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Jay Smooth: Romney ‘pretending to be interested in black people’
In a new installment from his “Ill Doctrine” series of videos, Jay Smooth discussed Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)’s speech to the NAACP and wondered exactly why the presumptive Republican nominee made his decision to address the group at all. “Wow,” said Smooth at the clip’s opening, “It’s been a big…
Obama campaign: ‘Severe consequences’ if Romney committed felony with Bain lies
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney may be guilty of federal felony if he lied to the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) about when he ceded control of Bain Capital, President Barack Obama’s campaign suggested on Thursday. The Boston Globe reported on Thursday that SEC documents showed that Romney continued…
NAACP official: Romney ‘rigged crowd’ by having blacks ‘flown in’
The director to the NAACP’s Washington Bureau revealed on Thursday that GOP hopeful Mitt Romney had conservative African Americans “flown in” to the 103rd convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to make it appear that he had more support than he really did. During an…
Romney Race-Baits after NAACP Speech
Since Mitt Romney certainly isn’t going to pick up many—if any—black voters by making a speech for the NAACP, his choice to go there and make a big media stink about it had to be about something else. There’s a couple of interpretations of his behavior. Jamelle Bouie offered the…
Limbaugh: NAACP booed ‘simply because Romney’s white’
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday suggested that that the 103rd convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) had booed GOP hopeful Mitt Romney just because he was a white man. Limbaugh blasted President Barack Obama for skipping this year’s convention and instead sending…
Romney says ‘nothing hidden’ in his taxes
WASHINGTON — White House hopeful Mitt Romney insisted Tuesday he had “nothing hidden” in his taxes as he tried to fend off a slew of attacks from President Barack Obama’s campaign over his offshore accounts. In an interview with Radio Iowa, the presumptive Republican nominee said his finances were legitimate…
WATCH LIVE: Romney speaks at town hall in Colorado
Republican presidential presumptive nominee made a campaign stop Tuesday in Grand Junction, Colo. Watch live, broadcast on MSNBC on July 10. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Maddow befuddled by snooty Romney donors: These must be leftist protesters
Noting that Romney’s donors at recent fundraiser in New York seemed more like fictional caricatures of the rich and affluent, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow wondered if the Republican presidential candidate had been “punked.” “There are only two possibilities here at this point,” she said Monday night. “Either this is brilliant…
Why the Romneycare Digs Shouldn’t Be a Priority
Steve Kornacki’s piece at Salon today on two of Romney’s biggest weaknesses lays out some of the common wisdom that’s forming around Mitt Romney. One, which I think is indisputable, is that Romney’s position as an unthinking member of the 1% is going to hurt him. Voters aren’t just that…
Haley Barbour: ‘Romney is smart’ not to lay out policies
Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) on Sunday said that GOP hopeful Mitt Romney was “smart” not to give voters specifics about how he would govern if elected president of the United States. During an interview on CBS, host Bob Schieffer asked Barbour if it was going to take more…
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