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OBAMA REVERSAL ON SAME SEX MARRIAGE COMES JUST DAYS AFTER DONORS THREATENED TO WITHHOLD FUNDS
President Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage less than 48 hours after the Washington Post reported that prominent political donors were threatening to withhold donations over the president’s position on gay rights.. . -
Campaign nonstories will dominate political news
MSNBC host Martin Bashir led his program the other day with a lengthy discussion of a scandal the left-leaning cable network ominously called "Cookie-gate." It stemmed from a campaign photo-op discussion GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney had with suburban Pittsburgh voters in which he mocked the cookies they were served as looking like "they came from 7-Eleven." They had been donated by a popular local bakery, and over the next several minutes the cable TV channel spun the story as an example of how Romney has trouble connecting with voters. . . -
Romney, Santorum take fight to Wisconsin
Tuesday shapes up as a big one in the Republican presidential race, with Wisconsin, Maryland, and the District of Columbia holding their primaries. The key prize is Wisconsin, where Mitt Romney is trying to put Rick Santorum behind him for good. But Santorum isn't cooperating. He says he's staying in the race, no matter what happens in Wisconsin.More » -
This Election Will Be All About Women
A new USA Today/Gallup poll shows President Obama's lead over Mitt Romney widening among women. The poll, a sampling of registered voters in 12 swing states, finds that while Romney has a slight lead among men, 48 percent to 47 percent, he lags by a whopping 18 points, 54 percent to 36 percent, in the women's vote. That means Obama's nine-point lead over Romney in the poll can be entirely attributed to the women's vote.More » -
Wisconsin’s highways show routes to GOP’s primary
Well-traveled routes that serve as Wisconsin's vital arteries also provide a window into the competing hopes for Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. Romney can roll up a solid win in Tuesday's presidential primary with a strong showing along the state's east-west Interstate 94, which bisects Milwaukee's GOP-rich western suburbs. More » -
Supreme Court Health Care: Why Losing Would Help Obama
While a Supreme Court rejection of Obamacare this summer would be an embarrassment for the president, and an obvious blow to his legacy, a case can be made that a health-care defeat in the high court might actually benefit Obama in his reelection campaign.. . -
Presidential hopeful Ron Paul to visit UW-Madison
As the April 3 presidential primary approaches, the Republican candidates are bringing their campaigns to Wisconsin, including U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who will visit the UW-Madison campus Thursday. Paul, currently lagging in the polls behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., will hold a town hall meeting on Thursday at the Stock Pavilion. It will be the first visit to campus from any of the candidates. More » -
Romney donation contest
Donate $5 to Mitt Romney's campaign and get entered to win a trip to share a burger with Mitt.. . -
Oh bloody hell, I might be a Democrat
In the last month or so, I’ve turned into a regular gym-goer. After some trial & error, I discovered that tuning into the gym TVs lets me keep my mind off what I’m doing enough to want to keep doing it. Anyway, last night the TVs were either tuned into the NIT or CNN’s coverage of the Alabama & Mississippi primaries. I found myself rooting for Rick Santorum. I’m pretty sure I want him to win the Republican primary. Not because I like him or any of his ideas, but rather because I want his ideas and his backers’ vision of the Republican Party to be utterly destroyed in the general election.
In the FAQs on our old site we wrote something like “believe it or not, we can actually conceive of voting for Democrats in the future”. When you write stuff like that, I don’t think people believe you. But they should. I’ve said it time and time again, but political parties aren’t football teams – they’re not something you pledge a lifelong allegiance to. They’re not always right and they’re not always wrong. In short, they’re not the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings. Times and ideas change and a thoughtful person needs to change along with them.
