On MSNBC's PoliticsNation show, MSNBC.com Executive Editor Richard Wolffe -- formerly of Newsweek -- recounted that the Republican base is getting "more male and older and whiter," and asserted that they are "excluding more than half the population" as he asserted that Republicans are "not ready for power yet." After host Al Sharpton recalled that Republicans are talking about trying to catch up with Democrats in winning women voters, Wolffe began: They're fighting two different urges. One is to pander to their base, and their base is becoming more conservative and more male and older and whiter. And they're also... continue reading
CBS journalist Major Garrett grilled Barack Obama at a White House news conference, Thursday. On the subject of ObamaCare's disastrous rollout, the reporter repeatedly zeroed in on what the President knew and when: "You said after the law was implemented or signed, if like your plan, you can keep it. Americans believed you, sir, when you said that to them over and over."[MP3 audio here. ] Garrett pushed, "Do you not believe, sir, the American people deserve a deeper, more transparent accountability from you as to why you said it over and over and when your own statistics, published in... continue reading
At least for Thursday, the network morning shows admitted that ObamaCare is an "embarrassing," "botched" failure that has landed with a "resounding thud." ABC, CBS and NBC offered blunt, stark descriptions of the health care law's low enrollment rates and the disastrous implementation. Good Morning America reporter Jim Avila explained, "The President's signature achievement, health care for everyone, officially got off to a resounding thud." He added that Republicans are "seizing on the botched rollout." Over on NBC's Today , Savannah Guthrie unloaded on the President: " A new poll that has the President's approval rating hitting an all-time low... continue reading
On Tuesday, ABC's World News and CBS Evening News both reported the latest poll numbers from the "respected" Quinnipiac University, as CBS's Scott Pelley labeled the institution, regarding President Obama's " lowest ever " approval rating, along with Americans' dim view of the politician's honesty. ABC's Diane Sawyer noted that "for the first time in his presidency, a majority of American voters – 52 percent... say President Obama is not honest and trustworthy ." Both evening newscasts reported these numbers as they led into their coverage of former President Clinton's recent word of advice to Obama on his health care... continue reading
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta cast President Obama's "you can keep your health care plan" lie as something much more innocent. On Tuesday's Piers Morgan Live , he framed it as a messaging problem rather than a lie, and said the new ObamaCare plans were like a "Ferrari." " I think with regard to this idea of keeping the plans, I think that this is another example of the message really having been not properly given ," he admitted. Gupta then switched to explaining benefits of ObamaCare and noted what the White House should have told the millions of Americans who... continue reading
On Tuesday's The Lead , liberal historian Doris Kearns Goodwin dismissed the notion that the media is in President Obama's "pocket." " I don't think the country would feel that his way of dealing with the country has been eased by the press ," she lamented of Obama and the media. " I think the press is much more complicated today. I think ever since Watergate there's a more antagonistic view between presidents and press." [Video below. Audio here .] Kearns-Goodwin was on CNN to discuss her new book on Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. She explained how both... continue reading
In the midst of the unmitigated disaster that has been the roll out of ObamaCare, on Saturday's NBC Today , co-host Lester Holt had the audacity to suggest to Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus that Republicans should be the ones on defense: "...you took it on the chin when you fought it in the last budget battle. When we go back around to the budget in January, are Republicans gonna be a little more timid taking on health care, given the experience and given the lower approval ratings?" [ Listen to the audio ] Priebus replied: "I think that... continue reading
Early in the 9 a.m. ET hour on Wednesday's NBC Today , co-hosts Willie Geist, Natalie Morales, and Al Roker mocked a series of new ads designed to promote ObamaCare, even with Geist reading one of them while doing his best impression of Anchorman's Ron Burgundy: "Let's get physical. OMG, he's hot. Let's hope he's as easy to get as this birth control. My health insurance covers the pill, which means all I have to worry about is getting it between the covers." [ Listen to the audio ] Wrapping up the discussion, Geist declared: "A lot of people are... continue reading
On MSNBC's PoliticsNation show, host Al Sharpton criticized Sarah Palin for rhetorically comparing being in debt to another country to "slavery," as he and his panel suggested that it sounds "racist." But last year, Sharpton was far more tolerant of Vice President Joe Biden telling black audience members that Mitt Romney would put them "back in chains" as he complained about Romney wanting to "unchain Wall Street." Sharpton and syndicated columnist Cynthia Tucker also incorrectly claimed that the national debt has been reduced when it is merely the amount of borrowing per year that has started decreasing. Sharpton griped as... continue reading
ABC's Good Morning America on Wednesday spent over four minutes worrying about "glitch girl," the woman who was featured on the ObamaCare webpage for weeks during the site's disastrous rollout. Yet, the same program spent less time on the fact that the website likely will not be fixed by the November 30 deadline . Additionally, Josh Elliott dispatched in six seconds the news that a majority of Americans now find Barack Obama untrustworthy . Reporter Amy Robach focused on Adrianna (she did not want her last name used), the smiling woman who greeted frustrated Americans on HealthCare.gov. Robach hyperbolically announced,... continue reading