CNN just released a new presidential poll showing a tight 2 point margin for President Obama going into the Republican convention. I’d say the even bigger story is down in the details. This is the first poll that CNN has released with “likely voters” — just like Fox’s most recent poll did. If you look at the number for registered voters it’s a 9 point Obama margin. Read More
Todd Akin to hold press conference this afternoon at 5:15 ET in St. Louis.
Late Update: Akin will reportedly stay in the race.
RNC on Romney birther crack: Hey it’s true. No one’s ever asked Mitt about his certificate.
Mitt Romney drew a lot of attention from campaign watchers Thursday night for a twist he added to his stump speech.
“We’ve got to make it easier for small businesses,” Romney said. “Big business is doing fine in many places — they get the loans they need, they can deal with all the regulation.”
Many took notice because Romney used the same phrasing President Obama did several weeks ago, when Republicans jumped all over him for saying the private sector is doing fine. But the revealing bit came afterwards. Read More
The campaign cognoscenti all seem to agree that Romney’s birther joke simply couldn’t have been planned or part of a campaign strategy. So I guess that means that this stuff just comes naturally to Mitt?
That’s better?
Todd Akin is radioactive and needs to be sent down the memory hole for his statements. Mitt Romney says he needs to go for espousing these outrageous views. And yet, the ‘expert’ who Akin got his ideas from is someone the Romney camp has been courting as a supporter in this very campaign cycle. Indeed, the guy got a private sit-down with Romney during the primaries. This isn’t a story why?
Thanks again to Josh and the TPM community for the chance to blog about my new book, The Voting Wars. I’ve posted on the fake epidemic of voter fraud, the problem of having partisan and local officials running our national elections, and what we might do to make things better or at least avoid another Bush v. Gore and Florida-style meltdown.
You can follow 2012 election law developments at my usual home, the Election Law Blog. Thanks and take care!
Does President Obama want you to go see this movie? Read More