[EDITOR's NOTE: The wrong byline was up on this post for a few minutes due to a system hiccup. We regret the error.] It's a squeaker, kind of The latest poll by NPR and its bipartisan polling team [pdf] shows President Obama with a 7-point lead among likely voters nationally and a nearly identical lead of 6 points in the dozen battleground states where both campaigns … [Read more...] about A REALLY Close Horse Race: Obama Romney Polls Greatly Tighten Heading into First High-Stakes Debate
India: Competitor, or Source of Future American Growth? (Guest Voice)
India: Competitor, or source of future American growth? (via GlobalPost) Asian immigrants could fuel US growth this century. Jason Overdorf Americans are used to looking at Asians as competitors, though Indian outsourcing companies have created nearly 300,000 US jobs over the past five years and Indian firms like Tata Motors are beginning to rescue western … [Read more...] about India: Competitor, or Source of Future American Growth? (Guest Voice)
The Politics of Benghazi Terrorist Attack Breaks Out Into the Open
WASHINGTON - The report from Eli Lake of the Daily Beast cites multiple attacks in Libya before the assassination of Ambassador Stevens. It stems from a letter Lake obtained from chairman Rep. Darrell Issa and subcommittee chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz of the House Oversight Committee, written to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, outlining the previously unreported attacks. … [Read more...] about The Politics of Benghazi Terrorist Attack Breaks Out Into the Open
What Wall Street Fears Most This Fall
Follow the money, Deep Throat advised during Watergate. Today’s open secret is how badly Really Big Money wants to beat Elizabeth Warren for the Massachusetts Senate seat of Scott Brown and Ted Kennedy before him. At the Democratic convention, the loathing was mutual as Warren attacked on prime time TV: “Wall Street CEOs--the same ones who wrecked our economy and destroyed … [Read more...] about What Wall Street Fears Most This Fall
Time For Clueless NATO to Pack Up, ‘Lock, Stock and Barrel’ (The Nation, Pakistan)
How deaf to history are the nations of the West, still fighting 12 years later in Afghanistan? That is the question addressed by this editorial from Pakistan's The Nation, which underlines what recent "blue on green" attacks in the country seem to illustrate: That the West has yet again utterly and disastrously failed to comprehend or appreciate the Afghan psyche. In small … [Read more...] about Time For Clueless NATO to Pack Up, ‘Lock, Stock and Barrel’ (The Nation, Pakistan)
The Presidential Debate and a Few of My Least Favorite Things
Let me tell you how much I'm looking forward to the Presidential debate this week. You ever have a root canal or a colonoscopy? Have you ever been forced to sit through an all day mandatory workshop on office safety? Have you ever shut your finger in the car door or hit the top of your head on a kitchen cabinet door? Have you had the privilege of attending a High School … [Read more...] about The Presidential Debate and a Few of My Least Favorite Things
Campaign 2012: Who Would Have Thought It
LA JOLLA, California — Twenty years ago the sheltered Children's Pool Beach here was crammed with kids. Then, slowly, but inexorably, they came: the seals. And then more. And even more. Then they started giving birth. By 1997, the kids' beach was closed by the city due to "continuously high fecal coliform counts." Today, after legal battles pitting environmentalists against … [Read more...] about Campaign 2012: Who Would Have Thought It
Obama Campaign Put Romney on Notice Over Tax Questions
Obama campaign put Romney on notice over tax questions (via AFP) The Obama campaign warned Tuesday that Mitt Romney would have to confront questions on whether his offshore holdings were set up to avoid taxes, during Wednesday's presidential debate. On the eve of the clash in Denver between the Republican and President Barack Obama, a New York Times report … [Read more...] about Obama Campaign Put Romney on Notice Over Tax Questions
Biden Gaffe on Eve of US Presidential Debate
Biden gaffe on eve of US presidential debate (via AFP) Vice President Joe Biden inadvertently tossed raw meat to Republican rivals Tuesday barely 24 hours ahead of the first presidential debate, saying the middle class has been "buried" during the last four years. With President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney laying low ahead of Wednesday… … [Read more...] about Biden Gaffe on Eve of US Presidential Debate
Obama Romney Debate
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Romney Gets Progressive?
