On Morning Joe, Donny Deutsch claims that though Michael Bloomberg is rich, he is, unlike Mitt Romney, a "man of the people."
On Al Sharpton's MSNBC show, MSNBC analyst Richard Wolffe says that though Mitt Romney has not done anything illegal, because he invested overseas and sought to reduce his tax burden, there is a "moral question" surrounding him, similar to the questions surrounding John Edwards. Wolffe says that Edwards affair and child out of wedlock were similarly not illegal, but were reprehensible and made…
On Morning Joe, Katty Kay, the anchor of BBC World News America, says Europeans favor President Obama to win re-election because among other things he is "more in line with European social-democratic values."
A Politico reporter has claimed that race was a factor in Neil Munro's questioning of President Obama at the White House yesterday. Saying "it's very, very difficult to place race outside of this context," Joe Williams claimed racially-motivated direspect of PBO is part of a pattern among conservatives, citing Rep. Joe Wilson, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, and the Tea Party.
On Morning Joe, ad man, NYC liberal and former avid fan of President Obama says his support of the president is "wavering."
On Morning Joe, asked if she believes President Obama's strategy of blaming George W. Bush for the country's economic woes will work for him as a campaign strategy, Mika Brzezinski listlessly replies: "well, I'm hopin'". Joe Scarborough bursts into laughter, saying "at least she's honest."
On Good Morning America, ABC News's Pierre Thomas never hints that the Obama administration was
itself being accused of being the source of national security leaks. To the contrary,
Thomas frames the issue this way: "freedom of the press and the
public's right to know is now on collision course with the government's
desire to protect national security secrets." Translation:
the Obama admin…
To comment on the resounding Republican victory of Scott Walker in the Wisconsin recall, Morning Joe assembled a lefty panel and excluded any Republicans until the second hour, when Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell was finally allowed to put in an appearance.
On Morning Joe, commenting on President Obama's decision not to campaign in Wisconsin for Tom Barrett, the Democrat seeking to unseat Scott Walker in the gubernatorial recall election, calls Obama "aloof" and not "lovable."
A "Lean Forward" promo for Ed Schultz's MSNBC show promotes a Get Out The Vote campaign to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.