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GOP Descends Into Madness As Ted Cruz Vaults Into Top Tier Of 2016 GOP Candidates

GOP Descends Into Madness As Ted Cruz Vaults Into Top Tier Of 2016 GOP Candidates

A PPP poll shows Ted Cruz pulling into contention with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.

10 years ago

Another Blue State Outperforms A Typical Koch Fueled Red State Failure

Republicans claim businesses love and demand the conservative economic agenda, but according to states like California and Minnesota that is…

10 years ago

Scandal? Use of Private Email is Pervasive Among 2016 Hopefuls

It turns abouta whole slew of Republicans looking at the White House in 2016 has used private emails for government…

10 years ago

While GOP Candidates Pander To The Right At CPAC, Hillary Still Leads All 2016 Matchups

A PPP poll, released on the eve of CPAC, shows Hillary Clinton leading the entire GOP field by margins of…

10 years ago

From White House To Orange Jump Suit: Documents Connect Chris Christie To Corruption Scandal

Christie's office has repeatedly denied that they improperly intervened to quash indictments in a Hunterdon County corruption investigation, but new…

10 years ago

Hillary Clinton Crushes Chris Christie By 23 Points In His Home State Of New Jersey

A new Rutgers-Eagleton poll demonstrated both the strength of Hillary Clinton and demise of Chris Christie as Clinton leads Christie…

10 years ago

Chris Christie’s Hopes Dashed As His Popularity Sinks To New Low

A Rutgers University-Eagleton Poll shows New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie sinking to new depths of unpopularity

10 years ago

Vaccine Wars: Where The 2016 Candidates Stand On Protecting Our Health

Presidential hopefuls Chris Christie, Rand Paul, Ben Carson, and Hillary Clinton have taken sides on the debate over requiring vaccinations

10 years ago

Poll: Hillary Clinton Way Ahead Of GOP Opponents In Key Swing States

Hillary Clinton has large leads over the field of GOP contenders in three key swing states.

10 years ago

How Koch-Republican Governors Rob Pensions And Slash Wages

Since most Americans are not like the Kochs, Republicans came up with a devious plot to garner support for taking…

10 years ago

The Republican Cult of the Penis Has Replaced Christianity

The GOP has concocted a religion that has nothing to do with Jesus and everything to do with what you…

10 years ago

Chris Christie Thinks Parents Should Be Able To Avoid Having Their Children Vaccinated

During an impromptu news conference in England Monday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie told reporters that parents in America should…

10 years ago

Please Pass (On) The Popcorn: Democrats Need To Take 2016 General Election Seriously

It is time that the left started taking this election seriously, along with Romney and Jeb Bush and the rest,…

10 years ago

A Mitt Romney-Jeb Bush Brawl Will Divide The GOP Establishment And Help The Tea Party

The GOP is poised for an epic clash of plutocrats that is likely to split establishment donors and benefit the…

10 years ago

With Romney Running Chris Christie Implodes By Attacking The Media

Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) has reacted to Mitt Romney weighing a third run for the White House by completely imploding…

10 years ago

Despite Obama’s National Economic Success Republican State Economies Are Failing   

Republicans ran on, and won big with, their claim that the GOP is "the party of solutions" founded on conservative…

10 years ago

Let’s Not Forget Democracy And Equality In The Income Inequality Debate

Although New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is tired of hearing about increasing the minimum wage, it is worth noting that…

10 years ago

Pope Plans To Go All In On Addressing Climate Change

Pope Francis plans to issue an edict on climate change in 2015.

