I must admit that when Citizens United was upheld by the Supreme Court, I thought we were doomed. Super Pacs turned up in record numbers, several being orchestrated by Carl Rove. Then we found out who some of the biggest donors were, Bob Perry, Harold Simmons, T. Boone Pickens, Shelden Adelson and The Koch Brothers among the most well known.

Why would anyone pour hundreds of millions of dollars into an election? What do they want in return? They aren’t there to give, they are there to receive.

I imagined that we would be inundated with negative ads, which we were, and that the Super Pacs would have an unfair advantage in the election. Boy was I wrong, American’s proved me wrong, and I am so happy about it, I should have had more faith that comm0n sense would win out in the end.

All I have to say to Sheldon Adelson and the Koch Brothers is thanks. Thank you for the economic stimulus. 

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He just can’t help himself, Mitt Romney is still lying.

Tonight Jennifer Granholm got fed up with Mitt Romney’s pandering, flip-flopping and lies.  As usual, Mitt is taking credit for something he had nothing to do with and not giving President Obama the credit he deserves for saving the automobile industry in this country and saving millions of jobs.

If Mitt had had his way back then and we had let the auto industry fail, can you imagine what the unemployment rate would be now?  Hey Mitt, you think an 8.1% unemployment rate is bad?  You think it should be 7%?  What would it be if you had been in charge and let the auto industry fail?  Maybe 9%? Maybe 10%? Maybe 11%?

Get a grip Mitt!

Also, watch the new video put out today by the White House.