Will Bankers' New Super PAC Target Elizabeth Warren?

HOME POLITICS NATIONAL NEWS WORLD ECONOMY SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT Joe Conason Carl Hiaasen Connie Schultz E.J. Dionne Gene Lyons Jonathan Alter April 05, 2012 THE BIG STORY, BY JOE CONASON To Win Nomination, Did Romney Erase His Only Credential? Mitt Romney raised eyebrows by delivering a speech on Wednesday suggesting that President Obama is an unreliable figure, devoid of principle, program, and purpose. "He wants us to re-elect him," the presumed GOP nominee practically sneered, "so we can find out what he will actually do." Someone clearly advised him that an audacious attack could distract voters from his own opportunistic gyrations while creating a new, resolute self-portrait. But as a nominee who spent the primary season erasing his own political record, Romney may have eliminated any positive rationale for his candidacy. After disowning the most important programs and positions he advocated as Massachusetts governor, what can he present as his qualifications for the presidency? Please don't say Bain Capital. America is in no mood to elevate a ruthless private equity mega-millionaire into the Oval Office. READ MORE THE GREEDIEST CASES Bankers Form Super PAC For "Surgical" Strike At... Elizabeth Warren? Frustrated that they occasionally don't get exactly what they want from Congress, big bankers have formed a Super PAC -- innocuously titled "Friends of Traditional Banking" -- to reward political allies and punish enemies. READ MORE FEATURED COLUMN: E.J. DIONNE An Easter Wish: Stop Misusing Religion To Ruin Politics Even in the Easter season, it's hard not to notice that Christianity hasn't been presented in its own best light during this election year because Christians have not exactly been putting forward their best selves. There are right and wrong ways to apply religion to politics, and much that's happening now involves the wrong ways. READ MORE WAR AND PEACE Justice, Interrupted: 9/11 Trial To Resume At Guantanamo The Pentagon said Wednesday it is ready to resume a trial at Guantanamo Bay for the acknowledged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four other men, more than two years after President Barack Obama halted the case in an ultimately failed effort to prosecute them in a civilian court. READ MORE ANOTHER NEW LOW Fox News Anchor: Did Obama Campaign Threaten To Kill Chelsea Clinton? Fox News anchor Heather Childers -- who does straight news ("fair and balanced") programs on weekends -- sparked a controversy on Tuesday afternoon, when she suggested on Twitter that President Obama's campaign threatened to murder Chelsea Clinton to keep her parents quiet about Obama's alleged foreign birth. Seriously. READ MORE FEATURED COLUMN: JIM HIGHTOWER The ROBS Act Hallelujah, Washington has finally heard the people's cries for jobs! In an urgent bipartisan push, Democrats and Republicans have joined hands across the aisle to pass the JOBS Act. In this time of "The Great Hurt" -- with widespread unemployment, middle-class incomes tumbling and the price of gasoline skyrocketing -- we can all applaud our stalwarts in the capital city for meeting the No. 1 need of America's hard-hit economy: deregulating Wall Street. Huh? I thought this was a jobs bill? READ MORE CARTOON OF THE DAY   (c) 2012 Eastern Harbor Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 28 West 27th Street, Suite 502 New York, NY 10001