After complaining loudly and publicly for weeks about not getting enough information from the administration about the Benghazi attack, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) skipped Wednesday’s classified briefing for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that he sits on. CNN had the temerity to ask McCain about it today — and he was NOT happy.
Maine’s GOP chairman explains to TPM his concerns about black people and voter fraud:
I think we’re the whitest state in the country. So if you go to the polls and see people who are black, it’s unusual. And when you see a lot of people who are black, like six or eight or ten people, you think, ‘Wow, where do they live?’ That was my point.
Despite all this week’s self-reflection, journalists haven’t completely woken up to the fact that David Petraeus is a skilled media operator.
New Mexico governor Susana Martinez (R) adds her name to the chorus of Republicans dumping on Mitt Romney’s “gift” comments.
TPM Reader NL tries to figure it out …
Help me out here. Can the TPM team think of a presidential scandal this empty and yet this persistent since Whitewater? I feel weird parallels in the diffuse accusations and shifting nature of the specific allegations.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) continues his efforts to distance himself from Mitt Romney and trash his ‘gift’ comments: “Look, If you want voters to like you, the first thing you’ve got to do is to like them first.”
From TPM Reader MR …
I have a running partner who is clinging to the Benghazi story. Every day, he has another avenue of anger related to this. But in addition to being desperately attached to the FN storyline, this man is burdened with the ability draw logical conclusions.
From TPM Reader PA …
Adding to what Reader NL said: made-up scandals are indeed the hardest to resolve.
Liberals aren’t even sure what we’re arguing against, and when you don’t even know what to rebut, you don’t even know where to begin. What exactly are the Republicans implying when they charge a “cover-up” and “lies!” It seems to be one of four things:
He ran what was arguably the most successful SuperPAC of the 2012 cycle, Priorities USA. This afternoon at 4 PM eastern Bill Burton joins us for a Live Chat at TPMPrime to discuss your questions about the campaign. Get your questions in now.