Browsing Month February, 2012
VIDEO:: The Growing Censorship of Free Speech – Sam Nunberg, Brooke Goldstein, Andrew McCarthy – Moderated by Fred Grandy
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 11:51 pm
Andrew C. McCarthy , Commentary , General , Islam , Middle East , Politics , Terrorism , Video news , VideoPage
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION:: Judge blocks part of Arizona immigration law – Yahoo! News
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 11:29 pm
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal judge blocked Arizona on Wednesday from enforcing a part of its immigration law that prohibits occupants of vehicles from stopping traffic to pick up day laborers. In a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled that plaintiffs seeking to overturn the law were "likely to succeed on the merits of their claim" that the ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , General , Immigration , Latio/Hispanic , News , Politics
JAMES O’KEEFE files libel lawsuit against Keith Olbermann, David Shuster, Al Gore’s Current TV – Daily Caller
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 4:28 pm
Conservative videographer James O’Keefe has filed a lawsuit against Al Gore’s Current TV and anchors Keith Olbermann and David Shuster, alleging they libeled him. “Well I welcome criticism and misguided hatred, but if you knowingly lie and call me a ‘felon’ or a ‘rapist’ or any other slanderous or libelous [attack], I will sue you,” O’Keefe told The ... Go To Article
ELECTION 2012:: GOP race on pace for summer delegate fight – AP
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 1:59 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney got two important wins in the Arizona and Michigan primaries, but he better pick up the pace if he wants to lock up the Republican nomination for president before the party's national convention in late August. Voters in 11 states have gone to polls and Romney has won six of them. Perhaps even more important, he has won 51 percent of the ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , General , News , Politics
SEN. OLYMPIA SNOWE announces retirement: Can the GOP hold her seat? – WaPo
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 1:21 pm
Senator Olympia J. Snowe announced her retirement from the Senate Thursday citing growing partisanship in Washington as a reason for her departure. As Paul Kane and Chris Cillizza reported: Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, the iconic Republican moderate from Maine, announced her retirement from the Senate on Tuesday, saying she would not seek a fourth term because political ... Go To Article
NRO SYMPOSIUM:: Michigan’s Verdict – NRO
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 1:10 pm
HUNTER BAKER As I write at 9:30 p.m. Central Time on Tuesday, Governor Mitt Romney has been projected as the winner in both the Arizona and Michigan primaries. With these victories, he has blunted the most potent attack on his campaign thus far. Prior to last week’s debate, Rick Santorum was building up a powerful head of steam as perhaps the most serious ... Go To Article
Commentary , Election 2012 , Featured , General , Mitt Romney , Politics
BAILOUT:: Review & Outlook: The Other GM Bailout – WSJ
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 1:05 pm
President Obama appeared at a United Auto Workers tent revival meeting Tuesday, and he made several notable claims. Critics of the Detroit bailout of 2008-09 are motivated, apparently, by their antipathy to American workers. The alternative to a government rescue was letting the entire auto industry "die." But one particular claim stood out. Mr. Obama said the bailouts ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Economy , Featured , General , News , Politics
PETHOKOUKIS:: The Romney juggernaut rolls on – The Enterprise Blog
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 1:00 pm
OK, maybe that is overstating things just a smidgen. But a win is a win, and two wins are even better for Mitt Romney. He entered Tuesday as the Republican frontrunner and he exited just the same. Romney has an 83 percent chance of winning the GOP nomination, according to Intrade, which called both Arizona and Michigan correctly. Romney also gave a pretty coherent victory ... Go To Article
Commentary , Election 2012 , Featured , General , Mitt Romney , Politics
VIDEO:: DANIEL HANNAN at CPAC 2012 – Full Speech
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 10:55 am
American Exceptionalism , Commentary , General , Politics , Video news , VideoPage
TERRORISM:: OBAMA loosens rules on military custody for terror detainees – Washington Times
By MB Snow at February 29, 2012 | 10:42 am
President Obama on Tuesday night issued a sweeping exemption of future terrorism suspects from a congressional requirement that they be held in military custody, part of last year’s hotly contested defense authorization law. The president’s action gives U.S. civilian criminal investigators broad authority to manage the cases of terrorism suspects who are not U.S. ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , General , News , Politics , Terrorism