Wednesday 8 February '12 show notes

 

There are bad nights, then there are REALLY bad nights, and then there are nights like the one Mitt Romney had last night. Three states held caucuses and primaries Tuesday night to pick a Republican nominee for President – including Colorado, Missouri, and Minnesota – and it was a clean sweep for Rick Santorum.

 

In Missouri – Santorum got 55% of the vote with Romney coming in second at 25% - oddly though there were no delegates at stake. In Minnesota – Santorum cleaned up with 45% of the vote – while Romney came in third behind Ron Paul with 17%. And later in the night – in Colorado – a state Romney expected to win and DID win in 2008 – Santorum came out on top – beating Romney 40 to 35%.

 

So what does this mean? It means Conservatives can still play around with the idea of nominating someone who isn’t named Mitt Romney for at least a few more weeks. But the millionaires and billionaires have decided Mitt Romney is their guy – and thanks to Citizens United – they can speak louder than anyone else in the country so it would be shocking if Mitt weren’t the guy on stage accepting the nomination later in the year down in Tampa.

 

-Thom

 

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The Daily Stack

 

Karl Frisch in for Thom

 

Hour One: What's next for GOP hopefuls?
- John Nichols, The Nation Magazine

Article: "Romney Campaign Spins Low Turn Out: Voters Staying At Home Secretly Support Romney" by Adam Peck.

Tweet: "Hahahahahahahahahahaha @MittRomney could lose all three states #CO #MO #MN tonight to @RickSantorum. Hahaha. #GOP2012 - Karl Frisch".

Article: "'Anybody But Romney' Wins Everywhere, as GOP Turnout Tanks" by John Nichols.

Article: "Governor Walker and the Koch Brothers Are Behind Arizona's Fight Against Unions" by John Nichols.

Article: "Republican Rick Santorum sets sights on Super Tuesday" by BBC.

Article: "Wolf Blitzer Excitedly Exclaims ‘OMG’ Over Rick Santorum’s Colorado Comeback" by James Crugnale.

 

O'Keefe Releases Another New Video Fraudulently Purporting to Illustrate 'Voter Fraud' in Minnesota
- Brad Friedman, The Brad Blog

Article: "O'Keefe Releases Another New Video Fraudulently Purporting to Illustrate 'Voter Fraud' in Minnesota" by Brad Friedman.

Article: "Video Evidence That James O’Keefe Was a Theater Geek in High School (Complete With Jazz Hands)" by Leah Beckmann.

Article: "Charlie White, Indiana Election Chief, Found Guilty Of Voter Fraud" by Charles Wilson.

Article: "Indiana's Gop Secretary Of State Guilty Of Three Counts Of Felony Voter Fraud" by Brad Friedman.

Article: "Do Romney's 2010 Tax Returns Reveal Voter Fraud?" by Brad Friedman.

Article: "EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Officials Confirm Criminal Election Fraud Investigation of Gingrich Campaign" by Brad Friedman.

Law: "Help America Vote Act" by Wikipedia.

Hour Two: "How the GOP is Resegregating the South"
- Ari Berman, The Nation

Book: "Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics" by Ari Berman.

Article: "Ron Paul Calls For The Elimination Of Public Lands" by Public Lands Team.

Article: ""How the GOP is Resegregating the South"" by Ari Berman.

Site: "Herding Donkeys".

Article: "The GOP War on Voting" by Ari Berman.

Article: "The GOP’s Enthusiasm Gap" by Ari Berman.

 

Site: "Conservapedia".

 

Republican candidates
- Cliff Schecter, Libertas, LLC

Show: "Loose Ends with Lizz Winstead & Cliff Schecter".

Article: "Santorum: 'Michigan's A Great Place For Us To Plant Our Flag' (VIDEO)" by Chris Gentilviso.

Article: "Founder Of Stormfront Openly Endorses Ron Paul, Says Paul Shares Their Views (VIDEO)" by Stephen D. Foster Jr.

 

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Victoria Jones, White House Correspondent

Article: "Santorum Sweeps Through The Heartland" by Geoff Holtzman.

Article: "By The Numbers: How Did Tuesday’s Contests Impact GOP Race?" by Geoff Holtzman.

Article: "Arizona woman off ballot after high court agrees her English isn't good enough" by CNN.

Article: "Grassley: House GOP doing Wall Street's bidding on STOCK Act" by Peter Schroeder.

Article: "Obama Yields in Marshaling of ‘Super PAC’" by Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg.

Hour Three: The making of gay marriage’s top foe
- Dr. Mark Oppenheimer, Contributor to Salon

Article: "The making of gay marriage’s top foe " by Mark Oppenheimer.

Case: "Goodridge v. Department of Public Health", 2003.

 

Site: "Recall Brewer!"

 

Article: "BREAKING: Federal Appeals Court Finds Proposition 8 Unconstitutional" by Igor Volsky.

Article: "Lawmakers Move to Private Talks to Prevent Payroll-Tax Cut Lapse" by Steven Sloan.

Article: "House committee passes Keystone XL pipeline bill" by Summit Voice.

Article: "Double Standard for State ABC Director Not Busted for Pot?" by Betsy Phillips.

 

 

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