As we move through the 2014 mid-term election year, I can’t help but remember my 2012 Democratic National Convention interview with Clarence Page. And because in it, Mr. Page, when I asked him to compare…
PoliticoA New Jersey Democrat stepped down from the so-called “Bridgegate” investigation committee Friday after coming under fire for calling on GOP Gov. Chris Christie to consider resigning over the traffic jam scandal. Republicans had pointed…
Fort Worth Star TelegramWASHINGTON — Dallas is a finalist competing with seven other cities to host the Republican presidential nomination convention in 2016 — a huge event expected to draw 50,000 delegates, thousands of journalists…
CBS 11DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Big things happen in Dallas and this might be one of the biggest yet. The Republic National Party announced today Dallas is one of the eight finalist cities to host their…
Las Vegas SunLas Vegas is on a short list of eight cities still in the running for the 2016 Republican National Convention. In a tweet this morning, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus announced the eight cities…
Las Vegas Review-JournalThe event would be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center if the city wins the right to host, under the proposal offered by the Las Vegas Host Committee. The event could generate…
Denver Post (blog)The swipe came during a series of exchanges in the debate hosted by The Denver Post. Republicans will pick their standard-bearer in the June 24 party primary. Buck said the campaign mistakes he…
Dallas Morning NewsWASHINGTON — Touting the element of surprise, Dallas leaders finalized the city’s bid Tuesday for the 2016 Republican convention — an ambitious plan hatched quietly only a few weeks ago. They offered few…
Convention center is Las Vegas‘ pick for 2016 Republican conventionLas Vegas Review-JournalThe 2016 Republican National Convention will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center if the city wins the right to host the nationally…
Live: Denver Post hosts GOP senatorial debateDenver PostMark Aspiri, Ken Buck, Owen Hill, Tom Janich, Amy Stephens and Floyd Trujillo will be at the Denver Post auditorium Tuesday Feb. 25 for the GOP U.S. Senatorial…
New York Daily NewsThe GOP is showering Chris Christie with love as the New Jersey governor’s popularity tanks in his home state. A new poll showed his job approval numbers tumbled to 50%, down from…
Denver PostDenver’s bid for the 2016 Republican National Convention became official Monday — spelled out on hundreds of pages of high-tech synthetic paper that won’t tear and housed in a leather case similar to a…
KREX News Channel 5WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Nation’s Governors have convened in Washington, D.C. for the NGA Annual Winter Meeting, hosted by Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin. Governors will be discussing issues affecting states, sharing innovative…
CBS LocalDENVER (AP) — Colorado’s two Democratic Senators on Friday urged Republicans to hold their next national convention in the Mile-High City, saying it would give delegates the chance to “experience the amazing quality of…
The Denver ChannelDENVER – Colorado Republican party chairman Ryan Call reveals to 7NEWS the key downtown venues at the center of a plan to bring the 2016 Republican National Convention to Denver. The proposal will…
CNN (blog)Washington (CNN) – It appears the controversies New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s dealing with back in the Garden State haven’t affected his standing as one of the GOP’s most potent fundraising rainmakers. As Christie…
Capital New YorkLast week was not a good one for New York City mayor Bill de Blasio’s push for a tax-funded pre-K expansion, or, by extension, for the proposal’s biggest champion in Albany, Jeff Klein….
New York Times (blog)Public schools in New York City are open; field trips are canceled. CUNY colleges are open, too. Many public school districts in the region are closed or opening late, though. So are…
The “#MyRightWingBiracialFamily social media effort was started by conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, and where she used social media to start a campaign encouraging conservatives who are in biracial families to post pictures of them is…
CNN (blog)Washington (CNN) – Rep. Michael Grimm, R-New York, defended his actions late Tuesday night after he physically threatened a NY1 News reporter at the Capitol. “I verbally took the reporter to task and told…
Las Vegas SunAnne Stone of Republicans for Choice talks with Luke Stancil, 16, of North Carolina (center) and Sean Harrington, 20, of Arlington, Mass. (left) at a table in the larger Las Vegas 2016 wifi…
Washington PostBURBANK, Calif. — House Speaker John Boehner says he likes his life too much to run for president. Making his first appearance Thursday night on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” Boehner twice gave…
Washington Post (blog)Christie’s office not only denied Zimmer’s allegations — and CNN documented the fact that her story had changed somewhat from an interview last week — but also took the time to blast the…
New York Daily NewsThe mayor of Hoboken, N.J., doubled down Sunday on her allegations against New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, saying she got a “direct message from the governor” that he would hold up millions…
Huffington PostHouston Mayor Annise Parker tied the knot with longtime partner Kathy Hubbard in a Jan. 16 ceremony in Palm Springs, Calif. ABC Eyewitness News 13 reports that the couple was married before an intimate…
USA TODAYPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The chiefs of CNN and Fox News Channel are throwing shots at each other, each suggesting the other’s network is essentially out of the news business. Fox News Chairman Roger…
New York Daily NewsCNN honcho Jeff Zucker blasted Fox News Channel boss Roger Ailes Friday, branding the former Nixon consultant’s cable network as the Republican Party’s headquarters. “I think we all know what’s going on…
TIMERepublican House members argued that a New York Times investigation into the 2012 attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, was inaccurate. The report, published Saturday, contends that local militias — not al-Qaeda —…
Las Vegas to GOP: Place your bets on us for 2016USA TODAYLAS VEGAS — Tech and gadget junkies flock here annually by the thousands. So do the people who make auto parts, broadcast the news,…
Entertainment WeeklyThe Robertson clan is sticking together. In a new twist to the Duck Dynasty controversy, the family behind A&E’s hit series released a statement saying they “cannot imagine” doing the unscripted show without patriarch…
Martin Bashir resigned from MSNBC because he suggested that someone crap down Sarah Palin’s mouth. While some of you think that Sarah Palin had it coming to her, what bugs me about the whole deal…
Jeff Zucker, the still-new President of CNN even though he’s into his first year on the job (time flies) is poised to kill Atlanta-based CNN as we know it. Zucker told Mike Allen and Alex…
What is going on with the sudden expressions of racism and sexism by white folks, mostly men, in media and online of late? First we have NFL Player Richie Incognito using the n-word to address…
The government shutdown is underway, and all because the Republicans, primarily in the House of Representatives, are upset that The Affordable Care Act, called “Obamacare,” is not only now the law of the land, but…
Ted Cruz, the junior United States Senator from Texas, is so outrageous I think of him as a Congressman. Senator Cruz fancies himself something of a darling of what he thinks is the intellectual right,…
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court, on a 5-4 vote, in deciding the case Shelby County v. Holder, elected to basically kill the Voting Rights Act, and put the whole deal in the lap of…
Texas State Senator Wendy Davis is a new political star for Democrats, after her successful 13-hour filibuster of a sweeping GOP anti-abortion bill. Thanks to the powerful voices of thousands of Texans, #SB5 is dead….
