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Adviser dodges questions about Romney rescinding Obama immigration policy
A senior adviser to presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday continued to dodge questions about whether his boss would rescind President Barack Obama’s recently-announced policy to halt deportation proceedings for many young undocumented immigrants. During an interview on CNN, host Candy Crowley asked Ed Gillespie if Romney would…
Issa admits no evidence White House involved in Fast and Furious
The Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Sunday said that there was no proof that President Barack Obama’s White House had any involvement in Fast and Furious, a botched gun “walking” program that intended to trace weapon sales to Mexico. Last week, House Speaker John…
Supreme Court poised to rule on health care reform
The imminent US Supreme Court decision on Barack Obama’s signature health care reforms has major implications for November’s presidential election and for the future of the United States. A ruling is expected as early as Monday — two years to the day after Obama signed into law an act to…
An almighty Koch app: Democrat Darcy Burner targets billionaire brothers
Darcy Burner developing smartphone app to allow shoppers to avoid brands owned by the Kochs and other rightwingers Mopping up that spilled organic, fair trade coffee with a Brawny kitchen roll? Off to yoga in your Lycra shorts? Serving your kids kale chips on a Dixie paper plate? Did you…
Mitt Romney tells voters: ‘I feel your pain’
Republican contender plays to public fears about economy and ditches social conservatism as he chases swing voters The voice was hoarse, but that was the only sign that Mitt Romney was nearing the end of a gruelling tour through the battleground states that will decide who wins the White House.…
Axelrod: Romney would be ‘outsourcer-in-chief’
In a conference call with reporters on Friday, senior strategist to President Barack Obama David Axelrod sought to underline the differences between the economic strategies of the two candidates for president. Pointing to a Washington Post article published this morning that detailed Bain Capital’s extensive record of outsourcing jobs to…
Republican Rep. suggests Pelosi is mentally ill for worrying about voter suppression
A Republican South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy on Thursday suggested that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was “mind-numbingly stupid” and possibly mentally ill after she claimed that his party was attacking Attorney General Eric Holder because he was fighting attempts to suppress minority voters. Pelosi had told reporters that…
Politico suspends black reporter for saying Romney more comfortable around white people
Politico on Thursday suspended their veteran White House correspondent after several conservative websites complained that he had observed that presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appeared to be more comfortable when he’s around white people. During a Thursday discussion with MSNBC’s Martin Bashir about why Romney was trailing President Barack…
Political ‘dysfunction’ threatens U.S. security: Panetta
The “dysfunction” in the US Congress, where Republicans and Democrats have failed to compromise on debt reduction, threatens US national security, according to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. “One my greatest concerns as secretary is the dysfunction that we see in Washington,” he said late Thursday at a ceremony in which…
Romney lays out immigration plan to ‘supersede’ Obama order
Mitt Romney dismissed as a “stop-gap” measure Barack Obama’s move last week to stop the deportation of 800,000 undocumented young people and pledged that he would implement a long-term solution to immigration reform. Romney was speaking at a convention of National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials on Thursday,…
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