Hillary: New Low in Pandering (and Exploiting a Child)

“I'm a little feminist growing up to help all women with equal rights.” Olivia joins the volunteer team at HQ. https://t.co/JQfqLV5TRa

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 4, 2016

Scott Walker Interview

A rather friendly interview, and not some liberal reporter trying to trip him up. That kind will come later. But since Walker has a good ability to stay on message, this is a good example of what he’ll be saying regularly during the campaign season ahead.

"I'd be a candidate who's done both. I've fought the good fights and won those fights consistently for hardworking taxpayers. We've consistently taken on the big challenges...right to work, lowered taxes by $2 billion, property taxes are lower today than when we first started, we passed voter ID...regulatory reform, lawsuit reform, education reform, our school are better today than they were four years ago."

Posted by Scott Walker on Saturday, June 6, 2015

The Truth About Romney’s Taxes

When you are Obama’s campaign staff, and the liberal Washington Post takes you to task for a Tweet, you know you’ve messed up.

Here is the Tweet:

“FACT: In 2010 and 2011, Romney paid less than 15% in taxes on $42.5 million in income—much less than what many middle-class families pay.”

A lot of factors go into the tax that people pay, and this is certainly true of Romney.

But what’s the bottom line?

The Obama campaign’s tweet relies on a very slippery “fact.”

Romney, by receiving much of his income in capital gains and dividends and giving millions of dollars to charity, is certainly able to keep his effective tax rate relatively low, especially compared to a wealthy person who earns much of his or her income in salary. But, even so, Romney still pays an effective tax rate that is higher than the tax rate paid by most Americans.

The Washington Post gave the Obama claim three Pinocchios.

We would say that’s a bit lax on Obama.