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bedsitter23We know we are in the midst of campaign season because the Obama and Romney ads run every hour and both men are making numerous trips here. Obama was in cedar rapids this past week and his talking point was the Bush-era taxcuts.
I am told it's a negative campaign. A local news channel points out Obama was in Cedar Rapids in 2008 and assaulted McCain for being negative, and in 2012, and in the last month, 76% of Obama's ads have some anti-Romney content.
Still, it doesn't feel particularly sleazy. I guess after the caucus season with Romney, Gingrich, Paul, and Perry, it was bound to be tame. I guess it is negative. Obama's biggest campaign point is a clip of a nonchalant Romney saying "Planned Parenthood? We're going to get rid of that.". Romney has stuck with (for a second cycle of ads) with Hillary Clinton circa 2008 saying "Shame on you, Barack Obama".
Of course, things may just be about to get ugly. Obama has struck at Romney again and again for outsourcing jobs. Romney's defense is that it's untrue and says if he will say anything to get elected (which is why he plays the Hillary video), then he will tell lies again and again.
Romney's argument is that he left Bain in 1999, and that places like FactCheck.org have confirmed that there was no outsourcing at that time. The question has since raised if Romney actually had left Bain as he said, or if he still played a major role. Things are about to get sticky.
Regardless of the truth, I imagine Obama will stick with it, and Romney will be saddled with it. Romney was a venture capitalist and a hedge fund manager, and those are terms that give people a bad taste in their mouth. Romney likely would have better time admitting to being a stripper than admitting a hedge fund past.
Things also will get worse as Restore Our Future are about to dump $7 million in swing states. They got a lot of practice in last fall by roughing up Newt and Perry, and they have tons of money and support from the 8th richest American Sheldon Adelson who makes boatloads of money frominnovative ideas a lean assembly production line the latest technologies the fact Americans love to gamble.
Romney didn't make it to Iowa this week, but guess who did?
Rick Santorum.
Santorum spent two days in Iowa on a 'thank you' tour. So yes, the 2016 Presidential election starts now.
He was here to promote local GOPers.
Not Willard?
Rick was on local news and he said he was going to "hold (Romney's) feet to the fire" just as much as he would to Obama.
Uh-oh!
Of course, my favorite political story from Iowa this week isn't from Barry, Willard, or even Rick. It's a candidate that was running for a State Senate spot.
I say running- past tense, because this week, she dropped her campaign because she discovered the US government was replaced by an illegitimate corporate government in 1871.
So instead of running for the state congress, she says she has been appointed as a US Senator in the Republic of the United States of America (the name sounds a bit Phantom Menace-ish to me, but whatever).
You can get read more about the Republic here and maybe you could be Attorney General of the Republic if you ask them nicely.
I am told it's a negative campaign. A local news channel points out Obama was in Cedar Rapids in 2008 and assaulted McCain for being negative, and in 2012, and in the last month, 76% of Obama's ads have some anti-Romney content.
Still, it doesn't feel particularly sleazy. I guess after the caucus season with Romney, Gingrich, Paul, and Perry, it was bound to be tame. I guess it is negative. Obama's biggest campaign point is a clip of a nonchalant Romney saying "Planned Parenthood? We're going to get rid of that.". Romney has stuck with (for a second cycle of ads) with Hillary Clinton circa 2008 saying "Shame on you, Barack Obama".
Of course, things may just be about to get ugly. Obama has struck at Romney again and again for outsourcing jobs. Romney's defense is that it's untrue and says if he will say anything to get elected (which is why he plays the Hillary video), then he will tell lies again and again.
Romney's argument is that he left Bain in 1999, and that places like FactCheck.org have confirmed that there was no outsourcing at that time. The question has since raised if Romney actually had left Bain as he said, or if he still played a major role. Things are about to get sticky.
Regardless of the truth, I imagine Obama will stick with it, and Romney will be saddled with it. Romney was a venture capitalist and a hedge fund manager, and those are terms that give people a bad taste in their mouth. Romney likely would have better time admitting to being a stripper than admitting a hedge fund past.
Things also will get worse as Restore Our Future are about to dump $7 million in swing states. They got a lot of practice in last fall by roughing up Newt and Perry, and they have tons of money and support from the 8th richest American Sheldon Adelson who makes boatloads of money from
Romney didn't make it to Iowa this week, but guess who did?
Rick Santorum.
Santorum spent two days in Iowa on a 'thank you' tour. So yes, the 2016 Presidential election starts now.
He was here to promote local GOPers.
Not Willard?
Rick was on local news and he said he was going to "hold (Romney's) feet to the fire" just as much as he would to Obama.
Uh-oh!
Of course, my favorite political story from Iowa this week isn't from Barry, Willard, or even Rick. It's a candidate that was running for a State Senate spot.
I say running- past tense, because this week, she dropped her campaign because she discovered the US government was replaced by an illegitimate corporate government in 1871.
So instead of running for the state congress, she says she has been appointed as a US Senator in the Republic of the United States of America (the name sounds a bit Phantom Menace-ish to me, but whatever).
You can get read more about the Republic here and maybe you could be Attorney General of the Republic if you ask them nicely.
