Republicans often say that the business community feels threatened by President Obama — that he’s hostile to money, hostile to business, etc. You’ve heard this before. And much of it is campaign chatter. But not all. I don’t think we can understand the dynamics of this campaign without getting that a lot of it is actually true — not the reality necessarily (in my mind not the reality at all) but the perception of it in key parts of the financial sector like Wall Street, venture capital and the dread world of private equity. Read More
Last week we got a lot of great feedback about this article about TPM at Nieman Lab, which focused on the way we’re rethinking the site in light of the rapid growth of mobile readership. With that in mind, let me show you some data which is simply amazing to anyone who has been tracking the evolution of the Internet over the last 15 years. Read More
Damn the Bookers, Obama camp presses on with Bain attacks.
Notre Dame files suit against Obama administration over contraception mandate.
Here’s my take on what that Cory Booker thing was about. (Hint: 1) Class divide in the Democratic party. 2) Cory Booker is mainly a surrogate for Cory Booker.)
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Top conservatives compare Saverin tax dodging law to Nazi Germany, Soviet Union and South Africa.
Amazing note and photos from TPM Reader MM …
My mother, rest in peace, recently passed away. She was a life long democrat, her mother, however, was a life long republican. While going through things at my mother’s house in preparation for an estate sale I found an anti JFK coloring book my grandmother had saved along with some other republican memorabilia.
How Republicans have gained the advantage in the congressional fight over the Violence Against Women Act.
TPM Reader TS thinks he has a bead on Cory Booker’s MTP gambit …
Mitt Romney has made Bain Captial the rationale for his candidacy, the sole reason why he should be president, he almost never talks about his tenure as governor of Massachusetts. I think Mayor Cory Booker had no other choice but to clarify the remarks he made on Meet the Press this morning.
There’s little question that Mitt Romney has made up ground in recent weeks in the national head to head poll match ups. The PollTracker Average currently gives Romney a minuscule .1% advantage over President Obama. But that comes after months of the President having a small but consistent lead.
A lot of readers I talk to say, ‘Well, we don’t have national elections. We have an electoral college. And Obama is still way ahead there.’ Read More