“I care more about this country than I do about a 20-year-old pledge.” – Senator Saxby Chambliss GROVER NORQUIST has no plan to pay down the debt, Chambliss charges. That’s because Norquist and the American right really do want to drown government in the bathtub. But if Republicans choose to listen to people championing this [...]
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Sandy Won’t Be Responsible for Romney Losing
THE MIRACLE of the first debate allowed Mitt Romney to stay in the race. President Obama helped in making this happen, otherwise there would have been a growing gap between the candidates that likely would have ended in a rout. But the next two debates slowly brought President Obama back, performing like an athlete who [...]
News Desk: President Obama, Campaigning in Ohio, Speaking Some Truths Worth Remembering [Video]
SANDY PUNCHED the east coast in the gut, with 22 dead being reported in Staten Island so far, New Jersey and New York getting the worst of it, while West Virginia and other areas got pummeled, too. No one escaped nor’easter Sandy if she passed through where you live. Now, it’s the last weekend after [...]
Gov. Chris Christie: “The President has been All Over this and Deserves Great Credit”
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy HE IS not just a candidate for reelection, he is the President of the United States doing his job. The comments from Governor Chris Christie say it all. “The federal government’s response has been great. I was on the phone at midnight again [...]
Romney Tortures Facts in Jeep Ad, Gets Slammed by the Big Dog [Video]
“Biggest load of bull in the world…” – President Bill Clinton How desperate is Mitt Romney to win Ohio? Before you answer, pay attention to what he and his campaign have been saying about the auto industry in the last few days. … – Jonathan Cohn YOU WOULD expect Mitt Romney to attempt to recast [...]
Debates Over, Republican Noise Tries to Drown Out Reality [Videos]
THE RACE is tied. Ohio still looking like the Democratic firewall, thanks to Mitt Romney, a state he has to win, but Obama needs, too. The notion that Sen. Harry Reid would let Nevada slip to Romney is laughable, when you think of scenarios to 270. So now that the debates are over, perhaps people [...]
Mitt’s Middle East Muddle
DETAILS. DETAILS. “Syria is Iran’s route to the sea.” – Mitt Romney Mitt Romney, evidently, never heard of the Persia Gulf. This is what happens when you let a conservative off the mat. Those of you who remember this moment four years ago, when Obama won the 2008 election, we all said is this the [...]
Top Story: Obama Administration Challenges China on Auto Export Subsidies [Official Notice & Remarks]
President Barack Obama on Monday said the United States was challenging Chinese auto and auto-parts subsidies that threatened American jobs as he campaigned in Ohio, an auto manufacturing state that could be decisive in the November presidential election. [...] “These are subsidies that directly harm working men and women on the assembly lines in Ohio [...]
Romney Under Siege
The adviser added: “We aren’t reacting to what the Obama campaign does. … We aren’t reacting to what Republican strategists do. We’ve got a plan to win. We know what it takes and that’s what we’re going to do. All of this hew and cry, you know, from the bedwetters who get to sit on [...]
Mitt Romney Thanks Pres. Clinton
“I think Bain Capital has a good and solid record,” Romney said in a CNBC interview. “I was happy to see President Clinton made a similar statement today and called my record superb.” [Romney smiles at Clinton compliment, CNN] “This is good work.” – Pres. Bill Clinton PRES. CLINTON’S COMMENTS on Mitt Romney’s Bain tenure [...]
Defining Mitt Takes a Hit, The Video
DAVID AXELROD “LOVES” Mayor Cory Booker. He said so while calling him an idiot on economics and suggesting he’d better start looking for a firehouse that has openings. Mitt Romney loves Cory, too, but his team is pretty crazy about Ford and Stevie, too. This story has marathon legs that equals Mitt’s Etch A Sketch [...]
German Voters Reject Conservative Austerity, But Will America?
WILL AMERICANS embrace austerity through Mitt Romney’s candidacy and his advocacy for Paul Ryan’s budget, just as Europe is turning away from austerity after having learned it doesn’t work? It’s the 2012 $64,000 question. Merkel’s loss comes in the wake of socialist and anti-austerity candidate François Hollande’s victory in France, with the American presidential election [...]
Pres. Obama on Rosa Parks Bus
On a fundraising sweep, during a stop at Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, Pres. Obama boarded the legendary bus. From remarks at one of the fundraisers, via CBS News: “I actually had the chance to sit in Rosa Parks’ bus — I just sat there for a moment and pondered the courage and tenacity [...]
Team Obama Finds The Slogan and The Message
What’s missing? Killing the bad guy. Nothing about giving the order on Osama. Somehow I can’t imagine Republicans leaving that detail out. via Buzzfeed
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