Romney's $716 Billion Medicare Lie

Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney

Here’s how Romney put it in an interview with 60 Minutes shortly after selecting Paul Ryan as his Vice Presidential running mate:

"There's only one president that I know of in history that robbed Medicare, $716 billion to pay for a new risky program of his own that we call Obamacare."

First things first: Neither Obama nor his health care law literally cut a dollar amount from the Medicare program’s budget.

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"Loose Lips Sink Ships": Clinton, Booker, et al

Bill Clinton

Another Democrat bites the "Bain Capital" strategy dust, appearing to put personal interest before political alignment.

First, there was the so called Cory Booker "Gaffe" calling the campaign strategy "nauseating" which lead the GOP to offer "I Stand With Cory". Of course, Booker did a fast shuffle, called clarifying his comments, and vowed his support for President Obama. The score was three to one with the three being supposed Democratic supporters Cory Book, Harold Ford, Jr. and Gov. Ed Rendell folding against President Obama.

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Education in America: Where We Are (Part 1)

On May 23, 2012, the presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee rolled out his plan for American education, "A Chance for Every Child: Mitt Romney’s Plan for Restoring the Promise of American Education". (PDF)

In the forward, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush gives us some  universally agreed upon basics about education in America:

"Education has always been central to the American Dream."

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Pundits Galore-Part One

You can call them pundits, commentators, analysts, contributors, strategist, or whatever, but there are many new faces in the media being paid to give their opinions, insights, projections and assessments on a variety of issues. Sweet Nothings spotlighted Black Journalists Max Robinson and Bernard Shaw for "Breaking Barriers" and paving the way for many of the people showing up on your news programs today.

With the 2012 Presidential Campaign in full swing, meet some of the media personalities addressing today's political issues.

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Nevada Presidential Caucus-January 21, 2012

"Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it and to work for it, and to fight for it."
Barack Obama

The Nevada Presidential Caucus is scheduled for January 21, 2012. Some voters maybe unfamiliar with the caucus process, particularly if you are accustomed to a primary with private voting as I was coming from Chicago. Here's a quick primer I'll call Caucus 101.

A caucus is a meeting of local Nevadans of a political party to show support and select delegates to a convention for candidates running for office. The caucus is the first step in Nevada's presidential nominating process and a simple gathering of neighbors to meet and discuss grassroots politics. Each political party is responsible for selecting its own presidential nominee. President Barack Obama will be the 2012 Democratic nominee.

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