President Obama told a crowd in Pennsylvania that he already misses the campaign trail during a speech on the negotiations over the fiscal cliff.
CNBC analyst Rick Santelli angrily walked off during a
segment on this morning’s Squawk Box after
throwing the op-ed he was referencing at the camera. Santelli was angry over reports that rich
Obama supporters were moving money to avoid tax increases while advocating for
fairness.
Senator John Cornyn released a statement today accusing the president of wanting to go over the fiscal
cliff. Cornyn stated:
“Apparently the President wants us to go over
the fiscal cliff. This is serious business. Demanding higher taxes, more stimulus, no spending cuts, and no plan to preserve and protect Social Security and Medicare will not solve our fiscal crisis, it will make the crisis…
French Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg, a member of France's Socialist Party, defended his support for nationalizing a French steel company by arguing that the United States is doing the same thing.
MSNBC Contributor Karen Finney became the latest
MSNBC pundit to accuse the Republican Party of racism and sexism for opposing
the nomination of Ambassador Susan Rice.
Keep in mind, this comes from the same network that called
Representative Allen West delusional
and a criminal. I’m sure Senators
Collins and Ayotte will be very surprised to find out that they hate women
House Speaker John Boehner emerged from his meeting with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner saying that there had not been any "substantive progress" in avoiding the fiscal cliff. He stated there had been no serious discussion of spending cuts and said that the White House had no real plan to cut spending. He accused the White House of trying to take a victory lap rather than avoiding the fiscal…
Not ones to let a good shooting go to waste, CNN Legal Analyst Sunny Hostin and host Brooke Baldwin blamed another shooting on Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law and actively urged the Florida legislature to re-write or repeal the law.
Pastor Rick Warren appeared on Starting Point this morning, where he was asked if Christianity deserved blame for the suicide of homosexual student Tyler Clemente and suicides among homosexuals in general. There’s nothing wrong with the questions by themselves, but
as John
Nolte correctly pointed out, CNN probably wouldn’t ask a Muslim something
like this.
Situation Room host Wolf Blitzer teed up Hilary Rosen to label potential Georgia Senate candidate and conservative blogger Erick Erickson as an unpragmatic conservative ideologue.
MSNBC host Chris Matthews wrapped up last night’s Hardball by urging an end to the
filibuster. Matthews wasn’t singing the
same tune back on March 4, 2005. Back then, when Senator
Robert Byrd compared filibuster opponents to Nazis, Matthews defended Byrd’s
comparison. H/t Tim
Graham