Open Thread: 'Republicans Now Believe Romney Can Win, and Democrats Be

June 8th, 2012 11:04 AM
Time's Mark Halperin published a piece yesterday with a rather shocking opening sentence. "With five months until Election Day, Barack Obama faces a grim new reality: Republicans now believe Mitt Romney can win, and Democrats believe Obama can lose."

Chris Rock Lambasts Mormons for History on Race, Defends Obama

June 8th, 2012 7:41 AM
Appearing as a guest on Thursday's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC, comedian Chris Rock alluded to the Mormon Church's controversial history on race from several decades ago as he asserted that "Mitt Romney's crew" had "believed black people were the devil until 1978." Rock:

Charlie Rose Touts Jeb Bush's Differences With GOP on Obama, Taxes

June 7th, 2012 6:12 PM
On Thursday's CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose went out of his way to spotlight how guest Jeb Bush once complimented President Obama, and played up his disagreements with fellow Republicans. Rose touted how supposedly only Bush had the "courage" to differ with "every Republican candidate in the primary" in being open to eliminating tax deductions to increase revenue. The anchor also…

NYT Devotes Front of Home Section to Romney-Bashing From the Candidate

June 7th, 2012 4:18 PM
The front of Thursday's New York Times Home section (!) features a large story targeting Mitt Romney that makes the paper's notorious front-page investigation into Ann Romney's troubling horse habit look as significant as Watergate by comparison. Political reporter Michael Barbaro invaded the Home section and devoted a staggering 1,800-word investigation to the fact that Romney's liberal…

Cable 'News' Network: Dems Whine to CNN About Romney Hogging the State

June 6th, 2012 6:15 PM
With campaign 2012 in full swing, CNN deemed it appropriate to talk about elevators in the Massachusetts Statehouse on Wednesday's The Situation Room. To catch a glimpse of what current state legislators thought of then-Governor Mitt Romney, CNN correspondent Jim Acosta talked to only one Republican and three Democrats. Out of all the complaints they could have aired, the Democrats whined…

Politico Continues Hyping False Romney-Solyndra Comparison

June 6th, 2012 3:56 PM
After being pilloried for months for the half-billion dollar Solyndra debacle, Obama Democrats are desperately trying to push a the idea that Mitt Romney has a Solyndra like failure of his own to answer for. Upon further inspection, this claim has been shown to be false but that hasn't stopped DC newspaper Politico from repeating the false notion and crafting headlines implying the charge is…

MSNBC's O'Donnell Spins: Obama is 'the Really Big Winner' in Wisconsin

June 6th, 2012 7:00 AM
On Tuesday's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC host O'Donnell teased his show by asserting that President Obama is "the really big winner" in Wisconsin because of exit polls showing that, in spite of Republican Governor Scott Walker's win, a majority of those who voted preferred President Obama over GOP candidate Mitt Romney in the presidential race. O'Donnell:

Ed Schultz on Walker Win: 'Not Going to be an Easy Night for Many Broa

June 5th, 2012 11:33 PM
In response to the news that Republican Governor Scott Walker won his recall battle in Wisconsin Tuesday, MSNBC's Ed Schultz spoke a truth that should be a total embarrassment for the entire journalism industry. "This is not going to be an easy night for many broadcasters who are liberal" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Charles Krauthammer Calls Bill Clinton 'A Double Agent

June 5th, 2012 7:45 PM
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer on Tuesday said former President Bill Clinton is behaving like a "double agent" with some of the remarks he's been making about Barack Obama. Appearing on Fox News's Special Report, Krauthammer also said, "I think he really is now a bull in a china shop, and there’s a lot of crockery that’s being destroyed” (video follows with transcribed highlights…

Maddow Vents About Romney Deceit - After She Lies About Wisconsin Reca

June 5th, 2012 5:00 PM
You'd think MSNBC's resident brainiac would know better than to engage in the very thing she condemns in others. Apparently this ethical tenet understood by most children is beyond Rachel Maddow's grasp as she demonstrated once again on her cable show last night. (video, audio clips after page break)

Media Trying to Convince Themselves They've Found Romney's Solyndra

June 5th, 2012 4:23 PM
The Boston Globe is reporting on a Massachusetts solar company that received state loans under Governor Romney, and is now filing for bankruptcy.  The Globe insists that this news means that Romney's attacks on the President's failed Solyndra investment have backfired, and are implying that it opens up the Republican presidential contender up to charges of hypocrisy.  An excerpt:

Network Morning Shows Shine on Obama, Rain on GOP, MRC's Graham Tells

June 5th, 2012 11:59 AM
NewsBusters senior editor and Media Research Center director of media analysis Tim Graham appeared on the June 4 O'Reilly Factor to discuss the role that the broadcast network morning shows play in influencing the electorate with their liberal-leaning narratives about the issues this election season. The morning shows have strong ratings, "have become the profit centers for [broadcast…

Newsweek Headline: 'Is Barack Obama Too Weak to Win in November

June 5th, 2012 9:45 AM
It's becoming clearer with each passing day the Obama-loving media are now in a full-scale panic that the man they helped get elected in 2008 is in serious trouble to repeat that feat in 2012. Take for example Newsweek/Daily Beast which published a piece moments ago with the somewhat shocking headline, "Is Barack Obama Too Weak to Win in November?":

Martin Short Hits 'Crazy Catholic' Santorum, 'Taliban'-like Bachmann

June 5th, 2012 8:19 AM
Appearing as a guest on Monday's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC, actor and comedian Martin Short lambasted several of the GOP presidential candidates, as he called Rick Santorum a "crazy Catholic," compared Michele Bachmann to the Taliban while questioning her intelligence, and suggested that Mitt Romney has sent jobs to other countries.