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Subscribe to RSSSweet Home Michigan for Romney?... The contest there on Feb. 28 will likely be an inflection point -- the place where either Romney rights his ship or where it becomes obvious he might not be the GOP nominee… Restore Our Future and Santorum camp spar over the airwaves in Michigan… A reminder: Romney won the state in ’08 by just nine percentage points and with less than 40%... Quinnipiac poll: Santorum leads in Ohio… Texas primary won’t occur until at least May… More problems associated with Maine’s caucuses… A tentative deal on the payroll tax cut (but is it a done deal?)… And Obama talks manufacturing in Wisconsin at 1:40 pm ET.
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event in Mesa, Arizona February 13, 2012.
*** Sweet Home Michigan? The good news for Mitt Romney as several national polls now show him tied or even slightly trailing a surging Rick Santorum: The next major contest, on Feb. 28, is in Michigan. But the bad news is the same: It's Michigan. Indeed, the state where he grew up, where his father was governor, where his mom ran for the U.S. Senate, where he launched his '08 campaign, where he won in 2008, where he's airing a new TV ad, and where he campaigns today could be the inflection point in this Republican nominating contest. Either Michigan is the place where he rights his campaign's ship and continues his methodical march to the nomination. Or it’s the place -- because of all the advantages he enjoys in the state -- where we all realize he might not recover to become the GOP nominee. (And trust us, if Romney loses Michigan, the GOP noise about finding a new candidate will become deafening.) That's what's at stake in Michigan two weeks from now. There’s no overstating the importance of this race.
*** Restore Our Future vs. “Rombo”: And given the stakes, the TV ads are getting more aggressive. The pro-Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future is up with a hard-hitting advertisement against Santorum in Michigan (as well as in Arizona and Ohio), which charges that Santorum voted to raise the debt ceiling five times, voted to increase spending, and joined Hillary Clinton to let convicted felons vote. In response, Politico is reporting that the Santorum campaign is up with its own ad -- entitled “Rombo” -- showing a Romney lookalike firing mud from a gun. “Mitt Romney’s negative attack machine is back,” the ad says. “This time, Romney is firing his mud at Rick Santorum… Why? Because Romney is trying to hide from his big government RomneyCare and his support for job-killing cap-and-trade.”
*** What Gingrich never really had -- an effective response: This kind of response ad is worth watching (and seeing how much money is actually behind it), because it’s what Gingrich NEVER really had in Iowa or Florida. Meanwhile, turning back to that Restore Our Future ad, we’re not quite sure that Santorum is MOST vulnerable on spending and pork. Santorum’s biggest vulnerability might be that he’s simply too conservative (even for some Republicans) on social issues and that it makes him potentially unelectable in a general. But can Romney and his allies really go there, especially in a GOP primary? By the way, don’t miss Romney’s answer about Santorum’s surge this morning on FOX when he was asked if the two of them could envision running together. Romney said sure -- and added that he and Santorum actually agree on most issues; Romney said what makes them different are their backgrounds.
*** A reminder: Romney won Michigan in ’08 with just 39%: Here’s one final point we’re going to make about Michigan: Do note that Romney won the state in 2008 by just nine percentage points (39%-30% over McCain) and never cracked 40%. Yes, Romney was no longer the front-runner at that time in the race. And, yes, McCain had won the Michigan primary in 2000. But those results are a reminder that Romney might not be as formidable in the state as everyone thinks…
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum is riding his momentum from a trio of caucus wins to the top of the latest national polls. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
*** Q-poll: Santorum leads in Ohio: And Michigan isn’t the only state in the industrial Midwest that Romney might be sweating. A brand-new Quinnipiac survey of Ohio -- which holds its primary on Super Tuesday, March 6 -- finds Santorum leading Romney among likely GOP primary voters by seven points in the state, 36%-29%; Newt Gingrich gets 20% and Ron Paul 9%. Also in that poll, Obama leads Romney by two points in Ohio (46%-44%), Santorum by six (47%-41%) and Gingrich by 12 (50%-38%). And Obama’s approval rating in the state is 47%-48%; it’s actually the president’s best score in that poll in the past year, despite being upside down.