Edward Snowden’s visit to countries that have had issues with the United States continues. After leaving Hong Kong this morning, and with the aide of WikiLeaks members, Edward Snowden arrived in Moscow and is spending…
UPDATE: Marissa Powell headed to New York City. UPDATE: Marissa Powell shines on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Marissa Powell, Miss Utah of 2013, caught the viral flame at Sunday’s Miss USA Pageant and because she gave…
The White House has released a large file of emails related to the controversial Benghazi U.S. Embassy attacks on September 11th and September 12th of 2012. We have them here at Zennie62.com in this blog…
Say, NFL, looks like Senator Tom Coburn may be pissed you’re not giving enough money to the GOP. The NFL is a private, non-profit organization. Repeat: the NFL is a private, non-profit organization. Once more:…
Senator Harry Reid (D) Nevada led a group of red-state Senate Democrats who, Senator Reid says, will not back a gun control bill with an assault weapons ban in it, so he took the provision…
The Rand Paul Filibuster has catapulted the Kentucky Senator into American History forever. It’s also served to rip the Republican Party apart. Senator Rand Paul’s 13 hours of filibuster on drones and with respect to…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCWtvWJHlbE I met Paul Ryan (R) Wisconsin while boarding United Airlines flight 621 from Washington Reagan National Airport. Actually, as I was boarding he came up and said, in a hurry, “this is the flight,…
You read that correctly. According to Gawker, House Republicans (you know, the GOP), are meeting at a former slave plantation, and with a CNN Commentator as one of their participants, to talk about how to…
Not waiting for President Obama to act, New York Governor Andrew Quomo has signed a stronger state-wide gun law into action. The new legislation will fortify New York State’s existing assault weapons ban, limit the…
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy President Barack Obama was on NBC’s Meet The Press this morning to talk with show host David Gregory about the “Fiscal Cliff” negotiations…
Olivia Culpo is the 2012 Miss Universe winner, and became the first American to do so since 1997 when she was crowned at Planet Hollywood last Wednesday in Las Vegas. Olivia Culpo, a Boston University…
John Boehner’s games during the “Fiscal Cliff” negotiations bring up thoughts of one Lisbeth Lyons. Ms. Lyons gained fame in late 2010 for being so close to GOP Speaker Of The House John Boehner that…
This has to be noted. Between Herman Cain, the black GOP business exec who ran for President, Alan West, another black GOP man who made it to Congress in 2010, only to lose in 2012,…
Ok, now that Election 2012 is history, it’s time to pick out our winners and losers. Some of them will be unexpected people you’ve never heard of, others will be characters, of several kinds. It…
Donald Trump, the New York real estate mogul and connoisseur of the finer things in life, has gone off and had a complete cow because Barack Obama was reelected as President Of The United States….
Wow. Let that sink in: “Barack Obama Reelected 44th President Of The United States.” President Obama won reelection gaining 303 electoral votes to 206 for Governor Mitt Romney. Obama also won the popular vote, but…
As we move toward Election Day 2012, the stars are out for the reelection of President Barack Obama. According to Twitter celebrities like Jay-Z, Olivia Munn, Kerry Washington, Bruce Springsteen, Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman, Katy…
This Jon Husted guy (pictured), the Ohio GOP Secretary Of State, is just not a good person in the view of this blogger. Husted, for years the darling of white supremacists at the website Stormfront,…
Thomas Peterffy’s a name you’ve probably never heard of until a run of pro-GOP ads that have been played again and again on YouTube and on CNN. The ad starts out with “I grew up…
Zennie62 outlined how House GOP leaders worked to diminish the President’s ability to use military action in Libya, where Benghazi is located. Now, comes a Washington Post report from 2011 reporting that Secretary of State…
Lost in the Fox News-led, right-wing desire to pin the Benghazi tragedy on President Obama is the fact that in 2011, House Republicans led several efforts to prevent or curb Barack Obama from having the…
The Zennie62 blog and video accusing GOP Presidential Candidate Gov. Mitt Romney of illegal voter intimidation was confirmed by lawyers today. Here’s the video: And this is the part of the law that Mitt Romney…
“Mitt Romney Investor In Ohio Voting Machines.” Again: Mitt Romney Investor In Ohio Voting Machines. That’s news is unbelievable, but it’s true according to the many media sources distributing this story. Think about it: Former…
