Romney planning interviews on all three major networks in post-Bain, offshore account meltdown press push.
This seems like a bit of a problem. It’s an October 24, 2002 article in the Boston Globe, referenced in a new article in Politicker which describes an earlier Romney effort to dodge responsibility for a business deal because of an earlier ‘leave of absence’. Only someone who worked for him at the time says he actually remained involved and running the show. Read More
Our Ryan Reilly took a deep look at how states that passed voter ID laws are going about educating their citizens on the new regulations. Judging by the following quote, what he found wasn’t encouraging.
“I’ve got a younger person in the office, he’s in his 20s, so he was kind of coordinating the college voters, so that was kind of his job,” Goins told TPM. “I’ve got a minority, well I hate to use the word minority, but I’ve got a person of color within the office who was the minority outreach, if you will, if you use that term. She was the person who went to some NAACP meetings.”
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Can someone tell me when the Mitt/Bain Downfall video gets posted on Youtube?
Lawyers say George Zimmerman has lost faith in the judge in his case, wants him removed from the case.
Continuing policy of calculated disrespect, Obama team says it’s ‘not satisfied’ with Romney’s new answers on Bain.
Honest question: does anyone think Romney helped himself with this round of television interviews? This is more fact-finding than rhetorical. And the people whose opinions I’d be most curious to hear are those of Republican operatives — people who want the answer to be ‘yes’ but are politically sophisticated enough to know if it’s not.
The headline in the Times is “Romney Seeks Obama Apology for Bain Attacks“.
In the Journal “Romney Defends Bain Capital Tenure“.
This is ‘bitch slap’ politics played with a gusto and coldness seldom seen from Democrats, at least since the Bill Clinton days. Asking for an apology is losing. Saying you want something you clearly have no power to get is losing. Read More