Romney’s ‘Strong Leadership’ ad rebuts Obama’s misleading attacks

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  June 8th at 11:00 AM  | 

The  Romney campaign has released a new television, titled “Strong Leadership,” touting Romney’s economic record as Massachusetts governor:   “As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney demonstrated strong leadership—reducing the unemployment rate and balancing budgets without raising taxes. As president, Mitt Romney will do the same to help create jobs and get our country back on track.” The ad highlights three of Governor Romney’s economic achievements:

Obama continues negative campaign – tries to trash Governor Romney

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 31st at 12:30 PM  | 

Having seen Mitt Romney, build a lead among the critical Independent voters and veterans, close the gender gap and improve his favorable ratings while the recently restarted Obama reelection campaign stumbles badly out of the gate. And as hid campaign suffers from the Democrats’ Bain mutiny and a campaign spokesman who bears false witness, Obama decides to continue his negative feedback loop by attempting to trash | Read More »

It’s Romney’s private equity vs. Obama’s public equity

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 29th at 04:15 PM  | 

Today, the Romney campaign released a new video, “Not Even Half” taking President Obama to task for the billions of taxpayer dollars he has given to companies that later failed — including companies that were run by Democrat donors:

Obama’s campaign restart stumble

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 25th at 03:00 PM  | 

It has been one stumble after another since President Obama officially launched, some would say restarted, his reelection campaign three weeks ago.  With the Dems’ Bain mutiny making a shambles of the what was going to be Obama’s main attack on Romney,  this may have been Obama’s worst week ever.  The  RNC  produced the following  video that makes that point:

‘Day One’ – President Romney’s first day, part two

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 24th at 11:30 AM  | 

The Romney Campaign is out with another positive video about what a Romney Presidency would be like “Day One, Part Two.” In the “Part Two” video we are told that on his first day in office, President Romney will: Announce deficit reductions, ending the Obama era of big government and helping to secure our kids’ futures. Stand up to China on trade — demanding they | Read More »

Obama campaign spokesman bears false witness

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 23rd at 08:15 PM  | 

Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt was caught in a deviation from the truth when asked whether anyone from the White House or the 2012 [Obama] campaign had reached out to Mayor Booker, to make him reel his words. LaBolt answered, “We did not.” When the incredulous reporter immediately gave LaBolt another chance, he doubled down on his prevarication Shortly thereafter, Mayor Booker threw Labolt under | Read More »

Romney closes the gender gap

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 23rd at 08:30 AM  | 

A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that in the last month Romney has closed his so-called gender gap from 19 to 7 percent. Last month Obama led among women 57 to 38 percent. Now that lead is down to 51 to 44 percent. The new poll found voters would be split 49 percent for Obama and 46 percent for Romney if the November election | Read More »

New ‘Basketball’ ad hits Obama for letting folks down

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 22nd at 11:00 AM  | 

The new Crossroads GPS ad “Basketball” could prove to be the most effective ad of the 2012 presidential campaign. The ad is not red meat for right wingers. It does not go after President Obama for his associations with radicals such as Van Jones, Bill Ayers or the Reverend Wright. I doesn’t go after Obama’s Socialism — his desire to redistribute all our wealth. It | Read More »

‘Afghan good enough’ Obama lowers the bar for victory in Afghanistan

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 20th at 06:00 PM  | 

According to the New York Times, president Obama has “significantly lowered” the bar on how success in Afghanistan is defined. In four years Obama has gone from ”we must never forget, this is not a war of choice, this is a war of necessity” and “this is a war that we have to win” to “Afghan good enough.” According to the Times, Obama’s new definition of | Read More »

Sen. Ron Johnson delivers weekly GOP address – Obama grew debt, not economy

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 19th at 02:22 PM  | 

In the weekly GOP address, Wisconsin’s U.S. Ron Johnson takes the president to task for the failed Obama economic policies: “We are all disappointed by the failure of President Obama’s economic policies… His budget busting stimulus plan grew government, grew our debt, but failed to grow our economy.” You can watch Senator Johnson’s terrific address below: Senator Johnson starts by noting that it has now | Read More »

Romney: Obama’s reckless spending fans a ‘prairie fire of debt’

