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Romney is not sure we have a right to contraception, doesn’t understand the big deal anyway

Given that Romney is supposedly the moderate, reasonable Republican alternative to the extremism of Santorum, you’d think he’d want to draw the contrast a bit more clearly than he does in this clip from the New Hampshire debate. When asked if he, like Santorum, believes states have the right to ban contraception, Romney acted like he was positively offended that he should have to answer such a silly, irrelevant question.

The faux confusion is cute, isn’t it? Gee golly, I can’t imagine why a state would want to ban contraception. Me neither. I just know that several have considered Personhood amendments that would do just that. (If Romney isn’t familiar with them, he should read up–they are ...

By Maya Dusenbery • 12 years ago

Santorum says states should be able to outlaw contraception, reminds us why he’s the worst

As Jos wrote yesterday, Rick Santorum placed a surprising second in Tuesday’s Iowa caucus . While Zerlina is confident Santorum will remain a joke, the media loves horse race journalism more than anything and the election’s a long way off. So now might be a good time for a reminder about how absurdly extreme the guy is.

And hey look at that! Here’s Santorum himself reiterating that he thinks states should have the right to ban contraception. Yep, it’s fucking 2012, everyone uses contraception, and Santorum will have you know that Griswold v. Connecticut–the 1965 Supreme Court case that we should all give a silent thanks for every time we buy condoms without being arrested–should ...

By Samhita • 12 years ago

Cain reassesses campaign (thankfully)

I was getting pretty tired of headline after headline that tried to apologize for Herman Cain’s inappropriate behavior towards women. But when the allegations came out yesterday that he had a (consensual–with this guy you have to be specific) 13-year affair with a woman yesterday, I kept wondering–HOW will he get around this one? After all, harassment and assault accusations are easy for politicians to deny and dimiss in our culture of rape–but adultery can sometimes be a game-changer.

Well, it looks like the Cain campaign is thinking the same thing. This afternoon it was released that his staff is reassessing their strategy–as in, they realized they have none and they were propping up a sham politician who was not only backed ...