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Krugman: Romney’s business experience wouldn’t help him as president
Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman took aim at one of Mitt Romney’s main talking points on Monday, claiming that his experience as a businessman would not help him as president. “Yes, he made a lot of money. He made a lot of money in ways…
Obama steps up assault on Romney’s business record
CHICAGO — Mitt Romney’s venture capitalist record became a political tug of war Monday as US President Barack Obama painted his rival as a corporate raider despite some high-profile Democrats voicing dismay over the strategy. The White House swiftly tried to close ranks among Democrats after a rising star in…
Michael Steele: Planned Parenthood used abortions to ‘limit’ the black population
Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is accusing Planned Parenthood of providing abortions as part of a plot to “eliminate and limit” the African-American population. “Planned Parenthood was founded by Margaret Sanger, who sought to control the population of the undesirables and black and brown Americans were in her…
Cheney to host Romney fundraiser in July
Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pulling out the big guns in an effort to catch up with President Barack Obama’s fundraising. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that former Vice President Dick Cheney will host a July 12 fundraiser for the GOP hopeful in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.…
NAACP president chokes up over support for marriage equality
NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous on Monday became emotional as he spoke to reporters about his organization’s decision to support marriage rights for LGBT couples. “Our calling as an organization is to defend the U.S. Constitution,” Jealous told reporters during a press conference at the NAACP headquarters on Monday.…
Perino: White House trashing ‘friends’ Cory Booker and Campbell Brown
Former Bush spokesperson Dana Perino says that President Barack Obama’s White House has been dismissing advice from their “friends” like Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who called an Obama ad “nauseating,” and Campbell Brown, who wrote that that the president was “condescending” toward women. Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press on…
Trump to Romney: ‘Go after Obama’ with Rev. Wright
Billionaire mogul Donald Trump is telling presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to “go at it” and attack President Barack Obama for his former association with Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The reality star on Monday told the hosts of Fox & Friends that he was outraged at the way the Obama…
Rove: Attacking Obama with Rev. Wright is ‘stupid’
President George W. Bush’s former adviser Karl Rove says that using Rev. Jeremiah Wright to attack President Barack Obama is a “stupid” idea. The New York Times revealed last week that a super PAC supporting presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was considering an ad campaign linking Obama to Wright.…
Paul Ryan claims his budget ‘preempts austerity’
House Budget Commitee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) says that his plan to slash government spending on programs for the poor while increasing defense spending and giving tax cuts to the wealthy would actually “prevent austerity.” NBC’s David Gregory on Sunday pointed out that the debate over whether slashing budgets would…
Pelosi challenges Boehner to vote on middle-class tax cuts
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Sunday challenged House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to bring middle-class tax credits up for an immediate vote to prove they wouldn’t be “held hostage” to tax cuts for the rich. “I challenge the Speaker right now to bring the middle income tax cuts…
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