There's an entire industry based of pumping out columns blaming "both sides" for the state of America's descent in fascism. David Brooks, Chris Cillizza, David Brooks, Joe Scarborough, David Fucking Brooks, and, at least until Trump, Thomas Friedman. All of them make a very fine ...read more

As a rule, the words "Donald Trump" and "intellectual clarity" should never, ever be in the same sentence. That is unless you are a deranged political hack with delusions of grandeur like Newt Gingrich who has hitched what is left of his media career to shilling for the most ...read more

If you want to know how serious the implications of FBI’s special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into president Trump's alleged obstruction of justice are, just take a look at Newt Gingrich's twitter feed.  Gingrich, one of the (relatively) more sane Trump stooges in ...read more

As we plummet even further into the hellscape known as Donald Trump's America - where Nazis feel emboldened enough to say, "Hey! Quit picking on us just because we're Nazis!" - we've already watched as Republican senators sharpened their knives right in front of former FBI ...read more

We already knew the conservative movement was in a lot of trouble but we're starting to get a clear picture of just how broken it is. Even before the Congressional Budget Office scored the Republican atrocity masquerading as a "healthcare" bill, the Trump administration was ...read more

Since Trump won his illegitimate election, he's spent his time getting into twitter fights, going on an ego-boosting victory tour and breaking just about every single campaign promise he made. He's not building a wall. He's not "locking her up". He's not repealing Obamacare on ...read more

Last week reports surfaced that President-elect Donald Trump has no intention of following the rules of the federal government when it comes to his family's role in the administration. According to multiple sources, the incoming president has decided to place his daughter Ivanka ...read more

President-elect Donald Trump recently said that he has no interest in appointing a special prosecutor to go after Hillary Clinton for the big nothing-burger email controversy that Republicans have been salivating over for the last year. His decision to not waste taxpayer dollars ...read more

Newt Gingrich, the family values Republican who cheated on his cancer ridden wife, went on Megyn Kelly's show last night to accuse the Fox host of being "fascinated by sex" and not interested in "the issues".   Apparently taking cues from his candidate's rapidly imploding ...read more

For those still remaining in the 2016 Veepstakes pool, here are a couple of shining examples of how not to do it. Sadly, our first contestant is Secretary of Labor Tom Perez, whose resume' is already a challenge, and who was doing pretty well until Chuck Todd asked him for his ...read more

One of the fundamental problems modern Republicans have is their irrational hatred for the federal government. Traditionally, conservatives have been skeptical about the government's ability to solve peoples problems but never opposed to its existence. Fast forward to the 21st ...read more

After labeling Michael Sam's live kiss on ESPN 'disgusting', Newt Gingrich told a panel of hosts on CNN’s Crossfire last weekthat gays should be more tolerant of those who are intolerant towards them. Discussing a tweet from former NFL player Derrick Ward who condemned the kiss ...read more

You really can't make this stuff up. Here's one of the GOP's wise old men and self-described "amateur paleontologist" (underscore "amateur") discussing the Earth's climate during the age of the dinosaurs. “The age of the dinosaurs was dramatically warmer than this is right now ...read more

“I am a neoconservative. But at some point, even if you are a neoconservative, you need to take deep breath to ask if our strategies in Middle East have succeeded...It may be that our capacity to export democracy is a lot more limited than we thought." - Newt Gingrich speaking ...read more

This weekend sees the return of HBO's epic television series Game of Thrones. Those who are still uninitiated in the wheeling-and-dealings of the Seven Kingdoms must look upon their friends' excited talk of 'the Dothraki' or 'the Night's Watch' with a mix of confusion and ...read more

By Ben Cohen: It's fairly clear that the Republican Party is in a state of serious disarray after getting hammered in the general election. The once unified party has begun to crack at the seams, fracturing over issues that were once untouchable cornerstones of Republican ...read more

The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From TPM: Newt Gingrich called out Mitt Romney on Sunday for backing off his promise to cut taxes on the wealthy after winning the Republican nomination. “I think it’s clear he changed,” Gingrich said on NBC’s “Meet The Press” roundtable, ...read more

You've got to give it to Gingrich - the man's ability to leap from astute political timing to disastrous miscalculation is nothing short of astonishing. Gingrich was once the Republican front runner until his fantasies about moon colonies and the enormity of his intellect ...read more

Welcome to this week's edition of The Daily Banter Mailbag! Today, Bob, Ben and Chez discuss the insider secret that Obama's victory is almost guaranteed, whether the latest edition of 'The Newsroom' was in bad taste and how crazy Romney would be to pick Newt Gingrich as his ...read more

