New Obama campaign pitch distilled to 7 words: “GM is alive; bin Laden is dead.”
TPM Reader VS on McCain and Babeu …
One thing to keep in mind with McCain’s reaction to Babeu is his relationship with Jim Kolbe (Giffords’s predecessor). When Kolbe came out, most of the Arizona Republicans turned away from him–some passively, some actively condemning him. The only one who came to his defense and support was McCain. I don’t remember the exact words, but he said something like, he did not stop being my friend just because he’s gay, nothing changed.
From TPM Reader GR …
As your self-appointed stringer in the Berkshires and a resident of North Adams, MA, I can add some depth to the Paul Babeu story. Babeu was a sitting city councilor, police officer and ran for mayor twice and lost. It’s not nearly as simple as Republican politics that prompted Paul to leave Massachusetts as your earlier letter from VS implied.
If you’re involved in the news business or simply have a smart phone, you don’t need anyone to tell you that more and more people are consuming more and more news on mobile devices. But even if you know that, seeing the actual numbers will probably surprise you. Read More
Congressional Republicans not giving up on plans to get rid of Medicare and replace it with a privatized system.
Why birth control, transvaginal probes, and pre-natal testing has suddenly come to dominate Republican rhetoric.
Big movement for Mitt in Michigan polling, and it’s largely come without him having to go harshly negative on Santorum — at least so far.
You can see the movement in the TPM Poll Average, where Santorum peaked in Michigan last Wednesday: Read More
I still have an axiom for the 2012 nomination process: Mitt will be the nominee.
As I’ve noted repeatedly now, it’s just too late for anyone else to get in, if for nothing else simply because of the filing deadlines. But the other factor I keep coming back to is this: when the Savior candidate comes in, Mitt just says “Okay, cool. I’m still ahead in delegates. I’ve got tons of money. I’m not sure what else I’ll do with my life at this point beside do this. But sure, I’m just going to step aside now and become the only mulligan nominee in modern history.”
Really? Read More
David Koch on defending Gov. Scott Walker against recall: “We’ve gotten pretty good at this over the years. We’ve spent a lot of money in Wisconsin. We’re going to spend more.”
Rick Santorum spokesperson Alice Stewart got tied up in knots on MSNBC a short time ago talking about President Obama’s “radical environmental policies” and instead referred to his “radical Islamic policies.” Watch.