Jeff Poor

On Tuesday night’s “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher explained how the GOP field has whittled itself down from nine candidates to four, and offered some choice words for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. (more)

In an interview on Russia Today with Gayane Chichakyan on Tuesday, former MSNBC contributor Pat Buchanan warned that some people in positions of power in Israel and the United States that would like to see the U.S. engaged in a war with Iran over its potential to build a nuclear weapon. (more)

There have been differing interpretations of what exactly a piece of legislation being debated in the state of Virginia would require of a woman before she could have an abortion. (more)

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC host Ed Schultz’s radio show, Media Matters for America founder David Brock finally broke his silence about The Daily Caller’s investigative series on the liberal media watchdog organization's tactics. (more)

On Tuesday's Fox Business Network simulcast of the “Imus in the Morning” radio program, CNN contributor James Carville told host Don Imus that though President Barack Obama may lose re-election because of an event, he will not lose it because of the Republican candidate. (more)

Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul rarely gives his presidential competitors credit for anything and readily admits he disagrees with them on pretty much everything, but on Sunday’s “State of the Union” on CNN, Paul did find something he admires about former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney: management style. (more)

On Sunday’s “State of the Union” on CNN, former Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann she said that President Barack Obama's foreign policy positions are his greatest weakness, and that Republicans shouldn’t be overly concerned about the heightened attacks among the candidates in the remaining GOP field. (more)

Michelle Obama’s pet project as first lady has been to campaign for healthier diets to fight obesity, and the cast on Saturday’s “SNL” on NBC had a little fun at her expense. (more)

“The O’Reilly Factor” host Bill O’Reilly got a taste of Kenan Thompson character DeAndre Cole on this week's “Saturday Night Live" on  NBC. The segment, “What’s Up With That?,” spoofed BET. (more)

On his HBO show Friday, “Real Time” host Bill Maher offered his audience a theory about why President Obama is treated with less respect than others who have held his office, and said that his life would be threatened if he "had sex with a White House intern on Easter." (more)

Friday on HBO during “Real Time with Bill Maher,” former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer broke with liberal tradition, saying the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was the right call. (more)

On “Inside Washington” Saturday, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer offered a contrarian view on the bipartisan agreement expected to allow for the extension of payroll tax cuts. An agreement many are hailing as the way Washington ought to work all the time. (more)

On his Friday show, “Hardball” host Chris Matthews offered an unexpected tribute to Pat Buchanan, who he had worked with at MSNBC for the last 10 years. Although on the opposite end of the political spectrum from Buchanan, Matthews echoed the sentiments of MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, telling his viewers that he would miss the conservative commentator. (more)

On Friday’s “Sean Hannity” radio program, now-former MSNBC contributor Pat Buchanan elaborated on his departure from the network he had been with for a decade. According to Buchanan, it wasn’t that he was looking to leave MSNBC, but had his hand forced. (more)

In an essay for The American Conservative posted on Thursday, now-former MSNBC contributor Pat Buchanan announced that his days at the cable news network “had come to an end,” and criticized two organizations he said were making the push for his departure: Color of Change and the embattled left-wing media watchdog Media Matters. (more)

Over the past few days, President Barack Obama has been on the trail promoting his budget proposal, while his administration has been the target of attacks for announcing a contraception mandate. However, missing in large part from the president’s speeches has been any sort of public criticism of the regime in charge of Syria and its brutal crackdown on anti-government opposition. (more)

Not even the so-called “phony soldiers” controversy which led to the attack of Rush Limbaugh, and propagated by Media Matters, has caused its conservative counterpart the Media Research Center to challenge its purpose. But revelations about Media Matters in recent days have changed that. (more)

On Wednesday’s "Special Report Online" segment on FoxNews.com, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said that if Israel decides to attack Iran in order to thwart its development of nuclear weapons, the collateral damage wouldn't start a third world war. (more)

It can happen to the best of reporters when on deadline, but it can be lesson as well. (more)

In 2008, Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz came out in favor of then-Sen. Barack Obama in his presidential election contest with Arizona Sen. John McCain. He said Obama and McCain had similar positions on Israel, but gave the nod to Obama because of his liberal stance on things “unrelated to Israel.” (more)