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I heard two radio spots this morning. A great one from Mitch Crane and an okay one from Urquhart.

So Multiple Choice Mitt is traveling to Florida today to sell Floridians on the idea that they have to accept cuts to Medicare in order to make sure that Romney and his family gets a massive new tax cut. The Obama Team sent out this video as a welcome mat:

The Ryan pick was aimed at keeping two people on Romney's side, both named Koch. How popular is the Romney/Ryan budget out in the parts of country not populated by billionaires?

The Ryan budget’s impact on the most vulnerable is powerful among key swing voters, including unmarried women, who shifted a net 10 points toward Obama, the Rising American Electorate (net 3-point shift), and independents (net 9-point shift). Even conservatives were swayed, shifting a net 13 points toward Obama.

Romney goes into this election, as he has lived his life - with a great many advantages. The Bush economy and the nation's short memory of how we got here. The political press in the employ of his major financial backers. One third of the country being died in the wool racists. Just the right amount of gray at the temples to appear seasoned, yet energetic. The list of reason why Romney should win goes on and on. The list of reasons why he will lose is short.

Conservatives push Romney into a terrible choice.

The brazen willingness to lie that animates the Romney campaign raises and interesting question.

Suppose a major party candidate for president believed we were in a “post-truth” era and actually campaigned that way. Would political reporters in the mainstream press figure it out and tell us?