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Paul Ryan Sees Himself as the Next Dick Cheney, While Trying to Avoid the Sarah Palin Curse

DELUSIONS OF Darth Vader dance in Paul Ryan’s head. The New York Times tells quite a different story from the recent AP item that dripped of desperation of what to do after a Mitt Romney loss. That is why some of Ryan’s biggest boosters are considering whether it wouldn’t be better for Ryan to resign [...]

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News Desk: Romney on Romney

MITT ROMNEY makes his case in a CNN op-ed, as did President Obama as well. Romney manages to hit Obama on a mythical “war on coal,” while getting a dig in against unions, too, trumpeting “free trade” like all national candidates do. Together with Paul Ryan, I’ve put forward an economic recovery plan consisting of [...]

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The War for Your Vote

FOR SOME reason people think they have a moral obligation to police your vote. Your vote. In the second decade of the 21st century, nothing is more outdated, with the growth of the independent voter proving this fact. What it reveals is that people are getting increasingly disgruntled with only two choices and the people [...]

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Mourdock for Romney 2012 [Video]

“… But I refuse to impose it on equally devout Christians and Muslims and Jews, and I just refuse to impose that on others, unlike my friend here, the—the congressman. I—I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people that—women they can’t control their body. It’s a decision between them and [...]

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For the Record: Paul Ryan Agrees with Mourdock on Rape

Counting both Ohioans who say they will head to the polls on November 6, and those who have already cast a ballot, Obama holds a 49% to 44% lead over Romney in a survey taken Monday and Tuesday night. [Time] THIS IS so there is a record where Paul Ryan has always stood when it [...]

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President Obama on Donald Trump

“This all dates back to when we were growing up together in Kenya.” – President Obama with Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show” IT WASN’T just Obama who openly mocked the Donald. Obama’s quote above was in response to Leno asking him what the hell is up with Donald Trump? The Onion got into it [...]

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Top Story — Romney-Ryan, Mourdock to Women: Get Over It! [Video]

“Gov. Romney disagrees with Richard Mourdock, and Mr. Mourdock’s comments do not reflect Gov. Romney’s views,” Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul told The Hill in a statement Wednesday morning. “We disagree on the policy regarding exceptions for rape and incest but still support him.” – Romney stands by Mourdock, won’t ask him to pull down ad [...]

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Paul Ryan Complains About Lawsuits on Ledbetter, Answers Equal Pay Question Romney Couldn’t [Video]

IT’S IMPOSSIBLE to excuse a male presidential candidate who can’t plainly state that equal pay is a priority for him if he is elected the nation’s leader. Why has Mitt Romney continually ducked this opportunity? Paul Ryan answered the question on CBS, saying “of course we believe in equal pay,” while complaining the Lily Ledbetter [...]

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Should Women be Worried about the Romney-Ryan Stance on Abortion?

SHORT ANSWER: yes. Absolutely. It was Biden’s personal faith, which he wasn’t going to make others adopt. Versus Paul Ryan’s extreme views that the woman be taken completely out of the equation of the most personal decision she might ever make. RADDATZ: I want to go back to the abortion question here. If the Romney-Ryan [...]

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Sarah Palin and Sean Hannity Blame Martha Raddatz

IT BEGAN with an interview with Bill O’Reilly, which jump started Palin’s very weird night on Fox News Channel. Sarah Palin chose to recount her note card past during the ’08 race, basically regurgitating the plot line to “Game Change.” But it was with Sean Hannity that the story of who won the debate was [...]

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After Shaky Start, Joe Biden Owns Debate

**Updated** A CBS News/GFK poll of 500 uncommitted voters gives Biden 50% edge to Ryan’s 31% [CBS News] AT THE start Vice President Joe Biden was shaky, smiling nervously, which was distracting. Once the stimulus conversation was engaged he became grounded and took charge of the time and the issues. Paul Ryan seemed to have [...]

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The Debate: Joe Biden Versus Mitt Romney

PAUL RYAN is on the stage, but Joe Biden is debating, taking on, doing battle with Mitt Romney. It’s Joe Biden splaying Mitt Romney’s policies. Paul Ryan has to hope he doesn’t lose seniors in Florida, now that a new poll out of Florida shows Mitt Romney leading 51 to 44. @chucktodd Not good in [...]

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News Desk: Paul Ryan Asked to be Called “Mister” During Debate

THIS IS rich. I hope Joe Biden ends one of his answers with, “congressman,” because he isn’t bound by this nonsense. Its for the moderator Martha Raddatz. From Maggie Haberman: When Paul Ryan and Joe Biden take the debate stage tonight in Danville, Ky., the form of address the debate moderator is supposed to use [...]

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Top Story: It’s Up to Joe

“Let’s just take a look at Paul Ryan’s convention speech. It was packed full of lies…” – Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager for Barack Obama [The Rachel Maddow Show] JOE BIDEN knows how to deliver a one-liner. Remember way back what he said about Rudy Giuliani? A little flash back with the video above. Everyone [...]

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It’s Pollmania and It Remains Advantage Obama [Updated]

The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook IT’S THE poll avalanche. Not my favorite thing, but it’s all the news while we wait for Biden versus Ryan tonight. And despite the flop sweat from Democrats, with infotainment hosts like Joe Scarborough pronouncing Obama [...]

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