The Smirk

Obama's body language under fire in new video

The Republican National Committee put together a video of President Barack Obama’s favored facial expression—the smirk—during last night’s debate.

Romney: Human Rights Before Trade

Obama camp prefers 'clean' bill stripped of human rights language
Mitt Romney / AP

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said that he would only back a Russian trade bill if it came with new guarantees of human rights and blasted President Obama for refusing to do the same.

MEDIA HIT MISSES TARGET

Botched Attempt to rope Romney adviser into Plame pseudo-scandal
Eric Edelman / AP

A BuzzFeed report claims Eric Edelman, a Romney campaign adviser who criticized the White House today for leaking classified national-security information, was “implicated” in the Justice Department’s 2005 perjury indictment of Lewis “Scooter” Libby as the person who “originally suggested the idea to Libby to start leaking information about Joe Wilson’s trip to Niger.”

Obama’s Outsourcing Allies

The president has a history of associating with outsourcers
Jeffrey Immelt and Pres. Obama / AP

President Barack Obama recently called Mitt Romney an “outsourcing pioneer”—a title once bestowed on General Electric and its CEO Jeffrey Immelt, key Obama allies.

Prez Polls Poorly

Rasmussen shows Obama and Obamacare both unpopular
AP

Rasmussen Reports’ latest Presidential Tracking Poll revealed that President Obama lags behind his challenger.

Broken Advertisement

Obama attack ad slams Romney for failing to pass tax cuts blocked by Democrats in Massachusetts State House
Breaking Promises screencap

The Massachusetts Democrats featured in “Broken Promises,” the Obama campaign’s latest attack on Mitt Romney, criticize Romney for failing to bring down taxes—despite the fact that they helped defeat a proposed Romney tax cut in April 2005.

Ready, Fire, Aim

Column: Team Obama’s reputation is vastly overrated
AP

We are rapidly approaching the moment at which Washington reevaluates the Obama campaign’s reputation for competence and expertise. One gaffe is an isolated event. Two is an embarrassment. But three or more form a pattern, one that is damaging not only Obama’s precarious chances for reelection but also the fortunes of the Democratic Party.