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Romney's 'Freedom' Hasn't Really Been Free
The Root’s contributing editor David Swerdlick argues in a piece for New York’s Daily News that the candidate’s answer to a question about his “big idea” didn’t make any sense. When CBS’ Scott Pelley asked Mitt Romney what his “big idea” was in this election, he went bold and unpredictable with: “Freedom.” It’s the…
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Romney's 'You Didn't Build That' Moment
The now-infamous “47 percent” comment was more like President Obama’s “You didn’t build that” comment than anything else, The Root’s contributing editor, David Swerdlick, writes at the NY Daily News. Yesterday, when I heard Mitt Romney’s blockbuster comment that “47% of Americans” are voting for President Obama because they’re “dependent on government,” I had the…
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Clinton Explains 'Obamacare' Better Than Obama
The Root’s contributing editor David Swerdlick writes at the New York Daily News that, in his DNC speech, Bill Clinton both sold the Affordable Care Act and “made a case for himself as the political master craftsman.” The lesson from night two of the Democratic National Convention — and of the last four years —…
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Romney Adviser on Medicare, Job Crisis
(The Root) — At the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, The Root briefly caught up with Jonathan Burks, deputy policy director for Mitt Romney’s campaign. He sat down with us for a conversation about his candidate’s views — and how Romney differs from President Barack Obama. In a wide-ranging discussion, Burks brought…
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Artur Davis to RNC: My Bad on Obama
(The Root) — You can’t blame Republicans for inviting Artur Davis to their convention. They’d like to embarrass President Barack Obama. And as gags go, they could do a lot worse than bringing in Davis — the very same guy who seconded Obama’s nomination at the Democrats’ convention in Denver four years ago — and…
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Romney's Tax Returns Are Like Obama's Flag Pin
Writing at the New York Daily News, The Root’s contributing editor David Swerdlick says that the president’s experience could teach Romney a lesson about the “small-minded” issue of his history with the IRS. It’s a question Romney can’t shake, and I think [I] know why: every time he balks at releasing (four, six, eight?) years…
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Obama's a 'Radical' Spender? What About Ryan?
In a blog post for New York’s Daily News, The Root’s contributing editor David Swerdlick says that Mitt Romney’s running mate “has stuck his hand in the cookie jar, but he wants you to think that Obama’s the cookie monster.’ Out on the campaign trail Monday, Mitt Romney said that “It’s radical and extreme to…
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Now Romney Knows How Black People Feel
(The Root) — Joe Biden is no George Jefferson. But by the way Mitt Romney reacted to the vice president’s inexcusable line Tuesday — that Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan might “put y’all back in chains” — you could be forgiven if you thought, somehow, that Biden had gone off and called Romney a “honky.”…
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For Romney, Ryan's Pros Are Also His Cons
(The Root) — There’s an alternate universe somewhere out there in which the GOP wound up getting the presidential nominee that it really always wanted: a perfect Tea Party specimen possessing Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s brain, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte’s conservative ardor and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s Latino-ness — all packed into Texas Gov.…
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Stop Trying to Make Condi Rice Happen
(The Root) — After getting hammered by the media over the last week for his failure to release multiple years of his tax returns, Mitt Romney needs to change the subject — badly — so by the time you read this, he may have already announced his vice presidential running mate. I don’t know who…
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