Mitt Romney

Obama - The Closer

Obama - The Closer
This is perhaps Obama's best articulation of the key question in this election. Do Americans truly want a society where it's anything goes and every man for himself, or one where everyone plays by the same rules and we all have a fair shot at success? That's what all this talk of taxes, healthcare, etc. boils down to. You're on your own, vs. we're all in this together?

Mitt Romney Finally Divulges His $5 Trillion Tax Cut Plan

Click here to see a detailed explanation of how the Romney-Ryan tax plan is able to cut taxes by $5 trillion without raising taxes on the middle class or exploding the deficit.
Good luck!

Colbert Destroys Romney’s Tax Plan in One Question

Colbert Destroys Romney’s Tax Plan in One Question
Exactly the question that reporters need to ask him on the campaign trail. Or a voter in tonight’s town hall style debate.

Billy Graham: Mormonism No Longer a Cult?

Billy Graham: Mormonism No Longer a Cult?
Billy Graham believes Mormonism is a cult. Or does he? After meeting with and endorsing Mitt Romney, Billy Graham's website is now missing any and all references to Mormons being part of a cult. Hmm.

Mythology of the Businessman-Politician

Read Greg Sargent's Plum Line blog today, which links to what he calls a brutal dissection from David Stockman on The Daily Beast of Romney's reason for running -- his business experience at Bain Capital. Stockman says:Romney was not a businessman; he...

The Sensata Explainer

The Sensata Explainer
If you are hearing about a company names Sensata, here is the story. Right now this company is moving equipment out of a factory in Freeport, Il. and shipping it to China. They are making the workers there train their Chinese replacements. And the end of the year they are laying off the American workers. The workers have set up a camp across from the factory and have named it Bainport. (please click!) Supporters are trying to block the trucks, and some have been arrested. This is all happening right now, even as Mitt Romney says he wants to "get tough on China." So the workers have asked Romney to come to Freeport and help them.

Romney's Peak Ebbing, Says New Poll

From The Hill:
A latest Washington Post/ABC News poll shows Obama with a 49 to 46 percent lead among likely voters, an edge little changed from the same poll taken in late September which gave the president a 49-47 lead over Romney. Obama's 2-point advantage is within the poll's 3.5-percent margin of error.
Most respondents say there is little chance they will swing their vote in the three weeks left until election day, with 90 ...

Mitt Romney Was an Absentee Governor, Just Like Ours

Chris Christie has been an enthusiastic support of Mitt Romney since before Christie even decided not to run himself, and now we know why.
During Mr. Romney's four-year term as governor of Massachusetts, he cumulatively spent more than a year -- part or all of 417 days -- out of the state, according to a review of his schedule and other records. More than 70 percent of that time was spent on personal or political trips unrelated to his job.
Mr. Romney, now...

Yard Sign Litmus Test


A split ticket yard sign display in upscale urban Kansas City, via an anonymous source:
It took strong sentiments to permit those fence posts to be driven into that manicured lawn.

Evidently, for some, Todd Akin's (R) crazy talk isn't as palatable as Mitt Romney's (R) mendacity.

Romney/Ryan Mental State: Officially Full of Mitt

Romney/Ryan Mental State: Officially Full of Mitt
FIGHT THE SPIN WITH A BIDEN STYLE LAUGH! In this week's Absurdity Today, Comedian Julianna Forlano brings on a psychotherapist to deconstruct the Romney/Ryan Mental state. Also, back by popular request, another boob joke.

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