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Washington: Marriage equality referendum polling at 56%

A new SurveyUSA poll shows support for Referendum 74, the ballot referendum on Washington’s marriage equality law, is surging with 56 percent approval and only 38 percent rejection.

Public Policy Polling found in June that 51 percent were prepared to vote for the measure — the first time that number crossed the 50 percent threshold.

The campaign supporting Referendum 74 has received immense corporate support, out-fundraising opponents 20-to-1, and the resulting messaging strategy seems to be working.

Via ThinkProgress

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New World Trade Center – Time lapse video

In honor of the 11th anniversary of September 11th, EarthCam is premieres this commemorative time-lapse video with cinematic views of the World Trade Center site from multiple webcams.

The movie focuses on the rise of One World Trade Center, New York’s tallest building, and has amazing shots of the entire downtown New York City skyline.

The footage was captured between February 2010 and September 2012.

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Ohio: Romney more responsible for death of Osama bin Laden?

According to a PPP poll of likely Ohio voters, 15 percent of Republicans in Ohio think Romney is “more responsible” for bin Laden’s death than Obama, while 47 percent of Republicans are “not sure” whether Obama or Romney deserves more of the credit.

Six percent of the overall respondents gave Romney credit where credit is not at all due regarding the killing of bin Laden.

Thirty-one percent of them weren’t sure whether the president or the candidate deserves more credit.

And these people get to vote.

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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan – where are the specifics?

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan say they can balance the budget and fix the economy in part by removing some “tax loopholes.”

Many of these “tax loopholes” are the biggest tax deductions middle class America gets: mortgage interest deductions, state and local tax deductions… But Mitt Romney and company won’t say what “loopholes” they’ll “close.”

If you buy a home this year for $100,000 with a mortgage – under current law, middle class America would get something like a $6,000 tsx deduction.

How do you feel about losing that?

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Paul Ryan – against legalizing pot, then fine with it, then against it

GOP VP pick Paul Ryan traveled to Colorado on Friday, an important swing state where medical cannabis is already legal and a ballot initiative legalizing marijuana outright appears likely to pass.  In the past, Congressman Ryan has opposed even medical marijuana in states that legalized it.

When asked his position on legalizing pot, he suddenly embraced a new position saying it’s a “states’ rights” issue in an interview with Colorado Springs television station KRDO:

I asked Congressman Ryan: “In Colorado we have medical marijuana. Under a Romney Ryan ticket, what happens?”

Ryan: “It’s up to Coloradans to decide.”

I said: “So even if federal law says marijuana is illegal, you’re saying?”

Ryan: “My personal positions on this issue have been let the states decide what to do with these things. This is something that is not a high priority of ours as to whether or not we go down the road on this issue. What I’ve always believed is the states should decide. I personally don’t agree with it, but this is something Coloradans have to decide for themselves.”

Nearly three quarters of Americans agree with this position, however none of them are named Mitt Romney.

Mitt Romney promised to fight marijuana legalization “tooth and nail,” and he lost his cool with a Colorado reporter who asked him about the medical cannabis issue last May. So Ryan was forced to backtrack on Saturday, when a Ryan spokesperson claimed that Ryan “agrees with Mitt Romney that marijuana should never be legalized.”

Courage, clarity and commitment you can trust.

Via ThinkProgress