According to this analysis by Porter Novelli, Vice President Joe Biden took the lead in social media conversations during Thursday night’s debate.
From PoliticsNation:
Pres. Obama knows women voters will be key to his re-election, which is why he made a big pitch to them today in Colorado with the help of Sandra Fluke.
The GOP is looking to close the gap and make ground with women voters. The party’s national committee announced some of the headline speakers who will address the GOP at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL, including several prominent women in the party such as Gov. Mary Fallin (R-OK), Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC), Gov. Susana Martinez (R-NM), and former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
"We’ve got the message,” she added. “But my college kid, the baby sitters, the nails ladies — everybody who’s got the right to vote — they don’t understand what’s going on. I just think if you’re lower income — one, you’re not as educated, two, they don’t understand how it works, they don’t understand how the systems work, they don’t understand the impact."
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The best quotes from guests at Romney’s Hamptons fundraisers.
[via LA Times]
Mitt Romney hosted three fundraisers in the Hamptons on Sunday that drew about 200 protesters speaking out against the influence of corporate money in Republican politics.
(via theatlantic)
Remains of the parade. Manhattan.
Hundreds of Obama campaigners descended upon a dozen gay pride celebrations over the weekend to recruit volunteers.
“Pride is probably the best opportunity to engage the community in large, concentrated numbers,” Jamie Citron, the national L.G.B.T. vote director for the Obama campaign, told The New York Times.
Many Americans believe incivility is a “major problem” in American politics, according to a national survey conducted by Weber Shandwick and Powell Tate in partnership with KRC Research.
The third annual Civility in America: A Nationwide Survey found that 63 percent of Americans expect a rancorous 2012 election. Nearly three-quarters of respondents believe civility has declined in recent years, and 55 percent expect the decline to continue, with politicians, political campaigns, and government most at fault for the problem.
As long as we don’t reach this point of incivility.
(via Weber Shandwick)
Where and When Do Candidates Raise Money? An Awesome Visualization
From Mauro Martino at Northeastern University comes this intriguing infographic of fundraising by the presidential candidates from March 2011 to Feburary 2012.
Looks like Mitt Romney is running for President of the United States of “Amercia.”
In an embarrassing blunder, Romney’s campaign misspelled the word “America” on its new “With Mitt” iPhone app, launched Tuesday.
The app has a transparent skin that allows users to take a photograph and superimpose the slogan “A better Amercia” on the image.
The presumptive Republican nominee is taking heat on the Internet for the error.
“Whew, I hear Mitt’s updating that misspelled Amercia on his app. He’s just going with Untied States now,” read one tweet.
“Does Mitt Romney believe that Obama was born in Keyna,” another tweeter jabbed.
And here’s Romney exiting next to the Trump plane (Las Vegas NV) (Taken with instagram)
Mitt Romney is scheduled to appear at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas Tuesday evening with Donald Trump and former rival Newt Gingrich for a campaign fundraiser. It will be the first time Romney and Gingrich have appeared together since Gingrich ended his presidential campaign earlier this month.
Meanwhile, President Obama’s campaign released an ad attacking Romney for failing to stand up to “the voices of extremism” in his party, including Trump, who has publicly supported the discredited claims that Obama was born outside the US.
"It’s nauseating to the American public. Enough is enough. Stop attacking private equity."
— Newark, NJ Mayor Cory Booker undermines one of President Barack Obama’s central campaign messages. The Obama campaign has criticized Booker for making the comment, but Booker says Republicans are “manipulating” his words.
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