I hope the girls whose boyfriends died to save them were worthy of the sacrifice.
— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) July 25, 2012
A racial subtext certainly isn’t foreign to the Romney campaign’s critique of Barack Obama. But putting it so front and center may raise a few eyebrows.
What the London Daily Telegraph calls one of Romney’s “advisors” told the paper that Romney was better positioned to understand and respect the ‘special relationship’ between the US and Great Britain than President Obama, whose father was from Kenya. Read More
23 year old doofus Todd Canady, who has a concealed carry permit, reaches for his wallet to pay at the local Walmart. He accidentally discharges his handgun into his buttocks. He also injures a woman and child behind him in line. When confronted by an off-duty police officer, he runs.
Now he’s in jail.
New CBO report shows SCOTUS ruling on ‘Obamacare’ saved money, at the cost of millions more left uninsured.
TPM’s Electoral Scoreboard moves to Obama 281, Romney 191, as Michigan moves from Toss-Up to Favors Obama.
Michael Brodkorb is suing the state of Minnesota for sex discrimination after being fired after it was discovered that he was having an affair with Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch (R).
Some helpful context from TPM Reader ZH …
I’m glad you’re hitting on this again — I thought there was some important context missing from the debate over Holder’s “controversial” poll-tax remarks.
Today at around 2 p.m., the Congressional Budget Office will release two key reports: An updated projection of the Affordable Care Act’s budgetary effects, which will reflect the recent Supreme Court decision; and a mirror image analysis of the GOP’s latest effort to repeal the whole law.
Politically, and in budgetary terms, this could amount to very little. But CBO could also conclude that the Court’s decision — which essentially optionalized the ACA’s Medicaid expansion — makes the law much more expensive. Read More
Renewed interest in Mitt Romney’s now-closed Swiss bank account has created a parlor game among experts and political junkies who would love to know why on Earth Romney had a Swiss bank account in the first place, and whether he paid taxes to the U.S. government on the money and interest in a timely manner.
Romney’s unwillingness to disclose more information about his finances has fueled speculation that Romney used the account to hide money from the IRS, and may have even had to avail himself of an amnesty program that allowed U.S. owners of certain Swiss bank accounts to come clean to the government without facing legal recriminations. (The Romney camp is now specifically denying that his UBS account was connected to the IRS investigation and the amnesty program.)
But even if Romney paid his taxes as required, the question becomes, Why would a person with national political ambitions open himself to the political risks associated with having a Swiss bank account in the first place? Read More