Politics from 2012-08-06

Only just over 90 days to go until the election. Can’t happen soon enough.

1. Get out the vote? Or get rid of the vote? – The remarkably bald-faced Romney campaign lie about servicepeople, the vote, and Ohio.
2. Mitt, taxes, and hypocrisy – For a guy adamant that he’s not releasing any earlier than last year’s tax forms, Romney has sure gone after previous opponents for not releasing their taxes.
3. Is Obama shunning Israel? – Obama comes under fire for not visiting Israel during his first term. But … how many presidents have?
4. The Myth of the Democratic Majority – For all one can critique Obama for in his first term, the idea that he had a solid Democratic majority in Congress that would do his will between 2009-2010 is an example of short-term memory loss on the Left.
5. Religious Right lambastes Romney for not getting involved the Chick-fil-A kerfuffle – Will it keep anyone home in November, though?
6. Here we go again – Yet another “Personhood” amendment in Colorado.  I don’t expect this one to get any further than the previous two attempts, but I suspect its main reason is to turn out more conservative voters in November.