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Sen. Cardin: We must stop ‘Citizens United’
Appearing on Current TV’s Full Court Press on Tuesday morning, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) warned that unless Americans can undo the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United case, the most narrow special interests will end up running the country. “The super PACs, to me, are stealth funds that com…
Clyburn: Romney was ‘raping companies’ at Bain
House Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn (D-SC) on Tuesday said that it was fair for the Obama campaign to go after presumptive Republican presidential Mitt Romney’s record of “raping companies” and then setting up Swiss bank accounts while he was the head of a private equity firm. Appearing on NBC’s…
Palin advises Romney: ‘Go rogue’ and use Rev. Wright to attack Obama
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney should “go rogue” and attack President Barack Obama for his former associations with Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Marxists and radicals. During an interview on Fox News on Monday, host Sean Hannity told Palin that he thought the president’s former…
Newark Mayor Cory Booker ‘very upset’ he is being ‘used by the GOP’
Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) appeared Monday night on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show after describing the negative campaigning by President Barack Obama as “nauseating” the previous day. Republicans quickly took advantage of the incident, buying online ads to highlight his comments and launching an “I Stand with Cory” petition.…
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…
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…
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…
RNC chair blames Obama for Rev. Wright attack ad story
The chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) on Sunday said it was the fault of President Barack Obama and the Democrats for reports that a super PAC supporting presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney was considering attack ads featuring Obama’s former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright. “I know how it works,”…
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.…
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