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Subscribe to RSSThe AP: “Romney pushes on with discredited welfare attacks.” “Romney’s welfare push comes with risk for the presumptive GOP nominee. Focusing too heavily on welfare, which had barely registered as a campaign issue before Romney began pushing it, could turn off voters who want to hear the candidates offer specific prescriptions for job growth,” AP writes. “It could open Romney up to criticism that he is injecting race into the campaign and seeking to boost support among white, working-class voters by charging that the nation’s first black president is offering a free pass to recipients of a program stereotypically associated with poor African-Americans. And Romney runs the risk of denting his credibility with voters by peddling an argument that has been widely debunked.”
Steve Lombardo, a GOP pollster who worked on Romney’s 2008 campaign said this: “It’s a tacit acknowledgement that it’s not enough to just hammer the economy. That will get you to 46, 47 percent, but it won’t get you to 51 percent.”
The Romney campaign is even out with a press release marking the anniversary of the passage of welfare reform.
Romney’s criticizing Obama over his health-care law in an ad called, “Nothing’s Free.” It again notes the $716 billion in Medicare cuts.
The New York Times: “Patients Would Pay More if Romney Restores Medicare Savings, Analysts Say.”
Rep. Todd Akin confirmed on TODAY that Paul Ryan told him he should step aside. "He advised me that it would be good for me to step down. I told him that I was going to be looking at this very seriously, trying to weigh all the different points on this."
The Boston Globe: “Republican Party approves strict anti-abortion platform.” It’s one Mitt Romney isn’t in lockstep with. “The platform will come up for a vote of the convention delegates on Monday.”
“For weeks, Mitt Romney and the GOP have hammered President Obama for his ‘you didn't build that line’ about job creation in America,” USA Today writes. “Now, a variation of that Obama line and Romney's message about the work of individuals vs. the work of government will be taking center stage at the Republican National Convention next week.”
Rick Santorum (via Political Wire): "If the campaign is about issues, we win. If it's about Mitt Romney's record as a businessman, then we don't win. If it's about Mitt Romney's tax returns, then we don't win. If it's about whether people like Mitt Romney more than Barack Obama, then we don't win."
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Well said, Icky Ricky. Too bad you guys can't stick to the issues.
Can't stick to the issues? Look at this article.
It's title is about Romney, but the body includes Akin confirming something that Ryan said that has no bearing on any of this. It's just about hammering Romney with no substance.
Even the AP article quoted is focused on a possible future criticism for imagined racism, instead of the issues: Obamacare is a terrible bill, we are spending way too much money as a nation, and we can't keeping spending this way into further debt.
Scott @: Oh you poor dear, you're thinking just the way Carl Rove planned back when he advised his puppet president to spend like a drunken sailor and leave a mess to blame on the next adminiistration. Sorry, I have a memory that spans longer than three and a half years...
So Scott, even though non-partisan economic experts claim that "Obamacare" will actually save money that doesn't register with you? Even though it saves money by cleaning up fraud and some messy dealings doesn't register with you? It is bad because one who has a pre-existing condition can no longer be denied coverage is a bad thing for you? Greed by insurance companies who reward CLERKS for making decisions about what is covered on your health care is okay with you? So you prefer that millions more Americans each year can't afford health insurance because of higher and higher costs of premiums and denials of things that are covered (less coverage for more money)? Those economic experts also say that Medicare benefits from ACA ("Obamacare"). But those experts are wrong and YOU are right, is that how it goes, Scott?
Irving, and Adler,
You both seem very young in your thinking, 3 1/2 years Adler is not such a very long time.
Apparently Irving you have not been listening to the current sitting presidents comments that his failure was at first the Bush administration. Then after people stopped buying that, he switched to both houses of congress blocking every bill he endorsed. It seems there will always be a scapegoat, and not a man who will stand up to his words. Such as the comment he made that "If I cannot balance the budget in three years, it will be a one term deal."
We are now witnessing one of the dirtiest presidential races that I can remember in my 67 years on this earth.
If either of you have grandparents, parents or someone who is over 75 years old ask, them how their medical bennefits have improved or degraded to a point that they are no longer elegible to recieve general health proceedures such as colonoscopy's, endoscopy proceedures.
I hope you both look at your futures and retirement age years and remember that Obamacare will just make you comfortable through chemicals until you die. Then who bennefits from that? The people, or the drug manufacturers.
JandS D.............
