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By NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, Natalie Cucchiara, and Brooke Brower
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President Barack Obama's campaign has yet to see any competition from the Romney campaign on Hispanic media outlets.
*** Obama unchallenged on Hispanic media: Restore Our Future, the pro-Romney Super PAC, is up today with a $4.3 million ad buy across nine battleground states. But what’s been amazing is that even though the president is getting outspent by outside groups left and right, the one place opponents aren’t even COMPETING is on Hispanic media outlets. Republicans are not on air on Hispanic media AT ALL so far, according to NBC/Smart Media Delta. President Obama, on the other hand, is going unchecked for two weeks, spending $435,000 – and $730,000 total so far this cycle – through mid-May with Hispanic media buys in Denver, Las Vegas, Orlando, Tampa, and Miami. If the president is wining by huge margins with Hispanics and women (more on that below), the math becomes very precarious for Romney. Look at those states where the president is advertising: Colorado, Nevada and Florida. Can Romney win the White House without winning at least ONE Western state?
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guang, who according to U.S. officials had eagerly embraced a plan to stay in China with his family, now says he is anxious to leave the country. The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd reports.
*** Could the GOP use a man like George W. Bush again? Republicans are rarely eager to tout the “Bush” brand these days, but, as the headline of this Univision article asks, “Is ‘Dubya’ the GOP’s missing link to Latinos?” We wrote about Romney’s challenge with Latinos last month, and it’s striking with the pivot to the general, that there hasn’t been more of an overt push to win over the group in ways that the Bush White House did. Former Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told Univision earlier this week: “Gov. [George W.] Bush had some kind of personal quality that made it easier to connect with the Hispanic community, despite his privilege.” He added, “I’m not talking about a marketing campaign to sell himself [Romney] to the Latino community, that would be too slick. He has to develop some sense of trust that’s not there right now.” How the Romney campaign pivots and begins its wooing of Hispanics will be fascinating to watch. It’s a must-do for them especially if Romney finds himself facing a bigger gender gap than McCain dealt with.
*** Speaking of the gender gap: The Obama campaign up with an online tool, targeting women, using a made-up person named Julia, comparing Obama and what it’s dubbing the Romney-Ryan plan. Folks, in talking with Democratic strategists and watching the rhetoric that regularly comes from House and Senate Dems, it’s clear that the goal of the Obama campaign and the Democratic Party in general is to do whatever it takes to WIDEN the gap if it’s possible with women. We’re guessing a week won’t go by without some NEW effort by the Obama campaign to try and woo women. This online tool is an interesting “Sim City” attempt to try to put a face to their charges against Ryan. One state where the gender gap may be a hurdle: Pennsylvania; in particular those Philly suburbs. By the way, Restore Our Future (the Romney SuperPAC) isn’t advertising in Wisconsin or Pennsylvania, and two polls out, show Obama with high-single digit leads, up nine in Wisconsin and eight in Pennsylvania. A source in the know says Restore’s not up in Wisconsin, because it’s saturated right now with recall ads, and Pennsylvania just saw the ad for two weeks
*** Race tightens in Ohio, Florida: Romney may have some deficits with Hispanics and women to start, but the paths to 270 he has go through Ohio and Florida. And this morning, new Quinnipiac polling shows the races there have tightened and are pure toss ups. Romney leads Obama 44%-43% in Florida and Obama is ahead 44%-42% in Ohio (both within the margin of error). What’s also noteworthy from the poll is that two-thirds of people say we’re still in recession, but a majority also we’re starting to recover. It’s why the economy can be a more nuanced argument. People think the environment’s not good, but getting better. The Romney campaign is out with another in its series of “Broken Promises” videos, this one on energy. The RNC is starting a new message campaign against Obama called, “Hype and Blame” ahead of his campaign events Saturday. It’s going up with online advertising and bumper stickers as a fundraiser.
