Taking Mitt Romney’s statement about “firing people” out of context is all the rage, but it’s wrong. Romney’s problem is that he’s the guy saying it and people likely stop listening before the context is clear. The perfect bookend to Romney is Jon Huntsman, who is the best conservative in the primary, but is one [...]
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Gingrich Turns to Swift-boating
Maybe Obama reelect can finally get a day off, if for no other reason than to watch the coming onslaught. They’ve certainly done the job on Romney Republicans seemed too squeamish to do themselves, but which is now about to land hard on Mitt’s presidential campaign. Whatever vestige of Reagan’s 11th commandment was alive is [...]
Chris Christie is Good for Romney
I’m just not seeing the offense. An “offensive oral sex joke”? Over at Slate, Torie Bosch is incensed by Gov. Chris Christie’s banter with hecklers yelling at him “Christie kills jobs.” She works overtime to make a point that isn’t very convincing. …it was uploaded to the New Jersey GOP’s YouTube account. They seem to [...]
If all we do is Occupy 2012 …
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Like all presidential campaign and election years, the 2012 focus is primarily on the Two Parties, and their wannabe candidates. Even while there is much complaining about how all we get are repetitions of the same carefully (or not) crafted sound bites, nothing much changes [...]
Independents at Record Levels for Good Reason
The percentage of Americans identifying as political independents increased in 2011, as is common in a non-election year, although the 40% who did so is the highest Gallup has measured, by one percentage point. More Americans continue to identify as Democrats than as Republicans, 31% to 27%. – Gallup It’s important to remember that Independents [...]
Pres. Bill Clinton on Occupy
In the Republican debates this weekend, not one question was asked about Occupy, which is typical, because neither big two parties represent the 99% anymore, though Democrats at least make a show of it. From Forbes (h/t Greg Mitchell on Twitter), a reporter got the quote below, not identifying himself during a book signing event, [...]
Attacks on Mitt Romney Fizzle Out Quickly, Media Remains Part of the Story
Mitt Romney suggested in today’s debate that only rich people should run for office, and then quickly celebrated the fact that he’d forced a rival to take out a loan against his house. Romney said his father, Michigan Governor George Romney, had told him, “Mitt, never get involved in politics if you have to win [...]
Debate Overload, New Hampshire Edition
Mitt Romney should have done this debate via Skype – Twitter Last night’s ABC debate reviews are bizarre to read, because no one but Mitt Romney deserved a grade above C-. The other guys let him skate the whole time. At one point, Mitt Romney broke into a soliloquy so sickly sweet I expect it [...]
Newtmageddon Fizzle
UPDATE (11:01 p.m.): Mitt Romney stood with his hands in his pockets all night, because everyone on stage thinks Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment applies only to frontrunners. He wasn’t touched. Romney was so bored that at one point he decided to tear into Jon Huntsman on China, which led to Huntsman unleashing Mandarin non sequitars, [...]
Political Junky Open Thread, with Stephen Colbert
The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive Rick Perstein, a historian, is always worth reading. Brief digression: [Rick Santorum] says his grandpa came in 1925. Someone should look into this. The racist Immigration Act of 1924 had the previous year made it very, very difficult for anyone from [...]
Finally, Good News on Economy
This is great news for Pres. Obama and most importantly, the country and people who have been struggling trying to find employment for months. December was the sixth straight month that 100,000 jobs were added, the first time this has happened in six years. The job rate was also “broad based,” according to expert analysis [...]
Romney on “free enterprise” and Obama on “alternatives”
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. OWS Twitter Feed: “Gal_Fawkes You can tell Monopoly is an old game because there’s a luxury tax and rich people go to jail.” Romney in New Hampshire, on “free enterprise,” via Reuters: It’s marvelous, the vision of the founders. … If you can come up [...]
Romney, Obama, Jobs and the Economy
To win in November, Republicans have to make the election a referendum on Pres. Obama, not a choice between him and the GOP nominee, which is still likely to be Gov. Romney. Proof of this comes from Jonathan Martin, through the voices of establishment Republicans: Mitt Romney’s Iowa showing indicated he still has glaring vulnerabilities [...]
Look Out Mitt, Newtmaggedon Catching On
Love him or hate him, Erick Erickson has captured the Republican zeitgeist of the season. As you wake up this morning, the tea party has failed because it has surrendered itself into the hands of Romney, Santorum, or Gingrich — all of whom would use government to suit allegedly conservative ends, which is not conservative [...]
Mitt Wins Iowa, but the Story is Rick Santorum
Karl Rove said just after 2:00 p.m. eastern time, confirming through official GOP sources, that Mitt Romney will win the Iowa caucuses by 14 votes. However, the final total was 30,015 to 30,007, which is a win of 8 votes. Last night I wrote that a Romney win was huge and he’s got bragging rights, [...]
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