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Children
Kevin: "Some of our children's greatest experiences have been in the smaller classrooms."
Voiceover: "But Mitt Romney says classroom sizes don't matter and he supports Paul Ryan's budget which could cut education by 20%."
Kevin: "You can't do this by shoving thirty, thirty-five people in a class and just teaching to some test."
Women are Watching Bus Tour Stops in Concord, NH
First stop on the Women are Watching bus tour: Concord, New Hampshire. Joined by Senator Jeanne Shaheen and women's health activist Sandra Fluke, hundreds gathered outside the State House in New Hampshire to protect and promote women's health.
Ted Cruz = Todd Akin
“If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down.” –Todd Akin, Republican Congressman from Missouri who is seeking the Senate nomination
Dear Democrat,
Mitt Romney and other Republican leaders calling for Todd Akin to resign his campaign need to take in more territory starting with Romney’s VP candidate and including newly minted right wing darling Ted Cruz. The only distinction between Ted Cruz, Paul Ryan and Todd Akin is that Akin put down the dog whistle and stated the policy out loud. Akin’s disgusting rhetoric matches the policies of the Republican Party.
President Obama on the Romney-Ryan Tax Plan
President Obama was at a grassroots event in Rochester, NH to discuss middle-class economic security. President Obama has already cut taxes for a typical New Hampshire family by $4,200 over four years, helping families afford to send their children to college, buy their first home, pay for health care and child care.
Kasim Reed's Star Rises
Watching the Sunday news shows can sometimes be a tricky proposition. Just as the panelists begin to face off, the moderators often pivot to another topic or allow the other panelists to digress into their own agendas. By the time the round robin is complete, it's easy to have lost track of who was saying what to whom.
"The Same"
Voiceover: "He's made his choice. But what choices will women be left with?"
"Just like Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan would get rid of Planned Parenthood funding."
"In Congress, Ryan voted to ban all federal funding for Planned Parenthood..."
"...and allow employers to deny women access to cancer screenings and birth control."
Facts
Voiceover: "Now Mitt Romney is attacking the President on Medicare?"
"The non-partisan AARP says Obamacare 'cracks down on Medicare fraud, waste, and abuse' and 'strengthens guaranteed benefits'."
"And the Ryan plan?"
"AARP says it would undermine ... Medicare and could lead to higher costs for seniors...."
Stephanie Cutter: Medicare Whiteboard
Stephanie Cutter breaks down how the Romney-Ryan plan will end Medicare as we know it, turning it into a voucher system and making seniors pay up to $6,400 more. She also shares how President Obama is already strengthening Medicare and helping seniors save money.
Small-Minded
Mitt Romney already pays a lower tax rate than many middle class families, but with Romney-Ryan economics he would pay even less.
Do Romney/Ryan understand?
Do Romney/Ryan understand that implementing their plan to repeal the Medicare Advantage savings will increase Medicare premiums for fully 70% of Medicare enrollees?