**Updated** MAKE SURE you tip toe around our elite establishment candidates, Ms. Crowley. They’ve agreed to certain rules, as has “the commission,” so you don’t want to go rogue and actually follow up on their canned answers, because Mr. Cool and Mr. Ice might get thrown off their game. If this doesn’t perfectly encapsulate our [...]
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OFA’s Big Bird Ad Swings and Misses
An Obama spokesman claims this is going on national cable and broadcast, during “comedy shows.” The spot was intended as parody. But ahead of the next debate, Obama’s message so far has been a defensive posture, taking on items he clearly wished he had rebutted on the debate stage. – Maggie Haberman OH SWEET Jesus. [...]
Demographics Against Romney, But Enthusiasm for Obama Lower than in ’08 for Key Groups
WHEN YOU hear the Democratic standard bearer talking about his views being the same as Romney on Social Security, then see an email confirming his contention, it’s hard to get excited when both men running for president intend to tinker with the social safety net. Only 73 percent who support Obama say they are “extremely [...]
What Does “Balanced” Approach to “Strengthening” Social Security Mean?
“On Social Security, I suspect we have a similar position.” – Barack Obama IT IS anybody’s guess at this point. The euphemism right now is “strengthening” Social Security for the long term in a “balanced” approach. It’s all word salad, little sense. David Axelrod’s explanation of where Social Security is at this point the first [...]
Expanding the Debate: Third Party Candidates Break the Sound Barrier As Obama-Romney Spar [Debate Video]
Last night Democracy NOW! provided the “expanded” debate coverage. At this link you’ll find the video. See the transcript here. As President Obama and Mitt Romney squared off for the first time on Wednesday night, Democracy Now! broke the sound barrier by pausing Obama and Romney’s answers to get real-time responses from candidates Jill Stein [...]
Scott Brown Names Scalia as Model Justice, Crowd Explodes [Video]
“Excuse me, I’m not a student in your classroom,” he told the Harvard Law School professor. [Boston Globe] THE WORD “independent” came out of Scott Brown‘s mouth as many times as he could think to fit it in. However, that didn’t stand out as much as his belligerence that makes a lie out of his [...]
Obama, the Only Moderate Republican in 2012
“Obama is the conservative reformist of my dreams. #ToryPOTUS” – Andrew Sullivan (via Twitter) IF YOU have any remaining doubts about how far right the Democratic Party has been led under President Obama perhaps now you’re finally getting the picture. Obama’s been aided by the wingnut right in falsely caricaturing him as a radical socialist, [...]
Rutgers: Women Break Records in 2012 Candidacies
WE LOVE WOMEN! Will Ann Romney ever live that one down? We especially love those brave female souls who are running for office this year. The latest study by Rutgers Eagleton Institute of Politics, Center for American Women and Politics, the press release on the news. WOMEN SURPASS HOUSE, SENATE CANDIDATE RECORDS AS FINAL [...]
Barack Obama: “I’m the President” [Full Remarks and Analysis]
“Ask Osama bin Laden if he’s better off now than he was four years ago.” – Senator John Kerry YOU KNOW a Democratic convention was successful when Barack Obama’s speech is good as usual, but there were others that were better. I was stunned by this convention, which was powerful beyond all expectations. Democrats should [...]
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 [...]
What Remains After the Balloons are Gone
AT LEAST THE Democrats know how to put on a show, which is more than you can say for the Republicans. Tonight will include Scarlett Johansson and Kerry Washington, as well as Natalie Portman and Eva Longoria. Meanwhile, below the stagecraft remains the same elite political system that is strangling fairness and access for all. [...]
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 [...]
Top Story: How Badly Do American Women Need Barack Obama?
“If President Obama is reelected on November 6th, it will be primarily because he ran against Mitt Romney. It he were running unapposed, 2012 would be a very tough fight for him.” – Mark Shields, “The News Hour” HAPPY WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY, which on the eve of the Republican convention doesn’t seem like such a [...]
Top Story: What Will Republicans Do With Their Todd Akin Wing?
It wasn’t just Todd Akin that was treated with contempt by the thinly veiled attack on Todd Akin. It was all the people who have faithfully knocked doors, made calls, and made sacrificial contributions to elect Republicans because we thought we were welcome in the party. – Mike Huckabee ANTI-WOMEN CONTROL freaks evidently don’t understand [...]
MSNBC’s Touré Lowers Himself to Birther Level
**UPDATED** “I know it’s a heavy thing, I don’t say it lightly, but this is ‘niggerization.’ You are not one of us, you are like the scary black man who we’ve been trained to fear.” – Touré, MSNBC’s “The Cycle” [Mediaite] MSNBC HAS ALLOWED a lot of rhetoric on its station, but how far are [...]
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