President Obama may be a big fan of unions — for their organizing efforts and/or their political contributions — but what’s the story behind organized labor protests? The Romney camp offers up one story of how small businesses are targeted by labor unions’ “schoolyard bullies.” Paul Munsch, the owner of St. Louis Paving in St. Louis, Missouri, says he and his employees have faced years of bullying from the local union bosses and wonders why President Obama is one of the unions’ most ardent supporters in the latest ad from Mitt Romney’s campaign: I like this approach from the Romney camp — putting a real face to the issue of how so much of the labor union agenda (and the Democrat agenda) is actually anti-business. Liberals may dismiss the high-brow, well-paid cold and careless CEO all they want, but that’s not a realistic image of the damage this agenda does to the real victims — people like Paul Munsch and his dedicated employees who are being ostracized simply for doing their jobs.
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New Romney ad slams Obama for supporting unions
I almost fell on the floor listening to this guy. There used to be some kind of rule for excluding marginal candidates from these debates, and the organizing committees should have invoked it for Ron Paul years ago. What a disgrace: See Sacremento Bee , ” Paul and Santorum clash over US-Iran relationship .” Anyway, a big write up at NYT , ” 8 From G.O.P. Trade Attacks at Iowa Debate .”
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Ron Paul at GOP Debate: ‘There Was No Al Qaeda in Iraq’
Gearing up for campaign 2012, Obama’s Organizing for America announced this weekend that the commander-in-chief will be taking the helm of his official Twitter and Facebook pages to write his own messages to followers. OMG. I’m just like so excited: Starting today, you’ll notice something new about President Obama’s Facebook page and his Twitter account, @BarackObama . Obama for America staff will now be managing both accounts, posting daily updates from the campaign trail, from Washington, and everywhere in between. You’ll be hearing from President Obama regularly, too; on Twitter, tweets from the President will be signed “-BO.” The president’s first tweet appeared Sunday — a Father’s Day greeting to his Twitter account’s 8.7 million followers:
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Good news: Obama will now be writing his own tweets
New RNC Chairman Reince Priebus didn’t wast time fulfilling one of his campaign promises this weekend: he fired the 2012 Republican convention planning committee after charges of mismanagement and nepotism surfaced. On Sunday, Priebus asked for and received the resignation of Belinda Cook, who was working as the top RNC official organizing the convention set to take place in Tampa, FL. “This is just the first step toward organizing a convention that all of us and our 2012 Republican Presidential nominee can be proud of,” Priebus said in an email to committee members and obtained by National Journal. “There are some changes that need to be made to ensure a successful convention. Those changes start today,” he said. “I have discontinued the employment of the convention liaison and the employees of the Committee on Arrangements, effective immediately.” According to the Journal, the convention has already cost the RNC $600,000, and the organizing committeee owes the RNC another $160,000. But it’s where that money was being spent that drew the ire of Priebus. The Tampa Tribune details the extravagant expenses and nepotism: Cook has been paid a salary equivalent to about $180,000 a year by the Committee on Arrangements, plus a $25,000 consulting fee for July, according to Federal Election Commission records. FEC records also show her son and niece, and a college friend of her son, on the Committee on Arrangements payroll, plus more than $25,000 in payments to a consulting firm belonging to Cook’s sister. The committee has also been paying $4,500 a month for Cook’s housing: an expansive waterfront home in Treasure Island. The convention is still scheduled to take place in Tampa. Despite the allegations of mismanagement and spending more money than past conventions, Cook and other committee members have responded by saying that’s only because planning for the 2012 convention started much earlier than in years past. That excuse apparently fell on deaf ears. Former RNC head Michael Steele hired Cook after she served as his longtime personal assistant. But as her extravagant spending came to light recently, Priebus’s platform included a promise to fire her. On Sunday, he fulfilled his promise.
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Lonely, he’s Mr. Lonely…but at least he’ll always have TOTUS . Yep, looks like President Obama’s reverse Midas Touch is kicking in again today. The White House appears to be scrounging for rally attendees. Via Fox News: The president is headed to Madison as part of a series of rallies in swing states leading up to the election. But where he drew a crowd of 17,000 at the University of Wisconsin in 2008 during the presidential race, crowds are expected to be significantly smaller this time around — so much so that the president’s campaign team, Organizing for America, is sending out RSVP requests for Tuesday’s rally, featuring musician Ben Harper. “We’ve got a lot of work to do between now and November 2nd to keep moving America forward. But this movement has never backed down from a tough fight. I hope you can join me. If you haven’t already, please RSVP here. Hope to see you there, President Barack Obama,” reads the e-mail distributed Monday by Organizing for America. A senior Democratic Party official on Tuesday rejected the contention that the room may be tough to fill… One definite no-show? Democrat Sen. Russ Feingold, who will be avoiding Obama for the third time in his state: It may take more than a four-percentage-point “flip” for Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold to turn around this election year. The three-term Democratic senator finds himself in a surprisingly tight race against businessman Ron Johnson, who’s up 8 percentage points in a Sept. 25 Fox News/Pulse Opinion Research poll. Several other races are showing similar margins. Feingold was not to attend Tuesday’s rally with Obama, but Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine told CBS’s “The Early Show” that it is not a slight. No, not a slight. A full-throttle diss. Feingold cut and ran on Labor Day , when Obama appeared with AFL-CIO thug-in-chief Richard Trumka in Milwaukee, and also dodged Obama at an earlier summer event. You know who’s fault this all is, don’t you? Ask Thurston. *** Update: Latest Fox News poll shows Feingold down by 8 . Ouch. Doctor Zero quips: “Who’d win a race, Sestak running away from Toomey or Feingold running away from Obama?”
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Time.com – President Obama’s political machine, Organizing for America, is MIA after two years of neglect
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Obama’s MIA Volunteers: Organizing for America Shrinks
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How, um, thoughtful. First Lady Michelle Obama is gathering card signatures for her husband’s upcoming birthday. Presumably, this will make up for Mrs. Obama’s absence on hubby’s birthday. She won’t be there to celebrate because, as you know, she’ll be vacationing (again!) on your dime in Spain. (Laura Ingraham, whose Obama Diaries tops the NYTimes best-seller list this week, is right: You can’t discern Obama fact from fiction anymore.) Sasha will be accompanying her mom. Daughter Malia will also miss Dad’s birthday. She’s away at camp. Dios mio. Here’s the Organizing for America invitation from Michelle Obama that arrived in my email box this morning: Friend – Every year, our family tries to come up with a fun way to wish Barack a happy birthday. And this August 4th, when he turns 49, I have something new in mind. This has been a big — and hectic — year for him. After signing the Affordable Care Act and Wall Street reform into law — and completing his first year as president — I think it’s safe to say we will remember it for a long time. And I know full well how much he credits this movement, and the work of supporters like you, for the change that we’ve accomplished. So I’m putting together a birthday card that I would like you to sign. Together with other Organizing for America supporters — and me, Malia, Sasha, and Bo — we’ll wish him a happy birthday and let him know that we’re ready to take on the year ahead alongside him. Will you wish Barack a happy birthday with me? Wish Barack a happy birthday This year also brought a lot of surprises — some good and some bad. Supporters like you have helped him make the best of it — by contacting Congress to help push stalled legislation forward, by re-engaging supporters in the political process, by giving back with service projects across the country, and so much more. And while we can’t know what the coming year will bring, all of us, working together, will continue pushing forward for change. Will you help make this a memorable birthday for Barack and wish him a happy 49th? http://my.barackobama.com/birthday Thanks so much, Michelle Obama Feel free to send your condolences to Lonely Barry.
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