Bill Clinton reacts to Romney's now-infamous 2008 call to Let Deroit Go Bankrupt. "Every time I hear Mr. Romney talk about this, I think his daddy must be turning over in his grave." Romney has already indicated that he disrespects his father's politics. Could his scorn for the American auto industry also be rooted inContinue reading “Bill Clinton: Does Mitt Romney have father issues?”
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Global warming is driving Rick Santorum crazy
Following Rick Santorum on the campaign trail for Slate, Dave Weigel declares that Santorum is "really swinging for the fences on global warming denial." Weigel thinks that's smart in Michigan, and maybe that's true in a purely political GOP primary, but still…he's sounding strange. And the strangeness seems to be escalating: We're not here toContinue reading “Global warming is driving Rick Santorum crazy”
Santorum: Best line of the last GOP debate
Prominent lefties and journos independently say that Rick Santorum blew it in the last debate of the Republican primary, but surely he had the line of the night: From Dan Balz: When Romney noted that he had balanced the Massachusetts budget for four straight years, Santorum scoffed, saying that was required by the state’s constitution.Continue reading “Santorum: Best line of the last GOP debate”
Reworking unemployment (oh, and the payroll tax cut)
From a front-page New York Times story today. Here are the details that were hidden in the fight over the payroll tax cut and the unemployment (UI) extension. Congress and the President agreed on some shockingly good ideas, including importing the concept of "work sharing" from (no!) Europe. The bill additionally expands “work sharing” programs thatContinue reading “Reworking unemployment (oh, and the payroll tax cut)”
Climate scientist admits deception, engulfed in drama
Peter Gleick, the scientist, the advocate, and the MacArthur Fellow, who helms the influential Pacific Institute, today admitted in his column that he did something he shouldn't have in his on-going struggle with the right-wing climate change skeptics at the Heartland Institute: I attempted to confirm the accuracy of the information in this document [that cameContinue reading “Climate scientist admits deception, engulfed in drama”
Santorum: Global Warming is a dangerous world view
Leading in the national polls in the Republican party, at least for this week, Rick Santorum denies on Face the Nation that he ever said President Obama wasn't a Christian, though he implied as much yesterday with a remark about his phony theology. Today he implies that Obama's faith has been corrupted by environmentalism: IContinue reading “Santorum: Global Warming is a dangerous world view”
How far we have come on global warming — not!
Yesterday Jason Margolis for The World had an absolutely first-class analysis of the presidential politics of global warming. He began with the GOP front-runner's silence on the issue, which Margolis contrasted against the GOP candidate of four years ago. Here's what John McCain said about climate change while running for President as a Republican: “It’sContinue reading “How far we have come on global warming — not!”
Romney attacks: Obama tugs gently at the heartstrings
Andrew Sullivan is not happy with Mitt Romney's victory speech in Florida: 8.44 pm. Everything this man says is a lie. He's doubling down on the big lies I tried to counter in that Newsweek piece. The president Romney is describing does not exist. Obama is demonizing and denigrating every sector of the economy? ThatContinue reading “Romney attacks: Obama tugs gently at the heartstrings”
Can the Romneytron 9000 elicit emotion from humans?
Bright young Brit Tim Stanley reports on the ground from South Carolina and very convincingly argues that Newt Gingrich didn't win the primary. Willard Romney lost it. Newt Gingrich will deny it, but the South Carolina vote was really a referendum on Romney. He lost it because he is slipping in the area that wasContinue reading “Can the Romneytron 9000 elicit emotion from humans?”
Will Romney live up to his own father’s standards?
Though attacked for asking a personal, sexual question of Newt Gingrich at the beginning of the South Carolina debate, CNN anchor John King came back later in the debate with an even tougher question for Newt's rival Mitt Romney. He laid it out beautifully, and listened as Romney flailed to answer. As Romney failed to liveContinue reading “Will Romney live up to his own father’s standards?”
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