Everything You Need to Know About Mitt
During the GOP debate the other night, moderator John King asked each candidate to name the top misconception about them. This was Romney’s response: JOHN KING: Governor Romney? MITT ROMNEY: We’ve got to restore America’s promise in this country, where people know that with hard work and education that they’re going to be secure and prosperous and ...
Is That Legal?
Via Talking Points Memo: She may, famously, not be a witch, but here’s a bit of money magic from former Delaware Republican Senate candidate and recent Mitt Romney endorser Christine O’Donnell: her political campaign gave $142,000 to her super PAC, which proceeded to buy copies of her book. Federal Election Commission reports filed by her campaign and super ...
This Is A Feature, Not a Bug
I’ve said over and over again it is the goal of the Republican part, not just in desire but also in direct action, to tank the economy in every way possible. Well it would seem the Republican plan is working as intended: The stock market fell sharply Thursday on intensifying investor fears about a slowdown ...
Republican's Plan To Repeal & Replace Medicare
The Wall Street Journal, not exactly a liberal newspaper reports: The plan would essentially end Medicare, which now pays most of the health-care bills for 48 million elderly and disabled Americans, as a program that directly pays those bills. Mr. Ryan and other conservatives say this is necessary because of the program’s soaring costs [....] ...
Republican Push To Defund NPR
How did the first GOP-ordered House vote since the election work out? Well not so well: The Republican campaign to take away all federal funding from National Public Radio (NPR) was over before it began, with GOP lawmakers’ procedural trick to force a vote on the issue failing on Thursday. Most folks think the attempt ...
