John Brabender, a senior adviser to Santorum’s campaign told CNN. The location of the get together is not being…
Read more...UK Guardian | Chen Guangcheng’s US-Brokered Deal Unravels
UK Guardian | Chen Guangcheng’s US-Brokered Deal Unravels Posted on May 04 2012 – 7:00 AM – Posted by: Doug Brady Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has pleaded for help to let him leave the country with his family, with a US-brokered deal for his future unravelling within hours of his leaving the Beijing embassy where he had taken shelter. Chen said he never asked to leave China in his…
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