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Romney Turns to Bush/Cheney Team for Economic Advice
4 out of 4
Number of Romney economic advisors who were on the Bush/Cheney economic team: 1. Vin Weber, N. Gregory Mankin, Kevin A. Hassett, R. Glenn Hubbard. As we have said before, if you liked Bush, you’ll love Romney.
Inside a Mitt Romney Rally, or At Least Near It
I hope you faithful Pensito Reviewers appreciate my sacrifice in bringing you these crowd shots from Mitt Romney’s appearance in St. Augustine, Fla. on Monday, Aug. 13. I had to get up at 6 a.m. — that’s 6 in the morning, people! — to start my day with a bunch of rabid Republicans and tea partiers.
I wanted to stick around for the speechifying by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Gov. Rick Scott, Sen. Marco Rubio, and of course, Willard himself but the speakers started late (you’d think Republicans would be on time and Democrats would run late), and going on three hours in, I wanted to flee the scene. The vibe was decidedly “We’re taking our country back,” and since I’m the one they’re trying to take it back from, it wasn’t pleasant.
But do enjoy these shots. I made them just for you.
New Study Links Support for Voter ID Laws to Racial Resentment
Despite its conclusion, the study was not produced by Duh University and at least one surprising tidbit it uncovered shows it.
New research from the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication found that people with high “racial resentment” scores, along with those who consider themselves Republicans and conservatives, are most likely to be concerned about the largely imaginary issue of vote fraud.
Intense vote fraud investigations in Iowa have produced a confused elderly man who voted twice, a college student whose parents are divorcing who didn’t get the postcard, and a lady who lives at the address on her voter ID but gets mail elsewhere
To gauge their depth of racial resentment, non African-American survey respondents were asked how strongly they agreed with these statements:
- I resent any special considerations that Africans Americans receive because it’s unfair to other Americans.
- Special considerations for African Americans place me at an unfair disadvantage because I have done nothing to harm them.
- African Americans bring up race only when they need to make an excuse for their failure.
Not all liberals and Democrats came up clean in the survey.
Chris Wallace Eats Mitch McConnell For Lunch – on FOX
Enjoy watching Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky), who already looks like a fish on the pier that someone caught by mistake and didn’t throw back in time, go blank when Chris Wallace (on FOX News!) asks what the Republican alternative is to “Obamacare.”
But keep a couple of points in mind as you view.
Breaking News: Democrats Set to Walk Out on Holder Contempt Vote
Joy-Ann Reid is reporting that House Democrats, outgunned and outnumbered by House Republicans and Teabillies, will join the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) in walking out on the contempt of Congress vote set to be held on our hero, Attorney General Eric Holder, on June 28.
Yes, with all the pressing issues before the country, which, if you listen to FOX News is about to collapse from same, House Speaker John Boehner found time to not only investigate Holder (but not his predecessor in the Bush administration who started the Fast and Furious program), but to stop everything and take a vote on whether the voluminous information Holder has supplied to date is sufficient. The problem is that what Holder has coughed up does not show criminal wrong doing on the part of the Obama administration. Boehner and his co-conspirators want more, even if the proof they need never existed.
The CBC:
Instead of focusing on job creation and other critical issues before this Congress, we have been asked to engage in a political stunt on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. Our constituents elected us to do real work, not to engage in meaningless partisan activity.
For those keeping track, Pres. Obama announcing he will not enforce deportation of the narrow group of children and young adults defined by the Dream Act, which failed to get a filibuster-proof majority in 2010, is election year prostitution. But stopping the work of the House of Representatives to focus on a partisan witch hunt that, if anything incriminates Republicans’ gun lobby pals, is time well spent. Yeah, no.
Democrats, If You Can’t Beat ‘Em…Run Anyway
States with Republican super-majorities in your state houses, take note. Florida Democrats have come up with a strategy that might not win their party any seats but will help stop the momentum that Republicans enjoy after they rig districts and gain incumbency.
As strategies go, it’s pretty simple: Run somebody.
As the deadline drew near for candidates to pay money and be listed on the ballot this month, several Republican Senate candidates were within an eyelash of taking office unopposed, without a single vote being cast. You could almost hear the champagne bottles popping.
Every one was sitting on a mountain of campaign cash in hopes of scaring off competition. But one by one, in rapid succession, each drew last-minute Democratic opposition, seemingly from out of nowhere.
By fielding candidates, Smith was able to tie the financial hands of the GOP
The rule is, if a candidate has no competition for a seat by the qualifying deadline, he or she can turn over the money they’ve raised to the state party to help candidates with competitors. This year, that would have meant an extra $2 million for the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) to spend as it sees fit to trample Democrats across the state.
Not Everyone in Florida is an Asshole
In fact, Sen. Bill Nelson’s a pretty stand-up guy.
