Editors’ Blog - 2011
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09.21.11 | 6:31 am
Lookin’ for Flippers

Senate Dems looking at ten Republicans they think might flip on disaster aid.

09.21.11 | 7:28 am
RomneyMentum?

Mitt Romney is on the rebound in Republican primary polls. And there’s increasing polling evidence that he’s by far the stronger candidate against President Obama.

09.21.11 | 8:05 am
Ron Paul: Don’t Go All Wobbly on Health Care

Ron Paul tells TPM: Campaign aide who couldn’t get health insurance and died with $400k in medical debt didn’t need government help. Even if there’s a “case or two” that make people uncomfortable, government should still stay out of the health care business.

09.21.11 | 8:56 am
Perry Rolls Out the Awesome

Perry rolls out amazing action-adventure campaign video, draws contrast with Obama: I’m “An American.”

09.21.11 | 9:47 am
Gay Ex-Staffer Sues Jesse Jackson

From the piece …

A former staffer for Rev. Jesse Jackson and his non-profit Rainbow PUSH Coalition alleges in a lawsuit that he was discriminated against because he is gay, allegedly instructed to bring women to Jackson’s hotel rooms and sometimes sexually harassed by Jackson himself.

Tommy Bennett, who filed a sexual discrimination complaint with the Illinois Department of Human Rights in 2010, filed a lawsuit alleging “pervasive” sexual harassment during his time as a staffer at Rainbow PUSH, a social outreach group started by Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr.

Read the rest here.

09.21.11 | 10:07 am
Romney Tries to Get Perry on the Ropes

Mitt Romney is trying to box Rick Perry in on his extreme Social Security stands in advance on tomorrow night’s debate.

Perry says Romney’s acting like a Democrat.

09.21.11 | 11:22 am
Headline Was Beyond My Abilities

Ted Haggard to appear on Celebrity Wife Swap with Gary Busey.

09.21.11 | 11:45 am
Check with the Office

Asked for his position on the President’s new tax proposals, Sen. Nelson (D-FL) tells TPM to check with his office. (See bottom paragraph of linked article.)

09.21.11 | 11:54 am
Aspiritech

A company in Illinois, Aspiritech, is offering the unique numeracy, concentration abilities and detail orientation of people on the autism spectrum for a range of software development and software testing services.

It’s a model that has worked abroad but is only getting off the ground in the US.

09.21.11 | 12:13 pm
Warren on Class Warfare

Elizabeth Warren responds in a video on ‘class warfare’: “There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own — nobody.”