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Subscribe to RSS“The top ‘super PACs’ supporting Republicans in the fall elections have raised more than three times as much money as super PACs aligned with Democrats, $158 million to $47 million, a [Boston] Globe analysis shows. Here’s a graphic showing the biggest donors.
A Civitas poll has Romney up 50-45% in North Carolina.
“Most Americans now say they would like to see the critics of the health care law stop trying to block its implementation and move onto other national problems, a poll released by the Kaiser Family Foundation on Monday found following last week’s Supreme Court decision upholding the overhaul,” the Boston Globe writes.
Political Wire: “Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) vetoed Republican bills that would have ‘required a photo ID for absentee voting, restricted voter registration drives and mandated a ballot box affirmation of citizenship,’ the Detroit News reports.”
Crossing the line? AP: “Justice Antonin Scalia ended his 26th year on the Supreme Court with a string of losses in the term's biggest cases and criticism that he crossed a line from judging to politics. Scalia's willingness to do battle with those on the other side of an issue long has made him a magnet for critics. But some of his recent remarks stood out in the eyes of court observers.” More: “Ten lawyers who appear regularly before the Supreme Court, including two former Scalia law clerks, were interviewed for this story and said they too had taken note of Scalia's recent comments. But mindful that they might appear before the high court or be in a position to submit legal briefs, they all declined to be identified by name.”
And: “Summarizing his views in court, Scalia commented on President Barack Obama's recent announcement changing the deportation rules for some children of illegal immigrants. And in his written opinion, he referenced anti-free black laws of slave states as a precedent for state action on immigration. Both drew critical notice.”
Take a look at the health-care oral arguments from Day 2, which we wrote about, and you can see some tense exchanges between Scalia and Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, including Scalia sarcastically calling Verrilli’s argument for the taxing authority of Congress “extraordinary” and dismissing his argument as “blah, blah, blah.” That’s in addition to his “broccoli” and health club comments.
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Crossing the line?
Yes, MSNBC long ago became not "the place for politics" , but "the place for Obama re-election propaganda"..
Dissing Scalia because he is a conservative, what else is new?
Always quoting the liberal attack dogs like the Boston Globe, and AP, arent we?
There is a difference between being conservative and being partisan. Scalia is being critiqued on the latter, not the former, and that is a valid complaint. The entire point of making Supreme Court justices life-appointed positions is to free them from the partisan pandering of short term electoral politics. When you have justices like Scalia and Alito and Thomas acting as partisans, it undermines the integrity of the court and threatens the supremacy of the constitution.
Shouldn't a Supreme Court Justice at least appear to start out with an open mind, carefully weighing the arguments and withholding judgement till the end? The animosity Scalia displays towards the lawyers presenting their arguments is disturbing.
Bob in Virginia-5210392
how about the Conservatives dissing Roberts because he didn't vote their way? Blame Robert's decision on epilepsy medication and cognitive problems??? Roberts must have been drug-crazed!
I hear you Bob......Lean Forward........and laugh at the BS MSNBC spreads.
Obviously $ is the problem with our congress. These politicians that are OBVIOUSLY bought and paid for ... are OUR problem. Congress has to be infused with honorable people that can NOT be bought. Simple math. Currently only a handfull reside on capitol hill. The rest need to go. Considering the corruption in congress, Obama looks rightous in comparison. That is because he is.
What's the matter Bob in Virginia? Do we need to take up a collection and buy you a computer that can access all news websites including Fox?
Once you add the $200-$300 Million the union will donate the DNC still has a large advantage........This is the most level the playing field has been for a while........
The old union myth.
One crazy billionaire can outspend all the combined unions in the U.S. That already shows in the PAC figures in this article. Add to that the suppression of voters legislation in twenty states, and it is clear that Republicans have departed from democracy and depend on election rigging and selling their services to the highest bidders. In other western nations, Republican politics is a quick road to fines and prison. It's called corruption, boys and girls, corruption, fraud, and bribery.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/mar/15/republican-national-committee-republican/rnc-said-unions-raised-400-million-obama-2008/
$400,000,000 when you add in the DNC's billionaire's pet groups
MYTH.........yeah right.......more like denial or not caring to know the truth on your part.
@ Affinity:
its not the republicans fault that rich people are republicans. Just look at the evolution of Charles Barkley : a black man, and professional Athlete (ie rich). He said it best, i am voting republican becuase i am rich, they want to tax me less.
Poor people are democrats, democrats want 100% tax'd wealth, and they demonize sucess. So you can bemoan the inequality of capitolisim and seek to move to another system (and that's the presidents Campaign theme) but you can't cry when the people with the money line up against you. Sorry charlie, but poor Yolanda is just as free to give all her money to Obama as Preston Jr III is to give all of his to Romney.
What you need is rich people who are democrats, and as far as i can see the rich people are the "enemy" to democrats. Good luck with that..
joshua w morris
Contrary to what the Libertarian’s advocate, we really need the Federal government and contrary to what the Republicans practice, we need government to focus on more than just the few, more than just “the money”. That leaves the Democrats as the choice and if most feel they are too liberal, then we need a strong new party to focus on fairly representing the majority, mainly the middle-class who really make the country work. The Republican philosophies of “the least amount of government is the best government” and “government should only do for the people that which they can’t do for themselves” have real merit but they also have serious responsibilities which are dictated within those philosophies: i.e., government should be at least what is needed; and government needs to do what the people can’t do. Included in that is the need for government to protect the people from exploitation by the advantaged few and that has not only been neglected by the Republicans but they have actually encouraged and even been co-responsible for the exploitation, with their permissiveness and catering to the advantaged few, “the money”, their strong supporters, with that always being rationalized as “conservative”.
Should a new “people’s party” be desired, possibly it could be made up of those moderates being forced out of the Republican Party and of conservatives from the Democrats and any other centrists so inclined. As said, their focus would actually be on responsibly representing the majority, the middle-class. The problem of course is having the money needed to accomplish everything, including the vast sums necessary to effectively compete against the mega-millions being spent to propagandize, to con the people and manipulate public opinion, and to sell the “puppet” politicians owned and controlled by “the money”. Good luck with that one.
In the mean time, this country can’t further endure continually being exploited by the insatiable “more” (never enough) appetite of the few, a practice constantly pushing the country further into being a two-class society with the few having it all while the majority simply looses more - a reality clearly shown by the growing spread between them, reflecting the gains of the 1% and the losses of the 99%. The voters really need to prevent a return to “more of the same”, Bush-Cheney style, which once more would irresponsibly totally cater to the interests of the few while again giving the majority nothing more than an abundance of subterfuge and the drastic costs, which is what “the money” and the Republican / Tea Party are aggressively striving to achieve. It is up to the voters; good luck there too.
Obama is for donations - Romney is for sale
It doesn't matter how much money exlax ETCH-A-SKETCH'S SUPER POOP raises, exlax IS NOT what the 99% American People want for a leader! He's nothing but political puppet for the corrupt Republican corporate MONARCHY that has MADE SLAVES of the 99% American People!
Vote 100% STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC and let's rid ourselves of all of these political puppets that have STOLEN our American way of life from us!!