Tag Archives: 2012 elections

But if everybody prays rilly rilly hard for exactly forty days before the election, then maybe God will elect Mitt Romney. Or something.

Washington Pride Foundation announces via press release: Rev. Gib Rossing and his wife, Beth, married for 52 years and the parents of four children talk about the importance of marriage for all their children, including their gay son and his partner, in a new TV ad by the Pride Foundation. This is the second statewide ad released by the nonprofit, …

Politico has the details: The HRC funds, which are being unveiled Monday, are $250,000 apiece for Maine, Washington, Maryland and Minnesota, all of which have ballot measures in November on gay marriage. Officials said there will be more spending coming, and that it makes the total spent by HRC in 2011 and 2012 on marriage-related efforts to $4.8 million. “These …

This weekend GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham told a home state audience in South Carolina that government contractors should make layoffs before the November elections in order to “pressure Congress” into making spending cuts. Pressure Congress, not make unemployment worse for Obama. Yeah. “I’m urging every defense industry that could be affected by sequestration to put your employees on notice before …

“I will vote for Romney but IF…IF this quote from Romney is accurate, it demonstrates blunders that would be labeled the ‘spirit of stupid’….and millions of good family honoring people will stay home on election day (Obama’s dream) – and America (as we have known her for 200+) will come to an end.” – Anti-gay activist Pastor Jim Garlow, in …

From the site Fight Bigotry: FightBigotry.com is the SuperPAC that is releasing the most hard-hitting attack ad against President Obama on television this year. Our ad (see below) is here for the media and the public to view. We are the only SuperPAC that will clearly connect the dots to explain the one political vulnerability of President Obama that no …

As the GOP continues to scream about unemployment, today’s mildly positive jobs report shows that the economy has gained back almost all of the jobs lost since Obama took office. It’s possible we’ll see a small net gain by election day. The president only needs job growth of just over 105,000 jobs created in each of the next three months …

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“The word’s out that he hasn’t paid taxes in ten years. Let him prove that he has paid taxes because he hasn’t.”

The usual warnings: possible outlier, convention bumps to come, etc etc. Source. (Tipped by JMG reader Dwight)

Here’s how Washington state’s marriage equality ballot entry will look. Washington is a vote-by-mail state and the ballots go out on October 15th. Ballot TitleThe legislature passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6239 concerning marriage for same-sex couples, modified domestic-partnership law, and religious freedom, and voters have filed a sufficient referendum petition on this bill. This bill would allow same-sex couples …

Press release from Maryland’s marriage activists: Marylanders for Marriage Equality today released a new poll showing voters approve of marriage for loving, committed gay and lesbian couples by a 14-point margin (54% to 40%). The poll was conducted by Hart Research last week. “We continue to have the momentum,” said Josh Levin, campaign manager for Marylanders for Marriage Equality. “Voters …

Manhattan Community Board 4 (Chelsea) chair Corey Johnson has published a 500-name list of backers in his campaign for City Council. Politicker reports: West side City Council candidate Corey Johnson can safely be claimed the early front-runner in the race to replace Christine Quinn, having already maxed out in fundraising and now rolling a rather impressive list of over 500 …

On Monday I reported about the U.S. House candidacy of openly gay former Massachusetts state Sen. Richard Tisei, who is working to unseat scandal-plagued eight-term Democrat John Tierney. Today Tisei’s camp issued an ecstatic press release noting that Roll Call has now moved the MA-6 district into the toss-up category. A bigger version of the above map is here. Two …

So says Mitt Romney.