“This kind of corporate and special-interest spending is exactly what we could be up against this fall,” he said before asking supporters to donate $3 or more to the president’s reelection campaign. – Jim Messina [The Hill] MARKOS MOULITSAS TURNED the Wisconsin recall disaster into wine for Pres. Obama. The guy who told people to [...]
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On Debt and Spending, Karl Rove Forgot George W. Bush
KARL ROVE HAS SOME nerve talking about the national debt under Pres. Obama. One more time with feeling, George W. Bush outspent Barack Obama $5.07 TRILLION to $1.44 TRILLION. If that’s not enough, then there’s this chart from TPM, who calls it a “gobsmacking” drop in government spending under Pres. Obama.
A White House Exchange, and Anna’s Ad
CAMPAIGNER IN CHIEF, via ABC News: CARNEY: Jake, the president is focused far less on his job than on the jobs of the American people. That’s what he works on every day. That is what drives all of the economic proposals that he has put forward. TAPPER: Well not today, right? Today he has fundraisers [...]
GOP $1 Billion Campaign Meets Obama the Chicago Politician
Republican super PACs and other outside groups shaped by a loose network of prominent conservatives – including Karl Rove, the Koch brothers and Tom Donohue of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – plan to spend roughly $1 billion on November’s elections for the White House and control of Congress, according to officials familiar with the [...]
A Kindler, Gentler Attack Against Obama
INDEPENDENTS ARE SQUEAMISH about harsh, personal attacks against the President. People like the guy, just not the U.S. reality. As the New York Times reports, Karl Rove’s group is drawing from their set of facts about Obama’s record hoping to hit a chord that rings true. The ad is the work of two of the [...]
Edward Klein’s Jeremiah Wright Interview Goes Wide with Swift-boating Proposal, and Sean Hannity’s Help
“The world is about to see Jeremiah Wright and understand his influence on Barack Obama for the first time in a big, attention-arresting way,” says the proposal, which was overseen by Fred Davis and commissioned by Joe Ricketts, the founder of the brokerage firm TD Ameritrade. Mr. Ricketts is increasingly putting his fortune to work [...]
Romney Blasts Maher After Giving Limbaugh a Pass
I’m officially sick of this subject, but some details matter. Sean Hannity served up the quote from Mitt Romney, which the National Journal reported: In an appearance on the Sean Hannity radio show, Romney said, “Frankly, what Bill Maher said, and I finally read the transcripts, I was offended, outraged that a person would say [...]
International Women’s Day, Rush Limbaugh and Bill Maher
**updated** The 2012 theme of International Women’s Day is “Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures.” But when you look at what’s been playing in politics the last week or so in the U.S., you’d be smart to add a subheading to the theme that warns girls and women to “always stand tall and be prepared to defend [...]
Sarah Palin, Expert in Bickering, Responds to HBO’s “Game Change”, Ignores Sandra Fluke
This is just too rich. Sarah Palin whining about GOP bickering, of all things, while SarahPAC has an argument with HBO about their film “Game Change,” which debuts next week. Sarah Palin’s “advisers” are also complaining about the film. Meanwhile, there is radio silence from Sarah Palin about what Rush Limbaugh said about private citizen [...]
GOP Super PACs Crushing Obama Allies
This is quite a switch for Barack Obama. He’s unaccustomed to facing a political battlefield as a financial underdog. But if you want to know why principle went by the boards on Super PACs, read on. Sheldon Adelson’s deep pockets and willingness to fork over large chunks of his fortune to help Republicans is just [...]
Obama Embraces the Super PAC
It was the only decision to make, giving the official White House nod to Bill Burton, a former Obama aide. President Barack Obama — in an act of hypocrisy or necessity, depending on the beholder — has reversed course and is now blessing the efforts of a sputtering super PAC, Priorities USA Action, organized to [...]
The $825,400 Man
Between July 1 and Dec. 31, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow collected more than $825,400, ending the year with nearly $674,000 cash on hand, according to disclosures filed over night with the Federal Election Commission. – Stephen Colbert’s FEC report: Big money! The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire [...]
Super PAC Power
From Politico comes the story of the Super PAC billionaires: Adelson, a Las Vegas casino mogul, has written a $5 million check — and has considered giving much more — to a so-called super PAC backing Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign. Huntsman, Sr., who made his fortune at the helm of an eponymous chemical and manufacturing [...]
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