Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Barack Obama’s Super PACcadillo

Having flip-flopped on his renunciation of corporate-backed Super PACs and the big money they bring to elections, now the Obama campaign appears to be engaged in a little bait-and-switch as well. From Politico Playbook: GAME CHANGE — Blog post by … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Solyndra Redux Edition)

Last December Crossroads GPS , the front group for former House of Bush consigliere and current GOP gunsel Karl Rove, ran a TV spot bashing Barack Obama for funding the star-cursed energy company Solyndra, which got half-a-billion dollars from the federal government when … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Santorum Nev-ad-a Edition)

GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum (R-Shouldn’t You Be at Home Taking Care of Your Daughter?) has shrugged off his third-place finish in Florida and gone full-tilt into Nevada for this Saturday’s caucuses, as The Hill duly notes: Santorum up in … Continue reading

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What Can Brown Do For Himself?

From techPresident: Senator Scott Brown, Republican of Massachusetts is distributing video of a brief interaction he had with President Barack Obama after the State of the Union where he says that he will tell Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to move on … Continue reading

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Dead Blogging The State Of The Union Address

Once around the SOTU, James, and don’t spare the horses: • Barack Obama’s “Ballad of a Thin Man”: Send me a bill that . . .  Smart way to lay it all off on Congress. • Osama bin Laden gets … Continue reading

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Dead Blogging The South Carolina GOP Primary Results

Ads ‘n’ ends from the Palmetto State bakeoff: • Pity the poor Republicans. They have two presidential candidates everyone  says can’t possibly be the nominee, and one candidate 75% say they don’t want as the nominee. Brokered convention, anyone? • … Continue reading

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Dead Blogging The GOP New Hampshire Debate

(The Hardworking Staff Held iPadlocked, Day 4. No video, no links, no ITALICS. Free the Campaign Outsider One!) Let’s get right to the major results of last night’s Republican presidential primary debate in New Hampshire: 1) If you picked “jobs” … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Solyndra Edition)

That’s Solyndra the company, not the country. GOP gunsel Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS hit squad has launched its latest attack on Barack Obama with a $500,000 ad buy on Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC. Via Politico’s Morning Score: The Crossroads GPS … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Thrifty Obama Edition)

Barack Obama (D-I Need You to Do Me a Favor) has launched his first ad campaign with a small buy on national satellite television (DISH, DirectTV). Via MSNBC’s First Read: The ads, per NBC’s Alex Moe, urge supporters to go … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Ad Spending Tally Edition)

MSNBC’s First Read has helpfully provided an update on TV advertising expenditures so far in the 2012 presidential election (although it’s awfully secretive about the source of its numbers): Among the GOP presidential candidates: — Perry $2.8 million (including the campaign’s national … Continue reading

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