The New York Times has published a 50-page document titled “The Defeat of Barack Hussein Obama” that was put together by Republican strategists for a super PAC, and then hilariously leaked to the press. The Washington Post explains: The New York Times got hold of a proposed campaign playbook commissioned by TD Ameritrade founder Joe […]
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Romney Team Kind of Apologizes for Denying Press Access to Mitt Romney
You may know about the Romney campaign’s attempts to keep reporters off the rope line. CNN has more: Press aides for the Romney campaign and a lone Secret Service agent attempted to physically block reporters from asking questions of the GOP contender along an event rope line in Saint Petersburg, Florida on Wednesday. The brief […]
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Professional Acting Advice for Mitt Romney
From Inside the Actors Studio’s James Lipton, via NY Mag.
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Did President Obama Swear?
So it has come to this: News of Obama’s usage of the dirty “s” word [NOTE: She means “shit,” but she cannot type the word “shit,” perhaps because she is Mormon, or an elementary-school student.] came when Huffington Post editor Ethan Klapper tweeted “Obama hot mic just now — ‘I gotta get my sh……’” right […]
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Election Night Live Blog: The Mayor’s Race
Welcome to the Blogtown Election Vulture’s Lair, where in this post we’ll be covering the Portland race for mayor. Scroll down for the latest on the Oregon Attorney General race, council races, ballot measures… everything else. The latest updates start at the top of the page! For up to the second news and results follow […]
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Election Night Live Blog: AG Race, Council, Et Al.
Welcome to the Blogtown Election Vulture’s Lair, where in this post we’ll be covering the Oregon Attorney General race, council races, ballot measures… everything that ain’t the mayor’s race. The latest updates start at the top of the page! For up to the second news and results follow us on the Twitter @portlandmercury, and in […]
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Don’t Forget! Election Party Live Blog Action TONIGHT!
THAT’S RIGHT! We’re serious about covering the crap out of tonight’s election results and parties. How do I know this? Erik Henriksen is wearing a tie. And in addition? The tie is not covered with Star Wars characters. We’ll be at all the parties! We’ll be piping in with the latest results! And tomorrow when […]
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Catching Up With Lunchtime Ballot-Droppers
Next to the ballot slot: “This is not a mailbox” Today, I used my lunch break to check up on last-minute Portlanders pitching in their votes at the Pioneer Square and Central Library drop-off sites. While a lot of people thought I was some crazy petitioner and ran, others took a second to explain their […]
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Terrible Piece of Shit Endorses Mitt Romney
From Fox News, of course: Former President George W. Bush said Tuesday he is supporting Republican Mitt Romney’s run for the White House. “I’m for Mitt Romney,” Bush told ABC News after he delivered a speech on human rights in Washington, D.C. I don’t suppose it should be any surprise that George W. Bush is […]
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Your Mercury-Approved Voting Cheat Sheet
I don’t always follow the Mercury‘s endorsements—this year, in at least one big race, I split from our guide (writing in “Robb Stark, King in the North” for mayor actually makes a lot of sense if you just think about it for a minute). That said, I generally find our picks to be pretty dead-on—our […]
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New OPB Poll: Big Gain for Hales, Modest Gain for Smith, Big Drop for Brady
The freshest public poll yet in the Portland mayor’s race holds some lousy news for Eileen Brady’s mayoral campaign a day before voting stops. Remember that Oregonian/KGW poll last week that everyone called an “outlier” because it put Brady in third place behind Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith? A survey from OPB released today pretty […]