Voters will go to the polls with a choice … Mitt Romney advocates increasing the military by 100,000 (without explaining what their mission would be although he acknowledges that he agrees that American and coalition troops will be out of Afghanistan in 2014) … or Barack Obama who has used Executive Orders to force changes [...]
So the Strib polls says that President Obama’s lead is within the margin of error and now the Romney campaign is touting that it will advertize in Minnesota ($30,000 by the campaign and $1.1 Million by his SuperPAC friends) …. hmmm … but wouldn’t he do better to escape SuperStormSandy and visit Minnesota … or [...]
While Minnesotans are beginning to debate whether to incorporate into the state Constitution to limit the Freedom to Marry, the State of Iowa has allowed same-sex marriage for years. Whatever horrors that some may want to promote as inevitable or even remotely possible, so a poll of Iowans may put some of those assertions and [...]
Iowa prides itself in being the first state to weigh in on nominating candidates for President. The 2012 Republican caucuses thought they had picked the next president when it announced that Mitt Romney had won only to have to retract it later in favor of Rick Santorum. Well … it was close … so surely [...]
QUERY : Does Mitt Romney’s business philosophy work in foreign relations ? “In a free economy and in the private sector, sometimes investments don’t work and they’re not successful. It always pains you if you have to be in a situation of downsizing a business,” said Mitt Romney, who added: “This is a free-enterprise system.” [...]
Mitt Romney told an audience on September 17th at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce : we must cut the deficit and put America on track to a balanced budget. I believe that it is immoral for us to continue to spend more than we take in, to pass massive debts on to our children. As [...]
The Great Opportunity Party’s (as the Republican National Committee refers to itself in its platform) nominee, Mitt Romney is trying to court voters … including an appearance on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael for a show airing Tuesday, September 18th, wanna-be “your” President, Mitt Romney revealed : “I’m kind of a Snooki fan. Look how [...]
On his way to his estate on Lake Winnipesaukee on Thursday, Mitt Romney stopped to visit campaign workers who happened to be veterans. Asked by a reporter why he decided not to discuss the Afghanistan war on his party’s biggest stage last week, the AP story offers this assessment : Romney’s omission of Afghanistan in [...]
Bill Clinton : “People ask me all the time how we delivered four surplus budgets. What new ideas did we bring? I always give a one-word answer: arithmetic.” That one-word answer actually tells voters a lot … can you believe the math … if not, how can you trust the person ? OK … so [...]
Republicans continue to amaze … Todd Akin has (R-MO) his moment in the sun … before that it was Joe Walsh (R-IL-08) who complained about his opponent’s military service saying, “unlike most veterans I have had the honor to meet since my election to Congress, who rarely if ever talk about their service or the [...]
MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
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Union News: 10 articles from national union blogs
