EVERYONE HAD been waiting and watching to see what role Jenny Sanford, the humiliated wife of Appalachian Trail Romeo, Mark Sanford, would have in his bid for Congress. Now we know. As the story that Sanford had trespassed on his ex-wife’s property got legs the Republican Party dropped their support of him. Jason Zengerele goes [...]
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Hillary’s Mark Penn Question Answers Itself
The question for someone considering whether or not to support Clinton in 2016 is, will a Clinton 2016 campaign pass the Mark Penn Test? The Mark Penn Test, which I just invented, determines whether or not a person should be trusted with the presidency, based solely on one criterion: Whether or not they pay Mark [...]
Karl Rove Targets Ashley Judd by Mocking Kentuckians in “Vote For Me, You Hillbillies”
The ad uses clips of Judd saying, among other things, that she is “aggressively and delightfully radical” and would “follow” Obama anywhere. Those kinds of quotes aren’t likely to engender her to Kentucky voters, who overwhelming voted Republican in the last presidential election. [USA Today] KARL ROVE is scared of Ashley Judd. Judd is considering [...]
Voting, Austerity, Sherrod Brown and Chris Hayes [Videos]
ELECTION 2012 is over, but 12 years after 2000, voting still doesn’t work for everyone. Will reform actually happen? Will austerity win? …and a litte Senator Sherrod Brown. Watch. Discuss. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Visit [...]
Fox Executives Respond About Karl Rove’s Role on Election Night
What role was Karl Rove playing when he heatedly contradicted Fox News? – New York Times THIS IS the question that reverberates after what played out on the evening of Election Day. Chris Wallace kicked it off by saying he’d talked with the Romney campaign, who was challenging the results of Ohio and the calling [...]
Super PAC Ad Slams Obama on Libya and Israel
“Sept. 11, 2012: Our ambassador is murdered. U.S. embassies under attack. Our president? Skips his security briefing the next day to attend a fundraiser in Vegas,” the ad charges. “Al Qaeda surges. Turmoil engulfs the Middle East. Our president? Too busy to meet with our closest ally in the region.” [Politico transcript] AS THE information [...]
Voters Believe Romney Would Favor Rich Over Middle Class
“We had a bad week — if the election were going to be held tomorrow that would be a problem, but there’s a lot of ground to cover in the next 42 days…” – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie THE NUMBERS just keep coming in and they continue to add up against Mitt Romney. The [...]
American Crossroads Keeps Coming at Obama on the Economy
Strategists say Crossroads is spending $6.6 million on ads in eight swing states, aggressively undercutting Obama’s campaign slogan: “Forward.” At the same time, the associated group Crossroads GPS is dropping another hefty sum into the North Dakota Senate race, attempting to take down a surprisingly resilient Democratic nominee, former state Attorney General Heidi Heitkamp. Both [...]
News Desk: Reddit Snags Obama, Who Calls for Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
“Over the longer term, I think we need to seriously consider mobilizing a constitutional amendment process to overturn Citizens United (assuming the Supreme Court doesn’t revisit it). Even if the amendment process falls short, it can shine a spotlight of the super-PAC phenomenon and help apply pressure for change,” Obama wrote. [Politico] REDDIT USERS got [...]
Romney Calls Akin Comments ‘Insulting, Inexcusable and Wrong’, As Rove’s Group Pulls Out of Missouri
The conservative outside-spending powerhouse Crossroads GPS is pulling its ads from the Missouri Senate race, three sources confirmed to POLITICO. [...] Contacted about the decision to withdraw its resources from Missouri, Crossroads spokesman Nate Hodson responded: “The act speaks for itself.” [Politico] REPUBLICAN NOMINEE Mitt Romney acted like someone who wants to lead Republicans closer [...]
Top Story: Karl Rove Super PAC Skirts 30-Day Election Law But Nobody Is Talking About That
The outrageous ad by Priorities USA Action, the Obama Super PAC–the one that accuses Mitt Romney of being responsible for a woman’s death from cancer, apparently on the theory that Romney was personally responsible for providing health insurance and health care services to family members of anyone who ever worked for a company in which [...]
Top Story: Accuracy in Super PAC Ads Brings Incriminating Team Romney Response
“To that point, if people had been in Massachusetts, under Governor Romney’s health care plan, they would have had health care,” Andrea Saul, Romney’s campaign press secretary, said during an appearance on Fox News. “There are a lot of people losing their jobs and losing their health care in President [Barack] Obama’s economy.” – Romney [...]
Missouri Republicans Hand Claire McCaskill Her Best Hope
Republicans on Tuesday pinned their hopes of winning back a Senate seat in Missouri — and perhaps control of the chamber — on Todd Akin, picking the conservative congressman to take on endangered Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in November. If the Republican Party is to win the four seats it needs to take the Senate, [...]
Obama Super PAC Got It Right on Bain from the Start, In New Ad Slams It Home
The Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action is unveiling perhaps the harshest, most personal ad of the 2012 presidential race, featuring a former worker at a Bain-owned company talking about the death of his wife after their family lost health insurance. [...] “I don’t think Mitt Romney understands what he’s done to people’s lives by [...]
Whopping $77 Million CNN Ad Buy from Obama
WE’RE BRACING for what’s about to hit Virginia, which is number 3 on Team Obama’s $77 million ad hit parade. After watching the onslaught of negative ads from Rove, Koch and company, with Pres. Obama’s positive ad currently running a breath of fresh air, no doubt the negative ads are about to begin. It’s really [...]
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