Speed of Life

by Gregg Chadwick Graphic by Txvoodoo Last night's Presidential Debate revealed a new Romney style to the public: a smirking, manipulative and untruthful Mitt whose only  strategy seemed to be lying baldfacedly about his policy ideas. Already,  Romney has had to admit that he pushed misinformation in the debate to  Mike Grunwald , the author of the brilliant new book - The New New Deal .    I agree with Paul Krugman and Tyler Green: Most of the commentary about last night's debate seems to be " theater criticism. " MSNBC even pulled James Lipton on-screen, host of Inside The Actors Studio , to critique the debate as if it were simply a theatrical romp. Romney, admittedly. delivered his lines forcefully and often condescendingly, but his words were full of evasion, hesitation, mis-truth, and outright lies. Romney came across as an infomercial huckster.  In contrast President Obama was calm, empathetic, often bemused, professorial, a bit ...

A Powerful New Video From President Obama's Campaign You work hard, stretch every penny, but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him: Mitt Romney made $20 million dollars in 2010, but paid only 14% in taxes—probably less than you.  Now he has a plan that will give millionaires another tax break and raises taxes on middle class families by up to $2000 dollars a year. Mitt Romney's middle class tax increase: he pays less, you pay more. More From Nate Silver: Obama Extends Electoral College Advantage And A Must Read In The New York Times From UCLA Professor Jared Diamond on Mitt Romney's Misappropriation of Diamond's Important Book - Guns Germs & Steel : " Mitt Romney may become our next president. Will he continue to espouse one-factor explanations for multicausal problems, and fail to understand history and the modern world? If so, he will preside over a declining nation squandering its advantages of location and history." - Jared Diamo...