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Gingrich Whines Sour Grapes

May 25, 2012 Buck Banks

Mitt Romney did what he had to do in order to become the nominee.

— Newt Gingrich, in an interview on MSNBC.

Of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute. Which means you’ll NEVER catch up on watching cute animal and jackass stunts videos.

Romney Flip Flops on Ryan Budget: Cuts Would Cause ‘a Recession or Depression, So I’m Not Going to Do That, Of Course’

May 25, 2012June 29, 2012 Jon Ponder

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“I think it’d be marvelous if the Senate were to pick up Paul Ryan’s budget and to adopt it and pass it along to the president,” Mitt Romney told Wisconsin voters early last month — referring, of course to the federal budget passed by Republicans in the House on a party line vote that would cut trillions out of the budget over 10 years, including $3.3 trillion from programs that benefit low-income families.

But now Romney appears to view the draconian cuts he endorsed just a few weeks ago as decidedly un-marvelous. In a softball interview with right-wing Time Magazine reporter Mark Halperin published this week, Romney has executed one of his trademark 180-degree flip flops when it comes to cutting the budget:

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What Rove Has in Store for Gullible Swing Voters

May 25, 2012May 25, 2012 Jon Ponder

Day: May 25, 2012

Gingrich Whines Sour Grapes

Mitt Romney did what he had to do in order to become the nominee.

— Newt Gingrich, in an interview on MSNBC.

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Of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute. Which means you’ll NEVER catch up on watching cute animal and jackass stunts videos.

Romney Flip Flops on Ryan Budget: Cuts Would Cause ‘a Recession or Depression, So I’m Not Going to Do That, Of Course’

What Rove Has in Store for Gullible Swing Voters

Poetic Justice

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“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%).”