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The polls are headed in the wrong direction for Gordon Brown, and he is losing newspaper endorsements. But he is not flagging one bit, as he showed today in a speech to Citizens UK. It is quite a performance, with a notable Barack Obama homage (at 2:45). But since this is a Gordon Brown speech, something had to go all wrong. So look also for the anti-nuke protester who jumps onto the stage (at 7:43).
Likable chap. Tough few weeks for him, though. The vote is on May 6.
President Barack Obama is pressing for investments in infrastructure while relying on familiar tax increases on the wealthy and corporations to claim progress on the federal deficit in his upcoming budget.
Mitt Romney, the perpetually questioned front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, had a rough week. Three embarrassing losses to Rick Santorum in Tuesday’s non-binding contests led to questions about Romney’s conservative bona fides just in time for GOP activists, gathering at their annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, to collectively grumble about it. But in two narrow, largely symbolic victories on Saturday, Romney reclaimed the headlines. Never mind the details. He was winning again.
