January 18, 2012 Archives

January 18, 2012 Archives

Obama's First Ad: "Secretive Oil Billionaires" Are Attacking Me

Barack Obama for America: "President Obama has taken steps to make us energy independent and create an economy that's built to last. He's been a strong supporter of domestic energy production, has made historic investments in clean energy technology, and has nearly doubled fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks. Because of the progress we've

Sheila Jackson-Lee: Newt's Food Stamp Talk Has "Underlying" Message

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX): "But yet we find candidates like Newt Gingrich who want to throw fuel and matches and fire to develop sort of an explosiveness in this country that is unnecessary. To suggest President Obama is the food stamp president has underlying suggestions..." (h/t FOX Nation)

Carney Cites "Water Our Children Drink" And "Air They Breathe" As Reasons To Stop "Purely Political" Effort on Pipeline

White House press secretary Jay Carney says the environmental impact the Keystone XL pipeline would have on children was taken into consideration in the administration's decision to kill the proposal. "Economic impact, national security impact, environmental impact, the effect on the water that our children breathe -- rather, the water our child



Dem Rep Says People On Food Stamps Due To "Dangerous Policies" Of GOP

"It is not a dog whistle or code anymore but plain as day. I think the American people get this, and we don't want to take a 50-year step back in history. That's what these Republican candidates are doing," Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) said about Newt Gingrich's food stamp rhetoric. "I think frankly that they're doing it because they want to take u

Boehner On Keystone Decision: "This Is Not The End Of The Fight"

Boehner: At a press conference today, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and other House Republicans blasted the Obama administration's decision to deny new jobs to tens of thousands of Americans and surrender America's energy security to China by rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline. Speaker Boehner pledged to continue fighting for the thousands of m

Jimmy Carter: Gingrich Has "That Subtlety Of Racism"

Former President Jimmy Carter says Newt Gingrich knows exactly what he is doing when he uses phrases like "food stamp president" and talks about the poor learning a work ethic. Carter says this rhetoric is "appealing to the wrong element in South Carolina." "Newt Gingrich is probably as enlightened as I am about being gratified that we’re in t



Obama Pollster Calls Herman Cain "Racist" On TV ... Then Denies It

Daily Caller reports: On Cooper’s Tuesday program, Democratic strategist and Obama 2012 campaign pollster Cornell Belcher took aim at former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s response to a question from Fox News Channel’s Juan Williams during a Monday GOP presidential debate, saying it was “it was dog-whistle politics at its worst." (first vide

Romney: Gingrich Has No Responsibility For Reagan Jobs Record

Mitt Romney: "The speaker just the other day at the debate was talking about how he created millions of jobs when he was working with the Reagan administration. Well, he'd been in Congress two years when Ronald Reagan came to office. That would be like saying 435 congressmen were all responsible for those jobs. Government doesn't create jobs. It's

Ingraham: Perry Should Drop Out

This morning conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham called for Gov Rick Perry to end his presidential bid if he truly is interested in stopping Mitt Romney from securing the Republican nomination. "Rick Perry should drop out of this race....And I like Rick Perry, I thought he was pretty cool in the last debate, except for that little p



Perry: Are "You Better Off Today Than You Were $4 Trillion Ago?"

"People are very frightened, not just about current conditions, but the future of this country for their children, grandchildren and the $15 trillion worth of debt. I ask people if you were better off today than you were $4 trillion ago … and people get it," Rick Perry said on FOX News. “We can’t fire the nominee in September, because by t

Gingrich: U.S. Should Reconsider Gold Standard

"I would appoint a commission to look into golden and to look into hard money because the truth is we ought to have -- the dollar you saved today ought to be worth a dollar thirty years from now. We have had a very long period of inflation that has gradually eroded the value of our money in a very dramatic way," Gingrich said at a foreign policy to

Obama Tells Jobs Council He Will "Push As Hard As Possible" But "Obviously This Year Is An Election Year"

President Obama met with his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness on Tuesday to review their latest report, "detailing recommendations to the President on strengthening our economy." According to the Council's r



Full Interview: Mark Levin On "Hannity"

Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Mark Levin appears on FOX News' "Hannity" to discuss his new book Amertopia and the philosophy behind it. "What are we? We are a nation that has heavy centralized power, it's getting more centralized by the day. Every so-called reform is said to require more government, more bureaucracy, more taxation,

Chris Christie To Romney: Release Your Tax Returns

"I went back a number of years and released my tax returns and I release them every year after I file them, right after I file them, to the public in New Jersey so they can see them. And I think I think that's the right way to go, and that's what I would tell Gov. Romney to do. Now, he said he would release them in April. I hope he does. That's wha

"Special Report" Panel On Santorum/Gingrich Fight

The panel discusses the fight between Gingrich and Santorum to be the alternative to Romney.

O'Reilly: Romney Is "Waffling" On His Tax Returns

O'Reilly reviews Monday's GOP debate. He says that Mitt Romney's answer on taxes was not a good answer and that Romney has nothing to be ashamed about with his tax returns.

Shrum: Romney Needs To Release 11 Years Of Tax Returns

Ed Schultz and Bob Shrum discuss Mitt Romney's tax returns and speaker's fees.

Politico's Roger Simon: "Blood Lust" In GOP Debate Audience

Chris Matthews, Ron Christie and Roger Simon discuss the audience at Monday's GOP debate in South Carolina.


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