POLL: Key Voters Rejected Romney Because Of His Far-Right Stance On Women’s Health Issues

POLL: Key Voters Rejected Romney Because Of His Far-Right Stance On Women’s Health Issues: Early exit polling from last month’s presidential election suggested that majorities of voters in key states support legal access to abortion services, and a new poll released today confirms that women’s health issues were a decisive factor in helping voters decide between President Obama and Mitt Romney. Post-election polling conducted by Hart Research Associates and [...]/p

Melissa Harris-Perry's Open Letter to Richard Mourdock on Sexual Assault

Melissa Harris-Perry's Open Letter to Richard Mourdock on Sexual Assault
"It's every bit as brave, honest and powerful and something every one of these anti-woman, anti-abortion zealots ought to have to listen to, after Richard Mourdock's callous remarks about conception via rape being "God's will"."

Black ministers endorse Elizabeth Warren, chide Scott Brown for divisive campaign

Black ministers endorse Elizabeth Warren, chide Scott Brown for divisive campaign
"Sen. Scott Brown's decision to center his campaign almost entirely on Elizabeth Warren's claim of Native-American heritage has earned him the opposition of Boston's African-American ministers, who have lined up with Elizabeth Warren."

Campaign Surrogate Admits Romney Is Changing Positions Just To Win Votes

Campaign Surrogate Admits Romney Is Changing Positions Just To Win Votes: Mitt Romney campaign surrogate Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) admitted that the GOP presidential candidates was changing his positions and moving towards the middle in order to win over voters, during an appearance on CNN’s Starting Point on Friday morning. Gingrey’s comments, reminiscent of Romney advisor Eric Fehrnstrom’s claim that Romney would “Etch-A-Sketch” his positions after [...]/p

10 Most Shameless Romney Debate Lies -- Debunked | Alternet

10 Most Shameless Romney Debate Lies -- Debunked | Alternet
"Romney’s debate performance was chock full of lies, recalling his running mate’s address to the GOP convention, which was also chock full of lies. Hopefully, just as Ryan’s address was dissected and debunked by some media outlets, Romney’s claims are as well, so the debate can move to substantive issues instead of stylistic ones.

Here are ten of Romney’s fact-challenged claims from last night:"

Romney's big Medicare lie takes center stage in debate

Romney's big Medicare lie takes center stage in debate
"There is still the truth here: the cuts to Medicare in the President's plans don't hurtbeneficiaries. The cuts will extend the solvency of the Medicare trust fund because they save the program money in the long term. Romney's plan would make Medicare insolvent by 2016, the end of his first presidential term, if he wins. And that does some serious damage to current retirees."

Wingnuts Hurl Racist Comments At Cardboard Obama in Denver

Wingnuts Hurl Racist Comments At Cardboard Obama in Denver
"The four-minute video on YouTube, in which dozens of Republicans pass by cardboard Obama and, in a few cases, can’t help but hurl less-than-politically correct comments its way. You can watch the video below.

“Go back to Kenya!” one person says.

“Strangle him!” says another."

Health Care in the 2012 Presidential Election: How the Obama and Romney Plans Stack Up - The Commonwealth Fund

Health Care in the 2012 Presidential Election: How the Obama and Romney Plans Stack Up - The Commonwealth Fund
"The report focuses on the following: the number of Americans expected to gain health insurance; changes in the affordability of insurance; changes in consumer protections and consumer choice; help for small businesses; improvement in Medicare solvency; improvement in health care quality; and control of health spending growth. Findings of the analysis indicate that, in each area, implementation of the Affordable Care Act would likely outperform Romney’s proposals."

Mitt's lady woes worsen

Mitt's lady woes worsen
"It looks like Ann's efforts to talk to women as if they're the help are backfiring on her husband's campaign. I can't wait to see how much he enjoys firing her!

Remember, women vote in significantly higher numbers than men. In 2008, the national exit polls pegged it at 53-47 in favor of women. So if Romney is going to suffer a double-digit shellacking from the ladies, he better make it up with an even bigger margin from men. Right now, he's not even close."

Scott Brown: Romney who?

Brown has avoided any association with Romney in his race against Elizabeth Warren

Scott Brown still shamelessly flogging Warren on Native American issue

Scott Brown still shamelessly flogging Warren on Native American issue
"Sen. Scott Brown has definitively answered the question of whether he has any shame. He doesn't. He has a brand new ad out hitting Elizabeth Warren on her claim to be a Native American, pushing an issue her employers have uniformly debunked."

Top whoppers: Why Mitt’s pants are on fire

GOP Senate Candidate Akin: ‘Free Enterprise’ Means Being Allowed To Deny Equal Pay To Women

GOP Senate Candidate Akin: ‘Free Enterprise’ Means Being Allowed To Deny Equal Pay To Women: Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) has struggled with a well-established woman problem in his Senate campaign, ever since he claimed women could not get pregnant from “legitimate rape.” After he said his opponent, incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), was not “ladylike,” her campaign released a video of Akin suggesting that businesses should be allowed to pay [...]/p

RNC Chair Reverses Course, Says Republican Party Will ‘Absolutely’ Support Todd Akin

RNC Chair Reverses Course, Says Republican Party Will ‘Absolutely’ Support Todd Akin: Republicans, stuck with Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) in the Missouri Senate race after the dropout deadline passed this week, have hit the fifth stage of grief: acceptance. After Akin declared last month that women cannot get pregnant from “legitimate rape” because “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down,” nearly [...]/p

Akin does it again

Todd Akin does it again, saying Senator Claire McCaskill's debate performance was not "ladylike" and like a "wildcat out of the cage." TheRoot.com's Keli Goff and Sam Stein of The Huffington Post join Ed Schultz to discuss Akin's latest comments and other big Senate races.

Senator Bernie Sanders Eviscerates Mitt Romney's 47% Secret Video

Bernie Sanders Eviscerates Mitt Romney's 47% Secret Video

Susan Sarandon: I’m very happy for Romney’s gaffe

Romney’s secret video could be a game changer

Elizabeth Warren Pulls Ahead Of Scott Brown By Six Points

Elizabeth Warren Pulls Ahead Of Scott Brown By Six Points
"This is good. Even if it's a post-convention bump for the most part, it shows she has momentum, and that's what you need at this stage of the game. I'd certainly look forward to having Elizabethe Warren in the Senate"

The Post-Truth Campaign: Mitt Romney Tells 530 Lies in 30 Weeks

The Post-Truth Campaign: Mitt Romney Tells 530 Lies in 30 Weeks
"While the sheer number of Romney's lies are indeed unprecedented for a presidential campaign, his fact-free campaigning is simply the logical continuation of a trend that started in the George W. Bush administration, when Republicans literally walled themselves from reality."