Ana Alliegro, the woman at the center of the scandal surrounding Rep. David Rivera (R-FL), disappeared just before a scheduled meeting with federal investigators. That was three weeks ago.
TPM Reader CM thinks we’re missing the significance of what happened last night on the gridiron …
I’m a huge fan of TPM (sort of religious about reading pretty much every article you publish), but this morning, I’m a little surprised you guys are not reporting on what is, in my opinion, a HUGE story: the Seattle/Green Bay Monday Night Football game. Normally, I would understand why something like this would not make the cut on a political news site, but if you caught the game and were around on facebook or twitter afterwards, you might have seen the significant public response over the officiating–and how all of that response is tied directly to the public perception of the fight over union rights and wages.
Dems release the hounds as final deadline passes for Akin to get out of the race.
Kyle Leighton looks at when a bounce turns in to a lead:
The weekend vandalizing of Rep. Michael Grimm’s Staten Island office that he called “an assault on democracy and the political process” turns out to have been the work of an eighth grader.
I’ve been wondering about this for a few days. Scott Brown has made the ‘controversy’ over Elizabeth Warren’s purported Native American heritage a centerpiece of the final lap of the campaign. Indeed, his staffers went so far today as to taunt Warren with “tomahawk chops” mocking her claims.
But at the debate, Brown said this … Read More
Scott Brown staffers mock Elizabeth Warren with tomahawk chops and Indian war chant.
It’s a cliche but it’s true: It’s extremely difficult for Romney to win the presidency without winning Ohio. But it seems to be slipping out of his grasp. This morning the Washington Post released a poll showing Obama up 8 points in Ohio (52% to 44%). The current PollTracker Average gives Obama a +4.7 margin.
Trend chart after the jump … Read More
To paraphrase my comments from a couple months ago about the vice presidential search, if you’re banking on the blow out debate performance, you’re probably already toast. That said, here’s what debate pros says Mitt Romney needs to do to turn this thing around.
It’s widely known that the ATF is the redheaded stepchild of federal law enforcement, but I’ve not seen anything quite like this before.