Supreme Court hears oral arguments on one aspect of the big Texas redistricting case.
The Club for Growth, custodian of the gods of cutthroat laissez-faire capitalism, blasts Newt Gingrich for attacking Romney’s private equity awesomeness.
James Fallows really nails it on Romney’s “I like being able to fire people” line. Yes, he wasn’t talking about employees. And it’s been taken out of context. But anyone who’s ever had to fire someone knows it’s about as unpleasant and hard as you can imagine. The word itself is charged enough it’s a bit hard to imagine putting ‘like’ in front of it. And that’s why it’s sticking.
So have you seen the actual Mitt “I like being able to fire people” line? If not, here it is.
Newt’s anger against Mitt Romney is taking him to some unusual places.
Fantastic piece from TPM’s Nick Martin on the federal case against white supremacist twin brothers who fell under the spell of a comely informant with a grenade dangling between her breasts.
Evan McMorris-Santoro reports from South Carolina, where the state’s Third Congressional District is the key for those trying to stop a Mitt Romney cakewalk to the nomination.
Fox reporter toasts the awesomeness of Dixville Notch, NH: “No Hanging chads, we didn’t see any black panthers with baseball bats. These were good, American folks…”
TPM Reader JL thinks it’s only the tip of the iceberg …
I am of course delighted to see Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain coming into focus.
But I think the focus on jobs, as potent as it is, may distract from an even more problematic aspect of the private equity business. And I think the Obama campaign, or the DNC, or the Dem Super PACs, or all three would be wise to focus on it. Maybe not now, but eventually. Yes, it’s important, perhaps critical to put the lie to the image of Mitt Romney as a job creator. But perhaps more important is the idea that Mitt has spent his career playing with other people’s money.
John McCain’s “get off my lawn!” tour of New Hampshire with Mitt Romney.