*** Texas primary won’t occur until at least May: The AP reports that Texas -- because of the divisions over its redistricting map -- will unlikely hold its presidential primary in April. “Texas was originally scheduled to be a part of next month's slate of Super Tuesday primaries, but the redistricting clash forced the state to reschedule its contest to April 3. With that date now all but dead, too, elections workers who squeezed into a packed San Antonio courtroom Tuesday advocated a new date of May 22, which could be long after Republicans settle on a nominee to face President Barack Obama.” So Texas won’t play a role in this GOP presidential race -- until it does. Consider: If a Republican decides to run for president at the last second, that person could plant his/her flag in Texas.
*** Remember the Maine! The additional news coming out of Maine -- that one county turned in its results on Feb. 7 but weren’t included -- is a disaster for the GOP and the entire caucus system. (And this news is on top of that other county that postponed its caucuses due to snow and wasn’t counted, either.) The GOP caucuses (in Iowa, Nevada, and now Maine) have really taken it on the chin and raise real doubts about the integrity of the voting results. And Nevada is lucky its outcome wasn’t close…
*** On the trail, per NBC’s Adam Perez: Gingrich travels to Palo Alto, CA…Santorum visits North Dakota, campaigning in Tioga and Fargo…Meanwhile, Romney hosts a rally in Grand Rapids, MI
*** We have a deal: Off the campaign trail, it looks like Hill Democrats and Republicans struck a tentative deal on extending the payroll tax cut, as well as unemployment insurance and the Medicare “doc fix.” NBC’s Libby Leist and Frank Thorp have the details: The payroll tax cut gets extended through 2012, unemployment insurance goes for 75 weeks in the hardest-hit states and 63 weeks in the others (versus 93 weeks now), there’s no drug test or GED requirements for the unemployment assistance, and there are no Medicare benefit cuts. In addition, the payroll tax cut IS NOT paid for, but the unemployment insurance and “doc fix” ARE. Those offsets, with a price tag of about $50 or $60 billion, come from government spectrum sales, federal pension reform, and a few billion from Fannie/Freddie fees. NBC’s Leist adds that the tentative deal, which could be inked as early as today, was negotiated by House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R) and Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D).
*** But is it a done deal? Yet Politico reminds us that it’s not a done deal yet. “As of Tuesday night, there was still some selling left to do on the basic agreement — history has taught congressional leaders not to call a deal done until House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has had a chance to vet it with rank-and-file Republicans... ‘I just can’t. I just can’t,’ Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) said when asked if he would vote for a payroll tax cut without offsetting spending cuts or tax increases. ‘I gotta stand on principle. How can I criticize the president for his budget where he’s increasing the debt and deficit if we’re going to come here and vote to do the same?’ Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) was one of the loudest critics Tuesday night, calling the proposal a ‘welfare payment’ and saying he is going to vote against the deal.”
*** Obama travels to Wisconsin: President Obama hits the road today, giving a speech on manufacturing in Milwaukee, WI at 1:40 pm ET. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes, per NBC’s Ali Weinberg, that Obama’s trip to the state “is his first to Wisconsin since the labor wars erupted a year ago, and comes at a time when the state has more wild cards in its political deck than perhaps any other presidential battleground.” And do note: There will be an official meet-and-greet between Obama and Gov. Scott Walker.
*** Villaraigosa to chair Dem convention: Lastly, the Los Angeles Times reported last night that Democrats have tapped L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to chair the Democratic National Convention. “As convention chairman, Villaraigosa will wield the gavel during the event in Charlotte, N.C., which opens with a festival on Sept. 3 and continues for three days of official business, including the nomination of Obama and his acceptance speech... Villaraigosa is one of the nation's most prominent elected Latino officials and envisions an active role in Obama's reelection effort. The White House, in turn, is counting heavily on strong Latino turnout, especially in battleground states such as Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Florida.”
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What the GOP/tea baggers refuse to believe, or realize, how many of the independent voters they have lost. You don't win the White House without the independent vote. And those votes are lost for this year's election. Some for ever.
But keep braggin baggers, you people just handed Obama his second term and don't realize it.
If Republicans were to get in, Grover Nordquist has just about declared himself to be the GOP POTUS.
Every Republican elected has to following the orders of Grover Nordquist and do exactly what Nordquist says, otherwise they'd be ostracized by the Republican Party?
