In light of a report by Willamette Week today that mayoral candidate Jefferson Smith was cited—but never prosecuted—for misdemeanor assault in 1993, Smith is planning to hold a news conference outside City Hall where he’s planning to make a “major announcement.” According to witnesses who spoke with WW, the incident that sparked the assault citation, […]
Election 2012
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The Newest Romney Model Is Coming Pre-Loaded with Zingers
The New York Times published a description of the presidential debate prep: Mr. Romney’s team has concluded that debates are about creating moments and has equipped him with a series of zingers that he has memorized and has been practicing on aides since August. His strategy includes luring the president into appearing smug or evasive […]
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Romney Campaign Puts Romney in the Cellar, Keeps Digging
Wait, I lost my presidential campaign reporter clichÉ instructional booklet and I can’t recall what I’m supposed to do today. Let’s see…we in the media have yammered endlessly about the “veepstakes,” chattered pointlessly about the “convention bounce,” and I can’t remember what we’re supposed to fill space with now. Wait! Yes! The game of lowering […]
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What Do Massachusetts Republicans Have to Say About Mitt Romney?
It’s telling that a campaign has a lot of ammunition to use against their opponent when a devastating video like this one doesn’t appear until a few weeks after the conventions:
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Romney Rebuts Romney
This is just an internet lark and not a real television ad, but the DNC response to Mitt Romney’s attempted brand management is pretty funny when it’s not just plain exasperating:
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Mormons Plan a Day of Fasting and Praying to Help Romney in Debates
BuzzFeed reports: The plan — which is not endorsed by the politically neutral Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — is laid out in an email inviting like-minded Mormons to fast on September 30th with the purpose of bringing God’s blessings to Romney as he heads into the presidential debates…”I am asking you to […]
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I Love to Watch Joe Scarborough Suffer
This is the most enjoyment I’ve ever gotten out of a Joe Scarborough clip: “Sweet Jesus,” indeed.
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Mitt Reminds Crowd to Chant His Name, Too, Not Just Paul Ryan’s Name
Now it’s just getting sad. Oh, and… at least one of Romney’s sons is an asshole too.
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For Conservatives, Liberal Polling Is the New Liberal Media
The media has made much of Unskewed Polls, a new site that claims to remove the liberal bias in polling. (Romney is way ahead in every poll on Unskewed Polls!) The Romney campaign is claiming they have secret polling showing Romney tied or ahead in most of the battleground states. But I share my media […]
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Hales: “I Will Actively Discourage” Supporters From Launching Independent Expenditures on His Behalf
In an interview at his campaign headquarters this week, mayoral candidate Charlie Hales responded to the Mercury‘s report of an anti-Jefferson Smith phone poll by clearly saying, for the first time, that he will “actively discourage” the groups who support him from launching independent expenditure campaigns on his behalf. “I’m not interested in anyone doing […]
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Hey! Register to Vote!
Today is national register-to-vote day. It’s a good thing that Oregon is excellent—one of only 11 states that allow you to register to vote online. We still can’t register to vote via Facebook, but the process is super simple. If you’ve moved since the last election or changed parties, just register at the Secretary of […]