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Robert Shrum: ….. unrequited love has transformed Romney’s progress toward the Tampa convention into a rough and rutted road, steadily weakening him for the contest with President Obama, and almost certainly strengthening Democratic chances not just in 2012, but in 2016.
….. Romney is a recurringly hard sell in a political party that has morphed, as one GOP strategist privately puts it, into a sectarian religious party….. The long contest, the constant pandering, and his own tendency to sound like a political incarnation of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous have taken their toll on Romney as a general election candidate … As the economy improves, Romney’s rationale wanes: Why do we need an out-of-touch, unlikeable, asset-stripping ex-CEO to secure a recovery that’s already underway?
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TampaBay.com: Vice President Joe Biden slipped into the bay area for a fundraiser Wednesday, where he cheered for the spirited Republican presidential primary to continue for as long as possible. “God love them, as my mother would say. I hope they have another 20 debates,” Biden told more than 200 people gathered at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort in downtown St. Petersburg.
“…. I have never seen a time in my lifetime when Republicans haven’t tried to hide the ball, to use a sports metaphor – when they said they were ‘compassionate conservatives. We care about health care. We must preserve Medicare,’ etc. They’re not hiding the ball any more at all, guys. God bless them, they’re saying exactly what they believe. This is going to be the starkest choice the American public is going to make in a long, long time.”
….. It may be one of the few times where a candidate walked into a fundraiser wearing one tie and left wearing another. In the $1,000 photo line, one man admired Biden’s red tie. The VP returned the compliment about the man’s purple tie and suggested they trade. They did.
….. Democrats have long complained they can’t distill their campaign theme to a simple bumper sticker phrase. Biden offered one for 2012: “Osama Bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive.”
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Morning everyone 😉
The Obama Diary 
Good morning all. Happy Thursday.
Congrats on first Africa! Have a Splendiforous morning!!!
Thanks, Dudette! Wishing you a wonderful day!!!
Africa’s on a roll!!!! Morning everyone 😉
Oh, wow, aside from the two guys in my house, these two guys always make my heart go pitter patter when I see them. Thanks, Chips!!
LOVE OUR JOE’S THUMBS UP AND THE LOOK ON HIS FACE! GOT A DEM. SURVEY FROM DWS…ASKING ABT. MY NEIGHBORHOOD…HAH..FILLED THEM IN ON THE PILLOWCASE PERSONALITIES THAT LIVE HERE…NOW…TO SEE IF IT MAKES IT THRU OUR POST OFFICE! WHAT A CLUSTER MUCK OF IGNORANCE! WISH I WAS ABLE TO WALK THE MARCH WITH REV. AL…THIS GIRL WOULD BE THERE!
How cool is Joe Biden, trading ties because he and one of the attendees liked and admired each others tie! Oh man, when has Joe Biden not set things straight and told it like it is? God Bless him, as MY mother used to say (deep Irish roots in my family as well ~ 1850 immigration to NJ).
Yay!!! My two fave guys.
Morning UT, morning Rikyrah – morning everyone 😉
Great Getting Up Day!!! 🙂
Chock full of good news. Thanks, Chip!! That tape of president Obama shows the consistency of this president. I just love my president. Today, I am going to a Dem women meeting. Someone from OFA is supposed to come and brief us. I tried attending once before but I fell ill. I am looking forward to going today.
The consistency is spectacular, Africa, love the video so much. Have a great day, hope the meeting goes really well.
loved that too – President Obama is the same person with the same values infront of a small gathering, one-on-one, and infront of the world
I think he was the same then as he is now. He was just preparing for the role of President. That evil man was going to cut and splice the tape and he got “‘comeuppance”. When he got to the pearly gates he had his computer and splicer in his hand. Do good in this world and good will follow you. He didn’t have to die and leave this legacy behind; liar and cheat.
Good morning, Sunshines!
I’m going to totally enjoy this day being around TOD today.
Shut the front door- is that Tom Hank’s voice in that first video?
Yes.
Wow…I think it is…..
It is, it is. God bless Mr. om Hanks.
🙂
oops forgot the T
Mr. Tom Hanks
He might no mind being called Om Hanks occasionally! Good morning, nice to see everyone!
Good morning.
I didn’t even recognized’s that it was Tom Hanks voice.
Good observation LOL! I had to go back and listen – and yes I believe it is.
Great spot LOL, can’t believe I didn’t recognize Tom Hanks’ voice 😳
“…. “Do we look at the day’s headlines, or do we remember what we as a country have been through?” the narrator, actor Tom Hanks, intones.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/44/post/obamas-reelection-team-releases-campaign-video-trailer-narrated-by-tom-hanks/2012/03/08/gIQA4UVvyR_blog.html
I saw the clip on TV this morning Chips and it sent chills down my back. I immediately recognized Tom Hank’s voice. My goodness….Davis Guggenheim has done it again. His first video about PBO in 2008 brought tears to my eyes and this video just takes my breath away. Forget Game Change, HBO – Recount, Taking Chance, House of Saddam, You Don’t Know Jack, Angels In America – the master of documovies have got to have a movie about PBO’s two terms. My goodness…..how EPIC would that be?
That’s right! EPIC Movie.
Jack Nicholson – VP Biden
Meryl Streep – SOS Clinton
I agree. This trailer is brilliant! I can’t wait to see the rest.