*** China hot potato: The “be tougher on china crowd,” which includes some Republicans and some Democrats, are going to pop up today, saying the Obama administration didn’t do enough for Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, especially after his release from a U.S. embassy and with Secretary of State Clinton and Treasury Secretary Geithner in China today for high-level economic talks. On cue this morning, House Speaker John Boehner’s out with a sharply worded statement, saying he’s “deeply disturbed” that Chen “was pressured to leave the U.S. embassy against his will amid flimsy promises and possible threats of harm to his family. In such a situation, the United States has an obligation to stand with the oppressed, not with the oppressor. Having handed Chen Guangcheng back over to the Chinese government, the Obama administration is responsible for ensuring his safety. While our economic relationship with China is important and vital to the future of people in both countries, the United States has an obligation to use its engagement with China to press for reforms in China’s human rights practices, particularly with respect to the reprehensible 'one-child’ policy."
*** Today’s veepstakes audition: Virginia Gob. Bob McDonnell is with Romney today in Portsmouth, VA, for a 1:15 pm ET event, where, by the way, former candidate Michele Bachmann is going to officially endorse Romney. McDonnell and Romney have campaigned together before, but this will be another chance to see how the two gel. By the way, though, with McDonnell and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker both up with ads talking about how good the economy’s gotten in their respective states, that complicates Romney bad economy message. In other veepstakes news, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal both talk education in New Jersey at the Alliance for School Choice National Policy Summit, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan holds “listening sessions” in Wisconsin, and New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte holds a town hall in New Hampshire. Jindal’s on “Daily Rundown” today to talk education and veepstakes.
*** Romney should address Grenell: By the way, does Mitt Romney need to do a press avail to get the Richard Grennell question out of the way? The story hasn’t gone away. Sure it’s a “process” story. But, there’s more coverage of it today (see: The New York Times). Clearly, it does say something about the fact that, as we wrote yesterday, that Romney’s got to continue to look over his right shoulder. How much was this fear about creating a stir with social conservatives? It’s a tiny story that most aren’t following, but Romney has a big enough problem with suburban women. It’s the socially moderate, Independent, formally Republican women that the GOP is struggling with and stories like this can only make it worse.
*** Warren speaks up about Native American controversy: After days of not much of an answer, Elizabeth Warren admitted yesterday to listing herself as a minority in law professor directories: “I listed myself in the directory in the hopes that it might mean that I would be invited to a luncheon, a group, something that might happen with people who are like I am. Nothing like that ever happened. That was clearly not the use for it. And so I stopped checking it off. That was it.” “Asked whether she considers herself to be a minority,” the Boston Globe writes Warren said, “Native American is part of my family. It’s an important part of my heritage.’” And then she pivoted to hit Brown on women: “You know, if we’re going to ask questions about qualifications, maybe the most appropriate person to ask is Scott Brown. What does he think it takes for a woman to be qualified?” Brown, meanwhile, derided Warren as having an “elitist attitude” yesterday. The Globe also reported yesterday that Brown has gotten $2.9 million in donations from the financial sector, noting he “played a critical role in the battle over the 2010 financial regulatory overhaul.” And both candidates are up with ads (Brown here, Warren here) trying to tie themselves to President Obama.
*** Pro-Lugar poll has Lugar up 2: A pro-Lugar group – in a one-day poll – showed Lugar up 44%-42% over state Treasurer Richard Mourdock.
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Did anyone see the "Inside the SItuation Room" on Rock Center last night? Terrific journalism for a compelling moment in American history. My question if you did: could anyone see George Bush sitting in that room and being that engaged and involved? Could anyone see a man like Romney, who has such willingness to compromise his positions, sitting in those chairs and making that kind of decision, with the complexity thoroughness and conviction as our current President?
3toget.....All you have to do is go back and look at the tape of Bush sitting in the class room...stunned.mouth open ,in a daze.
And we all know how Rommney would have handled it....oh wait HE would Not have handled it. The thing the sick minded few on her should know is at least if (not a chance) Mitty gets in they will All be baptized in to the LDS church when they die. LOL
Two of the most ludicrous comments yet...
