Linda Lingle seems not to have learned from an embarrassing RNC episode earlier this month.
Several of the “Democrats for Lingle” enlisted to tout the Republican Senate candidate’s bipartisan bona fides in a new ad posted on Lingle’s website are actually Republicans.
It’s a snarky title but it captures the Romney campaign’s current predicament pretty well. Romney campaign announces new era of policy detail, won’t offer specifics.
This is a Holiday for my folks. So I’ve only been half in touch with the news today. And I’m just getting up to speed on this purported tape of Mitt Romney saying he thinks the 47% of Americans who support Barack Obama are moochers who believe the government has to take care of them. It’s rare when the impact of some gaffe or embarrassment or revelation isn’t overstated on first blush. But this may just be that rare exception. This tape strikes me as absolutely devastating. Read More
David Corn just said on TV that the now infamous Romney fundraiser was held in Boca Raton, Florida at the estate of hedge fund manager Marc Leder.
According to the New York Post, Leder throws a pretty mean party.
His “wild end-of-summer bash was the talk of the Hamptons this year,” the Post reported last December. “At the Bridgehampton home that Leder rented for a whopping $500,000 a month, guests cavorted nude in a pool and performed sex acts, while scantily clad Russian women danced on platforms. Dancers at the party also twirled flaming torches to booming beats.”
Oddly enough, Mitt Romney is by his own account a member of the 47%.
Mitt Romney will reportedly hold a press conference momentarily to address the 47% comments. We have unconfirmed reports he’ll take the ‘wish I’d chosen my words more carefully’ line.
More soon.
In case you missed it, here’s video of Romney’s hastily called press conference this evening. Not pretty. Basically dodged the questions, said he stood by what he said in the video without quite saying what it was. And his campaign is about helping everyone find opportunity and jobs. Watch.