Romney camp is apparently pressing the Washington Post to retract the story which reported that his companies were ‘pioneers’ in outsourcing.
As we’ve seen, the Obama camp clearly feels like this is a great line of attack against Romney. And the Romney camp must think so too. But this also brings the Romney team back to arguing over the difference between Romney being an ‘outsourcer’ or an ‘offshorer’, which is just a bad place to be for any campaign.
This is worth watching. Will be interesting to see if the Post folds.
Look at the trendline for Mitt Romney’s favorability numbers.
For about a month now, guardians of conventional wisdom have read just about every piece of political news, significant and trivial, as a disaster for the Obama campaign. Now along comes new polling data that suggest President Obama has actually widened his margins over Mitt Romney in key swing states.
What’s the obvious conclusion to draw from this? According to Mark Halperin it’s that “New polling suggests @BarackObama more than survived his bad stretch.” Read More
If you remember the ‘Troubles’, this picture will blown your mind (in a good way.)
“There are two parties here. Exactly what’s going to happen still remains unclear. I know that I pride my reputation as much as Politico prides theirs. And a way forward has to involve both sides” — suspended reporter Joe Williams. Watch.
Suspended Politico reporter blames right-wing media for stirring up trouble.
The political news universe is generally on hold until mid-morning Thursday when the Supreme Court will deliver its historic decision on the Affordable Care Act. After stuff I heard this morning I think there’s a tiny bit more chance Dems have a good outcome. (Sahil Kapur looks at just how much of ‘Obamacare’ Republicans would actually be able to repeal, regardless of the Court’s decision.) But there’s a raft of new polling news out with pretty good news for President Obama and a major corrective to recent spin about the state of the race. Read More
Rand Paul injecting abortion politics into run-of-the-mill flood insurance bill. TPM talked to him late yesterday.
Yesterday, Sen. Sherrod Brown appeared for the TPM Newsmaker Interview series. Today, a new poll has him up 16 points over his senate challenger. Coincidence? I think not.