10 years ago

Rick Perry Getting Ready to Inflict Himself on America in 2016

Rick Perry is putting together a 2016 run that is certain to fail as spectacularly as his ill-fated 2012 run

10 years ago

Election Day Reality: The Republicans Have Got Nothing, and They Know It

Not a lot of voters will fit in that tiny little GOP tent set up deep in the heart of…

10 years ago

Chris Christie Flips Out And Goes Off On An Unhinged Rant Against Hurricane Sandy Victim

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie got into a confrontation with a former Asbury Park City Councilman who was part of…

10 years ago

Chris Christie Acts Like Schoolyard Bully To Quarantined Nurse By Daring Her To Sue Him

While out on the road campaigning Tuesday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Dismissed reporters' questions about a potential lawsuit regarding…

10 years ago

After Jon Stewart Slams Him, Chris Christie Claims He Knows More About Ebola Than Experts

After Jon Stewart skewered him on The Daily Show Monday night, Chris Christie proclaimed to Matt Lauer on Tuesday morning…

10 years ago

Chris Christie’s Fear Mongering Ebola Quarantine Of Nurse Blows Up In His Face

On Monday, a day after he told Fox News he had "no second thoughts" about his decision to forcibly quarantine…

10 years ago

How Chris Christie And Other Republicans Would Control The Voting Mechanisms

Unless you are a rich and a member of the GOP, Republicans don't want you to vote.

10 years ago

Chris Christie Doubles Down on Koch Fueled Cluelessness About The Minimum Wage

Chris Christie refused to let Fox News save him from himself as he doubled down on his misinformed opinion that…

10 years ago

With Clinton and Obama Inbound, Scott Walker is on the Ropes in Wisconsin

Gov. Scott Walker is reeling in Wisconsin. Will Tea Party extremism trump Clinton and Obama support for Mary Burke?

10 years ago

Chris Christie Advocates For Election Rigging By Republicans Controlling The “Voting Mechanism”

Christie may not have the anti-voter credentials of some of his Republican brethren, but he does not support the right…

10 years ago

U.S. Intel Failures Have Become the Latest Republican Benghazi Hoax

Led by Fox News (again), the mainstream media's reaction to Obama's admission of American intel failures has become the latest…

10 years ago

The Koch Brothers, ALEC and the GOP Are Trying To Win The Election By Destroying Democracy

Crucial to their success is Republicans' heavy dependence on one of the Koch brothers' legislative arms, the American Legislative Exchange…

10 years ago

Chris Christie Sides With the Koch Brothers on Climate Change

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie likes to pretend that he's a moderate, bipartisan straight-talker, but when it comes down to…

10 years ago

Republicans Faithfully Follow ALEC’s Refusal to Support Democracy

Over the past six years, at least, there has been a steady assault on democracy from state level Republicans with…

10 years ago

Republican Economic Policies Are Creating a Downgrade Frenzy In States Across The Country

The pattern is unmistakable; Republicans are ill-prepared to manage finances or an economy whether it is at the state or…

10 years ago

Chris Christie Condemns Democratic Process As Shocking And Underhanded

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was absolutely outraged that a bipartisan election commission in Illinois simplified the voting process that…

10 years ago

Chris Christie’s Donors Profit From Transferring New Jersey Pensions to Wall Street

Chris Christie is no stranger to questionable ethics and corruption, and although helping financial institutions profit to the tune of…

10 years ago

Paul, Santorum, Perry, Romney: Republicans Offer No Imagination for 2016

As Charlie Brown despairs from time to time, "Good Grief" or if times get truly stressful, "OH, Good Grief." From…

10 years ago

Conservative ‘Christians’ Show No Class By Placing Obama Figurines In Urinals At Conference

This week in Washington, DC, the Freedom and Faith Coalition is holding their Road to Majority conference. Basically, this is…

11 years ago

After Taking Down Scott Walker Prosecutors Are Closing In On Chris Christie

A bad day for Republicans just got worse. First, prosecutors in Wisconsin accused Republican Governor Scott Walker of running a…

11 years ago

GOP Carpetbagger Scott Brown Trails Democratic Incumbent By Double Digits In Senate Race

A new poll released Thursday by Suffolk University and the Boston Herald shows that Republican Scott Brown trails Sen. Jeanne…

11 years ago

Chris Christie Wants a More Aggressive Foreign Policy in Very Messy, Difficult Places

Acting as though he would know right from wrong, Christie said America is "the strongest moral power for what is…

11 years ago

Chris Christie Is Cooked as Former Campaign Manager Says Gov Knew About Bridgegate

