The Insiders http://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_linkset Election 2012 news and analysis on polls, primaries, debates and more from Democratic strategist Carter Eskew and Republican strategist Ed Rogers at The Washington Post. 15 en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Copyright 2012 Washington Post Company The Insiders 140 20 http://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_linkset http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif Wed, 16 May 2012 12:51:23 EST 147 <![CDATA[American Crossroads ad is predictable yet effective]]> The ad wars in the presidential campaign are upon us with the release today of an ad from American Crossroads — Karl Rove’s super PAC that supports Mitt Romney and Republicans. The PAC says it will spend $25 million behind the buy in target states, which matches the size of the Obama campaign buy, also in target states, that went up recently.

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]]> http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=6386783a7cddde2512290800870fc897 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-insiders/post/obamas-ego-is-his-enemy/2012/05/16/gIQAla1UTU_blog.html?wprss=rss_the-insiders http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-insiders/post/obamas-ego-is-his-enemy/2012/05/16/gIQAla1UTU_blog.html?wprss=rss_the-insiders http://www.washingtonpost.com/Fragment/SysConfig/WebPortal/twpweb/rss/mobile/blog-entry.jpp?id=1000.4.1428509781 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-insiders/post/obamas-ego-is-his-enemy/2012/05/16/gIQAla1UTU_blog.html?wprss=rss_the-insiders http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-insiders/post/obamas-ego-is-his-enemy/2012/05/16/gIQAla1UTU_blog.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-insiders/post/obamas-ego-is-his-enemy/2012/05/16/gIQAla1UTU_search.html 1000.4.1428509781 4994121a-9f50-11e1-8c66-5050d419e6f4 Barack Obama Republican Party Wed, 16 May 2012 07:33:05 EST Wed, 16 May 2012 08:10:04 EST 20120516131004 The Washington Post /WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/the-insiders/201205/insiders-rogers-obamas-ego-bp-1337170250.xml /WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/the-insiders/201205/insiders-rogers-obamas-ego-bp-1337170250.xml BlogStory BlogStory The Washington Post <![CDATA[Controversial polling by the N.Y. Times and CBS]]> Yesterday's NY Times-CBS poll that showed Mitt Romney gaining strength and ahead among women for the first time, and that President Obama's gay marriage decision is being viewed by the public with a jaundiced eye, got a fair amount of buzz among political insiders. Republicans, who have often criticized those news organizations broadly and their polling specifically, were delighted by the results.

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]]> http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=f907b4850cc9009b22b171901cbed56b http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-insiders/post/mormon-church-softening-on-gay-marriage/2012/05/11/gIQAnVzsHU_blog.html?wprss=rss_the-insiders http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-insiders/post/mormon-church-softening-on-gay-marriage/2012/05/11/gIQAnVzsHU_blog.html?wprss=rss_the-insiders http://www.washingtonpost.com/Fragment/SysConfig/WebPortal/twpweb/rss/mobile/blog-entry.jpp?id=1000.4.1256905625 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-insiders/post/mormon-church-softening-on-gay-marriage/2012/05/11/gIQAnVzsHU_blog.html?wprss=rss_the-insiders http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-insiders/post/mormon-church-softening-on-gay-marriage/2012/05/11/gIQAnVzsHU_blog.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-insiders/post/mormon-church-softening-on-gay-marriage/2012/05/11/gIQAnVzsHU_search.html 1000.4.1256905625 ba50e7ee-9b63-11e1-b6dd-6b6c3c76c4c3 Mitt Romney The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gay marriage Fri, 11 May 2012 07:29:39 EST Fri, 11 May 2012 13:07:20 EST 20120511180720 The Washington Post /WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/the-insiders/201205/insiders-eskew-gay-marriage-bp-1336738811.xml /WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/the-insiders/201205/insiders-eskew-gay-marriage-bp-1336738811.xml BlogStory BlogStory The Washington Post <![CDATA[Romney's boarding school days]]> Mitt Romney's days in boarding school offer an unflattering portrait of his character, with almost the same vividness of his infamous dog-on-the-car-roof family trip story (which should be named the “ruff roof” incident, if Gail Collins hasn’t already done that).

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Political considerations are always part of the mix even in the most idealistic decisions, but, to me, it's a lot more important where Obama ended up on gay marriage than how he got there. Too many Republicans are on the wrong side of this issue, which is where some, not all, Southern Democrats once were on civil rights. The arc of justice may bend slowly and cynically, but yesterday it bent.

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