Regardless of who is elected president, they have to work with a very dsyfunctional Congress, who, as we have seen the past several years can not accomplish diddly squat. Even when Dems or Repubs have a majority in theory, the fractions in their parties such as blue dogs and tea party make it darn near impossible to get a majority vote.
We have seen that both parties in Congress care more about money and power than about America or Americans
To all those here still drooling over yesterday's "expose" about Obama "lying" in his book: The Politio Blogger was WRONG! Politco was WRONG to publish its Blogger's BULL@!$%# without bothering to fact-check it! DRUDGE was WRONG to make a story out of it!
Get the @!$%# over this "story", already! It didn't even last 24 Hours before it was shown to be WRONG!
everybody else is wrong. typical brainwashed liberal. wake up and stop being part of the problem.
Tell me where I'm wrong, then, Maddening. Point it out.
Let's all see what you got.
Maddening? WTF did you go, son?
Cat got your tongue?
I see in the news that new unemployment claims dropped more than expect. I breathlessly await word on how this is BAD for the economy. Hell, there are still people here bitching about a +2.2% growth in the economy, so this just HAS to be BAD!
not sure what news you are reading. unemployment is actually up according to the us labor stats. try reading more than just the weekly DNC newsletter for once.
Maddening, the figures just now came out. Go look it up for your own sorry self.
Oh, and try not to confuse "new unemployment claims" with something else. Again.
JC,Instead of putting all your focus on new weekly unemployment claims, why don't you look at the bigger ecomonic picture! Why don't you research the number of people who have been unemployed and left the workforce because they gave up looking for jobs. Why don't you look up the number of new jobs being created in proportion to the people who are unemployed? I wonder how these people are feeling about the ecomony and what they are thinking when they are seeing a drop in new weekly unemployment claims!
Dee, I posted an item in the news. I did not focus on anything in particular other than an item in the news, and I speculated about what the response might be, based on experience.
Now, either try to stay on topic just this once, or don't bother responding. You have a tendency to give substance to my speculations, and make a fool out of yourself at the same time.
Oh, and, do try to remember: Bush damn-near finished the economy off entirely, not four years ago. How do you suppose the unemployed were feeling then? Better?
C'mon, are you kidding me? So i suppose you post statitstics like that for no reason at all without trying to make a point? And then you don't expect a reaction? If you don't want a reaction to what you post, i don't know why you bother posting this at all. I am staying on topic based on your post, you just don't want to hear anything that you don't have an answer for. And Bush, Bush,Bush, this is so played out! And YOU try to remember! Bush had a Democratic House and Senate during his Presidency! To put all your blame on one person is just ridiculous!!
Dee, I know you love to change topics to something you want to talk about, but no sale this time.
Either comment on the OP, or STFU.
You like to go around in circles to avoid a rebuttal, I never did change topics. Whatever.
No, Dee, you didn't change topics, because I refused to play your twisted little Dittohead game.
Neither can you seem to just STFU; your facehole just keeps on spewing whatever you think is going to "score" you some kind of "points".
Remember what I said a couple of posts ago about how you tend to lend substance to my speculations, while simultaneously making a fool of yourself?
Well, Dee, you're doing just that. Again. Do you get it, yet?
Mexicanos no estan zopenco...the only time that they here his immigration rhetoric is just before the election...the Mexicanos are NOT happy with Obama...watch for a radical election shift, this year...!!!
Yup, I'm sure that all the Mexicans are going to run right out and vote for "I'm running for President, for goodness' sake" of the party which trashes anything darker than Republican Pink.
Good luck with that.
JC, you are full of it. Democrats trash anyone with brown skin who doesn't remain on the plantation. They are so nasty about it that many Republicans with brown skin are in the closet.
Sure, N, I"M the one whose full of @!$%#. It's you two who know what the Mexicans think, right.
And, monkey fly out of your ass every morning after breakfast, too, I'm sure of it.
