(YouTube link) This Super Bowl commercial from Budweiser Canada features two recreational league hockey teams in Port Credit, Ontario. No, it’s not an original idea, but it is done well in this instance. The ad will not be broadcast in the U.S. so we have to show it to you here. -via Buzzfeed Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Neatorama Discovery Date : 02/02/2012 01:01 Number of articles : 2
Kevin keeps telling everyone that the Democrats want Romney to be the nominee. This video makes it clear why. I still can’t figure out why the Republican cocktail party elites are so hell bent on losing this election, the most important election of our time. Anyone out there who can explain their reasoning? www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAkKl3Y8xmQ ( more ) Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : HillBuzz Discovery Date : 03/02/2012 02:24 Number of articles : 2
‘At this point, it really doesn’t matter who you’re voting for, because you’re picking between a lesser of two evils,’ an Occupy protester tells MTV News. By Gil Kaufman Mitt Romney campaigning in Jacksonville, Florida Photo: MTV News DUNEDIN, Florida — As MTV’s Power of 12 tagged along with the Mitt Romney campaign on Monday, we saw three very pumped-up, supportive crowds who knew just when to put their hands together for the former Massachusetts governor . As the crowd shuffled out of picturesque Pioneer Park on Monday afternoon, college student and waiter Adam Rezendes, 24, was feeling pretty confident about whom he was going to cast a vote for in Tuesday’s (January 31) Florida primary. “I am going to be voting for Mitt Romney,” he said. “I believe in Mitt’s conservative views and [his desire] to stop the federal spending and repeal Obamacare. He’s got a lot of great views that really appeal to me. … I trust the country in his hands more than any other candidate.” At the same time, some members of the Occupy movement were facing off with Romney supporters who took umbrage to the sign they were toting which read, “Dear Mr. 1% Go Fire Yourself. Love, The People. Not Corporations.” Recent high school graduate Emily Rogers, 19, has been staying with her friends in Occupy Tampa after logging time with Occupy Orlando, and she was definitely not there to support the GOP front-runner. Rogers had made the trip a few days earlier to attend Friday’s hearing on the state’s controversial new voter-registration laws . And while she didn’t agree with Romney’s take on the legacy of the Obama administration, Rogers wasn’t necessarily throwing in with anyone else, either. “At this point, it really doesn’t matter who you’re voting for, because you’re picking between a lesser of two evils,” she said. “Which, in my opinion, is not how the government should run when it’s supposed to be for the people. You can line them all up like bricks next to each other, but one is really not that much better than another. You’re picking from red-orange to orange to yellow-orange, and those are your options.” As discouraged as she was about her choices for president, Rogers said she was even more concerned about the raft of states with new voting laws she fears could dissuade young voters from coming out to the polls this year. “The voter suppression laws will definitely have an impact on students and young people,” she said, noting that college kids who have changed dorms and not updated their address on their voter registration could find their votes invalidated. “Your vote won’t even count. Students that have that knowledge, they don’t even want to go out and vote because they think, ‘Well, my vote’s not going to count anyways, so whey even vote?’ ” MTV is on the scene in Florida! Check back for up-to-the-minute coverage of the primaries and stick with PowerOf12.org throughout the 2012 presidential election season. Related Videos Florida Primary: The Race Is On!