Brilliant. I can hardly wait to see and share with all my friends. Wow. This campaign is beyond brilliant.
Mahalos for the clip of “The Road We’ve Traveled”, Chips! Glad Elizabeth Warren is in there..and talking about bin laden because Congress won’t even regognize the Navy SEALS who took him out because it was the President’s decision.
I love our wonderful president and his family also. I pray daily for their protection, and blessings in all areas of their lives and every place they travel. Thank God that He knew we would need President Obama at this time in our lives. Love to all here
Obama doc looks awesome beyond awesome! Can’t wait! And Morning Joke is on the Today Show saying the Repub Party is headed to an historic defeat—-unless!—–Jeb Bush and Chris Christie jump in here at the last desperate minute to try and save the day. Unbelievable—– a party in complete shambles!!! Sheer panic!!!
Christie and jump in the same sentence madse me smile. Christie can’t jump. He can’t even walk a few yards to his son’s game. On that note, it’s a beautiful day in New York. I am going to spend a lot of it outside walking. Might walk to Central Park and back.
Just love seeing them in a shambles, and watching their sheer terror as it becomes clear they have done this to themselves. Chickens come home to roost. They have been operating in the Shadow, under their Shadow Chieftains, for so long, the have learned to fear the Light. Too bad for them.
Good morning everyone
Even Lawrence can’t help but comment on how then 29-yr old law student Obama sounds remarkably the same as now 50-yr old President Obama!!!
Breitbart did the President a HUGE favor by releasing this “secret” tape…now all kinds of people (including those on the right) are going to appreciate how consistent our President has been going back as far as 20 years ago, how eloquent and passionate he was back then, concerned about justice, courageous and bold to stand for something that he believes in.
Contrast that to GOP frontrunner Willard’s INCONSISTENCY, lack of PASSION, Stuttering under pressure, COWARDICE, and concern only about MONEY and the RICH!!!
Bingo.
unflappable vs flipflapper.
He’s already flip flopped on the minimum wage! He made a good comment back in January about linking it to another barometer and de-politisizing it…but of course he’s gop corporate backers got to him and he’s backed off that.
And what was Mittens doing when he was close to this age? Avoiding the Vietnam War by evangelizing for Mormons on the Riviera.
He is the most ridiculous candidate ever. I don’t even know why he wants to be President.
His massive ego and sense of entitlement!
My thoughts on the video during Harvard years is that those who already love PBO will see it in a positive light. Those who hate him have been filled with lies already and will see this as proof of his radicalism. Those that are sane but in the middle probably won’t care one way or the other. Now if they dice and splice it into something it was not that may be a huge negative. We who love him would not believe it. Those who hate him will hate him no matter what. Those who haven’t decided may be swung to the dark side. We just have so much work to do even if it seems like an easy decision others do not look at it through our lenses.
PBS has the original tape. Easy to compare both. Buth I think the evil man died before he could splice and dice it. Maybe that’s what carried him home if he went home. Maybe still in purgatorytrflrcting on all he did and planned to do.
I was ecstatic to see this Clip of President Obama supporting my hero, Derrick Bell. Professor Bell went to same church as my nephew who is a law professor at Brooklyn Law School. My nephew admired Dr. Bell so much.
I can’t wait to see that documentary!
Gooooooooood Morning Chipsssssss and TOD fam….
More and More we are hearing about something that was just whispered about….a brokered Republican convention…in which there will be a rejection of all of the above in favorite of some hand picked candidate by the so-called establishment….names being bandied about….Jeb Bush, Chris Christie to name a few…
what strikes me most about this is how much this slaps the face of electorate…what happens to the votes of the those that voted for these candidates….what about their voices….
where was the so-called establishment…when they allowed the TP to hijack their party…hmmmm…is this their way of getting it back….hijacking the convention…
but still….what about the folks who voted in the primaries/caucases….will their voices be silenced…
and perhaps i am being overly dramatic…but i worry about the impact of all of this on our democracy…stealing votes/silencing the electorate on either side hurts us all…
Romney is going to be the nominee. There will be no brokered convention. This is just talk and distraction. Karl Rove has already given the GOP their marching orders to get behind Romney.
Agree, HF. The risk of a brokered convention is too great. Everyone will be given their marching orders in the autocratic GOP. Vote for Romney and stop complaining. They could care less how much they have to cheat, steal and twist the democratic process to get what they want. To them, Democracy is for wusses. That’s how they roll and why it’s so critically important to stop them.
It would be such a massive failure. After 2000 I gave up being shocked by anything Republicans and their supporters do, but this would be the most complete, obvious suicide of the Republican party in history.
It’s going to be Romney. He will pick a completely terrifying V.P. to assuage the base.
He has to pick someone from one of the southern or midwestern states…it will not be a woman or a hispanic. It will be someone like O’Connell as the V.P. (vaginal prober) or someone that the religious right will vote for.
Morning y’alls ,
I’m not sure how to upload images, so I thought I’d give this a shot.
I knocked this off in Photosoap from yesterdays photos.
A little exercise in contrasts – a picture is worth a thousand words……or two.
Arizona, what is wrong with you?!?!?!?
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Nice, CBO. Difference between class in NC and classlessness in AZ.
