On try number three, Romney now says he stands behind remarks on Palestinian “culture.”
I was waiting for this to happen. Just when conservatives got in the groove and excited embracing Mitt Romney’s comments on Palestinian “culture,” Romney turns around and disavows the statement.
Headline of the day goes to Huffington Post: “Harry Reid: Bain Investor Told Me That Mitt Romney ‘Didn’t Pay Any Taxes For 10 Years'”
A couple caveats. Neither Reid nor his office will divulge the name of the Bain investor in question. In fact, Reid himself acknowledges that he has no idea if his anonymous source is correct, or has any way of knowing this information. You’d think if Democrats had disgruntled Bain investors reaching out to them, they’d give them some media coaching and put them before the press, on the record. Read More
President Obama, Harry Reid and John Boehner have reached a budget deal to avert a government shutdown before the election — but the Speaker apparently still needs time to strong-arm enough of his members into voting for it to pass the House. To give him time to do that, a vote on the deal has been put off until September.
The state official in charge of administering Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Law, in court today: “I don’t know what the law says.”
Twitter reportedly ‘alerted’ NBC to journalist’s critical Olympic tweets and later suspended his account.
Romney’s tries to clarify his remarks — widely condemned — about the Palestinian economy.
A new poll shows an overwhelming majority of Democratic voters now support the legalization of same sex marriage.
It’s been a long trip apparently. Romney travelling press spokesman Rick Gorka got angry this morning when reporters asked Romney about gaffes and mishaps on the foreign trip and went feral momentarily telling reporters to “show some respect” and then to “kiss [his] ass”. Full transcript here.