Rick ‘The frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the by-product of anal sex’ Santorum still thinks he has a shot of winning the GOP nomination. Although Romney is leading Santorum, Santorum claims that if Gingrich bows out of the race soon and if conservatives unite behind him, he could “make this race clearly a two-person race outside of the South”. However, given the fact that Romney already has 454 delegates, more than double Santorum’s 217, the only real shot Santorum has of winning the nomination is to take the fight to the convention, a nightmare that seems more and more probable to members of the Republican Party and is making some worry that the fight will lead to Obama victory. Poor Republicans, just one more thing for them to complain about. This in addition to how college indoctrinates students with liberal ideology, aka science and facts.
These views are representative of Jessica Longoria and in no way reflect the views of College Democrats or any other organization:
+The University regents decided to hold an emergency meeting in light of a bill introduced by Republican Randy Richardville’s which would prevent GSRA’s from unionizing. The Regents are expected to vote against the rights of the GSRA’s, despite having granted them collective bargaining rights in May. And I thought Mitt Romney was a flip-flopper.
+41,600 people applied to U of M for this admission cycle, up from 38,700 last year. In completely unrelated news, a housing shortage is leaving hundreds of students unsure of what they will do for shelter.
+The Daily should not be allowed to use the word “frisky” under any circumstances.
+Mitt Romney is horrible. Well I guess that’s not really news. But it will be news if he manages to pull out a victory in the Michigan primary. He has suffered three consecutive losses to Lick Santorum
+Not in the Daily: A summary of the dumb things Rick Santorum has said in the past 48 hours:
Happy Tuesday! Spring Break T-3 days 
According to the New York Times Caucus Section, 92% of campaign ads in the Florida primary have been negative.
It does not come as a surprise that these candidates have nothing positive to say about their own campaigns.
However I suggest that instead of wasting millions on negative ads, these republican candidates should simply shut up.
Original Source: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/92-percent-of-ads-in-florida-were-negative/?ref=politics
Ever tried typing the word “Santorum” into Google? Well, if you do you’ll find this definition is the first to appear on the page:
Too far? Definitely not. Enjoy!
January 31, 2012 marks the Florida GOP primary, where the boring, safe pick of Mitt Romney goes up against blustering philanderer Newt Gingrich in a battle royale of mediocrity. There is also Santorum and Paul, and the less to be said about them, the better.
For the nerdiest of politicos, you can check out the raw poll numbers at Real Clear Politics. The short of it is that polls originally showed Romney ahead in the state by anywhere from 2-40 points, but Gingrich began pulling ahead in a few last week. At this point however Romney has regained the lead by Gingrich’s ineptitude and the fact that most right wing establishment people really really really don’t like Newt Gingrich. Therefore Romney will most likely take Florida, with what I believe will be a rather thin margin around 5-7%. Florida has been seen as Romney territory for a long time due to the demographics of the GOPers in the state, and despite the brief Gingrich surge, Romney has regained the momentum in both the race and the debates.
On the other side of things, Current Commander in Chief and Denard Robinson fan Barack Obama has pulled ahead of Romney in Florida by 8 points, and is now leading national polls with an RCP average of 2.2%. While this is a thin margin compared to the other candidates, this is definitely a promising turn of events. As College Dems, we truly need to do everything in our power to maintain this advantage because we cannot let Mitt Romney or any other GOP candidate have the White House. What Republican governors have pulled against unions, women, and basically everyone except the 1% of richest Americans, is enough to give any rational person pause. It’s definitely time to put all of our energy as an organization into ringing every phone, knocking every door, registering tons of voters, and talking to everyone we can about the need to re-elect Barack Obama and all the democrats down the ticket this November.
“I do not suggest children until about 14 or 15 years of age do heavy, dangerous janitorial work. On the other hand, there are a number of things done to clean buildings that are not heavy or dangerous.” – Newt Gingrich
“I got my first job when I was 9. Worked at a sheet metal factory. In two weeks, I was running the floor. Child labor laws are ruining this country.”- Ron Swanson
As pretty much everyone and their mother knows by now, the “debt ceiling,” a Congressionally mandated line-in-the-sand that the U.S. National Debt is not allowed to surpass, has been surpassed and must be raised incredibly soon to avoid possible depression, collapse of the world banking industry, and essentially total ruin. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has gone on record saying that the deal to raise the debt ceiling must go through by August 2 and that there are “no other option(s) to buy more time for Congress.” With that said, deals usually require some form of compromise, right? While both sides agree the national debt must come down in the long term in order to facilitate this short term ceiling rise, the Democrats and Republicans each have key ways to make this happen. In a compromise then, logic dictates, each side would get some of what they want.
