“You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military’s changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers, where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines. And [...]
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The Headline that Nails Romney’s Advantage, Obama’s Problem
THE REASON Obama’s debate win last night matters less is written in the Huffington Post headline. No real debate about drones. No real debate about Middle East policy. You like Israel? I do too and I’ll raise you a “no option off the table.” Your average American voter doesn’t make distinctions between Ahmadinejad’s pathological hatred [...]
Foreign Policy: Advantage Obama, Except on Fox [Video]
FOREIGN POLICY is the topic. It’s been President Obama’s strong suit, until a blast in Benghazi gave his opponents an opening, because what the average voter knows about the nuances of foreign policy and national security, which is where policy is made, could fit in a shot glass. As foreshadowing, Sean Hannity gave a teaser [...]
Media Spin Could Matter Most After Tonight’s Foreign Policy Debate
Nowhere is that situation more true than in all-important Ohio, where Obama clings to a 3-point margin heading into the third debate, according to a Democratic operative familiar with internal polling last week. …To Boston, it’s all about keeping the spirit of Denver alive. “My gut is that it’s likely to be decisive,” said one [...]
Romney Ahead 49-47 in Politico – Georgetown University Poll
A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Tracking Poll of 1,000 likely voters — taken from Sunday through Thursday of last week — shows Romney ahead of Obama by two points, 49 to 47 percent. That represents a three-point swing in the GOP nominee’s direction from a week ago but is still within the margin of [...]
How Could Romney Blow the Libya Question? [Video]
LITIGATING LIBYA is all that’s left for Team Romney after Mitt Romney clearly blew his moment to hang the Obama administration’s contagion of fumbling responses around the President’s campaign. The only way you blow what you know is going to come up is by missing the foreshadowing of Secretary Clinton’s statement on taking “responsibility” for [...]
Top Story: Family Mutiny Creates Governor Mitt Shift and Last Chance
FOR THE entire primary season, Mitt Romney twisted himself into a political pretzel to be pure enough for the right wing base. It was a feat of wonder when you compared the man who was governor of Massachusetts. The general election audience was never going to buy wingnut Mitt and the family knew it. They [...]
Battleground Blues Means Romney Needs a Reset
“If Barack Obama wins this election the Republican Party as we know it is finished, it is dead, it is toast — you can stick a fork in it.” – Bryan Fischer, Values Voters Summit [TPM] In both Florida and Virginia, Obama is ahead of Romney by five points among likely voters (including those leaning [...]
After Oddly Blistering Statement, Mitt Romney Calls Attack “Outrageous… Disgusting” [Updated - Full Remarks]
“It’s disgraceful that the Obama administration’s first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.” – Mitt Romney THE STATEMENT Mitt Romney released last night shown above came in the midst of swirling events and lack of information. Instead of waiting, Romney’s desperate situation [...]
Mark Halperin Scuttles Mitt Romney Over Libya Reax, Foreign Policy Experts Join In [Updated]
“Unless Mitt has gamed crisis out in some manner completely invisible to Gang of 500,doubling down=most craven+ill-advised move of ’12″ – Mark Halperin on Twitter THERE IS NO one who more represents Beltway conventional wisdom and the tortured need for balance for the sake of it than Mark Halperin. As I read the analysis across [...]
The Stage is Set for Barack
Morning screen capture of one of the amazing Huffington Post headlines this week. I know many Americans are still angry and frustrated with the economy. Though employment is growing, banks are beginning to lend and even housing prices are picking up a bit, too many people don’t feel it. … President Obama started with a [...]
News Desk: Russia’s Putin Calls Romney Out for Using “Nationalism and Segregation” on International Stage
PRESIDENT PUTIN hardened his position on Syria, while taking aim at Mitt Romney’s claim that Russia is “without question our No. 1 geopolitical foe.” It’s then that he weighed in on the 2012 election in America. Putin took aim at Obama’s Republican rival Mitt Romney, calling his criticism of Russia “mistaken” campaign rhetoric and suggesting [...]
Romney’s Gaffes Lead to Team Mitt Meltdown
THE GAFFERIFFIC foreign policy tour of Mitt Romney has finally gotten to his campaign team. Walking through Pilsudski Square in Poland, the traveling press corps started yelling questions at Mr. Romney, asking about his string of gaffes, particularly related to the Palestinians, who were furious at what Pres. Abbas labeled “racist” comments. CNN has the [...]
But Will Any of It Matter?
President Obama came to the White House with big plans. He’d halve the deficit. Strengthen the economy. Lower unemployment. What did we get? National Debt over 15 trillion and climbing. Unemployment above 8 percent for 40 straight months. An ongoing economic crisis with no end in sight. He tried. You tried. It’s OK to make [...]
Cameron Fires Back at Romney on Olympics, Who Also Forgot Ed Miliband’s Name
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “We said we were doing a photo spray…” – Andrea Saul, Romney Press Secretary SO MUCH FOR Mitt Romney’s understanding of our “special relationship” with Great Britain. From “Anglo-Saxon” weirdness to doubting Great Britain can handle the Olympics to apparently forgetting or not [...]
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