Day: September 4, 2012
Doin’ a Heck of a Job There, Mitty!
Go home and call 211.
— Mitt Romney, quoted by the Huffington Post, telling a homeless hurricane victim in Louisiana to call the information line for health and human services programs.
The Implacable Opponent Trumped Unity and Hope
We met an implacable opponent in the Republican leadership. They made a decision, and they’ve been very open about it, that from Day One they weren’t going to cooperate on any major issue.
— David Axelrod, quoted by the Washington Post, explaining why President Obama failed in his promise of a new politics of unity and hope.
Obama Not Offended By Eastwood’s Scolding
One thing about being president or running for president — if you’re easily offended, you should probably choose another profession.
— President Obama, in an interview with USA Today, commenting on Clint Eastwood’s criticisms in his speech at the GOP convention. He added: “I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan.”
Romney’s Acceptance Speech Worse Than Dole’s
38%
Rated Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention as excellent or good — the lowest rating since Bob Dole’s GOP acceptance speech in 1996 — while 16% rated it as poor or terrible, according to a new Gallup poll.
Can GOP Combat the Coat Hanger Image?
But for poor women you’ll be back to the days of coat hangers in the bathtub and you’ll see women die.
— North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue (D), quoted on MSNBC, on what will happen if Republicans win because of their anti-abortion position.
Obama and Romney Tied in North Carolina in Latest Poll
48% to 48%
Percentages of North Carolina voters who say they will vote for Pres. Obama and Mitt Romney, according to a new poll by Public Policy Polling, which is based in Raleigh. Earlier this week, a Charlotte Observer-Elon College poll of Tar Heel voters gave Romney a four point lead over the president, 47% to 43%, and a High Point University-Fox 8 poll found that Romney had a three point lead. The president won North Carolina in 2008 by several thousand votes.
California Gov. Jerry Brown, 74, Challenges New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, 49, to an Athletic Contest
What came through from the Republican Convention was its angry tone, and no one does angry tone better than New Jersey’s Republican Gov. Chris Christie, age 49, who made sneering remarks from the convention podium about the age of California’s Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, who is 74.
But now Gov. Brown, who is tall, lean and fit, has returned fire against Gov. Christie — who is, um, not — by challenging him to a triathalon of sorts:
