Joe Ricketts rejects plan to attack Obama with Jeremiah Wright, but gave some kind of green light
Who do you think you're kidding, Joe?
The $10 million attack-Obama proposal put forth by the advertising firm Strategic Perception and exposed by the New York Times Thursday is catching a lot of heat. So much so that the "Ending Spending" Super PAC o...
DNC supports Wisconsin recall, but not necessarily with money
(Overpass Light Brigade)
With Wisconsin Democrats putting pressure on the national Democratic party to step up in the effort to recall Scott Walker, the Democratic National Committee is reaffirming its support, but it's still not committing actual mo...
Mitt Romney’s weird delusional streak
No matter how you look at it, Mitt Romney is delusional (Darren Hauck/Reuters)
First, check out this bizarre rant by Mitt Romney in which he claims that President Obama's policies reflect personal animosity towards President Clinton:
“It’s enough...
New Daily Kos/PPP poll shows Wisconsin gubernatorial recall picture unchanged
Wisconsin state capitol
Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos. 5/11-13. Likely voters. MoE: ±3.4% (4/13-15 results):
Tom Barrett (D): 45 (45)
Scott Walker (R-inc): 50 (50)
Hari Trivedi (I): 2 (2)
Undecided: 3 (3)
As you can see, the results from our n...
Daily Kos/SEIU Station of the Nation Poll: After gay marriage decision, Obama’s standing unchanged
There was a ton of hand-wringing—and uninformed speculation by the Beltway punditry—about what effect Barack Obama's decision to support same-sex marriage would have on the 2012 presidential election. The answer so far?
Public Policy Polling for D...
Obama to Barnard: ‘Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet … at the head of the table’
President Obama, giving the commencement address to the 2012 Barnard College graduates:
Complete transcript below the fold.
Young people and Democrats continue to lead support for gay marriage in wake of Obama endorsement
A new New York Times/CBS News poll finds, in the wake of President Barack Obama's endorsement of gay marriage ... the same patterns we've seen in polling on the issue for quite some time. The overall proportion of people supporting and opposing marria...
President Obama lays down the gauntlet on marriage equality
Official portrait of President Obama
There has been much discussion about the timing of President Obama's announced support for marriage equality, particularly that it came just after North Carolina voters approved an amendment that encoded homophobi...
President Obama urges Congress to act now on an economic ‘to-do’ list
Acknowledging the economic difficulties America has gone through, this week President Obama urges Congress to act on a common-sense "to-do" list that he says will "help create jobs and restore some of the financial security that so many families have l...
Economy still the major issue for President Obama
Here's the dividend for Republicans in working relentlessly to sabotage the economy for the entirety of President Obama's first term: a shaky economy and tough polling. From Washington Post/ABC News:
With unemployment still high, homeowners still unde...
Unwed teen mom Bristol Palin lectures President Obama about, like, marriage and stuff
Marriage and child-rearing expert Bristol Palin
(Fred Prouser/Reuters)
I don't know about you, but when I want thoughtful insights into important political and moral issues, the first person I turn to is unwed teen mom and born-again virgin Bristol P...
New Obama campaign video hits Mitt Romney on same-sex marriage: ‘Backwards on equality’
In a newly released video (watch it above), the Obama campaign is hammering Mitt Romney's opposition to gay marriage and civil unions, saying he wants to move "backwards on equality."
The video starts with a clip of of President Obama announcing his s...
