2016 Iowa Caucus Recap: “Yuge” Results For Cons, Close Call For Coms

As I write this post, the final votes from Monday night’s Iowa caucus are still being tallied. Here are the results thus far: Republicans–99% reporting Democrats–95% reporting Conservatives had an exciting night with record turnout and Cruz winning with record … Continue reading

2016 Iowa Caucuses Open Thread

And so it begins…The adventure to determine who will be the next president of the United States starts tonight in Iowa. Here are the latest poll results: Republican Donald Trump 28% Ted Cruz 23% Marco Rubio 15% Ben Carson 10% … Continue reading

2016 NBC News-YouTube Democratic Debate Open Thread

Bill’s faithful wife Hillary. Larry David’s crazy cousin Bernie. That other white guy. Debate open thread. Live coverage starts at 8pm Eastern, 7pm Central, 6pm Mountain, 5pm Pacific, 3pm Hawai’i-Aleutian, 4am tomorrow Moscow. The debate itself begins an hour later. … Continue reading

The 2015 ABC News New Hampshire Democratic Debate Open Thread

Bernie. Hillary. That other guy. Third and final Democratic debate of the year. On ABC. Live televised programming starts at 8pm Eastern Time, 7pm Central, 6pm, Mountain, 5pm Pacific, 3pm Hawaii-Aleutian, and 9am Casey (Antarctica) Time, where they live in … Continue reading

Politics, Lies, and Ignored Caution in Blaming a YouTube Video

For those who missed it over the weekend, the House Select Committee on Benghazi released a significant email on Saturday by an unknown official at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya. The email was dated September 14th, 2012, three days … Continue reading

The Week So Far in -ists and -isms

In our neo-enlightened America, it seems that everything is -ist now, or select groups–sometimes all groups–are guilty of some form of -isming or -phobiaing. This week especially, and it’s only Wednesday. Here are a few examples of the -ismzzz we’ve … Continue reading

What Difference Will It Make? Benghazi Hearing Open Thread. The Finale, Maybe

I’ve been mostly disappointed while watching the Benghazi hearings. Not enough forcing her to answer direct questions. Too much of letting her give dissertations and campaign type speeches. Part One did have some excitement. Part Two was quite dull. Part … Continue reading

What Difference Will It Make? Benghazi Hearing Open Thread Parts Deux and Trois

Today’s Benghazi hearing featuring guest star Hillary Clinton will be broken down into four parts. Part one lasted a little over three hours. It’s gonna be a long day, folks! For those without cable, or who may be at work … Continue reading

What Difference Will It Make? Benghazi Hearing Open Thread Part 1

Today is the day for the long awaited testimony from Hillary Clinton in front of the Benghazi committee. This is not her first testimony in these hearings, but it is her first time since she was forced to turn over … Continue reading