American Bridge Reaction to Ted Cruz Presidential Campaign
It’s official: Tea Party Republican Ted Cruz is running for president, setting the stage for a long and bloody primary that reveals the extreme nature of Scott Walker, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and the rest of the field as they struggle to keep up with Cruz’s radical streak. “Ted Cruz shut down the government in a tantrum, opposes marriage equality, denies climate change, and opposes a woman’s right to choose even in cases of rape or incest. He’s everything voters hate about the modern Republican Party in one candidate, and the entire field is already signing on to his positions,” said Brad Woodhouse, President of American Bridge 21st Century. American Bridge has been scouting Cruz for years. Our full scouting report on Cruz is available here, including biographical info and what to watch for in his campaign.
VIDEO: Marco Rubio: Big Fan Of Not Voting
On Hannity last night, Marco Rubio passionately argued that "not voting is a legitimate choice." He should know -- he's the nation's preeminent expert in 'not voting,' missing more votes than anyone else in the Senate. A noted hip-hop fan, perhaps the slogan for Rubio's presidential campaign should be "2 Legit 2 Vote." Watch our new video:
CAMPAIGN AD: Nobody's Tougher Than Trump
Jeb Bush's favorables are 16 points underwater. Scott Walker can't stop tripping over his own feet. It's clear there's only…
CO Flashback: Coffman Called Social Security "Ponzi scheme"
With news breaking today that the national GOP is trying to draft Congressman Mike Coffman to run for Senate in Colorado, a reminder from 2011 that his record isn't likely to pass the smell test:
POLITICO: Coffman on board with 'Ponzi scheme'
Second-term Colorado GOP Rep. Mike Coffman is on board with Rick Perry's characterization of Social Security, calling it a "Ponzi scheme" on a local radio show.
ICYMI: Jeb Bush's Baffling Hypocrisy (WEB AD)
Jeb Bush attacked Hillary Clinton's private e-mails as “a little baffling, to be honest with you" but what's baffling is why Governor Bush would taunt others given his troubling vulnerabilities about his much more extensive e-mail problem. The Washington Post reported that Bush compromised security by discussing troop movements on his personal e-mail account, and The New York Times found that it took Governor Bush more than seven years to fully comply with a Florida public records statute on email disclosure -- a violation of state law.
Jeb Bush's Email Hypocrisy Comes Home to Roost
It's Sunshine Week in Florida, but storm clouds are gathering for Jeb Bush. Take a look at the press he's earning for his hypocrisy on e-mail records and transparency. New York Times: Mr. Bush delivered the latest batch of 25,000 emails in May 2014, seven and a half years after leaving the Statehouse and just as he started to contemplate a potential run for the White House, according to a newly disclosed letter written by his lawyer. A Florida statute governing the preservation of public records requires elected officials, including the governor, to turn over records pertaining to official business “at the expiration of his or her term of office.” "If they’ve been adding to it, it’s a technical violation of the law,” said Barbara A. Petersen, president of the First Amendment Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group in Florida that advocates access to government information.
Bush may be "confused," but he "did exactly what Hillary did"
Ahead of Governor Bush's weekend in New Hampshire, he called in to NH Today radio bright and early this morning and said this of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails: "I don't quite get it. I'm a little confused by it." That's funny, because according to an expert quoted in today's Wall Street Journal, Governor Bush "did exactly what Hillary did" in choosing what emails to disclose from his private account. What's actually confusing is why Jeb continues to hold himself up as a paragon of transparency when he released just 250,000 of the over 3 million emails he apparently sent and received during his time as governor.
For Top GOP Candidates, Legal Questions Remain As Their PACs Raise Millions
Jeb Bush still hasn't launched his presidential campaign, instead opting to headline massive fundraising events through his "leadership PAC." It's going so well that he recently had to tell his wealthy donors to limit their contributions to a measly $1 million, presumably because the optics were less-than-ideal for a guy who is already viewed as wildly out of touch with the Today, the New York Times ran a piece on "blurred lines," only these legal issues had nothing to do with Robin Thicke. Rather, it has to do with the questionable operational relationship between still-undeclared presidential candidate Jeb Bush and his Right To Rise PAC.
VIDEO: GOP's Reckless Iran Letter Backfires
The walking disaster that is the GOP leadership has outdone themselves. Senator Tom Cotton’s letter to the Iranian government encouraging Iran’s leaders to dismiss the ongoing nuclear talks with the United States is insolent, reckless and plainly stupid. Oh yeah and it might be a felony. Does the GOP they really think they are going to score political points by cozying up to Ayatollah Khamenei? Horrendously, every member of the Republican Senate leadership signed the letter, as did GOP presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio. Rubio’s even fundraising off of this treacherous political embarrassment. Check out our new video, and the brutal headlines for the GOP after the jump.
MEMO: 10 Questions For Jeb Bush And One For The Media
To: Interested Parties From: Brad Woodhouse, President, American Bridge 21st Century Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Re: 10 Questions For Jeb Bush And One For The Media I have one question for the media. If y'all are going to spend every waking moment obsessing over the minutiae of Hillary Clinton's email habits, why shouldn't Jeb Bush -- whose usage of private emails and servers during his tenure as governor is strikingly similar to Clinton's -- be subject to the same scrutiny? If anything, Governor Bush has more issues with his transparency than Secretary Clinton, and he's done far less to address them. So here are ten questions he should answer:
- If Bush sent and received over 3 million emails as governor, as he has said himself, how are we to believe only 250,000 were public records?
- How did Jeb Bush decide which emails were public records and which staff members were in charge of that process?
- What key issues were discussed in the 90% of emails that remain unreleased? The 2000 recall? Terry Schaivo?