The Beltway bubble's clueless Romney-for-EM punditry
This just in from Planet Washington: Mitt Romney ought to be Detroit’s emergency manager.
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Obama, Romney, and four more beers
I stole a quote from a friend who declared, “Four more beers!” in response to the race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Past that (and the bets made and won with commenters!), I would like to thank everyone who voted, especially those who participated above and beyond voting straight-ticket or picking what the advertisements … Continue Reading →
Auto demagoguery by both Romney and Obama
Both the Obama and Romney campaigns are playing fast and loose with auto industry facts as they play hardball for votes in Ohio and Michigan before the Nov. 6 election. But Michigan’s partisan media is only reporting Mitt Romney’s distortions.
Electoral maps and Glenn Beck math
Some big-name pundits are starting to talk about electoral college predictions, as Glenn Beck weighs in with a 321-217 Romney romp.
Iacocca for Mitt (and Barack)
“America needs a turnaround,” announced former Chrysler turnaround artist and celebrity executive Lee Iacocca recently.
Obama's auto bailout whopper
The Boca Bout was about foreign policy, but a subplot was of particular interest to Michigan’s economy: President Obama’s whopper on the auto bailout. For the first time, the two candidates went head-to-head on the Government Motors details – and Obama got it wrong. Badly wrong. Damn-the-facts-I’m-clinging-to-my-talking-points wrong. For the record, Mitt Romney has always … Continue Reading →
Let Romney be Snyder
After an extraordinary few weeks in which President Obama & Media detoured an American presidential campaign to an off-the-record video gaffe and the polling horse race, Mitt Romney is getting his chance to refocus the campaign on the serious economic issues that confront the country. Those issues – stagnant employment, 10-percent-of-GDP-deficits, rising energy prices, EPA … Continue Reading →
The Romneys are who we thought they were -- and that ain't good
When people tell you who they are, listen. And what the Romney family has told us is that they are singularly unsuited to do anything but take public tours at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It starts with Mitt Romney, the candidate, but it’s more than that. I have the problems with Romney that one would expect … Continue Reading →