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President Obama’s Super Bowl Interview With Matt Lauer: Jobs, Israel, And Tom Brady Posters

President Obama's traditional Super Bowl interview has come and gone, leaving barely two hours before the nation takes a forced respite from politics to watch the New York Giants take on the New England Patriots in what is growing to be a rivalry of several chapters. The President sat down with Matt Lauer this...

Bob Schieffer To Rudy Giuliani: ‘Are There Moderate Republicans Out There Anymore?’

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani appeared on Face the Nation today to talk about the Republican presidential race and something about the Super Bowl. Giuliani didn't endorse any particular candidate in the race, and while he admitted he personally admires all of the candidates in the field (though I'm guessing that doesn't include

Rep. Allen West Tells Obama And Democratic Leaders To ‘Get The Hell Out Of The United States’

Congressman Allen West spoke at a Florida GOP dinner last night, and had some fighting words for Democrats who are trying to mark Florida in the win column this November. He declared it a "battlefield" for citizens to stand on and tell the Democrats that their message is not going to resonate with the citizens...

Joe Biden Admits He Advised President Obama Not To Carry Out Bin Laden Raid

Vice President Joe Biden spoke to a conference of House Democrats in Maryland today, and in discussing the SEAL Team raid that successfully took out Osama bin Laden, he admitted that he advised President Obama not to carry out the mission because "we have to do more things to see if he's there." The vice...

Barney Frank Offers Lawrence O’Donnell A 2012 Democrat Slogan: ‘We’re Not Perfect, But They’re Nuts’

Rep. Barney Frank may find the 2012 Republican primary as wildly entertaining as most anyone else following the campaigns has, but he is still a little worried that the Democrats may suffer from this. This he told Lawrence O'Donnell on tonight's The Last Word, where he explained that part of the blame for close-minded...

Grover Norquist On NBC: Democrats Believe ‘The Peasants Aren’t Sending Enough Cash In’

The man who has been catapulted into the spotlight as the single most important political character in the collapse of the Congressional Supercommittee on the budget is still saying no to any and all taxes. Grover Norquist the Americans for Tax Reform head who, despite not being a public servant or member of the media,...

Charles Krauthammer Sternly Advises Herman Cain To Stop Accusing People Of Setting Him Up

With the possibility of making it to a primary increasingly slim for Herman Cain as he faces a number of sexual harassment accusations, Charles Krauthammer visited Bill O'Reilly tonight to give a review of his press conference. Krauthammer was impressed with Cain's "high wire act" but warned him that he had made one...

Ralph Nader Promises To Challenge President Obama In Primary

Ralph Nader, Cornel West and 45 other "distinguished leaders" have joined forces in search of a "recognizable, articulate" candidate who could pose a challenge to President Barack Obama as he campaigns for reelection. Never a content Democrat, Nader says it's "very unlikely" that he will run himself, and that this challenge is not meant...

Lawrence O’Donnell’s Bleak Prediction For Obama Jobs Bill: ‘Virtually Impossible To Hold Together’

Lawrence O'Donnell doesn't have very high hopes for the American Jobs Act, the bill that President Barack Obama so passionately stumped for in front of a joint session of Congress last week. It isn't entirely that he doesn't believe in the bill, but that his understanding of parliamentary procedure makes clear to him that...

Report: Nearly Half Of Surveyed US Citizens Feel Islamic Values Are Incompatible With American Values

A new study done by the Brookings Institute finds a post-9/11 America "grappling with the questions Islam poses to America’s founding principles and way of life," and shows a nation seemingly glued to their televisions.According to their report, 88 percent of Americans agree that "America was founded on the idea of religious freedom for...

Arizona Democrats In Uproar As GOP Raffles Same Gun Model Used Against Rep. Giffords

Arizona Democrats are decrying a fundraising event by county Republicans that, while previously somewhat common in the state, Democrats now argue is unnecessarily hurtful to a state still recovering from an act of terrorism that left many dead and severely impaired Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The Pima County Republican Party is raffling off a copy of...

O’Reilly Panel Takes On Congressional Black Caucus’ Anti-Tea Party Race Rhetoric

The various ways many on the left describe their distrust of the Tea Party seem to be growing ever more graphic-- so argued Bill O'Reilly tonight in response to Rep. Andre Carson's comment that the Tea Party "wanted to see us [African Americans] hanging from a tree." On a panel in which O'Reilly and...