Spin, Spin SPIN> They would spin it inside-out . . . .’til the cows come home, insert cliche here. The whole damn party IS A CLICHE. Unfortunately one thing that worries me is repuggles can be VERY GOOD at politics and cravenly dishonest manipulation of the media and messaging. Of course we all know from repeated painful experience they are HORRIBLE at governance.
MUST REMAIN POSITIVE. POB WILL WIN! POB WILL WIN!!!! WE WILL WIN!!!!
I think what Rush did to Sandra Fluke, combined with the war on women by the GOP, will impact the female vote, the young people vote, and even the young male vote as this has taken flight. The number of companies that have withdrawn from supporting Rush has all come together to expose the GOP for what they really are: a party that wants to turn us back to the 1950s. Their dishonesty, outright lies are being seen by MANY and PBO has barely been campaigning. Just wait til PBO starts campaigning in full force..Romney can’t compare no matter what dirty tricks he gets up to. The American people are waking up and don’t want their vote to be bought.
HEADLINE: GOP Activists fear primary taking a toll on Romney.
// WASHINGTON — Republican activists foresee a long, lumbering presidential campaign that almost certainly will nominate Mitt Romney but may leave him weakened in a fall battle against President Barack Obama. Interviews Wednesday with GOP officials and strategists in several states found no panic or calls for Romney to crank up his criticisms of Rick Santorum to secure the nomination. But they expressed varying degrees of worry that Santorum’s and Newt Gingrich’s attacks on Romney are inflicting wounds that might not fully heal by Nov. 6. //
HAHAHA! If he’s being destroyed in his own primary, what makes them think he’ll be able to withstand the Presidency – when he has to deal not only with Republicans, but with Democrats who don’t like him and didn’t vote for him as well as hostile foreign entities?
Axelrod called the GOP primary “a death march”. That’s exactly what it looks like.
Good Morning, Everyone 🙂
Fox Breaking News:
“Obama has been caught bowing to baby “what’s up” Doc yesterday morning at the white house”.
Film at 11
#HugGate #HannityTheManati
Love it!! 😆
I could not resist. yaw was having too much fun.
lol
Gorgeous!
Obama on the CouchHow Barack Put Bibi In the Corner
The President’s remarks reveal he’s reached new heights in psychological maturity
Barack Obama’s
masterful speech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) revealed more than his growing comfort with his own power and with the gravitas of leading the most powerful nation on earth. Moving him forcefully into the center stage of world diplomacy without relinquishing his familiar message of bipartisanship, responsibility, and a never-ending quest to improve the lot of nations, Obama’s speech was the latest in a series of behaviors that revealed a kind of psychological maturity not seen on a presidential level in recent memory.
In an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg published in the Atlantic two days before the speech, Obama revealed an attitude that only someone feeling powerful and confident could hold, dismissing war as a distraction: “At a time when there is not a lot of sympathy for Iran and its only real ally [Syria] is on the ropes,” he said, “do we want a distraction in which suddenly Iran can portray itself as a victim?” Obama’s ability to put “war talk” in its place was not only a harbinger of his AIPAC speech but also showed his clear appreciation of the literal power of language. At AIPAC, he used words as genuine weapons to confront Israel (and some American Republicans) about the danger of loose talk – almost scolding them. He asserted Presidential power in new ways, not just by urging people to search for common ground, but by setting limits.
At a New York fundraiser the night before the Atlantic interview was published, Obama dealt with a heckler with comparable confidence. To the woman who interrupted his comments on foreign policy to yell, “Use your leadership! No war in Iran!,” Obama calmly responded, “Nobody’s announced a war, young lady. You’re jumping the gun a little bit.” He then turned on his smile that was at once affectionate and slightly condescending. He not only understood her passion but was able metabolize her cry for calm leadership to quell her fears the way a parent does with the outburst of an impatient or frightened child.
Read more: http://ideas.time.com/2012/03/07/how-obama-put-bibi-in-the-corner/#ixzz1oX7ZfdoD
Oh gee… BWD nailed this a looonnnnggg time ago : The Only Adult in the Room!
Yes! The fact that it’s now being touted in the mainstream media, is something to shout about. Let’s hope this kind of good press keeps on rolling forward.
Obama Mines for Voters With High-Tech Tools
With a “chief scientist” specializing in consumer behavior, an “analytics department” monitoring voter trends, and a squad of dozens huddled at computer screens editing video or writing code, the sprawling office complex inside One Prudential Plaza looks like a corporate research and development lab — Ping-Pong table and all.
But it is home to the largely secret engine of President Obama’s re-election campaign, where scores of political strategists, data analysts, corporate marketers and Web producers are sifting through information gleaned from Facebook, voter logs and hundreds of thousands of telephone or in-person conversations to reassemble and re-energize the scattered coalition of supporters who swept Mr. Obama into the White House four years ago…….
With 13 million e-mail subscribers as of 2009, more than 12 million Twitter subscribers and some 25 million followers of its Facebook page (compared with, for instance, 1.5 million following Mr. Romney), the campaign has instantaneous access to a huge universe of people, a considerable percentage of the more than 69 million people who voted Obama in 2008, though the campaign refuses to divulge specific numbers. ……..
Both supporters and critics of the Obama campaign’s approach say it may in the end change the outcome by only a few percentage points. But that, campaign officials said, is enough.
