More on the question of pardons from long-time TPM Reader DS …
Just wanted to follow up with you on the issue of pardons. While I cannot speak to the specific pardons Haley Barbour allowed, I agree that there should be more pardons, not less, and that pardons are very difficult to come by.
When I was 17 years old I got into some very serious trouble. I was charged with two non-violent felonies which I plead down to misdemeanors. I served my probation, completed my community service, and paid all fines and restitution, all before I was 19 years old.
GOP super PAC targets former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE) with a new radio ad before he even gets in the race.
Benjy Sarlin on how the Dems are gleefully preparing for a Bain barrage of their own.
With the GOP establishment moving to defend Mitt Romney and capitalism itself from Newt Gingrich and the Democrats, Rudy Giuliani rushes in to save the day: “What the hell are you doing, Newt?” Watch.
A year ago, heck even six months ago, progressives would have been stunned to find populist themes at the core of the Obama re-election campaign. But the evidence that they will use income inequality as a rallying cry to define this election and paint Mitt Romney into a corner is abundant, from the man himself to his advisers to his surrogates. Today’s example: White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Alan Krueger went down the street to the friendly confines of the Center for American Progress to give a speech on … income inequality and declining income mobility.
Newt defends his attacks on the very foundation of rapacious capitalism, to the good folks at Fox and Friends. Watch.
At least, that’s what you’d think if all you had to go on was cable news today. Michael Lester wraps up the GOP establishment freakout into a stunning 100 seconds. Meanwhile, Benjy Sarlin teases out its implications here.
Turns out the government doesn’t need Warren Buffett’s help to make up most of the budget deficit. It would be in pretty good shape if it could only collect all of the money legally owed to it anyway. But guess who’s standing in the way of that?