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Would the Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up?
Bill Clinton is picking up on the question: Who Is Mitt Romney? And what does he stand for? We just don't know. He even mentions "Severely Conservative Mitt Romney." As I wrote a few days ago, the...
Polling Flashback to This Week in 2004
Steve Benen with some appropriate history: In late September, shortly before the first debate, a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found George W. Bush leading John Kerry by eight points. A week later...
There is An Idea of Mitt Romney; Some Kind of Abstraction.
I can't help but to think of the following quote from American Psycho: "There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman; some kind of abstraction. But there is no real me: only an entity, something illusory...
Mitt Romney Flip-Flops on Abortion. Again.
Ted Kennedy famously referred to Romney's position on abortion as "multiple choice." And so this "severely conservative" candidate has once again changed his position on abortion. Romney promises no...
Bad Lip Reading: The Debate
This is an instant classic. The Lehrer-As-A-Creepy-Wizard lines are priceless.
Mitt Romney’s Secret Plan to Fix the Economy
My Wednesday column tries to figure out Romney's secret plan, only to conclude that it's as ambiguous as Romney himself. Job creation is up. Inflation is down. Business profits are up. Consumer debt...
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Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'"
Spazzy White Guys in Lower Manhattan
The Dow is inching closer to 14,000 -- up from 6,600 when the president took office. And yet they're so completely pissed about the Obama presidency, they're accusing him of an impeachable conspiracy...
The Toughest Man in the World
Short break from politics to say holy crapola! This guy... (CNN) -- British rugby league player Paul Wood has lost a testicle after a collision during the English sport's showpiece final at...
The Upshot? Romney is a Big Nothing on Foreign Policy.
Ouch. The reviews of Mitt Romney's speech are terrible. But wait -- why didn't Chris Matthews get totally histrionic about it? Mitt Romney seemed sharp and quick last week. What happened? Who is this...
And Now, Nate Silver to Settle Your Acid Stomach
Yeah, the Pew poll and today's PPP polls look good for Romney, but don't panic! The most unfavorable numbers for Mr. Romney came in the national tracking polls published by Gallup and Rasmussen...
President Obama’s Ten Words for the Second Debate
My Tuesday column suggests the best line of attack against Romney, given his greatest weakness: We've obviously entered the Emotional Roller-Coaster portion of the presidential campaign in which...
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The Cult - "She Sells Sanctuary"
Enough Already. The Debate Was Not a Disaster.
Watch the video again. Maybe skip around and check out random moments. You'll probably notice that Romney stammered a lot, too. You'll notice that Herky-Jerky Romney emerged several times. You'll...
Why Obama Now?
A brilliant animation by Lucas Gray, an animator for The Simpsons and Family Guy. Watch and circulate:
And By the Way, The Dow has More Than Doubled
On March 9, 2009, several weeks after the president's inauguration, the Dow bottomed out at 6,625. At the end of the trading day on Friday, the Dow reached a five year high of 13,610 -- more than...
President Jokes About His Debate Performance
At the "30 days to victory" fundraising concert in Los Angeles last night. Hilarious. And if he turns in a kick ass debate performance next week, the above video will be even funnier. But if he...
How Did This Slip Through the Cracks?
Mitt Romney held a rally in Denver last Monday in which he accepted the endorsement of John Elway. Thousands of supporters gathered to see Romney and Elway and, as a special added attraction, the...
Repeat After Me: Obama Cut the Deficit and Slowed Spending to Lowest Level in 50 Years
My Monday column is an extension of yesterday's post about the president's record on the deficit and government spending. Illustrative of his contempt for the truth, Mitt Romney's campaign website...
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