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President Obama has been this generation's Teflon president. Whether it's the poorly handled Benghazi attack and cover-up, NSA's information gathering, or the disastrous rollout of the Affordable Care Act, the blame has always rolled off the President's back. Even when the majority of Americans polled didn't want Obamacare and remain concerned about Washington's deficit spending, when Republicans tried to use the budget and debt fight to derail the Affordable Care Act, it was the GOP who received most of the blame for Washington's partial shutdown and debt-limit standoff. But with the mainline media coverage, it's amazing that citizens didn't hold...

In an interview with Politico, Senator Harry Reid argued that the media is being unfair to Democrats in its coverage of the shutdown. Reid said he believes that there is no way someone viewing the situation objectively could conclude that Democrats are at fault for the shutdown. You and other journalists have a real shortcoming in that you are trying so hard to be fair that you are unfair,” Reid said. “Democrats have had almost nothing to do with the problems here. It’s all Republicans.” *SNIP** Media Research Center, a conservative media-watchdog group, found that in 39 stories in the...

You know the punch line: A nuclear holocaust annihilates most of Western civilization, a resurrected Jesus Christ walks on water and the Chicago Cubs win the World Series, but in casinos everywhere ... gambling continues unabated. Yet, on Wednesday, the alluring jingle of slot machines fell quiet in Atlantic City. Dice stopped tumbling and shuffled decks of cards remained in their shoes. Games of chance were shut down, not because of an unforeseen catastrophe or a miracle, but over something completely predictable: an elected official seeking a tax increase. And the joke is on the residents of New Jersey. Gov....