Yes, I actually do know what hispanics think. At least myself and my own friends and family. The only ones who vote Democrat are misinformed or looking for a free ride. Hard work, family values and faith are part of us. We came here for the American Dream. We are not inferior to European immigrants. Some of us are tired of being exploited.
You are the one exploiting your own not the democrates, "The only ones who vote Democrat are misinformed or looking for a free ride" kind of hard on the rest the Hispanics aren't you. I am an independent, I have no issue with any immigrant coming to this country through legal channels I do however have an issues with illegal immigrants demanding rights of any kind in this country. If you are here illegally then you have no rights except deportation.
Well, I can think of at least one Hispanic you haven't got the first @!$%#ing clue about, N, and I'm guessing from your post that there are a hell of a lot others.
By your reckoning, the polls seem to indicate an awful lot of "misinformed" Hispanics out there, BTW. Why do you suppose that might be?
Why do you suppose that might be? Most of the media is favors the left. Thats's all most people hear. They never stop to consider that their own values are not being represented by the Democrats they vote for.
Tis, I am not talking about anyone illegal. We are talking about people who have the right to vote.
Wow, N, why am I not surprised at your bull@!$%# non-answer, relying as it does on the tired, ol' "media bias" complaint.
I guess you and your family and friends must be about the only "informed" Hispanics in the country, hey? Them other Hispanics must be just too stupid to see the "truth" that you do. Just imagine, all of those Hispanics who can't make up their minds for themselves!
But, it's the Dems somehow "exploiting" them, right? Oh, and, BTW, this thread started being about you knowing what all the Mexicans think about things. Are you Mexican, then?
The Reds aren't buying on Spanish=speaking media, huh? Well, I suspect they see it as a waste of money for them.
Or, as some posters here might suggest, they just can't be seen using a language that they don't want US citizens to use.
Then, of course, maybe they just couldn't find a translator they could trust...
Good heavens! Does everything with Chinese politics have to be so Byzantine? First Bo,now Chen.
I can understand Chen Guangcheng wanting to stay in China to continue his activism (as long as he remains unharassed) - but as he's beginning to realize, that's not going to happen, I don't care what deal China promised.
If I were China, I would let Chen and his family go to a third country and Chen will cease to be a strong voice in China or the world about China's policies.Haven't they learned from previous situations how much power they give dissidents when they don't allow them to leave.
If China refuses to cooperate on allowing Chen to leave,they unwittingly set up a perfect p.r. campaign that makes them look bad - "China cruel to a blind man who only seeks his family safety". Now that will garner world wide outrage at China as nothing else could.
It's really not all that convoluted China - just let the guy leave.
No surprise that Romney isn't even trying to get the Hispanic vote.......there's no reason whatsoever for women, gays, or any racial or ethnic minority to vote Republican.
He's running for president of the USA....not just hand picked groups...EVERYONE.
"Groups" is a sub-set of "Everyone". Maybe Mittens should try not to piss so many "groups" off.
I'm a woman and I will vote for Romney.
Ann as long as you are voting for his policies good for you any other reason is pure folly.
Me too, Ann.
No denying that there are a large group of repubs who are willing to vote against their best interests.
no denying - most democrats will vote against the countrys best interest
with high unemployment, high gas prices, underwater mortgages and a continuing depression, Owebama's going down this NOV. Even class warfare wont help him now. Viva Romney!
ABO 2012
that shows you that the republicans wants George W Bush. can you imagine George W Bush running again? that'll be a disaster the end of the world, and that's what Romney wants. Romney wants to kill the middle class to only have a poor or rich, but who cares he is a rich guy!. Romney wants to make USA a third country.
Look at Owebama's tax return. He too is part of that "evil" 1%. He's using taxpayors money at $180,000/hr to jet around campaigning. His wife vacations in Euope while we were in the midst of our depression/recession. She wears designer clothes and has an effiet snob attitude towards the USA. Who pays $40,000 a plate to eat with Owebama? most of the billions in bailout went to his campaign cronies. Have you seen any of the Stimulus money? I haven't. So who is killing the middle class? The Liberals. They want us to be a third world nation by attacking small business and hard workers.
