Jonathan Cohn on Obama's mandate, Jonathan Haidt, on common fear, Dana Milbank on Romney HQ, Linda Woodhead on extreme religious freedom, John Tamny on Romney's economic advisors.
Just in time for the first day of school, we're treated to the talk of grading Obama's first term as president with Obama himself giving himself a harsh-sounding "incomplete" and the Romney camp suggesting that running this country should totally be pass/ fail--both of which are way more lenient than our high school calculus class.
Apparently, being a black, well-groomed version of one of America's most beloved presidents is a bad thing. And along with a lot of chickens and Reverend Jeremiah Wright--it's the skeleton of a conservative Super PAC's $10 million attack plan.
In some not-so-good news for the Obama and his team, the president's reelection campaign announced today that it and the DNC raised just $43.6 million in April after raising $53 million in March.
Cartoonist Lisa Benson has a conservative outlook on Barack Obama's 2012 chances.
President Obama spoke in Manchester to further promote his USA Jobs Act, as he's been doing, and the heckling started right after The President said, "You guys are pretty excited to be seniors."
In the world of polls, President Obama is having a great week, basically tying a "Generic Republican" in this morning's Gallup poll, after trailing the amorphous candidate by eight points last month.
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