WJS-NBC News poll is a winner for Trump.

45% - Highest during his first term 

taken during

NBC first released this story, took it down and rewrote it. In the end, this article is a worse indictment of the Administration on ObamaCare than the original article. Hats off to NBC.

Here is the conclusion to the NBC news story:  

“This says that when they made the promise, they knew half the people in this market outright couldn’t keep what they had and then they wrote the rules so that others couldn’t make it either,” said  Robert Laszewski, of Health Policy and Strategy Associates, a consultant who works for health industry firms. Laszewski estimates that 80 percent of those in the individual market [14 to 16 million Americans ~ blog editor] will not be able to keep their current policies and will have to buy insurance that meets requirements of the new law, which generally requires a richer package of benefits than most policies today. . . . . .     

You will definitely want to read the full article found at NBC.com.    Turns out that the Ted Cruz Republicans were right,  all along;  that the shutdown as centered in the demand to repeal or delay ObamaCare was the righteous thing to do;  that RINO's such as John McCain have done nothing to solve the problem inherent in the excessive spending of this new law and its 18 new taxes.  And now,  years after the bill was signed into law  (March 23, 2010), NBC pretends to care about the truth.  

I guess I should say,  "Better late than never,"  but in this case,  great damage has already been done.

Hard times for the radicals at NBC. They can't even attract the know-nothings in the 18-49 year demographic. he he he.

An already bad month is getting worse for NBC. For the first time in sweeps history, the network is projected to finish fifth in the key adults 18-49 demographic. That’s a crushing blow for NBC, which went from flying high in November with a sweep win & Steve Burke breaking his usual silence last fall to brag to the New York Timesabout the network’s performance to its shows cratering and ratings plunging. From the beginning of the February sweep on January 31 through February 19, NBC has averaged a 1.2 rating among adults 18-49. That’s below the 1.5 that Univisionhas been averaging so far over the 20 night of the sweep period. In fact, Univision has bested NBC every single night of the sweep so far among adults 18-49 and is poised to overtake NBC for its first fourth-place sweep finish in the demo. While this isn’t the first time Univision has topped one of the Big Three  . . . . . . . .Deadline.com

The truth about Newts ethics violation. Now you know. Someone needs to tell Romney.

While on the campaign trail,  today,  Mitt Romney pretended that Newt is guilty of  stretching the truth when it comes to details about ethics sanctions, in 1994.   Speaking of Gingrich and his so-called "Speaker scandal," Romney reminded his audience of Newt's claim to be a historian.  He then followed that reminder with this comment, "But he [Newt] doesn't get to rewrite history." Mitt then used that statement as a segue to a more potent rhetorical attack on Newt and,  in so doing,   Romney, himself,   rewrote the record on the supposed "Speaker scandal" of 1997.  In mounting his attack, Mitt presented the "facts" of the scandal as reported by Tom Brokaw,  NBC newscaster,  himself a partisan hack from the Left.  The video is the 30 second portion of the NBC broadcast used by Romney in his current campaign against Gingrich.  

You should know that NBC and Tom Brokaw have demanded that Romney cease and desist from the use of this video blub.  You should also know that NBC continues to run the video,  themselves, doing their part to help Obama to another victory.   

More importantly,  we now have enough reliable information as regards the Newt "Speaker scandal"  to know that it is a falsified story, for the most part.  This post will give the truth of this matter as substantiated by liberals and conservatives alike.  Just tonight, on the Judge Jeanine show (Jan 29,2012, FoxNews),  guests from both sides of the aisle agreed that the Brokaw report was inaccurate and Romney's reiteration of the NBC report is unfair. 

You have the Brokaw misrepresentation,  and,  here are the facts: 

Gingrich came into the Speakership because of the 1994 sweep of the House and Senate, by the GOP,  a victory that was more the doing of Newt Gingrich than any other single politician of the day.

Let that fact sink in for just a moment.  

This was the first time in 40 years the Democrats did not "rule the roost"  and they were as vindictive and angry,  then, as they are today.  Newt was literally hated by the Democrat minority which included an embittered Nancy Pelosi. Just 10 years after this reprimand,  she would take over the Speakership of the House (1997) and rule the House as a dictator.  In 2011 she was accused of insider trading in which she and her husband took in more than $200,000 in profits.    But,  I digress.

Back to Newt.  Again, the 1990's conservative revolution was more the handiwork of Gingrich than any other Republican..    

 That is a fact.  As a result,  he was elected Speaker and began the task of implementing his "Contract with America."  He was hardly the poster boy for the Establishment GOP and,  with the passing of time,  became very unpopular with that wing of the party,  as well.  

