February 22, 2012

— Comment on Facebook in response to Rick Santorum saying that access to contraception leads to people having sex for pleasure, not procreation.

Feingold On Obama’s Failure to Live Up to Expectations

February 22, 2012 Buck Banks

The expectations for him were absurd. And they were wrong. They expected him to be something he couldn’t possibly be given his level of experience. It was impossible to ask him to be all the things that people poured into him.

— Former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), in an interview with GQ, on whether President Obama has lived up to his promise.

Obama Continues Singing Streak

February 22, 2012 Trish

Our team definitely has the cool guy on it. Republicans, you can have Mittens and Little Ricky, along with the fat blowhard and the old crank. We’ll keep this guy.

Romney: Obama Has a ‘Secular Agenda’

February 22, 2012 Buck Banks

You expect the president of the United States to be sensitive to that freedom and protect it and, unfortunately, perhaps because of the people the president hangs around with, and their agenda, their secular agenda, they have fought against religion.

— Mitt Romney, attacking President Obama’s “secular agenda” during a town hall in Michigan, ABC News reports.

Of Republicans say they have a great deal of interest in following the Republican presidential race, compared with 48% in December, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. Key findings: Only 23% are strongly satisfied with the field and 40% said they are dissatisfied with the candidates running.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers are pretty astute —
Noting that whether he paid for sex or not is moot.
They allege when at an orgy
One is excited and engorgy,
And it’s impossible to tell a naked woman from a naked prostitute.

Name GOPers Starting to Back Santorum

February 22, 2012 Buck Banks

All along I have felt that Mitt Romney would probably be the strongest general election challenger to the president. I’m not sure that’s true any longer. I think Rick Santorum may emerge as the stronger general election candidate.

Day: February 22, 2012

Strap Em Up, Santorum

saying removing contraception encourages safe sex habits is like removing seat belts to encourage safer driving.

— Comment on Facebook in response to Rick Santorum saying that access to contraception leads to people having sex for pleasure, not procreation.

Feingold On Obama’s Failure to Live Up to Expectations

The expectations for him were absurd. And they were wrong. They expected him to be something he couldn’t possibly be given his level of experience. It was impossible to ask him to be all the things that people poured into him.

— Former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), in an interview with GQ, on whether President Obama has lived up to his promise.

Obama Continues Singing Streak

Romney: Obama Has a ‘Secular Agenda’

You expect the president of the United States to be sensitive to that freedom and protect it and, unfortunately, perhaps because of the people the president hangs around with, and their agenda, their secular agenda, they have fought against religion.

— Mitt Romney, attacking President Obama’s “secular agenda” during a town hall in Michigan, ABC News reports.

The Rise of Republican Ennui

40%

The Naked Truth

Name GOPers Starting to Back Santorum

All along I have felt that Mitt Romney would probably be the strongest general election challenger to the president. I’m not sure that’s true any longer. I think Rick Santorum may emerge as the stronger general election candidate.

— Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D), quoted by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by CBS News.

“Here’s the problem with the red meat: It becomes an addiction. Once you go there and you put that out there, then you’re forced to defend it. So what do they do? They double down. They triple down again.”

— Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by the Washington Post, on Republicans relying on anti-Muslim attacks in the Michigan U.S. Senate race.

— Stephen Miller, quoted by The Guardian, pledging “total devotion” to President Trump.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”