The Obama Team is producing some of the best messaging I’ve seen from Democrats in a while — and they seem to be having fun at it. This video they posted prior to Ryan’s speech last night:
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This is the must read piece of the day — Ron Fournier (yes, THAT Ron Fournier) provides an analysis of why Romneyland is insisting on repeating their lie about changes to welfare that they claim that Obama is making. President Obama is not making changes that will relieve recipients of working, but Why (and How) Romney is Playing the Race Card breaks down the strategy.
And I missed out on this! President Obama sat down at Reddit yesterday for an AMA (with requisite pre-event tweet). Apparently Reddit’s servers barely survived. The Atlantic has the transcript of the exchange. There’s plenty of interest here, but I was interested in this:
QUESTION: What are you going to do to end the corrupting influence of money in politics during your second term?
OBAMA: Money has always been a factor in politics, but we are seeing something new in the no-holds barred flow of seven and eight figure checks, most undisclosed, into super-PACs; they fundamentally threaten to overwhelm the political process over the long run and drown out the voices of ordinary citizens. We need to start with passing the Disclose Act that is already written and been sponsored in Congress – to at least force disclosure of who is giving to who. We should also pass legislation prohibiting the bundling of campaign contributions from lobbyists. Over the longer term, I think we need to seriously consider mobilizing a constitutional amendment process to overturn Citizens United (assuming the Supreme Court doesn’t revisit it). Even if the amendment process falls short, it can shine a spotlight of the super-PAC phenomenon and help apply pressure for change.
Time to ask our Congressional delegation of they’d vote for this amendment.
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