In the case of the debt ceiling, Democrats want to preserve entitlements so that what’s left of the social safety net in America can be secured, ask the wealthiest Americans to pay a little more, and trim the enormously bloated defense budget slightly. Republicans want to keep taxes cut as low as they are for Americans, cut spending on entitlements, and save the defense budget. While Obama has signaled he would accept a 3:1 ratio as part of the deal (3 parts spending cut to one part revenue gain through asking those making half a million or more to pay a little extra), that is still apparently not enough for the Republicans in the House and Senate. When Boehner signaled he was leaning toward accepting the deal, he faced an enormous backlash from his own party. Of course, the GOP is veering so far to the right that there are plenty of Tea Party Caucus GOP members who will vote against the debt ceiling increase regardless, including chair Michelle Bachmann.
So, analysis time. In sum, I believe Obama has the upper hand here. He has clearly signaled to the American people his willingness to compromise and cut spending on prized programs such as Medicare and defense, and in exchange he is asking for the very wealthiest to pay a bit more. I feel the American public will side with Obama on this issue because raising taxes on the wealthy has always polled incredibly well. A PPP poll of four swing states showed that 80% of voters in said states supported tax increases on those making a million dollars or more a year.
In short, the GOP look like the babies in this situation with their refusal to budge even a bit. One modest show of centrism by Boehner was met with a proverbial crowd of angry Republicans with torches and pitchforks. They are putting total economic collapse on the table just so that their wealthy friends can avoid paying a bit more on taxes. That is a message that the David Plouffe-led White House communication staff will be playing hard and fast from now all the way through the 2012 elections, guaranteed. Boehner and the GOP still have a chance to show that they can see the light and veer a bit back to the saner days of Bob Dole and Newt Gingrich, when compromises were actually able to go through leading to a balanced budget, but I wouldn’t exactly be betting the farm on that one.
Huzzah. In the Elections of 2010 all across the country, voters elected GOP members with the expectation that they would help fix the jobs and overspending issues in America. Instead, they decided it would be a good idea to crusade against the rights of everyday Americans, like the recent campaign to get rid of collective bargaining- a basic right of hardworking public sector union members to ensure a decent wage and a safe working environment. They also attacked women’s rights, with national efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, an organization that works to help many rights that women had fought for through centuries. Now, the assault is on domestic partnerships.
The GOP-led Congress in Michigan has attempted to strip away benefits those in the LGBT community have enjoyed in the state through a bill called SCR9. While the bill passed the Senate, 11 Democrats were needed in the House to defect from the party line and vote for this. Luckily, Democrats (save two defections) were able to stave off this blatant assault on gay rights. Unfortunately, the Republicans seem hell-bent on ramming this legislation through, so this is going to require a watchful eye on the part of all progressives. For now, however, benefits have been saved for domestic partners- a victory for human rights and the progressive movement.
Oh yay, I was wondering when this was going to happen. Members of the Republican Party are making the behind-the-scenes moves to be candidates in the 2012 Presidential election primaries.
Lets start with everyone’s favorite philanderer, Newt Gingrich.
Ol’ Newt is making the most visible steps toward running, announcing an exploratory website at the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Iowa on Monday. Has already scored the endorsements of some high-profile governors. Has a spokesman, Rick Tyler, an advisor and an attorney as part of his staff.
Next up, Tim Pawlenty, the man who took 50 eons to certify Al Franken as a US Senator despite every indication that he had won the race outright in 2008.
Per DailyKos, Pawlenty “Phil Musser, a former adviser to Romney and former head of the Republican Governors Association; former Bush campaign officials Terry Nelson and Sara Taylor; and Alex Conant, a former RNC press secretary.” This gem, who according to PPP wouldn’t even win his home state in a primary, seems pretty geared to run.
Mitt Romney, a politician since the womb, has made huge steps toward running as well:
Romney has essentially been running for President since 2008, with a built-in staff including his former communications chief Matt Rhodes, Rich Beeson as political director, Neil Newhouse as pollster and Andrea Saul as communications director (after working as spokeswoman for Carly Fiorina’s senate bid and a staffer on McCain’s campaign. Because we all know how those two worked out.)
Haley Barbour, Mitch Daniels, Mike Huckabee, Jon Huntsman, and (yes) Sarah Palin have all signaled some interest in running as well. No matter who runs it’s going to inevitably wind up with a lot of people calling Obama a no-good socialist communist arugula-eating hater of America. And the Antichrist. And it’ll all come down to whether the American public will be able to see through the rhetoric and vote on the issues. We will find out in just a year and a half.