Warren would do more for Massachusetts:
[Warren’s] crowning achievement, the bureau guards the interests of average citizens contending with credit-card companies, student-loan holders, auto lenders, credit bureaus, and more. Anyone who’s felt powerless to escape a fee that seems unfairly imposed, or to cover an interest rate they didn’t bargain for, owes Warren a debt of gratitude.
My friends in MA, you have to vote for Ms. Warren.
Massachusetts didn’t know Romney after all:
Somewhere in the Republican presidential nominee is the sensible, data-driven moderate that the Bay State knew as governor. But it may also be that Massachusetts didn’t know Mitt Romney very well, after all. Stuck in a party far to his right, Romney made a fateful bargain to adopt sharply conservative positions, and then start clawing back. Now, voters have no way of knowing what kind of president he’d be.
Romney creates profits, not jobs:
The nominee has pegged [Romney’s] hopes to a pledge to create jobs, citing his record in private business. But there is a stark difference between creating wealth for oneself and others, and creating jobs. Companies often increase their profitability by squeezing out workers, or outsourcing jobs overseas.
In challenging the President’s first-term record, Mr. Romney has displayed a chronic eagerness to say anything he thinks will win him the support of the audience he is addressing at the moment. That raises the question of what he truly believes: He has changed positions so often on so many basic issues — health care, women’s rights, government regulation — that it seems his only fixed principle is his own advancement.
It is difficult to see Romney as a credible candidate. One of his own campaign advisers said that regardless of what Romney said January through July, there would be an Etch-a-Sketch moment after he won the Republican nomination. And that’s what happened.
Romney’s magical economic plan:
You would think that Romney, with his business smarts, would offer a coherent vision for the nation’s budget challenges. Instead, he’s conjured a magical economic plan with deep tax cuts and increased military spending. Romney would eliminate tax deductions to offset lost revenue, but he refuses to provide details. It’s simply not credible.
Why Romney is not fit for President:
A strong executive who can buy and sell companies and is used to getting his way is not the same as a visionary leader who can pull people together.
Romney’s comment in a private donor setting – belittling the 47 percent who don’t pay income taxes as freeloaders – is damning and hard-to-shake evidence that he may not really care so much about many Americans of lesser portfolios.
In too many ways, Romney resembles a slick salesman, willing to fudge and say anything to close the deal.
“Barack Obama for Re-Election”:
In the poisonous atmosphere of this campaign, it may be easy to overlook Mr. Obama’s many important achievements, including carrying out the economic stimulus, saving the auto industry, improving fuel efficiency standards, and making two very fine Supreme Court appointments.
Obama helps small business:
Contrary to Mr. Romney’s claims, Mr. Obama has done good things for small businesses — like pushing through more tax write-offs for new equipment and temporary tax cuts for hiring the unemployed.
The Miami Herald on Obama’s firm position:
Not all Americans like what he stands for, but they know who he is. He has championed the middle class and has a larger, more tolerant notion of America that includes closing the inequality gap and evening the playing field, as exemplified by making an equal-pay-for-women bill the first law he signed. He has fought for the DREAM Act on behalf of the immigrant youths brought here by their parents, and he wants a Supreme Court that will continue to support Roe v. Wade. That’s crucial.
Just finished putting together the process book for my Advanced Typography project. We had to create a dining out guide to showcase the restaurants we picked. The guide (pdf) came out pretty nice. Each restaurant gets its own theme. The guide was created using Illustrator. I have been using Illustrator quite a bit for this class and I am loving it even though I am still suck at drawing and illustrating.