Obama is good at campaigning. That is undeniable. But if "Hope and Change" has taught us Americans anything it's that Obama talks the talk but unless you're a brainwashed liberal fool, you've come to realize that Obama can't walk the walk. No wonder he's spent more time campaigning and fundraising than the last 6 presidents combined. That's a pretty good feat... in 4 years hosting more fundraisers than your predecessors have done in 32+ years.
You know, I seriously doubt you can begin to substantiate what you're claiming, but even if you could, I would have to say that this is what we can expect in the era of Citizens United.
The theme, this cycle, seems to keep coming around to how a sitting President isn't allowed to campaign, only his opposition is.
JC, how much does obama pay you for your shilling?
Why does he need to campaign? Everyone knows who he is and what his agenda is. I pay him a good wage, not to campaign with but to do his job. Romney is not campaigning on my dime or time.
Kevin T, when did the new rule get passed that incumbents aren't allowed to campaign? Oh, and, who made that rule for all of us? While you are formulating what is sure to be a fascinating answer, do try to remember that challengers generally get to campaign full time. Since they're generally, like Mittens, unemployed.
sonmanvb, either respond with something intelligent, or just STFU. From everything I've read here, you are nothing but a bandwidth waster.
Now, can either of you two support what your little butt-chum is saying, or not?
Just don't take ANY money from corporations or unions that received bailout or stimulous money............ that is called a conflict of interest. It is also called bribery, larceny, tax evasion and a host of other felonies if done outside of Washington.
As President he can't take money from these corporations because he handed them taxpayer money. Now those corporations are allowed to feed that same taxpayer money into his campaign funding. So in effect Obama can pump up his own campaign funds using taxpayer money strategically placed with corporations who will "play ball" with the scam.
It is completely unconstitutional, as are all bailout situations, for just these reasons. A politician can direct taxpayer money into his own campaigns.
Adams101, what constitutional law are you basis you premise on. Do not forget Citizens United it makes it all legal for both sides not just the one you want to win.
JC you never answered my question. Your reading comprehension is lousy. I never said Obama could not campaign. I asked WHY!!! And what butt chum you talking about? I never said I support anyone.
Kevin, do you really think that anyone that actually reads your OP is going to buy into this latest pathetic bull@!$%#?
With all your pissing and whining about the "good wage" that YOU are paying the POTUS?
Really?
Well, this just in, Kevin: Politicians in our system campaign in order to win elections. They always have. They always will.
Say, maybe you can point out your post making the same issue the last time an incumbent President campaigned for re-election. You remember, it was back in 2004. Did you raise the same issue then? Or, was that before the history of the United States began for you?
ADAMS 101,
In response to your post 3.35
here are Obama's 2008 donations and the bailouts those who donated recieved.
General Electric $529,855 (bailout 182 BILLION for a company
that pays ZERO in taxes)) http://politicalvelcraft.org/2011/01/21/worst-bailout-in-u-s-history-general-electric-gets-182-5-billion-in-obama-buddy-bailout-project-calls-for-jeffery-immelts-immediate-resignation/
Goldman Sachs $1,013,091 (bailout 10 BILLION) NOTE THAT THEY ALSO DONATE TO ROMNEY
JPMorgan Chase & Co $808,799 (bailout 25 BILLION)
Citigroup Inc $736,771 (bailout 45 BILLION)
Morgan Stanley $512,232
(bailout 10 BILLION)
We would all do well to watch the 2012 donations.
I am waiting for MSNBC to start reporting real news. I am no fan of CBS but they did cover the story I have been waiting for.
Finally someone is going to do something about Eric Holder. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57426710-503544/house-gop-to-distribute-draft-contempt-citation-against-eric-holder-over-gunwalking/
The House? BFD. I'm guessing this is just another example of Boehner not being able to control his fool TeaBaggers.
