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Clinton Swipes at Romney Welfare Fib
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TPM Reader MB says we’re missing a key part of the Romney tax story …
I think you’re missing a key nuance from Romney’s denials and indignation here. Note that the response always appears to be “I paid a lot of taxes” and not “I paid a lot of income taxes.”Read More →Anyone making $10 to $20 million per year will pay a lot of taxes in absolute dollars – state taxes, property taxes, city taxes, sales taxes, etc. But the distinction you’re missing is whether or not these taxes were income taxes.
Kibbutz?
When Mitt Romney offhandedly references kibbutzim in a dig at collectivism at a campaign stop in an Italian restaurant in Chicago I we know that he’s been listening to those Dan Senor silent meditation and spiritual growth cassette tapes a bit too much.
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Electoral Scoreboard: Obama 319, Romney 191
TPM Electoral Scoreboard moves to Obama 319, Romney 191 as new polls nudge Colorado from Toss Up to Leans Obama.
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The Big Ohio Fib
The Romney campaign is sticking to its gross mischaracterization of the Obama camp’s lawsuit over early voting in Ohio.
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Can’t Have Your Bomb and Eat it Too
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Murfreesboro Mosque (Finally) Opening On Friday
After a two year legal battle, arson and a bomb threat, the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro will finally open its doors on Friday after the Justice Department sued the county to allow the newly constructed mosque to open its doors.
Officials in Rutherford County, Tennessee issued a temporary occupancy permit allowing the building to be used while a permanent permit is pending, the Associated Press reports.
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Obama Campaign Taps Small Biz Owners To Say They ‘Built That’ – With Support
As Republicans continue trying to cash in on the out-of-context “you didn’t build that” attack on President Obama, the Obama campaign is assembling an army of small business owners who say that they did engineer their own success – thanks to the opportunities afforded them by generations of American taxpayers. The new Obama push, details of which were obtained by TPM, highlights small business owners across the country in a series of state-specific press releases and events…
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Google’s Self-Driving Cars Log 300,000 Miles, Next Up: Snow, Work Commutes
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Obama Camp Objects To ‘Hypocritical And False’ Welfare Attack
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Republicans Divided Over Pursuing GOP Budget After November (VIDEO)
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John Fund: Sure, Republicans Focus On Voter ID For Political Reasons
John Fund, the former Wall Street Journal columnist who has been promoting voter ID laws for years, admitted Tuesday that some Republicans focus on voter ID laws which restrict in-person voting over laws which could limit absentee voting because the GOP has a perceived electoral advantage when it comes to voting by mail. “Absentee vote ballot fraud is the tool of choice amongst fraudsters,” Fund told a group of bloggers munching on Chick-Fil-A at the conservative Heritage Foundation…
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Romney Puts False Welfare Attack At Center Of Campaign
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RNC Brushes Off Sandra Fluke’s Emergence Onto The Campaign Trail
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Although his job approval rating is down and Mitt Romney’s favorability rating is ticking up, President Barack Obama still leads in Colorado, according to a new poll released Tuesday. The latest survey from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling (PPP) shows the president leading Romney among likely Colorado voters, 49 percent to 43 percent. In a three-way match-up between Obama, Romney and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, the president’s lead over Romney shrinks to 4 points, 46…
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Poll: Obama Boosts North Carolina Lead, Romney Image Slipping
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