Benghazi and the IRS: the curse of the second term is haunting Barack Obama
Does a second-term curse exist in American politics? Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George W Bush might think so – not to mention Richard Nixon, who didn't even see out his term. Barack Obama was...
View ArticleBarack Obama: even the mainstream media has given up on the hopey-changey stuff
There was a time when Obama couldn’t get a bad headline in this town. Now he’s the new Nixon. I dropped out of writing about US politics three weeks ago to finish a book and, on my return, I discover...
View ArticleVerizon scandal: Barack Obama's national security state is now beyond...
Those crazy American conspiracy theorists who live up trees with guns and drink their own pee don’t seem quite so crazy anymore. It turns out that a “secret court order” has empowered the US government...
View ArticleThe stunning decline of Barack Obama: 2013. Ten key reasons why the Obama...
The last few weeks have been among the worst of Barack Obama’s time in office, recalling earlier periods of turmoil for the president in 2010 and 2011, when his ratings also plummeted. In 2013, the...
View ArticleEdward Snowden has exposed both the ambition and the incompetence of Obama's...
They said that if you vote Romney you’ll get a return to George W Bush. Well, Romney may have lost in 2012 but people got Bush all the same – Obama has cheerfully continued and expanded the...
View ArticleHillary Clinton is worshipped on the awards circuit – but hides from...
The London think tank Chatham House has just recognised Hillary Clinton with its annual “Chatham House Prize,” in part for her “significant and impressive contribution to international diplomacy”. It’s...
View ArticleObama accused of misleading voters on Benghazi, Obamacare, Merkel. There's a...
We all expect presidents to be "economical with the truth" at least once in their career – but in the last few days Barack Obama's administration has been charged with telling no fewer than three fibs...
View ArticleCould Benghazi be Hillary Clinton’s Waterloo? Why the Libya killings still...
Rasmussen has released a striking new poll today on the Benghazi debacle and how it might impact Hillary Clinton’s likely candidacy in the 2016 presidential race. The poll comes in the wake of a CBS...
View ArticleWhat was Susan Rice thinking when she praised Bowe Bergdahl?
Susan Rice has done it again. Defending the deal that freed Sgt Bowe Bergdahl from the Taliban, the national security adviser declared that Bergdahl had "served the United States with honour and...
View ArticleMitt Romney was right about everything in 2012. So why not Romney 2016?
Will Mitt Romney please adopt me? The Romster has been blogging about a fantastic vacation he’s taken his grandchildren on across the southwest (go there before the barbarians cover it in cable cars)...
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