“We’re under no illusions that this is going to be anything but a close race,” Mr. Messina, the campaign manager, said. “We are preparing for a very close race, as we always have been.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/us/politics/obama-campaigns-vast-effort-to-re-enlist-08-supporters.html?pagewanted=1&tntemail0=y&_r=2&emc=tnt
Romney’s Faux Policies
Peter Suderman takes aim:
Romney has taken to framing his campaign in part around the goals of “less debt” and “smaller government.” These are central themes to his candidacy, and yet Romney’s actual proposals remain mysterious at best, unworkable at worst. The former governor has not only refused to say how he would cut federal spending, he’s explicitly ruled out two of the biggest expenditure categories: defense spending and Medicare, where he’s declared that he’ll reverse cuts made by President Obama.
We don’t know how Romney will cut spending. But we know how he won’t.
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/
I can’t wait until President Obama gets out there like he did in the last campaign and let the people know that “it’s not a bigger government or a smaller government that he’s leading but a SMARTER GOVERNMENT!”
Hey TOD I know this is a Huff Po link but it’s about our fellow Obot Martin Sheen going on a well justified rant at the PL, emoprogs, and firebaggers for their constant whining about PBO and nothing ever being good enough for them. He’s on PBO’s side 110% no whining, no buts, no complaints and he skewers the #GOP and Romney in particular for his cowardice and lack of a core. It’s good read.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/03/07/martin-sheen-barack-obama_n_1327360.html?ref=tw
Great read. This is my favorite line that he said: “Who the hell is going to be able to really believe anything Romney says when he stands next to someone who comes from a place and stands for it and risks his life to achieve it? You know, Obama rarely raises his voice, but he rises to every occasion” Martin Sheen
Awesome!
That was for sure a well justified rant by Martin Sheen. I honestly dont know what these whining PLs want more from this President. I think they are far gone that at this moment I care less what they have to say/bitch about.
I had seen the shorter version of President Obama’s Harvard years but until yesterday’s hug-gate, I had not see the whole program of activism for that day. Thanks to the hatermongers, we get to see more
Another thing about the “long-form” video of President Obama at Harvard is the comment that Prof Bell make complementing him that then Barack (the student) had spoken so eloquently without notes and yet he (the prof) has to use some for ref.
Prof Bell at the time said something so prophetic – namely that this Barack speech potends well for his future prospects.
I am sure that even he could never have known how true his words would come to pass.
In case some of you have missed the comments of Prof Bell about President Obama that day, please review the video again
… that this Barack speech portends well for his future prospects.
Talk about understatement of that year. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Chips,
I hope you post Rachel Maddow’s first segment from last night, where she makes it plain and simple that Willard is winning because of rich folks,. she puts it out there, in chart after chart.
That was pretty amazing. I saw that.
It was amazing.
Political AnimalBlog
March 07, 2012 5:59 PM
You Shall Not Tempt the Lord Your God!
By Ed Kilgore
I missed this item earlier today, but it’s a pretty good one, from NBC’s First Read:
Mitt Romney’s campaign gathered the national press corps in their campaign war room this morning to deliver a simple message: It would take an “act of God” for any candidate not named Mitt Romney to win the Republican nomination.
Now as I made clear in my first post today, I sympathize with Team Mitt’s frustration at the coverage they got for their Super Tuesday win, which sorta made it sound like they had snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. I can understand why they wanted to walk reporters through the delegate math and show how improbable any outcome other than Romney’s eventual nomination truly was.
But Lord a-mighty, watch your language! Aside from the general inadvisability of tempting God to toss a thunderbolt your way, you would not want to encourage any Prayer Warriors out there associated with Rick Santorum or Newt Gingrich to take this on as a personal challenge. Just keep bludgeoning your opponents with negative ads, and try to keep your candidate from talking too much about his wealth, and let the delegate math take care of itself without bragging about it.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2012_03/you_shall_not_tempt_the_lord_y035912.php
Good morning….Thought I would share this frightening trip back in time…especially to those young women here that have never known life without access to a safe and legal abortion.
http://motherjones.com/slideshows/2012/02/when-women-used-lysol-birth-control/lysol-douche-cobweb
I CAN’T WAIT FOR MITTENS TO FACE PBO IN A DEBATE…HE’D BETTER BRING A STRETCHER!..LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!
LOL – that’s right Sue…and a supply of Chips’ smelling salts that she normally keeps for us (PBO/VP Biden pics) and the guys (Michelle and Dr. Biden pics)
And wear protective undergarments, as he surely will be losing control of himself, standing on a stage with the REAL President of the United States! You know, The One who has been showing them how to get things done for more than three years now! I do NOT feel sorry for Myth, he has earned everything that’s coming to him. Maybe better for him that he really just doesn’t get that yet.
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/3/8/0356/23401
Only 5 percent of eligible voters younger than 30 cast ballots on Super Tuesday, roughly splitting evenly among Romney, former senator Rick Santorum (Pa.) and Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.), according to an analysis by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University.
So far, only about 600,000 voters younger than 30 have cast ballots in all the Republican primaries, said Peter Levine, CIRCLE’s director. That’s fewer than half the number who voted for then-candidate Obama prior to Super Tuesday in 2008, although it’s an imperfect comparison because more primaries in 2008 were before Super Tuesday.
But the difference is so large that it points to a big potential weakness, Levine said.
