Obama decried income inequality fostered by misguided economics during a rousing speech Tuesday.
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8-year-old Confronts Michele Bachmann on Gay Rights
“My mommy’s gay but she doesn’t need any fixing,” he said.
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Romney Wasn’t Happy “Just Earning Money” at Bain
A video shows that Romney had a different take on public service in 2000.
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Quayleman for Romney
Former Vice President Dan Quayle declared his support for Mitt Romney today. Quayle dinged President Obama and explained his endorsement in an op-ed published in the Arizona Republic newspaper earlier today: There are four criteria I use in determining who I will support for president. These are: leadership, character, conservative philosophy and electability… There is […]
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Where Are Gingrich’s Enemies?
His former congressional colleagues are keeping silent, for now at least.
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Will Donald Trump Revive Birtherism?
Even after the president revealed his full birth certificate, the reality-TV star “has questions.”
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Romney Can’t Even Make Up His Mind on Flip-Flopping
Via TPM‘s Benjy Sarlin comes this devastating five-minute video of Mitt Romney railing against the dangers of politicians with shifting policy views. Only this was in 2004, when Romney was just the moderate governor of a liberal state, not the wannabe presidential candidate who would say whatever it takes to earn his party’s nomination. At […]
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Ron Paul’s “Big Dog”
Where Newt Gingrich’s new Iowa ad waxes poetic about American exceptionalism, Ron Paul goes for the Spike TV production route in his new commercial set to air in Iowa and New Hampshire. Titled “Big Dog,” the ad doesn’t actually feature Paul himself until the necessary approval tag at the end. Instead, it’s a series of […]
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Gingrich Runs First Iowa Ad
Even though the Republican presidential nomination is set to kick off when Iowans head to their local schools and community centers for the caucuses in just 30 days, I’m skeptical of current polls. Over the weekend, the Des Moines Register found that 64 percent of likely caucus goers have yet to see any of the […]