From a Foreign Service Officer …
It’s probably not a surprise. But can I just say that if Mitt Romney wins in November, he is going to have a very chilly reception from his employees every time he goes abroad? I don’t think I can quite state the rage we’re all feeling towards him.
This morning’s new NYT/CBS poll has Obama up by 3 points. But note that this is the first of their polls with a likely voter screen. If you look at registered voters — so an apples to apples comparison with their last poll, which was taken in July — it’s an 8 point move for Obama. Read More
Congress’ own nonpartisan research and analysis arm, the Congressional Research Service, has concluded that a Republican bill making its way through the House will have the effect of sidestepping the work requirements that are one of the pillars of welfare reform.
Let me say that again.
While launching a series of withering, racial tinged attacks that accused Obama of gutting welfare reform (when in fact his changes to welfare would strengthen the work requirements), Republicans have been pushing through a bill that the independent CRS has now found actually does have the effect of gutting welfare reform’s work requirements.
The CRS reached its conclusion in a memo dated Sept. 4, but it’s gotten scant if any attention until now.
Romney immigration advisor Kris Kobach trying to boot Obama off Kansas ballot on birther grounds.
It’s customary that after the nominating conventions, the opposition candidate for president begins receiving regular intelligence briefings on national security issues. This is about to begin for Mitt Romney.
But a new AP report suggests that the reason the Romney campaign repeatedly lied about the order of events in Egypt and Libya Tuesday night (US time) was because he wasn’t yet getting those briefings. Read More
Republicans and folks in the media may mock President Obama for pointing to President Bush as the culprit for the country’s continuing economic woes. But beyond accuracy, there’s a reason the White House keeps making this argument: people believe it. They say people have short memories. But according to a new poll (and most other polls on this question) clearly majorities of Americans continue to blame President Bush and the GOP for the country’s economic problems. And that’s a real problem if you’re Mitt Romney.
That’s not all bad for Mitt. You can still argue that even if it’s not Obama’s fault, he’s just not up to the task of fixing it. But that’s a much tighter argument to have to make.
Kyle Leighton looks at the public sentiment on the economy and how it may affect the Presidential race:
The events in the Middle East over the last 48 hours stand on their own and speak for themselves. But this ‘movie’, the one that allegedly triggered the riots, has so much mystery and bizarreness behind it that I can’t help wondering whether there isn’t more to it, more bad acts or double dealing than we realize. I don’t think a bunch of Coptic Christians impersonate Israeli Jews and say they’re raising their funds from 100 super-rich Jews for nothing. Here’s the latest weirdness on that front.
Which of these delightfully outmoded Apple products did you once cherish?