Daily Archives: 12/14/2011

(Community Matters) Update: The Washington Post has withdrawn this story, noting that it was factually incorrect, that Romney was not using the phrase cited. Please see Editor’s note further below

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(Community Matters) FiveThirtyEight notes good for Romney & Huntsman, bad for Gingrich and Paul – here

(Community Matters) I don’t condemn Lowe’s for pulling out as a sponsor of All American Muslim. Doesn’t mean I’m not disappointed, but I’d rather applaud their originally sponsoring this reality television show which depicts Muslims as everyday Americans. We can’t demand American corporations engage in controversial political debates; of course they’ll try to steer clear and not offend customers. Florida Family Association’s condemnation of depicting Muslims in a positive light is reprehensible; shows them for the fearful people they are.

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(Community Matters) My husband loved it – Cate Blanchett in Botho Strauss’ Gross und Klein (aka Big & Small) at the Sydney Theatre.

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(Community Matters) Quarterly.co

Steven subscribes to Scott Belsky; I subscribe to Josh Spears.

So really, what is Quarterly Co.?

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(Community Matters) Sorry to have missed this week’s national finance committee meetings in DC. From Politico’s Playbook, part of the public briefing. (btw, I love Cutter’s comment & hope we keep seeing more action bypassing our broke Congress):

THE MAP: During a briefing for reporters at the DNC yesterday, Obama 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina outlined five paths that would get President Obama to 270 electoral votes. Each starts with Sen. John Kerry’s 2004 map (246 EVs):

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