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100,000 auto jobs lost under Obama?????

Sourced from WashingtonPost.com? BY GLENN KESSLER Updated 2 days ago (Mary Altaffer/AP) “We were able to help create over 100,000 jobs. On the president’s watch, about 100,000 jobs were lost in the auto industry and auto dealers and auto manufacturers, so he’s hardly one to point a finger.” — Mitt Romney, interview on Hot Air, May 16, [...]

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Boehner draws his sword

 Sourced from Washingtonpost.com By Dana Millbank John Boehner thinks it’s kind of funny. “It struck me as somewhat comical,” he told reporters Thursday morning, “that, you know, people are looking to me like I’m the guy carrying a sword around town, I’m going to bludgeon someone.” Well, Mr. Speaker, maybe that’s because your rapier keeps [...]

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A faith-based lesson for Paul Ryan

Sourced from thewashingtonpost.com By Dana Milbank, Published: April 27 There is something un-Christian about the Gospel According to Paul Ryan. So, at least, says Ryan’s Catholic Church. In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody this month, Ryan, the author of the House Republican budget endorsed by Mitt Romney, said his program was crafted [...]

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Mitt Romney: Ready for his close-up

Sourced from washingtonpost.com by PATRICK B. PEXTON APRIL 28, 2012 So now that Mitt Romney is the presumptive presidential nominee for the Republicans, it’s time for The Post to take a closer look at his record and what kind of president he might be. To me, the best predictor of Romney as president is not [...]

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… the wrong track

Sourced from The Wall Street Journal – Opinion The nation seems to be on the wrong track, and not just economically. By PEGGY NOONAN People in politics talk about the right track/wrong track numbers as an indicator of public mood. This week Gallup had a poll showing only 24% of Americans feel we’re on the [...]

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The rich are different; they get richer

Sourced from washingtonpost.com By Harold Meyerson Published: March 27 Occupy Wall Street is not known for the precision of its economic analysis, but new research on income distribution in the United States shows that the group’s sloganeering provides a stunningly accurate picture of the economy. In 2010, according to a study published this month by [...]

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The rich are different; they get richer

Sourced from washingtonpost.com By Harold Meyerson Published: March 27 Occupy Wall Street is not known for the precision of its economic analysis, but new research on income distribution in the United States shows that the group’s sloganeering provides a stunningly accurate picture of the economy. In 2010, according to a study published this month by [...]

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Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, Vol. XII

Sourced from The Maddow Blo By Steve Benen Fri Apr 6, 2012 2:46 PM EDT David Corn covered Mitt Romney’s speech to the Newspaper Association of America on Wednesday, and came away gobsmacked — shocked not only by the Republican candidate’s dishonesty, but by the larger context. Romney stood before a gathering of journalists. He [...]

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Grading the nation: How accountable is your state?

Sourced from The Center for Public Integrity http://www.iwatchnews.org/2012/03/19/8423/grading-nation-how-accountable-your-state Grading the nation: How accountable is your state? | iWatch News by The Center for Public Integrity The tales are sadly familiar to even the most casual observer of state politics. In Georgia, more than 650 government employees accepted gifts from vendors doing business with the state in [...]

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Romney on Preexisting Conditions: Deny Coverage to 45-Year-Old with Heart Disease

Sourced from Crooks and Liars By David March 28, 2012 08:00 AM Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday insisted that President Barack Obama’s health care reform law should be overturned and that people with preexisting conditions should be denied coverage if they had never had insurance before. During an appearance on NBC’s Tonight Show, [...]

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Romney recalls “humerous” story of his dad closing factoryRomney,

Sourced from AMERIBlog By Chris in Paris 29 March 2012 What a knee-slapper. Who hasn’t made jokes about shutting down a factory and leaving someone jobless? Get it? Families were on unemployment and had to struggle to get by. Hysterical! Life at the Romney mansion must be a laugh a minute as they cut down [...]

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The Roots of the Court’s Obamacare Panic

Sourced from RealClearPolitics March 29, 2012 By Jonathan Chait The origins of the Tea Party Court. The last several days of Supreme Court arguments over health care have produced a kind of vertigo among legal analysts who are not associated with the conservative movement. The case against the Affordable Care Act rests upon stringing together [...]

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