Posted by Bob Lord I always marvel at how people point to the political center as if it's the center of wisdom. Often, they think they're making an incredibly astute observation when they point out that "most voters are centrists." Doh. Voters always will fall onto a bell shaped curve, with most clustered around the … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A late announcement from the Dr. Richard Carmona for U.S. Senate campaign: ADVISORY: Carmona to host GOTV rallies across state Friday Rich Carmona will travel throughout the state tomorrow to meet with voters in a get-out-the-vote effort. Carmona will begin the day in San Carlos and then head to Nogales, Yuma and Flagstaff … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: George W. Bush is visiting Mitt's money in the Caymen Islands today, delivering the keynote address to the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit: Oh, and what a surprise. Media 'blackout' as Bush speaks in Cayman Islands: Organizers of an investment conference in the Cayman Islands say they have been forbidden from disclosing any … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Four years ago, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg did not endorse a candidate for president. Probably because Bloomberg still harbored dreams of running for president himself, until the casino capitalism of Wall Street that made him a billionaire came crashing down in an economic catastrophe in September 2008.
Now that Bloomberg has since established himself as the "Nanny" of New York trying to regulate everything from what people can eat and drink to how much exercise they should get, his dreams of becoming president are over. Nobody likes that guy.
This year, following the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy on the New York region, Mayor Bloomberg has endorsed President Obama in a sometimes critical editorial opinion for the Bloomberg View. Mike still suffers from that "masters of the universe" grandiosity of Wall Street tycoons, after all. A Vote for a President to Lead on Climate Change:
The devastation that Hurricane Sandy
brought to New York City and much of the Northeast — in lost
lives, lost homes and lost business — brought the stakes of
Tuesday’s presidential election into sharp relief.
* * *
Our climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme
weather we have experienced in New York City and around the
world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it might
be — given this week’s devastation — should compel all elected
leaders to take immediate action.
Here in New York, our comprehensive sustainability plan —
PlaNYC — has helped allow us to cut our carbon footprint by 16
percent in just five years, which is the equivalent of
eliminating the carbon footprint of a city twice the size of
Seattle. Through the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group — a
partnership among many of the world’s largest cities — local
governments are taking action where national governments are
not.
But we can’t do it alone. We need leadership from the White
House — and over the past four years, President Barack Obama
has taken major steps to reduce our carbon consumption,
including setting higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars and
trucks. His administration also has adopted tighter controls on
mercury emissions, which will help to close the dirtiest coal
power plants (an effort I have supported through my
philanthropy), which are estimated to kill 13,000 Americans a
year.
* * *
If the 1994 or 2003 version of Mitt Romney were running for
president, I may well have voted for him because, like so many
other independents, I have found the past four years to be, in a
word, disappointing.
* * *
Nevertheless, the president has achieved some important
victories on issues that will help define our future. His Race
to the Top education program — much of which was opposed by the
teachers’ unions, a traditional Democratic Party constituency —
has helped drive badly needed reform across the country, giving
local districts leverage to strengthen accountability in the
classroom and expand charter schools. His health-care law — for
all its flaws — will provide insurance coverage to people who
need it most and save lives.
When I step into the voting booth, I think about the world
I want to leave my two daughters, and the values that are
required to guide us there. The two parties’ nominees for
president offer different visions of where they want to lead
America.
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The Obama campaign is up with an ad entitled "Solid," featuring the endorsement by Colin Powell from last week. Ad description:
Obama for America's new television ad highlights last week's powerful
endorsement from retired four star general and former Secretary of State
Colin Powell. In his support of President Obama, which represents a
powerful show of bipartisanship, Powell cited the President's leadership
in bringing us back from the brink of economic collapse, ending the war
in Iraq, putting in place a plan to end the war in Afghanistan, and his
strong record of fighting terrorism as reasons for his endorsement.
Like
Secretary Powell, the American people know that President Obama is a
strong, steady and decisive leader with an affirmative vision to move
our country forward.
Video below the fold.