Editors’ Blog - 2012
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05.07.12 | 9:36 am
bin Laden and GM

Why President Obama is making the auto bailout the centerpiece of his campaign.

05.07.12 | 9:45 am
Why Mitt’s Now Tied with Prez Obama

So why has Mitt Romney moved into a tie with the President? I explain in today’s edition of The Setup. Read More

05.07.12 | 10:58 am
Treason?

At live event, Romney doesn’t dispute questioners suggestion that President Obama should be tried for treason. Watch the video.

A bit later, in response to reporters’ questions, he said “of course” he doesn’t believe the president should be tried for treason.

05.07.12 | 11:49 am
Spy vs Spy

Obama campaign hits Romney on ‘treason’ incident.

05.07.12 | 2:31 pm
Punctuated Equilibrium?

Pressure builds for Obama to hurry up and evolve on marriage equality.

05.07.12 | 4:40 pm
Weird Development in Israel

Something very weird just happened on the Israeli political scene. Or perhaps it’s better to say, something even weirder than usual.

Israel was in the midst of preparing for new elections in September, ones called by Prime Minister Netanyahu from a position of relative strength and ones that showed every sign of returning him to the Prime Minister’s office, quite possibly with a more stable majority. Read More

05.07.12 | 7:17 pm
Like a Thief In the Night

Santorum releases 11 pm email endorsing Mitt Romney.

(Bonus title with biblical allusion.)

05.08.12 | 3:03 am
A Problem for Obama? Maybe Not

Big question for November: will big drop offs in black and Hispanic voter registration doom Obama?

Maybe not as much as the numbers suggest.

05.08.12 | 4:03 am
Romney: I Take Credit for the Auto Rescue

Romney tells Cleveland TV station: “I’ll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry’s come back.” Watch.

05.08.12 | 4:27 am
Mitt’s Fancy Glass House

It ain’t that often that a potent political attack happens to be true both in the deep sense of substance and in the often more important sense of word play. President Obama took a big gamble continuing and upping the massive auto industry bailout that began fitfully under President Bush. The fact that Mitt Romney wrote a oped at the deadline with the jarring headline “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” is probably enough to skewer him in the court of 30-second ads and speech gotcha lines. Read More