March 26, 2012 - Pensito

Little Ricky Is Having a Meltdown

March 26, 2012March 26, 2012 Trish

It was bad enough that Rick Santorum borrowed a page from Keith Olbermann’s play book when he stood before a crowd in Racine, Wis. and said Mitt Romney is “the worst Republican in the country to put up against Barack Obama.”

No, Santorum dug himself in a little deeper when a New York Times reporter asked him if that’s really what he meant to say.

Santorum accused the Times’ Jeff Zeleny of distorting his words following a question from the reporter Sunday night.

Zeleny asked Santorum if he thinks Mitt Romney is the “worst Republican in the country to run against Obama,” something he said while campaigning in Wisconsin.

In response, Santorum said “I didn’t say that. You guys are distorting what I’m saying … Quit distorting my words. It’s bullshit.

Obviously the bullshit was all on Santorum’s side as that was quite clearly what he said, with no distortion involved in understanding it.

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Obama Staff Debating Gay Marriage

March 26, 2012 Buck Banks

This does not mean that it will happen, and there are plenty of reasons to assume it won’t. Indeed, it would be political malpractice if Obama’s top advisers didn’t discuss every permutation and possibility, no matter how far fetched. However, the fact that it has been discussed seriously at high levels means it’s not out of the question. Those advisers are convinced that Obama will make this call based on his gut, and ultimately without regard to the fine-grained political analysis of the situation, the source says.

— Greg Sargent, in an op-ed in the Washington Post, noting President Obama’s top political advisers “have held serious discussions with leading Democrats about the upsides and downsides of coming out for gay marriage before the fall election.”

The Return of the ‘BFD’

March 26, 2012 Buck Banks

Well, now, it’s becoming a big f-ing mess for the Democratic Party and the country as a whole.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), in a CNN interview, alluding to Vice President Joe Biden’s famous comment when President Obama signed his landmark health care law two years ago.

Gingrich’s ‘Descent Into Irrelevance’

March 26, 2012 Buck Banks

Despite Newt Gingrich’s best efforts, it looks like the world is going to have to save itself. A humiliating third-place finish in Saturday’s Louisiana primary should have extinguished the last embers of Gingrich’s wildfire dream of a second-ballot victory at the GOP Convention. Any Newtonian fantasy about stopping Mitt Romney in Tampa requires the former House speaker to continue to accumulate convention delegates. But Gingrich — after winning a combined 9 percent of the vote in Louisiana and the prior Illinois primary — is now in the goose-egg phase of his descent into irrelevance.

— Walter Shapiro, writing in the New Republic.

Herman Cain Is back With a Truly Disturbing Video

March 26, 2012March 27, 2012 Buck Banks

Remember back when Herman Cain was entertaining? Well, apparently those days are over, given his latest foray into video production.

Majority Support Obama’s Environmental Record

March 26, 2012 Buck Banks

56%

Of Americans say President Barack Obama is doing a good job of protecting the nation’s environment. Fewer praise his handling of the nation’s energy policy (42%) or his success in making America prosperous (43%).

Day: March 26, 2012

Little Ricky Is Having a Meltdown

Obama Staff Debating Gay Marriage

— Greg Sargent, in an op-ed in the Washington Post, noting President Obama’s top political advisers “have held serious discussions with leading Democrats about the upsides and downsides of coming out for gay marriage before the fall election.”

The Return of the ‘BFD’

Well, now, it’s becoming a big f-ing mess for the Democratic Party and the country as a whole.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), in a CNN interview, alluding to Vice President Joe Biden’s famous comment when President Obama signed his landmark health care law two years ago.

Gingrich’s ‘Descent Into Irrelevance’

— Walter Shapiro, writing in the New Republic.

Herman Cain Is back With a Truly Disturbing Video

Majority Support Obama’s Environmental Record

56%

Of Americans say President Barack Obama is doing a good job of protecting the nation’s environment. Fewer praise his handling of the nation’s energy policy (42%) or his success in making America prosperous (43%).

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%).”