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President Obama took the high road during last night’s appearance on David Letterman, shrugging off Mitt Romney’s latest gaffe by saying, “All of us make mistakes.” Obama continued: “What people want to know, though, is you’re not writing off a big chunk of the country,” he said during an appearance on the “Late Show with David Letterman,” according to a …

“Mitt Romney’s attack on the moral character of disabled veterans, elderly and disabled Social Security recipients, and hard-working Americans in low-wage jobs because they do not pay income taxes is especially galling given the great energy he has put into evading income taxes on his very high income. Many of those whom Mr. Romney impugns pay a significant portion of …

More Mother Jones videos were released overnight. Romney spoke of “the Palestinians” as a united bloc of one mindset, and he said: “I look at the Palestinians not wanting to see peace anyway, for political purposes, committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel, and these thorny issues, and I say there’s just no way.” Romney was indicating he did …

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“The people who receive the disproportionate share of government spending are not big-government lovers. They are Republicans. They are senior citizens. They are white men with high school degrees. As Bill Galston of the Brookings Institution has noted, the people who have benefited from the entitlements explosion are middle-class workers, more so than the dependent poor. Romney’s comments also reveal …

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“You can mark my prediction now: A secret recording from a closed-door Mitt Romney fundraiser, released today by David Corn at Mother Jones, has killed Mitt Romney’s campaign for president. On the tape, Romney explains that his electoral strategy involves writing off nearly half the country as unmoveable Obama voters. As Romney explains, 47 percent of Americans ‘believe that they …

Romney says what he said “wasn’t elegantly stated” but he stands by his remarks that 47% of Americans are moochers who expect free food and housing. Cable news outlets CNN and MSNBC are saying this latest debacle might be “the pivotal moment” that loses the election. At this writing Fox News has not mentioned the story.

Stupid Democrats believe they have a right to food and a place to live. Let them starve and live on the streets!

In a lengthy piece titled How Mitt Romney Stumbled, which slams his campaign chief Stuart Stevens, yesterday Politico claimed that at one time Romney wanted former RNC chairman Ken Mehlman to have the job. Politico’s brief mention of Mehlman: POLITICO has learned when Romney was gearing up for his 2012 run, he made never-before-reported overtures to Ken Mehlman, the manager …

Romney campaign advisers are telling Buzzfeed that their new strategy is to focus less on the economy and more on social issues. This shifting campaign calculus has produced a split in Romney’s message. His talk show interviews and big ad buys continue to offer a straightforward economic focus aimed at traditional undecided voters. But out stumping day to day is …

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Not to be outdone by Beyonce’s pitch for Obama, Mitt Romney has launched another raffle of his own. For a campaign donation of $15 or more, Mitt Romney says you can win a ride with him on “Hair Force One.” Yes, the GOP presidential nominee is poking fun at his hair in his latest contest promotion. Romney starts the e-mail …

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News outlets yesterday took note of Mitt Romney’s smirk of satisfaction as he finished his slam against Obama over the Libya tragedy. [Photo credit]