A new Pew poll finds Obama leading his opponent Mitt Romney overall by seven points, and in most every category polled. Except a couple: [Read more…]
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A new Pew poll finds Obama leading his opponent Mitt Romney overall by seven points, and in most every category polled. Except a couple: [Read more…]
(H/T for the ingenious title to reader Feralboy12 ) To really get insight into Romney’s incessant memory lapses, last night a panelist on MSNBC relayed a story from the 90s when Romney ran against Ted Kennedy for a MA senate seat and had to convince voters he wasn’t a wingnut. Word is Mittens got all bleary-eyed during a campaign event of some sort, saying he knew a woman who died from a back-alley abortion. So he would always uphold a women’s right to choose, even adding, “on that you will not see me waver.” That’s how big of a credibility and/or mental recall problem Romney already had. Or, the other possibility is that Mitt just lies a lot. This week that practice may have finally caught up to him: [Read more…]
Update: it’s getting ugly fast. According to documents and statements signed and made by Romney he was a sole shareholder, CEO, president, and drew a mininum of 100k/year salary … but he didn’t work there, no, not at all. Holy smokes, that’s his story, and wouldn’t you love that fucking job? So he was either lying to shareholders and the SEC, unlikely, or he’s been lying through his teeth for the last several years to media and the entire nation, which I hereby decree is a near metaphysical certainty.
We briefly discussed Mitt’s Bain reign and why it both poses a problem for him and servers as an illustration of the many versions of Romney. It turns out he may have also told two exclusive tales under de facto oath. America blog connects the dots: [Read more…]
There’s been some coverage today, much to the dislike of the Romney campaign, of a fundraiser being held at Dick Cheney’s home. Why would team Romney be so anxious to downplay it? [Read more…]
Mitt Romney addressed and it was a trainwreck. He was booed and openly heckled, applause was tepid and halting (Word is the Romney campaign made sure some supporters attended, maybe they were just too embarassed to clap at times). Funniest goddamn thing: At several points, after it was clear just how bad this would be, someone on the organ keyed dramatic notes in a sort of comedic pitch, the kind you hear when a bad guy wearing a black fedora is twirling his mustache. I can’t imagine who in the Romney campaign thought this was a good idea, but they were wrong.
Aside from that, the speech was full of the usual whoppers, main difference being Mittens wasn’t speaking to the indoctrinated ditto heads he typically enjoys. Politico has a recap of some of it here.
Several polls showing President Obama leading nationally and gaining in key battleground states emerged this week. One of the most surprising cross tabbed married vs single voters: [Read more…]
There is a mini debate over how long Mitt Romney worked at Bain Capital. Reason being, while Bain did the usual nasty raider shit before Romney’s self reported departure in Feb 99, some of the more politically damaging activity occurred after. David Corn at Mother Jones makes a great point, opposing other orgs that side with the Romney campaign: in document after document, over 60 total, filed with the SEC and subject to penalty of perjury, Mitt Romney is named in one way or another as a principal well after the date in question: [Read more…]
This chart explains it all. The very, very top sliver, we’re talking maybe one person in ten thousand, gets an enormous haul every time the tax rate is lowered a single tenth of one percent. Look at those numbers: People have raped and killed and laid waste to entire nations for less.
Texas governor Rick Perry has a brilliant plan to reverse his state’s dismal insurance ranking: refuse to implement the Affordable Care Act: [Read more…]
Now live streaming (Remarks concluded). President Obama is scheduled for a presser within the hour. Topic: tax cuts for the middle class vs the rich. The chart above revisits the source of the deficit Republicans like to howl about — whenever democrats are in the WH: the Bush tax cuts, the Bush wars, and the Bush recession. Prepared remarks below the fold.