Gawker's John Cook on the much discussed lunch between President Obama and Mitt Romney in an article titled 'Barack Obama Ate Some White Turkey With a White Turkey Today': On the menu was "Southwestern grilled chicken salad," according to a readout released by the White House ...read more
More about my thoughts on the Democratic convention last night later, but this was pretty funny. From the Twitter blog: Among tonight’s keynotes, First Lady Michelle Obama’s (@MichelleObama) primetime speech peaked at 28,003 Tweets per minute (TPM) at its conclusion — nearly ...read more
by Ari Rutenberg Editor's Note: Ben Cohen is on vacation for a few days, so I'll been posting in his stead. Â If there are any topics of particular interest to readers that have not been covered, please let me know and I'll do my best to get something going. Â Also I love ...read more
The Daily Banter Headline Grab (via the Guardian): Mitt Romney has confirmed his selection of Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate, stating that he is "proud" to have the Wisconsin congressman on the Republican White House ticket. In a tweet sent out ahead of a ...read more
By Bob Cesca: Yesterday I wrote a column with the headline The Biggest Mitt Romney Lie (So Far). I specifically covered my ass with the parenthetical qualifier "so far" knowing that he'd one-up himself with another cynical whopper of a lie very, very soon. I had no idea it ...read more
By Chez Pazienza: Can we just finally admit that Mitt Romney is the worst candidate the GOP has offered up in, well, maybe ever? Is there anyone who still thinks Romney is anything more than one big walking punchline, an ongoing political disaster of Irwin Allen-esque ...read more
In case you missed it here's what we covered at The Daily Banter this week: After the awful events in Aurora, Colorado we looked at the complicated ways in which we make sense of tragedy, Bob argued that untreated mental illness pulled the trigger in Aurora, and Chez opined ...read more
This week on The Daily Banter, we looked at Mitt Romney's deceptive use of racist language, and broke down why the ongoing Bain Capital story is so important. We looked at the 'Money Honey' Maria Bartiromo's consistent disregard for the facts on Wall St scandals, and Chez asked ...read more
By Ben Cohen: There's a very creepy book called 'The Game' that every woman should read in order to protect herself from sleazy, desperate guys. Written by Neil Strauss, the book details the authors infiltration of a network of 'pickup artists' in Los Angeles who have ...read more
Another big week here at The Daily Banter (our biggest traffic so far!). In case you missed it, here's what we covered. We looked at what Mitt Romney's fundraiser at Dick Cheney's house means for his campaign, and argued that Romney is now adopting the racist 'Southern ...read more
By Bob Cesca: Somehow, the team of CG animators who work on the Mitt Romney uncanny valley animations that substitute for an actual Republican candidate continue to let this jittery, awkward proto-human speak without a carefully scripted speeches uploaded to his neural network. ...read more
This week at The Daily Banter, we looked at Mitt Romney's bold plan to tax the poor, and looked at a disturbing reason why Republicans believe in doing this. We asked why the GOP Presidential candidate wants to cut jobs for Fireman, teachers and the police, and unfortunately ...read more
A heads up to our readers, every Friday we'll be doing a brief roundup of the best stories here at The Daily Banter. This week we profiled arch conservative Grover Norquist's psychopathic view of society, and argued that Scott Walker's win in Wisconsin only proved that money ...read more
Welcome to this weeks edition of The Daily Banter Mail Bag!!! Today, Bob, Ben and Chez answer readers questions on the effect of Super PACs on the Democrats, what single issue grass roots movement we would support, and superstar Mayor Cory Booker's unfortunate snub to Obama ...read more
One of the memes I often have to repeat is, simply put, the Republican and conservative leadership routinely lies to its followers. I mean, outright lying on just about every issue. They tell their people that President Obama has doubled the deficit (he's reduced the deficit), ...read more
By Bob Cesca: Last week I wrote a column here about the president's record on the deficit. The responses I received from anti-Obama Republicans vividly illustrated the far-right's inability to grasp reality and, in their defense, the degree to which they've been deceived by ...read more