Good morning Chips and TOD family. I can’t wait until next week. Where are we going to get to see the movie? I’ll be there.
I’ll be checking in on what’s going on but won’t be able to comment. Have a great day everyone!!!!
I LOVE THE VIDEO…THE ROAD TRAV….IT’S AMAZING…THEN AGAIN…WE HAVE AN AMAZING PRESIDENT! THEY BROKE THE MOLD ON THIS ONE! THERE IS ‘NOONE ELSE’ WHO CAN DO THIS JOB! YOU ARE LOVED MR. PRESIDENT…WE’VE GOT YOUR BACK!..:)
THOSE HANNITY EXCLUSIVES ARE A ‘HOOT’ AND UNFORTUNATELY PORTRAY EXACTLY WHERE THE RIGHT WINGER’S MINDS ARE LOCATED!
Morning everyone in TODville!
Good Morning, loving and everyone in TODville. Thanks for the 2 great videos, Chips. The trailer served its intended purpose: making me excited about seeing the documentary. The second was important because I was only able to view the first half of LOD’s show, so missed that part. Finally, I’m loving this “#hug gate” twitter “campaign”. Does anyone know the etiology of this beyond the Breitbart instigation?
Chipsticks, haveta say again what a remarkable person you are and thanks for creating such a nourishing community.
Oh my gosh, I can not wait to see the movie!! When/Where will it be shown?
They’ll release it online for everyone to watch.
UT, i’d seriously pay money to see it! =) hmmm, i guess that means i should just go ahead and donate once again!
Obama is personally lobbying Senate Democrats to reject an amendment calling for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, according to Politico.
Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) proposed the amendment, which could come up for a vote today, but two Democratic senators already back the proposal: Sens. Joe Manchin (WV) and Mary Landrieu (LA).
Manchin…the trader and Landrieu…big oil lady
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced late Wednesday that the Senate had reached an agreement on a long-stalled transportation authorization bill.
He said Democrats and Republicans had come to a deal to allow votes on up to 30 amendments to it, and said he hoped the Senate could finish the bill today.
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30 Amendments ?
The war on contraception is not hyperbole, because there has been a dramatic shift on contraception in the GOP
by Kay
Hooray! The New York Times finally goes to the real issue:
Leticia Parra, a mother of five scraping by on income from her husband’s sporadic construction jobs, relied on the Planned Parenthood clinic in San Carlos, an impoverished town in South Texas, for breast cancer screenings, free birth control pills and pap smears for cervical cancer.
But the clinic closed in October, along with more than a dozen others in the state, after financing for women’s health was slashed by two-thirds by the Republican-controlled Legislature.
The cuts, which left many low-income women with inconvenient or costly options, grew out of the effort to eliminate state support for Planned Parenthood. Although the cuts also forced clinics that were not affiliated with the agency to close — and none of them, even the ones run by Planned Parenthood, performed abortions — supporters of the cutbacks said they were motivated by the fight againstabortion.
As the case in Texas illustrates, such battles are affecting broader women’s health services. Some women have lost the only nearby clinic providing routine care.
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/03/08/the-war-on-contraception-is-not-hyperbole-because-there-has-been-a-dramatic-shift-on-contraception-in-the-gop/
WILL BBL AND CATCH UP…MANY ERRANDS TO RUN TODAY…IT’S REALLY,REALLY RAINING…GOING TO HAVE TO FIRE UP THE CANOE AND PADDLE OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY!!!! GLUB! GLUB! LATER…:)
Sue, you’re a trip. You ALWAYS make me laugh. I love you!
O/T….listen and spread the word. This needs to be seen by everyone. We can do this.For the children.
http://kony2012.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
Gail Collins aka friend of Seamus pens another collumn about Romney’s infamous dog:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/opinion/collins-dogging-mitt-romney.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/us/texas-womens-clinics-retreat-as-finances-are-cut.html?_r=1&hp
Leticia Parra, a mother of five scraping by on income from her husband’s sporadic construction jobs, relied on the Planned Parenthood clinic in San Carlos, an impoverished town in South Texas, for breast cancer screenings, free birth control pills and pap smears for cervical cancer,
But the clinic closed in October, along with more than a dozen others in the state, after financing for women’s health was slashed by two-thirds by the Republican-controlled Legislature.
The cuts, which left many low-income women with inconvenient or costly options, grew out of the effort to eliminate state support for Planned Parenthood. Although the cuts also forced clinics that were not affiliated with the agency to close — and none of them, even the ones run by Planned Parenthood, performed abortions — supporters of the cutbacks said they were motivated by the fight against abortion.
THIS IS NOT OK! If anyone tells you that there is not a GOP war on women…they are LYING!
DF-For me the good news on this war is that more women than ever know about it now, and we are winning some of these battles. When Rush Limbaugh has to fill all of his ad space with public service announcements we are winning. When even republican leaning women have decided to vote Obama we are winning. When the republicans I.e. Blunt, etc. decide they don’t want to pursue the birth control issue anymore we are winning. They have over reached big time and most women know they started this war. Now they are trying to back track and deny it…but it is too late! The only question for me is how many of these a$$hats can we put in a storm drain (like Khaddafi) on November 6th! Our president needs a congress that will work with him!
OH. MAH. GAWD.
