Last week President Obama announced plans to remove all U.S. military forces from Iraq by year’s end, effectively ending the long and still questionably effective Iraq War. Over the weekend, numerous GOP leaders like Lindsey Graham and John McCain — and even some presidential candidates like Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann — predictably used the news to blame the Obama administration. Turns out that a rather significant detail had been overlooked by commenter and reporter alike: the withdrawal date had been agreed to by President George W. Bush. Enter Jon Stewart to make a mockery out of the story.

On Fox News Sunday this weekend, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) continued the tradition of politicizing foreign policy by accusing President Obama of politicizing foreign policy, telling anchor Chris Wallace that “Iraq and Afghanistan is being run out of Chicago, not Washington, in terms of decisions.” Graham also beat the familiar drum that “Israel has been thrown under the bus” by the administration, falsely claiming that the President’s “standing in the state of Israel is very low,” despite the fact that 81% of Israelis approve of his policies.

On CNN’s State of the Union today, Senator Lindsey Graham believed the presidential race would be decided by not just President Obama’s record in office, but the record and ideology of the Republican nominee.

On the heels of his cranky joint statement on Libya, Sen. John McCain showed up on Fox & Friends Tuesday morning with a considerably more clear-eyed outlook. Invited by co-host Brian Kilmeade to jump in on their “Obama is ‘Mission Accomplished’ Bush” party, McCain refused to play along, saying, “It’s over,” called waning dictator Muammar Gaddafi a “bloodthirsty murderer,” and threw cold water on the idea that the rebel government might be based on Sharia Law.

South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham spoke with Kilmeade and Friends today about the McConnell-Reid debt plan and, well. He didn’t seem terribly optimistic about the chances a debt deal will be reached by August 2nd.

Graham effectively told host Brian Kilmeade that the plan was dead, noting that “any plan that allows you to borrow $2 trillion and you only cut 1.4 doesn’t have a chance of passing.”

As the deadline looms for America defaulting on its national debt, the parties appear to not have inched any closer to a compromise. On State of the Union today, Sen. Lindsey Graham confirmed that he was sticking to the proposed “cut, cap, and balance” plan with very little wiggle room for compromise, and when asked whether he is prepared for the aftermath of the plan being shot down, he merely stated, “I’m focusing on Plan A.”

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham does not approve of President Obama’s latest foreign policy strategy, arguing that the President’s decision to withdraw 30,000 troops from Afghanistan “may have undercut the momentum’ we achieved in the last year. “Things were moving in the right direction,” Graham suggests, but now he believes all might be lost.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham agrees that President Obama has not been a decisive or clear leader when it comes to American involvement in Libya; however, he distinguishes himself in a major way from congressional Republicans like Speaker of the House John Boehner, who are suggesting the use of the War Powers Act to threaten an end to the Libyan military operation. Graham’s simple and blunt advice: “Congress should sort of shut up and not empower Gaddafi.”

While the worst (Donald Trump) may be behind us (or not!), the fate of the Republican Party in 2012 is about as stable and certain as a moment of peace on Real Housewives of New Jersey. But unlike that reality show, almost anyone with the right resources can hop into this race, and with that [...]

South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham (R) spoke to Fox News Radio’s “Kilmeade and Friends” this morning about the recent capture and death of Osama bin Laden – and, as it turns out, he has some pretty definite opinions about what the U.S. should have done with the terrorist leader’s body.

For one, Senator Graham thinks the U.S. definitely should release photographic evidence of bin Laden’s death – regardless of protocol stipulated by the Geneva Convention – albeit in a “sensitive way.”

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham appeared on State of the Union to discuss the apparent military stalemate in Libya between Gaddafi’s forces and the rebels. Graham acknowledged the mandate from the United Nations does not necessarily allow for more aggressive intervention by coalition forces, yet Graham firmly believed if more wasn’t done to aid the rebels soon then there would be no progress.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham appeared with Bob Schieffer and joined others in condemning the actions of the Koran burning Pastor. However, Graham took it a step further, hinting that he would like to see Congress consider actions to limit such free expression by the Pastor and others in the future.

