For bottom tier GOP presidential candidates, desperation is setting in. Watch.
Gary Bauer: Accused Gabby Giffords shooter Jared Loughner “would fit in well with the Occupy Wall Street movement.”
The University of Pennsylvania releases a statement saying Eric Cantor’s now-cancelled speech at the Wharton School was billed as open to the general public from the beginning, but diplomatically expresses “regret if there was any misunderstanding” with Cantor’s office.
In the prepared remarks of his now-cancelled speech on income inequality, Eric Cantor didn’t use the words “income” or “inequality.”
Romney: “President Obama’s astonishing failure to secure an orderly transition in Iraq has unnecessarily put at risk the victories that were won through the blood and sacrifice of thousands of American men and women.”
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) has abruptly cancelled a speech at the Wharton School this afternoon on income inequality, claiming that the University of Pennsylvania reneged on its agreement as to who could attend the speech.
With Occupy Philly protestors targeting the event, Cantor was apparently worried protestors would be allowed into the lecture hall.
The university tells TPM it doesn’t have any information on why Cantor cancelled. We’re trying to nail down whether it failed to live up to its side of the agreement, as Cantor claims.
Republican who said women should be “a lady in the living room and a whore in the bedroom”, now says he’s sorry if he offended anyone.
President Obama announces withdrawal of all U.S. troops by end of this year at 12:45 ET. Watch.