Romney

Good God almighty, Mitt, don't you have enough trouble explaining Romneycare without shooting your mouth off like this?

JERUSALEM — Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney offered praise for the Israeli health care system today — a medical plan that has been socialized since its founding in 1948.

Anybody think these are going to be helpful?

The details regarding the highly-anticipated presidential and vice presidential debates of 2012 have been released. There will be four debates this election cycle – 3 of which will be presidential debates and 1 will be a vice presidential debate.

Can someone explain the contradictory evidence? On the one hand we have this:

The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net.

And this:

President Obama's "You didn't build that" speech has been so throughly hashed over now that it might eventually be seen as the defining moment in the presidential campaign. The speech and Mitt Romney's reaction to it draw about as clear a bright line between the candidates' positions and overall approach as can be drawn. I think Charles Krauthammer has done the best job of explaining what that line is:

I don't know if this is a SWAG, speculation based on informed sources or a leak by the Romney camp, but it's interesting:

Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appears to be in the final stages of deciding who to pick as his vice presidential running mate, with speculation growing that he has narrowed his choice down to a short-list of three.

Can I get an "amen" forRobert J. Samuelson's timely economic sermon?

For today's "Hmmmn" file. How do we square this

A new poll found 56 percent of likely voters believe Obama's first term has transformed the nation in a negative way, compared to just 35 percent who believe the country has changed for the better.

with this?

The essence of chutzpah

Senior Obama strategist David Axelrod stood by his comments likening Mitt Romney to Richard Nixon, charging on Friday that the former Massachusetts governor was “trying to turn the clock back 50 years on transparency and disclosure” and that the media should call him out for it.

Howler of the campaign season so far. President Obama, speaking in Dever yesterday disparaging Mitt Romney's oft-touted business experience:

Day 1 of the rest of our lives:

Like it. It's negative in the sense that it criticizes Obama, but just his policies, and positive in its message. Not exactly "shining city on a hill," but it'll do.