American forces have joined the international community to impose a no fly zone in Libya, but some critics of President Obama are still not satisfied with his performance. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham appeared on Fox News Sunday and didn’t hesitate to suggest that many people have died while we waited to act and was curious why Obama treats international leadership like a “nuisance.”

It seems that Libya, Egypt, and Wisconsin may not be the only places where President Obama will need to address a full-on revolt– he’s losing major points with the hosts of MSNBC. First it was Cenk Uygur who took him out to dry for his silence on the Wisconsin union protests, and now Ed Schultz is demanding nothing less than a road trip, though he has the 2008 campaign trail soundbites to back up why he’s being demanding.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham appeared on State of the Union and regarding which Republican candidates for President he most favors as of now, suggested “I’m looking for the most conservative person who’s electable, and that person has yet to emerge.” Front-runners like former Governor Mitt Romney and former Speaker Newt Gingrich who have very much emerged already probably won’t be thrilled with Graham’s lukewarm response to their viability as candidates.

Senator Lindsey Graham appeared on Meet the Press and shared with host David Gregory his enthusiasm for welcoming new Tea Party influenced candidates to Washington. Graham also discussed his eagerness for tackling entitlement reform before dealing with the issue of raising the debt ceiling, a position Austan Goolsbee would probably consider “insanity.”

Yesterday Senator Lindsey Graham complained to Fox News radio that the GOP had effectively capitulated to the White House on a number of policies during the lame-duck session, that “wouldn’t have passed in the new Congress.” In fact, the last week and a half have been good to President Obama as he’s seen the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Education reform, and the anticipated ratifying of the START treaty. This morning ABC News’ Jake Tapper reports that this is all part of a new bipartisan approach from the White House that could spell more political victories to come.

There is a well accepted maxim in any sort of negotiation technique that states that its always best to let your adversary believe they’ve got the better end of the deal. This comes to mind after hearing the following interview between Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in which the Senator claims that it was Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) that got the better end of recent lame-duck session legislation, and not his own Grand Old Party.

In a speech on the Senate floor on Saturday, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham admitted that Republicans could have won more Senate seats in last month’s elections, but didn’t because “we made some pretty poor choices when it came to candidates,” he said of the GOP. Presumably, he was referring to some of the larger Republican losses last November, such as Christine O’Donnell in Delaware, Sharron Angle in Nevada, and Ken Buck in Colorado.

In advance of the major WikiLeaks dump anticipated to come out later today, Senators Claire McCaskill and Lindsey Graham took to Fox News Sunday to discuss the effects of the latest WikiLeaks dump. Both Senators agreed that those who are behind the leaks should be prosecuted.

This morning on ABC’s This Week, Senator Lindsey Graham told host Christiane Amanpour that he viewed 2014, not 2011, as the real target for the US’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Over the weekend, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina warned the crowd at an International Security Forum in Canada that he felt the Iranian regime is growing more dangerous, and that the US should take action — even military action — to ‘neuter’ the Iranian regime.

In an article dramatically titled “As the World Burns,” Ryan Lizza gives readers of The New Yorker a lengthy account of Washington’s inept handling of climate change issues. Lizza also paints an unflattering portrait of Sen. Lindsey Graham, revealing that the Republican tried to expedite a climate change bill “before Fox News got wind of the fact that this was serious process.”

Homeland Security Chief (and former Arizona Governor) Janet Napolitano made a guest appearance in today’s White House Press Briefing, and was asked about the issue of birthright citizenship and efforts to consider repealing the 14th Amendment as a means to reform illegal immigration. The issue has been in the news a fair amount lately, particularly [...]

In an interview on Fox News’ today, Senator Lindsey Graham reaffirmed his desire to repeal the 14th Amendment of the constitution which allows children of illegal immigrants to become naturalized citizens of the U.S. While Graham provides a reasonably well-measured and logical explanation of his interest in changing the constitution, he did reveal, perhaps hyperbolically, a greater concern with people “swimming across the river, having children here.”