‘I think it’s kind of ugly and I don’t really agree with it all,’ voter Ricky Varlotta tells MTV News. By Gil Kaufman Mitt Romney greets voters in Florida Photo: Emmanuel Dunand/ AFP/ Getty Images TAMPA, Florida — The one excuse Florida voters can’t use is the weather. That was especially true Tuesday (January 31), a picture-perfect day for voting in the Republican primary in the always-important swing state. With 50 delegates at stake in this winner-take-all state, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was tipped to win after spending nearly four times as much on negative ads (with the help of some SuperPac surrogates) than his rival Newt Gingrich. Despite the deluge of attack ads that blanketed the airwaves over the past few weeks, anesthesiology assistant student Ricky Varlotta, 24, said he saw a lot of the commercials but tried not to let it affect his decision. “I think it’s kind of ugly, and I don’t really agree with it all,” he said after casting his vote for Romney at the Kate Jackson Memorial Center in downtown Tampa. “If they think that’s the best way they can win, it says a lot about them.” Varlotta said a number of his friends with jobs voted early to make sure their ballots got counted, but that some are also so disenchanted with the political process that they’ve decided to just sit it out this time. “That’s their choice, and I think if you’re really concerned about it, you would come out and do something about it, and that’s why I’m out here voting.” This is the first presidential primary campaign that has felt the impact of SuperPac money, and from what the voters who spoke to MTV’s Power of 12 could tell, so far, it was not for the good. Though her chosen candidate, U.S. Representative Ron Paul, chose not to mount a campaign in Florida, Tessa McKenna, 21, singer for the “country shoegaze” band Sleepy Vikings, has been bowled over by all the negative Florida campaign ads she’s been inundated with when watching shows on Hulu. Because they don’t really educate her on the candidates, McKenna has also tuned out the din of the commercials. “In politics, I guess you never really know who’s right and who’s wrong,” she said. McKenna, who registered as a Republican at 16 when she got her license, felt that her personal politics don’t really match those of the party anymore, but she likes to stay politically involved and feels that Libertarian-leaning Paul is the “lesser of all evils” in this election cycle. “Kids really need to get out and make change for their country,” she said. Despite the more than $20 million spent in the primary on the spots, Amy Hightower said she’s never been influenced by them, because she’s more focused on the issues than the personalities. The young mother added that it has been hard lately being a Republican because she is pro-choice and for gay marriage and social programs. Despite those leanings, she cast an absentee ballot for Gingrich because, “He’s no bullsh–. He just says it how it is, and he’s not afraid of his flaws. I feel like a lot of the other ones are so slick … and the others were too far to the religious right.” MTV is on the scene in Florida! Check back for up-to-the-minute coverage of the primaries and stick with PowerOf12.org throughout the 2012 presidential election season. Related Videos Florida Primary: The Race Is On!
Chris Cillizza at The Washington Post wrote today that President Obama’s State of the Union had all of the hallmarks of a ” bipartisan, let’s-do-the-right-thing-for-America tone that characterized his 2008 presidential campaign” –albeit with a sharper edge. Long Island Congressman Peter King doesn’t think however that any exhortations from the president are necessary to cure the gridlock–indeed,… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Politicker Discovery Date : 25/01/2012 21:33 Number of articles : 2
Former Obama ambassador failed to pick up momentum in race. By Gil Kaufman John Huntsman speaks during the 2012 New Hampshire primary Photo: Getty Images After a series of disappointing finishes and a failure to emerge from the pack, former Utah governor Jon Huntsman announced his withdrawal from the 2012 presidential race on Monday (January 16). Huntsman threw his support behind leading candidate Mitt Romney in a bid to unite a Republican party that is sorely divided over which candidate will take on President Obama in November. Huntsman served as ambassador to China in the Obama administration and was the sole voice of moderation amid a pack of White House contenders that have done their utmost to highlight their conservative bona fides. After skipping campaigning in Iowa to focus all his energies on last week’s New Hampshire primary, he came in a distant third to Romney and Ron Paul. And though he put on a brave face and said his #3 finish in New Hampshire was a “ticket to ride” to the next contest in South Carolina on January 21, the reality of his anemic support base appears to have become clear to the man whose bid was launched on the promise of bringing civility back to the process. Almost from the start, Huntsman was unable to win over a Republican voting base that looked at his service in the current Democrat administration with scorn and blanched at his support on some social issues, including civil unions for gay couples. In a campaign that struggled