From the party who perfected cries of “judicial activism!”…
Brian Beutler on Mitch McConnell’s speech today lighting into President Obama’s comments on the Supreme Court.
RNC Chair Reince Priebus says the “war on women” is a media invention as silly as a “war on caterpillars.”
Mitt Romney holds several degrees from Harvard. He also governed the state that the venerable institution calls home.
All of which makes it amazing that he continues — with a straight face — to use it as some sort of elitist cudgel.
The man who says he attacked a Wisconsin Planned Parenthood office because “they’re killing babies” was no great planner .
Current TV delivers thermonuclear response to Keith Olbermann’s lawsuit.
You’ve really got to wonder what either party thinks they’re going to get out of this self-inflicted bloodbath.
This is quite possibly the most moronic non-scandal in history, and Dear Lord, there’s competition. I’m amazed that even Politico fell for it. The scandal is that a Jewish Congresswoman (who’s also head of the DNC) hired a Jewish staffer who, years ago, with other Jewish friends, made jokes about Jews that appeared on her Facebook page. And because of this President Obama hates Israel and wants it to be plowed under by Iran. And also make the memory of Golda Meir wear a hijab.
As Socrates* said, life is hard. Especially if you’re stupid.
As you can see, a very disappointing jobs report today. And it’s a reminder that both presidential candidates’ fate remains tied to the trendline of the economy, something neither can control.
A favorite bit of spin for those wanting to suggest that Mitt Romney hasn’t been damaged by an unexpectedly difficult primary has been that Obama and Clinton duked it out for months in 2008 — and the Democrats emerged stronger for it.
Here’s why that comparison is so obviously inappropriate.
In Wisconsin, Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus is forced to accept that she is not very good at conducting elections.