12 Dead In Colorado Shooting

Via ABC: A lone gunman dressed in riot gear burst into a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., at a midnight showing of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" and…

The GOP isn’t playing hardball, it is playing lunatic ball

I've always thought that Democrats have a built in disadvantage when trying to go head to head against bullshit streaming from the modern Republican Party. We are sensible, open to the possibility that our views can change in response to new information, kind and optimistic. Republicans...well.... Booman breaks it down, better than I can:

Let Them Eat Cake

My Dad just brought this gem to my attention: WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's wife is reinforcing her husband's refusal to make public several years of tax returns, saying "we've given…

Taking the Mittens Off

We've all been pointing and laughing at the Romney campaign as they find it simply impossible to defend not releasing his tax returns. Between throwing up a shiny bit of news bait of Condi as VP, stupid allegations of cronyism (from a guy who won't tell who funds him or who bundles contributions) and even the desperation of taking the President's words out of context -- they can't find their footing. Jonathan Chait writes in NY Magazine that Mitt Romney Gets Angry. And in getting angry, they aren't going to get smarter, they are going to morph into the comments section of (insert rightwing blog site here) . So that John Sununu trying to tell people that President Obama is not American is not a mistake of the news day -- it is the signal that more is coming.