Romney [from convention speech to be delivered]: "Obama promised to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise is to help you and your family." Obama [from speech to college students]: Denying climate change won't make it stop. According to Ben Domenech of RedState, Romney's crack is the single best lineContinue reading “Obama and Romney on warming this week in campaign”
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Big Oil backs Romney campaign: USA Today
USA Today runs the SuperPac numbers: WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney's campaign and a super PAC backing him have received more than $15 million from oil, coal and other energy interests, many of which would benefit from the energy plan Romney unveiled Thursday. At least 35 people who "bundle" donations for the Romney campaign are fromContinue reading “Big Oil backs Romney campaign: USA Today”
Killer heat wave breaks Dust Bowl-era records
It's "folly" to blame the killer heat wave blanketing the eastern United States under misery on global warming, says climate change denier Anthony Watts, because, after all, the entire globe isn't suffering a heat wave. No, seriously: The is weather, not climate. It is caused by a persistent blocking high pressure pattern. In a day orContinue reading “Killer heat wave breaks Dust Bowl-era records”
Romney: “Believe in America,” Donald Trump, and debt
In California this Memorial Day in my neighborhood, the house signs for the GOP presidential candidate are pleasantly blue, and they read: "Romney: Believe in America." Also on this day, we learn that the candidate has no intention of cutting the deficit upon taking office, and will be happy to add to the national debtContinue reading “Romney: “Believe in America,” Donald Trump, and debt”
Journos cheer: Santorum lives to fight another day
E.J. Dionne wraps it up perfectly, and admits that "For those who like to watch election nights, the Alabama and Mississippi results are a tonic. They’ll keep things going in the Republican race for some time." Yes. But even better is Rebecca Traister's tweet: Yeah, so, Mitt, here's the thing: your party DOES NOT LIKEContinue reading “Journos cheer: Santorum lives to fight another day”
Bill Clinton: Does Mitt Romney have father issues?
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?”
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”
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?”
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