Benjy Sarlin on how the Dems are gleefully preparing for a Bain barrage of their own.
GOP super PAC targets former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE) with a new radio ad before he even gets in the race.
More on the question of pardons from long-time TPM Reader DS …
Just wanted to follow up with you on the issue of pardons. While I cannot speak to the specific pardons Haley Barbour allowed, I agree that there should be more pardons, not less, and that pardons are very difficult to come by.
When I was 17 years old I got into some very serious trouble. I was charged with two non-violent felonies which I plead down to misdemeanors. I served my probation, completed my community service, and paid all fines and restitution, all before I was 19 years old.
CNN explains to us how, after digging deep into the numbers and with a little rounding, Rick Perry really does qualify for its next debate.
Things that aren’t as steep as Rick Perry’s drop in the polls in South Carolina.
CNN takes pity on Rick Perry and includes him in its next South Carolina debate — even though he doesn’t meet any of the network’s criteria for participation.
Yesterday we heard news that someone has actually tried to pull off voter impersonation fraud in Manchester, New Hampshire — the exceedingly rare form of election fraud where someone tries to impersonate another person. That’s also the sort of fraud that most voter ID laws are meant to stop.
The anecdote seemed odd, for a number of reasons.
And what do you know? The culprits were pals of notorious huckster James O’Keefe trying to prove what a big problem vote impersonation fraud is by trying to commit it. And like anyone who actually commits vote fraud should, it looks like they might be looking at jail time.