As Chris Christie delusionally continues to believe that he can be president, his former campaign manager says that he personally…

11 years ago

Freedom? Republican Run States Are Now Telling People What They Can and Can’t Buy

In a relatively new form of Republican fascism and regulatory overreach, Republican states have told consumers what they can and…

11 years ago

The Law Firm That Cleared Chris Christie Donated $10 K to Republicans and 0 to Democrats

The same law firm that cleared Gov. Chris Christie of any wrongdoing in Bridgegate also donated $10,000 to the Christie…

11 years ago

The Right Blames Rachel Maddow For Chris Christie’s Record Low Approval Rating

According to the latest Monmouth University Poll, Chris Christie's approval rating has hit a new low, and some on the…

11 years ago

Chris Christie Makes Things Worse By Staging A Rigged Town Hall

Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie held his first town hall meeting with the state's citizens since the whole Bridgegate…

11 years ago

Hillary Clinton Way Ahead Of Every GOP Candidate In Battleground State Of Ohio

Quinnipiac University released a new poll on Thursday showing that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds double-digit leads on…

11 years ago

Election Thief Karl Rove Says Chris Christie Is What We Want In a President

On Fox News Sunday, Karl Rove claimed Chris Christie's scandals are a good thing that represent what the American people…

11 years ago

Chris Christie Says Income Equality is Mediocrity – Doesn’t Know Sh*t from Shinola

"You want income equality? That's mediocrity." That's Chris Christie being pragmatic

11 years ago

Sarah Palin Gets Dose Of Reality As Hillary Clinton Leads By 27 Points In 2016 Matchup

A poll released by McClatchy-Marist on Wednesday shows that former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds a…

11 years ago

Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough Cries As He Realizes Chris Christie is Lying

Both MSNBC hosts were openly upset and shocked about new revelations in the Christie investigation. After reading the headline of…

11 years ago

New Jersey Newspaper Apologizes For Endorsing Chris Christie For Governor In 2013

In its Sunday edition, the New Jersey Star-Ledger published an op-ed declaring that the paper is sorry for endorsing Chris…

11 years ago

ALEC Spearheads Effort To Steal From Employees to Give to Corporations

There is a concerted effort to raid public sector employee pensions to give corporations and the wealthy tax breaks that…

11 years ago

Compulsive Liar Mitt Romney Says Chris Christie Is Telling The Truth

Compulsive liar Mitt Romney was on CNN today standing up for Chris Christie and telling the world that just like…

11 years ago

Chris Christie Is Toast as Hillary Clinton Opens Up a 16 Point Lead In 2016 Match Up

A new CNN/ORC poll finds Chris Christie slipping further into the never going to be president netherworld, as Hillary Clinton…

11 years ago

Top NJ Democrat Tears Apart Rudy Giuliani’s Claim That Christie Probe Is A ‘Pile On’

This Sunday on Face The Nation, host Major Garrett had on both former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Democratic…

11 years ago

Republican 2016 Hopes Evaporate as David Wildstein Says Christie Knew About Bridgegate

The house of cards is crashing down around Chris Christie, and taking the Republicans best hope for 2016 with them,…

11 years ago

Chris Christie’s Presidential Hopes Dry Up as His Popularity Continues to Plummet

A new NBC/Marist poll shows that Chris Christie's net favorability ratings have dropped 23 percentage points since October 2013

11 years ago

Christie Scandal Grows As a Second Mayor Accuses Gov. of Hurting Citizens for Revenge

Things are getting worse for Chris Christie by the day, as the mayor of Elizabeth, NJ has come forward to…

11 years ago

The FBI Launches an Investigation Into Chris Christie Withholding Sandy Relief Funds

Chris Christie and his Lt. Governor are now the subjects of a federal investigation as the FBI is looking whether…

11 years ago

Ken Cuccinelli Calls Out Scandal-Ridden Christie And Asks Him To Resign As Head Of RGA

On Tuesday night's edition of CNN's Crossfire, former Virginia Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, called for New…

