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To: bentway who wrote (654260)	5/9/2012 2:46:05 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1579005

Soros donates $1 million to liberal super PAC politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com Posted by CNN Political Unit (CNN) - Billionaire financier George Soros has donated $1 million to the left-leaning super PAC American Bridge, a source with the organization said Monday. The donation marks the first major foray into the 2012 presidential race for Soros, a high-profile supporter of President Barack Obama. In 2008 Soros helped the president raise a record amount of campaign cash. In a statement, American Bridge's founder David Brock said Soros' donation would help his organization influence the 2012 election. "American Bridge is committed to being a permanent part of the progressive community by providing strategic support to organizations across the country and working to influence elections in 2012 and beyond," Brock wrote. "Thanks to investments by progressive leaders like Mr. Soros we have been able to build a cutting edge organization that we will continue to build upon in order to keeping providing effective and efficient services to the progressive movement." Soros has been critical of Citizens United, the 2010 Supreme Court decision that made possible the creation of super PACs, which are allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money on a candidate as long as they don't coordinate with campaigns. In February, told CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" the new political organizations would "create an unequal playing field, which will further destroy the political system." He made the comments shortly after Obama's re-election team announced it would urge donors to contribute to a super PAC supportive of the president's candidacy called Priorities USA. Records filed with the Federal Election Commission in April show Soros has not yet contributed to Priorities USA. Super PACs backing Republican candidates played a major part in the GOP primary process, spending millions on mostly negative ads in early voting states. The super PAC supporting Mitt Romney, Restore Our Future, spent $38.9 million in the first three months of 2012, much of it on campaign television commercials in support of Romney and critical of his rivals for the GOP presidential nomination.

To: bentway who wrote (654260)	5/9/2012 11:52:30 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579005

This is the idiocy one faces when dealing with ideologues. Redefining 'compromise' By Steve Benen - Wed May 9, 2012 10:40 AM EDT Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), a member of the House Republican leadership and the chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee, was recently asked about lawmakers' capacity to compromise. As Robert Schlesinger noted, his response was illustrative. "Compromising is one thing as long as you're compromising and moving in the direction of your principles," the right-wing lawmaker said. "If you're compromising and moving away from the direction of your principles, I'm not sure it's a compromise." And I'm not sure if Price has access to a dictionary. "Compromise" involves give and take, with concessions on both sides. To reach a resolution, compromise necessarily involves rivals accepting something less than their original goal. I thought of Price's recent comments again this morning after hearing the latest from Richard Mourdock, the Republicans' U.S. Senate nominee in Indiana. He told MSNBC's Chuck Todd this morning, among other things, "I certainly think bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view." [iframe height=439 border=0 src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39788177?launch=47353359^2600^383930&PG=MSVZ54&BTS=MSVMD4&height=429&width=600" frameBorder=0 width=600 scrolling=no videoId="" thumbnail="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/120509/n_rundown_mourdock_120509.thumb.jpg"][/iframe] This wasn't a slip of the tongue. Mourdock also told CNN that bipartisanship means "Democrats joining Republicans to roll back the size of government," and he told Fox News, "I have a mindset that says bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view." In this guy's mind, the only acceptable "compromise" is the one in which he gets what he wants. Remember, Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein, centrist political scientists with enormous establishment credibility, have explained that American governance is broken because the Republican Party is "ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition." As Mourdock helps demonstrate, the radicalization of the GOP isn't over. The costs for the nation will likely continue to be severe.

To: bentway who wrote (654260)	5/9/2012 12:15:12 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1579005

What a weasel! Gov. Walker thanks public employees for their 'sacrifice,' would like not to be recalled, please By Laura Conaway - Wed May 9, 2012 11:45 AM EDT With his Democratic recall challenger in place, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took to the Twitter machine today. You almost wouldn't know he's the same Governor Walker who stripped public workers' union rights and then brought home the nation's worst record for jobs. Governor Walker ? @GovWalker Thank you to our dedicated public employees in WI! We appreciate your hard work and sacrifice. 9 May 12 Reply Retweet Favorite Governor Walker ? @GovWalker Spoke to manufacturers about our plans to grow jobs. WI had 8th most manufacturing jobs created since 1/11. #MMatters ow.ly/i/Ccag 9 May 12 Reply Retweet Favorite maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com