Fox News guests discover a new “nightmare” for New Yorkers: overpaid hotel maids.
House GOP goes all in to make political hay of the Obama administration’s contraception decision.
Benjy Sarlin surveys the career of GOP ad man Fred Davis. His is the mind behind the controversial “Chinese peasant” super bowl spot, not to mention many other all-time classics including the infamous “Demon Sheep” ad and Christine O’Donnell’s infamous “Witch” message.
Even before Mitt Romney hit that big pothole out West last night, he was already hitting a pretty bad trend in the probable national matchup coming this Fall. Just what’s driving it is not totally clear. Or rather, it’s not clear which of several probable culprits are most to blame. But it’s a good bet that it’s a mix of the Bain/tax rate issue, a series of gaffes and more than anything the perception of a rebounding economy and rising opinions of President Obama.
So let’s look at the numbers. For some time, President Obama has been running just a hair’s breadth ahead of Romney. But starting a little more than a week ago the two started separating and the current TPM Poll Average has President Obama with an almost 7 point lead over Romney, in other words a real lead. Read More
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s ambitious bid to fund candidates nationwide via his own PAC not working out so well.
Is the White House prepping to compromise on contraception?
Picking through the shards from last night’s Mitt crash, another data point leaps out: He didn’t win a single county in Minnesota.
As I mentioned last night, Mitt didn’t win any counties in Missouri either.
The coup de grace to Mitt Romney’s very bad night: He finished third in Minnesota.
Santorum takes all three of Tuesday night’s contests.