Daily Kos Week in Review: Hope Gloats

Beginning Tuesday night, Kossacks not only cheered Democratic election victories but also sneered at Republicans and offered them advice, some of which may have been sincere. Oh, yes, and recommended that President Obama assume dictatorial powers. As usual, each headline is preceded by the blogger's name or pseudonym.
Tom Johnson
November 9th, 2012 11:10 PM

After Obama Victory, WashPost Sends Reporter Looking for 'Right-wing N

As part of their Obama Wins coverage in Thursday's Style section, The Washington Post sent reporter Anne Hull out to locate disgruntled Tea Party Republicans -- and mock them as extreme. In the party establishment, "the push was already on to make the GOP more inclusive and reflective of the country. The party needed to gather up more of the middle. In other words, it needed to tame the tea…
Tim Graham
November 9th, 2012 9:55 PM

Krauthammer on Petraeus: Now That There's a Sex Scandal Benghazi Will

Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said Friday that the revelations concerning CIA Director David Petraeus's affair will now make what happened at our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, back in September "the hottest story around." As Krauthammer noted on Fox News's Special Report, this goes in stark contrast to how the media buried this story before Tuesday's election (video follows with…
Noel Sheppard
November 9th, 2012 7:15 PM

Hypocritical Bashir Rejoices GOP Message to Religious Voters Failed to

"We can all be thankful" that "after 30 years of taking Christianity hostage and claiming that the church was really the Republican Party at prayer, this election actually revealed that the church is owned by neither Democrats nor Republicans," MSNBC's Martin Bashir pontificated at the open of is "Clear the Air" commentary which closed his eponymous November 9 program.  Fortunately for Mr.…
Ken Shepherd
November 9th, 2012 6:10 PM

CNN Panel Tells Republicans to Move to the Center

"Tone deaf" Republicans are too conservative, or so said CNN's panel on Friday's Starting Point. CNN's Don Lemon remarked, "I think unless the GOP becomes the GNP, which is the Grand New Party, they're on the verge of extinction because they're tone deaf." All three guests agreed that the GOP needs to move to the center. How's that for intellectual diversity? Anchor Soledad O'Brien started…
Matt Hadro
November 9th, 2012 5:59 PM

NBC's Guthrie Pushes Gun Control in Interview With Husband of Gabriell

At the end of a Friday interview with Mark Kelly, former astronaut and husband of former Congresswoman Gabrille Giffords, Today co-host Savannah Guthrie made sure to bring up the favorite liberal talking point of the need for more gun control: "...you gave a stinging rebuke in your statement to political leaders who haven't done anything about gun control....What do you hope will change? And…
Kyle Drennen
November 9th, 2012 5:14 PM

Michelle Malkin Column: The Hope-a-Nomics Disaster: One Company's Horr

President Obama promises to move the country forward with his recycled pledge of five million green jobs. But in the real world, small businesses are struggling to stay afloat as they deal with the fiscal wreckage of this administration's disastrous venture socialism. Here's the tale of just one Colorado company victimized by the Obama Department of Energy (DOE). Colorado Distribution Group…
Michelle Malkin
November 9th, 2012 4:45 PM

Surprise! Joe Scarborough to GOP: Stop Listening to the 'Most Extreme

MSNBC's token Republican Joe Scarborough appeared on ABC's The View, Friday, to do what he does best: Trash conservatives. The Morning Joe co-host lectured the Republican Party to "stop listening to the most extreme people." Naturally, the bashing of his own party delighted the mostly liberal View panel. [Video to appear soon. See MP3 below.] Elisabeth Hasselbeck seriously asked Scarborough…
Scott Whitlock
November 9th, 2012 4:41 PM

Foreign Officials Bewildered That Many U.S. States Don't Check for ID

As part of a program run by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, representatives of over 60 emerging democracies from around the world were sent to the observe and report on how the election works in this country. What they saw left them concerned at worst and puzzled at best at the way American elections are run, leaving gaping-wide holes through which voter fraud can be…
Ryan Robertson
November 9th, 2012 4:03 PM

Rasmussen Column: Parenting Politicians Is Hard Work

One of the strangest aspects of Election 2012 is that voters are demanding change but didn't change politicians. They left Republicans in charge of the House, elected an even more Democratic Senate and re-elected President Obama. They're unhappy with the status quo in the country but left the political status quo in place. That doesn't make much sense if you think of campaigns as a choice…
Scott Rasmussen
November 9th, 2012 3:48 PM

Meacham Hawks New Book on NBC's 'Today' by Comparing Obama to Jefferso

Appearing on Friday's NBC Today to promote his new book, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, author and former Newsweek editor Jon Meacham made a comparison between the founding father and the current commander-in-chief: "[Jefferson] was a tall, cool, cerebral president who won re-election, who was actually really good at politics even though he didn't want to act as though he was. So there's…
Kyle Drennen
November 9th, 2012 3:34 PM

CNN Gushes Over 'Amazing' and 'Remarkable' Moment of Obama Crying

Not only did CNN relay Obama campaign video of the President crying after his re-election, but they hailed it as "amazing" and "remarkable." In contrast, when Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) choked up in front of cameras after GOP victories in 2010 enabled him to become the next Speaker of the House, CNN simply reported it as an "emotional speech." "So, Soledad, a remarkable moment there. And we'…
Matt Hadro
November 9th, 2012 3:00 PM

Diane Sawyer Goads John Boehner: Obama Won; Why Won't You Just Raise T

Wold News host Diane Sawyer on Thursday grilled John Boehner, pushing the House Speaker to support tax increases in the wake of Barack Obama's victory. In a clip played on Friday's Good Morning America, the anchor lectured, "[Obama] campaigned on it. Sixty percent of the voters have said that they are ready to raise these taxes. They are ready to have the wealthier Americans pitch in here." […
Scott Whitlock
November 9th, 2012 12:01 PM

NBC's 'Today' Fawns Over 'Tearful' and 'Emotional' Obama Thanking Supp

Throughout Friday's NBC Today, hosts and reporters gushed over a video released by the Obama campaign of the President tearing up as he talked to supporters at a Chicago campaign office. At the top of the show, co-host Savannah Guthrie proclaimed: "Thanking the team. President Obama gets tearful in a speech to young campaign staffers." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]…
Kyle Drennen
November 9th, 2012 11:54 AM