Mitt Romney, a 65-year-old man with two advanced degrees, has no idea why they don’t let you open airplane windows mid-flight, according to his own remarks at a fund-raiser in Beverly Hills on Saturday: MORE: Romney Wonders Why Airplane Windows Don’t Open — Daily Intel.
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Latest Swing State Polls
Here are the today’s swing state polls, updated as needed throughout the day:Colorado: Obama 51%, Romney 45% (Public Policy Polling)Florida: Obama 50%, Romney 45% (American Research Group)Iowa: Obama 51%, Romney 44% (American Research Group)Michigan: Obama 54%, Romney 42% (Rasmussen)North Carolina: Obama 49%, Romney 45% (Civitas)Nevada: Obama 51%, Romney 44% (American Research Group)Wisconsin: Obama 53%, Romney…
The Most Damning Line in the Secret Romney Video
I’ve noted that the great thing about this story is that people can watch the video for themselves—7 million people went to this site or YouTube in the first days of the video’s release and did that—and reach their own conclusions. Yet one sentence did stand out to me. When Romney was in mid-rant about…
Top Insurance Lobbyist: Obamacare Is Already Encouraging Greater Efficiency In Health Care
In a Medicare Advantage hearing before the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee on Friday, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) President Karen Ignagni confirmed that Obamacare is encouraging health care providers and private insurers to adjust their business models, just as the law was intended to do. Although Ignagni noted that some of Obamacare’s provisions…
Poll: Romney Loses 16 Points With Americans Older Than 60
Even before his running mate was booed by a lobbying group for older Americans on Friday, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was losing support among such voters, whose backing is crucial to his hopes of winning the November 6 election. New polling by Reuters/Ipsos indicates that during the past two weeks – since just after…
Voting laws may disenfranchise 10 million Hispanic U.S. citizens: study
Laws in effect in one state and pending in two others require proof of citizenship for voter registration. That imposes onerous and sometimes expensive documentation requirements on voters, especially targeting naturalized American citizens, many of whom are Latino, the liberal group said. Nine states have passed restrictive photo identification laws that impose costs in time…
Record Ocean Temperatures Recorded Off New England Coast
Federal ocean scientists said this year’s sea surface temperatures along the northeast coast of the U.S. set all-time records, with as-yet unknown consequences for marine ecosystems. Above-average temperatures were found in all parts of the ecosystem, from the ocean bottom to the sea surface and across the region, and the above average temperatures extended beyond…
9 Things to Know About Mitt Romney’s Tax Returns
The Romney campaign is disclosing the percentage of tax he paid “on the amount he got after he subtracted out all those losses,” which could have been very substantial, Galle says—perhaps even enough to almost eliminate Romney’s tax liability. That means that although Romney paid at least something in previous years, it could have been a…
Romney: Taxes on the Wealthy Are So High I Paid Extra
Mitt Romney says that tax rates are too high—so high that he wants to cut them. So why did he deliberately avoid deducting charitable contributions in his 2011 tax return in order to pay a higher effective tax rate? The Romney campaign released a letter about the Romneys’ 2011 return on Friday, and says it…
Romney Tax Returns: Days Late, Dollars Short, Still Incomplete
The top-line takeaway from the returns isn’t particularly good—his 2011 tax rate was 14.1 percent, below the effective tax rate for most Americans despite Romney’s vast wealth. (The middle 20 percent of householdspaid a 16 percent federal income tax rate in 2010). Most of Romney’s income is from capital gains, which is taxed at a lower…
The Problem of Conservative Intellectuals
Alas, all of the alleged crimes these conservative “intellectuals” attributed to Obama and the MSM were imaginary. The ineptitude of the Romney campaign—as well as their own commitment to the ignorance (and ideological obsessions) of their respective constituencies—has led them to make themselves appear ridiculous before the world. Television and radio bookers, university lecture agents,…
Romney’s ads show miners not paid during campaign stop
Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, went up with the two ads this morning – both of them hitting President Barack Obama on coal. The two ads titled “War on Coal” and “Way of Life” include shots of Romney on a stage with soot-covered coal miners. The footage is from Romney’s Aug. 14 campaign stop at…
Poll: Obama opens up big 14-point lead in Wisconsin
The Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday shows Obama leading Romney among likely Wisconsin voters, 54 percent to 40 percent. The PollTracker Average currently shows Obama leading Romney by 6.3 points in Wisconsin, eclipsing the 50 percent threshold in the last month. MORE: Poll: Obama opens up big 14-point lead in Wisconsin | TPM2012….
Romney’s 47 percent remarks damage his image with voters: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s dismissal of almost half the U.S. electorate in a secretly recorded video has hurt his image, although it may not determine how people vote on November 6. A Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday showed that more than two in five registered voters, or 43 percent, viewed Romney less favorably after…
Amid court challenges, early voting begins in U.S. election
The November 6 election is still seven weeks away, but early, in-person voting begins in two states on Friday, even as Democrats and Republicans battle in court over controversial plans to limit such voting before Election Day. Idaho and South Dakota are the first states to begin early voting on Friday, although North Carolina has…
Univision Hosts Presidential Forums
Spanish language network Univision will broadcast the first of two one-on-one presidential forums Wednesday night. GOP presidential nominee will be the first candidate to appear, and President Obama will answer questions Thursday night. Univision’s Meet The Candidates Forum will air in Spanish Wednesday and Thursday at 10 p.m. EDT. The interviews will be available simultaneously…
Mitt Romney will probably get 95 electoral votes from ‘moocher’ states. Obama will probably get 5.
Mitt Romney’s comments on the 47 percent of Americans who make too little to pay income tax and “will vote for this president no matter what” are causing him some political problems this morning. But could they cause him any electoral problems? Is he really insulting anyone who would already be willing to vote for him? Actually, yes. The…
Mitt Romney Tax Policy Studies: Candidate Seemingly Contradicts Their Conclusions
Over the past few weeks, the Romney campaign has repeatedly pointed to five separate studies supporting the candidate’s contention that a dramatic, across-the-board, reduction in tax rates can be paid for by economic growth and the elimination of deductions and exemptions for high-income earners. Romney himself referenced these five studies in an interview with Meet…
Jackson Ripley, 12-Year-Old Coloradan Boy, Writes Letter To Romney Saying His ‘Plan For America Isn’t What We Need’
Last week Jackson Ripley was watching political news coverage with his mom about pre-existing health care when he suddenly got up and decided it was time to write a letter to Romney. The letter begins (Editor note: all text from letter remains unedited): Dear Governor Romney, I’d like to say congratulations on winning the republican…
Mitt Romney: Barack Obama may lie in debates
“This is a campaign which I think will come into focus as the debates occur,” Romney said, according to a transcript released by ABC of Romney’s sit-down with “Good Morning America’s” George Stephanopoulos. “The president got a bit of a bump after his convention. I got a bit of a bump after ours. It’s going…