Welcome to this weeks edition of The Daily Banter Mail Bag! Today, we discuss the continued idiocy of austerity, whether there is a double standard when it comes to racism, and the point of Wolf Blitzer. The questions: Greece is about to default on its debt, Spain has 25% ...read more
Welcome to this weeks edition of The Daily Banter Mail Bag where Bob Cesca, Chez Pazienza and Ben Cohen answer questions from our readers! Today, we discuss the reasons behind the Right's denial of climate change, whether the Democrats would ever recover from a Republican ...read more
Mitt Romney will win all five Republican presidential primaries Tuesday night, completing a sweep of contests in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Delaware, CBS News projects. Romney boasted more than 50 percent of the vote in all five states, according to ...read more
By Ben Cohen: There are a worrying number of polls that show Republican nominee Mitt Romney being even with the President. In a normal economy, there is no way a candidate as dull as Romney would be anywhere close to Obama, but in today's fiscal mess, the race looks to be about ...read more
By Ben Cohen: I'd bet a significant amount of my own money that Mitt Romney will not be victorious in the 2012 Presidential election. But with a fragile economy and a breaking middle class, the possibility that Romney could pull an upset is not out of the question. And it is ...read more
By Ben Cohen: Now we know for certain that Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee for President this year, we can expect a brand new media circus over who he will pick for his running mate. We'll get fancy graphics, charts, polls, and hours of analysis from the pundits - ...read more
By Ben Cohen: The reason why Newt Gingrich never had a chance in the Republican Presidential primary wasn't because of his political views or even his lack of funding. Gingrich was destined to fail because every now and then, he spoke his mind. Before he decided to run for ...read more
By Bob Cesca: The big news of the last 24 hours isn't that Rick Santorum finally dropped out of the race for the Republican nomination, allowing Mitt Romney to focus his money and protocol droid attention on the general election. The truly big newsis the fact that Rick Santorum ...read more
By Ben Cohen: Finally, former Senator from Pennsylvania Rick Santorum has called it a day and suspended his Presidential campaign. This comes as no surprise as a win against Mitt Romney has been unthinkable for several weeks now given the discrepancy in funding and support from ...read more
With the general-election campaign beginning to take shape, President Obama holds clear advantages over Mitt Romney on personal attributes and a number of key issues, but remains vulnerable to discontent with the pace of the economic recovery, according to a new Washington ...read more
By Bob Cesca: Everyone thinks most politicians are absolutely full of shit. Too many Americans shrug off the political process under the assumption that politicians are liars and scam artists with little regard for their personal struggles and pet issues. So that's what voters ...read more
President Barack Obama's administration launched a multipronged assault on Mitt Romney's values and foreign policy credentials Sunday, while a fresh set of prominent Republicans rallied behind the GOP front-runner as the odds-on nominee, further signs the general election is ...read more
In this weeks mailbag we discuss the role of the Occupy Wall St movement in this years election, Chez's career at CNN, and the disastrous state of the Republican Party! The questions: Hey guys, wanted to know what you thought about the OWS movement. Do you think it has ...read more
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to The Daily Banter mailbag! In this weekly column, Bob Cesca, Ben Cohen and Chez Pazienza will answer mail sent in by readers. We'll pick the most concise, interesting and funny queries we receive and do our best to answer them! In this weeks ...read more
By Ben Cohen: Michael Scherer has a great article in Time Magazine on how much each of the Republican candidates spent vs. how many votes they have received in the primaries thus far. The breakdown: How much has the entire Romney campaign spent per vote received? $17.14, which ...read more
Mitt Romney tell CNN that he's not too fussed about Americans living in abject poverty: "By the way, I'm in this race because I care about Americans. I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I'll fix it. I'm not concerned about ...read more