By Bob Cesca: You can tell it's August in a general election year because Republican A-listers are jumping through Flaming Hoops of Crazy in order to be considered for the job of wingnut red meat chucker for the next four years. Take Newt Gingrich for example. Since he ...read more

by Matt Isaacs, Lowell Bergman and Stephen Engelberg: A decade ago gambling magnate and leading Republican donor Sheldon Adelson looked at a desolate spit of land in Macau and imagined a glittering strip of casinos, hotels and malls. Where competitors saw obstacles, including ...read more

The Romney camp is offering supporters a chance to “Dine with The Donald,” according to a new fundraising missive. “Donate today and you are eligible for a chance to win: Airport transportation in the Trump vehicle;” a “stay at the Trump International Hotel & Tower New York;” a ...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

By Bob Cesca: Yesterday, Mitt Romney received another pulse-poundingly enthusiastic endorsement. This time from former President George W. Bush, who could barely contain his incurable case of Romney Fever when he said: "I'm for Mitt Romney." And that was all. It kind of ...read more

By Bob Cesca: Shepard Smith was mostly right about politics. It's weird and creepy and doesn't have much of an attachment to reality. I totally get it. It's difficult to observe the day-to-day events from Washington without eventually becoming disillusioned by the apparent ...read more

Newt Gingrich finally ended his Republican presidential candidacy Wednesday, unbowed and with a backhanded endorsement of the party's presumptive nominee. Flanked by members of his family at a suburban Virginia hotel, the former House speaker said he would work to elect ...read more

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is expected to suspend his campaign next week and endorse Mitt Romney, his spokesman has said. Mr Gingrich now says he expects Mr Romney, who won five primaries on Tuesday, to be the Republican nominee. The campaigns are said to ...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: 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

In this week's mailbag we discuss whether the media should apologize for subjecting us to a 24/7 GOP primary circus, Jon Stewart's continued assertion that there is equivalency between Democrats and Republicans, and whether we miss Rick Santorum or not! The questions: Would you ...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

Newt Gingrich’s blistering attack on Fox News, in which the former House speaker accused the network of favoring Mitt Romney in its coverage, has drawn the ire of at least one of its on-air personalities. “I think Fox has been for Romney all the way through,” Gingrich said ...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

In this weeks mailbag, we talk about the reasons behind the Republican Party's extremism, the implosion of Newt Gingrich and who we'd rather be stuck on a desert island with - Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin or Ann Coulter!! The questions: Why do you think the Republican Party ...read more

By Kim Barker: He may be in last place when it comes to delegates, but when it comes to filing expense reports with the FEC, Ron Paul beats everyone. His campaign's hyper-vigilance is notable, verging on fanatical. Every bank fee, every 22 cents at a FedEx, every $1 toll on ...read more

Mitt Romney has taken a stride closer to the Republican presidential nomination by winning primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington DC. He routed his main rival Rick Santorum in Maryland, although his projected margin of victory looked leaner in Wisconsin. Mr Santorum, ...read more

Newt Gingrich is dramatically curtailing his campaign schedule, laying off about a third of his staff and dismissing his campaign manager as he focuses on a last-ditch effort to win the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention. Gingrich's strategy hinges on ...read more

Nobody knows what really happened during the tragic shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida last month. As the facts stand, it doesn't look too good for the shooter, George Zimmerman. Martin was unarmed and was on the phone to his girlfriend at the time of the ...read more

By Daniel Victor: Every local broadcast station has a repository of documents about political advertising that you have a legal right to see but can do so only by going to the station and asking to see "the public file." These paper files contain detailed data on all political ...read more

Illinois Republicans delivered a decisive victory to Mitt Romney in the state's presidential primary Tuesday, crushing Rick Santorum in what amounted to the first big-state head-to-head contest among the front-runners for the GOP nomination. With 98 percent of the state's ...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: Watching Mitt Romney attempt to 'connect' with voters is akin to watching your Grandfather parallel parking. No matter how hard they try, it never quite works and everyone is left feeling a little embarrassed at the end of it. 'Never mind Grandpa' I used to say as ...read more

Rick Santorum won Tuesday's Alabama and Mississippi GOP presidential primaries, with Southern conservatives again rejecting Mitt Romney, who earlier in the day said Santorum's campaign was reaching a "desperate end." Newt Gingrich, who had staked his campaign on a Southern ...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

Here's a quick guide to what's at stake next Tuesday in the GOP primary: • Alaska—26 delegates, caucus • Georgia—76 delegates, primary • Idaho—32 delegates, caucus • Massachusetts—41 delegates, primary • North Dakota—28 delegates, caucus • Ohio—66 delegates, primary • ...read more

By Ben Cohen: Watching the Presidential election take shape in modern times is a painful process. I have been following US elections closely for 12 years and each time have been astonished at the spectacle. While half the country lives with chronic food insecurity, billions of ...read more