The Morning Flap: May 16, 2012

These are my links for May 15th through May 16th:

• Regina’s Work in Progress: Environments Plus: We Are Attending NeoCon – RT @reginacordell: Environments Plus: We Are Attending NeoCon
• Romney Leads By 8 Points in North Carolina– Mitt Romney has moved out to an eight-point lead over President Obama in North Carolina after the two men were virtually tied a month ago.The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the Tar Heel State shows the putative Republican nominee earning 51% of the vote to Obama’s 43%. Two percent (2%) like some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided
• California : The war of the few against the many – If there was a familiar feeling to Gov. Jerry Brown’s warning of a $16 billion hole in the 2012-13 budget and his release of an ostensibly severe spending plan, there should have been. It was quite similar to the spiels we’ve gotten almost every spring from governors for the past decade, whether it was Brown, Arnold Schwarzenegger or Gray Davis – a plea for higher taxes, a call for more cuts to health and welfare programs, small impositions on state workers, short-term accounting tricks, but no plan that leads to a downsized, sustainable state government without a structural deficit.
• Is Pennsylvania In Play for November? Maybe– I never include the Keystone State in my list of presidential swing states for November. Am I making a mistake? Possibly.There are plenty of reasons to leave the commonwealth of Pennsylvania off any list of the most competitive states that will decide the next president.While the 2000 national election split the country almost down the middle — then-Vice President Al Gore (D) beat George W. Bush (R) in the popular vote by one-half of 1 percent —Pennsylvania went for the Democrat by more than 4 points.
• Fordham piece called Elizabeth Warren Harvard Law’s ‘first woman of color’– Elizabeth Warren has pushed back hard on questions about a Harvard Crimson piece in 1996 that described her as Native American, saying she had no idea the school where she taught law was billing her that way and saying it never came up during her hiring a year earlier, which others have backed up.But a 1997 Fordham Law Review piece described her as Harvard Law School’s “first woman of color,” based, according to the notes at the bottom of the story, on a “telephone interview with Michael Chmura, News Director, Harvard Law (Aug. 6, 1996).”The mention was in the middle of a lengthy and heavily-annotated Fordham piece on diversity and affirmative action and women. The title of the piece, by Laura Padilla, was “Intersectionality and positionality: Situating women of color in the affirmative action dialogue.”
• Doug Hampton’s plea could hurt John Ensign– — An independent group favoring Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney is launching a $25 million, monthlong advertising campaign in 10 states against President Barack Obama, further escalating an expensive TV ad war in presidential battlegrounds six months before Election Day.Crossroads GPS plans to open the effort Thursday by spending $8 million on a TV ad that castigates Obama on the economy by using his own words against him.”We need solutions, not just promises,” says a 60-second commercial that’s to run in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
• Crossroads GPS Launching New Anti-Obama Ad Campaign– — An independent group favoring Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney is launching a $25 million, monthlong advertising campaign in 10 states against President Barack Obama, further escalating an expensive TV ad war in presidential battlegrounds six months before Election Day.Crossroads GPS plans to open the effort Thursday by spending $8 million on a TV ad that castigates Obama on the economy by using his own words against him.”We need solutions, not just promises,” says a 60-second commercial that’s to run in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
• Deb Fischer wins in Nebraska GOP Senate race – In a dramatic, come-from-behind dash to the finish line late Tuesday evening, state Sen. Deb Fischer of Valentine laid claim to the Republican Senate nomination. Her late surge, perhaps unprecedented in modern-day Nebraska political history, upended a Senate race that appeared to be settled as recently as 10 days ago with the GOP prize within the grasp of Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning. Fischer suddenly gained momentum with late endorsements from 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Lincoln, then rode the momentum of a weekend TV ad blitz mounted by Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts and his political action committee.
