tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58086752012-03-02T07:06:23.800-06:00PBD - Progressive Blog DigestThis daily blog is composed of clips and links from other progressive blog and news sites, accompanied by my own observations. It documents the failure and decline of the Republican party, the ongoing legacy of the Bush years, and the efforts of the Obama administration to build a new, lasting Democratic coalition.Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comBlogger2790125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-16471924648195652912012-03-02T06:56:00.004-06:002012-03-02T07:06:23.811-06:002012-03-02T07:06:23.811-06:00<summary>ROBIN HOOD IN REVERSERomney’s tax plan: let’s see if you can guesshttp://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/chart-new-romney-plan-lowers-taxes-further-on-rich-raises-on-poor.phpRomney Plan Lowers Taxes Further On Rich, Raises On PoorMore: http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/mitt-romney-releases-exciting-smoke-and-mirrors-tax-planhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/</summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/1647192464819565291?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/1647192464819565291?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_03_01_archive.html#1647192464819565291" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mlW-KUiRAWQ/T1DD2IF1Y5I/AAAAAAAAC5k/9Ykb_xRc9JM/s72-c/mitt-romney-reverse-robin-hood.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"DUEDQXs4eCp7ImA9WhVTFk0.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-1449700603024236954</id><published>2012-03-01T07:07:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-03-01T07:14:30.530-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-03-01T07:14:30.530-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>INEVITABLE?Amazing! The longer he runs, the more primaries he squeaks through, the weaker Romney appearshttp://www.salon.com/2012/02/29/the_historically_unique_weakness_of_mitt_romney/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/wonkbook-in-michigan-a-win-that-made-romney-look-weak/2012/02/29/gIQApcE0hR_blog.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/</summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/1449700603024236954?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/1449700603024236954?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_03_01_archive.html#1449700603024236954" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TC5AYcO7hBE/T090oW-JcvI/AAAAAAAAC5Y/NT1ZlMg_fcM/s72-c/6a00d83451c45669e20163023767c1970d-550wi.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"Ck8ERH0_eyp7ImA9WhVTFU8.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-4165199903152396838</id><published>2012-02-29T07:02:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-29T07:06:45.343-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-29T07:06:45.343-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>SOARING RHETORICI really don’t see why he doesn’t inspire more people, when he reaches these heights of orationhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/mitt-romneys-michigan-victory-speech-we-won-by-enough/2012/02/28/gIQAV72IhR_blog.html“We didn’t win by a lot, but we won by enough and that’s all that counts.”Crossover (and cross over back)Then: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/</summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/4165199903152396838?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/4165199903152396838?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#4165199903152396838" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EYgAskw5Kck/T04h8FQvxnI/AAAAAAAAC5M/dv268GdJ7Xg/s72-c/ap120227183189.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"C04GQnszeip7ImA9WhVTFE4.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-5161041558397921261</id><published>2012-02-28T06:20:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-28T06:25:23.582-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-28T06:25:23.582-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>TROUBLEhttp://youtu.be/bEbSkybMuqsIs this the best use of a pop song in a film? . . .Trouble!http://www.salon.com/2012/02/27/mitt_is_choking_in_michigan/[Steve Kornacki] The familiar Romney campaign formula — wait for conservative rival to emerge, beat back conservative rival with attack ads and strong debate performance, prevail in do-or-die primary test, wait for next conservative rival to </summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/5161041558397921261?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/5161041558397921261?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#5161041558397921261" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/bEbSkybMuqs/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"DUQDRnc_cSp7ImA9WhVTE0k.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-8445125922602325492</id><published>2012-02-27T06:53:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-27T06:56:17.949-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-27T06:56:17.949-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>MAN OF THE PEOPLENOT the way you go after the “NASCAR vote”http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-i-have-some-great-friends-who-areRomney tells AP: “I have some great friends who are NASCAR team owners.” [read on]More: http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/romney-vote-other-guy-if-you-cant-relate-me"So, that's just the way it is," he added. "If people think there is something </summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/8445125922602325492?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/8445125922602325492?