Full Iowa Debate 8/11/11
Quote of the Day
"A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers."
-F.A. Hayek
Supercommittee member Rep. Becerra to be feted by lobbyist at DC fundraiser
"Super Congress" has it's perks
Mere hours after House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) named Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) to the debt-reduction supercommittee, lobbyists were gearing up to fete him at a fundraiser later this month. The Investment Company Institute, which according to public records has already spent $2.4 million lobbying Congress this year, on Thursday touted a fundraiser for Becerra scheduled for Aug. 31.
Click here to read the full article at The Hill
Axelrod says he'd fire campaign staff who slime Romney
Suuuure he will
Any member of President Obama's reelection campaign who works to slime former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) as a general election candidate risks being fired, senior campaign adviser David Axelrod said Friday.
Amid reports that the president's campaign was preparing a plan to "kill Romney" as a general election candidate, Axelrod stressed that they had no such plan in waiting.
What you missed while watching the Iowa GOP debate
Minute by minute
-1 minutes. As everyone awaits the third Republican presidential debate of the season, Bill O'Reilly is wrapping up his show on Fox News. When he threatens to call Professor Cornel West a "pinhead," America knows. It's go time.
0 minutes. "Thanks Bill," says Bret Baier, the blockishly handsome anchorman with a hard-boiled name. He welcomes everybody, but it's hard to hear him. Apparently thousands of people in the massive Iowa State University auditorium are screaming at the top of their lungs. Has something gone wrong? The camera pans back to show a swirling light show dancing over the crowd. Fox News knows how to get the party started. Hit them with the lights.
Click here to read the full article at Yahoo News
Romney: "Corporations are people my friend."
Democrats getting talking points from hecklers
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, clearly irritated by a handful of hecklers amid supporters at the Iowa State Fair, insisted Thursday that "corporations are people," a comment Democrats gleefully predicted would be a defining moment of his campaign.
Hours before he was to face most of his primary opponents in an Iowa debate, the former Massachusetts governor was outlining options for reining in the federal deficit and overhauling entitlement programs. He acknowledged that raising taxes on individuals was an option, but he said he opposed it.
Click here to read the full article at the Associated Press
GM recalls 16,000 Chevy, Buick cars in U.S. and Canada
Oooops
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