May 2012 - Page 5 of 15

Him saving folks from fires is cool,
But now he’s been played like a fool.
As a surrogate he sucks,
So it’s not just bad luck
That made Cory Booker a Republican tool.

Candidate Obama Comes Out Swinging

May 22, 2012 Buck Banks

If your main argument for how to grow the economy is I knew how to make a lot of money for investors, then you’re missing what this job is about. It doesn’t mean you weren’t good at private equity, but that’s not what my job is as president. My job is to take into account everybody, not just some. My job is to make sure that the country is growing not just now, but 10 years from now and 20 years from now.

— President Obama, delivering his most personal attack yet on putative presidential rival Mitt Romney over his claims that his experience at Bain Capital qualifies him for the presidency.

President Obama’s Nine Worst Surrogates

May 22, 2012 Buck Banks

Courtesy of Buzzfeed: With allies like these, who needs Republicans?

Harold Ford? Really?!?!

O, the Tea Party’s unnerved by the GOP’s plight.
They worry Mitt Romney won’t put up much of a fight.
They’re not quite neo-Nazis
Or jack-booted crazies,
But they do think Alan West ain’t far enough to the right …

Hillary Clinton Remains Impressively Popular

May 21, 2012 Buck Banks

66%

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s favorable rating, which is within one percentage point of her highest since Gallup began rating her 20 years ago. Her unfavorable rating of 29% ties her lowest since 1993.

Obama: Unless You’re a Crook, Don’t Fear Wall Street Reform

May 21, 2012 Buck Banks

Unless you run a financial institution whose business model is built on cheating consumers, or making risky bets that could damage the whole economy, you have nothing to fear from Wall Street reform.

Month: May 2012

Facebook Contributes to More Than a Third of Divorces

1/3+

One North Carolinian’s Solution to the Whole Gay/Lesbian Thing

Cory Booker Tries to Walk It Back

Obama is the First Billion-Dollar Politician

$1 billion+

Booker the Sucker

Candidate Obama Comes Out Swinging

— President Obama, delivering his most personal attack yet on putative presidential rival Mitt Romney over his claims that his experience at Bain Capital qualifies him for the presidency.

President Obama’s Nine Worst Surrogates

Tea Party Partisanship

Hillary Clinton Remains Impressively Popular

66%

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s favorable rating, which is within one percentage point of her highest since Gallup began rating her 20 years ago. Her unfavorable rating of 29% ties her lowest since 1993.

Obama: Unless You’re a Crook, Don’t Fear Wall Street Reform

Unless you run a financial institution whose business model is built on cheating consumers, or making risky bets that could damage the whole economy, you have nothing to fear from Wall Street reform.

— President Obama, in his weekly address, calling for stricter reform after J.P. Morgan’s multibillion-dollar loss.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

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%).”