Editors’ Blog - 2012
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06.27.12 | 7:01 am
Picture of the Day (Maybe the Year)

If you remember the ‘Troubles’, this picture will blown your mind (in a good way.)

06.27.12 | 7:20 am
Getting Rough

Gay Groups, GOProud go to war over Romney endorsement.

06.27.12 | 8:13 am
Confirmation Bias

For about a month now, guardians of conventional wisdom have read just about every piece of political news, significant and trivial, as a disaster for the Obama campaign. Now along comes new polling data that suggest President Obama has actually widened his margins over Mitt Romney in key swing states.

What’s the obvious conclusion to draw from this? According to Mark Halperin it’s that “New polling suggests @BarackObama more than survived his bad stretch.” Read More

06.27.12 | 9:11 am
Shut It Down!!!

Romney camp is apparently pressing the Washington Post to retract the story which reported that his companies were ‘pioneers’ in outsourcing.

As we’ve seen, the Obama camp clearly feels like this is a great line of attack against Romney. And the Romney camp must think so too. But this also brings the Romney team back to arguing over the difference between Romney being an ‘outsourcer’ or an ‘offshorer’, which is just a bad place to be for any campaign.

This is worth watching. Will be interesting to see if the Post folds.

06.27.12 | 9:31 am
How Americans View The Supreme Court
 
 
 
 
 

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06.27.12 | 9:39 am
Joe Unleashed

The clearest distillation of the Obama camp’s themes and strategy comes from watching where Joe Biden goes and what he says there.

06.27.12 | 9:52 am
Brauchli Agonistes

Post confirms top brass meeting with Romney campaign to discuss recanting offshoring/outsourcing piece.

06.27.12 | 9:55 am
Help Us Out

We’ve put together a list of what you’ve found to be some of the most iconic Obama photos of the last three years. Can you take a look and tell us which is your favorite and which we may have missed? Many thanks. Start right here.