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When It’s Over…
Harry Reid stands up beside his desk in the Senate and announces he’s got ‘credible evidence’ Mitt Romney hasn’t paid taxes for ten years – but then says he’s not sure it’s true. The Chairman of the Republican Party, throwing manners aside, brands Reid a ‘dirty liar.’ Reid’s spokesman fires back it’s ‘clear…
Read MoreWhy Is It Close?
A prominent Democrat asked this question: “With the economy so bad, why is Obama even close in North Carolina?” Three theories: (1) Voters like him; (2) they don’t like Romney; (3) they’re afraid the Tea Party has taken over the Republican Party. Maybe all three are right. A poll found Obama leading in…
Read MoreBurr as Veep?
Maybe Senator Richard Burr sees himself as the best running mate for Mitt Romney. In an interview with WBT radio, he said Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) could use “a little more experience.” He called Kelly Ayotte out of New Hampshire a “longshot.” And he had faint praise for former Minnesota Gov. Tim…
Read MoreA Conundrum
Mitt Romney’s running an ad that shows Barack Obama saying, If you’ve got a business – you didn’t build that, and it sure looks and sounds and smells like the truth but Obama says there’s not a word of truth in it – that Romney edited a piece of video of his speech, took what…
Read MoreMitt’s Horses**t
It’s one thing for Mitt Romney to dis the Brits at their Olympics. It’s another thing altogether to distance himself from his wife’s role in the Olympics. Together these are disturbing signs of a man who doesn’t want us to see who he really is. Romney’s disastrous NBC interview in London got attention mostly…
Read MoreFast Food Politics
Two of my guilty pleasures are Snoopy’s hot dogs and Chick-Fil-A. So what’s a good Democrat to do when the Snoopy’s owner attacks President Obama and Chick-Fil-A’s owner condemns gay marriage? I’m reminded of McDonald’s some years back. The founder and owner, Ray Kroc, was a big buddy and big contributor to Richard Nixon.…
Read MoreContext, Please
A Democrat concerned about Obama’s allegedly anti-small business statement (“you didn’t build that”) asks: “What did he really say? The quote sounds bad.” It does indeed, and Republicans have jumped all over it. Obama made the statement on July 13, in a campaign speech in Roanoke, Va. Here’s the full quote: “If…
Read MoreCan Romney Be Reagan?
This presidential campaign has a hint of 1980. A Democratic President is running for reelection in a bad economy. Americans are feeling down. The President’s poll numbers are worrisome. He is criticized as weak and disconnected. The Republican is veteran campaigner who lost the nomination four years ago. He’s attractive, but his record…
Read MoreKing of Bain
My friend David Burney (of New Kind and Johnny Folsom Four fame) makes an insightful comment about Mitt Romney’s doomed struggle to separate himself from Bain Capital: “The question as to whether or not he was the active CEO during a specific time when Bain shipped jobs overseas is irrelevant. Romney created a company…
Read MoreAt a Loss for Words
Where was this when I needed it? TheNew York Times reports that the Obama and Romney campaigns are insisting on the power to review and edit their quotes before journalists can use them. And news outlets go along, including the Times, Bloomberg, the Washington Post, Vanity Fair and Reuters. The story says: “The…
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