Month: June 2012
Romney Needs Rubio in Florida
46 – 42
Results of a Quinnipiac poll in Florida showing Obama moving ahead of Romney in the swing state. Among Latinos, Obama’s lead was even wider: 49 – 39. The telephone survey was taken June 12 through 18, both before and after Obama’s announcement that he will no longer enforce deportation of a narrowly defined group of Hispanic children and young adults. One would imagine Obama’s lead has only grown since, and that Mitt Romney will have even more reason to beg Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to be his running mate.
Reid Mum on Bringing Dream Act to a Vote in Senate
I don’t want to answer that question. That’s a clown question, bro.
— Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), when asked whether he plans to bring the Dream Act to a vote in an effort to get Republican senators on record on the immigration issue. Reid, of course, was repackaging a comment made last week by Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper that quickly went viral.
Media Did It
Some say the campaign’s become infantile,
That Romney and Obama both sound like imbeciles.
But we blame the press
For creating this mess,
And making our political process seem trivial.
Gingrich Likes Elephants ‘Cause They’re Fat, Too
Elephants are among my favorites, partly because I’m Republican and partly because I’m big. Elephants make me feel like I’m the right size.
— Newt Gingrich, quoted by ABC News, in an interview at the National Zoo. He added, “They’re very smart animals.”
Almost Half Say They are Better Off Now Than When Obama Took Office
45%
Of Americans say they are better off than when President Obama took office compared with 36% who say they are worse off, a new Bloomberg poll finds.
Rick Scott Gets an ‘A’ for Strange from GOP Head
Rick Scott doesn’t seem to have any political skills at all. I’d give him a B for governing. I’d give him an A for strangeness.
— Former Florida GOP chairman Tom Slade, quoted by Bloomberg.
Bloomberg Poll finds Obama 13 Points ahead of Romney among Likely Voters
This new poll from Bloomberg is a real outlier — most surveys show the presidential race to be neck and neck at this early stage. Caveats all around, but of interest nonetheless:
Romney Proves He’s Both a Liar and an Asshole – All in One Sentence
What — what the president did, he — he should have worked on this years ago. If he felt seriously about this, he should have taken action when he had a Democrat House and Senate, but he didn’t. He saves these sort of things until four and a half months before the general election.
– Putative GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, on “Face the Nation” on June 17, referring to Pres. Obama’s decision to halt deportation of children of undocumented workers. In this one statement, Romney lies about the history of the DREAM Act and proves conclusively that he is an asshole. First the lying: the DREAM Act passed in both the Democratic controlled House and Senate late in 2010, but it “only” received 55 votes in the Senate, not the 60 votes needed to prevent a Republican filibuster. Second, Republican pols use witch-hunter Sen. Joe McCarthy’s formulation of “Democrat” as an adjective — as in “Democrat Congress” — as proof to their half-witted base that they are assholes who enjoy annoying grammarians and Democrats.
Billionaires Choose Husband of Sonny Bono’s Widow to Be Florida Senate GOP Nominee – Former Sen. LeMieux Drops Primary Bid
Yesterday, Politico.com reported that Newt Gingrich’s former sugar daddy, the casino mogul and Israel-firster Sheldon Adelson, was donating $1 million to a super PAC for Rep. Connie Mac — who, non-Floridians should note, is a man — in his bid to become the Republican nominee in the race for the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat.
Mack has also been endorsed by the astroturf billionaire front-group Freedomworks, as well as the GOP nominee and quarter-billionaire Mitt Romney.
Today, Roll Call reports that former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux is dropping his primary. LeMieux released a whiny video in which he indicates that he was shoved out of the race by a shadowy group he refers to as the Florida GOP “establishment.”
Rep. Mack is married to Rep. Mary Bono, the widow of Sonny Bono, the late ex-husband of Cher. Mary Bono now holds the U.S House seat representing Palm Springs, Calif., that Sonny held before he was killed in a skiing accident in 1998.