It doesn't seem as though there is even ONE Republican willing to stand up to Nordquist, or to cut ties with Nordquist.
It looks a whole lot like Republicans have a master and commander that demands to be served, and all of the GOP is doing EXACTLY what Nordquist tells them to do.
That sure don't sound like "a government by the people and for the people" at all!
Obama / Biden 2012
Both Democrats and Republicans are losing voters who feel disenfranchised. Independents are on the rise and will ultimately be the deciding factor in any election. While independents do tend to lean one way or the other it marks an increase in the number of voters who don't just pull the all the above lever, which in my opinion is a stupid way to vote.
Ahhhhh YES ... Michigan is where the voters (Republican voters, anyway) get to express their THANK YOU to Mitt Romney for his past support of the auto industry bailout. This may, very well, be the beginning of the end for 'ole Mitt. Mitt, of course, will do as Newt is, deny to himself that the people DON"T WANT HIM BACK! Never burn bridges, Mitt ... "paybacks are hell" ... "what goes around, comes around".
"Mitt, you're like Democrat, John Kerry, unelectable ... admit it, and start smooching up to Rick Santorium's butt ... maybe he'll put you in charge of saving the US Postal Service."
Unfortunately, Mitt's too stupid to admit he's going down ... he'll spend some more $millions on negative campaign ads ... its the only way Mitt knows to campaign, as he stands solidly for NOTHING. Mitt, if you think Michigan is tough now, just wait until the General Election when the Democrat voters get to speak out ... November 6th, Mitt ... if you make it that far ... NOVEMBER SIXTH, TWO THOUSAND AND TWELVE!
I disagree. I think Santorum will enjoy a brief swell of support, and then people will find out how narrow, white bread, male, Missionary Position he is and dump him like all the previous flavors of the month (or week in some cases).
All it will take is for them to realize that their gay son/daughter will be relegated to second class citizen under a Santorum jackboot regieme. Yeah, I forgot about Maynard and his flaming friends. Crap.
Romney's "severely conservative" gaffe has inspired a new ad airing in Michigan this week by Democratic SuperPac AmericanLP.
The right wingnuts may be in love with Santorum this week, but the power brokers (who hold the cash and do the talking) will absolutely not put up an extremist like him up against Obama. This is all being done because there is no interest in the Repug party. They are in disarray with about 15 candidates in total (some have come and gone, a few current, and TWO in particular waiting like vultures for the front runners to stumble - and we all know who they are).
It will be Romneycare that is reluctantly pushed forward because he is the cash whore of the group. Obama will smoke him in the general election, and we can get back to pulling ourselves out of the hole that Party Boy Bush dug us all in.
BTW, the TWO I mention are Queen Sarah and Hair Boy Trump. I know us liberals have to sometimes spell it out for the illiterate wingnuts.
People in michigan still remember the guy who said that gm & chrysler should be shut down. Mr grover still seems to favor romney though. And romeny has a lot of cash so he might be able to buy off another election. But it seems that romney is sooo far back it won't be easy.
So it's own now ladies and gentlemen of the right!!! Look Mr Romney to really go on the attack oveer the next two weeks and try to get back control of this race. I just sit back and watch the destruction happen.
TO: Backhouse who wrote:
So, if Republicans were to get into the Oval Office, it would be Grover Nordquist running the show, NOT whoever the GOP would elect. A GOP President would be nothing more than a puppet following the orders of a men behind an iron curtain, related to Nordquist, and NOT listening to the American People but some unknown commander telling the POTUS what to do.
George W. Bush totally ignored the will of the American People. Maybe GWB was following Nordquist's orders too.
The United States should not be ruled by a men hiding behind an iron curtain pulling the puppet strings of an American President, as Republicans would have it.
Is that insane or what!
Obama / Biden 2012
And Obama is different how? Only difference is his puppeteers stay behind the curtain and there are more than one. That way each has his/her own string to keep total control of that part of his presidency.
Well Hand, show his handlers comments of how they don't need a smart man, show where his handlers tell us they only need someones signature to put it into law. Come on, just show us something as telling as Norquist's comments at CPAC. We'll all be waiting..... oh wait no we won't, cause you can't produce.
