Campaigns are a reflection of the candidate: CLEVELAND, Ohio — Republican nominee Mitt Romney's guerrilla tactics continued Thursday, as the campaign bus circled the venue where President Barack Obama will be speaking this afternoon. As it passed the assembled throngs of supporters awaiting entry to the event at Cuyahoga Community College, the bus honked its horn dozens of times, before … Read More
Young Mitt
After looking at these 50 photos of a young Mitt Romney, and keeping in mind that he was a "prankster" who liked to pin down and cut the hair of gay students (what we call "bullying" today), I have come to the conclusion that Romney was a sniveling kid born to privilege, who sneered at the middle class, and a … Read More
Nate Silver Handicaps The Election
A lot to digest here, especially if you are a stats geek, but — as things stand now, Nate Silver predicts a narrow Obama win in November: The forecast currently calls for Mr. Obama to win roughly 290 electoral votes, but outcomes ranging everywhere from about 160 to 390 electoral votes are plausible, given the long lead time until the … Read More
They’re Going to Charlotte AND North Carolina, Too
We will welcome Fox & Friends, too.
Joe Biden in Winston-Salem
As I type this, Joe Biden is a couple of blocks away, speaking in the building where I used to work up until last year. Of course, back then, the building was a piece of sh*t — little more than a warehouse converted into offices. Now, the place has been refurbished, and is a state of the art medical research … Read More
Game Changer
If Romney picks Condaleeza Rice as his VP, I think he wins (all other things being equal).
Can Fox Get Any More Blatant?
This isn't a political ad produced by Romney or one of the pro-Romney pacs. This 4 minute film was produced and shown on Fox News. In fact, it starts off with a graphic that reads, “Fox & Friends Presents.” “The ad presented on ‘Fox & Friends’ was virtually indistinguishable from the sort of campaign videos regularly produced by Republican presidential … Read More
The Romney-Trump Bromance
I'm not sure this is the best use of Obama ad dollars… …but I think the question is relevant. Why is Romney hanging with the Donald? The answer, of course, is money, but surely even the Romney campaign must understand that whatever financial benefits Trump gives them is counterweighed by the "ugh" factor that comes from the moderates and … Read More
Obama And Gay Marriage
You know, I thought that when Obama came out for gay marriage a few weeks back, he did it to get the issue out of the way (and perhaps, in part, because Biden opened the door and put the issue front-and-center). I thought he would come out for it, and then move on. But he's actually running on it as … Read More
Romney Promises To Increase Unemployment Rate
"I can tell you that over a period of four years, by virtue of the policies that we'd put in place, we'd get the unemployment rate down to 6%, and perhaps a little lower," the presumptive GOP nominee said in a TIME interview published Wednesday. One problem with that…. based on the current rate of growth, the jobless rate is … Read More
Bain Capital Experience
It took him a while, but Obama is on message. His point? It's that the role of a President bears no resemblance to the role of a business leader, particularly a private equity or leveraged buyout specialist. One should have a concern on how to create jobs and the other has what amounts to a fiduciary duty to create profit. And … Read More
You Thought “Birtherism” Was A Dead Issue?
No, it ain't: Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett® told KFYI he’s not entirely convinced President Obama was really born in the United States and suggested he could be knocked off the state’s presidential ballot. Said Bennett: “I’m not a birther. I believe the president was born in Hawaii—or at least I hope he was. But my responsibility as secretary of state … Read More
Joe The Plumber Sticks It To The Stereotypes
I'm speechless….
Dear Fox News
If you're going to have an article entitled "Alarm Grows Among Dems About Obama’s Chances", shouldn't you have in there a quote from at least, oh, one Democrat who is, as the title suggests, actually alarmed about Obama's chances?
Bully Romney At Bain Capital
The new Obama ad hits Romney hard, but with a deft touch. Gentle music plays throughout as former workers as GST Steel, an enterprise looted by Romney while he was at Bain Capital, talk about the impact his business tactics had on their lives and livelihood. The Romney people will try to claim the ad (and others like it) are … Read More