“If today were November 6, President Barack Obama would sweep the key swing states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania and – if history is any guide – into a second term in the Oval Office,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. TAXING THE WEALTHY gets a rousing reaction, putting [...]
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Bernie Sanders: ‘Responding to Citizens United and the Rise of Super PACs’
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Yesterday, on NPR’s Weekend Edition, Sunday, Andrea Seabrook reminded listeners that this time last year, the “debt ceiling” battle was in full swing, which eventually saw the appointment of the bipartisan “Super Committee,” a “come up with a solution — or else” idea. The consequences [...]
Romney In Shambles
IT’S THE TWITTER hashtag, #romneyinshambles, and it’s been trending for 24 hours. It’s the biggest legacy from Romney’s foreign policy gaffe tour. Jimmy Fallon, my fave, starts off the National Journal’s round-up of Romney jokes last night. Mentioning a town hall setting that will be part of the presidential campaign, he says one of the [...]
Democrats Propose Mitt Legislation to Force Transparency
Congressional Democrats took aim at Mitt Romney on Wednesday by calling for legislation to require presidential candidates to disclose a decade of their tax returns and the value and location of accounts in tax-haven countries. – Democrats hit Mitt with a tax bill [The Hill] IT SHOULD BE named after Mitt Romney, because Democrats seek [...]
Republicans Block DISCLOSE Act, Going on the Record for Supporting Secret Buying of Our Elections
The legislation would require certain tax-exempt groups involved in political advertising — which currently are not required to disclose the names of their donors — to release the names of those who give donations of $10,000 or more. A similar vote Monday ended with the same result. – Senate Republicans block DISCLOSE Act for second [...]
As Pressure Mounts, Romney’s Tax Issue Pushes Campaign Into Desperation Mode
WHILE REPUBLICANS POUND on Mitt Romney to release his taxes, his campaign sees a moment to go harshly negative, with John Sununu’s surrogacy emblematic of the birtherism crowd that challenges Pres. Obama’s Americanism. After saying, “And I wish this president would learn how to be an American,” Sununu was forced to apologize; with the full [...]
Secy. Clinton Calls Romney Out
SECRETARY HILLARY CLINTON was obviously paying attention and having none of Mitt Romney’s amateur editing job using her “shame on you, Barack Obama” in ads, hoping to get mileage out of it. Clinton waited, then picked the perfect instant to weigh in, from Jerusalem, and minced no words while filleting Romney at a moment when [...]
We Raised More Money Than You Did — No, We Did!
DUELING MONEY PITCHES, both campaigns sending out a slew of emails, each claiming millions of dollars raised off of the Supreme Court decision on Obamacare. This is what our politics has come down to, folks. From The Hill, Team Romney’s version: Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign has raised $4.6 million since the Supreme Court ruled that [...]
Obama to Big Money Dems: Romney’s Going to Outspend Us
President Obama’s reelection campaign has a new tactic: scaring donors. – Politico IT’S NOT SCARING donors when you’re stating a fact. “I will be the first president in modern history to be outspent in his re-election campaign, if things continue as they have so far,” Obama wrote to supporters. “I’m not just talking about the [...]
Pres. Bill Clinton: If Republicans Supported Obama, Unemployment Would Be ’7.3 percent instead of the current 8-plus percent’
NOBODY CAN MAKE the case for Democrats and Pres. Obama better than William Jefferson Clinton. Clinton also outlines what will happen if on Thursday the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare or any part of the historic legislation. It begins with a backlash against Republicans. I’m more inclined to believe it will set a fire under [...]
SCOTUS Upholds Capitalistic Democracy
ANYONE LOOKING TO THURSDAY might take today’s ruling on the Citizens United challenge as a harrowing warning. That today’s ruling and the Citizens United case came about because of the right’s fear of Hillary Clinton in the White House has been largely forgotten. The analysis at Election Law Blog is important to digest for anyone [...]
BUYING THE PRESIDENCY: Romney as Reagan, Obama as the “Soviet Union”
FROM BUZZFEED, Team Romney’s diabolical plan to buy the presidency. Mitt Romney has adopted what top Republicans describe as a Cold War strategy to defeat President Barack Obama: To spend him into oblivion. As Ronald Reagan’s expensive defense build up stretched the Soviet Union thin, the Romney campaign’s massive ad buys are aimed as much [...]
Romney Expects Allies to Downplay Good Economic News
Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign asked Florida Governor Rick Scott to tone down his statements heralding improvements in the state’s economy because they clash with the presumptive Republican nominee’s message that the nation is suffering under President Barack Obama, according to two people familiar with the matter. – Romney Campaign Said To Ask Scott To Downplay [...]
Mitt Romney’s “Secrets”
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN: Mr. Adelson, who gave large amounts of money to the Gingrich campaign. And much of Mr. Adelson’s casino profits that go to him come from this casino in Macau. JUDY WOODRUFF: Which says what? SEN. JOHN MCCAIN: Which says that, obviously, maybe in a roundabout way, foreign money is coming into an [...]
A TV Ad, and a Campaign Video
PRIORITIES USA ACTION, the Democratic Super PAC, continues hammering Mitt Romney on Bain Capital, their latest TV ad below. Team Romney slammed Pres. Obama for the words that rang out after Friday’s press conference.
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