You may already have seen the following memo on the gay marriage issue from President Bush’s 2004 pollster Jan van Lohuizen. I believe Josh Green was the first to publish it at Bloomberg. Others have picked it up since. It seems to have circulated pretty widely in GOP operative circles. Read More
The director of the controversial Bully tells TPM: “What I see is an opportunity for Mitt Romney to lead and really be an advocate for decreasing bullying.”
Mitt Romney tries to thread the needle with evangelicals in a commencement speech at Liberty University. Our Evan McMorris-Santoro was there.
The short, snappy, and always fun Week In 100 Seconds. Plus … Paul Werdel does The Wrap.
If you haven’t seen this video of a woman speaking out against a LGBT rights ordinance in Lincoln, Nebraska, well it’s a unique experience. Video after the jump … Read More
Watch our special CNBC-only edition of The Day In 100 Seconds as the biz talk net tackled the JP Morgan debacle.
This week’s installment is with The Atlantic‘s Alexis Madrigal.
TPM Reader BW shares her own citizenship story …
After reading Josh’s post “Citizenship Matters” I wanted to share my perspective as a dual citizen of the United States and Switzerland, and on the question of citizenship generally, which in my family is rather complicated.
Both my parents, my two U.S.-born brothers, and I are all Swiss citizens, but I am the only one who was actually born on Swiss soil.
In its statement to TPM a short time ago, the Obama campaign knocked Mitt Romney’s opposition to financial reform but stopped short of tying him to the JP Morgan mess, or even mentioning it specifically. That’s because the JP Morgan losses are a very sticky issue for the Obama administration. Financial regulatory reform was intended to prevent the kinds of trading JP Morgan was engaging in, but the rules as written by Obama administration regulators may not actually prohibit it, as JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon was quick to point out yesterday. Brian Beutler explains.