Mitt Romney says "I'm not concerned about the very poor" - Link
David Sarasohn, Oregonian Associate Editor, said,
"The message out of Iowa is clear:
Duck.
An angry country is set for an angry, mean-spirited presidential campaign, where the level of bile is matched only by the level of bucks behind it. In the last days of the campaign, Republican hopefuls in Iowa were saying things like 'disgusting,' 'liar" and 'very liberal.'
And that was just what they were calling each other.
On Barack Obama, they were nowhere near that restrained." 01/04/12.
Elizabeth Warren said...
Donna Brazile says, "If President Obama found a cure for the common cold, Republicans would oppose it.
Almost every policy the President has proposed to create jobs, reform Wall Street, and preserve Social Security and Medicare has been opposed by Republicans -- even, perhaps especially, programs they once championed.
Meanwhile, House Democrats have been fighting for policies that help working folk. Their fight for progressive values that empower people, not corporations, has made them the target of vicious attacks from right wing groups and secretive billionaires like the Koch Brothers."
Senator Maria Cantwell, on Sun Jun 12 at the Vancouver ILWU, said, "We need to make something in America besides exotic financial instruments."
Will Rogers said, "We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work it's way through Congress."