The Ryan/Romney campaign has noticed that their tax plan defies basic arithmetic. Today Romney came up with an idea that on the surface is progressive and might work. Mitt Romney Floats $17,000 Limit On Tax Deductions Under pressure to provide more details about his tax reform proposal, Mitt Romney floated an idea Tuesday to help fill a revenue hole in his plan. “As an … [Read more...] about Romney Gets Progressive?
The Debate Will Matter: NBC/WSJ poll: Almost 40 Percent Say Debates Will be Important
Forget what some analysts are suggesting. A new poll suggests tomorrow's debate between President Barack Obama and Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney could be important to a big chunk of potential voters: Nearly four in 10 voters say that the upcoming debates will be either "extremely" or "quite" important in helping determine their vote in the presidential … [Read more...] about The Debate Will Matter: NBC/WSJ poll: Almost 40 Percent Say Debates Will be Important
Boxing and Watching the Clock (Cartoon)
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Election 2012: Can Democrats Retake the House?
Election 2012: Can Democrats retake the House? (via The Christian Science Monitor) Nancy Pelosi calls it the "drive for 25" – the number of seats House Democrats need to reclaim in November for Ms. Pelosi to retake the speaker's gavel. Getting to 25 seats is no easy feat – and it's not one Democrats will reach this year, most analysts predict. Since 1994, when a … [Read more...] about Election 2012: Can Democrats Retake the House?
Obama Campaign Ridicules Mitt Romney’s Flip-Flop On Status of Some Undocumented Immigrants
The Obama campaign is ridiculing Mitt Romney's change on the status some undocumented immigrants granted a reprieve by an executive order from President Obama, saying his "immigration pivot raises more questions than it answers." “Romney’s latest immigration pivot raises more questions than it answers. He still has not said whether he would continue the administration’s policy … [Read more...] about Obama Campaign Ridicules Mitt Romney’s Flip-Flop On Status of Some Undocumented Immigrants
Of COWs, HIGs, And The National Debate That Isn’t But Should Be
Here's the headline of a story that appeared today on the Bloomberg website: "Top 1% Got 93% of Income Growth as Rich-Poor Gap Widened." The story that followed contained the information that according to an estimate of the U.S. Census Bureau, last year while the bottom 99 percent of households in this country saw their earnings fall by 1.7 percent on average, the top one … [Read more...] about Of COWs, HIGs, And The National Debate That Isn’t But Should Be
Pennyslvania Voters Get A Break: Judge Halts Voter ID Enforcement
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson has just issued a ruling to halt the Voter I. D. law for the 2012 election. Is it possible, really? You mean all those grandmothers and wheel chair bound vets won't have rush to one of the few, always crowded and understaffed PEN DOT offices and sit for hours only to be told to come back and jump through more hoops so they … [Read more...] about Pennyslvania Voters Get A Break: Judge Halts Voter ID Enforcement
Videos, Protests, and Murder: The Bigger Picture in Libya and Beyond
Guest post by Ali Ezzatyar The killing of Ambassador Stevens is still shrouded in some ambiguity. But a media firestorm on the subject, stoked by certain U.S. lawmakers, is missing the point, and that goes for the mainstream media's analysis of recent protests in the Muslim world as well. The U.S. Government, and the State Department in particular, are being criticized … [Read more...] about Videos, Protests, and Murder: The Bigger Picture in Libya and Beyond
Why Should We Care About America’s Presidential Election? (de Volkskrant, The Netherlands)
Has the world lost interest in U.S. presidential elections? For de Volkskrant of the Netherlands, columnist Bert Wagendorp writes that no matter how hard he tries, he can't work up any enthusiasm for Obama's second run for the White House. And why? He blames a combination of disappointment with the president's 2008 promises of 'change', and the fact that America's problems are … [Read more...] about Why Should We Care About America’s Presidential Election? (de Volkskrant, The Netherlands)
Univision Reports More Disturbing Information About Fast and Furious
From The Daily Caller and ABC News: The Spanish language television news network Univision unleashed a bombshell investigative report on Operation Fast and Furious Sunday evening, finding that in January 2010 drug cartel hit men slaughtered students with weapons the United States government allowed to flow to them across the Mexican border. “On January 30, 2010, a … [Read more...] about Univision Reports More Disturbing Information About Fast and Furious