It sounds like an interesting legal question as well. Maybe Troy and his illustrious podcasting partners could tackle this one in a future Law Talk.

Had this exact same thought after slogging through the endless diatribes and links on my Facebook feed. Thank you for articulating and focusing the point. It just makes me so very weary. And I'm not even reacting to the substance of the thing; just to the angry, uncivil, self-righteous, frankly hate-filled tone of the outcry.

A grim but excellent description. Thank you and thanks to Ricochet for enticing you to share your contacts, expertise, and sharp prose.

It's a derivative of the Mike Murphy argument. Not the best argument for supporting a president but probably the best one we'll get. And FAR better than the Ann Coulter argument which seems to be a version of "He's conservative if I say so. So shut up already. I'm Ann Coulter dammit!"

The partners of Bain Consulting.

BSG story line is race of self-aware cyborgs destroys home planet "Caprica" and survivors set out to search for mythical Earth, dodging said cyborgs along the way. The older BSG was sort of corny, with a typical 70's freeze-frame ending -- think A-Team. But the Sci-Fi series is a cult classic. If you are at all oriented this way, it's a great DVD set. For my money it makes "Lost" look like Saturday morning kid stuff.

 I find that truly chilling.

 A kinder, gentler age.

Time to block out all the craziness and focus on the Congress. We need a Congress for which raising the minimum wage will be a non-starter.

This may represent poetic license, but those are definitely Lileks' guns... I remember the canary muscle shirt...

Brace the servers if "The Great One" decides to tout Ricochet on his show this evening. Just sayin...

Correction: smoking tobacco.

I don't have any better answer than Mitt. I just think it's very weak sauce. I would like to have an election where I didn't have to hold my breath every time my party's candidate was interviewed. The President is the most articulate spokesperson for his side. We haven't had a candidate like that in a long time.

Here's the point BT. Whether looking at the gaffe, or the substance which reveals a lack of understanding of what is going on both in the short term (in terms of recession, where the poor are hardest hit) or in the long term (the fracturing of society,) this soundbite is all about pandering to a perceived electoral stronghold. And even on that basis it is poorly done. He is playing Obama's game at the JV level.

Well if Romney is Skeletor's cousin, then the President most assuredly must be a Decepticon:

You're on fire this morning Kitty. Time to lay down a couple of chapters in your comic novel while you're hot.