Mitt Romney says President Obama slowed down the recovery on purpose in order to get health care reform passed. Watch.

In today’s Crosstabs, why have Mitt Romney’s favorables rebounded so quickly?

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If you follow politics closely, you probably know by now that Bill Clinton broke dramatically with President Obama on Tuesday and recommended that all of the Bush tax cuts be extended. Permanently? For a few years? Who cares really. All that’s important is that Clinton said some thing that could be construed (if you squinted and cocked your head just so) as breaking from Obama on fiscal policy.

It started with a heavily promoted CNBC interview, Republican operatives pushed the suggestion aggressively, and by the end of the day we had stories like this one from the Chicago Tribune, headlined “Bill Clinton backs extending Bush tax cuts, for now,” distributed with a tweet that read “Bill Clinton breaks from Obama, endorses Bush tax cuts.” Read More

Absolutely amazing photo. Just look.

We often hear the wishful refrain that if everyone just ignored the birthers, they’d go away.

Well, San Diego voters might have just sent one of the movement’s more notable conspiracy-theorists to a district judgeship.

Never believe day of reports about voter turnout. Turnout in Wisconsin came in substantially under predictions.

Reid accuses Cantor of pursuing policy of economic sabotage to game the 2012 election; Boehner replies “Bulls**t” … only with no asterisks.

The saga continues. As Washington faces the very real prospect of the Supreme Court striking down all or part of Health Care Reform, Republicans are deciding there are many parts of the bill they want to keep after all. Read More

Not sure what to say about this but, wow.

After tonight’s tough defeat for Wisconsin Democrats a supporter slaps defeated Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett for conceding while votes were still being counted.

As the news report explains, the women asked Barrett if she could slap him for conceding while the final vote tally was still being counted. Barrett said he’d prefer a hug. She went for the slap.

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Notwithstanding the stinging defeat on the night’s big contest, it seems Wisconsin Democrats have managed one significant, if largely symbolic, victory for the night by apparently reclaiming control of the Wisconsin state senate. Read More