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 15th at 05:00 PM  | 

Speaking in Des Moines, Iowa this afternoon, Romney took President Obama to task for his incessant spending and borrowing: “Today America faces a financial crisis of debt and spending that threatens what it means to be an American. Here in the heartland you know in your hearts that it’s wrong.  We can’t spend another four years talking about solving a problem that we only make | Read More »

Florida investigation reveals 180,000 non-citizens may be registered to vote

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 12th at 03:44 PM  | 

Florida officials have discovered that 180,000 registered voters may be non-citizens. A CBS4/Miami Herald analysis of information supplied by Miami-Dade shows a large number of the potential non-citizens voters cast ballots in the past — including the 2000 election, when the presidency was decided by just over 500 votes. According to Deputy Supervisor of Elections Christina White, there are a “lot of non-citizens on our | Read More »

Obama finally mans up – admits he supports gay marriage

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 9th at 07:38 PM  | 

President Obama’s politics of expediency — his penchant for obfuscation and trying to be on both sides of controversial issues, finally caught up with him. Catching heat from all parts of the political spectrum because of his  because of his bodacious gay marriage straddle, Obama finally man-upped and admitted in an ABC News interview that he supports gay marriage: “I’ve just concluded that for me | Read More »

Obama’s bodacious gay marriage straddle

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 8th at 03:00 PM  | 

In yet another attempt to be on both sides of a controversial issue, President Obama refuses to be straight about his position on gay marriage. During the 2008 presidential campaign Obama said he did not support same-sex marriage and believed “marriage is between a man and a woman.” You can watch Obama say it here. Two years later, on Oct. 27, 2010, Obama revealed that | Read More »

In new ad, Obama admits he didn’t get it done in three years

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 8th at 07:00 AM  | 

Today President Obama’s reelection campaign launched a new ad campaign attempting to deal with Obama’s failed economic policies. As the headline for an article by Yahoo News White House correspondent Olivier Knox, put it: “New Obama ad strikes ‘don’t blame me’ tone on economy.” The new ad plays right into the hands of the Republican National Committee’s effort to re-brand the 2008 Obama campaign “hope | Read More »

Romney opens 10-point lead among Independents

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 7th at 11:45 AM  | 

A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll finds the presidential race between President  Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to be very close, with Romney leading by a single point — 48% to 47%, among likely voters. More important is the 10-point lead, 48% to 38%, Romney has among the critical Independents voters. That confirms Romney’s six point lead among Independets that Gallup found | Read More »

From ‘hope and change’ to ‘hype and blame’

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  May 4th at 11:15 AM  | 

Continuing with the from “hope and change” to “hype and blame” campaign launched yesterday, the Republican National Committee (RNC) has released a new video “Hype and Blame.” Watch the “Hype and Blame” video: RNC Chairman Reince Priebus notes Obama can’t run on his record: “President Obama has no record to run on so he’s out on the campaign trail resorting to the very tactics he | Read More »

Romney explains Obama’s ‘all of the above’ energy policy

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  April 24th at 08:30 AM  | 

Obama’s for all the sources of energy that come from above the ground. Wind and solar. He just doesn’t like the things that come from below the ground. — Mitt Romney Speaking at Consol Energy’s Research and Development Facility in South Park Township, Pennsylvania the day before that state’s presidential primary, Mitt Romney took on President Obama’s energy policies, blaming them for increasing energy prices: | Read More »

Obama: excuses rather than responsibility for his failed policies

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  April 16th at 11:00 AM  | 

“I’m not gonna make any excuses.” — Barack Obama The good folks at the RNC have released a video highlighting President Obama’s penchant for offering excuse after excuse rather take responsibility for his policy failures. Watch the “From ‘Hope’ to Hypocrisy: Excuses, Excuses” video: This is one more example of Obama saying one thing while doing another or trying to have things both ways. He | Read More »

Obama’s failed promises: Nevada edition

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  February 4th at 12:37 PM  | 

The good folks at the RNC took a look  at what candidate Obama promised in Nevada during the 2008 presidential campaign … and the record of failure that followed. The result reveals President Obama’s failure to live up to candidate Obama’s promises. In a new video the RNC reminds us of how Obama’s failed promises impact Nevada. Nevada has the highest unemployment rate in the country | Read More »