LOVE, love, love the trailer. Tearing up about 15 seconds into it. BRAVO!! Tom Hanks is a LOVE. I’m telling you, it’s GREAT to be a Democrat in 2012 with my POTUS!!!!
Great good morning, TODville!!!!
morning meta. love your energy this morning!
Good morning, lovingandlaughing. That trailer put me in the BEST of moods. I feel pride, I feel joy, I feel victory!!
“I join this debate because the nuclear issue with Iran is deadly serious business. It should invite sobriety and thoughtfulness, not sloganeering and sound bites. The stakes are far too high for it to become just another applause line on the stump. Idle talk of war only helps Iran by spooking the tight oil market and increasing the price of the Iranian crude that pays for its nuclear program.
Creating false differences with President Obama to score political points does nothing to move Iran off a dangerous nuclear course. Worse, Romney does not even do Americans the courtesy of describing how he would do anything different from what the Obama administration has already done.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/romneys-wrong-headed-assertions-about-iran/2012/03/07/gIQAcKCvxR_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions
That’s Senator Kerry repeating almost verbatim what the President said and then some. Now why can’t more Democrats come out as forcefully in defense of our PBO?
Romney doesn’t know what he would do, one minute it’s bomb Iran, a minute later it’s not bomb Iran. Remember the great leadership he showed when he said he was against the Blunt Amendment, then a hour later it wast of course I support the Blunt Amendment. What flip flop leadership.
But, but but Brietbart tape..
And Gallup and the Bradley effect….
uh oh……How will the GOP make them an enemy now ?
They are going to drill baby drill on The land of Little Big Horn!
Ha ha, J! … you’re thinking of Native Americans! Good, somebody should! 🙂
I am looking forward to seeing “The Road We’ve Travel”.
Republicans are worried the long, drawn-out presidential primary could cost them the House and the Senate.
For months, Republicans had been bullish about their prospects for widening their margin in the House and picking off Democratic senators. But some are now questioning whether they could be done in if Mitt Romney limps out of the primary a severely weakened nominee.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/214869-gop-fears-rough-primary-could-cost-it-the-house-and-the-senate
for once, i hope they’re right.
So who is excited about the jobs numbers tomorrow???
I am. I saw Trish Regan on Good Morning America she said it should be good. I’m doing my best Jovie impression, I’m a little concerned because of the initial jobs claims from this morning, 8,000. But even one of the analysts on CNBC said that shouldn’t make a difference for tomorrow. I’m just praying for a higher number than expected.
Don’t be mean!
I was not being mean. You are my alternate personality; we think much alike. 🙂
In that case, I am worried about those aamericans and people in the space station.
I don’t think being bombarded by Gamma is a good thing!
Anyways…, good morning!
I agree with you. I’m sure they are prepared, and I’m praying for them.
Me!
ADP predicts 216,000. Hopefully UE rate ticks down a bit more.
The UE might actually tick up a bit due to more people entering the work force. But the overall trend should be solidly indicative of a RECOVERY that the Repubs simply can’t argue against. They will have to keep hoping that Brietbart’s ghost digs up more old tapes from Harvard..that’s all they’ve got.
That was pretty pathetic of them, but I don’t expect anything less.
The unemployment rate would tick up, if the weekly claims were over 400k!
The weekly UE claims were actually 362K not 400K.
Exactly!
they underestimated the jobs from last month, hopefully they do so again!
Obama’s coolitude!: http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/06/opinion/paris-postcard/index.html
Enjoy! (My first link if it works!)
OMG, it worked and it was SO easy. I’m doing a Snoopy happy dance.
Thanks.
Pic # 5 is hilarious….
LOL!
“Coolitude” – I like that!
Here’s a little something for the Repubs to gnaw on: “Obama is so dignified he could be French.” Wait for it… 5… 4… 3… 2…
Heh, dudette. At least we can squelch that isht with Romney’s French mormonizing /chateau “experience”.
“Republican candidate Mitt Romney speaks French, but it’s one of the last things you’ll hear him talk about on the campaign trail.”
Yeh, that happens when you have to pander to a party full of knuckle-dragging xenophobes.
There’s a video out there of Romney speaking French at one of the Olympic ceremonies, unless he has hired someone to get rid of it like he did the computers after his time in office as Governor of MA.
“On one team, there’s America’s suave, crooning president, and on the other, the GOP candidates, whose retrograde rhetoric simply baffles the French.”
LOL…perfect.
Treasury selling 6 billion dollars worth of AIG shares.
Right into the coffers of the Tresury, ahh!
Good Morning. That trailer almost made me ruin my mascara. Vice President Biden, I love him; he is so good and he remains me of one of the Trustee at my church. Tom Hanks what can you say about this man that hasn’t been said; he is one of the most moral human beings in Hollywood.
Bloomberg comfort level rises to highest level since April 2008!
Obama and his split screen strategy :
“What a coincidence that President Obama’s first news conference in nearly six months just happened to fall on Super Tuesday! And what a twist of fate that the president found himself addressing the United Auto Workers conference last week on the very day of the Michigan primary, where he had the chance to blast an unnamed GOP candidate for saying we should have “let Detroit go bankrupt.”
Barack Obama is the new master of the “split screen.” The White House is managing the president’s schedule and activities so that major events on the GOP campaign calendar become chances to contrast the president in the news cycle with the frivolous, shrill and increasingly surreal Republican race. The targets of this campaign are the independent voters who will decide the November election.
