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Back in August, I wrote about Romney's claim that he never paid less than 13% on his income taxes. Today, he release in full his 2011 tax return.  Is that claim still true? Yup.  Romney paid 14.1% this past year and — wait, what's that? Mitt Romney's trustee said in a campaign press release that Romney artificially inflated his own … Read More

That's scary. So imagine your Mitt Romney and your campaign is, uh, struggling.  You are the first presidential candidate from either party in 24 years to have a net negative favorability rating, and you are losing to an incumbent President with the worst economic numbers of any incumbent President. What do you do?  HAND OUT BONUSES! Mitt Romney’s campaign handed out more … Read More

So now Romney is trying to utz Obama for something Obama said in 1998 about redistribution.  The Romney clip has Obama saying "I actually believe in redistribution", and goes on to say how Obama wants a government-centered system which redistributes wealth, etc. Uh-oh. But NBC got the full clip, in context.  In the whole clip, Obama says: I think the … Read More

So now Romney is trying to utz Obama for something Obama said in 1998 about redistribution.  The Romney clip has Obama saying "I actually believe in redistribution", and goes on to say how Obama wants a government-centered system which redistributes wealth, etc. Uh-oh. But NBC got the full clip, in context.  In the whole clip, Obama says: I think the … Read More

This Pew chart has got to hurt.  It shows that at this point — September — in every Presidential campaign going back to 1988, BOTH candidates had a net positive favorability rating.  Even the candidates who ended up losing. Except Romney. Ouch.  I hope his staff is keeping this chart away from Romney.

The new Pew Research survey is really terrific news for Barack Obama. For Mitt Romney, not so much: Obama Ahead With Stronger Support, Better Image and Lead on Most Issues.

At FiveThirtyEight, Nate Silver has published his first official Senate forecast of the year, and it gives Democrats some good news: [T]he odds of a favorable overall outcome for Democrats have increased in recent weeks. The forecast model now gives them a 70 percent chance of controlling the chamber, either by having at least 50 seats and the presidency, or 51 without … Read More

Everybody is weighing in, but I wanted to highlight this from Reason.com, a libertarian site: Most people at some point will be part of the 47 percent (indeed, nearly most already are). When my friends and I were comparatively poor, as people often are in their 20s and early 30s, we (for the most part) didn't "believe" that we were … Read More

Pick your pundit when Bill O'Reilly and Jon Stewart face off for a special 90-minute debate about the 2012 presidential race. The host of Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor" and the anchor of Comedy Central's fake newscast "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" have announced they will clash in the event, dubbed "The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium." This live debate will be streamed … Read More

Well, here's the Mother Jones version of the video:   For those who have been under a rock the past 18 hours, the controversy is this: During a private fundraiser earlier this year, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a small group of wealthy contributors what he truly thinks of all the voters who support President Barack Obama. He dismissed these … Read More

Huffington Post has a breaking story about a video which, if authentic, is going to hurt Romney even more.   The video appears in Youtube right now as a black screen with words.  You can hear Romney talking to a group at a closed-door fundraiser where press was not allowed. And in his speech, Romney goes on to insult 47% … Read More