• Democratic Poll Shows Romney and Obama Nearly Tied in Wisconsin – A newly released PPP/Daily Kos poll shows President Obama and Mitt Romney locked in essentially a dead-heat in Wisconsin — where Obama beat John McCain by 14 percentage points in 2008. The poll (which was taken shortly after Obama came out in favor of redefining marriage) shows Obama with 47 percent support and Romney with 46 percent support. The previous PPP/Daily Kos poll from Wisconsin, taken a month ago, showed Obama leading Romney by 6 points (50 to 44 percent).
• Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-05-16 – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-05-16
• Interviews – Steve Suo | The Meth Epidemic | FRONTLINE | PBS – Interviews – Steve Suo | The Meth Epidemic | FRONTLINE | PBS
• Interviews – Steve Suo | The Meth Epidemic | FRONTLINE | PBS – Interviews – Steve Suo | The Meth Epidemic | FRONTLINE | PBS
• Interviews – Steve Suo | The Meth Epidemic | FRONTLINE | PBS – Interviews – Steve Suo | The Meth Epidemic | FRONTLINE | PBS
• World News – Cross-border methamphetamine trade booms amid Mexico’s ‘war on drugs’ – World News – Cross-border methamphetamine trade booms amid Mexico’s ‘war on drugs’
• Interviews – Steve Suo | The Meth Epidemic | FRONTLINE | PBS – Interviews – Steve Suo | The Meth Epidemic | FRONTLINE | PBS
• World News – Cross-border methamphetamine trade booms amid Mexico’s ‘war on drugs’ – RT @frontlinepbs: Mexico seized 22 #meth labs in 2007. That number increased to 206 in 2011.
• PJ Media – RT @PJTatler: Gallup: Obama Approval Rating Above 50%…in a Whopping 10 States #tcot
• Interviews – Steve Suo | The Meth Epidemic | FRONTLINE | PBS – Interviews – Steve Suo | The Meth Epidemic | FRONTLINE | PBS
• Deb Fischer wins Nebraska Senate race – David Catanese – POLITICO.com – RT @politico: Deb Fischer has won the Nebraska Republican Senate primary.
• Untitled (http://www.oregonlive.com/special/oregonian/meth/pdfs/1003meth_abuse.pdf) – RT @frontlinepbs: How does #meth purity affect abuse trends? @SteveSuo explains: His chart: #F …
• Interviews – Steve Suo | The Meth Epidemic | FRONTLINE | PBS – RT @frontlinepbs: How does #meth purity affect abuse trends? @SteveSuo explains: His chart: #F …
• Analysis: Gay marriage decision not working in Obama’s favor so far – latimes.com – RT @latimes: Analysis: Gay marriage decision not working in Obama’s favor so far
• 2012 Edition — Top 10 Dentists in Social Media– You may be a dental expert when it comes to treatments and procedures, but does your expertise carry over into the social aspect of your practice? Are you a Facebook aficionado or are you still trying to figure out what a “tweet” even is? Last year, we compiled a list of who we thought were some of the top dentists in social media. These dentists go the extra mile to interact with their patients and spread the latest dental news, so we wanted to honor them again this year. With some new additions and some returning favorites, these dentists not only excel in the dental world, but the social media world as well. Check out why we chose these well-connected dentists to make the top 10 list this year. 1. Dr. Gregory Cole. Returning from lastyear is the California-based dentist and blogger, Dr. “Flap” Cole. Dr. Cole consistently updates his Flap’s Dentistry Blog with all the latest news in the dental industry and other current events in health (and that’s not even his only website!). His posts are very informative and thorough. He continues to be a part of the Twitter and Facebook community, updating frequently for more than 36,000 Twitter followers.
• Nebraska Secretary of State – Election Night Results – May 15th, 2012 – RT @michellemalkin: NE Secretary of State website with updated GOP primary results==>
• Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » Michael Ramirez on the Obama Gay Marriage Flip Flop – Michael Ramirez on the Obama Gay Marriage Flip Flop
• Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » President 2012 Poll: Romney Leads Obama With Women – President 2012 Poll: Romney Leads Obama With Women
• Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: May 15, 2012 – The Morning Drill: May 15, 2012
• Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » The Morning Flap: May 15, 2012 – The Morning Flap: May 15, 2012
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