Quite fitting: a Romney Super PAC gets a big donation from a fertilizer company. Of money, that is.. … [Read more...] about A Political Donation That’s Quite Fitting
Asymmetrical Money Warfare — Turning An Opponent’s Big Buck Edge To Your Political Advantage
There are two types of political polling going on these days. One measures which Democratic or Republican candidate is ahead in voters' preference. The other measures which is raising more money. Both, it seems, are viewed by political pros as equally important at this juncture. If you're raising more money, in their view, you will have more to spend on tv advertising, and … [Read more...] about Asymmetrical Money Warfare — Turning An Opponent’s Big Buck Edge To Your Political Advantage
“Democracy, as a system, requires an educated and participatory populace”
A comment about my "A Woman’s Response To Our Current Politics" post on TMV the other day talked about how democracy takes some critical thinking. I've been corresponding with Larry Swetman, an organizer with Occupy Philly, InterOccupy, and the National Gathering Working Group, and he had some views on the subject I found interesting. Here's a few of his quotes I really … [Read more...] about “Democracy, as a system, requires an educated and participatory populace”
5 Reasons Paul Ryan Shouldn’t be Mitt Romney’s VP (UPDATED)
I have to admit: I am utterly puzzled by the argument that Ryan would be this appealing figure as Mitt Romney's Vice Presidential pick. I think he will lose a whole chunk of independent voters. And, to me, he is as charismatic as Romney. I read all the arguments about how great he'd be but this independent voter sees him as someone for the party base and of the party base. From … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons Paul Ryan Shouldn’t be Mitt Romney’s VP (UPDATED)
Journalist Comments on Olympic Women, “Womanhood is Dying (because in his mind, the women are not “feminine…”
Perhaps some journos havent gotten around much in life seeing and being friends with many many kinds of women-- strong women laborers for instance (one of my daughters is a welder and pneumatic drill operator), women athletes in particular. This fellow journo, shown in photo at the end of the article, is a Turkish reporter who in younger years appears to have posed for many … [Read more...] about Journalist Comments on Olympic Women, “Womanhood is Dying (because in his mind, the women are not “feminine…”
Republican Primary Choice of this Nutcase May Save the Day for Democrats
Democrats are widely thought to have caught a break in Missouri [Tuesday] night, because Rep. Todd Akin prevailed in the GOP primary to face Senator Claire McCaskill — her weakest opponent. Akin has a history of over-the-top statements which Steve Benen documents right here; he has compared federal involvement in student loans to a “stage three cancer of socialism” and has said … [Read more...] about Republican Primary Choice of this Nutcase May Save the Day for Democrats
Will Conservatives Reject Obamacare’s Rebates?
WASHINGTON -- Here's a chance for all who think Obamacare is a socialist Big Government scheme to put their money where their ideology is: If you truly hate the Affordable Care Act, you must send back any of those rebate checks you receive from your insurance companies thanks to the new law. This is just common sense. If you think free enterprise should be liberated … [Read more...] about Will Conservatives Reject Obamacare’s Rebates?
Curiosity and Romney
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A Snapshot of the Two Presidential Campaigns
THIS JUST IN! Here's a photo of the match now going on between the two Presidential campaigns: … [Read more...] about A Snapshot of the Two Presidential Campaigns
Romney’s Spokesperson Praises Massachusetts Romneycare
First we have an ad by Priorities USA Action featuring a steelworker from Indiana who was (allegedly) laid off from a factory owned by Romney-founded Bain Capital, blaming his wife’s death -- caused by cancer -- to his family losing health insurance after he was laid off and, consequently, on the presumptive GOP nominee. I have seen the ad and have mixed feelings about its … [Read more...] about Romney’s Spokesperson Praises Massachusetts Romneycare
Music and the Savage Beast
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Voter Fraud May Have Given Us Obamacare
Here is how: In the '08 campaign, Republican Sen. Norm Coleman was running for re-election against Democrat Al Franken. It was impossibly close; on the morning after the election, after 2.9 million people had voted, Coleman led Franken by 725 votes. Franken and his Democratic allies dispatched an army of lawyers to challenge the results. After the first canvass, Coleman's … [Read more...] about Voter Fraud May Have Given Us Obamacare
A Woman’s Response To Our Current Politics
More and more I feel like crying and shrieking and rending my clothes. It gets clearer daily that our democracy has been stolen right out from under us by rich bozos who care nothing about America. They don't need the rest of us to get richer and richer any more - which is the only thing they seem to care about. They are, after all, "World Citizens." Of course this view, … [Read more...] about A Woman’s Response To Our Current Politics
Reuters/Ipsos Poll: Obama Lead Over Romney Widens Despite More Voters Feel Country is on Wrong Track
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that President Barack Obama has widened his lead of presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney, even though more voters feel the country is on the wrong track: Americans are increasingly pessimistic about the future but voters do not seem to be holding it against Democratic President Barack Obama, who slightly expanded his lead over … [Read more...] about Reuters/Ipsos Poll: Obama Lead Over Romney Widens Despite More Voters Feel Country is on Wrong Track
Why Romney Won’t Be Reagan This Year
With the President leading in polls, GOP spinners are positing 2012 as 1980 again, when a late Reagan surge swept a Democrat from the White House. That lead balloon won’t float, for numerous reasons: Obama is no Jimmy Carter. Despite all the venom from the Radical Right, today’s President is far more popular than the former peanut farmer ever was. In 1980, Democrats deserted … [Read more...] about Why Romney Won’t Be Reagan This Year
Who’s Getting the Votes from Key Groups?
...Mr. Obama’s goal is to keep Mr. Romney from running up huge margins among white working-class voters — defined as those without college degrees and with household incomes of $30,000 to $100,000 — who could give him the edge. New results from surveys over the past week in Colorado, Virginia and Wisconsin, combined with surveys last week in Florida, Ohio and … [Read more...] about Who’s Getting the Votes from Key Groups?
The Javelin Catcher (Cartoon)
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Washington Post/ABC News Poll: Romney’s Numbers Stall as His Negatives Rise
A new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney's numbers have largely stalled -- and his negatives have risen: Although 40 percent of voters now say they hold a favorable opinion of the former Massachusetts governor — virtually unchanged from May — those holding negative views of him ticked higher in the new survey, from … [Read more...] about Washington Post/ABC News Poll: Romney’s Numbers Stall as His Negatives Rise
Don’t Count Mitt Out
(Sigh.) First, we had the conventional wisdom that Barack Obama was in trouble. Now, he is said to be on the ascent since presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney seems stalled. Some pundits suggest recent polls and Electoral College projections indicate Obama is destined to beat Romney. One teeny-weenie bit of advice: don't count Romney out yet. First, … [Read more...] about Don’t Count Mitt Out
Romney on Mars
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