“Well, first of all this is a campaign about the 100 percent and over the last several years you’ve seen greater and greater divisiveness in this country. We had hoped to come back together, but instead you’ve seen us pull apart and politics has driven us apart in some respects. My campaign is about the [...]
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Romney: “Middle Income” is $200,000 – $250,000
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Watch More News Videos at ABC | 2012 Presidential Election | Entertainment & Celebrity News IN AN INTERVIEW with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News, Mitt Romney argued that “middle income is $200,000 to $250,000 and less.” This was in response to Stephanopoulos citing $100,000 as the cut off, [...]
Day Two of Chicago Teachers Union Strike
THE ANSWER to the question asked during the strike’s first day on Monday was answered in Wisconsin by Democrats who fielded an anti-union candidate in Tom Barrett. It was seconded during President Obama’s first term when he put no weight behind EFCA. But it shouldn’t be discounted the support in the jobs act for police [...]
Ann Romney’s Complaining in Interviews Reveals Team Romney Ineptitude
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “Anyone else find it odd that Mitt’s pollster put out a state-of-the race memo this morning that was almost entirely devoid of polling data?” – David Axelrod ANN ROMNEY DESERVED better. But after what happened with Sarah Palin, who made plenty of mistakes [...]
Top Story: Democrats Prepare to Celebrate in Anti Union North Carolina
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “Labor has no place to go.” – Chris Hayes WHAT WOULD Democrats be without labor? Where would they be? What would the American middle class look like without unions? Before we met, my own husband was in a situation for many years in [...]
Juan Williams: Ann Romney Looked Like a “Corporate Wife”
YOU COULD ALMOST hear the jaws of the Fox News Channel panel hitting the floor when Juan Williams made the statement. The case being made by Ann Romney was lost on Williams and other Democrats who are mightily fighting to finish off Mitt Romney. “But — but let me say this to every American [...]
Ann Romney and Gov. Chris Christie Take Center Stage Tonight
POLAR OPPOSITES in temperament and purpose, Mrs. Romney and Gov. Christie begin the case for Mitt Romney. Ann Romney will deliver the heart. Chris Christie will bring the muscle. Mrs. Romney’s role so far hasn’t quite worked out as expected. She’s gotten caught up in defending her husband on issues that aren’t her purview, with [...]
Reward Offered for Text of Obama’s Pacific Free Trade Agreement
At this point, it’s not really possible to discuss the merits of the TPP since the governments are keeping the proposed text a secret from the public. Only the negotiators themselves and a select group of corporate partners have access to the actual document. The top executives at General Electric, Goldman Sachs, and Pfizer probably [...]
Duopoly Convention Entertainment: Act I, The Tampa Tea Party
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. I’ve written about the 2012 Republican and Democratic Conventions for a while now, as a focus of planned Occupy and related protests, as a part of the Duopoly system, and most recently, as related to security in Bipartisan Police State Planning for Party Conventions. Among [...]
Bill Clinton, Shadow Candidate in the 2012 Election
In his stump speeches, Obama frequently credits Clinton-era policies for the strong economy in the ’90s, arguing the country fared well under Clinton because he “understood what it takes for this economy.” “Nobody has a better grasp and understanding of the issues than this man,” Obama said at a June fundraiser in New York. – [...]
Crash the Conventions, Please, We Beg You
Bucking protocol, President Obama and the Democrats are planning a full-scale assault on Republicans next week during their convention. Presidential candidates have traditionally kept a low profile during their opponent’s nominating celebration, but Democrats are throwing those rules out the window in an attempt to spoil Mitt Romney’s coronation as the GOP nominee. – Team [...]
Top Story: Obama Campaign Writes Mitt Romney on Taxes
DEAR MITT… I am writing to ask again that the Governor release multiple years of tax returns, but also to make an offer that should address his concerns about the additional disclosures. Governor Romney apparently fears that the more he offers, the more our campaign will demand that he provide. So I am prepared to [...]
News Desk: Romney Hits Obama on Medicare in ‘Paid In’
THE CUTS to Medicare talked about in the ad above are not in disagreement. However, the Ryan plan would keep these same Medicare cuts. The devil is in how the cuts are utilized. Obamacare reduces reimbursements to hospitals and private insurance, as well as Medicaid, all of which AARP signed on to when they came [...]
Top Story: Paul Ryan Connects in Wisconsin, Bringing Ayn Rand Along for the Ride
Ryan won’t be the first Rand fan to grace the Vice-Presidential ticket. Jack Kemp, who was Ryan’s mentor in politics, also described himself as influenced by her writing. In some ways, the Romney-Ryan ticket resembles the Dole-Kemp one, in pairing a Presidential candidate short on charisma and conservative credentials with a younger, more ideologically fiery [...]
Romney-Ryan Budget Gets Another Bad Review, This One From a Reagan Man
PRES. OBAMA continues to have serious challenges with middle class and white blue collar voters, but today David Stockman dismantles that it’s deserved. It’s not a question of mathematics, but one of relating to one another. Because ABC News reports yet another review of how Romney-Ryan economics hurts the middle class. The House Republican budget [...]
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