10.08.11 | 11:14 am
Paul Wins 2011 VVS Straw Poll

Results from the Values Voter Summit presidential and vice presidential straw polls here.

Ron Paul Wins Values Voter Straw Poll
10.08.11 | 11:05 am
10.08.11 | 10:41 am
Islamophobia’s Greatest Hits

Could conservative shock jock Bryan Fischer really be some kind of Sacha Baron Cohen routine? You almost have to think so after watching his performance at the Value Voters Summit. It was practically a highlights reel of “poisonous language,” as Mitt Romney rather tactfully put it.

Here’s a breathtaking video of what Fischer had to say about Muslims, which includes the line, “The more devout a Muslim becomes, the more of a threat he becomes to our national security.”

Not kidding. Watch it here.

10.08.11 | 9:33 am
The Mormon Card Comes Out

The Mormon card, for so long held hidden up the anti-Romney crowd’s collective sleeve, is now well and truly on the table.

Evan McMorris-Santoro reports on the pile-on here, while Ryan Reilly catches up with Romney detractor Bryan Fischer, who says the problem’s not that Romney is a Mormon, but that he’s not Mormon enough.