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Romney wishes Hurricane Sandy “hadn’t happened,” hurt campaign

  Mitt Romney has taken to Cable TV, telling interviewers he wishes Hurricane Sandy “hadn’t happened” and that the story that did $50 billion also damaged his campaign. “I wish the hurricane hadn’t happened when it did because it gave the President a chance to be presidential and to be out showing sympathy for folks:   

What’s in, what’s out in American politics, 2013 edition

WHAT’S IN, WHAT’S OUT IN AMERICAN POLITICS, 2013 OUT IN The fiscal cliff The debt ceiling Bush tax cut debates Tax reform debates Congressional dysfunction Republican civil war Mitt Romney Paul Ryan Hapless one-term President Barack Obama Political powerhouse Barack Obama Sarah Palin Chris Christie Florida Republican Allen West Florida Democrat Alan Grayson The Gonzalez […]

Some New Year’s Resolutions for prominent politicians

Happy 2013, everyone! While I’ll be celebrating New Year’s Day with my annual open house (you’re invited), our elected officials are nursing a case of fiscal-cliff hangover. Here are some New Year’s Resolutions for the powerful and dysfunctional: President Obama: Invite the other children over to your house more often. John Boehner: Smoke more. Worry […]

Top ten political losers of 2012

So, after all the clichés about a close presidential election (too-close-to-call, dead heat, photo finish, neck-and-neck, razor-thin, toss-up), it wasn’t that close. John Kerry came closer to the presidency in 2004 — a lot closer — than Mitt Romney did in 2012. That makes the failed Republican presidential candidate the year’s biggest political loser. But […]

Mitt Romney Wins!….Lie of the Year award

Mitt Romney may have lost the election, but he did win something Wednesday: Politifact’s annual Lie of the Year…uh…award. Mitt took home the hardware for his statement that Barack Obama “sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China” at the cost of American jobs, say the nonpartisan factcheckers at Politifact. They […]

Rubio advocates for comprehensive effort, not bill, on immigration

“This will take a while. There is not a magic solution to this. I believe we have to do it and I believe we can do it,” Rubio said.

Mitt Romney to lunch with President Obama at the White House tomorrow

“On Thursday, Governor Romney will have a private lunch at the White House with President Obama in the Private Dining Room. It will be the first opportunity they have had to visit since the election,” reads the press release.

Gov. Bobby Jindal, Republicans turn attention to immigration reform

Republicans are in damage-control mode after their rough election and they’re zeroing in on a new goal. It’s immigration, stupid.

Top GOP members are turning to immigration reform as the solution to an image of the party tainted by negative rhetoric toward Latinos that came up this election. Mitt Romney reopened fresh wounds when he said President Barack Obama was reelected because he bribed minority groups with “extraordinary gifts from the government.”

Conservatives — at least a few — declare war on the Republican Party

The political chasm is widening. A line has been drawn between two different ideologies, but not between Republicans and Democrats. This gap is between the Republicans and conservatives. “I think the Republican Party is devouring the conservative movement,” said radio host and conservative commentator, Mark Levin on Wednesday. Levin sat down with former Attorney General Edwin […]

Latino power: Suddenly, Sean Hannity wants immigration reform

It is a cold, hard slap in the face to conservatives: 71 percent of Latinos voted for President Obama. The result: Listen to how some leading conservative voices are tripping over each other to say that the Republican Party should step up and support immigration reform. And no, not in the way that Mitt Romney […]