In my heart, the GOP mantra of small government and less regulation still make sense, but the reality of it is that our systems are broken and getting rid of stuff doesn’t fix the problem. It’s like having a leaky roof – tearing down your house doesn’t really fix the leaky roof. There are some genuine, smart people in the GOP that understand that we need to scale back our spending. They want to fix our spending problem, which is great, but I don’t think they have any idea how to make our country better. We can cut government spending by repealing ObamaCare, for example, but we’re still left with a broken health care system. I’m frustrated by the lack of ideas and vision on the right. I’m frustrated by the hard headed insistence that government is the root of all evil. Now, I love Ronald Reagan quotes as much as the next gal, but Reagan was a charmer and a storyteller. A good story isn’t littered with exceptions, “buts” and clarifications. But I feel like too many people in the current GOP got their political philosophy from a Reagan sound bite rather than a Reagan reality. The beautiful thing about Ronald Reagan was that, for the most part, he was a pragmatist. Pragmatists are an endangered species in today’s GOP.
Instead, the old Reagan Big Tent has morphed into the Big Church. While governments should never intervene in the affairs of business, they should by all means interfere in the most personal affairs of the average American. Especially if that average American is gay or female.
The GOP has exactly one idea in the fiscal arena (cut spending!), but they have tons of ideas in the social sphere. Basically, as far as I can tell, their biggest idea is turn the clock back 50-years. The strategy must be to somehow convince voters that their lack of economic success is somehow due to the fact that women and gays are running amuck and literally screwing them out of their piece of the American Dream.
I’ve generally categorized myself as a fiscal conservative and a social liberal. As such, I never get everything I want from any political candidate. Typically, in my frustration, I’d vote third party. Screw ‘em all. Now, I really just want to screw the GOP. I want the religious right of the party to go down to the biggest, most crushing defeat in electoral history. I’ll vote for Obama to make it happen. I still think Obama is an empty suit at best, but better an empty suit than a head full of outdated ideas and a cynical strategy to distract America from its real problems by playing sexual politics. And too, maybe the time for fiscal conservatism has passed. Maybe there are some socialistic policies that can work for America. I’m not opposed to giving them a shot.
After the dust settles on November 6th, I want two major political parties who realize that the social issues were settled decades ago. I want two political parties who are focused on making our lives better. I want real ideas from both the left and the right. I also want a pony. But I’ll settle for a landslide.More » -
Joe the Plumber wins Ohio Congressional Primary
eteran U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur defeated Rep. Dennis Kucinich on Tuesday in a closely watched Democratic battle in a newly drawn congressional district linking Toledo and Cleveland along the Lake Erie shoreline. She will face Samuel Wurzelbacher, who became known as "Joe the Plumber" for expressing working-class concerns about taxes to then-candidate Barack Obama during a stop in the region in 2008.More » -
Cat Fight: Hank, Virginia’s Feline Senate Candidate, Gets First Attack Ad
Politics is a dirty game, and the Virginia Senate race is proving particularly ugly. An organization calling itself Canines for a Feline-Free Tomorrow Super PAC has launched a vicious smear campaign against Hank, the 9-year-old cat who’s vying for a Senate seat against former Virginia governors Tim Kaine and George Allen. . -
Let the Imbiber Beware
I was reading this article by Joe McClain, the President of the Beer Institute, about how beer is the "great leveler" among Presidents and how drinking it shows that the President is just a "regular guy". While that may have been true as recently as the last election, it's not true anymore. Simply put, a beer isn't just a beer anymore. A President or a candidate's choice of brew says more about him or her than they may intend. For example: (more...) -
Rubio: GOP ‘too slow’ to condemn anti-immigrant talk
Sen. Marco Rubio got wide praise from the GOP presidential candidates at their latest debate and even hinted the Cuban-American lawmaker could make a fine vice presidential pick, but he steered clear of that today. Addressing the Hispanic Leadership Network's conference in Miami, Rubio instead focused on the overheated rhetoric that has dominated the immigration debate in Washington.. -
Romney Stays on the Offense With Gingrich
