Month: October 2012
Look Out Mitt, Obama’s Got His Groove Back
Obama is on fire in this Florida stump speech, an absolute must-watch. Mitt better eat his Wheaties before the next debate.
h/t to Beach Peanuts
Election 2012 May End Congressional Careers of Sonny Bono’s Widow and Her Current Husband, Florida Rep. Connie Mack
But that may not be the only political trouble facing Rep. Mack’s household. His wife, GOP Rep. Mary Bono Mack, the widow of entertainer Sonny Bono, is also facing the toughest reelection challenge since she assumed the seat representing Palm Springs that her late husband held until he was killed in a freak skiing accident in January 1998. Because Rep. Mack opted to give up his seat in Florida to run against Nelson, there’s a chance now that both Mack and Bono Mack will not be returning to Washington next year.
Rep. Bono Mack, who is considered to be one of the five most vulnerable Republican representatives in the House, appears to have really stepped in it when an “October surprise” lodged against her Democratic opponent, emergency-room physician Raul Ruiz, backfired, big time:
Veep Debate Generates One-Third the Tweets Prez Debate Had
3.5 million
Number of tweets posted on Twitter during the vice presidential debate, down from 10.3 million during last week’s first presidential debate.
Please Bleep Veeps
Who will remember where they were for Biden versus Ryan?
If I said it mattered, you’d assert that I’m lyin’.
There were but few facts,
But lots of smirks and smacks,
And the overwhelming smell of two campaigns a-dyin’.
9 Out of 10 Dems Approve of Obama’s Performance
90%
Of Democrats and 8% of Republicans approve of President Barack Obama, an 82-point party gap, according to Gallup. Obama’s fourth-year job approval ratings may eclipse George W. Bush’s 2004 ratings as the most polarized in history.
Of Democrats and 8% of Republicans approve of President Barack Obama, an 82-point party gap, according to Gallup. Obama’s fourth-year job approval ratings may eclipse George W. Bush’s 2004 ratings as the most polarized in history.
Romney, Who Hunkered Down in France During Vietnam, on Former SEAL Who Died in Benghazi: ‘They Rushed to Go Help, That’s the American Way, We Go Where We’re Needed’
During the Vietnam War, Mitt Romney protested the protesters one year and then headed to France the next. While students who involuntary enlistment he actively supported died in the mud in Vietnam, he lived in a chateau in Paris and tooled around France on a bike trying to convince the French to give up coffee and wine.
Now he cites the courage of a former Navy SEAL who died in a terror attack claiming that “They didn’t hunker down where they were in safety. They
rushed there to go help.This is the American way. This is the American way. We go where there’s trouble. We go where we’re needed.”
But you didn’t go there, Mitt. You hunkered down in France.
Tracking Romney’s Positions on Women’s Reproductive Rights, His Reversals on Those Positions and Lies about His Former Positions
In the video above, William Saletan at Slate Magazine walks us through the labyrinthine twists and turns in Mitt Romney’s various positions, walk-backs and lies about his position on abortion during his political career. Warning: Make sure you are seated when you watch this because it will make you dizzy, if not woozy — but not in a good way.
Yesterday, inspired by a dramatic shift in his favor among unmarried women voters in post-debate polls, Romney added another twist to his ever-changing views on abortion when he told the editorial board of the Des Moines Register that “There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda.”
Biden, Ryan Have Similar Favorability Ratings
44% and 43%
Favorability scores of Vice presidential contenders Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, respectively, as they head into their debate tonight, according to Gallup. Independents view Ryan slightly better than Biden.
Debate Bad Lip Synch: ‘Eye of the Sparrow’
This video shows Jim Lehrer actually was in control.