The “split-screen” strategy is looking very effective so far.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obamas-split-screen-strategy/2012/03/07/gIQAigoiwR_story.html
Brilliant, simply brilliant. None of these things are by accident or coincidence.
Yep, I can’t imagine how anyone missed that. Since our feckless Fourth Estate has eschewed its role in society, he’s doing what MUST be done — helping the American people open their eyes to the clear and stark choice set before them this election. Retreat to the Middle Ages or move forward!!!
Press On!!!!
WASHINGTON – Republican members of Congress investigating federal loan guarantees to now-bankrupt energy companies told Energy Secretary Steven Chu last week that they never asked him to speed up similar projects in their states.
But that’s exactly what some did, according to a review of 484 congressional support letters obtained by USA TODAY. Some letters, for example, urged quick approval of a $2 billion loan guarantee for the American Centrifuge, a uranium enrichment project projected to create hundreds of jobs in states including Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
“It is imperative that this application move forward now,” said a letter signed by five members of Congress, including Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa.
“Any delays put the project at risk,” said a letter to the Office of Management and Budget signed by 15 members, including Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn., and Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-03-06/congress-letters-support-energy-loans/53406730/1
CHICAGO — With a “chief scientist” specializing in consumer behavior, an “analytics department” monitoring voter trends, and a squad of dozens huddled at computer screens editing video or writing code, the sprawling office complex inside One Prudential Plaza looks like a corporate research and development lab — Ping-Pong table and all.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/us/politics/obama-campaigns-vast-effort-to-re-enlist-08-supporters.html?_r=2&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y
Ummm, the People in the ISS space Station, please put on your suits.
That is all!
Oh that’s right — the big solar flare hits today. Gird your loins, everyone!!!
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/07/10596987-solar-blast-could-have-earthly-impact?ocid=ansmsnbc11
Raise your hand if this is a surprise.
Zero hands raised so far…it’s almost an hour since you posted this.
🙂
incomplete because he has 5 more years in office!
I have one word to describe the Road We’ve Traveled video: “Powerful”
Co-sign!!
YES! I just (finally) watched it. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!
I am not a big Shrum fan, but his article hit the nail on th head, and was basically a warning to those who would wish for a Santorum candidacy. The law of unintended consequences could bite the Dems in the butt if that happened.
I think we all realize that PBO would beat Santorum easily, probably by historic amounts. What this would do, however, is push the far RWNJ intoirrelevancy and allow so called moderate Republicans to regain control of the party, people such as Bush and Christie. I use the term so-called because we all now that what they really are are reactionaries disguised as moderates. But the general electorate does not realize that and that would make 2016 a difficult year.
However a Romney defeat, by under 10 points, woudl signal to the RWNJs that they were right and all that was needed was to go with a person like a Santorum and that is probably what would happen in 2016. And that would possibly truly cause the collapse of the GOP. Not only would they not win the Presidency, but they would probably be a small minority of Congress and even lose big time in mroe local races.
Why should we be thinking about 2016 now? Because even PBO has acknowledged that everything he would like to accomplish cannot be done even if he is in office for 8 years. And if even a “moderate” Republican gains the WH in 2016, progress would be, at best, stopped and quite possibly rolled back.
And the general electorate likes to see changes in the party occupying the WH every so often and even against a good Dem candidate, a seemingly moderate Republican could win.
Before anybody says anything, I know we still have to focus on 2012. We can’t take PBO’s reelection for granted. But we also need to keep thoughts of the future in our minds. I personally hope for Romney to win the nomination. The election would be closer, but a win would then mean so much more.
This is so right on and I’ve been saying this to my friends for months now. If Santorum wins, he will suffer a humiliating defeat, and kill the tea party in the process, allowing the “moderates” to regain power and pose a real threat in 2016. If Romney wins, the rwnjs can say “See, we gave your moderate Romney a chance and he lost, just like your boy McCain!! Now it’s our turn! Palin 2016!!”
I too want a Romney win. And I love seeing him have to go through the ringer for it.
I agree japa, and I believe that Romney will be the nominee.
Mitt: Pay for Your Own Damn College!
By Jonathan Chait
“It would be popular for me to stand up and say I’m going to give you government money to pay for your college, but I’m not going to promise that,” he said, to sustained applause from the crowd at a high-tech metals assembly factory here. “Don’t just go to one that has the highest price. Go to one that has a little lower price where you can get a good education. And hopefully you’ll find that. And don’t expect the government to forgive the debt that you take on.”
Romney’s answer, and the enthusiastic reception it triggered, also reveals something important about the Republican coalition. Here were Romney, and his supporters, treating a struggling prospective college student with almost gleeful hostility, like a bum looking for a handout
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/03/mitt-pay-for-your-own-damn-college.html
Off-Topic: I haven’t watched American Idol in years, but with talent this good, I might have to go back to it…
http://www.thegrio.com/entertainment/teenager-sanchez-wows-american-idol-judges.php
“When host Ryan Seacrest asked the panel to name Wednesday night’s top two singers among the 13 finalists, Steven Tyler was ready.
“Jessica Sanchez and Jessica Sanchez,” Tyler said.