Mitt Romney, facing his greatest challenge of the campaign so far, relentlessly pressed Newt Gingrich on Thursday night in their final debate before the Florida primary, seeking to regain the offensive against an insurgent challenge that has shaken his claim to inevitability.. . -
Mitt Romney to pay $6.2M in taxes for 2010-2011
Mitt Romney released his 2010 tax returns and an estimate for 2011 showing he is likely to pay $6.2 million on income of $42.5 million of income over the two years. Romney's tax information -- covering over 500 pages -- can be found on his website. The tax records show Romney paid an effective tax rate of 13.9% on his adjusted gross income in 2010 and 15.4% for last year.. . -
Facebook Gives Politico Deep Access to Users’ Political Sentiments
Most notably, the Facebook-Politico data set will include Facebook users’ private status messages and comments. While that may alarm some people, Facebook and Politico say the entire process is automated and no Facebook employees read the posts.. -
NY Times admits it deep-sixed Ron Paul
It's been obvious for almost a year now that the New York Times was participating in the media conspiracy to kill Ron Paul's candidacy by pretending it didn't exist. Nice to see them admit it. In Sunday's Times, public editor Arthur S. Brisbane wrote of the decision to deep-six the only candidate in the race who has anything interesting to say. Here's what Brisbane wrote: In a Dec. 4 column, I wrote about journalists’ reflex to impose their own narrative on a race, a dynamic that can eclipse what candidates are actually saying. Well, as last week’s Iowa caucuses demonstrated, the Republican nomination contest steadfastly resists any coherent narrative.More » -
Mitt Romney’s Dilemma: Picking a Running Mate if He’s the GOP Nominee
The veepstakes is one of the great political parlor games, an exercise both fascinating and overrated. A bad pick can hurt a campaign, as John McCain learned last time, but only in the rarest of instances does a No. 2 help a presidential candidate win the White House. (Could Hillary Clinton be an exception? Former New York Times editor Bill Keller is sure promoting the idea. But that remains a fantasy, given the remote likelihood that Barack Obama would dump Joe Biden.)More » -
Romney win provokes panic
Mitt Romney improved his own 2008 New Hampshire primary showing by about 20,000 votes and is the first Republican non-incumbent ever to win both the Iowa caucuses and in New Hampshire. But even though Romney exceeded 2008 Republican nominee John McCain's New Hampshire share by at least 3 points and improved on McCain's margin of victory by 12 points, Romney isn't getting credit for a great win. Democrats, liberal commentators as well as Romney's conservative detractors point to lower turnout this year than in the open contests in 2000 and 2008 as evidence that Romney is sapping the party's enthusiasm.. . -
Colbert Leads Huntsman in S.C.
Jon Huntsman may be headed toward a second-place finish in New Hampshire Tuesday night, but he’s getting beat in South Carolina—by fake candidates. According to a new poll by Public Policy Polling, comedian Stephen Colbert is leading Huntsman among Carolina voters 5 percent to 4 percent. . -
Republicans face potential hard sell to women
After a poor showing among female voters in the 2008 presidential election, the Republican Party might again have a women problem.
Sexual misconduct accusations against Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich's treatment of his ex-wives, and harsh rhetoric during debates have raised concerns among some Republicans about the party's ability to attract women in next year's presidential race.. . -
Cheapest GOP Primary in Decade Defies Forecast
Even as experts predict that the 2012 presidential race will be the most expensive in U.S. history, a funny thing is happening on the way to the Republican nomination: It’s becoming one of the cheapest primaries in a more than a decade.
The top nine Republican candidates spent $53 million through September, compared with $132 million spent at the same time four years ago. The sum is even lower than totals reported during the same period in the 2004 and 2000 primaries -- when most candidates still were abiding by campaign spending limits in order to receive public matching money.More » -
Ex-Wis. Gov. Thompson launches GOP bid for Senate
The toughest opponent Tommy Thompson may have to overcome in next year's U.S. Senate race is Tommy Thompson himself.
The former Wisconsin governor and U.S. Cabinet secretary was set to formally launch his Senate bid with a rally Thursday, 13 years since he last appeared on a ballot.
Early in the campaign, Thompson has found himself under criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike over his shifting position on President Barack Obama's health care reform law. And conservatives in his party say his record as governor and as President George W. Bush's first health and human services secretary was far too moderate.More »
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