More on today’s big federal court ruling striking down Texas’ voter ID law.
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As Evan McMorris-Santoro describes in this new piece, the GOP’s message of inclusion this week has been marred by a series of race and gender related ‘incidents’. Some serious, some not so serious. But there’s a deeper dynamic here that rests in the balance as the Romney campaign pushes ahead with a more hard-edged race focused campaign, especially with the on-going effort to disenfranchise minority voters in critical states around the country.
Put simply, when you turn up the heat, it gets hard to keep all the stew in the pot. Read More
Former Obama auto czar Steve Rattner isn’t exactly a disinterested observer, but what he has to say to TPM’s Benjy Sarlin about Paul Ryan’s efforts to keep the auto plant in Janesville open is interesting and revealing.
Scenes from Romney’s practice run in Tampa today (yes, with teleprompter).
From Romney’s prepared speech tonight: “President Obama promised to slow the rise of the oceans and to heal the planet. MY promise…is to help you and your family.”*
That seems to me like odd juxtaposition, like setting up a conflict between two competing goals that need not be in tension at all.
TPM Reader AF has a similar thought: Read More
With Mitt Romney putting his Mormon faith front and center on the final night of the Republican Convention tonight, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), himself Mormon, gave a very direct and personal account of the faith on the convention floor a short time ago in a brief interview with CSPAN’s Steve Scully: Read More
Going into tonight’s acceptance speech by Mitt Romney, here’s what the electoral map looks like: Read More