On today's edition of Daily Rundown, Chuck Todd predicted that Governor Chris Christie's medical records will be 2016's version of Mitt Romney's tax returns. Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post argued that Christie's weight was completely relevant to his presidential prospects, and Chuck Todd agreed.
A massive fight
broke out in Ukraine's
parliament yesterday. The UK's
Daily Telegraph caught the incident
on camera. One of the members of parliament delivered what the Wall Street Journal described as "maybe the most vigorous punch
to the groin ever caught on camera." The punch can be seen around the 1:05
mark. HT Drudge
Current TV host Cenk Uygur came unhinged on the issue of gun
control during a discussion with gun rights advocate Alan Gottlieb. After his “facts” were beaten by Gottlieb Ungur
argued that Gottlieb believed that gang members should own guns and that Iran should
have a nuclear weapon. Finally, Uygur screamed “rights my ass!” and “you want
to make killing more efficient” at Gottlieb. HT Fox…
Speaker Boehner took a page from Paul Ryan’s playbook, using
a graph created by the House Budget Committee to highlight the Republican case
that the federal government has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. He accused the president of a lack of
seriousness on spending, and used the graph to demonstrate why he believes the
revenue increases proposed by President Obama will not deal with…
Andy Sullivan, a union advocate, defended the union thug who attacked Stephen Crowder. Sullivan accused Crowder of provoking the assault and accused Crowder of overhyping the attack on the AFP tent. Crowder did not kindly to this, and issued a verbal beatdown to Sullivan.
MRCTV and
CNSNews.com's government carol "The 12 Ways of Spending" was featured
on Fox & Friends this morning. Anchor Brian Kilmeade
interviewed Eric Scheiner, senior video producer for CNSNews.com, was interviewed about
the new take on the Christmas classic.
Chris Matthews began tonight's episode of Hardball by alledging that the media covered for Republicans in the last election to appear fair. He criticized the media for failing to bash the "far right." Matthews then congratulated himself for attacking Republicans by playing a montage of himself bashing conservatives. Chris Matthews honestly believes that he is the only truth-teller and that…
MSNBC contributor Goldie Taylor stated that the criticism of Jamie Foxx for his joke about the greatness of killing white people was merely anger over a black president. Taylor then argued that accurately quoting Foxx was catering to racists who wanted to kill President Obama.
Barbara Walters asked New Jersey Governor Chris Christie if he was too overweight to be president. Governor Christie flatly dismissed the question, but Walters defended her question on today's edition of Good Morning America. HT Washington
Examiner
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stated that the Fed will keep the interest rates extremely low until unemployment drops to 6.5%, a switch from the previous interest rate determinations based on date. However, he stated that the Fed may not raise the rates after unemployment hits that number. Bernanke predicted that unemployment would not drop below 6.5% until mid-2015, and that inflation…