Obama today in Ohio: “I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Michelle wasn’t.”
In contrast to … who?
Before congressional Republicans get any farther down the road of unraveling the debt limit deal they struck with the White House last August, President Obama has now threatened not to sign any appropriations bills and force a government shutdown right before the election.
Romney responds to Obama “silver spoon in mouth” remark: “I’m certainly not going to apologize for my dad and his success in life.”
New Sunday show study: 29 percent of guests are women, 85 percent are white, and 70 percent of the one-on-one interviews are with Republicans.
Man, this resonates: Obama sitting in the bus Rosa Parks refused to take a back seat in.
A draft agreement obtained by TPM in the as-yet-unsuccessful negotiations between the Justice Department and Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio shows the feds are keen to rein in the sheriff’s high-profile posses that include celebrities like Shaq and Steven Seagal.
West Virginia GOP Senate candidate: Not being able to smoke in public places is the “same thing” as when “Hitler used to put Star of David on everybody’s lapel.”
Florida state prosecutors don’t drop their case against Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) quietly. Instead, they excoriate him and the flimsiness of Florida’s campaign finance laws. Really worth a read. Read More
House Republicans eager for election year budget battle with the President; Senate Republicans not so much.