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Subscribe to RSSRomney was able to get back on the “bad economy” message Friday because of the weak jobs report. But then he said this: "We should be seeing numbers in the 500,000 jobs created per month. This is way, way off from what should happen in a normal recovery." That’s setting the bar very high. How high? Just ONCE since 1984 has the economy added 500,000 jobs or more in a single month, and that was in May 2010, largely due to Census hiring.
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger writes in the L.A. Times: "Being a Republican used to mean finding solutions for the American people that worked for everyone. It used to mean having big ideas that moved the country forward. It can mean that again, but big ideas don't often come from small tents."
Dan Balz has this observation of Romney: He “has turned to a more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger characterization of the Obama record."
Jennifer Rubin's prescription for Romney's success in the wake of what she saw as Obama's "bobbled" campaign kickoff: "He needs to pour in two ingredients: an unsparing dissection of Obama’s record and his own alternative agenda, which fortunately includes significant items such as tax and entitlement reform, adequate funding for defense, and moderation of what has become an abusive regulatory bureaucracy. Much has been made about Romney’s shortcomings as a candidate. But judging from the Obama kickoff, the Romney campaign is miles ahead on messaging, substance and self-awareness."
The Boston Globe editorial page hammers Romney over the resignation of openly gay aide Richard Grenell. "By buckling under the pressure from a homophobic radio host, Romney lost a uniquely qualified spokesman — and a perfect opportunity to show voters he’s prepared to lead all of America, not just a narrow slice of it."
Buzzfeed’s Rosie Gray profiles Bryan Fischer, the man in the middle of the Grennell controversy. “The conclusion I’ve come to is that [Obama] is doing this purposefully because he believes that the U.S. needs to be punished for being a racist nation,” Fischer, of the American Family Association, explained. "He is out to punish the United States for being racist.”
The Wall Street Journal: “A young man recounts how inspired he was by Barack Obama's "promise to change Washington's corrupt culture." A woman recalls how she voted for Mr. Obama "because he spoke so beautifully." Fans of the president? Hardly. Both people star in television spots attacking Mr. Obama, and both help answer a question that has vexed conservatives for months: how to go after a president whose personal popularity remains unusually resilient, even amid lukewarm ratings of his job performance. The answer: Acknowledge the potency of Mr. Obama's 2008 appeal. Then steep the ads in disappointment and lost promise.”
"Mitt Romney’s campaign on Sunday unveiled a new Web video hitting President Obama on the April jobs figures report and saying that millions of Americans were "suffering in silence" from the administration's economic policies. The ad, titled “Silence” begins with footage from news programs announcing troubling news about the economy, amid clips of Obama speaking at a campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, defending his record. In the clips from Obama’s address, the president is seen promising an economic recovery and telling voters to look to the future, interspersed with footage of analysts discussing continued job losses," The Hill reports.
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These bumpkins can criticize President Obama all they want.
I fired up and so are millions of other people.
Obama/ Biden 2012
Hey! Same bumper sticker as 4 years ago! Same failed policies too!
Way to go Obummer (and Bev too)
Michael - So Romoney is going to create 500,00 jobs a month? Sounds like he's setting himself up for failure. Then again he'll never be elected President, so who cares what he babbles about?
Michael,
Sorry dude but the unemployment is going down, the stock market is going up. Quite the opposite from 2001-2008 during which the unemployment was going UP and the stock market was going DOWN.
You want to talk about failed policies? Let's talk about the deregulation passed by the Republicans that allowed companies like AIG to be the cause of the Financial Meltdown of 2008.
Let's talk about Rick Scott who was allowed to defraud Medicare not once - but twice and get himself elected as the Gov. of FL.
Let's talk about Bush who emptied out the Social Security fund to cover his real spending.
Do you want me to continue with the failed policies?
Obama dropped another point in just one day .... "LOL"
This is great news for hope that America can be saved from Obama and his disasters ....
Monday, May 07, 2012 ....
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows Mitt Romney earning 47% of the vote and President Obama attracting 45% support. Three percent (3%) would vote for a third party candidate, while four percent (4%) are undecided ....
And so early in the race .... "LOL"
Not looking good at all for Obama now .... "LOL"
WTF, are people still referring to Rassussen? Try Quinnipiac, which has the best record for accuracy, or better yet odds in Vegas. According to Quinnipiac:
But who cares, especially this far out? The real issue is Romney has NO plans of his own other than the usual rightwing talking points.
