Dead Under Obama's Watch

I don't think I could say this any better.

The Republicans are absolutely ridiculous.  Romney did actually say that he would not go into Pakistan without going through the Pakistanis even if he knew where bin Laden was and time was of the essence.  He said that.  That is why the Obama campaign is allowed to run this ad.  There isn't anything misleading about it.  While the Romney campaign has a history of not just misleading voters, but outright lying.

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How Excited Are Young Voters?

Via ThinkProgress:

Both pictures are from this week's college stops for each campaign.  I wonder who is more likely to get the young vote?  I don't know why Romney even tries to make campaign stops at college when he basically makes speeches where he tells students to just borrow money from their parents and start their own business.  Not really an option when you are tens of thousands of dollars in debt already.

The excitement is palpable in the picture on the left.

College May Get A Lot More Expensive Soon

Club for Growth is in the news again and is unsurprisingly on the wrong side of reason. They are opposing the Interest Rate Reduction Act (HR 4628) which would, well, do exactly what it says. The previous law had a sunset clause on it and that ends very soon. Without passing this one, interest rates would double for student loans.

Via ThinkProgress:

“It’s bad policy to subsidize student loans in the first place, but the net result will likely drive up tuition costs for all students, making the overall cost of the bill much higher than its current price tag.”

Tuition is rising for all students, that is true, but that is where the truth in their statement stops.  There are many causes for the tuition rise, but government sponsored student loans are not one of those reasons.

John Boehner has claimed that the Democrats are at fault if the rates double despite the Republican's record of obstructionism. He claims that Democrats voted to double the rate when the passed the bill with the sunset clause. Never mind that the Republicans refused to vote on it at all without it in the first place. So who is really at fault? Surely not the Republicans from before or they now that refuse to pass the Interest Rate Reduction Act.

Interest Rate Reduction Act, how could anyone oppose something so obviously good for students? I suppose this is similar to when the President put forward the American Jobs Act and Congress didn't want to touch it.

Mitt Romney has his own advice for college students:

This kind of devisiveness, this attack of success, is very different than what we’ve seen in our country’s history. We’ve always encouraged young people: Take a shot, go for it, take a risk, get the education, borrow money if you have to from your parents, start a business. -MittRomney at Otterbein University

Never mind that the cost of getting a degree is much higher now than it has ever been in the past, even compensating for inflation. Never mind that most students cannot just borrow money from their parents because their parents are not millionaires. That isn't an attack on success, just a fact. Not everyone has a trust fund waiting for them like Romney. Continued comments like this just prove how out of touch Romney is.

It will be a long road to November.

Newt's Penguin

Artist - RJ Matson

In other news, Marco Rubio, someone whose name comes up in any discussion about possible Romney VP picks said today that he would say no if asked.  I don't blame him, really.  Romney is certain to lose and if Rubio has higher political aspirations, he would do better if he ran in 2016 when, theoretically, the Republicans had a shot of winning.

Romney's Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy

Newly anointed GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that there is a vast left-wing conspiracy against him. Obviously, he was being a little tongue-in-cheek referencing Hillary Clinton during Bill Clinton's impeachment trial. However, because of the way he went on with the interview saying that people on the left side of the aisle would do everything they could to beat him, I think he was more serious.

It made me chuckle though because...isn't that how elections work? Why would the Democrats just let him do his thing without fighting back? Especially when his campaign is wrong and has a reckless disregard for the truth.

It will be interesting to see what the next several months have in store for us.

Success!

Artist - Dave Granlund

I wanted to write a bit on the whole Ann Romney stay at home mom thing but I just don't know where to start.  The comment that she had never worked a day in her life clearly was not meant as a jab at stay at home moms but at the Romney's ridiculous amount of wealth.  Hilary Rosen shouldn't have said it, however, because it could be taken so wrong and Democrats were good to jump on her for it.

The strangest thing about the whole story is Romney's position it the debate.  Clearly, he supports his wife and is now all gung-ho about stay at home moms.  But what if Ann was poor?  Earlier, he said that mothers who need financial help have to go to work to receive benefits.  I don't know what happened in these few months to change his whole outlook on motherhood and how they raise their children... oh, yes, it has become politically expedient to do so...


It's going to be a long road to November.

Retracing The Titanic

By: Bob Englehart

The President released his tax returns today, while Mitt Romney asked for an extension. I suppose with all that campaigning it just slipped his mind. Or perhaps he thought the 22% given to charity by the Obama's wouldn't play well compared to his own? Better stick it in a different news cycle. Good call, Romney campaign.