If Pres Obama were to win Arizona, I would be very pleasantly surprised (and will credit you for calling it).

At present, I'd settle for Rmoney having to spend time and money in some states that McCain won in 2008. Every appearance made in one of those or campaign dollar spent there can't go elsewhere. I'd much rather see Rmoney defending Arizona, Missouri and Georgia than campaigning in Ohio, Virginia or Florida. Rmoney may be slightly ahead in Indiana (Obama won it in 2008) but it's to Obama's advantage to force Rmoney to spend resources in traditionally Republican friendly states.

Rick Santorum made a lot of ridiculous claims during his campaign and one of them was his stating that American History was not taught in the UC system in California. In fact, each and every one of the UC campuses offer a range of courses in American History including UCSF Medical School. Rachel Maddow challenged him on and other statements that were easy to prove completely untrue. Finally, after repeating the challenge many times, Santorum wrote her a note saying his memory was faulty when he spoke and that UC did teach American History but he had meant to say that they did not offer survey courses in Western Civilization. All it took was a few minutes to pull up the catalogs of the various campuses showing the survey courses in Western Civilization.

Poor Rick just can't seem to get anything right. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#47212903

Speaker Boehner was pounding the lectern violently today upset about Republican policies being called a "War on Women." The Dems were making it all up and there was no basis for it! This temper tantrum just as the House Republicans were voting to pay for the Student Loan renewal to keep lower rates by eliminating a preventive health fund that was primarily for PAP smears and mammograms in preventative cancer screening programs. Also, the same day 31 male Republicans voted Nay on the Violence Against Women Act which was up for renewal. One of the Nays was Senator Rubio who Romney has been trying out as a possible running mate.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#47213342

^^^^ This.

What we really need is a war on ignorance.

The interesting thing for me on the "war on women" slogan (and yes people. its a slogan) is that it shows that what passes for a left in America has begun taking messeging a little bit seriously. Its a short, snappy slogan, 3 words, and its very effetive as the Republicans have basicly backed into it cluelessly. And the Republican bully boy instinct to double down on behaviour they are critisised for is actually hurting them tremendously as people can just go "war on women" on them on a continuing basis, and it hasnt occured to them to play defense as Boehners BS looks like he is trying to change the subject to people.

I mean, think about it. Kerry was a "Flip - flop- er" "Swift Boat - er." Obama is a "socialist" What the Democrats called the Patient protection and affordable care act was called "Obamacare". Bushes waretapping bill was called "the patriot act." Short, snappy, effective. Obama began trying to do this last year by calling his employment bill a jobs bill, much to the resistance of congressional Democrats it has to be said.

Interesting to watch how this plays out.

Easy for you to say... but really stupid.

From The Daily Beast

Romney: ‘Borrow Money From Your Parents’



more at Think Progress

I was lucky enough to not have to borrow money for my education. My parents are very generous people and my grades are good enough to warrant some scholarship support in undergrad and through grants, TA fellowships and scholarships, I have been able to "earn" money doing my masters. I know how lucky I am to have some financial independence.

Even so most people aren't as fortunate as me but at least I can see that. As a TA I have had to counsel students who balance jobs with a full time school load to help pay for rising tuition and living costs (which hurts them academically). I can't imagine ever saying to them "just borrow $20 000 from your parents."

Yeah, Rmoney is someone who will make great decisions in improving affordability of post-secondary education. I wish I could sentence him to 100 hours of marking appeals where students cry because they are so tired because their boss called them in last minute to do a night shift.

For a second I thought you were saying that to me.

But yeah, Romney is just hammering the meme that he is a silver spoon blue blood out of the park. The guy cant move now without putting his foot into it. He literally cannot see how what he is saying is completly off the wall for 70% of the people out there.

It would have done the guy good to live in a ghetto for a month with no money to knock some of the shit out of his system.

Obama is going to rip the guy apart. Politicly. Can you imagine the debates???

I wish I had the reference -- maybe someone here can help me remember where it was.

But I remember, several months ago, a survey showed that a staggeringly large percentage of the U.S. population reported that they would be unable to come up with $1000 in an emergency.

This guy just has no idea what life is like in most of the country.

A comment at one of those "borrow from your parents" articles said what a good guy Rmoney is because he served 10 years as an unpaid bishop helping church members.

Funny, but those same type of people criticize President Obama for giving up a good paying job to become a community organizer ... and help people.

It is apparently very boring where he is.

Rmoney has always lived in a secure financial bubble and cannot imagine what it is like for someone who does not. His limited life experience is a serious handicap and he doesn't even realize how limited it has been. His 'Just borrow $20,000 from your parents' statement is just the latest evidence of his limitations.

great video

Audience is absolutely spellbound

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I guess my kids could ask me after the bankruptcy, but I doubt they would get anything.

F*ck! If I had f'ing $20K, I'd start my own business. God Damn Pugs.

Don't forget, tonight is the White House Correspondent's Dinner! We can be sure the President will be excellent tonight (remember his facile takedown of The Donald last year?). Anyway, MSNBC claims they are going to carry it (or at least the President's bit), and there's always C-SPAN. I've set my DVRs!

C-SPAN coverage starts at 6:30 Eastern. That's coming up pretty soon.

Kim Kardashian and Lindsay Lohan are at the FOX table...