11 years ago

Chris Christie Will Use Inaugural Address To Pretend Nothing Has Happened

On Tuesday, Chris Christie will be inaugurated for his second term as New Jersey Governor. Of course, the past few…

11 years ago

Majority of Americans Now Think Christie is Lying About Involvement In Bridgegate

On Monday, Pew Research released its latest poll and it is only going from bad to worse for New Jersey…

11 years ago

Ted Cruz Would Get Absolutely Destroyed By Hillary Clinton in 2016 Per PPP Poll

In a poll released by Public Policy Polling on Thursday, New Hampshire voters favored Hillary Clinton overwhelmingly to Sen. Ted…

11 years ago

Christie Made Up a Job For David Wildstein At Port Authority Because of Friendship

CNN reported on Thursday evening that after Chris Christie was elected to his first term as Governor of New Jersey,…

11 years ago

Bridgegate’s Sinking Christie as NBC Poll Shows Hillary Clinton With a 13-Point Lead

Just last month, before the entire Bridgegate scandal unraveled, Christie trailed Hillary Clinton by only three points, 48-45. In this…

11 years ago

Christie’s 2016 Ambitions Disappearing as Poll Numbers Tumble In Wake of Latest Scandals

In a poll by Monmouth University/Asbury Park Press that was released on Monday, New Jersey Governor saw his approval and…

11 years ago

Chris Christie’s God Complex Makes Him More Deserving of Prison Than the Presidency

The real issue is not just whether Christie had a hand in closing lanes on the GWB, but his character,…

11 years ago

SCOTUS Tells Arizona’s Anti-Abortion Crusaders to Suck It Up

At issue is a Grand Canyon State law, passed in 2012, that prohibits most abortions, except in medical emergencies, after…

11 years ago

Chris Christie Caught With His Hand In the Sandy Relief Fund Cookie Jar

Things just keeping getting worse and worse for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. The Department of Housing and Urban Development…

11 years ago

Forget 2016 Christie Will Be Facing Impeachment If He Knew About Bridge Closures

The man leading the Bridgegate investigation, John Wisniewski said on Face The Nation that Gov. Chris Christie could be impeached…

11 years ago

Chris Christie Is So Doomed That Republicans Are Invoking Benghazi to Save Him

Chris Christie is in such big trouble that the only thing Republicans like RNC Chair Reince Priebus can do is…

11 years ago

Court of Opinion: How a Rift Over Judges May Have Caused Chris Christie’s BridgeGate

The latest theory surrounding BridgeGate involves Chris Christie's ongoing battle over state Supreme Court judges as the motivation behind the…

11 years ago

Obama Sees a Problem Says I Will Fix It. Christie Sees a Problem and Says Not My Fault.

Here is why Obama is a real leader. When the ACA website didn't work Obama apologized and said I will…

11 years ago

Limbaugh Says GOP Are ‘Like A Bunch Of Wildebeests’ For Not Coming To Christie’s Defense

As one would suspect, Rush Limbaugh totally lost his sh*t Thursday regarding the Chris Christie bridge scandal. For the most…

11 years ago

Fort Lee Mayor Tells Chris Christie Not To Visit Until The Investigation Is Over

Gov. Chris Christie had planned a photo op in Fort Lee today as part of make Bridgegate go away day,…

11 years ago

Chris Christie Self Destructs In Press Conference and Scapegoats Staff for Bridgegate

Instead of coming clean with all the information related to Bridgegate, Gov. Chris Christie used the press conference to self…

11 years ago

Jon Stewart Is Disappointed In Chris Christie’s Third-Rate Level Of Corruption

Stewart decided to go into detail about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's growing scandal over the politically motivated traffic jam…

11 years ago

Smoking Gun: Christie Aides Implicated in Retaliatory Bridge Closure

Documents released today implicate some of Chris Christie's top aides in the lane closures that created a traffic nightmare last…

11 years ago

Bumpy Ride: How Chris Christie’s Traffic Scandal May Wreck His Presidential Bid

Friday the 13th was a very unlucky day for Chris Christie. So unlucky, in fact, that it might cost him…

11 years ago

At Least One Institution is Thriving Under Our Divided Federal Government – Gangs!!!

