Democratic Convention
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The Bells Are Ringing For Barney and His DudeRep. Barney Frank age 71 and the most prominent gay member of Congress (and both Howie's and Sandy's representative), is getting married. His betrothed is 42 year old Jim Ready. Howie wondered is Barney robbing the cradle.
was Maurice on checked command. That hotel in Atlanta at the 1988 Democratic Convention and I mentioned that. And then then that Barney -- and one of his books that you know home -- like how -
JFK library to release last of his secret tapes
… relations and the race to space, plans for the 1964 Democratic Convention and re-election strategy. There also are moments ..... talks about trying to create films for the 1964 Democratic Convention in color instead of black and white. "The color …
Audio & Video
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Mitt's Flat 15%
A Rasmussen tracking survey has former House Speaker Newt Gingrich just three points behind Governor Mitt Romney in the South Carolina primary race. Meanwhile Newt is making a big deal of Mitt Romney only paying 15% of his income in taxes. Guest host Joe Battenfeld did not have a problem with Mitt's percentage given that this was on investment income and Mitt already had paid taxes on the money that was invested.
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Chump Line Thursday December 15, 2011 - Dim Bulbs In The White HouseOur favorite message on today's chump line was the observation that the reason this administration was banning 110 watt lightbulbs was because the White House wanted more houses like themselves - full of dim bulbs.
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Out of Context
Mitt Romney’s campaign either just made its first real blunder of the 2012 presidential campaign or very cleverly created a firestorm of publicity. The reaction to its new ad may be exactly what the campaign was banking on. The campaign’s rollout of its first TV ad in New Hampshire was marked by a controversy over its use of an out-of-context quote by President Obama. The Romney campaign was forthcoming about the entire context of the quote in its press release. Howie was proud of thee tactics and thought it was indeed fair play.
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Chump Line Friday November 11, 2011 - Obama Asked For It
Our favorite message from today's chump line was a caller who said Obama did not just inherit the economic crisis he begged for it and caused it himself.
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Perry Meltdown
Rick Perry brushed off a gaffe from Wednesday's debate, saying one mistake may in fact humanize him and certainly will not tank his campaign the way some strategists are predicting. On Wednesday night in Michigan, Perry said he would cut three agencies from the federal government but could only name two of them. Howie wondered who had a worse week: Herman Cain or Rick Perry.
Pages & Blogs
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Chris Matthews Fixates on Race with Michael Steele
… thing I notice about the difference. One thing I notice about black people at different conventions. You go to Democratic convention , with Donna, black folk are hanging together, having a good time. They're smiling, they're enjoying themselves …
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Swirling Brooks
… virtually none. The unity speech he gives on the stump today is essentially the same speech that he gave at the Democratic convention in 2004, and it's the same sort of speech he gave to Illinois legislators and Harvard Law students in the decades …
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37 Million
… Democratic meeting Aug. 28, according to the most recent Nielsen Media Research rating. During day one of the Democratic convention , Michelle Obama garnered 22 million total viewers, while Sen. Hillary Clinton got 26 million viewers the next …
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Pawlenty Good
… is just about old enough for a VP. He added, "My goodness, it's amazing that we're three days into the Democratic convention and 60 or so days from the actual election and they're still trying to plead with the American people and convince …
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The Other Split
… group working to keep the party true to liberal priorities, and they have been assigned to every hotel housing Democratic convention delegates. Barack won the nomination as a liberal. In the weeks since he secured the nomination, he has aggressively …