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#8445125922602325492" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9_tHqVKsA-E/T0t88s1NjJI/AAAAAAAAC5A/bB3dhazOSQc/s72-c/10951418.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"CUIBQXY8cCp7ImA9WhVTEks.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-3825161635450508914</id><published>2012-02-26T07:01:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-26T07:39:10.878-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-26T07:39:10.878-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>HOPELESSHas the GOP given up on 2012?http://nymag.com/news/features/gop-primary-heilemann-2012-3/[M]any Republicans are already looking past 2012. If either Romney or Santorum gains the nomination and then falls before Obama, flubbing an election that just months ago seemed eminently winnable, it will unleash a GOP apocalypse on November 7—followed by an epic struggle between the regulars and </summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/3825161635450508914?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/3825161635450508914?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#3825161635450508914" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jAc-VeN4jJA/T0otXepXKTI/AAAAAAAAC40/D7A5HZIsqH4/s72-c/roy_lichtenstein_hopeless.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"D0UNQ3YzeSp7ImA9WhVTEUo.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-6512861501085611359</id><published>2012-02-25T07:04:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-25T07:08:12.881-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-25T07:08:12.881-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>RUNNING ON EMPTYBrilliant stagecrafthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romney-in-michigan-at-detroits-ford-field-empty-seats-steal-thunder/2012/02/24/gIQA2vFmYR_story.html[Romney’s] lunchtime speech was delivered from the 30-yard line before 1,200 suited-up business leaders in folding chairs, in a stadium that usually holds 65,000. . . .More: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/</summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/6512861501085611359?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/6512861501085611359?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#6512861501085611359" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LZx7NGeryUM/T0jcmtVKyPI/AAAAAAAAC4o/3025Q0821Ps/s72-c/Romney_2012_071db.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"C0cBSXgzfyp7ImA9WhVTEEQ.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-4500669035675046177</id><published>2012-02-24T07:38:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-24T07:44:18.687-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-24T07:44:18.687-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>REALITY SHOWWhy does the GOP presidential race look like an episode of "Survivor"?http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/conspiracy-santorum-gingrich-camps-accuses-ron-paul-and-mitt-romney-of-collusion.phphttp://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/your-moment-of-zen-ron-and-rick.htmlMeet the characters: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#46506815Another expert on women’s birth controlhttp://</summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/4500669035675046177?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/4500669035675046177?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#4500669035675046177" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sjByCODrNR8/T0eS9mPCIdI/AAAAAAAAC4Q/Kom9kQTYw1k/s72-c/survivor-tribal-council.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"CEQBSHw5eyp7ImA9WhVTEE0.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-2677490117881268051</id><published>2012-02-23T06:59:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-23T07:05:59.223-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-23T07:05:59.223-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>POSING FOR RUSHMOREThe four-letter word Santorum won’t utterhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/santorum-makes-zero-mention-of-jobs-in-cnn-debate/2012/02/22/gIQAoxmXUR_blog.html“jobs”http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/five-ways-rick-santorum-blew-it-in-arizona.phpFive Ways Rick Santorum Blew It in Arizonahttp://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/02/bizarre.phpSomething </summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/2677490117881268051?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/2677490117881268051?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#2677490117881268051" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dCVWmelEG6M/T0Y4ZDUALAI/AAAAAAAAC34/zqOD0j76Jgg/s72-c/Santorum-GOP-Debate-Looking-Up-cropped-proto-custom_28.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"D0QHR3o-cSp7ImA9WhRaGUw.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-1486561056262849477</id><published>2012-02-22T06:51:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-22T06:55:36.459-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-22T06:55:36.459-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>DOING GOD’S WORKThe Theocrat thinks “Satan” is a great threat to America (thanks to DR for the link)http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/21/santorum-ill-defend-everything-thing-i-say/[Santorum] defended his four-year-old remarks, made at Ave Maria University in Florida, where he said Satan was “attacking the great institutions of America.” . . . [read on]http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/</summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/1486561056262849477?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/1486561056262849477?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#1486561056262849477" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cpeiwcyFm3M/T0Tk_w90sNI/AAAAAAAAC3s/GeiLKREMCME/s72-c/Rick-Santorum-Pulpit-cropped-proto-custom_28.