(Newsone)– This is a commentary I was bound to write regardless of the outcome of the midterm election. I start by saying that your country is not so great, Americans. Any discussion of “what went wrong” must be prefaced with that statement. Harsh words, perhaps, but I do not utter them in haste. And we […]

President Obama blasted the GOP’s “Pledge to America” Saturday as nothing but a plan to continue “disastrous” policies of the George W. Bush administration.

House Republicans will head to a hardware store in Virginia tomorrow to unveil their Pledge to America, billed as a comprehensive set of reforms along the lines of Newt Gingrich’s Contract With America in 1994. Democrats already say it’s the same-old, same-old. Politico and the Wall Street Journal hit some highlights: Share this post on […]

Chris Rock had a joke about black anti-intellectualism that roughly went “those people are keeping it real. Yeah, real stupid!” One can’t help but think these days there is a creeping anti-intellectualism in some segments of white America.

In his first press conference since late May, President Obama offered one of the sternest rebukes to date of the Republican Party’s position on the Bush tax cuts, saying that those pushing to extend the cuts for the wealthy are holding the “middle class hostage.”

GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott on Thursday morning announced that state Rep. Jennifer Carroll of Jacksonville will be his running mate as lieutenant governor. `I am honored that Jennifer is the first African-American Republican woman to be part of a statewide ticket in Florida,” Scott said.

Bloomberg Businessweek is reporting the NewsCorp the Rupert Murdoch owned parent company of Fox News, has donated $1 million to the Republican Governor’s Association. RELATED STORIES Fox News Is The Lynchmob’s Ticket Agent [OPINION] Only 1 Percent Of Fox News’ Primetime Viewers Are Black http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js

Republican strategist, Ed Rollins, who worked with Ronald Reagan’s 1984 campaign had harsh words for RNC Chairman, Michael Steele. The Washington Post says that Rollins said that Steele had “obviously been a disaster” and: Michael Steele has failed miserably to do the things you’re supposed to do: raise money, basically go out and articulate a […]

Linda McMahon, the GOP Senate Candidate from Connecticut and wife of World Wrestling Entertainment head, Vince McMahon is being criticized for her past as a WWE performer and her propensity for kicking men in the crotch. The DNC released a statement saying Today the party of Bob Dole, Jack Kemp and Dick Lugar nominated a […]