As a side bar,  you should know that in 1989,  Newt orchestrated events in the House that lead to the resignation of, then,  Speaker,  Jim Wright (D-TX). The 1997 vote was retaliation for that circumstance as well as the Gingrich lead defeat of the Democrats in the midterm elections of  '94.  

Understand that there are sanctions,  reprimands, and censor available to the Ethics Committee when dealing with  so-called ethics violations.  "Sanctions" are the least critical and this is what all four Democrats and three of the four Republicans voted to enforce.  There was no “fine,”   as Newt's enemies call it.  Rather,  Newt agreed to reimburse the committee for part of the cost of the investigation and his share was $300,000.

The charge,  itself,  had to do with the notion that Newt had received money from a GOPAC fund, as pay for a college course Gingrich taught.  What is never mentioned in the telling of this tale,  is the fact that the IRS did,  in fact,  investigate this charge,  a charge that amounted to embezzlement,  and found the Speaker completely innocent.  Also, Newt's enemies fail to mention that he ran for Speaker in 1998,  a year following the conclusion of the "scandal,"  and won re-election.  He resigned in 1999 because the victory did not include enough of a majority to overcome the Democrat opposition.  Gingrich had done all that he could,  and resigned his membership in the House and moved into the private sector.   A related article in the Washington Post gives confirmation to all this.    

By now,  in this primary campaign,  Mitt Romney should know the truth of the matter,  but he continues to tell the Tom Bokaw version.  In my opinion,  such is a deliberate lie and Romney should move away from this story line.  

A little truth talk about corporate dollars and the Democrat Party.

A few days ago, this week, it was reported that News Corps donated a million dollars to the GOP. That donation was made in or before the month of August. It made news because a thin-skinned Obama, via his party minions, was critical of the donation in spite of the fact that NBC and Comcast have both contributed to Democrat front organizations. We are told that all of this is perfectly legal and above board. Understand that GE owns the NBC/MSNBC news network, so who controls who ??

One of the greatest American myths of our day is that the Dems are not tied to corporate money . . . . . such is a flat-out lie. Prior to the most recent contribution, News Corps' political donations have been split between the Dems (with 54% ) and the GOP (with 46%) . It is the worst kind of hypocrisy to pretend that they, the Dems, reject corporate funding. Understand that before the 2002 McCain/Feingold campaign finance reforms, the Democrat Party took in millions from unions and corporate donations. Even after the campaign reforms of 2002, hundreds of liberal and Marxist groups not governed by campaign law received corporate money and funneled those donations into the coffers of the Marxist run party - again, all of it legal. In fact, part of the Dem's funding strategies is the creation of hundreds of tax-exempt organizations created for the sole purpose of funneling money into the DNC. There are many more such organizations collecting for the Dems than for the Republicans.

Keep in mind this little unknown fact: of the 770 million dollars raised by the Obama campaign, only $178 million came from small and private donors (approximately 3.5 million individuals in total). What of the remaining funding? At least $400 million came from entities that remain unknown to this day. So let's not allow the Dems to pretend they are the party of the people to the exclusion of big money. The Dems are owned by the green corporate world at all levels, trial lawyers and nearly every large union in the country.

Of course the Republicans are not "pure" in this regard, either. But it is a disgraceful lie to pretend that the Dems are not in bed with big big money.

Major network news lost another three quarter of a million views. FoxNews increased.

The new ratings-totals for 2009-2010 network evening news season are in and "the news" isn't good. Compared to the same period last year, "NBC Nightly News" ABC's "World News" and the "CBS Evening News" have lost a combined 739,000 Total Viewers and a combined 338,000 A25-54 viewers.

"Nightly News with Brian Williams," which finished #1 for the 14th consecutive season, lost the least: -138K while Katie Couric's CBS program, lost the most: -343K. "World News" which saw Charles Gibson anchor the first few months of the season, and Diane Sawyer picking up in December, lost the most younger viewers: -221K (2.351M in 08-09 v. 2.130 in 09-10).

In the end, it is obvious that network news is out of step with the American people as it functions in defense of the Democrat Party. Few see this as their primary function and the networks are paying for their continuing Progressive bias.

On the other hand, FoxNews is having a record year with more people watching that news service than all other cable news outlets combined.

The more conservative Wall Street Journal is the only major print paper increasing its profit margin and readership.

Here at Midknight Review, we have several pages listed on our blog including a "Palin Page," as well as pages dedicated to Obama and Michelle. We have maybe two or three "hits" per month on the Obama sites compared to yesterday, alone, of 70 hits for the Palin Page. That speaks volumes as to the thinking of the nation.

Point of post: we must not forget that the Progressive agenda is losing steam AND support. Conversely, the conservative agenda is well under way.