Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) took time out from imprisoning heroic nurses against their will to celebrate the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy by screaming at and eye-murdering a constituent in Belmar yesterday. Liberal SuperPAC American Bridge 21st Century captured the ...read more
Newark Mayor Cory Booker sailed to victory in the Democratic primary last week, which surprised no one though about four people voted and that's always a bit sad so now he is on to the general which will be on October 16, 2013. So who is his GOP opponent? So glad you asked! I ...read more
Do you watch Morning Joe? You should start. Congressman Peter King (R-NY) just called out Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) big time for coming out against aid for Sandy victims. He has done this before and has been rebuked by the GOP House leadership but he remains really, really, ...read more
Welcome to this week's edition of The Daily Banter Mailbag! Today, Bob, Ben and Chez discuss John Boehner's political future, the tone-deaf Republicans and resolutions for 2013! The questions: 1) I hope this one gets in in time to make the mailbag, but how the fuck did Boehner ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From Yahoo! News: After a late-night decision from House Republicans to delay a vote to provide billions of dollars in relief to states hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy, House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday attempted to tamp down a backlash, ...read more
By Bob Cesca: Last week, Michael Calderone of The Huffington Postpublished an extensive item on MSNBC's alleged pro-Obama, pro-Democratic Party bias, as well as network president Phil Griffin's defensiveness about the conventional wisdom's perception of his programming. I ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From AP: ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Top political leaders in New York put their heads together Monday on big requests for federal disaster aid as Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that Superstorm Sandy ran up a bill of $32 billion in the state and the ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From Reuters: NEW YORK/SEASIDE HEIGHTS, New Jersey (Reuters) - Rescuers searched flooded homes for survivors, drivers lined up for hours to get scarce gasoline and millions remained without power on Thursday as New York City and nearby towns ...read more
By Bob Cesca: I've been extraordinarily critical of Chris Christie since he first emerged as a gubernatorial candidate in New Jersey back in 2010. In most cases, I feel that my criticism has been valid (though I sometimes regret the, shall we say, more ad hominem attacks). ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From AP: BRIGANTINE, N.J. -- President Barack Obama is telling people recovering from Sandy's devastation along New Jersey's coastline that "we are here for you, and we will not forget." Obama joined New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and other ...read more
By Chez Pazienza: I'll make this kind of quick since I'm slammed with work right now and I'm trying to ensure that I manage to get out from behind my desk for Halloween tonight. (For the record, since I spend all my time staring at my computer, contemplating politics and ...read more
By Bob Cesca: Earlier this month, I wrote about the Cuban Missile Crisis as a critical leadership test for our presidential candidates. How would each candidate, Mitt Romney and President Obama, have reacted in the event of a confrontation in which the slightest error or ...read more
While President Obama has stopped campaigning for President in order to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Mitt Romney has decided to pretend to stop campaigning while actually continuing to campaign and do lots of photo ops of him pretending to help the disaster ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From Yahoo! News: Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on New York City on Monday, reportedly killing one person, causing a crane to collapse and the facade of a four-story building to crumble. NBC4 in New York reported a 30-year-old man died when a ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From AP: NEW YORK (AP) — Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city's historic waterfront, flooded the financial district and subway tunnels and cut power to nearly a million people. The city had ...read more
By Chez Pazienza: Well, if you wanted a surprise just before the election, you got one: a late-October hurricane that practically defies explanation and description, a once-in-a-lifetime superstorm named Sandy. The storm is now pummeling the Eastern Seaboard, bringing ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From Christian Science Monitor: Hurricane Sandy has scrambled the last week of the presidential race, upsetting campaign schedules, putting both President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney off-message, and raising doubts about Election ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From The AP: NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Sandy lashed the central Bahamas on Thursday night with violent winds and torrential rains, after raging through the Caribbean where it caused at least 21 deaths and forced postponement of a hearing ...read more
