Today's installment of campaign-related news items that won't necessarily generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:
* Newt Gingrich is apparently still a presidential candidate, though he acknowledged yesterday, "I think we need to take a deep look at what we are doing."
* There's no doubt that Mitt Romney will do very well in each of today's Republican primaries, but the margins of victory may tell us something about whether, and to what extent, GOP voters are rallying behind him.
* For months, the Obama campaign has said it considers Arizona a competitive state in 2012, and a new statewide poll suggests the president's team may be right: Romney leads Obama in the state, but by only two points, 42% to 40%.
* Speaking of polls, last week a survey in New Hampshire found Romney with a narrow lead in the state, but a new WMUR/Granite State Poll shows Obama leading the Republican, 51% to 42%.
* There's a Republican U.S. Senate primary in Pennsylvania today, but as one Democratic media consultant put it, "There are a bunch of fools running, literally. These are not even C-team people. It's the D team. They're silly people."
* In Missouri, Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Sarah Steelman apparently has never heard of the Violence Against Women Act. Recently, she didn't know the current value of the minimum wage.
* Will Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) be on Romney's VP short list? Jon Ralston makes the case.
* And in Wisconsin, the Democratic Governors Association is sending $500,000 to the Greater Wisconsin Political Fund for a new statewide TV ad targeting Gov. Scott Walker (R). The governor's recall election is scheduled for June 5, and most polls show Walker in the lead.
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Can we get the team who made this commercial the top management position at the DNC please?
Wisconsin is bleeding jobs as the rest of the country is recovering. Democrats there is your compelling narrative.
Gov Walker, you promised that the state would start growning if you and your legislature got what ALEC wanted. You did. Where is the growth?
One of the GOP Senate candidates here in PA has commercials running where he vows never to vote to raise the debt ceiling. Thank for identifying yourself as so ridiculously irresponsible, fella. That makes it easy to decide who NOT to vote for.
On second thought, let us not run for Senate in Pennsylvania. It is a silly place.
Having read the entire PA article, it was amusing to see how many strategists in both parties they got to go on the record dissing the contest. Casey certainly isn't a rockstar, but (1) he's the incumbent, (2) he's got the right last name, and (3) "pro-life Democrat" is a magic phrase in PA. Unless he royally @!$%#s up, it's in the bag. Now if we could just give the boot to Toomey....
Sarah Steelman ...didn't know the current value of the minimum wage.
I call "Foul."
She said $7.00 per hour. Off by two bits.
REAL criticism please. Nitpicking like this makes her look STRONGER. Witness Mitt Romney's lame jibes against our rather accomplished commander-in-chief.
She will read about it AFTER she get elected. HA!
Mitt Romney said in a rally today in Alabama "I understand how difficult it can be for an African-American in today's society. In fact, I can relate to black people very well indeed. My ancestors once owned slaves, and it is in my lineage to work closely with the black community.
He can relate to black people because his ancestors owned them?
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Mitt Romney was addressing a crowd in Prattville, Alabama this past Monday when he stated:
I understand how difficult it can be for an African-American in today's society. In fact, I can relate to black people very well indeed. My ancestors once owned slaves, and it is in my lineage to work closely with the black community. However, just because they were freed over a century ago doesn't mean they can now be freeloaders. They need to be told to work hard, and the incentives just aren't there for them anymore. When I'm president I plan to work closely with the black community to bring a sense of pride and work ethic back into view for them.
I am emoticon-less.
Mitt sounds more like the dumb white cop on 'Sanford and Son' every day. Let me be the first to congratulate his stupidity about talking about his ancestor owning slaves, and then slandering the race about being freeloaders.
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Of course it's satire. Even Mitt couldn't utter something so, idiotic, lame and clueless.
Just listened to Romney's speech on the show. Romney talked about spreading things. I wish I could make his speech into something physical. I could spread it around my garden and help my plants grow. I do think he may have made a record breaking speech though. Most sound bite cliches used in 20 minutes.
Speaking to a crowd in Manchester, N.H., Romney said the country is suffering from the "failed leadership" and "faulty vision" of the current president and insisted "a better America begins tonight."
[rolled eyes] Nothing changed tonight. Same old busting on the guy doing the work and tossing empty platitudes about the place. Same stuff he's been tooting for months now.