Dont hold your breath.
MSNBC us gearing up to spam us with David Axelrod talking points between now and the election.
If it doesnt favor Obama, you wont hear about it on MSNBC...
This sitting President was allowed to "assume" the Democratic nomination without even the slightest discussion much less a defined platform with a timetable for execution of that platform.
He is running on "elect me to continue doing whatever I please". With the "still" dire straights of the country and the $16 trillion dollars in corporate bailout money he OK'd the FED to shove out the back door between 2009 and 2011 we really need to discuss a DIFFERENT direction. That one was $700,000 per American family to primarily foreign billionaires to cover gambling losses in the derivatives market.
The Federal Reserve is not able to hand out one single dollar to a corporation that is not specifically part of the President's Economic Plan. Washington is being run like a sinking ship with lobby's pillaging everything not nailed down and heading their corporate lifeboats to China, India and the Pacific Rim for all their investments.
The overwhelming bulk of the Obama and Romney campaign money is being collected from corporations and unions who received all of the corporate bailout and stimulus money. These people are lobbying with taxpayer money!!!
Forget the social platform crap. That is simply a diversion. Follow the money and who it is coming from!! You don't elect a politician anymore. You elect a group of corporate lobby's and special interest groups that support him. He is nothing more than a puppet to serve them and rape the rest of us.
This entire election is a complete lobby run sham being rammed down our throats under the guise of "having a choice".
It really is amazing to me how many members of the Obama collective there is. You guys outnumber the Borg on Star Trek. .
Then you know resistance is futile.
Nana not really as it has been pointed out many times this is a left wing blog so why are you amazed by it could it be pure ignorance on your part.
so will obama learn to lie in spanish so he can pander to latinos?....does obama believe that latinos are stupid also?.....obama hasn't done jack to address the problems of immigration, legal and ILLEGAL, in our nation.....obama is a liar, a distorter, and a divider.......all americans, excepting the crazy and loony libs, deserve a better president.....ROMNEY IN NOVEMBER!
Sorry paddywacker but the House is control of that, they put forward bills for the president to sign not the othe way around.
yeah tis.....obama is not responsible for anything in the meager minds of liberals....
Dude did he not try to have the Dream act passed and who shot it down oh ya Obama he shot down his own suggestion, You keep trying to say he is not responsible for anything and yet I have heard him say and accept blame for many things. But you only want to hear and believe what fits into your small world well guess what you have that right, you also have the right to hate anyone you choose and I think by now we all have a good idea of who and what you hate, for me I hate ignorance guess where that puts you
typical lib throwing around the term "hate".....what a moron......
forcing the Catholic Church to provide birth control won't help him either
I am still interested in finding out more about why Mo Romney has/had at least one Swiss bank acct. as well as his banking activites in the Cayman Islands? During the Vietnam War Mo Romney was off in Paris preaching the virtues of Mormonism while my dad was a senior NCO in an infantry line company in Nam leading some poor and often not too well politically connected young Americans. Dad still says than Romney makes him think of that oldie by Creedence Clearwater "I ain't no Senator's Son." Well, a wealthy govoernor's son.
On a personal note, as a Mexican American I wnder how many jobs Mo Ronmey outsourced during his "financial career" and American companies and corporations that he actually destroyed rather than help? BTW, Mo Romney, where is your 2011 tax return, and what are you hiding in those other years?
Mo Romney claims actual kinship to Chihuahua, Mexico because of his polygamist relatives emigrating to the country of my ancestors because so that they could stay out of Utah jails.
OBAMA-BIDEN NOS VENCEREMOS EN NOVIEMBRE 2012
LTC Rattus, USA, ret USMA '89
Romney faces a tough situation with the Hispanic vote. He wants their votes, but he also doesn't want to get associated with his polygamist relatives in Mexico.
