Month: June 2011
Rove Group to Spend $20 Million to Beat Obama
$20 million
Amount Karl Rove’s Crossroads’ GPS policy arm is going to spend over the next two months on a television campaign targeting Obama’s record on the economy, according to a copy of the ad shared with National Journal.
Americans Split on Obama Second Term
48% say yes, 47% no
Americans are about evenly divided on whether President Obama deserves re-election, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.
Americans are about evenly divided on whether President Obama deserves re-election, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.
Pelosi Cites Single Issue for 2012 — Medicare
Our three most important issues: Medicare, Medicare and Medicare.
— House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), saying “her party will be playing offense … zeroing in on the 60 GOP members who represent districts that Obama carried in 2008,” the Washington Post reports.
Bachmann Bashes Teleprompters
I don’t have a teleprompter. I don’t know if you’ve noticed that up here. President Bachmann may be retiring that thing.
— Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), quoted by Radio Iowa.
Paul Ryan’s Kill-Medicare Plan Has Republicans on the Run
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And, yes, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin is now the most unpopular Republican holding elected office, according to a Bloomberg poll. Only Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin are less popular.
At about the 3:00 mark, O’Donnell runs a clip from May 31 of a right-wing radio show host based in St. Augustine kicking an establishment Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson off his show after the pol weaseled around and would not come out in support of the Ryan plan. In many states, this politician’s astoundingly bad performance would be a career-ender. Transcript follows:
After New York: Over to You, California
As was noted here last week, repealing marriage equality in 2008 has already cost California businesses and local governments $750 million and could represent a loss of $2.5 billion over the next decade.
The sentiments in the photo above were reflected in the lead editorial on the Los Angeles Times op-ed page today:
Gingrich Cites His Sponsorship of Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 – Fails to Note He Was Cheating on His Wife at the Time
If all it took to be president was chutzpah and cojones, Newt Gingrich would be president for life.
With his Mediterranean cruise and its fallout — the abrupt departure of his senior campaign staff — behind him, Gingrich finally showed up in Iowa over the weekend to campaign for the GOP presidential nomination.
Iowa is one of a handful of states where gay marriage is legal, so naturally reporters asked the thrice-married Gingrich for his take on the legalization of marriage equality in New York Friday night. He replied:
Tea Baggers, Come to Somalia
Just in time for vacation planning!
