By Bronwyn's Harbor on Dec 15, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Catch tonight’s debate on Fox News, beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET. You can also watch online at Fox News’s Web site. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com In the accompanying article — “High Stakes, High Drama for Final Debate Before Voting Begins” — there is some juicy material and some great writing (the reporter, Chris [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Dec 15, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
NOTE: We’ll live blog tonight’s GOP presidential debate at 9 p.m. ET. From Rasmussen Report’s “Iowa: Romney 23%, Gingrich 20%, Paul 18%“: For the fifth straight survey, the GOP field has a new frontrunner in Iowa. On this first release video, Scott Rasmussen reveals Mitt Romney as the new frontrunner in the Iowa Caucus. …
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Dec 14, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
I tell you, there are times when I bury my face in my hands and just HOWL. Because we have a president who — SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME! — in all seriousness “asked” Iran to please, pretty please, return our drone. BELOW THE FOLD, you’ll get to see the views of Google’s executive [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Dec 14, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Portions of a TV news discussion about Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama … TB: It’s in Newt’s favor that he’s been an operator. That he’s been in Congress. That he actually knows how to do the cut and thrust of politics, which people don’t feel that they don’t have about Obama now. JS: [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Dec 10, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
(The Gingrich update is at the end and, yes, it’s about his remarks on Palestine.) Tonight’s debate airs on ABC at 9 p.m. ET/PT with all candidates except former governors Jon Huntsman, Gary Johnson and Buddy Roemer, because their poll numbers are deemed too low. The debate is airing on your local ABC channel at [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Dec 8, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
I woke up at 3:30 a.m. and have been roaming the Web … here are some of the good, the bad and the ugly stories I’ve run into today. Share your own finds below. * “New Romney Ad Turns Up Heat on Gingrich,” AP/NYT — here, Mitt is attacking some of Gingrich’s most flagrant flaws, [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Dec 7, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Now that he leads GOP presidential primary polls, Newt Gingrich’s opponents are busily dredging up ethical and personal scandals that occurred when he was Speaker of the House (1995 to 1999) and represented Georgia’s 6th congressional district (1979 to 1999). But Newt has been readying himself. Writes an Esquire reporter, “In the twelve years since [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Dec 2, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Here’s Obama’s smackdown on the rest of us Americans — “Obama: My kids will succeed, even if USA doesn’t,” at the Washington Examiner’s blog, Beltway Confidential: “Our kids are going to be fine,” Obama told supporters at a campaign event last night. “And I always tell Malia and Sasha, look, you guys, I don’t worry [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Nov 22, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Have at ‘em! Bring coffee to stay awake during Wolfie’s questions …
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Nov 9, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Of all the news stories linked at Google News, this won because its message slapped me in the face — “Republicans to Debate in Jobs-starved Michigan.” The eight will be together tonight …
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Nov 8, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
This is one of those skinny open threads, purposely so.
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Nov 8, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
U P D A T E : KEY LINKS: Jon Huntsman President 2012 || NYT Story: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : END OF UPDATE : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Nov 7, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Memeorandum lists this USA Today article as the top story of its voluminous listings of the news stories on today’s shocker press conference by a Chicago woman who hired the ever-dignified, publicity-shy Gloria Allred*: “Woman: Herman Cain put hand up my skirt“ — USAToday
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Nov 1, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
But for Cain’s saga, well told by Larry, this video would’ve been Monday’s “it” story. As she greeted trick or treaters last night, Morning Joe‘s Mika 3Zs said parents told her the Cain story was “boring” and they clamored for more about Rick. (P.S. Those last frames … how I bet he hoped that that [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Nov 1, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
From the NY Post’s suggestively titled “Occupy Ball Street“: