Hard to imagine the Supreme Court wanting to weigh in on an early voting case right before the election, but Ohio’s Republican secretary of state is giving it a shot.
A lot of reporters and fact checkers have gotten bamboozled by Mitt Romney’s ‘don’t worry I’ll make it work’ explanation of his tax plan. Now the folks who wrote the non-partisan analysis which caused all the hubbub are responding to Romney’s refusal to admit what his plan does. A few key portions …
Our conclusion was not a prediction about Governor Romney would do as President, it was an arithmetic calculation: all of the promises couldn’t be met simultaneously without resorting to tax increases on households with income below $200,000.
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You still can’t drive cross country in 15 hours without speeding.
I am leaving out, of course, the computational arguments. Rather, I’m focusing on the pure up-is-downism the analysts are forced to reply to.
If you care about these things you should take a moment and read Gale’s short piece. If you’re a reporter who doesn’t like being lied to you should definitely read it.
TPM Electoral Scoreboard shifts to Obama 276, Romney 206. Colorado and Ohio move from Lean Obama to Toss Up. And North Carolina moves from Toss Up to Lean Romney.
Late Update: Now it’s 270 to 206 as Nevada moves from Lean Obama to Toss Up.
Philip Klein says Gallup tells him that today they’re switching from registered voters to their ‘likely voter’ screen. That will likely shift the numbers in Romney’s direction.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) urges Democrats not to fall into the trap of the Simpson-Bowles model for tax reform.
Paul Ryan: Democrats’ strategy is to “call us liars“.
Big movement among women voters in both of the new national polls that show Romney with a lead.
In today’s PPP poll, Obama’s lead among women drops from 15 points to 6 points compared to PPP’s last poll.
In yesterday’s Pew poll, Obama’s 18-point lead with women in the previous Pew poll dissolved into a tie.
Democratic pollster PPP shows a 6-point post-debate swing nationally, from Romney down 4 points to up 2 points.
This is the kind of statement that works for the fact-checkers at WaPo, CNN, etc.
Mitt Romney: “So there’s no economist that can say Mitt Romney’s tax plan adds $5 trillion if I say I will not add to the deficit with my tax plan.”
Here’s my plan. It cuts rates by 20%. But I say I won’t add debt. So no economist can say my plan does if I say I won’t.
Makes sense, right?