Editors’ Blog - 2012
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07.24.12 | 11:11 am
Very Important Story

New CBO report shows SCOTUS ruling on ‘Obamacare’ saved money, at the cost of millions more left uninsured.

07.24.12 | 2:24 pm
Concealed Weapons Permits Are AWESOME!

23 year old doofus Todd Canady, who has a concealed carry permit, reaches for his wallet to pay at the local Walmart. He accidentally discharges his handgun into his buttocks. He also injures a woman and child behind him in line. When confronted by an off-duty police officer, he runs.

Now he’s in jail.

07.24.12 | 5:36 pm
Romney ‘Advisor’: Mitt Will Bring a White Man’s Touch

A racial subtext certainly isn’t foreign to the Romney campaign’s critique of Barack Obama. But putting it so front and center may raise a few eyebrows.

What the London Daily Telegraph calls one of Romney’s “advisors” told the paper that Romney was better positioned to understand and respect the ‘special relationship’ between the US and Great Britain than President Obama, whose father was from Kenya. Read More

07.24.12 | 8:51 pm
Worthy

07.25.12 | 4:54 am
Still Questions About Michigan

I think everyone assumes that Michigan is more than likely an Obama state in November. I’d be very surprised if it isn’t. But the polls continue to show a considerably closer race. Yesterday, the TPM Electoral Scoreboard moved the state back into the ‘Favors Obama’ category with a Rasmussen poll showing 6 point Obama advantage. But today we’re back with another poll by Mitchell Research showing Romney one point ahead. (Both polls were robopolls.)

The PollTracker Average currently puts the race at Obama 46%, Romney 43.4%.

07.25.12 | 7:15 am
That’s Rich

Sandy Weill, the former Citibank Chairman and CEO, who basically invented the mega-bank, now says the big banks should be broken up.

07.25.12 | 8:43 am
Biden in da House!

Biden smacks back at Romney over “Anglo-Saxon” ‘advisor’ comments to the Daily Telegraph.

07.25.12 | 10:27 am
Senate to Actually Be a Senate

In a rare reversion to how it’s actually supposed to run, the Senate will hold old fashioned majority votes on both the Democratic and Republican bills to address the expiration of the Bush tax cuts. Today at 4 PM.