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Tag Archives: Mitt Romney
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Self-Serv Index™ Edition)
The hardworking staff has always had a soft spot for the quadrennial Shotgun Index, reflecting which presidential candidate voters would rather drive cross-country with. (Never making it into the HOV Lane: Bob Dole, Al Gore, John Kerry.) But the current … Continue reading
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Tagged Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Self-Serv Index™, Shotgun Index, Winning Our Future
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Paul Mauls Romney Edition)
Lately GOP presidential sort-of wannabe Ron Paul (R-It’s the Delegates, Stupid) has been depicted as Mitt Romney’s wing(nut)man, consistently attacking Ron Santorum and Newt Gingrich but not Romney. New narrative, thanks to this TV spot Paul is running in Washington … Continue reading
Super PACcadillos (Mitt Romney Edition)
Blowback on the smashmouth Romney GOP presidential primary campaign. 1) Via ABC’s The Note: WATCHDOG GROUP ACCUSES PRO-ROMNEY SUPER PAC OF BREAKING THE LAW. ABC’s Matt Negrin notes that a group that fights for campaign finance disclosures formally filed a complaint with … Continue reading
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Super Tuesday Edition)
Now that the Michigan primary is in their rear-view mirror, the GOP slapfighters have moved on to the (Not So) Super Tuesday states, starting with a kibitzer AFSCME TV spot in Ohio (via Politico): [Politico] reported last week that AFSCME had purchased … Continue reading
Campaign Outsider’s Fearless Michigan Prediction (pat. pending)
With the polls (not to mention Rick Santorum) all over the place, it’s hard to say what will happen in the Michigan primary today. Then again, hard is the hardworking staff’s middle name. Or something . . . Anyway, our pick: … Continue reading
“Artist”-ic License, Political Style
Now that The Artist has cleaned up at the Oscars, here come the knockoffs. Via Time’s Swampland: Via the Daily Caller: More nominations?
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Tagged Chris Matthews, Mitt Romney, Oscars, The Con Artist, The Daikly Caller, Thw Artist, Time Swampland
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Super (Val) PAC: Handy Clip ‘n’ Save Guide
Third-party political groups are all the rage these days, thanks to the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision deregulating corporate election expenditures. Bottom line: Newly constituted Super PACs can collect as much money as they want from whomever they want … Continue reading
Oops, Mitt Said It Again! (Michigan Trees Division)
You’d think Mitt Romney (R-Yardstick) would’ve had his fill of being mocked after he said on the campaign trail in Michigan last week, “It feels right here. Trees are the right height.” But in front of the Detroit Economic … Continue reading
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Tagged Buzzfeed, Detroit Economic Club, Mitt Romney, trees are the right height
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Mitt Romney Desperation Watch (pat. pending)
Three for the road (home): • From MSNBC’s First Read: *** Campaign cash drying up? For Romney, what’s also at stake at next week’s Michigan primary is whether or not his campaign funds begin to dry up. Yesterday, the Romney campaign reported … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC The Note, burn rate, Emily Friedman, Mitt Romney, MSNBC First Read, Rick Santorum, robocalls
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Shocking! Super PAC Runs Positive Ad!!
When Foster Friess, Rick Santorum’s Sugar Daddy, isn’t making lame jokes about women and Bayer aspirin and keeping their knees together, he’s usually shoveling money into the pro-Santorum Super PAC Red White and Blue Fund to underwrite trash-talking TV spots … Continue reading
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