2012 Election

With Mitt Romney attending a fundraiser at the members only Petroleum Club tonight in Midland, TX, he's proving once and for all he's in the tank for Big Oil. Mitt Romney wants to repeal laws that crack down on oil speculators who drive up gas prices at your local pump and would cut investments in clean and renewable energy sources to pay for massive tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.

The Romney-Ryan-Akin Platform for Women

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The real Mitt Romney stands up and reflects on who he is, what he believes and why he is running for office.

Why do women have to fight the same old battles? Women still don't get equal pay for equal work - Republicans blocked that, and even pushed a law that could have denied insurance coverage for birth control. We're still fighting to protect a woman's right to choose nearly 40 years after Roe v. Wade, and we could be just one Supreme Court justice away from losing it.

As Republicans gather in Tampa to nominate Mitt Romney, Americans can expect to hear tales of how President Obama has failed to work with their party or turn the economy around.

But an element of their party has pitched so far to the extreme right on issues important to women, immigrants, seniors and students that they've proven incapable of governing for the people. Look no further than the inclusion of the Akin amendment in the Republican Party platform, which bans abortion, even for rape victims.

The truth is that the party has failed to demonstrate the kind of leadership or seriousness voters deserve.

The Romney-Ryan education plan? Shop around, borrow money from your parents.

The Romney-Ryan plan would:

• -Slash Pell Grants for nearly 10 million students
• -Cut $10,000 college tax credits

Mitt Romney also hiked fees at state MA colleges by 63% as governor. "Shop around"? Students can't afford Mitt Romney.

DNC video "For Artur Davis, It's All About Artur Davis"

Voiceover: "It's a promise that was made long ago. You work hard, pay in. Your Medicare benefits are guaranteed. But Mitt Romney would break that promise...replace your benefits with a voucher."

"Insurance companies could just keep raising rates. .Instead of a guarantee, seniors could pay sixty four hundred dollars more a year. AARP says the plan Mitt Romney supports undermines Medicare. Mitt Romney. An end to the Medicare Promise."

Holding out hope Romney had a vision for the middle class? Think again.

Mitt Romney: "No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised."

Embracing unfounded conspiracy theories, distracting from real issues.

America doesn't need a Birther-in-Chief.

DURBIN: "It's Time for Mitt Romney To Put Up Or Shut Up" On His Tax Returns

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