LGBTQ news and entertainment
In the latest Washington Post/ABC poll, 7 out of 10 Americans support increasing the taxes of millionaires.
Other results of the poll:
• Among registered voters – in a head to head match up – President Obama leads Mitt Romney 51-45%.
• President Obama leads Newt Gingrich by 11 points in a head to head match up.
• President Obama has big leads over Romney on the questions of who would better protect the middle class, handle foreign policy and fight terrorism.
Rick Santorum, looking for any kind of traction to justify his continued campaign in spite of low numbers in the poll, issued some of his harshest criticism of Mitt Romney to date in Minnesota today.
From CNN: “I really don’t find any legitimate reason why [Romney] would oppose [Obamacare], because the plan he put together in Massachusetts is in fact Obamacare on the state level,” Santorum said during a strongly worded healthcare-centered speech, adding that Romney “should not be the nominee of our party.” He added that Romney is “uniquely unqualified and I would argue disqualified” from making the case against the nation’s healthcare plan.”
I’ve been of the opinion that Rick Santorum is only staying in the race for the GOP nomination in hopes of being the Vice President pick. Clearly he’s not going to have the votes/delegates to clinch the top spot.
However, it’s looking like it will be more and more difficult to take on the VP nom when he’ll have to walk back all these attacks on Romney. Not sure there’s a ‘spin’ out there that can accommodate his attacks.
Via Think Progress: Nevada Republican Party Chairwoman Amy Tarkanian initially predicted as many as 70,000 Nevadans would participate in this year’s caucus, but final results show that fewer than half as many actually turned out.
The 33,000 figure is not only lower than expectations, but more than 10,000 fewer than participated in Nevada’s caucus in 2008. And even though Romney topped 50 percent of the vote for the first time in this primary season in the sate, his vote total was more than 25 percent lower than it was in 2008, and his percentage of the vote fell slightly as well.
The results in Nevada mark the third Republican primary so far where turnout has been below 2008 levels. In a year where Republicans are counting on high enthusiasm to defeat President Obama, that’s not a good sign for the eventual nominee. In Florida, turnout dipped 14 percent, and in New Hampshire, which has an open primary, turnout among registered Republicans fell 16 percent.
Mitt Romney’s campaign is ‘spinning’ this under the premise that people are so happy with Romney that they are staying home confident he will win these state contests.
I’d say folks are staying home because of a lack of enthusiasm for Romney or any of the current candidates.
What do you think?
Can’t wait.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s public information office expects a ruling on Tuesday, Feb. 7 in the Perry v. Brown case challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8.
Get ready, kids.
Just in case anyone missed it – here it is in high-def.
Freedom To Marry’s Evan Wolfson took on NOM president Brian Brownshirt usual lies and distortions about marriage equality yesterday during an appearance on a local NYC politics show.
I encourage everyone to watch this. If you aren’t aware of the arguments (lies) NOM makes on a daily basis, you see them in action here. Brian Brown isn’t very good at much other than repeating NOM’s talking points. AND you see Evan Wolfson bat them all down one by one in a calm, logical manner.
Great job Evan.
I thought this was way cute. I actually recorded it and was ripping the video when I found the youtube video all done and ready,
Last night on The Candi & Randy Show, we discussed creative, possibly ‘budget’ ways to celebrate this coming Valentine’s Day. It’s not about how much money you spend – it’s the thought that goes into it that makes the impact.
You’ve got a week to come up with some ideas or plans to either ‘wow’ your someone special OR to make plans to pamper and enjoy yourself, which is always a good plan.
Either way – take a listen to the ideas we came up with for a memorable Valentine’s Day.
Here’s the link to listen to the show.
And if you come up with a cool, creative idea for Valentines we didn’t mention, please post it here in the comments. Let’s help everyone find a cool idea for Valentines Day…
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