My mother is 88 years old. She is a solid republican. She is on Medicare Advantage with Secure Horizons. She gets regular wellness checks and has never been turned down for anything the doctor has requested. She has had two hip replacements and two knee replacements. Her care has been excellent and she has paid a fraction of what I have to pay at 58 years old on a company health plan that is not subsidized. Medicare is great for her because without it she would be bankrupt by now.
Your response has no logic or facts, just fear mongering form a point of stupidity or true lack of knowledge. Either way you should shut up until you know what you are talking about.
Who expected Romney to care about the truth? He lied and distorted during the primary season, and it worked.
Gee and Obama doesn't lie....give me a break Lib Tard.
Wow, what class and maturity. The Republican party must be so proud of you.
Obama 2012/Romney 1040
Obama verses Romney and the loser is
the American People!!!!!!!!!!!
Job1, Superb slogan! I hope the Obama campaign uses it.
This just shows how desperate Willard/Paul are. Nothing but lies, every topic they want to talk about they lie about. This is not corporate American where you can lie and get a way with it. This is the American voter, who hate liars.
Mo, if only you could see both sides, then you would know both are lying to you.
bob,i like you.
Willard Romney is a sociopath. He will do and say ANYTHING to get what he wants. Ryan is merely a tool to that end. Unfortunately Ryan is a willing tool.
Both parties are unwilling to control our corrupt corporate and financial system. There are a few things that would have immediate and long range benefits.
1. Force all public owned corporations to pay our minimum wages wherever they go. This would show a little regard for workers and bring back many jobs fast.
2. Stop giving banks 0% loans and allowing them to manipulate the commodities market and drive up the price of oil and other essentials.
3. Make all government loans directly for a small interest. This would cut house notes by half or more, reduce rentals and leave trillions in the hands of our people instead of thieving banks.
4. Raise the capital gains tax, where most giant money is made from the insanely low rate of %15.
We will force some of these real and basic changes or the pigs and their government will push us right on into depression and chaos.
I know Obama will win in a landslide victory. Too many people see in Mitt Romney, the face of the men who destroyed fairness in American business. Romney is not one of us, and he cares for no one who is not rolling in cash. Politically, we've been there and done that. The result was Great Depression II.
Cold--
Dream on dreamer.....
The only thing that keeps Romney close in this election is the fact that President Obama is NOT white!
And Romney would be running away with this if he weren't a Mormon. There are bigots on all sides.
If Obama was white the polls would have shown double digits leads for Obama at the state and country level. The right wing isn't exactly voting FOR Romney; they're voting AGAINST Obama. No one actually likes Romney.
I will vote for the first candidate that has the strength of character to state that all religion is based on lies and manipulation of the ignorant, forces the church to pay taxes and makes our Defense Department buy their hammers at Home Depot.
Guess you won't be voting any time soon. LOL
I keep hearing the media and the Romney campaign crying that this election is supposed to be about the economy......I swear the Romney campaign is purposely keeping it AWAY from the economy. Why? I know why......
1)The Romney/Ryan economic platform is almost exactly the same as George W. Bush's. Tax breaks to the top and deregulation. The Bush Presidency was a perfect example of how their economic policies do NOT work....stagnant growth which led to a meltdown and recession. That's what Bush got us....and Romney/Ryan want to do the same (only more severe). That's a pretty hard sell.
2)The Republicans past history and budgets are horrible when it comes to the debt. Paul Ryan (supposedly mr. fiscally conservative) was the chair of the George W. Bush budget committee...the CBO just released numbers showing that GWBush enacted policies that added $5.1 trillion to the debt while Obama enacted $1.4 trillion (and Obama had an economy in freefall to deal with).
3)The Romney/Ryan budget doesn't balance the budget for over 30 years. Gigantic tax breaks severely restrict the Federal Government's ability to actually "govern". Plus, Romney/Ryan want to make severe cuts to popular programs that hurt many voters and are bad for the economy (according to the CBO).
4)The Romney/Ryan tax policy is wildly unpopular with the majority of voters. The non-partisan Tax Policy Center scored Romney's tax plan to show a millionaire would get over $100K in tax breaks while the typical middle class family would see their taxes go UP by $2000.
5)Once we start talking economy, the Romney/Ryan ticket is going to have to acknowledge the near 5 million jobs created in the last 3 years. Plus, the role of the GOP led House will be exposed as one that stymied growth....the jobs bills they killed and austerity measures they tried to enact. And who was there leading the charge?? Paul Ryan.
6)We'll also discuss the stimulus package in more detail. Paul Ryan has been one of the most outspoken critics...but......has 4 letters written to the Obama Administration requesting $21 million of stimulus funds for his district that would "help bring jobs to his district" (those are Ryan's words....not mine or anyone elses)
As it has been the entire Romney campaign....he hopes to get elected by providing inaccuracies and shadows of what he will actually be.