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"DEYBRHo6eip7ImA9WhRaGE8.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-3245288289960682664</id><published>2012-02-21T05:58:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-21T06:09:15.412-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-21T06:09:15.412-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>LAST ONE CHOSENYep, looks like they’re stuck with himhttp://www.tnr.com/article/politics/100866/caucuses-primary-election-party-nomination[Walter Shapiro] THE MITT ROMNEY CRISIS transcends the seven straight national polls showing Rick Santorum in the lead. It goes beyond the embarrassing reality that the son of an auto executive and two-term governor has been behind in every Michigan poll </summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/3245288289960682664?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/3245288289960682664?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#3245288289960682664" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VF8U6widuS4/T0OG8AzoYfI/AAAAAAAAC3U/jce35Um3ff0/s72-c/ballplayers.JPG" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"CEIGQXoyeyp7ImA9WhRaF0k.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-5541255896743728886</id><published>2012-02-20T06:23:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-20T06:55:20.493-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-20T06:55:20.493-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>BY THE NUMBERSTurns out, deficits are. . . . okayhttp://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/whos-afraid-little-inflationMore: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/you-know-the-deficit-hawks-now-meet-the-deficit-owls/2011/08/25/gIQAHsoONR_blog.htmlBy the numbers: bad news for the GOPhttp://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/two-charts-that-terrify-republicans.phpMore: http://</summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/5541255896743728886?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/5541255896743728886?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#5541255896743728886" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7vGGQjJ-yFw/T0I7ZOeJr1I/AAAAAAAAC28/wshULRUjxbw/s72-c/numbers.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"D0QNRXozeip7ImA9WhRaFkg.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-737176726277975793</id><published>2012-02-19T06:39:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-19T06:43:14.482-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-19T06:43:14.482-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>MONEY TALKSHow the new campaign funding system is ruining our democracyhttp://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/cui-bono-check-your-tv-listings.htmlMore: http://www.alternet.org/economy/154172/how_a_filthy_rich_196_people_will_buy_our_election/How a Filthy Rich 196 People Will Buy Our Electionhttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/17/1065907/-Billionaire-bigot-bankrolls-Mitt-Romney-Billionaire bigot</summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/737176726277975793?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/737176726277975793?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#737176726277975793" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6cW7nXmGvWQ/T0DtptF-7iI/AAAAAAAAC2k/5-EQSEbgETE/s72-c/political-money.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"A0IBQ384fCp7ImA9WhRaFUs.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-812886555615499317</id><published>2012-02-18T06:48:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-18T06:52:32.134-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-18T06:52:32.134-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>RETURN OF THE CULTURE WARSAs noted here a couple of says ago, the GOP thought the 2012 campaign would be simple: run against a bad economy, high unemployment, and the old “are you better off?” question. Unfortunately for them, but fortunately for the rest of us, the economy is showing signs of recovery. So now what’s their plan?http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/02/</summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/812886555615499317?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/812886555615499317?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#812886555615499317" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J3J2giZn6jQ/Tz-eIZ8QytI/AAAAAAAAC2Y/bfCz7MUPjnY/s72-c/mosque-protest-20ec1f0afcb36806_large.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"CE4NSHs7fSp7ImA9WhRaFEU.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-92590265742609105</id><published>2012-02-17T06:44:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-17T06:49:59.505-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-17T06:49:59.505-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>BOY’S CLUBA panel of experts on birth control . . . notice anything missing?http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/democrats-go-on-offense-over-contraception-issue-where-are-the-women.phphttp://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/karoli/conservatives-horrible-hypocrisy-womens-heahttp://news.firedoglake.com/2012/02/16/the-war-on-lady-parts-continues-in-congress-states/The GOP “explains”: http://</summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/92590265742609105?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/92590265742609105?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#92590265742609105" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W0qHoyioKug/Tz5L0kZM_kI/AAAAAAAAC2A/v04SqspmC-M/s72-c/bishops-issa-hearing-2-cropped-proto-custom_28.