She was really awesome. I thought no one could ever approach the style and brilliance of Whitney Houston on that song, but Sanchez did her and the song proud last night.
Thie wholesale disenfranchisement of the people of Michigan has GOT to stop!! Mayor Dave Bing takes a stand…
http://www.thegrio.com/local/detroit/mayor-dave-bing-i-will-not-support-an-emergency-manager-for-detroit.php
Good Morning all! Was at work pretty early this morning, but I wanted to pop in and say HOWDY!
I hope every one has a great day!!
You guys are all amazing!!!
Hello there pinkbunny – wishing you a wonderful day as well! 🙂
Dang hit post comment too soon!
I meant to also say that I too had CHILLS run down my spine watching the trailer for President Obama’s short film on The Road We’ve Traveled.
Seriously he came at a moment in CRISIS for our nation. If it had been any Repub, the US would still have high Deficits & high Unemployment, with more people slipping into poverty.
I am in awe of how extremely capable and productive our President has been, given the shit he inherited from Bush
Sweet Baby James… Now who does not l.o.v.e him?
Wow!
I have been so busy at work over the last week that all I can do is sneak a peek every now and then and OH MY GOODNESS that trailer sent a chill down my spine.
Romney might have all the PAC money in the world but our President has real results and you know what…Romney can’t touch that! He is no match for “our guy”. Bring it Romney Camp…they don’t have a clue what they are stepping into.
If this documentary is as good as a the trailer we are in for an awesome event.
I wonder if it is going to be just released online or if there will be some kind of event to release it? However they do it I can’t wait until next Thursday.
Hi I’ve missed you, my life is unrecognizable at present too, but am thrilled to see a powerful film like this one approaching, and I am wondering the same, do we know how/where it can be seen. One week from today.
Had typed DonnaDem in that sentence, but it disappeared, HI DonnaDem! 🙂
Hi Pamela!
Yeah, I work in accounting and it is mad tax and audit season for us right now. Sigh!
I’m not sure how they could roll this out if it’s going to be a online release but something spectacular would be great.
VP Biden will be on the campaign trail starting next week – giving FOUR major speeches that will frame the campaign’s 2012 election focus. VP Biden’s first stop will be at a yet to be disclosed location in Ohio. Stay tuned for more details…
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/biden-to-officially-begin-campaign-role/
Good morning TOD. Can only enjoy you guys during work hours because my computer died. It has been ill for a while now, so should have replaced it sooner. For those of you who use tablets, do you recommend them for use on twitter and the blogs? I am considering buying one instead of a new laptop. Feedback please.
Hi Jackie, I was about to reply to this when Peggysticks posted the new thread… But Africa was on it! Anyway, I don’t use twitter, but can follow people via bookmarks, but I do love love love my iPad2 and it has made my laptop almost a relic. Read a review of iPad3 which will be released in April, will probably just hang onto this one, did have an original iPad for a while, iPad2 is a fine little unit. Also, with the release of the new one, ipad2 will go down to about $399, which is a fantastic price. With your options, but I would say ipad2 can’t lose.
Heads up:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/03/08/heads-up-95/
Bye bye everyone, I’m outta here! Love this day, solar flares and all!
Rikyah’s got a very timely and important post on Jack and Jill Politics about Voter Suppression excerpted from Maddow Blog.
http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2012/03/thursday-open-thread-189/
Everyone across the country should see the video in this article. Tears are streaming down my face. This voter ID crap is all kinds of wrong.
“Tennessee voted under that state’s new law requiring voters to show a photo ID. Former Marine Tim Thompson showed up at the polls and refused to show his ID or to vote with a provisional ballot. Cameras rolled as he challenged a poll worker over the new law (h/t @icnorth).
“We just fought a war to bring democracy to Iraq,” Thompson said. “Now, we’re passing laws that restrict and bring conditions to our right to vote. I sacrificed my right to vote in order to make this statement.”
Thank you for your service to our beloved Country Officer Thompson, and for standing up for all those who can’t stand up for themselves. I refuse to ruin my mascara today but I’m coming thisclose to during it.
They voted for the GOP Governor and Rand Paul for Senate. Rand Paul is the same piece of crap who did not what to get a “Pat Down” at the airport but feels it’s OK for people in his state to PAY TO VOTE! I don’t know this guys politics, I just know that Tennessee is a RED state and this law is hurting Democrats as well as Republicans & Independents. They need to vote out every republican but they won’t do that.
Hear, hear!!
Attention on deck! A Marine is on the gangway…..Tks Dudette this was one hell of a wake up vid…..Turned on my frustration type water works for sure. I don’t think he’s alone. I anticipate a shift soon. I just hope it’s not violent.
Well, the sun is past the yardarm and it’s time for spirits call.
You’re welcome yardarm. It just ain’t right how the Rightwingers claim to be patriots, yet they spend all their time trying to undermine our democracy. I hope the people across this country wake up and get to kicking the bastards out.
Every time this country moves forward, it’s akin to giving birth. This time the baby is stuck in the birth canal and wants out. It may take something like a C section to get here, but it will come. The only concern I have is if the child will be alive and healthy or stillborn?
ha!
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/ohio-state-senator-nina-turner-introduces-l
Just got in from work. The snippet of the video preview gave me chills. Can barely wait to see all of it on 3/15. Will it be shown on TV or online?
Off to try to catch up.