2014 Prediction – More big money flowing to the GOP’s better liars

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Booman makes a good point. Big money kept Obama from running up the score and Dems from winning more house seats. The next election we'll see Republicans at every level trained to be better at lying, more able to disguise their views on women's healthcare. I disagree with him that wingnut billionaires might be less inclined to spend their money on politics in the future. (What other investment provides the stratospheric ROI that owning two or three branches of government could provide?)

Idiotic Sussex GOP Still Doesn’t Get it

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This email was sent from the Sussex County GOP's Executive Committee to their fellow angry nutbags.
SUSSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REGIONAL MEETING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012 COME AND VENT!
"Come and vent!" Indeed, because how could the black guy have won again? Why couldn't the unpopulated, angry racists parts of the country get even a few votes for the vulture capitalist and the Grover Norquist hand puppet, and his "victory through inflicting pain on the middle class economics?"

The Economy Speech — President Obama Speaks Live at 1:05 Today

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President Obama is speaking today at 1:05 about the economy and (presumably) about the so-called "fiscal cliff" that will roll back the Bush tax cuts and implement serious cuts to several government agencies (including the DOD). Remember throughout all of this -- the GOP and their Democratic deficit hawks have been publicly hand wringing about too much spending and too big deficits. Just letting these two things happen put a substantial dent into both. That's just basic math. There's not many hints as to where President Obama will take this conversation, but there are some hints.

Amazing.

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After his victory speech, President Obama tried to call both House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) "but was told they were asleep," the New York Times reports. Bull. Fracking. Shit. McConnell was awake writing a petulant statement that was released to the press that early morning. And Boehner was on his third pack of cigarettes that hour. Seriously, they were not asleep. And they refused a call from the President because they were sore losers.

Friday Open Thread [11.9.12]

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The last time the Republican Party won a Presidential election without somebody named Nixon or Bush on the ticket was 1928. It is likely that Hillary Clinton will win the Presidency in 2016 and extend that streak to at least 2020, or 92 years. Election Day, Tuesday, November 6, 2012 was Delaware Liberal's busiest day in its history. We got 15,339 page views, topping the previous record set on the Thursday after the 2010 primary when the nation decided to visit Delaware Liberal to learn about the wonderous Christine O'Donnell. And we are one or two months away from our 5 millionth visit.

2012 Was The Year Of The Woman

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Women made up 53% of the electorate this year and Republicans failed spectacularly, again, at basic math.  My guess is that they'll keep on failing, choosing to focus on Hispanics while ignoring that Hispanic women are part of that whopping 53%.  So are African American women and Asian women - which means that women are the biggest voter demographic Republicans need to win an election. Republicans are frighteningly out of touch with women who handed the election to President Obama.  They refused to accept, and even mocked - I'm looking at you, Joe Scarborough - that women's reproductive rights were a serious economic concern.  They dismissed rape in the way one dismisses a hangnail.  And they lost.  Big time.