Call it a simple joke or part of a more calculated attack campaign on GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, but a curious statement by President Barack Obama’s during today’s press conference is making headlines. (Related: Henry responds to Megyn Kelly over Obama’s ribbing) The quick quip was prefaced by a question from Fox News’ Ed Henry. “I wanted to get your first reaction to the Iranian terror plot,” Henry said. “What specific steps will you take to hold Iran accountable, especially when Mitt Romney said last week, quote, ‘If you do not want America to be the strongest nation on earth, I am not your president. You have that president today.’” Obama’s response, “I didn’t know you were the spokesperson for Mitt Romney,” brought laughter from Henry’s peers. Watch the incident unfold, below: Again, this very well could have been something that came organically and in the moment. But some politicos are claiming that the president’s re-election campaign is setting its sights on Mitt Romney. Below, see a Fox News interview with Romney campaign manager Eric Fehrnstrom, during which the president’s purported Romney-targeting is addressed: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Obama’s joke may be indicative of an assumption within his campaign that Mitt Romney will end up being the inevitable 2012 Republican candidate for the presidency. We’ll have to wait and see what the White House has to say next about Romney, but Obama campaign architect David Axelrod’s tweets only add fuel to the fire:
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Inaccurate Statements by Congressman Anthony Weiner’s Office on Coed Tweet Scandal
Less than a week ago, we reported on the state of Indiana’s efforts to lure businesses from Illinois to their more tax-friendly environment. It appears that Caterpillar may be Illinnoyed enough to leave. This very large manufacturing company may have seen the benefits of such a geographic shift and is considering pulling up stakes and moving to the Hoosier state. A migrating Caterpillar would be a very interesting development as the company has been front and center in many of the President’s discussions on American manufacturing and how large industrial concerns like CAT would benefit from the passing of his stimulus plan. Remember early 2009? The economy was in free-fall and a newly-elected president, with an unstoppable majority in both the House and Senate was pushing through his $800+ billion dollar Stimulus bill, claiming that this kind of spending would stop the job losses and put the country back on the path to recovery. February 9, 2009, while on a campaign-like tour to promote his plan, President Obama even mentioned Caterpillar and the Stimulus bill together: A few short days later, and shortly after Caterpillar announced job cuts in excess of 23,000, Obama was in a Caterpillar Plant. Again, he tied his gargantuan spending plan to the future success of Caterpillar, American manufacturing, school kids, and just about anything else you could think of: Just 24 hours later, the aforementioned ‘Jim’ (CEO Jim Owens) completely contradicted the President’s claims that Caterpillar would be able to stop the layoffs and hire more people if his stimulus bill passed. A strange sidebar to all of this. . . Just three days before Obama came to the plant, Jim Owens was named to the President’s Economic Advisory Team . It is also worth noting that GEs’s Jeff Immelt, Anna Burger of SEIU, and another union honcho, Richard Trumka were also on the same economic advisory team. Back to our story of the possibly creeping Caterpillar. Current CAT president Doug Olberhelman, has reportedly sent a letter to Illinois Governor Pat Quinn basically putting the state on notice. Olberhelman also included some of the notes from other states hoping to woo his company: “I stand ready to help convince you to relocate or expand in the fiscally conservative, low-tax Lone Star State,” wrote Texas Gov. Rick Perry in a Jan. 24 letter. “I encourage you to consider South Dakota as a place for your business to grow and prosper,” noted J. Pat Costello, secretary of the South Dakota governor’s economic development office. Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman wrote in February to say, “In Nebraska, we balance our budget by controlling spending, not by raising taxes.” The fact that two of the three letters from other states mentioned taxes is not a coincidence. In January of this year, Illinois raised taxes sparking many neighboring states to start inviting their neighbors over for some lower-tax hospitality. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has not commented officially, but his spokesperson has announced a scheduled meeting between Quinn and Olberhelman on April 5th at a conference in Peoria, Il. We will monitor the situation and update this story as needed.
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Amtrak’s move to re-name Wilmington, Delaware’s train station to the Joseph R. Biden Station should surprise no one. As a Senator, the VP frequented the station as he commuted from DC to his home in Wilmington. And back in May of 2009, Biden also made it known that he was personally involved in directing some $20 million in stimulus funds to the proposed $32 million dollar makeover of the station. It should also not surprise anyone to discover that the project’s projected cost of $32 million ballooned to $37.7 million. Hey, ‘free wi-fi’ does not come cheap. The Washington Times covered the story and shared a quote from Leslie Paige, the spokesperson of Citizens Against Government Waste: “It’s an absolutely perfect monument to a guy whose entire history has been overspending and overpromising,” she said. “It would make sense [ Mr. Biden ‘s] name would be slapped on a bloated, over-budget train station in Wilmington.”
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Over on Battle 10, we see news indicating Harry Reid's “Let's outspend her and destroy her with attack ads” strategy just took a big hit. Spokesperson Jarrod Agen has just released Sharron Angle’s stunning third-quarter
I couldn’t pass this up. The main story’s at Politico , with a lengthy thread now building at Memeorandum . The best part is how the lefties are all over the place on this. An outraged Melissa McEwan slams the Democratic Majority Leader, for example: Oh, well, as long as he praised her for her work, then it’s totally fine that he SEXUALLY OBJECTIFIED A SITTING US SENATOR. The Democrats want my support, my money, and my votes. They constantly assert to be the party that values women and women’s issues. And yet their Senate Majority Leader publicly humiliates a fellow Democrat by commenting on her “hotness” at a fundraising event, and then sends out his spokesperson to argue with a straight fucking face that it’s not inappropriate. I just…wow. I probably wouldn’t put it in so many words, but I doubt I could get away with calling some of my female colleagues the “hottest” members of the department. Thus it’s pretty hilarious that TPM’s going to bat for Senator Reid: It should be noted that Gillibrand was in fact recently declared number three on The Hill’s Top 50 Most Beautiful People list — and neither of the top two are members of the Senate. So logically speaking, this would make her the hottest member of the Senate according to a major Washington publication. So objectifying New York’s junior senator as a “hottie” is totally cool then. Hey, a “major Washington publication” says she’s hot, so let’s just follow the drill at a party fundraiser. Got it. Meanwhile, Weasel Zippers removes the, er, blinders:
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Talking Points Memo Defends Sexist Harry Reid’s Announcement of Kirsten Gillibrand as ‘Hottest Member’ of the Senate
Snort-worthy video of the day via the NSRC: “DNC Spokesperson Doesn’t Know Alaskan Dem Candidate’s Name.” Via WaPo : His name is Scott McAdams, and he stands a remote chance of beating Miller or current Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski in November. As The Post’s Chris Cillizza put it in an online live chat late Wednesday morning: “I have heard NOTHING from Democrats about Alaska and given the other races they have to worry about in the Senate, it’s hard for me to imagine them spending any money in the Last Frontier or targeting it in any significant way.” *** Suggestion for McAdams’ new campaign theme: “Say My Name, Say My Name…”
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