The president, however, has not shunned Wall Street. He has courted financial executives for campaign donations, including inviting them to a campaign gathering at the White House. He has attracted more money for his campaign and for the Democratic National Committee from financial firm employees than all of the GOP candidates combined — a total [...]
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Bill Clinton on Pres. Obama
The Washington Post on former Pres. Bill Clinton’s new book: Bill Clinton has advice, and some criticism, for President Obama in new book “The Democrats did not counter the national Republican message with one of their own,” Clinton writes of the Democratic losses in 2010. “There was no national advertising campaign to explain and defend [...]
Herman Cain Saw Sexual Harassment Law as Way for ‘Opportunists’ to ‘Make Some Money’
The 1991 federal law on sexual harassment is pretty simple: the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which, among other things, provides monetary damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination (EEOC). Herman Cain in his job at NRA had other worries and it wasn’t about the women. Under Herman Cain, NRA launched sex harassment fight “This [...]
Queer Talk: The good, the bad and the unctuous
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. I know, it’s simplistic to devise neat little categories like good, bad and unctuous. And at one point, I had to expand my story selections, because so many of them were ending up in the unctuous and oily section. There’s something about “the homosexuals” and [...]
“Obama throws Mardi Gras beads to the left and gold bracelets to the right”
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Things I’ve heard, repeatedly, from some people who identify as Democrats, particularly as related to voting in the presidential election: 1) A vote for any third party is a vote for the Republican candidate; 2) Any kind of “protest” / third party vote is a [...]
Herman Cain Scandal Enters Quid Pro Quo Territory
Tit for tat. This for that. You like your job, sweetheart? Prove it. That’s the latest allegation swirling around Herman Cain as the week closes out. Politico is now reporting the possibility of quid pro quo, sex to keep her job. The woman in question, roughly 30 years old at the time and working in [...]
Nate Silver Plays Provacateur
Silver’s post, Is Obama Toast? Handicapping the 2012 Election, is unlikely to make many Democrats happy. Below are snippets, but read his full analysis. A THREE-FACTOR MODEL CASE STUDY NO. 1: ROMNEY AND STAGNANT ECONOMY Obama approval rating in November 2011: 43% G.D.P. growth in 2012: 0% Probability of winning the popular vote: Romney: 83%, [...]
National Restaurant Assoc. to Issue Statement Tomorrow
**UPDATED** “Our outside counsel was contacted by Mr. Bennett today and was asked to provide a response to a proposed statement by tomorrow afternoon,” said Sue Hensley, Senior Vice President for Public Affairs Communications for the National Restaurant Association. “We are currently reviewing the document, and we plan to respond tomorrow.” – National Restaurant Association [...]
House Dems Fail to Avert W.H. Subpoena of Solyndra Documents
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook The above segment is from September. It was the first clue that Solyndra wasn’t going away. The fawning Jonathan Alter evidently doesn’t watch or pay attention to the Jon Stewart standard. Alter should have waited a [...]
Popcorn for Breakfast: The Herman Cain Blame Game Brawl
**UPDATED** The Cain campaign seems stuck on stupid, should never have engaged in the blame game when everyone was defending him, and now is not only going to further harm his own credibility, but will potentially hurt the credibility of a lot of other good people when the women start speaking. And they will start [...]
CBPP: Republican Deficit Plan Offers ‘Minuscule Revenue’
chart via TPM The full headline from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is this: Republican Plan Contains Minuscule Revenue Increase Alongside Deep Cuts in Medicare and Medicaid. It’s the story on what the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (aka the “supercommittee”) is planning and proposing. But get this, Republicans also consider increases [...]
Are Iowans Rubes?
**UPDATED** While Herman Cain struggled for a second day in Washington to push back against sexual harassment allegations, the high political drama almost went unmentioned Tuesday in one of the most important courts of public opinion — Iowa. On the campaign trail, on local conservative talk radio and in conversations among activists, Republicans here have [...]
Herman Cain is ‘Bad-mouthing the Two Complainants’
“It is just frustrating that Herman Cain is going around bad-mouthing the two complainants, and my client is blocked by a confidentiality agreement,” Bennett said. “The National Restaurant Association ought to release them and allow them to respond.” – Lawyer: Cain accuser wants to tell her side of story Herman Cain’s troubles just got worse. [...]
Why Would Anyone Vote Republican Today?
The above graphic is compliments of Virginia Republicans, though it really could have come from any GOP office today. When you look at the anti-democratic actions of Ohio’s Gov. John Kasich, or Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin, not to mention the war on women being waged by right-wing zealots across our country, it’s amazing that [...]
Herman Cain Ensnares Rush Limbaugh
The bigger the ego the harder they fall and Rush Limbaugh fell all the way today. This was a very bad day for Herman Cain who made a classic mistake. He thought he could best good reporters given money and time, with a fine editor on their side, something that proves how arrogant Mr. Cain [...]
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