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"DEEFQ3w6cSp7ImA9WhRaE0Q.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-733784468809980644</id><published>2012-02-16T06:45:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-16T06:50:12.219-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-16T06:50:12.219-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>J.V.Does Santorum have a Plan?http://prospect.org/article/rick-santorums-endgamehttp://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2012_02/santorums_rhetorical_surge035438.phpMore: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/santorum-tests-the-big-campaign-theory/Santorum Tests the Big Campaign Theoryhttp://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/02/how-jv-is-the-santorum-campaign.htmlHow J.V. Is the </summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/733784468809980644?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/733784468809980644?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#733784468809980644" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V_ZAE7v63B0/Tzz6pviU7XI/AAAAAAAAC10/b0vSCOvd0p0/s72-c/little-lads-format-and-fairness-for-the-best-five-in-youth-basketball-21357435.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"CkIMRX07eyp7ImA9WhRaE0w.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-3807842421302046324</id><published>2012-02-15T05:22:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-15T06:56:24.303-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-15T06:56:24.303-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>BANKRUPTHere’s what a campaign looks like that doesn’t know what it stands for, doesn’t worry about the truth, and simply uses its endless buckets of money to smash anyone who questions them. You don’t know what Romney is FOR, but you know who he is AGAINST. And the GOP faithful and Independents keep telling us: they don’t want him.Meanwhile, Romney’s campaign just can’t seem to get itself on the</summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/3807842421302046324?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/3807842421302046324?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#3807842421302046324" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zMq7XVZV4t0/TzuVkQsy17I/AAAAAAAAC1k/YSH00Zamwvo/s72-c/Bankrupt.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"DkANRH46fSp7ImA9WhRaEk8.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-6218198701203565502</id><published>2012-02-14T06:57:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-14T07:06:35.015-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-14T07:06:35.015-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>CRY UNCLEThe Repubs give in on the payroll tax cuthttp://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/dems-plot-payroll-tax-cut-end-game.phpAfter a few hours of thought, Democrats have decided the GOP’s blink on the payroll tax cut is an unvarnished good, not some devious trick. . . .http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/13/10398675-gop-backpedals-on-payroll-fightDemocrats learned a valuable </summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/6218198701203565502?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/6218198701203565502?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#6218198701203565502" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3d08vi-lfB8/TzpaRynUtQI/AAAAAAAAC1I/wtXO0eX1IpA/s72-c/0-587-03654-0.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"CEUBRHg7fyp7ImA9WhRaEU4.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-4250471268013539672</id><published>2012-02-13T05:19:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T05:24:15.607-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-13T05:24:15.607-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>PSSST! I WROTE THAThttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/santorum-on-defensive-over-gender-remarks/Only days after having to explain a comment about women and emotions in combat, Rick Santorum seemed to struggle a bit on Sunday to explain a remark in his 2005 book “It Takes a Family” that blamed “radical feminists” for undermining families and for trying to persuade women that they could </summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/4250471268013539672?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/4250471268013539672?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#4250471268013539672" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hSiUs1h9D7M/Tzjx3EP4dgI/AAAAAAAAC08/YAbg2vy_Suw/s72-c/santorum-wife-2.JPG" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"C0ABQnc9fyp7ImA9WhRaEEg.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-4767909518952746295</id><published>2012-02-12T06:56:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-12T07:02:33.967-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-12T07:02:33.967-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>NOT THE WAY HE PLANNED IThttp://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/02/11/santorum_opens_wide_lead_over_romney.htmlA new Public Policy Polling survey shows Rick Santorum has pulled ahead of Mitt Romney among Republican voters nationally, 38% to 23%. Newt Gingrich is at 17% and Ron Paul is at 13%.A key reason for Santorum's surge is his own high level of popularity: 64% of voters see him favorably to </summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/4767909518952746295?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/4767909518952746295?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#4767909518952746295" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ju4WA8PDGYw/Tze3KOdwr4I/AAAAAAAAC0Y/rSWz_X6TNdk/s72-c/mitt_romney_stern.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"DEUBQ3k4fyp7ImA9WhRbGUs.