Roves' Crossroads just released a predictable Politics of Projection ad attacking the president's reelection slogan of "forward." The ad spins how the nation has gone "backward" in the last 3.5 years, with hopes of amnesia and that voters won't understand that the depression was due to the failures of GOP/Bush-era voodoo economics.
We all know "forward" refers to Romney wanting to go "backward" to those same failed policies on steroids. Teapublicans have lost their supposed advantage on national security. And following their pitiful performance on the economy after the 2010 election--with continued obstruction and no ideas to create jobs--why do they remotely believe they deserve another chance?
Romney is getting a bump from becoming the presumed nominee, but the more voters start paying attention, the less they will like him.
amused but not distracted -- You can take the man out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the man. Michael needs to take his mullet mentality back to The Blaze. Don't feed the troll.
Sounds like someone is trying to get back into Maria's pants (and the Kennedy's)
Ha no actually he just pulled down the republicans knickers.
The libs saying that is akin to a conservative saying the same thing about he Democrats & Joe Liebermann - big deal
No it's not at all the same, Liberman is not a democrat, Arnold is a republican, and a hell of a lot more recognizable, maybe the most well know of all.
Did you see what David Frum the conservative republican said about Romney, is that a big deal?
Apparently you need a refresher on the term "RINO"
Maybe millions and millions of people that recognize the former governor need that refresher, because they know him as the famous republican governor.
Ok...Here's a test for ya......
You know from my posts that I'm very conservative. Let's say tomorrow I type that I'm a looney liberal.....Am I?
Just because there's a label after my name doesn't mean that it's true
Michael - Loony fits you well! repugs = regional party of old racist white men, doomed to fail!
Michael,
Mock "Conan The Republican" as much as you like. The fact is he's more correct than you give him credit for being.
Republicans are the party that ended slavery, fought for Roosevelt's "Square Deal", normalized relations with China, signed SALT I and were in power during the 80s boom.
Where are the ideas now? Where's the next great Republican idea? Where is the party that wants to move things forward? I don't see it. I see plenty of talk about "taking things back"...a party that seems more interested in nostalgia and remembering "the good ol' days".
Want to know what happened to all the great Republican ideas recently? The GOP abandoned them because the President embraced them. "Cap & Trade"? Republicans thought of that. The Health Care Mandate? Republicans thought of that. They've abandoned both ("We were for it before we were against it!")
By the way, a major political party's slogan should not be "We're Taking Our Country Back!" That's the talk of student radicals, not those who claim to wish to lead our nation.
Actually, Willard is right about 500,000 jobs a month. That would be 500,000 jobs a month lost to Americans and sent overseas, with Willard as President.
I'm still waiting to hear how Mr. Romney thinks he's going to create 500,000 jobs per Month? I have not heard anything from him that would create one job. We already know that the things he has suggested so far have not worked, so what makes him think they are suddenly going to work if he gets elected. I hear wild promises from him, but that just indicates that he learned nothing fromObama's economists assuming that they could keep unemployment under 8%. Wild promises are a set up for failure. HOW are you going to create these jobs Mr. Romney?
Messaging is not the equivalent of substance. But it is when the MSM chooses not to explore the numbers. If you intent to increase defense spending and cut revenues - something else has to give. And someone needs to ask the very big question - why should we be increasing defense spending when we need to take care of entitlements? What is the outside threat? Or should we be taking care of our people at home? The fact is that the GOP entitlement reform is and can only be code for cutting social safety net at all levels. The states aren't going to make up the difference.
Wm - The repugs plan for America is to throw everyone but the 1% under the bus!
Teaching an old dog new tricks -- Teapublicans only know how to fear-monger because national security USED to be their strength.
500K jobs? How - magic fairy dust? I don't know why Romney thinks anyone should believe this nonsense. Another week goes by and all the empty suit can do is make fantastical claims and throw rocks. So far all his deficit reduction claims have been discounted as irrational by credible economists. What else ya got?
I definitely trust Romney so ship 500,000 jobs to China.
Romoney is just talking out of azz again. He's just out of touch with reality and his pea-brained mind.
GOP is trying everything is can to have two classes of people, rich and poor. No middle class, no opportunity for middle class to go to school, no opportunity for middle class to make it up the ladder. If you don't have the money then you don't get to go to college. That will be something only the rich can do.
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012