ABC Sofia Vergara; Jesse Tyler Ferguson; Julie Bowen and Eric Stonestreet of “Modern Family”; Christa Miller and Bill Lawrence of “Cougar Town”; “Hunger Games” actress Elizabeth Banks; actor Paul Rudd; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie; Obama’s senior campaign adviser David Axelrod; National Security Adviser Tom Donilon; Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno.

AFP Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage of “Mythbusters”; writer Colm Toibin; DNC Executive Director Patrick Gaspard.

Atlantic Media Actress Rosario Dawson; chef José Andrés; “Sex and the City” writer Darren Star; Stacey Snider, co-chairwoman and CEO of DreamWorks Studios; Nancy Ann DeParle, deputy chief of staff for policy at the White House.

American Urban Radio Networks Singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, actress Tamara Tunie.

Bloomberg Actress Zooey Deschanel and model Kate Upton.

Bloomberg BNA Actress Holly Robinson Peete.

CBS “Homeland” star Claire Danes; “The Good Wife” actress Christine Baranski; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan; Lt. Gen. George J. Flynn; Raymond Kelly, commissioner of the New York City Police Department; actor Daniel Dae Kim; Sen. Amy Klobuchar; American foreign policy adviser and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice; Capt.”Sully” Sullenberger III; Rep. Allen West; Rep. Tim Scott.

CNN’s Piers Morgan Actress Goldie Hawn.

Fortune Actress Rashida Jones.

Fox News Kim Kardashian and her mother, Kris Jenner.

Fox’s Greta Van Susteren Actress Lindsay Lohan.

Huffington Post Actor Daniel Day-Lewis; actress Dakota Fanning; Anna Paquin; Stephen Moyer of “True Blood”; Darren Criss of “Glee”; Nasim Pedrad of “Saturday Night Live”; Attorney General Eric Holder; Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke; Sen. Rand Paul; White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer.

The New Yorker “Portlandia” stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein; actor Jason Schwartzman; Aziz Ansari of “Parks and Recreation.”

Newsweek/The Daily Beast Actress Reese Witherspoon; “The Help” star Viola Davis; J.R. Martinez of “Dancing With the Stars”; Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; Gen. David Petraeus; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand; Sen. Susan Collins; Rep. Steny Hoyer; Rep. Carolyn Maloney; Ambassador Melanne Verveer; Gov. Jerry Brown; Washington attorney Bob Barnett.

NPR Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas of “Once Upon a Time”; R&B songstress Mary J. Blige; singer John Legend; model Chrissy Teigen; actor Colin Hanks; Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes; Kathryn Stockett, author of “The Help.”

People “Hunger Games” star Josh Hutcherson; actress Diane Keaton; William Levy of “Dancing With the Stars”; former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s daughter, Katherine; Sen. Olympia Snowe; White House chef and food policy director Sam Kass.

POLITICO Actress Charlize Theron; Eva Longoria of “Desperate Housewives”; Green Bay Packers star Charles Woodson; fashion designer and stylist Rachel Zoe; WME CEO Ari Emanuel; Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba; MPAA Chairman Chris Dodd; FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski; former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm; Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal; businessman and philanthropist Ronald S. Lauder; entrepreneur Aerin Lauder; DNCC’s Theo LeCompte; Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell; Obama campaign manager Jim Messina; filmmaker and journalist Perri Peltz; RNC Chairman Reince Priebus; Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt; entrepreneur Ivanka Trump; Sen. Mark Warner.

Time Actor George Clooney and his girlfriend Stacy Keibler; Defense Secretary Leon Panetta; director Steven Spielberg and his wife, actress Kate Capshaw.

Reuters Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of Health and Human Services; Glyn Davies, special envoy to North Korea; 46th Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr.; Mitt Romney’s top adviser Eric Fehrnstrom; Ambassador of France to U.S. François Delattre; Ambassador João Vale de Almeida.

USA Today Martha Stewart; TV host Kelly Ripa and her husband, actor Mark Consuelos; “The Big Bang Theory” actor Johnny Galecki; Kelli Garner of “Pan Am.”

The Washington Post Actor Pierce Brosnan; Adm. William H. McRaven.

Washington Times Uggie, the dog from “The Artist” (the pup will attend a reception but not the dinner itself), Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, Redskins owner Dan Snyder, Redskins general manager Bruce Allen, DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier, Nationals general manager Michael Rizzo, Admiral James Winnefeld Jr., Chris Ruddy of NewsMax and Sam Sebastian, director of sales for Google.

They'd make two fine Fox commentators.

CNN and MSNBC are on much later this evening. With CSPAN's superb directorial expertise (shudder), I'll wait 'til 6:30 PDT for CNN.

..wondering who Patriots Heart Network Media invited to the WHCD.

And where's WND?

The FWB's optician of course.

Mebbe the Ayers' mailman since he doesn't live far from Chalice?

Paulistas are counting on the cunning tactics of their shining hope. Despite CBS's estimates that Paul has 52 delegates and Rmoney has 846, they see a brokered convention:

Whiteout Press Romney Nomination in doubt – Brokered Convention likely

Daily Paul concurs: "Actually, Ron Paul Is Secretly Winning A Lot More Delegates Than You Think"

The Paulists are fantasists. Just like their mentally decrepit and morally bankrupt leader.

The Paulists took over the Alaska GOP last week at their convention.

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