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About Cheryl Carpenter Klimek

Cheryl Carpenter Klimek has been a political consultant handling public affairs and PAC management for nearly 20 years. Cheryl can be reached by email at Cheryl@bizpacreview.com & on Twitter @CherylBPR

Look out GOP, Graham predicts ‘plus 70 votes’ for immigration reform

Lindsey Graham on immigration reform

While the number of news show appearances for Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., seems to be increasing, the number of Republicans listening to him seems to be exponentially decreasing. But GOP voters better take heed, he’s sending a message. “I think we’re going to have a political breakthrough, that Congress is going to pass immigration reform,” [...]

Glenn Beck, Vladimir Putin react to soldier eating enemy’s heart in Syrian video

Beck Putin

It’s not a good sign when a conservative talk show host and a Communist Russian president are saying nearly the same thing. But that appears to have happened over the weekend. On Friday, Glenn Beck, the talk show host, spoke about the viral video of a Syrian rebel eating a slain man’s heart, noting it [...]

OFA uses daughter of slain Sandy Hook principal for shameful email

Organizing For America

In the spirit of never letting a crisis go to waste, the Organizing for America group isn’t letting the anniversary of a crisis go to waste either. OFA, formerly Obama for America and the campaign organization behind President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, sent an email to supporters from the daughter of the principal who was [...]

Monica Crowley battles Dem leader on Obama scandals

Monica Crowley on scandals 1

Sitting in as guest host of the O’Reilly Factor on Friday night, Monica Crowley gave a blistering rundown of the scandals plaguing the White House and questioned the lack of attention to them by the president. Crowley went up against former South Carolina Democratic Chairman Dick Harpootlian quoting poll numbers and the declining popularity of [...]

African jaunt not enough – Obamas to visit Ireland, Germany first

Obamas on vacation

Word was out earlier this week that the Obamas have a big African trip planned later this month. But first – it’s off to Ireland and Germany. President Obama will be in Northern Ireland for the G8 Summit where he’ll speak on their peace process in Belfast. But Michelle and the girls will be off [...]

NV governor snubs NYC mayor’s threats, vetoes anti-gun bill

navada mayor Sandoval

Last week, the Nevada legislature passed a radical gun bill which the governor pledged to veto. In spite of interference and threats from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Mayors Against Illegal Guns group, Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoed the bill as promised. The main sticking point was that private citizens in Nevada selling firearms [...]

Obamas’ trip to Africa will cost over $60 million, but they canceled the safari

Obama safari

No, the White House tours have not been reinstated. But the Obamas are taking a jaunt to South Africa and Tansania, and yes, taxpayers are picking up the tab. One that is estimated to run from $60 to $100 million, according to a report by the Washington Post. There is a price to keeping the president safe, [...]

PC toy police strike again, Lego figures too ‘angry’

Lego angry minifigure

Leave it to academia to decide that toys are too angry. According to a study of thousands of Lego figures, their faces have gone from mostly happy, to increasingly angry over the past twenty years. The first Lego figures were all smiling, as life in Legoland was simple and without conflict. But according to a report in [...]

Deputy CIA director responsible for Benghazi talking points edits resigns

Michael Morrell CIA

The deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency Michael Morell resigned on Wednesday, and according to a release from the White House, he already has been replaced by former White House counsel and legal advisor to the State Department, Avril Haines. Morrell recently was revealed as the person who signed off on the edits to [...]

‘Transparent’ Obama holds off-the-record, secret session with reporters

Obama hush

While it’s not unusual for White House officials to hold “background briefing sessions” where information can be reported, but not directly quoted, it is highly unusual for the president to make an appearance. And even more unusual about the session held on Monday, was the fact that it was deemed to be “off-the-record” before it [...]