It is sickening to see the President of the United States pandering to criminals. Amnesty for illegal aliens is a terrible idea. This was tried in 1986 and now we have 11 million more illegal aliens than in 1986. Obama needs to start doing the job he is being paid for and enforce the law. Deport all illegal aliens, secure the border and fine anyone who hires an illegal alien.
What is sickening is seeing so many 'Americans' forget what this country was founded on, and claim some sort of an entitled status to being American.
Every one of us is a recent immigrant, except true native Americans. How long has your family been in America, Galactus? (Not that is matters)
"Deport all illegal aliens, secure the border and fine anyone who hires an illegal alien." Really? You must really hate foreigners, G. All these people want is to create a better life for themselves. At what point did America stop being the land of opportunity?
What we need is REAL immigration reform, and a REAL solution for immigrants and related welfare programs. Not outright criminalization of poor immigrants to boost private for-profit prison industries.
there is a big difference between legal immigration and ILLEGAL immigration.....libs always omit the term ILLEGAL when it comes to the immigration issue.......
obama does nothing but pander for votes.....he is a flim flam man who obviously can't run on his abysmal record...
Sure.....lie to them about Amnesty (never going to happen), keep giving them free handouts, give them better benefits than 50% of America.
Who wouldn't vote Democrat when that's your policy?
And people wonder why we're broke.....this is one reason right here.
"And people wonder why we're broke.....this is one reason right here."
Ridiculous. Total federal 'welfare' expenditures are somewhere around 500 billion, depending on what your definition of welfare spending is. But, a large portion of that is actually unemployment/worker's compensation type benefits, and so is actually 'earned', or not directed specifically at the poor (what you're calling 'giving them free handouts'). So, what remains is maybe around 150-200 billion in direct/indirect support for the poor and middle class in the form of various nutrition assistance, income security, and housing assistance programs (which also often go to middle income families).
Hardly the reason 'why we're broke', considering we spend about a trillion on defense, a trillion on health care, a trillion on federal pensions, etc...
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who cares about "hip and innovative"......the concern with being "hip" brought us this awful president who is a liar, a distorter, and a divider......
dear america, you hear presidents lie all the time. you believe in what they say when its obvious that they are just saying it to win your vote. it is only letting them develop this country into a fascist country. they do not give us freedom. they censor our individuality and they try ot tell us how to live. do you want your future children or yourself to become a slave and a machine to a corrupt system? well you have already became one!! but as soon as your children grow up, they will be forced ot live this way!! stop the fascism before it keeps on growing!! spread the word and post this everywhere for all people to see because they have the right to know the truth! if we are so free, we should have the right to know about the reality instead of being told lies!
More messages from outside, be afraid be afraid all is not as it seems. Duh! whats new, Hey but thanks for playing.
Wouldn't it be refreshing if the political candidates simply targeted 'Americans', instead of attempting to play off different groups against each other.
Yes it would but we won't let them will we.
This is the sum total of what Obama will do for Hispanic voters - talk at them. It's sad, but until the polls show that minorities can get mad at Obama for ignoring their plight and vote against him, he has no motivation to actually do anything that will help them.
He "reached out" to Hispanic voters four years ago, he is now "reaching out" again, but he completely ignored their needs in the interim.
It's time for the common people and I play the race card here too.cause it affects us all,figures it out...No matter who gets elected,They work for US,not the other way around...The gov'ts track record speaks for it's self...and it don't say much...As for the latino vote,not as gullible as these politicos think...As for obama,a vote for him is a vote for g.soros...I for one am tired of the gov't fiasco..Get your Act Together or get out of our way...
Over/under on First Read mentions of "Hispanic voters" between now and the election--10,000
Over/under on David Axelrod talking points sent to MSNBC asking to mention "Hispanic voters" - 10,000
One can slice and and dice the electorate in other ways, too, First Read:
Obama is failing among Catholic voters, and especially among white blue collar voters...but you wont hear much about that..it is "Hispanics and women" 24/7...
Sorry to disappoint you Barry, but Obamanomics has driven all the illegal votes home. Maybe you can run for president of Mexico.