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Tweet Roundup: #PoliticalValentines
My love for you is like executive power: ever expanding #PoliticalValentines
— Baratunde (@baratunde) February 14, 2013
Roses are red / violets are blue / loopholes in international law let me indefinitely detain you. #PoliticalValentines
— LindseyL. (@LindseyOnDemand) February 14, 2013
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From the Pork Barrel: Post-Election Bounce
* Barack Obama's favorability ratings are way up after his win last week, putting him in an excellent position for any major elections that might be coming up in the next few weeks.
* You ever get the feeling that all of life is but a multi-camera sit-com starring loving crank John McCain?
* I think Sen.-elect Ted Cruz might giving us a little bit too much of an inside look at his psyche. Some things are inside thoughts.
* Rep. Allen West has been denied a recount by a circuit judge. However, his petition to change the rules of mathematics is still being considered.
* I can't believe Williamsburg is jumping on the secession bandwagon like this. What will become of its hipster cred?
* Download our free iPhone and iPad app Indecision Election Companion and jump up into the the Peanut Gallery — our liveblog/instant reaction arena — to watch and respond as Sen. Lindsey Graham discusses Benghazi and David Petraeus on NBC's Meet the Press this Sunday at 10:30 am.
Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images
Tags: Allen West, Barack Obama, Florida, House of Representatives, John McCain, Polls, Pork Barrel, Senate, Ted Cruz -
From the Pork Barrel: The Art of Steele-ing
* You've got to admit. Former RNC chair Michael Steele seems a lot less silly all of a sudden.
* One small business owner is doing his part to help fix Obama's devastatingly not-so-bad employment numbers.
* Why won't David Petraeus release the birth certificate of the person he was sleeping with?! I'm just asking questions, people!
* The leader of the Tea Party Express is suddenly against tossing around blame. Next thing you know, she's going to place a moratorium on Uncle Sam hats and unintentionally-ironic protest signs.
* The 2028 Bush v. Clinton presidential race is shaping up nicely.
* Download our free iPhone and iPad app Indecision Election Companion and jump up into the the Peanut Gallery — our liveblog/instant reaction arena — to watch and respond as David Axelrod and Lindsey Graham discuss election results on CBS' Face the Nation this sunday at 10:30 am ET
Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images News/Getty Images
Tags: Chelsea Clinton, David Petraeus, Michael Steele, Pork Barrel, Reince Priebus, RNC, Unemployment -
From the Pork Barrel: The Littlest Pundits
* I can't say for certain, but I think this video is from the unaired Fox pilot for Hannity and Colmes: The Early Years.
* Nate Silver boils all the important poll numbers down to for words: "Obama’s ahead in Ohio." Still, I think that might be a tad confusing for many pundits.
* Though, please keep in mind that Nate Silver in not privy to Karl Rove's magic secret math.
* And, more disturbingly for Democrats, Dick Morris is coming dangerously close to predicting an Obama win. That's the best argument I've seen yet for a Romney landslide.
* Download our free iPhone and iPad app Indecision Election Companion and jump up into the the Peanut Gallery — our liveblog/instant reaction arena — to watch and respond as David Plouffe and Eric Cantor try to get in last words on NBC's Meet the Press this Sunday at 10:30 am ET.
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From the Pork Barrel: Photoshop of Horrors
* This picture of Romney campaign event in Nevada may look like a really bad Photoshop effort, but I'd like to see you do better. There were actually only thirteen people in attendance.
* Upon closer inspection, it may actually be a really really bad panorama photo, which would mean that some Romney staffer isn't so much inept at Photoshop as he or she is inept at choosing promotional photos.
* Hey, Ronald Reagan stole Lena Dunham's "first time" joke 32 years ago. Well, what do you expect from a guy who at one time was a Democrat?
* Here's a new new app that guarantees to make your Internet experience into a dystopic nightmare of politically partisan xenophobia. I mean, more so.
* Don't forget to vote right or left for this week's Rolling Across the Aisle Laughing tweet-off.
* Download our free iPhone and iPad app Indecision Election Companion and jump up into the the Peanut Gallery — our liveblog/instant reaction arena — to watch and respond as Rahm Emanuel and John McCain makes their cases on CBS's Face the Nation this Sunday at 10:30 am.
Tags: Pork Barrel, Ronald Reagan
