| John Batchelor Show

Benghazi and the Swing States

The national likely-voter polls continue to show a distinct advantage toward Mitt Romney, while the state polls of critical swing states, OH, VA, NH, show strength for POTUS. What can explain this disconnect? Am told that the last week will see the independents decide the race in OH as they...
October 28, 2012 0

Fiasco

Spoke Larry Johnson, Reza Kahlili, in re the Benghazi events of 9-11-12, and the continuing revelations of why the White House, State and other voices did not dispatch military assistance to the requests for support over several hours. Larry Johnson publishes an update of the facts we have so...
October 27, 2012 0

"By the way, you skipped Israel"

The Romney team immediately posts a video called "Apology Tour" that flags POTUS Obama's concerted disregard for the US alliance with Israel these last four years. The line that Mr. Romney slipped in last evening when explaining the "apology tour" was "by the way you skipped Israel," and this...
October 24, 2012 0

Romney Peacenik

Spoke Mona Charen, Mary Kissel, Salena Zito, Lara Brown, David Drucker, Brett Arends, Bill Roggio, Arif Rafiq, John Fund, Gordon Chang, Reza Kahlili, Kori Schake, Gene Countrymen in re the final presidential debate and learned that the general opinion was the Mr. Romney presented a careful,...
October 23, 2012 0

Signs, Signs, Signs

Variety of reports both metrics and anecdotes pointing to Lord Momentum for the Romney-Ryan ticket. From Iowa, in addition to the handsome crop sign (above) of Romney to the rescue, there is anecdote that Romney is polling very well ahead in both the solid Republican CD of Steve King and in the...
October 22, 2012 0

Grand Bargain

Spoke to Larry Kudlow on his CNBC Kudlow Report in re the taunting by Iran President Ahmadinejad (left with the Supreme leader, September 2011) that the US is a second-rate power with a grotesque debt load. Larry Kudlow asked if the US is under threat of terror attack on our financial...
October 19, 2012 0

The Devils and Fidel Castro

Spoke Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ, re the rumor from Cuba-watchers and from Havana sources that Fidel Castro is dead and that the Cuban regime is covering up the fact in order to prepare a transition. Mary O'Grady says the report came from a well-sourced Venezuela journalist Nelson Bocaranda...
October 18, 2012 0

"Act of terror"

The second presidential debate provided the candidates with several instances to exchange their disagreements, however the detail that most attracts my reading at this point is the Benghazi question that came up nearly 75 minutes into the event. It turned on Mitt Romney arguing that POTUS Obama...
October 17, 2012 0

Playing Defense 3 A.M.

Hillary Clinton from Peru goes on the video record to claim. "I take responsibility; I'm in charge of the State Department, sixty thousand..." for the Benghazi fail of September 11. Puzzle at the HRC decision, the night before the presidential debate, to stand in the way of the blame for...
October 16, 2012 0

Counterattack

(Photo: Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri calls the protesters against The Innocence of Muslims 'honest and zealous'. Image Credit: AFP/Getty Images) Lindsey Graham of South Carolina speaks to Bob Schieffer of Face the Nation with a rush of probing questions and observations about the Benghazi...
October 15, 2012 0