Politics

Santorum surging all over the map and now this? Brokered convention clusterfuck here we come? Gonna need more popcorn! Two Charts That Should Make Romney Gulp

Watch here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/18/bill-maher-sounds-off-on-r_n_1286288.html Bill Maher panned New Jersey governor Chris Christie for vetoing the state's gay marriage bill on Friday. "It's my home state so I take these things a a little personally," he said. "When somebody from New Jersey does something that I consider sort of backwards, and I consider this backwards on the part of the governor, it bothers me." Real Time With Bill Maher guest Eliot Spitzer said the move was typical of Christie. "He panders to the very conservative on pronouncements on all sorts of issues. He's just wrong on the fundamentals." Maher, who said he'd prefer Obama run ag…

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/us/politics/high-gas-prices-give-gop-issue-to-attack-obama.html?_r=1&ref=politics So why do you think gas prices are on the dramatic rise right now when they usually don't rise until the summer driving season? Do you think there might be some manipulation in the price to bring down the economy for the Presidential election? Because a $5.00 / gallon average price point would devastate an economy that is already very fragile. I have always believed that there was more "manual manipulation of gas prices than the market would let you believe. The excuse today is the unrest in Iran. What do you think the real excuse would be?

Is Fox News shifting to the Left? By The Week's Editorial Staff | The Week Conservatives are grumbling that Fox isn't speaking their language anymore. Did Fox chief Roger Ailes take his "course correction" too far? Fox News chief Roger Ailes ordered a "course correction" at the network last year, parting ways with Glenn Beck and telling the rest of Fox's conservative talent to tamp down the rhetorical heat and extol the Tea Party movement less avidly. Conservatives aren't loving the change, says Keach Hagey in Politico, and some are tuning out. Fox's apparent shift toward the center was widely discussed and lamented at last weekend's Conservative Political Action Conf…

Republicans understand that women vote, yes? http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/15/1064997/-Virginia-House-getting-all-up-in-your-vagina

Pretty surprising really, given how China and Russia seem to act about it... What's Cuba's stance again?

Clay Aiken will be in the public eye soon as one of the contestants on Celebrity Apprentice. And here you can read about his disappointment and disapproval of North Carolina's Amendment One which would ban same-sex marriage in that state. http://www.queerty.com/clay-aiken-speaks-out-against-ncs-anti-gay-marriage-bill-20120215/

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2012/02/primarily-gross.html Sick him, boy!

Romney won the CPAC poll this year. For the last two years, Ron Paul has won the CPAC straw poll. Yesterday I posted Santorum's speech to the CPAC. In this link you can hear the lies that Romney told the CPAC to get their vote. . . http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/10/politics/campaign-wrap/index.html?hpt=hp_bn3

From Barry Goldwater!

Newt Gingrich predicts that he will come back in the Super Tuesday contests coming up in early March. . . http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/15/newt-gingrich-2012-campaign-michigan-arizona_n_1278510.html?ref=politics

I was looking at a bunch of these Valentine cards this morning and I found this one. WOW !

Yes, it's 'shopped, but it is the perfect campaign photo for ( R )-Money...

Breaking News: Mitt Romney won Maine's Republican presidential caucuses with 39% of the vote, breaking a three-state losing streak by besting libertarian-leaning Ron Paul, who finished a close second with 36%. Results: Romney 39%, Paul 36%, Santorum 18%, Gingrich 6%. I'm surprised that Gingrich did so poorly. He really is focusing on the Super Tuesday race in March.

Total Health Care Costs Fall When Poor Are Provided Insurance: Study The concept of support for universal health care is taboo among Republicans who scrutinize the Affordable Care Act -- dubbing it the "Job-Killing Health Care Law Act" -- and call for its repeal. But a new UC Irvine study challenges the GOP argument that the health care law is too costly, with data illustrating that health care costs on the whole fall when poorer, uninsured patients are provided with insurance. "In a case study involving low-income people enrolled in a community-based health insurance program, we found that use of primary care increased but use of emergency services fell, and -- over ti…

Obama has a problem with the birth control insurance option in religious organizations. Frankly it's only the far right conservatives and religious right that is making a big deal out of it. Because 80% of catholics already use birth control and 28 states already require this in all organizations. So it's only an "election issue" in my opinion. But it appears that Obama will be making some sort of announcement today of a compromise but still sticking to the principle that women should have access to birth control without huge payments. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/10/obama-birth-control_n_1267677.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

Republicans reverse themselves in trying to drag America backward Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a member of the Health Subcommittee, talks with Rachel Maddow about the absurdity of Republican legislators rallying against ideas they previously supported on contraception and more. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/46335268#46335268

Obama tells gay supporters that there is much work to do but he is proud of his record on gay/equal rights. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/10/obama-gay-fundraiser-2012_n_1267693.html

Unfortunately, especially as a CPAC action, smearing Santorum would've been the better play. Eeeewwww.

http://www.towleroad.com/2012/02/romnglitt.html Meanwhile, Santorum is still getting glitter stuck in it.

http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2012/02/roseanne-president.html So she filed real papers and she hopes to bring attention to the Green Party but she says she knows she'd never win. Is it a waste for people to do things like this? I guess not if all you are looking for is PR. . .

I'm not sure anyone expected that Rick Santorum would win all three states. Although Missouri means nothing until they do it all again in March. I hope the citizens of Missouri are happy that they paid $7 million for an election today that meant absolutely nothing other than an expensive poll. Here are the real time results: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/07/map-caucus-primary-2012-results_n_1260890.html

Thankfully something good came out of his attempt to become president --------------- AUSTIN (AP) - A new poll shows Texas Governor Rick Perry’s approval rating in his home state at a 10-year low and more than half of Texans don’t want him to run for another term as governor. Forty-five percent said his failed campaign for the Republican nomination for president hurt Texas’ image. The poll conducted January 21-24 was conducted on behalf of five Texas newspapers, that published the poll results Thursday. Forty percent of Texans approve of the job he’s doing as governor, a 10-point drop from a year ago and less than Obama’s 43 percent statewide approval rating, accordi…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/05/snl-newt-gingrich-moon-colony-cold-open_n_1255630.html This is a must watch from Saturday Night Live last night. Remember that Gingrich said he wanted a moon base by the end of his second term. This was a perfect target for SNL. Hilarious.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/04/map-nevada-caucus-2012-results_n_1254520.html This link shows the live results from Nevada caucuses. Romney is expected to win with Ron Paul coming in second. It's actually pretty close between Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich. No real surprises.