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The Ultimate Black Republican Pseudohistory Conversion Speech
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Film recaps 2012 Iowa caucuses
We're about 30 months away from the 2016 Iowa Caucuses , but why not take a look back at the last go-round? Filmmaker A.J. Schnack is doing just that with "Caucus," which is premiering in the U.S. at Washington's AFI Docs festival this week.
Brasch WordsBANNING the First Amendment
Deep cracks in what seemed to be monolithic momentum of the Republican election machine appeared here Saturday evening when Atlanta businessman Herman Cain swamped the established front-runners in a critical party straw poll that often predicts the Republican presidential nominee - and the next President of the United States.
Revelations about the Obama administration's expansive domestic surveillance programs have opened a chasm between Democratic elected officials and their progressive base - one that could be tricky for the party's future presidential hopefuls to bridge.
Leading Social Conservatives Gather in D.C. for Faith & Freedom Conference
The country's leading social conservatives gathered on June13-15 at the J.W. Marriott Hotel just a few blocks from the White House for the "Faith & Freedom Road to Majority 2013" Conference.
The Reckless Rhetoric of Palin and Cain
According to Sarah Palin, the GOP's vice presidential candidate in 2008, the United States is "becoming a totalitarian surveillance state."
Herman Cain: "America Is Headed Towards Socialism And Towards Communism"
Sign up to Booker Rising's RSS feed to receive updates in your feed reader or sign up with your email address below to receive the updates via email! Asserts the conservative Republican businessman from Georgia.
Christie has repair work to do with conservatives
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie declined an invitation to attend a major gathering of social conservatives this week in Washington, opting instead to make a high-profile appearance at a forum organized by former President Bill Clinton in Chicago.
There's an alphabet soup of government overreach, Cain says
The federal government is an out-of-control train racing down the tracks toward socialism and communism, Herman Cain said Saturday.
Editorial cartoon spews hate message
Normally I don't comment on political cartoons as many are the fantasies of those out of touch with reality.
Inside the Beltway: A call to protect a newsgatheringa
It's been a little more than a month since The Associated Press revealed that the Justice Department had gained access to its phone records.
Video: Fair Tax group makes argument handed to it on silver platter by IRS
The Fair Tax didn't get a lot of support in two different presidential-primary cycles.
I was standing in the newsroom of the washingtonpost.com in Virginia. When Brokaw started speaking, I just stood in front of the TV and felt a cold chill go through me.
Brasch WordsBANNING the First Amendment
Deep cracks in what seemed to be monolithic momentum of the Republican election machine appeared here Saturday evening when Atlanta businessman Herman Cain swamped the established front-runners in a critical party straw poll that often predicts the Republican presidential nominee - and the next President of the United States.
Editorial Board: Va.'s Cuccinelli plays fast and loose with the facts on abortion
E.W. JACKSON, the fire-breathing pastor who stunned the Republican establishment by storming the party convention in Virginia and snatching the nomination for lieutenant governor, has been roundly mocked for saying Planned Parenthood has been " far more lethal to black lives" than has the Ku Klux Klan.
'Teavangelicals' Cruz, Palin, Paul, Perry kickoff 2014 drive for more conservatives
A conservative-palooza featuring firebrand Sarah Palin, Sens. Ted Cruz and Rand Paul and center-right populists Herman Cain and Donald Trump is crashing Washington Thursday to begin the right's bid to elect even more Tea Party conservatives to Congress in 2014 to fight the wave of government intrusions revealed in the IRS and NSA snooping scandals.
Vanity: Theory on Herman Cain 2012 Primary
Ok guys.. now looking back I see that the NSA got to Petraus.. and possibly Elliot Spitzer for going after the banks.
With serious and demonstrable charges of administration wrongdoing popping up every day, conservatives are rightfully angry at the desultory treatment they get from the media.
Despite Ending Her Congressional Career, Michele Bachmann Open to Second Presidential Bid
U.S.a a Rep.a a Michele Bachmann,a a R-Minn.,a a announced at the end of May that she will not run for another term in Congress -- but opened the door to running for other offices,a a including another bid for the presidency.a Bachmann appeared on Sean Hannity's show on Fox News on Thursday in her first interview since announcing she would be ... (more)
Brasch WordsBANNING the First Amendment
Deep cracks in what seemed to be monolithic momentum of the Republican election machine appeared here Saturday evening when Atlanta businessman Herman Cain swamped the established front-runners in a critical party straw poll that often predicts the Republican presidential nominee - and the next President of the United States.