All they needed was to tap a charismatic speaker and minority figurehead to gain the admiration of the world for our "vision" in progressive thinking and adoration of the entitlement crowd to maintain the office. Plain and simple.
And Norquist is closer to right than you may think (although the POTUS does have to have a brain and real life experience away from the bureaucracy). The president needs to be a leader not a micro manager. He should lead and let those elected by the people (Congress) determine what is in the best interest of the country and approve or veto their recommendations.
What are all the insults=compliments about President Obama? The GOP seems to gag over the reality of President Obama being "charismatic", a "minority figurehead to gain the admiration of the world", and being supported and adored by countless millions of people on this planet. It must really be a sad state of mind, Talk to the Hand, for the MINORITY of people like you who refuse an ounce of at least patriotism toward your President, let alone having no respect for President Obama himself, or the powerful seat he holds. THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS WANT HIM THERE! And to finally have a visionary, intelligent President that the world adores and envies is EXACTLY what our country and world needs! Go ahead and disagree with his policies, etc., but remember how such silly, self-demoting insults actually compliment our President Obama. Plain and simple, indeed.
I respect the office. Hey I like the guy. If I was in the sales game I would want him on my team. You may want to check that supported and adored by countless millions of people on this planet thing. While many do, many more just look at him as another politician. Mubarak is the only world leader I can think of right now who seemed to listen to him and stepped down. Assad, Gadhafi (although dead) Yukmydinnersdone, and Pakistan (who hid Bin Laden) and Afghanistan don't. Europe couldn't care less. Asia couldn't care less. With his recent moves to downsize the military like a McDonald's meal, he is weakening our presence in the world as a true and viable power. Although that will not happen over night, yes they love him.......for doing just what they hoped he would. Sorry to disagree with you but I do respect your opinion and will not disrespect you for having it. I for one, just don't like what is going on. I know it isn't all his fault but, he is supposed to be the leader and therefore, the buck has to stop there.
Talk to the hand: what on earth are you going on about??? What puppet masters exactly is Obama supposedly controlled by?? This is your laughable test?? How many dictators step down and decide to stop killing their people after a simple conversation?? You actuallly buy that nonsense about cutting the military (that's OUR US military right?? The one we would still be spending --AFTER the cuts--more on, than the next 4 countries COMBINED??) And in your GREAT estimation, all of Europe doesn't care about the US and how it has pulled out of the recession?? Wow...someone needs to turn down the nonsense and actually pick up a newspaper....perhaps you'd realize a few reasons why your absurd "pro-America" equalling "anti-Obama" is so much bs.
Vote for Ron Paul for a change! We don't need another Obama like Romney or a preacher like Santorum, who have no new messages or solutions for this country's economic and fiscal crisis.
With Ron Paul you get all those things rolled into one. A crazy isolationist preacher who thinks we should go back to the 18th centruy.
If Ron Paul truly had the courage of his convictions, he would not be running as a Republican. The fact that he is only demonstrates that he is willing to call himself anything to get ahead.
Ron Paul would be a change alright...a complete disaster. The man has never been able to pass a single pass of legislation in his entire career. What has he actually accomplished?? Nothing. Nada. America is going to suddenly elect a racist, isolationist, homophobe who wants us to carry gold bullions and rip up the constitution? (oh pardon me....we're back to calling that "state's rights" so as not to upset the "believers".) Good grief. Get a clue.
Since Michigan is supposedly home for "Mulligan Mitt", and Detroit being it's largest city. For him to say "Let Detroit go Bankrupt" shows everyone what kind of piece of work this man truly is. As the saying goes "You are what you do". Then in that case his Vulture Capitalists' mentality is but a mere glimpse of what kind of man "Mulligan Mitt" is. And the type of actions that will come from this flip-flopping hypocryte. But after reading the post on G. Nordquist saying that the repubs just need a flunky for the POTUS. And for "Mulligan Mitt" to not respond to this horrible statement. Just adds another negative to his horrid values of being a flip-flopper, a hypocryte and that other negative to include a "Coward' as well... Wow what a bunch of characters in this current GOP primary
Go Figure, then go vote...
I'll make you a $10,000 wager that Michigan being a "open" primary that a lot of Dem's vote for Rick. If Romney loses then look out cause its gonna get Real Ugly.
