Winning #Arithmetic
Rising Polls, a Big Convention Bounce and $$$$ (6)
The Vote — Be Ready To Fight
New York Times: A Tight Election May Be Tangled in Legal Battles Truthout and CI: The Year of Voter Suppression Colorlines, The Racial Politics Behind the Right Wing’s Poll-Watching: These poll “challenging” and “watching” operations are not race-neutral. The nation has a history of white people taunting and haunting black…
#Arithmetic
ThinkProgress: “The Best of Bill Clinton in One Infographic” (9)
3.1 Million Citizens United Say Four More Years!
Obama Reports 3.1M Donors, Tops ’08 ABC News (7)
How I Set The World Record At The Ironman Triathlon Or…..
“Yes, Paul Ryan lied, and yes, it matters” By Michael Cohen If a politician says he ran a marathon in just under three hours when he actually ran it in four hours, does it matter? Ordinarily this wouldn’t be a question of much political significance, but in light of the…
While Romneyhood Runs Against “Invisible Obama”, The Dems Run Against Romney/Ryan as “Bush 2.0”
TPM: Two days before their convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, Democrats are gearing up to present the election as a choice between President Obama’s vision for the future and a return to Bush era policies of the last decade. Democrats made the rounds on the Sunday talk shows to preview…
Tell The Truth and Shame the Devil*
Charles Blow, New York Times, “The GOP Fact Vacuum”: …how can a party that incessantly repeats the mantra that our rights were granted by God repeatedly violate a basic tenet of almost every religion: truth-telling? What does it mean when a party that trafficks in American greatness trades in human…
“This Seat’s Taken.”
TPM: Obama Responds To Clint Eastwood’s Speech (6)