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-1766431236242150415</id><published>2012-02-11T07:12:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-11T07:17:32.737-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-11T07:17:32.737-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>THE ODD COUPLEIs Santorum a real threat to Romney?http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/02/10/looks_like_theres_a_new_gop_frontrunner.htmlLooks Like There's a New GOP Frontrunnerhttp://www.salon.com/2012/02/10/the_answer_that%E2%80%99s_been_staring_them_in_the_face/http://elections.firedoglake.com/2012/02/10/santorum-surging-nationally/http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/</summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/1766431236242150415?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/1766431236242150415?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#1766431236242150415" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7hvYK4ERw4Q/TzZpaYRl6yI/AAAAAAAAC0M/4zR2y-SFNP4/s72-c/romney-santorum.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"CkQFSHw9eSp7ImA9WhRbGEU.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-6333095358063905188</id><published>2012-02-10T07:19:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-10T07:25:19.261-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-10T07:25:19.261-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>HOW’S IT GOING?The contraception battle: a fight the Obama admin is happy to havehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-white-houses-convenient-contraception-controversy/2012/02/09/gIQAeOfm2Q_blog.html“This is, I think, ironic, the fact that Mitt Romney is expressing — criticizing the president for pursuing a policy that is virtually identical to the one that was in place when he </summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/6333095358063905188?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/6333095358063905188?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#6333095358063905188" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5GIRQvMHGRI/TzUZXw11uOI/AAAAAAAAC0A/AmI9u2RP5Mo/s72-c/Don%2527t%252Bmake%252Bme%252Bangry%252C%252BMr.%252BAmorello.%252B%252BYou%252Bwouldn%2527t%252Blike%252Bme%252Bwhen%252BI%2527m%252Bangry..jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"Ck8CQ3kzcCp7ImA9WhRbF0Q.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-7818735064969548114</id><published>2012-02-09T06:29:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-09T06:34:22.788-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-09T06:34:22.788-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>OUT OF CONTROLSo the Repubs have decided that access to birth control is the issue they want to stage an election year fight overhttp://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/boehner-threatens-legislative-action-if-obama-does-not-reverse-birth-control-rule.phpFoolish move: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/gop-ripe-for-schisms-in-assault-on-birth-control-rule.phpCongressional Republicans’ </summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/7818735064969548114?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/7818735064969548114?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#7818735064969548114" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LVVAYhxAy00/TzO8MF7sBMI/AAAAAAAACzo/5jxZj9d7_Zg/s72-c/Lutera-Birth-Control-1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"AkQGQ3gzfip7ImA9WhRbF00.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-3597427698131955379</id><published>2012-02-08T07:31:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T07:38:42.686-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-08T07:38:42.686-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>REJECTEDhttp://www.salon.com/2012/02/08/mitt_romneys_night_from_hell/Mitt Romney’s night from hellhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/for-romney-night-goes-from-bad-to-worse/For Romney, Night Goes from Bad to Worsehttp://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/08/10350309-boston-we-have-a-problemBoston, we have a problemhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/us/politics/</summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/3597427698131955379?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/3597427698131955379?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#3597427698131955379" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kq367Q_Hs24/TzJ5TTWra0I/AAAAAAAACzc/HW5nIe1PK6k/s72-c/valentine_rejection.jpg" height="72" width="72" /></entry><entry gd:etag="W/"A0cGR3s5eCp7ImA9WhRbFkw.""><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-3691801898065634056</id><published>2012-02-07T06:46:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-07T06:50:26.520-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-02-07T06:50:26.520-06:00</app:edited><title /><summary>IRONIES, GREAT AND SMALLA poll Willard doesn’t want to seehttp://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/new-poll-finds-more-people-learn-about-romneyNew Poll Finds The More People Learn About Romney, The More They Dislike HimMore: http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/06/10331266-the-process-takes-its-toll-on-romneyhttp://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/02/what_were_they_thinking_2.</summary><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/3691801898065634056?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5808675/posts/default/3691801898065634056?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://pbd.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html#3691801898065634056" title="" /><author><name>Nick Burbules</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" 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