2012
Rick Perry: 'I Stepped In It'
Seth Abramovitch · 11/10/11 02:46AMWatch Rick Perry's Campaign Explode in an Excruciating Brain Fart
Max Read · 11/09/11 09:45PMHere's Texas Governor Rick Perry, distinguishing himself once again at Wednesday night's CNBC debate:
Live: The CNBC GOP Presidential Debate
Jim Newell · 11/09/11 07:59PMThe presidential candidates have come to Michigan, to do a slick pagan money-sucking dance on CNBC in front of the citizens of one of the more screwed states in the country. It should be great! Oh, and now Tea Party patriarch Rick Santelli will be there, asking questions. Oof. So put some dollar bills in your collar, down a jug of Blue Label, and let's kill some poors — together.
A Brief Guide to Tonight's GOP Presidential Debate
Jim Newell · 11/09/11 05:48PMLet's call it the Rich Uncle Pennybags debate. Tonight, Our Losers will square off in their first presidential debate in weeks, hosted by CNBC. It promises to be a banner night for plutocrats, and is intended to focus entirely on economic issues — specifically, how to stop the War on Wealth. What horrors await?
Rick Perry Ads Are the Only Thing to Watch on Iowa Television
Jim Newell · 11/09/11 12:41PMHere's the problem with Rick Perry's campaign: He and his SuperPACs have all this money, but no one really likes him anymore or has any interest in re-liking him. Where's all this money he duped everyone out of early on supposed to go? As of now it looks like he'll just keep saturating Iowa teevees with his same heartland-y ads over and over.
Cain Campaign Manager 'Confirming' Made-Up Facts on TV
Max Read · 11/08/11 10:26PMHere's Herman Cain's campaign manager Mark Block, who may actually be more entertaining than Cain himself, telling Sean Hannity (in that grave, stilted, get-away-from-the-shed-where-I-keep-the-bodies way of his) that he's "connected the dots" regarding the multiple sexual harassment complaints against his boss. "[Accuser Karen Kraushaar's] son works at POLITICO," he says to Hannity, who asks if Block has "confirmed that." (Uh, Sean? This is the Cain campaign? Do you really think that a Cain worker would get on TV and just make shit up?) "We've confirmed that he does indeed work at POLITICO and that's his mother, yes," Block says, apparently in reference to National Journal writer Josh Kraushaar. Who isn't Karen Kraushaar's son. And who, Politico insists, doesn't work for Politico. But they would say that, wouldn't they? [Politico]
Meet the Woman Who Got $45,000 Because Herman Cain Sexually Harassed Her
John Cook · 11/08/11 04:40PMObama's Chief of Staff Steps Down Amid Behind-the-Scenes Shitstorm
Seth Abramovitch · 11/08/11 02:49AMThe Wall Street Journal reports that Bill Daley, the man hired 10 months ago to turn the S.S. Obama around following the disastrous 2010 elections, is "shifting core responsibilities." Translation: He's being sidelined into a comfy "ambassadorial" position where he can't muck things up further for the beleaguered administration.
Herman Cain's Fourth Accuser Shares the Gritty Details
Jim Newell · 11/07/11 02:44PMMichele Bachmann Calls Mitt Romney a Cheap Commie
TPM · 11/07/11 12:50PMObama Campaign Warns: Support Me Now or Disappear Forever
Jim Newell · 11/07/11 12:22PMHere's the latest chilling Obama campaign video, "What if...?", which warns of what will happen if supporters don't start donating, knocking doors, or handing out pamphlets and stuff starting right now.
Attorney: Second Woman Asked Me About Suing Cain
TPM · 11/05/11 02:28PMGilded CNBC Republican Debate Will Focus on How to End the 'War on Wealth'
Jim Newell · 11/04/11 03:25PMNext week's presidential debate sounds fantastic: It's Republicans, on the rich people channel CNBC, while Wall Street protests are happening all around the country! And this promo from CNBC tells us that the main topic of discussion will be, "how will the candidates end the War on Wealth?" Yes, how? With extermination camps for the poor, or at least the uppity ones? That's the litmus test, candidates.
Herman Cain: 'I Am the Koch Brothers' Brother from Another Mother!'
Jim Newell · 11/04/11 02:44PMAmericans for Prosperity, the conservative group f(o)unded by that cartoonish industrial tycoon tandem known as the Koch brothers, is having a little conference in Washington this weekend called "Defending the American Dream." Herman Cain, whose campaign is essentially a wing of Americans for Prosperity, gave a big speech there today! Did he try to play down his Koch ties? Not exactly. "'I am the Koch brothers' brother from another mother!" he blared out, twice. American Dream = Defended.
Herman Cain Is Indestructible
Jim Newell · 11/04/11 01:19PMStephen Colbert Mocks Rush Limbaugh's Selective Racism
Matt Cherette · 11/04/11 01:06AMOn tonight's Report, Stephen Colbert sifted through the latest developments in Herman Cain's sexual harassment scandal, including claims by Rush Limbaugh that the whole thing is nothing more than a racist attack on Cain perpetrated by bigoted liberals. Because Limbaugh would never say anything racist! Except that he would, and—as Colbert then demonstrated—has.
Mayor Bloomberg to GOP Field: You Are a Bunch of Idiots
Seth Abramovitch · 11/03/11 10:54PMNew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg addressed an international economic forum at Columbia University on Thursday, during which he sounded off against certain, nameless, intellectually substandard presidential candidates who claim not to believe in things like the theory of evolution and global warming.
Mitt Romney: 'I've Been as Consistent as Human Beings Can Be'
Jim Newell · 11/03/11 04:11PMMitt Romney, when pressed by a New Hampshire editorial board about his *somewhat* contradictory opinions on top political issues over the last decade, had this to say: "I've been as consistent as human beings can be." Hmm. Really? He must be joking. Really? Oh, Mittens.