Men, monkeys and the origin of AIDS

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

2012 more than 2008 already? Nope.

Says Mitt Romney’s campaign "has already spent more on negative ads than John McCain did during his entire presidential run."

Randy Forbes

The numbers add up

"The national debt is equal to $48,700 for every American or $128,300 for every U.S. household. It is now equivalent to the size of our entire economy."

Stacey Campfield

Completely ridiculous

AIDS was transmitted to humans because "one guy" had sex with "a monkey" and then started "having sex with men."

Promise: Promote more pre-school education

Update: Money, guidelines dedicated to pre-school

Paul Ryan

Number mostly adds up, but political calculations also at work

Says U.S. Senate Democrats "have gone without any budget at all" for more than 1,000 days.

Newt Gingrich

Nursing home residents kept kosher

"Gov. Romney cut off kosher meals for Jewish senior citizens who were on Medicaid to save $5 a day."

Promise: Require new federal fleet purchases to be half plug-in hybrids or electric vehicles

Update: Big gains for alternative-fuel vehicles, but not for electric plug-ins

Promise: Support improved weather prediction program

Update: Mission still under way, but one element is scrapped, and launch date has slipped

Promise: Provide $30 billion over 10 years to Israel

Update: Administration is keeping to terms of agreement

Barack Obama

Fewer workers, more efficient

"Today, for the first time in fifteen years, Master Lock’s unionized plant in Milwaukee is running at full capacity."

Hank Johnson

Yes, but who deserves the credit?

"Unemployment has fallen from 10 percent during the president’s first year in office to 8.5 percent today."

Phil Gingrey

Depends on the data you choose

Since President Barack Obama took office, "2 million more Americans are out of work."

Newt Gingrich

Many GOPers, and three Dems

In 1992, Mitt Romney "gave money to Democrats for Congress."

Newt Gingrich

Rule he's speaking of has religious exemption

"The Obama administration ... would impose on every Catholic institution, every Jewish institution, every Protestant institution the Obamacare standard of what you have to buy as insurance." 

Ron Paul

Don't forget the Civil War period

Says the U.S. federal income tax rate was 0 percent until 1913.

Jim Jordan

Average cost to keep dropping with each car sold

"Federal, state and local governments have subsidized the production of the Volt to the tune of estimates between $50,000 and $250,000 per vehicle sold."

Chain e-mail

The story checks out

In July 1996, Mitt Romney helped locate the missing teenage daughter of a partner at Bain Capital.

Newt Gingrich

Actually, four-year completion rates have risen steadily in recent years

Students today "take more years to get through" college.

Promise: Launch a supportive services-housing program for veterans to prevent homelessness

Update: Homeless prevention program launched

Stephen Fincher

Many factors impact gas prices

"Studies show that if we opened one reserve in Alaska now, in five years, gas prices could be at $2 a gallon."