It’s almost enough to make you feel sorry for the poor guy: Former President George W. Bush will be skipping the Republican National Convention this summer, his office said Friday, continuing the relative seclusion – and self-imposed remove — from presidential politics that he has kept since leaving office. For Bush, the good news is […]
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Mean Mitt Has His Limits
Mitt Romney has proven that he’s ready to talk teabaggy shit about President Obama, but even he has limits: Echoing a speech he delivered outside Pittsburgh Tuesday, Romney took aim at comments Obama made last week in which he emphasized the role government plays in helping create business. He accused Obama of “demonizing” individuals who […]
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Rush, Romney, Batman, Obama, Bane, and Bain
This doesn’t even make sense but I made it anyways. “Do you think it is accidental that the name of the really vicious, fire-breathing, four-eyed, whatever-it-is villain in [The Dark Knight Rises] is named Bane?” Rush Limbaugh shouted yesterday. “A lot of people are going to see the movie. And it’s a lot of brain-dead […]
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Man, Mitt Romney’s Taxes Must Be Really Bad
Even Republicans are now begging Mitt Romney to put out his tax returns and “take the hit for a day or two.” And Romney is flat-out refusing. That’s what this new Obama ad is all about. Here’s some of the text of that ad: Romney admits that over the last two years he’s paid less […]
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Smith Stakes Claim as “Equity” Candidate With New List of Endorsements
Jefferson Smith’s mayoral campaign this morning will announce a package of new endorsements meant to bolster his credentials as the “equity” candidate in this fall’s race. It’s a theme he’s been emphasizing since the primary, when he came out in support of the city’s new Office of Equity of Human Rights—finally readying its first work […]
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Will Mitt Romney Reveal his Vice Presidential Pick This Week?
The New York Times says that Romney has made his vice presidential choice and could introduce his VP this week. And the Times speculates that his pick is Tim Pawlenty. The benefit of Mitt Romney introducing his vice presidential pick this week is obvious: It could take some of the heat off of President Obama’s […]
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New Romney Ad Goes Opposite-of-Nuclear on Obama
Here’s the Romney campaign’s response to the previously mentioned incredible Obama attack ad: It’s weak sauce. First of all, you can’t argue against negative campaigning in a negative ad. Second, both Romney and Obama have both used negative ads before, so this is nothing new. What this ad is complaining about is that Obama’s negative […]
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New Obama Ad Goes Nuclear on Romney
Holy fucking shit. This is the most brutal attack ad I’ve seen in a long, long time. It minces the hell out of Romney’s offshore fortunes and his record as a jobs exporter (in the private and public sectors). And it makes fun of Romney’s singing voice, turning his version of “America, the Beautiful” into […]
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The Romney Campaign Is Flailing
To put it delicately, the Romney campaign has not been doing a very good job so far of managing crises. Since the Boston Globe story broke yesterday about a discrepancy in Romney’s claims about when he left Bain Capital, they’ve responded with a fractured series of half-measures. First, the Romney campaign demanded that the Globe […]
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Bain Capital Tries to Cover for Mitt Romney
First up: If you’re not caught up on the Bain story of the day, you should read my post from this morning. The basic question is: Why was Mitt Romney on Bain’s SEC filings for three years after he supposedly “left” Bain Capital? This new statement from Bain that Politico just ran doesn’t really answer […]
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Did Mitt Romney Lie About Leaving Bain Capital?
The Boston Globe this morning published a story that at first doesn’t sound like a very big deal, but could turn out to be an explosive issue in this campaign: It would appear that Mitt Romney lied on his resume. Here’s the first two paragraphs: Government documents filed by Mitt Romney and Bain Capital say […]
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Victory for the Forces of Democratic Freedom!
According to the Huffington Post, House Republicans just voted again to repeal Romneycare-plus: The Republican-led House has voted to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law. But the election-year move stands no chance in the Democratic-controlled Senate. The vote Wednesday was 244-185. By the Republican count, it was the 33rd time in 18 months that […]