Within a few years, there could be one million gang members in the U.S. Gangs are a refuge for children…

11 years ago

The Myth of Chris Christie Republican Savior Falls Apart During Fox News Interview

Chris Christie ducked and dodged questions as the idea that he will be the 2016 Republican savior fell apart on…

11 years ago

The Folks Who Gave us Rand Paul Think Chris Christie Won’t Hold Up to Scrutiny

The party that has offered us every kook who walks in off the street would really like to wish away…

11 years ago

Winners and Losers From Last Night’s Off-Off Year Elections

There were many winners and losers (and one who won and lost) in last night's elections, but the biggest winner…

11 years ago

Democrats Win a Few Big Races at the Expense of the Tea Party

Tuesday's election results included two big-city mayors and a Democrat displacing a wacky Republican in the Virginia governor's office.

11 years ago

Don’t Be Fooled Democrats: Days Before The Election Chris Christie Bullies a Teacher

Days before his reelection Chris Christie blew the lid off of his moderate Republican facade by blowing up at a…

11 years ago

The Body’s Impolitic (Again): Why Is Jesse Ventura Running For President?

Former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura is back in the headlines. He plans to run for President in 2016, if…

11 years ago

Virginia and New Jersey Democratic Voters Can’t Let Us Down

The rest of us are looking to Virginia and New Jersey voters to send Republicans the message the rest of…

11 years ago

It Turns Out Conservative Jews Don’t Like Chris Christie Either

Chris Christie has positioned himself outside of support from the Republican base, but also from liberals

11 years ago

Liberty Counsel Will Sue to Stop NJ Ban on Gay Conversion Therapy

What this lawsuit amounts to is that Liberty Counsel wants an exemption to the scientific underpinnings of our shared reality.

11 years ago

Chris Christie Signs Ban on Gay Conversion Therapy for Minors

By signing ban on gay conversion therapy for minors, Governor Chris Christie moves further from the lunatic Republican base

11 years ago

Sarah Palin and the Banality of Republican Evil

On behalf of those who are trampling their rights, Palin convinces people that somebody else is is responsible. She pronounces…

11 years ago

Getting Cray-Cray for God in Iowa – or Let’s Party Like it’s 2016

Though we're three-years-plus out from Election Day 2016, the Iowa clown car is fast filling up with those jockeying to…

11 years ago

Chris Christie Hammers Rand Paul As He Defends President Obama

Chris Christie went after Paul's libertarianism while defending Obama, igniting a war between the two sides of the Republican Party.

11 years ago

The GOP’s Peter King Leads the 2016 Charge as He Trashes His Fellow Republicans

What King is looking for in a 2016 Republican is a Muslim-hating hawk who can get behind some truly Bushian…

11 years ago

While Standing on Dry Land Thanks to Obama, Christie Criticizes President’s Leadership

While forgetting all about Hurricane Sandy, Gov. Chris Christie tried to rehab his image for 2016 by criticizing President Obama's…

12 years ago

Republicans Say Chris Christie Is Dead To Them After He Opts For Special Election

Republicans are livid at Gov. Chris Christie for holding a special election instead of appointing a Republican to fill Lautenberg's…

12 years ago

Chris Christie Sells Himself as a Moderate, but That’s Not Even Close to True

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and presidential hopeful has been casting himself as a jolly moderate. I invite you to…

12 years ago

Soledad O’Brien Calls Out the Hypocrisy of Republicans Refusing Aid to Sandy

Soledad O'Brien challenged Rep Mulvaney (R-SC) by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position, since no one demanded that the…

12 years ago

Out of Selfish Greed House Republicans Drag Their Feet On Sandy Relief

Sandy victims got a preview of the you're on your own mindset Republicans have advocated for the past four years,…

12 years ago

John Boehner’s F-Bomb to America

John Boehner, back to the wall, has come out swinging a middle finger, offering an F-bomb to Harry Reid and…

12 years ago