Ann Romney: ‘Our Struggles Have Not Been Financial’
Romney: I’ll Keep Good Parts Of ‘Obamacare’
Romney Slams Defense Cuts Paul Ryan Voted For
— Advertisement —
TPM TV →
Featured Videos
TPM Editors’ Blog Opinions, Context & Ideas from TPM Editors
A Note on Methodology
A few of you have asked how it could be that President Obama appears to be surging into a small lead and yet the PollTracker Average just moved Mitt Romney slightly ahead. Very good question. So let me explain a bit about our methodology. (More in our FAQ here.)
Read More →Is It a Bounce?
Let me start with the usual caveat that tracking polls are not only notoriously unstable; they are that way largely by design. What’s more, convention bounces are often ephemeral. But we’re beginning to see real signs of a significant bump for President Obama coming off last week’s convention.
Before looking at the numbers, I would make one point. Whatever we learn about an Obama bump, I think the bigger issue isn’t whether Obama got one but that Romney seems not to have gotten one. And he’s the one who needed it.
Read More →Breaking
Fear of Obama taking G-d off coins emerges as new reason Romney is hiding his money in Switzerland and the Caymans.
Very Cool & Kinda Intriguing
With the internet “map wars” heating up, Google is trying to up its game with new, super-hi-res maps.
New Commenting System
As I noted last week, TPM will soon be replacing Facebook comments with new commenting system which will allow users to login via various social networks (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc.) or choose a native TPM log-in.
We’re tentatively planning to have the new system up and running next week. Please let us know via the comments email if you have questions.
— Advertisement —
Crosstabs - September 7th
PollTracker editor Kyle Leighton looks at the cutback in ad spending in swing states and what it means for the electoral map:
Full size version.
Care About Voter Suppression?
Voter suppression efforts and bogus claims of vote fraud have been a key issue for this site going back to 2002. And this year, with a raft of new laws pushed through after the 2010 midterm election, the issue is more critical than ever. So for the final lap of the campaign season we’re bundling all our reporting of the issue – from the news blogs to LiveWire – in one special Voting Rights landing page. Check it out and bookmark it right here.
Staffer Muscles Clench
I think you can be sure Mitt Romney’s press handlers got a bad feeling in the pits of their stomach when Romney gave this answer.
Bret Bair asks if he regrets not mentioning the troops in his convention speech …
“When you give a speech you don’t go through a laundry list, you talk about the things that you think are important and I described in my speech, my commitment to a strong military unlike the president’s decision to cut our military.” (emphasis added)
Watch.
Photo ID Patriotism
New Pennsylvania state ad: If you love America, it’s time to pony up your photo ID to vote.
— Advertisement —
The Whole Ball Game
The totality of polls point to 2 central facts that have voters struggling: the economy sucks & Romney sucks.
Check ‘Em Out
Some of the best entries in the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s 2012 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.
PollTracker 1.1 Released in AppStore
Thursday we launched version 1.1 of our Polltracker Mobile app in the iTunes store. You can get it here, and existing 1.0 Polltracker users can upgrade via the App store. And of course it’s free.
We launched version 1.0 about 5 weeks ago now and we’re coming up on 30,000 app installs, and almost 150,000 poll notifications thus far.
Read More →
More posts from TPM Editors
Is Mitt Romney Remaking Himself As A Culture Warrior?
After mostly steering clear of the culture wars, Mitt Romney accused President Obama of turning his back on God.
Most Recent Latest news stories from TPM reporters
Obama Leads Romney By 5 Points In Ohio After Conventions
President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney in one of 2012’s most crucial swing states, according to a new poll. Obama leads the Republican nominee 45 percent to 50 percent in Ohio, according to the latest survey from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling. The survey also found that Ohioans believe Democrats had the better national convention. The 5-point lead in the latest PPP poll is an improvement for Obama, but still well within the margin of error – in its August poll of the…
Read More →
Romney Slams Defense Cuts Paul Ryan Voted For
Mitt Romney is running against military spending cuts enacted last year in the bipartisan debt limit agreement, calling them an “extraordinary miscalculation.” The problem: his own running mate Paul Ryan voted for the debt deal, and was accused in a Sunday interview of wanting it both ways. “I thought it was a mistake on the part of the White House to propose it,” Romney said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday. “I think it was a mistake for Republicans to go along with it.” Romney was …
Read More →
Is Mitt Romney Refashioning Himself As A Culture Warrior?
Mitt Romney went there. So far, the Republican nominee has mostly – though not entirely – steered clear of the culture wars, relentlessly framing the election as a referendum on President Obama’s economic policies. But on Saturday, days after the Democratic National Convention ended and a new round of punditry gave the president higher odds of winning re-election, Romney hit the campaign trail with televangelist Pat Robertson and all but accused Obama of turning his back on God. …
Read More →
Romney, Ryan Refuse To Identify Tax Loopholes They’d Close
In separate interviews Sunday, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan refused to identify which tax loopholes they would close in order to pay for their large tax cuts. On NBC’s “Meet The Press,” Romney dodged multiple questions about which deductions or credits he’d target, saying only that he’ll get rid of “some of the loopholes and deductions at the high end” while seeking to “lower the burden on middle income people.” Pressed for one specific example, Romney replied, “Well, the specifics are …
Read More →
Ann Romney: ‘Our Struggles Have Not Been Financial’
Ann Romney pushed back Sunday against detractors whom she said have called her husband “heartless,” emphasizing that she and Mitt Romney have struggled, even if not financially. “Mitt and I do recognize that we have not had a financial struggle in our lives,” Ann Romney said in an interview with Mitt Romney that aired on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday. “But I want people to believe in their hearts that we know what it is like to struggle. And our struggles have not been financial, but …
Read More →
Mitt Romney: I’ll Keep The Good Parts Of ‘Obamacare’
Mitt Romney said Sunday that he likes parts of ‘Obamacare’ and will keep key provisions involving pre-existing conditions and young people. “I’m not getting rid of all of health care reform. Of course there are a number of things that I like in health care reform that I’m going to put in place,” he said on NBC’s “Meet The Press. “One is to make sure that those with pre-existing conditions can get coverage. Two is to assure that the marketplace allows for individuals to have policies…
Read More →
Joe Walsh To Sandra Fluke: ‘Get A Job’ (VIDEO)
Add freshman tea party Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) to the list of Republicans attacking Sandra Fluke after her appearance at the Democratic National Convention. At a campaign stop Saturday in Addison, IL, Walsh, who faces a tough reelection battle, went on a self-described rant about Fluke, attacking her support for contraception coverage and telling the law student to “get a job.” “So at the Democratic Convention Wednesday night their first prime time speaker was Sandra Fluke, whatever…
Read More →
NY Times’ Jim Roberts: ‘The Pace Of Change Gets Faster And Faster’
Jim Roberts, an assistant managing editor at the New York Times, recently spoke to TPM about his years at the Grey Lady, his social media strategy and the impact of the paper’s paywall
What’s the most dramatic change you’ve seen in your 25 years at the Times?
I definitely think the transition to digital – it’s enormous, it’s ongoing. Change is hard. Dealing with disruptive technologies left and right requires a lot of energy, a lot of imagination. And every institution like ours …
Read More →
gipoco.com
is neither affiliated with the authors of this page or responsible
for its contents. This is a safe-cache copy of the original web site.
for its contents. This is a safe-cache copy of the original web site.
gipoco.com
is neither affiliated with the authors of this page nor responsible
for its contents. This is a safe-cache copy of the original web site.