Open convention- will the party leadership pick "dead man walking" Mitch Daniels the esteemed Budget director under the budget balancer G. W. Bush.
The GOP has nothing, and they know it.
Now all the teapublican candidates have to do is explain how their support of a GM bankruptcy would have helped the State..
As it sits, GM is selling cars and trucks, and hiring workers..
Willard has some 'splainin' to do..
Good morning out there in libbie-land - another day of misdirection by the libbies on everything.
As I read the various posts, I couldn't help but notice there were no cut and pastes from Bev, the bigot from Chicago this morning. Bev, are you attempting to find other negative lies about the Catholic church to post?
Hey MSNBC community post checkers, how do you allow such trash to remain of this site while removing others for far less?
From the bigot:
Beverly in Chicago
WTF Bev, where do you come up with such trash? The church invented Nuns and alter boys for the express purpose of rape? Come now Queen of the Cut and Paste, how did you arrive at this amazing piece of analysis?
And the second statement is just as amazing. So, what makes you so against another religion other than yours?
You continue to prove your bigotry, with such statements. What an angry black woman you are.
whinemaker:
Did you see the smiley emoticon? She wrote it all in jest.
There's no use commenting anymore! I'm TR Rose II and I am being blocked from commenting not because of language but because I am the American People of the United States talking and apparently msn is locked in by the political corporates. COME TO MY FACEBOOK WALL, IT'S TRULY AMERICAN!
ESOR... you're absolutely right, it is useless for you to comment anymore on MSN, particularly when you anoint yourself as THEAmerican People Of The United States talking. You may talk for yourself, but you certainly don't talk for the majority of the American People. So, we'll assume we can take you at your word and not comment ANYMORE? You promise? Raise your right hand and say "I most solemnly swear" ... no, Esor, the other right! Yeah ...
"i am the American people of the United States talking".
Ok. So seriously. Are you over 10?
While I don't want to see Santorum as the Republican nominee I don't want Romney to win Michigan either. At least if he loses it might signal a Republican draft for a real candidate instead of these jokers that they have running now.
So - let me get this straight. You have 4 of the best that the Republican party has to offer running for office and you would rather draft someone that doesn't want the job rather than choose from your cream of the crop?
We need 2 strong parties that are willing to work together and compromise for our government to function for the benefit of all Americans. The Republicans not being able to get their crap together is doing more damage to the US than the bad economy ever will.
The only thing you can do is to hand them a crushing defeat in November - in the Presidency and Congress. Then you will have to hold them accountable for restructuring a Republican party that is functional. If you are unwilling to do that, then you are stuck with the options you have now - without any hope of better ones in the future. If your party consists of nothing more than dishonest talking points, you can not complain that all of your candidates are "jokers".
The TV stations airing all the mud-slinging commercials are having NO financial problems since they're getting paid multi-millions of rich peoples bucks to air them. It saddens me to realize that too many people/voters actually make up their minds based upon TV commercials!
vs. normally airing commercials from 'poor peoples'?? You want them censoring commercials now? Are you really that 'delicate'?
Romney and his attack SuperPACs have a problem. Santorum is not dirty or a sellout. He's just a crazy right winger. And the crazy right wing is beginning to hone in on who is the real wingnut. Voting to increase the debt ceiling five times is like some charge Ron Paul would make. Everybody but Ron Paul voted to increase the debt ceiling five times in twelve years. On the other hand sensible positions - like supporting universal healthcare and cap & trade - could be fatal. Repubs are through the looking glass: insane is good and empathy & environmentalism are bad. Next up: who REALLY doesn't believe in evolution. And then, what do you mean we don't have a problem with condoms Mr. Romney? Are you really for condoms? Well what about IUD's? Blocking implantation = abortion, right? Get with it Willard. Because when you're in a crazy party, it's no good unless your crazy - all the way.
David Walker - Your post was so 70's that it bought tears to my eyes.
Thank you, David Walker, for being a big man and standing up for the women in this country...
Well, there is no evidence that you are a man, but if you are, thank you for "standing up" for the women in this country; as well as the altar boys and various farm critters. Please remember David that you have it made because the smartest man in the world is no match for a dumb woman.
This is absolutely hillarious!
