On Fireside Chats, Mark and Jamelle talk about Jamelle’s American Prospect cover story arguing that Mitt Romney would be a very conservative president. But would the GOP really push the button on radical spending cuts? Jamelle thinks Romney should back off his recent rhetorical embrace of Bill Clinton. Mark and Jamelle are skeptical of a Romney adviser’s argument that states should compete like corporations to provide the best services. The two discuss the implications of a new super PAC plan that describes Obama as a “black, metrosexual Abraham Lincoln.” Finally, they talk about the demise of Americans Elect, which tried to use the Internet to recruit a third-party presidential candidate.
Play entire videoJamelle’s cover story in the American Prospect, “Mitt Romney, Servant of the Right”
Peter Suderman describes Romney’s business consultant approach to politics in Reason
Romney’s speech accusing Obama of rejecting the Clinton doctrine
Greg Mankiw’s argument that states should compete like corporations
“The Defeat of Barack Hussein Obama: The Ricketts Plan to End His Spending for Good””
Mark’s article about Americans Elect in The New Republic
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