Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney’s ability to lie without shame or even apparent self-awareness. We’re used to a politician who says, “You know, I once thought…” or something like that. Then our minds can kind of buy the...
Read MoreWe can be grateful that intrepid political reporters at ABC News are aggressively fact-checking President Obama’s “horses and bayonets” comment. Fox News, too. These reporters are killing a good joke. Did you...
Read MoreCharles P. Pierce’s reaction to last night’s debate is about the same as mine. The best I can say for Romney is that perhaps he figured that if he could make it look like there isn’t a whiff of difference...
Read MoreI think it’s funny that Mitt Romney’s cynicism bit him in the ass last night. For the first time, I watched a debate on CNN so I could watch the moment-to-moment reaction of their survey group. Every time that Romney...
Read MoreTonight was the worst ass-kicking any presidential candidate has ever received in a debate in the history of presidential debates. Mitt Romney was slaughtered. And let me explain why. Ordinarily, the Democratic candidate does...
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