GOP Madness, 2012, Round 1, Match 8
Without giving away too much, I'll just say that there are no more Michele Bachmann candidacies in this tournament. So with both of her entries having lost, we won't be seeing her in the second round ... much like her real-world performance.
A moment o...
Republicans undiscover fire
There's a mythology around politics, one that sees the ballot box and the floor of Congress as a battleground of ideas. In this star-spangled arena, progressives and conservatives square off in the competition to prove the worth of their opposing philo...
Why Democrats rejected the regressive Pat Toomey Super Congress tax plan
Brian Beutler has a new Democratic memo in response to Republican Sen. Pat Toomey's Catfood Commission II proposal, the one that supposedly brought revenue to the table, demonstrating why it was rejected by Democrats. These charts demonstrate the impac...
Gallup: Cain, Romney tied with ‘undecided’ in poll taken after sexual harassment story broke
Herman Cain and Mitt Romney are in a three-way tie with undecided (Scott Audette/Reuters)
Gallup. 11/2-6. Republicans. MoE ±4 (10/7, 9/18, 8/21, 7/24):
Despite three separate allegations of sexual harassment against Herman Cain (remember this poll ...
Rick Perry’s tax plan turns out to be manifestly ridiculous
Rick Perry, Herman Cain and Mitt Romney competing to see who see
who can best lure dumb-as-a-rock voters. (Adam Hunger/Reuters)
Rick Perry's supposed "flat tax plan" is a joke. Think Progress uses Warren Buffett, who is the current right-wing...
AP-GfK: More blame Bush and GOP for economy than Obama and Democrats
(Jim Young/Reuters)
Roper GfK for AP, (8/18-22, American adults):
Please tell me how much blame each of the following deserves for the country’s current economic problems.
Almost all/A lot but not all:
George Bush: 51
Republicans in Congress...
RIP Jane Russell: Lifelong Republican and Straight Shooter
Filed under: Woman UpThe 1940s brunette bombshell exuded glamor and sexiness, but off-screen, she was active in her evangelical faith and proudly supported GOP presidents, starting with Dwight D. Eisenhower. Permalink | Email this |...
GOP Candidate Would Tie Obama in 2012, Poll Finds
Filed under: Poll WatchThe Gallup survey found 45 percent of respondents said they would vote for Obama for a second term, compared with 45 percent saying they'd back "the Republican Party's candidate." Permalink | Email this | ...
Paul Ryan’s Republican Response: Come With Me to the Land of Nod
Filed under: Republicans, State of the Union, Humor, Chaos Theory, MedicareAnd the Unicorn will lay down with the Easter Bunny. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Republican congressman calls BP oil spill ‘tremendous’
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the incoming Republican chairman of the House Science and Technology Committee, Rep. Ralph Hall (TX), as he explains why BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico “didn’t dampen his enthusiasm for offshore drilling.”
As we saw that thing bubbling out, blossoming out – all that energy,...
Bipartisan Boogie
Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, Humor, Chaos TheoryLove is Strange. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