If we actually start talking about the economy, Romney/Ryan will be exposed as the frauds they truly are. So keep watching for supposed "gaffes" about Obama's birth certificate or abortion. The longer Romney/Ryan can keep up the facade that they're the answer economically, the better chance they have to win. Once people realize they ARE the reason why we have so much debt and higher unemployment, they are finished.
Amazingly, I agree with Rick Santorum on 3 out of 4 points. The only area where I disagree is on the issues. If the Republicans tell the truth (okay, big if), Obama wins on issues, too. For 200 years, America led the world with our ideals and our example. It wasn't all Bush's fault, but in those 8 years, the world began to see us as arrogant, brutal, stupid aggressors and occupiers. Abu Ghraib became the face of America. I thought it would take generations to restore respect around the world, but President Obama has done it in just a few short years. All Americans should thank him for that.
When he was Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney asked for a Welfare Reform "waiver"--like the ones he now condemns.
The Ryan Budget cuts the same $700 Billion from Medicare, that Romney is condemning ObomneyCare for.
"You did not build that [the road, to truckers]." is a totally out-of-context quote.
The Obama Campaign is NOT using Romney's out-of-context quote, "I like to fire people [insurance companies]."
Romney never backed his charge that Obama "apologized for America" with an actual quote. He must have gotten this "fact" from Glenn Beck or former Gov. Palin.
Bottom Line: It there anything this man won't say--in very costly ads--to get elected?
Ha, I bet Romney hasn't told people that only about a penny of our tax dollar goes toward welfare programs, or that the US is dead last in the world for spending on social programs. That's because he wants to use them - to turn their anger about their financial situation against the poor so people won't look at how the refusal of the super wealthy to pay their fair share is the real problem. That way the GOP can help their super wealthy friends and sugar daddies continue to avoid taking responsibility for their fair share. They rape the wealth of the planet - our planet - to get their riches, and then think they are entitled to a free ride, corporate welfare. Does Romney ever mention the millions in taxpayer subsidies alone that we pay to Big Oil? The rich have been playing this mind game of trying to blame the poor to get our attention away from what they're doing on us for years. Romney is disgusting to turn people against the most vulnerable to protect the super wealthy.
There is no THEM! It is just US! Ask those dependent on military spending are we willing to cut cost to balance our budget? Ask those who feed at the trough of farm subsidies are we willing to cut cost to balance our budget? Ask those who are abundantly wealthy are we willing to cut cost for airport/airline infrastructure that allows our commercial and private jets to navigate safely? Ask those who are working two or three jobs are we willing to cut the programs that provide some level of respectable living for millions of us? We have got to set priorities that demand sacrifice from all of US. Let's not scapegoat the poor and the elderly for the sake of coddling the wealthy. In my sacred writing there is a declaration that, "to whom much is given much is required." The wealthy among US remember the USA has given much to you. We are proud that you have utilized those resources to reach the economic status in which you abide. But please don't forget, it was US who provided the bedrock for your extraordinary opportunities. Think about it
For a long time now, Republican politicians have been famous with me for having short memories. The Republican Party spent 28 years--yes, including during the Clinton administration--pushing its supplied-side, trickle-down deregulation Reaganomics and in 2008 we saw where that got us--into the deepest economic pit since the great depression. The great middle class is now a narrow band, most of them having become the working poor--if they have jobs at all. All done so more money could go to the top 1%. And now the Republican Party tries to blame Obama for NOT reversing in 3-1/2 years the economic abyss that Republican politicians spent 28 years digging us into. For 3-1/2 years they've been working to keep Obama from pulling us out of their pit and they think Independent voters' memories are so short that we won't remember who threw us into that pit in the first place? Dream on, Republican Party. Pushing more and more money up to the super wealthy is all your good for any more.
It is OK to have welfare for the Rich but not for the poor.
It is OK to have a group of people to bargain for power and not OK for a group of workers to protest their salary and benefits. One we call a party the other we call a union. If unions are bad then political parties are also bad. If you want to stand for elections, do it on your own merit and not gang up.
Ugh. I can't believe Obama is still in the running in this thing. We're on the path to economic ruin but people are getting hung up on issues that don't really matter and shoving the economy aside. How much longer can we push the burden onto future generations?
You weren't spewing that nonsense rhetoric when Bush was in office and running up our debt on a credit card. Where you asleep then or are you just being simply disingenuous?
I am from the south and "I know the code".