Monday Open Thread [8.20.12]

Another Monday. Lots of press overdrive re: Todd Akin and this time largely driven by his compatriots who have apparently found a line that conservatives should not cross. But the most important thing today is that Matt Denn is kicking off his re-election campaign, making the usual 3-county announcement. Go out and support him if you can

Million, billion… whatever OR “Dr” John Stapleford is an unprincipled douchebag volume XXVII

Dear Readers, We would like to cite an editing error in yesterday's newsletter article in which the amount of the federal loan guarantee to Fisker was misstated as $529 billion. The amount of the federal loan guarantee was $529 million. This has been corrected in the article below:
When you are a partisan talking points mill posing as a "think tank" mistakes get made.

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Mitt "Because I said so" Romney: The fascination with taxes I've paid I find to be very small-minded compared to the broad issues we face. But I did go back…