And the campaign starts ... with the expected negativity

[szh]

http://swampland.time.com/2012/05/15/ba ... -not-work/

Both sides suck in this regard. I am frustrated with all the negative stuff spouted by all sides.

Z

[telcoman]

http://swampland.time.com/2012/05/15/ba ... -not-work/

Both sides suck in this regard. I am frustrated with all the negative stuff spouted by all sides.

Z

Things are heating up

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/us/po ... f=politics

"The proposal was presented last week in Chicago to associates and family members of Mr. Ricketts, who is also the patriarch of the family that owns the Chicago Cubs.

Brian Baker, president and general counsel of a super PAC called the Ending Spending Action Fund, said Mr. Ricketts had studied several advertising proposals in recent months and had not signed off on a specific approach to taking on Mr. Obama.

“Joe Ricketts is prepared to spend significant resources in the 2012 election in both the presidential race and Congressional races,” Mr. Baker said in an interview Wednesday. “He is very concerned about the future direction of the country and plans to take a stand.”



Telcoman

[telcoman]

Kind of embarrassing when your hand gets caught in the cookie jar

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/us/po ... ml?_r=1&hp

"But on Wednesday, when Mr. Baker was asked in an interview whether Mr. Ricketts had rejected the advertising proposal, he said only that no decisions had been made.
A page in the proposal about potential staff members for the effort says, “With your preliminary approval at the New York meeting, we have discussed this plan in highly confidential terms with the following proposed team members,” who, it says, are “ready to jump into action upon plan approval.”
Associates of Mr. Ricketts acknowledged that upon seeing a commercial Mr. Davis produced in 2008 for Mr. McCain featuring Mr. Wright, which Mr. McCain rejected, Mr. Ricketts said. “If the nation had seen that ad, they’d never have elected Barack Obama.” The quote was highlighted in the proposal."

Telcoman

[Bubba1]

Kind of embarrassing when your hand gets caught in the cookie jar

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/us/po ... ml?_r=1&hp

"But on Wednesday, when Mr. Baker was asked in an interview whether Mr. Ricketts had rejected the advertising proposal, he said only that no decisions had been made.
A page in the proposal about potential staff members for the effort says, “With your preliminary approval at the New York meeting, we have discussed this plan in highly confidential terms with the following proposed team members,” who, it says, are “ready to jump into action upon plan approval.”
Associates of Mr. Ricketts acknowledged that upon seeing a commercial Mr. Davis produced in 2008 for Mr. McCain featuring Mr. Wright, which Mr. McCain rejected, Mr. Ricketts said. “If the nation had seen that ad, they’d never have elected Barack Obama.” The quote was highlighted in the proposal."

Telcoman

Guaranteed the campaign's gonna be even uglier than the last one. It also wouldn't surprise me if Ricketts dredges up the birther stuff again.