From the Times …
If the Republican ticket loses in November, the rush by Mr. Ryan and other 2016 hopefuls to position themselves for the Iowa caucuses “is going to look like Best Buy the night after Thanksgiving,” said Craig Robinson, a former political director of the Republican Party of Iowa. “I hate to say this, but if Ryan wants to run for national office again, he’ll probably have to wash the stench of Romney off of him.”
The TPM Electoral Scoreboard moves to Obama 313, Romney 191 as Florida moves from Toss Up to Leans Obama. Read More
I don’t take what Bill Kristol says as gospel. But that he could say what he said this morning is a measure of just how badly things have gone to this point for Mitt Romney — how much it’s becoming conventional wisdom that Romney has already failed. Kristol said that Romney cannot make the election about Obama’s first term because it’s gone reasonably well. He needs to make it a referendum on the next four years.
In case you think I’m mischaracterizing Kristol’s argument, here’s the extended quote … Read More
Fresh from the Department of Silly But Amusing, Mitt Romney apparently mistakenly referred to the United States as a “foreign country” on his 2011 tax returns.
We’re all individuals, with our own uniquenesses, contradictions and oddities. Yet if you tell a demographer a few key pieces of information about yourself they can give pretty good odds on the range of viewpoints you’re likely to have, life patterns you follow and choices you’ve made.
Some people though somehow break the mold. Read More
Shuttle Endeavor on final journey with fighter escort over Los Angeles.
Romney says Obama’s America is becoming a socialist hellhole like California … where he just bought a new house.
Harry Reid goes back to war with Romney’s tax returns.