Romney was "inevitable" from the get-go, or so said the Republican potentates.
Then, Michelle Bachmann was going to take over and lead the pack.
Rick Perry replaced Michelle the moron, and proceded to proclaim himself the candidate.
While Rick was trying to pull his feet out of his mouth, Herman Cain picked up the torch that Rick dropped, and claimed he would prevail (in between bouts of chasing skirts and dodging harassment claims).
When Herman the pizza man was deciding his wife would clean his clock if he didn't get off the booty train, the serial adulterer (and denounced former speaker) Newt Gingrich told us all that the selection process was essentially over, and that he would lead us all to Grover Nordquist's version of the promised land.
With huge numbers of Romney dollars buying a review of Newt's past "indiscretions" Rick Santorum snatched the mantle of "conservatve-man" from Newt and sped off tojoust with Willard Romney.
Now, let's face it folks. Even with lots of Super-Pac money and Grover's endorsement, Rick Santorum is not going to defeat Barack Obama in November. Republicans who are not all about allowing religious zealots to take control of the country, and Independents simply won't support Santorum's extremism. Romney can't even generate any real enthusiasm at all among social conservatves and Tea baggers.
The main reason most Americans are paying any attention at all to the Republicans' comical side-show is that there's no competing Democratic campaign going on - and most Americans are growing ever more comfortable knowing there is an incumbent President who has worked very hard to fix the mess left by the last Republican administration, and has at least gotten the country going in the right direction economically.
Unlike the one-percenters who lead the Republican throng, most Americans can recognize and appreciate the fact that the President is working for the other 99%.
Tom - RIGHT ON! If these are the best people the GOP could find, well, they're in trouble, and they know it. The future presidential debates will be MUST SEE TV! President Obama will easily win against any or all of the GOP.
So we have two candidates leading the pack who think the Ryan "road to poverty" is a pretty good idea, and who both claim to hold deeply felt faith convictions, though from what they say they have obviously never read the Bible. It should be entertaining to watch Rick "man on dog" Santorum and Mitt "let the auto industry die" Romney duke it out to the bitter end. And then see Obama sworn in for a second term.
Romney is a cult member trying to set up a theocracy !
Romney won Michigan in 2008 so few month later he could tell them to kiss their GM jobs goodbye.
Michiganders remember EVERYTHING Mr.Kissjobs- goodbye.
No matter how many times and how he repackages himself, the product is still the same old crap.
Amazing how in 30 short years the Republican party have reduced to rhetoric and Soviet style propaganda. Completely bankrupt of ideas, they rely on big business executives to guide them through campaigns, public interviews and policy.
The US has been reduced to one legitimate party, Democrats, and that is also very dangerous. The Republicans need a good thorough purge of the bad apples and shed the three piece suit lobbyist or the US is head for third world status.
GOP, the Party of the rich, by the rich, for the rich, shall screw the poor.
So incredibly stupid ... even after some thought and brainstorm with the other morons in his campaign he not only repeats the mistake, putting a conditional scenario before taking any action to help people, ... he adds more stupidity by proposing a discriminatory policy to cover his perception of an American class structured society.
This idiot has absolutely no clue what the Office of the Presidency is about, let alone what leadership is about.
Sorry Mr Romney but you are not qualified to fill the position of President, go away.
ad'm: "This ???? has absolutely no clue what the Office of the Presidency is about, let alone what leadership is about. .......you are not qualified to fill the position of President, go away."
Are you describing Obama? From the reviews that I have seen it looks like you are.
Yea it must be obama, I'm more qualified to be president than the O-man. At least I was born here.
redshad12...you just proved your stupidity.
redshed - it's because the Republicans tolerate people like you in their party that they are in the mess they are in.
redshad: I don't think you were born here. You don't sound American to me. Can we see that doctored birth certificate?
CKSM: seriously?? "reviews"? Ok, well perhaps you can think of something actually to say somewhere in the second term.
The GOP caucuses (in Iowa, Nevada, and now Maine) have really taken it on the chin and raise real doubts about the integrity of the voting results.
Maybe the reason the GOP think there's rampant problems with elections is because they can't seem to get theirs straight.
Voter fraud is clearly a GOP issue and with good reason.....they cant count