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:
* The Koch brothers' Americans For Prosperity is investing over $24 million in an ad campaign that will run through early September. The campaign, which will probably be made up almost entirely of anti-Obama spots, will air in 11 swing states.
* Seizing on the new independent analysis of Mitt Romney's tax plan, President Obama's team has launched an interactive map showing how much middle-class families' taxes would go up if the Republican is elected.
* In Florida, many voters might believe Rep. Connie Mack IV (R), a U.S. Senate candidate, is his father, former Sen. Connie Mack III. The incumbent, Sen. Bill Nelson (D), has a tough new spot to help remind Floridians exactly who the congressman is.
* In April, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said there was a "one in three" chance his caucus would lose their majority in the 2012 elections. Yesterday, Boehner said he's "feeling better" about keeping his Speaker's gavel.
* The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, fearing a lawsuit, apologized to Republican billionaire Sheldon Adelson over accusations surrounding prostitution at his company's casinos in Macau, China.
* In Wisconsin's U.S. Senate Republican primary, former Gov. Tommy Thompson was thought to be the frontrunner, but PPP now shows businessman Eric Hovde inching into the lead.
* It wasn't easy, but freshman Reps. Chuck Fleischmann (R) and Diane Black (R) won their respective primaries in Tennessee last night.
* And in Nevada, Shelley Berkley (D) has a new Spanish-language ad hitting Sen. Dean Heller (R) for his opposition to the Dream Act.
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The Koch brothers are campaigning under a false name or Pac Corporation. Their name should be Prosperous Americans not Americans for Prosperity. This should fall under the heading of false advertisement and the Consumer Protection dept. should look into this.
Dear Mr. Sheldon Adelson I would like to apologize for the misunderstanding, I did not mean to suggest you ran a brothel in Macau but to infer you had helped turn the GOP into one.
More Dem weakness. Republicans aren't afraid to simply make up disgusting things about Obama and many others on the left. They never apologize. When Adelson became a major campaign financier, he became a public figure, if he wasn't one before.
Grow a pair, Shelly. You want to play hardball. The other side gets to play, too.
I do not understand the apology, Adelson is under investigation:
August 2012 postings: (Reuters) - The Macau government has launched an official investigation into Sands China, owned by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, after the company transferred documents linked to a wrongful dismissal case to the United States from Macau.
PBS post 7/16: One of the largest Republican donors in the 2012 election, gambling magnate Sheldon Adelson, is now under investigation for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, an anti-bribery law. Ray Suarez discusses the charges against Adelson with ProPublica managing editor Stephen Engelberg.
Just don't ask me for personal references on this one! Went to the definitive Sex Guide based on reader contributions, and there were no mentions of his casino running prostitutes. Checked the private fora too (I said, don't ask!) and they had nothing.
However, they did indicate there were women available on the street outside that you could take to your room, no problem. That's a pretty standard method of operation in many parts of SE Asia (do not ask!!!). So he or the hotel/casino may not run women in the casino, but that wouldn't stop the women from hooking up on the street or coming into the bars and hooking up. Then up to the room, with a tip to the bartender/reception desk. As I said, that's standard procedure in much of this part of the world.
Yadda yadda--now excuse me but I think I will go to chikfila to support any kiss-ins that might occur.
As Pepe Lepew said--"Viva la difference!" ,or sumpin like that.
In re Connie Mack III and IV: forget about confusing Connie Mack IV with Connie Mack III. In my more cynical moments, I sometimes suspect that some of my fellow Floridians think they'll be voting for the legendary former manager of the Philadelphia Athletics.
What's unfortunate is that, even in his present condition, that former manager would still be a better Senator than Connie Mack IV.
Boner(less) should be watching out for the knife in the back from Cantor the Kapo, regardless of the outcome in November (unless we're lucky and Cantor the Kapo gets what's coming to him on November 6)
it seems to me that there is alot of bad smear on both sides but if you go back to the gop nomination look at all the people who are republicans ann coulter newt etc... and look at what they perceived romney to be it was not very good and listening to fox and the disdain for the pres from day one along with mitch mconnell in the senate and our elected congress and senate that gets paid taxpayer dollars to do absolutly nothing worthwhille its time for this country of citizens to stand up to these aholes and do something big like a walk on washington to protest our elected officials who are not doing their jobs we need an amendment that allows the people to take over the job of congress when they decide its in their best interest to do nothing put these issues to vote by the people put these issues on a ballot lets get something done
re: Diane Black (R) won her primary in Tennessee last night.
that race pitted a rematch between two woman who spent most of the time trying to out islamophobe each other
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/lou-ann-zelenik-congress