To get a sense what might be coming after the election in GrandBargainville, regardless of who wins the presidency, check out the last few pieces here by our Brian Beutler on Schumer and the tax reform consensus.
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Freshman Rep. Roger Rivard (R-Rice Lake) explains that his father warned of the dangers of premarital sex since “some girls rape easy.” Read More
Romney repositions again on abortion. Now back to full pro-life.
The best of Mitt Romney’s abortion bamboozlement in 100 seconds…
This is a small little part of that interview Romney did yesterday with The Des Moines Register. But Romney appeared to suggest that President Obama should have pushed another health care reform law which also had a federal mandate.
Echoing that old Bush administration line that you don’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud, RNC spokesman Sean Spicer says it would be irresponsible to wait for evidence of voter fraud before cracking down on it.
Gallup has moved their daily tracking poll to a 50-50 split between landlines and cell phones.