Well, what can I say that hasn't been said? Not his best, but Obama's "not his best" beats Romney by a mile. Obama's fire as a candidate gave way to the rooted earth of a man who IS president (as he reminded us). He reminded us that the job is hard and for serious people, implying that Romney is not … Read More
The “Net Job Loss” Lie
This is the graph: The red lines represent when Bush was president; the blue is for Obama. These are the monthly job gains/losses for each month since January 2008 to last month. Romney and company would like to tell you that, if you take all the job gains under Obama (where it goes up) and add them to the job … Read More
Strange GOP Attempts To Court Woman
These two ads are trying to address the gender gap. They both are based on the premise that women vote for Obama because he is their boyfriend. Isn't the premise of the ads a little demeaning to women? It's saying "You only like Obama because you of your feeeelings". Here's a thought, Republicans: maybe women vote for Obama … Read More
DNC, Day Two: The Big Dog
In case you missed it: Almost universally, this speech was praised. Even conservative Rich Lowry at NRO wrote: I suspect the most effective part was near the beginning when he said no president could have turned around in four years the economy that President Obama inherited. He’s a great political litigator and although the speech went on way too … Read More
Well, Damn
Looks like my credientials are no good: Obama acceptance speech moved indoors By NBC's Mark Murray First Read has confirmed that Democrats are moving their convention — including President Obama's acceptance speech — indoors for Thursday night at the Time Warner Cable Arena. Thursday's events had originally been scheduled to take place at Bank of America Stadium, where the Carolina … Read More
DNC, Day One
I only caught bits and pieces on the radio, mostly of Michelle's speech. The latter was moving — she is hands down the best First Lady speaker this country has ever seen (and I put Hillary Clinton in that category). CBS reported that she wrote it herself, and worked on it for more than a month. UPDATE: Michelle Obama's speech … Read More
Dumbest PAC Ad (So Far)
Did you know that Obama is going to send the troops to force you to gay marry? Apparently so, according to this ad from a pro-Romney super PAC with ties to evangelist Gary Bauer. The Campaign for American Values ad attacks President Obama for his support of marriage equality. In the ad, called “New Morning,” an opposite sex couple expresses concern that … Read More
Better Off Now Than Four Years Ago?
I hate this election question, generally speaking. However, I'm surprised that the Republicans think they can win by asking this question. Sure, for SOME people, things are worse. But GENERALLY SPEAKING, things are better now than they were before Obama took office. That's objectively true. Let's look at the headlines from September 2008: STOCK SHOCK FELT ROUND THE WORLD. Gets … Read More
NC: Not Going Democratic This Time
Nate Silver's NYT column give NC the treatment: In North Carolina, Obama’s 2008 Victory Was Ahead of Schedule By MICAH COHEN The choice of Charlotte as the host city for the Democratic National Convention may seem unremarkable. President Obama carried North Carolina by fewer than 14,000 votes in 2008, making him the first Democrat to win the state since 1976. The Obama campaign hopes the convention … Read More
The Romney Convention Bounce
Guess what… it didn't happen. From Public Policy Polling: PPP's newest Florida poll, conducted completely after the Republican convention, finds no change in the Presidential race there. Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney 48-47, exactly as he did on our last poll of the state five weeks ago. The Republican convention being held in Tampa appears to have been a wash. … Read More
More Voter Suppression Tactics Fail In Court
This just in…. In an opinion by Judge Peter Economus, a federal court today agreed with the Obama campaign that the Ohio anti-voter law must be suspended: “A citizen has a constitutionally protected right to participate in elections on an equal basis with other citizens in the jurisdiction.” In Ohio, that right to participate equally has been abridged by Ohio Revised Code … Read More
I Think A Nerve Was Struck
Breitbart's John Nolte pitches falling-on-floor-kicking-screaming temper tantrum about Liberal Media mockery of Clint: All I can say in response is: Go to hell you Obama-shilling crybabies. Eastwood showed more grit and honestly in those few minutes than you water carriers have during your entire propaganda-for-the-collective careers. What Eastwood did tonight was funnier, fresher, edgier, and braver than anything those comedy cowards Chris … Read More
The Romney Speech — What You Didn’t Hear
0 mentions of Financial Reform 0 mentions of Climate Change 0 mentions of Immigration 0 mentions of Romneycare 0 mentions of Afghanistan or Syria 0 mentions of Social Security 0 mentions of Veterans … and he only mentioned Medicare once, and the housing issue once.
The Eastwood Speech: Old Man Yells At Chair, Crowd Goes Wild
So the "mystery speaker" last night at the convention wasn't a hologram of Reagan after all. It was Clint Eastwood. And by all acccounts, he gave a speech so bizarre that it is almost upstaging Romney this morning. Eastwood's speech was ad libbed. He just made it up, in a very distrubing prattling way. The centerpiece of his speech was … Read More
Mystery Speaker At GOP Convention Is Clint Eastwood
I think there's not a single right winger who hasn't mocked Sean Penn or any number of leftist celebrities. Yet, here they are, putting their celebrity (singular, since Randy Travis is in disgrace and Ted Nugent is certifiable) front and center tonight. Seriously, I think the Dems have a deeper bench here.