Obama agenda: The campaign hits Romney

The Obama campaign once again went after Mitt Romney on another conference call. “Campaign manager Jim Messina went straight from a brief introduction to telling reporters, ‘Last night at the debate, Mitt Romney proved he will stand for and say anything to get elected,’” Roll Call reports.

While the New York Times reported earlier that Romney is beating the president in Wall Street campaign cash, the Washington Post writes that Obama “has still managed to raise far more money this year from the financial and banking sector than Mitt Romney or any other Republican presidential candidate, according to new fundraising data.” (A reason for the discrepancy: The Post is counting Obama’s combined DNC-campaign contributions, while the Times apparently looked at just individual contributions.)

The Richmond Times-Dispatch on Obama’s day in Virginia yesterday: “He capped a three-day bus tour through North Carolina and Virginia in a fire station where he asked attendees to urge Congress to pass his $447 billion jobs package that includes funding for firefighters, police and teachers.”

“Vice President Biden ripped Republicans Wednesday during a Democratic rally on Capitol Hill, claiming the GOP puts millionaires before teachers and first responders,” The Hill writes. Biden: “I don’t know where these guys live. The critics say this costs money. Surprise, surprise — it does cost money,” Biden added. “My dad used to say if everything’s equally important to you, nothing’s important. Everything’s about priorities. … But these guys want to curry favor with guys who aren’t even asking for it.”

And this: “Are you going to put 400,000 school teachers back in classrooms, are you going to put 18,000 cops back on the street and 7,000 firefighters back in the firehouses? Or are you going to save people with average incomes of $1 million a one-half of 1 percent increase in tax on every dollar they make over a million?” 

President Obama doesn’t want his daughters keeping up with the Kardashians.

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Comment author avatarRob in ma-3189632Expand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

Yes We Can!

Good Ole Crazy Joe thinks if you are against the president's jobs act you should either have a gun put to your head or have to submit to a 200lb man.

That's good stuff. Did Gabby Giffords write that speech for him?

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Reply#1 - Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:55 AM EDT

President Obama & Vice President Biden please keep up the fight! There are allot of people that need jobs!

Almost a year and the Tea-Bagger/Republicans have not passed a jobs bill!!

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Reply#2 - Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:57 AM EDT

"Almost a year and the Tea-Bagger/Republicans have not passed a jobs bill!!"

But the crazy bastards find time to cook up ANOTHER anti-abortion piece of legislation. Even though there already is such a law now on the books.

How about it, Rob- should they submit to that 200 lb man, now?

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#2.1 - Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:59 AM EDT

Rob needs to submit to a mental facility. Unless you were talking about 200 lb men with a straight jacket.

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#2.2 - Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:41 AM EDT

Funny how lefties were ready to hang Palin for the giffords shooting when she used the same targets that move on used against they're political opponents.

Now we have the vice president of the united states saying conservatives should be raped or shot and nary a word.

And what's the word for that kind of turnabout?

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#2.3 - Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:00 AM EDT

"And what's the word for that kind of turnabout?"

Promoting the general welfare??

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#2.4 - Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:24 AM EDT

Promoting the general welfare??

that's what 2012 election will be about....

putting an end to the obama train wreck.

how's that OWS movement going?

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#2.5 - Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:34 AM EDT

[Now we have the vice president of the united states saying conservatives should be raped or shot and nary a word.]

LOL...oh my...now that's a stretch, even for you, Raab. He said NO SUCH THING, and you know it. Simply put, you are a liar and a fraud. Oh, did I mention ignorant as well?

Go back to Fox Nation and The Blaze...your seat is getting cold.

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#2.6 - Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:29 PM EDT

Looks like the liberal/socialists have their "shovel ready" and are "laser focused" on the usual misinformation, exaggerations and misrepresentation of what anyone says that disagrees with their cock-eyed views.

    #2.7 - Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:42 PM EDT
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    Rob in ma said: “Funny how lefties were ready to hang Palin for the giffords shooting when she used the same targets that move on used against they're political opponents”

    Class, let’s revisit:

    1- A triangle is NOT the same as a square

    2- A Good Samaritan is NOT the same as a thief

    3-Putting crosshairs on a map and spewing misguided antagonizing language (“to get some of that money”) is NOT the same as pointing out that crime rates will likely rise if we don’t have cops on the streets. Also, judging from the above comment we REALLY need our teachers.

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    Reply#3 - Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:49 AM EDT

    you're kidding right?

    Sarah Palin is a citizen. Palin had a map. Biden is the VP. Biden said people should be raped.

      Reply#4 - Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:01 PM EDT

      [Biden said people should be raped.]

      Still perpetuating the lie, Raab? You should be ashamed of yourself, you idiot.

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      #4.1 - Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:33 PM EDT
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      Seriously Rob, are you getting paid to write this stuff?

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