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FACT CHECK: Kasich's Record is the Opposite of Compassionate

At the RGA conference in Scottsdale, John Kasich said that the keys for Republicans moving forward are “create jobs, compassion, and care.” Given his record, Kasich couldn’t be a more absurd messenger for those ideas. On Kasich’s watch, Ohio remains 44th in the nation in job creation while he’s cut taxes for the ultra-rich, raised…

The 6 GOP Governors Democrats Hope To Unseat In 2014

DANIEL STRAUSS Democratic Governors Associations Chairman Peter Shumlin (D) told reporters at a Christian Science Monitor-sponsored meeting on Thursday that Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s victory in this week’s Virginia gubernatorial election is spurring Democrats to go on the offensive in 2014. “These are the states that I’m optimistic about for the reason that these governors have done exactly…

Report: Scott Walker decisions drove insurance rates higher in Wisconsin than in Minnesota

• STEVEN ELBOW | The Capital Times | selbow@madison.com A consumer advocacy group said Wednesday that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s rejection of federal Medicaid money and the state’s hands-off approach to rate regulation has pushed health care exchange rates up to 99 percent higher than in neighboring Minnesota. Robert Kraig, the executive director of Citizen Action of…

NEW DGA Web Ad: "Walking Dead"

Haley, Kasich, LePage, Cuccinelli, Scott, & Walker All Inextricably Linked To Toxic Tea Party Brand WASHINGTON, DC—As the Republican Party sinks to all-time lows in public polling, the Democratic Governors Association today released a new web ad, “Walking Dead,” which illustrates how Republican governors and their party’s candidates are vulnerable to defeats across the country because…

Floridians Just Don't Like Gov. Rick Scott

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON AP Political Writer Republican Gov. Rick Scott, whose catchphrase “It’s working” is the theme for his re-election, has been willing to try just about anything to get Floridians to like him. It’s not working. Since the day he was elected, polls have shown that more Floridians dislike him than like…

NC governor spending $230,000 on mansion bathrooms

By MICHAEL BIESECKER — Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Pat McCrory plans to spend up to $230,000 in taxpayer funds remodeling bathrooms in his private living quarters at North Carolina’s Executive Mansion even as he demands belt-tightening for public schools and social programs. Planned upgrades include new marble, tubs and fixtures for six bathrooms on the…

EDITORIAL: Corbett's mouth lands him in trouble again

By: The Delaware County Daily Times (http://www.delcotimes.com) Gov. Tom Corbett needs to utter maybe one more profoundly ill-advised remark to fully realize his role as the embarrassing uncle at Pennsylvania’s holiday dinner table. But maybe, after his latest faux pas, he shouldn’t get any more free passes. Early Friday, Corbett smirkingly compared gay marriage to…

VIDEO: Gov. Tom Corbett's Outragous Comments

Seemingly taking his cues from Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum, Pennsylvania Tom Corbett took to the airwaves this morning to declare that same-sex marriage is just like incest. He was clarifying his administration’s legal argument that same-sex couples shouldn’t be allowed to get married because young children can’t get married. Watch his comments here:

Rick Snyder's Strikeout

Strikeout from Democratic Governors Association on Vimeo.

Scott Walker Tries To Disappear Story Doubting Jobs Pledge

By Ryan Rainey During his 2010 campaign, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) pledged to create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state. The promise was so central to his campaign that when a TV station recently said he appeared to be backtracking on that commitment, the news outlet reports, his office attempted to get it…

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