Inside Romney’s decision to go Full Breitbart on Obama.
From TPM Reader JEH …
I’m seeing a common theme in various aspects of the Republicans’ new defense of secrecy. Remember how McConnell (I think) argued that requiring disclosure of big donors was an attack on free (money) speech, because people might stop doing business with their companies and harm their business? Mitt’s defense of his secrecy seems to be much the same thing — “If I release my tax returns, Democrats will use them to be mean to me, so I can’t do that.”
“I couldn’t conceive of people being so pig-headed, so stubborn, so willing to see our economy go up in flames as. … I knew it would be political, but I didn’t think they would literally shoot the hostage.”
That was a pretty typical Democratic sentiment back in the immediate aftermath of last year’s debt limit fight. But the above quote actually comes this week from Republican Sen. Jon Kyl. He along with pretty much everyone else in the Republican Party, is clutching his pearls because, faced with another major legislative deadline, Democrats are the ones making the loudest demands.
The chutzpah is a thing to behold. Read More
Put me in the camp of those who doesn’t think Mitt Romney — by inclination, temperament, or disposition — has what it takes to sustain a bare-knuckle, attack-driven campaign. Exhibit A for what I mean.
A key premise of much 2012 analysis is President Obama’s high personal favorability. But recent polls suggest his favorability numbers are slipping, even as he’s held his own in the horse race number.
Look at the chart after the jump. Read More
The TPM Electoral Scoreboard moves to Obama 265, Romney 191 as a new Quinnipiac poll pushes Virginia from Lean Obama to Toss-Up.
On Monday and Tuesday alone, Fox News dedicated more than two hours and 42 segments to the “you didn’t build that” canard.
Most of us have had our eyes firmly fixed on November (guilty!), but there are still some outstanding primary races to be settled — some of which could shake up the overarching battle for control of the Senate.