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Critics say tobacco candy geared towards kids

RJ Reynolds is test marketing new smokeless tobacco products in Ohio, Oregon and Indiana that are drawing fire from critics. The product comes in a dissolvable form that resembles candy. The product comes in the form of minty tobacco strips that resemble breath strips and dissolvable tablets that look and…

Mancow tells Olbermann: Waterboarding is torture

Countdown’s Keith Olbermann is joined by conservative Chicago radio jock Erich Muller whose voluntary submission to waterboarding changed his mind about whether the technique is torture. This video is from MSNBC’s Countdown, broadcast May 26, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Coulter: Sotomayor should be filibustered

Ann Coulter is recommending that Republicans in the Senate filibuster the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. ABC’s Diane Sawyer talked with Ann Coulter and James Carville about Sotomayor’s nomination. This video is from ABC’s Good Morning America, broadcast May 26, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Sen. Sessions: Supreme Court ‘sets the law’

Does the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee believe that the Supreme Court makes law? Sen. Jeff Sessions told MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough that the Supreme Court “sets the law for America.” This video is from MSNBC’s Morning Joe, broadcast May 26, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Turley ‘disappointed’ with Sotomayor nomination

Karl Rove says that liberals got what they want with the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. But if liberals are pleased Jonathan Turley expects the satisfaction will be short lived. “In terms of long-term satisfaction, she does not naturally suggest that she’s going to be the…

Rove: ‘Everybody gets what they want’ with Sotomayor pick

Karl Rove told Fox’s Jane Skinner that both Republicans and Democrats “get what they want” with the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court Justice. “The Republicans get a liberal judge who they can clearly depict as a liberal judge,” said Rove. This video is from Fox’s Live Desk,…

Obama nominates Sonya Sotomayor to Supreme Court

President Barack Obama announced his nomination of “an inspiring woman,” Judge Sonia Sotomayor, to the Supreme Court. This video is from CNN’s Newsroom, broadcast May 26, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Fox host: Obama picks Sotomayor to ‘appease the far left’

Judge Sonia Sotomayor is the most liberal choice President Barack Obama could have made for the Supreme Court, according to Fox legal analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano. “She is the most liberal of everybody on that group of the six or eight finalists,” said Napolitano. “It’s one thing to appease the…

Rove says Supreme Court pick is ‘precipitous’

Karl Rove thinks that the Obama administration hasn’t had enough time to check the background of their nominee to the Supreme Court. White House officials confirmed that President Obama will nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Rove told the Fox & Friends hosts that Sotomayor is an “unabashed liberal.” This video is…

Obama pays tribute to fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery

After laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery, President Barack Obama delivered remarks honoring fallen soldiers. This video is from MSNBC’s News Live, broadcast May 25, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…