Romney’s announcement that he could well end the deduction of state taxes is the real bombshell.
And because of the red state/blue state divide, there is a compelling political argument for the big policy idea: it would mostly punish blue-state voters who aren’t going to back Romney anyway.
That’s because blue states generally have higher state and local taxes. For example, many Californians and New Yorkers—nearly 50 million Americans—would see their taxes go up significantly.
Reblogged from Talking Points Memo
Apple Store humor, everyone. Thanks, TimKFin!
Yelp, ya’ll bad.
Slow clap.
Reblogged from Joshua Nguyen
Rick Perry tries to overcome debate gaffe by flaunting it
Making weakness a strength: That would seem to be the strategy Rick Perry is employing to try to weather his absolutely excruciating brain-lock at last night’s presidential debate (if you haven’t watched it yet, you really should). His tact from the moment he got off the stage (with reports from the spin room that he acknowledged he’d “stepped in it,” and a similar Tweet) seems to suggest his damage control plan is light humor at his own expense, to hope “oops” becomes a humanizing moment. source
Can Perry’s gaffe really turn into an advantage?
Reblogged from ShortFormBlog
People usually say that after a fire it is the water damage that is the worst. We are still drying out Windsor Castle.
Prince Philip to the survivors of the Lockerbie bombing in 1993.
(Source: independent.co.uk)
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