May92013
The first poll of the June special election for the open U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts is not encouraging:Ed Markey (D): 44Gabriel Gomez (R): 40Undecided: 16Now, even though it’s Massachusetts, it’s not surprising this is a close race. Witness Scott Brown. And like Scott Brown, Republican Gabriel Gomez is selling himself as a guy who’s above the political fray, who says he sees “‘a lot of unproductive noise and bickering’ in Washington and thinks he can help fix problems.”Gomez is anything but that. He’s nothing more than a swift boater, the spokesman for a right-wing, secretly funded group called the Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund. That’s the group that spent nearly $500,000 attacking President Obama in the 2012 election over supposed leaks about the operation that killed Osama bin Laden. That’s apparently not “unproductive noise” in Gomez’s world.Which perhaps makes Gomez less like Scott Brown than, say, Alan West. Whatever the comparison, that’s not what the Senate needs. …..Keep fighting,Joan McCarter, Daily Kos

The first poll of the June special election for the open U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts is not encouraging:

Ed Markey (D): 44
Gabriel Gomez (R): 40
Undecided: 16

Now, even though it’s Massachusetts, it’s not surprising this is a close race. Witness Scott Brown. And like Scott Brown, Republican Gabriel Gomez is selling himself as a guy who’s above the political fray, who says he sees “‘a lot of unproductive noise and bickering’ in Washington and thinks he can help fix problems.”

Gomez is anything but that.

He’s nothing more than a swift boater, the spokesman for a right-wing, secretly funded group called the Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund. That’s the group that spent nearly $500,000 attacking President Obama in the 2012 election over supposed leaks about the operation that killed Osama bin Laden. That’s apparently not “unproductive noise” in Gomez’s world.

Which perhaps makes Gomez less like Scott Brown than, say, Alan West. Whatever the comparison, that’s not what the Senate needs.

…..


Keep fighting,
Joan McCarter, Daily Kos

U.S. Senate Ed Markey Massachusetts Election Politics 

April172013

Republicans pull plug on Mark Sanford

National Republicans are pulling the plug on Mark Sanford’s suddenly besieged congressional campaign, POLITICO has learned — a potentially fatal blow to the former South Carolina governor’s dramatic comeback bid.

Blindsided by news that Sanford’s ex-wife has accused him of trespassing and concluding he has no plausible path to victory, the National Republican Congressional Committee has decided not to spend more money on Sanford’s behalf ahead of the May 7 special election.


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Sanford is facing Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, a Clemson University administrator and sister of comedian Stephen Colbert, in a race that has grabbed the national spotlight. […]




Republican Mark Sanford Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch Politics Election 

August282012
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August242012

At fundraiser, Romney says big business is doing fine | Reuters

sarahlee310:

“Big business is doing fine in many places,” Romney said. “They get the loans they need. They can deal with all the regulation.

“They know how to find ways to get through the tax code, save money by putting various things in places where there are low tax havens around the world for their businesses.”

Republicans Mitt Romney Tax Returns GOP Election 

August212012

Anyway, now that I’m 30, and thus of a constitutional age for the U.S. Senate …

recall-all-republicans-2012:

deadcrackerstorage:

I figure that when November rolls around I might as well write myself in when I vote for the Senator from Tennessee, since:

a) I’d STILL sooner take a cheese grater to my testicles than vote for Bob Corker.

b) The official Democratic Senate candidate, Mark Clayton, is a certifiable whack-a-doodle, as much as any Republican short of Todd Akin.

c) Said candidate has been disavowed by the Tennessee Democratic Party.

d) Said Tennessee Democratic Party STILL hasn’t, for its “write-in” admonition, vetted or circled the wagons around any other specific candidate within the party, all of whom are basically unknowns even at this stage in the game.

e) Not like I could do any worse of a job than any current member of Congress.

Since the Tennessee Democratic Party didn’t care enough to even bother to pay attention to the race, then I will be voting for the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate.

His name is Martin Pleasant.

http://www.martinpleasant.com/

That’s his web site so you can get some info on him. I’m voting straight-Democratic Party all the way, except for U.S. Senate. Martin Pleasant has my vote for Senate.

(Source: letfreedomlulz, via recall-all-republicans)

Tennessee Martin Pleasant U.S. Senate Green Party Election 

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bohemiansouth:

Paul Krugman writes:

What Mr. Ryan actually offers … are specific proposals that would sharply increase the deficit, plus an assertion that he has secret tax and spending plans that he refuses to share with us, but which will turn his overall plan into deficit reduction. If this sounds like a joke, that’s because it is. Yet Mr. Ryan’s “plan” has been treated with great respect in Washington. He even received an award for fiscal responsibility from three of the leading deficit-scold pressure groups. What’s going on? The answer, basically, is a triumph of style over substance.

Republican Paul Ryan GOP Election Politics 

August192012

mikeo56:

REVEALED: THE GOP STRATEGY

The Republican Party has a free-floating relationship with truth.The party distorts, insinuates, misleads, and blatantly lies.

The GOP has deliberately exploited myths, misled or lied about: the Auto Industry Bailout, the Bible, the Budget, Climate Change/Global Warming, Conservatism, the Constitution, Deficit/Debt, the Democratic Party, the Economy, the Environment, the Founding Fathers, Gas Prices, the Government, History, Immigration, Income Inequality, Iraq, Jobs, Liberals, Medicare, the New Deal, Barack Obama, ObamaRomneyCare, Ronald Reagan, the Republican Party, Spending, Social Security, the Stimulus, Taxes, Women’s Bodies….etc.

(Source: front.moveon.org)

Extremist Republicans Mitt Romney Paul Ryan GOP Election 

August182012

90 days, 90 reasons

90 Reasons To Re-Elect President Obama

Obama is the first president in U.S. history to acknowledge the right of gay couples to marry and enjoy the full benefits of marriage in the eyes of the law. read essay →

— BEN GIBBARD

There are 89 more…you can click to see.




(Source: withthedeer)

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romney2012:

Stephanie Cutter: Medicare Whiteboard

Stephanie Cutter breaks down how the Romney-Ryan plan will end Medicare as we know it, turning it into a voucher system and making seniors pay up to $6,400 more. She also shares how President Obama is already strengthening Medicare and helping seniors save money.

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