to pull polling numbers out of the single digits for most of the past year, one of the bright spots for Huntsman was the media embrace of his music-loving daughters’ social-networking prowess. Sisters Mary Anne, 26, Abby, 25, and Liddy, 24, helped focus some attention on their dad’s often-overlooked campaign with their irreverent viral videos and tweets. . Speaking to MTV’s Power of 12 last week in New Hampshire, the Huntsman trio said the grueling campaign was a “family affair” that they were really enjoying. “We call it a roller coaster: You never know which way the car is going to go,” said Abby on the eve of the Granite State contest when it looked like her dad’s poll numbers were finally inching up into the solid double digits. “We think [social media] is crucially important for this election cycle, especially for our younger generation, so we’ve kind of run with it,” added Liddy, referring to such now-infamous bits as a YouTube send-up of former candidate Herman Cain’s “smoking” commercial and a Justin Timberlake remake promoting their dad. Despite his pledge to endorse Romney, just last week Huntsman referred to the former Massachusetts governor as “unelectable.” With Huntsman — who, like Romney, was vying to be the nation’s first Mormon president — out of the race, leading candidate Romney is now facing off against Paul, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, former House speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Governor Rick Perry. Stick with PowerOf12.org throughout the presidential election season. Related Videos New Hampshire Primary Sparks Youth Conversation
Hakeem Jeffries announces for Congress. Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries announced his campaign for Congress amid frigid temperatures and a large cheering crowd this afternoon, setting the stage for what will be one of the most high-profile Democratic primaries this election cycle. Standing on the steps of Brooklyn’s Borough Hall, Assemblyman Jeffries outlined his Congressional pitch in short punctual… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Politicker Discovery Date : 15/01/2012 21:16 Number of articles : 2
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“How big do ya think it is? Go ahead, take a wild guess” A C-SPAN caller asked one question about Mitt Romney that has not come up in the campaign thus far. New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Wayne MacDonald was taking calls about the state’s primary on Tuesday. A caller named Dan prefaced his big question by saying that he used to be an assistant to the Portsmouth city manager, and knew what a big job setting up for the election was. Then, Dan asked, “Mr. Chairman, do you believe Mitt Romney has a big p****?” The question left a stern-looking MacDonald expressionless. He didn’t say a single word for a few seconds — until he broke out in a smile and joked, “I wanna make sure I heard him right.” MacDonald also failed to answer the question. Source Flip the page to see the hilarious video of the live prank call!
Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman finish in second and third, respectively, with Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich pulling up the rear. By Gil Kaufman Mitt Romney Photo: Getty Images MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — What a difference a week makes. Many voters, journalists and campaign workers were up into the wee hours of the morning seven days ago when the Iowa caucus went down to the wire. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won that contest by just eight votes, but in New Hampshire on Tuesday (January 10), the margin was much wider, as the longtime GOP front-runner became the first non-incumbent Republican to ever sweep the first two primaries of the election season with 36 percent of the vote when polls closed. Thanks to a population that includes 40 percent of voters who identify as independents, it was another strong finish for Libertarian Congressman Ron Paul . With his by-now-ubiquitous cadre of young supporters spreading the word alongside unique ads on everything from digital billboards to green laser beams spelling out his name on the side of downtown Manchester buildings, Paul built on his third-place finish in Iowa , coming in second. After barely registering in Iowa, former Utah governor and Obama administration ambassador to China Jon Huntsman put all his chips on the Granite State over the past few months. The motorcycle-riding, piano-pounding ex-high school rocker appeared at more than 170 events in New Hampshire while his rivals focused on Iowa. And while his poll numbers slowly crept up from single digits as Election Day neared, when polls closed Tuesday, Huntsman finished in third place. Rick Santorum might have come in a close second in the Iowa caucus, but in New Hampshire, he shared last place with Newt Gingrich, nabbing around 10 percent of the vote each. Up next is January 17’s South Carolina primary, where Romney faces a much harder contest with Santorum and Gingrich. MTV is on the scene in New Hampshire! Check back here around the clock for up-to-the-minute coverage on the primary caucuses, and stick with PowerOf12.org throughout the presidential election season. Related Videos New Hampshire Primary Sparks Youth Conversation