ISSUE: Climate Change
- Audrey Kubetin
- Sep 25, 2012 at 4:12 pm
Todd Akin’s Top Ten Crazy Moments
Rep. Todd Akin forever entered the political lexicon and emerged as a national punch line with his comments on “legitimate rape.” For casual observers, the comments raised the question of how an individual holding such an extreme view not only wins a Senate primary, but holds onto a seat in the House of Representatives for over a decade. Indeed, such concerns are well warranted. Rather than an isolated incident, these remarks are just the latest in a long line of outrageous comments from Akin.
- Derek Pearce
- Dec 29, 2011 at 10:28 am
Washington Post: Donations Flowed To Gingrich’s Nonprofit After He Shifted On Energy Issues In 2008
On December 28, 2011, the Washington Post reported:
A month after joining Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi in a televised call to fight climate change in 2008, Newt Gingrich pivoted to a much different message: Increase domestic drilling and block legislation aimed at implementing a “cap-and-trade” system to curb carbon pollution.
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Within weeks, the money began pouring in from major U.S. energy firms, which eventually contributed more than $2 million to American Solutions’ pro-drilling and anti-cap-and-trade campaign for the next two years, according to a review of disclosure reports and other records by The Washington Post.
- Chris Harris
- Dec 23, 2011 at 5:14 pm
Media Coverage Of NewtGingrich.com
American Bridge 21st Century just released this video compilation of media reports covering our ownership of NewtGingrich.com. Check it out:
To read about what we did with the site, click here.
- Derek Pearce
- Dec 8, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Mediaite: Oppo Tracking Video Shows Just How Epic Jon Huntsman’s Climate Change Flip Is
On December 7, 2011, Mediaite reported:
Republican bubble candidate Jon Huntsman nullified two of the things that set him apart from frontrunners Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney yesterday when he told a group at the Heritage Foundation that “the scientific community owes us more” on climate change, and that “there’s not enough information right now to be able to formulate policies.”
He staked out the “sane candidate” territory in August, and as a tracking video shot by American Bridge PAC in late October shows, Huntsman has no wiggle room on this flip.
- Audrey Kubetin
- Dec 7, 2011 at 1:55 pm
Huntsman Backs Away from Belief in Climate Change
On Tuesday, Jon Huntsman had this to say about global warming: “I would… say the scientific community owes us more in terms of a better description or explanation about what might lie beneath all of this.”
This is quite a flip-flop for Huntsman, who — until now — has set himself apart from the other Republican candidates by proudly and repeatedly voicing his support for science, even on climate change — as you can see in this video.
This clip was filmed by an American Bridge tracker on October 18, 2011, in Hopkinton, NH.
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MEMO: 12 Things We Could Learn From Previous Romney Tax Returns
ICYMI: With Mitt Romney still refusing to release his pre-2010 returns, we wanted to be sure that you saw our previous memo explaining why it is so important that Mitt Romney release them.
Click through for the 12 questions that Mitt Romney needs to answer by releasing his previous years’ tax returns.
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ICYMI: Romney Profited From Government Handouts
This morning, the Los Angeles Times reported on Mitt Romney’s reliance on tax breaks and government subsidies while working in private equity. The article focuses on Steel Dynamics, the same steel company featured in Romney’s positive ad released just this morning, and all of the government help they received. In fact, Dekalb County was forced to institute a new tax to pay for all of the handouts.
Despite his constant opposition to government interference in the free market, Mitt Romney has a long history of profiting from government handouts. Research after the jump.
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Scott Brown’s Website Steals Childhood Anecdote From… Elizabeth Dole
Sen. Scott Brown may have some explaining to do. It seems a passage from his website detailing the values instilled in him as a young child was stolen essentially word-for-word from former Sen. Elizabeth Dole.
Original research & screenshots after the jump.
