Mr. Villaraigosa Goes to Washington

Feature: Potential cabinet replacement, friend of Charlie Sheen spouts clichés at the National Press Club
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa / AP

Standing in front of the klieg lights and news cameras at the National Press Club Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa fielded a tough question.

Tom Steyer’s Bet is Paying Off

Column: Meet one of Barack Obama’s richest green energy cronies
Tom Steyer / AP

Those curious to know how Washington functions in the era of Barack Obama would benefit from reading a Dec. 17 item by Al Kamen in the Washington Post. Its 333 words pretty much sum things up.

One Expensive Sunny Day

DNC host committee comes up $13M short
DNC logo

Last month’s Democratic National Convention ended up costing the DNC host committee a pretty penny. According to an Associated Press report, the DNC fell nearly $13 million short of its goal of raising $36.7 million for the Charlotte, N.C., event.

‘Bipartisan’ Board Donates to Dems Overwhelmingly

CFPB packed with staunch Democrats, few Republicans
Richard Cordray, President Obama / AP

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Consumer Advisory Board, which meets Thursday for the first time in St. Louis, contains numerous Democratic donors, including a member of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

Ed Koch: Obama not ‘Best President’ for Israel

Unfair demands made on Israel while Hamas gets a pass
Ed Koch / AP

Former Democratic New York Mayor Ed Koch recently expressed disappointment in President Obama’s treatment of Israel, telling a Jewish crowd last weekend that no one “can rightfully say that President Obama is the best president” for Israel.

Obama Flops

President's torpid, partisan acceptance speech fails to excite mainstream media, WFB analysis shows
Obama DNC hand

Barack Obama’s speech last night was met with broadly negative criticism throughout the media, a Washington Free Beacon analysis shows.

Democrats Got a Fevah…

…And the only prescription is more Biden
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CHARLOTTE — Just kidding: Democratic delegates and supporters in Charlotte are decidedly ambivalent about Joe Biden’s political future.

Muslim Democrats Not Happy About Platform Flap

Keith Ellison to WFB: 'I don't like your attitude'
Rep. Keith Ellison / AP

CHARLOTTE — Arab American leader James Zogby called the Democratic Party’s contested platform regarding Israel meaningless and bashed the party for “doing something so dumb” as to reinsert language declaring Jerusalem as the Jewish state’s capitol via a combative floor vote.

An Affair to Remember

John Kerry Hearts Bashar al-Assad
Bashar al-Assad, Sen. John Kerry / AP

When Sen. John Kerry (Mass.) takes the stage tonight to deliver the Democratic National Convention’s keynote foreign policy address, viewers will be listening to a man who over the past decade has been the highest-ranking apologist for Syria’s Assad regime in American politics.