June 2012
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Jun 1st
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“That stimulus he put in place, it didn’t help private sector jobs, it helped...”
– Mitt Romney, detailing his plan for jobs in Craig, Colo. Please tell me how firing 145,000 Americans would be good for the economy – not that Romney’s claim is correct. Under the Obama administration, public sector employment has dropped, but private sector employment has grown by 760,000 jobs...
Jun 1st
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May 2012
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May 31st
“So to sum up, one candidate is portrayed, accurately, as being extremely rich,...”
– Conor Friedersdorf, on the lost moral perspective of the 2012 election. (via theatlantic) No, Conor, the reason they are focusing on Mitt is because the policies, foreign and national, that he will bring to the White House are far more dangerous.
May 31st
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May 31st
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May 31st
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May 30th
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May 30th
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May 30th
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New CBO Report Finds Hundreds of Thousands of...
CBO’s analysis finds that ARRA [American Recovery and Reinvestment Act] has significantly boosted both the number of people employed and the number of hours worked.  ARRA protected the economy during the worst of the recession, and three years after its enactment, it is still saving and creating jobs. Without it, up to one and a half million more workers in March would have been either...
May 30th
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May 30th
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“Mitt Romney’s continued embrace of Donald Trump and refusal to condemn his...”
– Stephanie Cutter -  Obama For America’s deputy campaign manager
May 30th
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May 29th
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May 28th
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May 28th
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May 26th
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I am sick of the attempt to describe a pragmatic,...
Andrew Sullivan does not hold back... “Obama did not have a serious choice; he had a fate. That fate was to pick up the pieces of the most catastrophic presidency in modern times. The final bouquet - after emptying the public coffers with no serious boost to employment, profits or growth - was the financial collapse, which both shrunk the economy, decimated revenues to 50 year lows, and...
May 26th
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“Governor Romney came to Des Moines last week and warned of a prairie fire of...”
– President Obama in Iowa
May 25th
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May 25th
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May 24th
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Romney's Education Agenda
If you had any doubts that Romney’s big “education agenda” caters to the 1%, read this article. Cut in Pell Grants, harder to get student loans, “shop around” for college that you can afford, K-12 voucher plan that is willfully indifferent to the problems facing low-socioeconomic status families.  Restoring the Middleman to Higher Education And his time in...
May 24th
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May 24th
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May 24th
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“Governor Romney says that his 25 years in the private sector gives him a special...”
– President Obama, Denver, May 23. Watch the whole video:
May 24th
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May 24th
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May 22nd
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May 22nd
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May 22nd
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“When you’re president, as opposed to the head of a private equity firm, then...”
– President Obama on why Mitt Romney’s record in the private sector matters (via barackobama) Exactly.
May 22nd
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May 21st
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“You know, it’s not just a question of vision, it’s also a question...”
– Fox News’ Chris Wallace to Romney surrogate Congressman Paul Ryan. And Ryan was unable to defend Romney’s record… on Fox News! Writes Steve Benen: Indeed, let’s also not forget that Jon Huntsman, who’s endorsed Romney, said through his campaign last summer, “The...
May 21st
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May 21st
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“Let’s take only the Obama presidency. Had the filibuster not applied, the United...”
– Joshua Green, on America without Republican abuse of the senate filibuster. (via quickhits) Quite chilling…
May 21st
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May 21st
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May 18th
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May 18th
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“I would say he’s a smart man. I mean, he’s not in the same league of...”
– - Ben Stein, on Faux News, talking about President Obama. As reported by Politico: Is President Obama smart? Ben Stein wouldn’t put his money on it. During an appearance on Fox News, the economist and actor said he doesn’t consider the president to be very intelligent. “Barack Obama is a smart...
May 18th
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I stand by whatever I said, whatever it was,...
May 18th
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May 18th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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What Some Dems Don’t Get About Gay Marriage
“I thought the Republicans/Conservatives/Birthers/Teabaggers had the trophy in being blind to the obvious but I guess I thought too soon. Apparently the Dems are following the ‘right’ in being totally wrong on the issue of gay marriage. There are a large number of Democrats who say they are not going to vote for President Obama and will instead vote for Mitt Romney or just stay home,...
May 17th
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May 17th
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May 16th
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Mitt Romney’s Total Wealth: $230 million
Debt Securities: +$91 million Bain Alternative Investments: +$52 million Other Alternative Investments: +$29 million Mutual Funds and ETFs: +$23 million Real Estate: +$18 million Cash: +$16 million Individual Equities: +$600,000 Transportation: +$425,000 Gold: +$260,000 No mention of offshore holdings.  The Swiss bank account and other offshore holdings were left out of a separate,...
May 16th
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May 16th
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May 16th
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May 16th
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Bain - The Bane of Romney's Existence
President Obama’s TV spot yesterday highlighting GST Steel hit a nerve in the Romney campaign. Today, in Florida, newspaper headlines like this one greeted him: Turns out, “Under Romney’s Bain Capital, Dade Behring received millions in tax breaks before it laid off hundreds” And then,  the problem intensified when the Republican appeared in Miami, and relied on staff...
May 16th
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May 16th
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