Archive for May 29th, 2012

I’m Liking Team Obama’s Righteous Anger

Filed in National by jason330 on May 29, 2012 • 36 Comments

From Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter:

“Mitt Romney’s continued embrace of Donald Trump and refusal to condemn his disgraceful conspiracy theories demonstrates his complete lack of moral leadership. Now he’s even standing by silently as Trump assails John McCain’s courage in standing up to the most extreme and hateful voices in the Republican Party—all in order to raise money for himself. If Mitt Romney lacks the backbone to stand up to a charlatan like Donald Trump because he’s so concerned about lining his campaign’s pockets, what does that say about the kind of president he would be?”

Tuesday Open Thread [5.29.12]

Filed in Open Thread by Delaware Dem on May 29, 2012 • 13 Comments

Bill Maher has the antidote to Birtherism.

Tuesday Polling Report [5.29.12]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on May 29, 2012 • 9 Comments

There was not much by way of polls released over the holiday weekend, so we will have to make do today by looking at some internals of recent polls. Given that the economy is the most important issue of this election, and given the conventional wisdom that a bad economy dooms President Obama, how do we explain Nevada?

Tracking Poll Results — Markell Leads

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on May 29, 2012 • 23 Comments

Despite the two concerted attempts by spammers to rig the results. The first attempt occurred sometime Friday, when “Others” somehow garned 132 votes. Is this the unseen hand of internet troll Doug Beatty? Perhaps. Or perhaps it was the Libertarians. Steve Newton, who is running for Governor on the L ticket?

The second attempt happened yesterday and Sunday, when some teabaggers woke up and try to place Cragg in contention.

Bad Triangulation Theatre Starring John Carney

Filed in National by cassandra_m on May 29, 2012 • 28 Comments

WDEL did an interview with John Carney yesterday and they put a snippet of it up on their website. It is worth it to go over there to hear the whole thing. Our lone Representative in the House tries to have it both ways on the critique of Bain Capital and ends up looking pretty insensible in the end.