US Elections 2012 Obama v Romney Official Thread

[unrepentant]

davepoth said:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/0...

I guess these numbers will get confirmed tomorrow, but they really don't look good for Romney.

Yep. Latest polls show a bigger than expected bounce for Obama.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/presi...

[Muntu]

BHO Speaks without a teleprompter again

http://youtu.be/W1W9ih09gxU

[davepoth]

Muntu said:

BHO Speaks without a teleprompter again

http://youtu.be/W1W9ih09gxU

Is "USA" a word though? The three proud words could be "Made in the".

[davepoth]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/obam...

I found this story interesting. First off because I really can't imagine Romney being cool with this, but mainly because the guy is a registered Republican who voted for Obama in 2008 and is intending to again in 2012. Registered Republicans are not a group that the Republican candidate should have trouble attracting.

[unrepentant]

Good article here;

http://www.salon.com/2012/09/10/barack_obama_is_wi...

[Jimbeaux]

davepoth said:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/obam...

I found this story interesting. First off because I really can't imagine Romney being cool with this, but mainly because the guy is a registered Republican who voted for Obama in 2008 and is intending to again in 2012. Registered Republicans are not a group that the Republican candidate should have trouble attracting.

There are just as many stories of Dems that are going to vote Romney. It's a wash.

[unrepentant]

davepoth said:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/obam...

I found this story interesting. First off because I really can't imagine Romney being cool with this, but mainly because the guy is a registered Republican who voted for Obama in 2008 and is intending to again in 2012. Registered Republicans are not a group that the Republican candidate should have trouble attracting.

I think we will find that there are a lot of genuine decent republicans who are pretty disinchanted with the way the tea party have hijacked the GOP and taken it to the extreme right. Ryan on the ticket probably sealed the deal for them. Some may vote for Obama, some may not vote.

There are some key senate seats where good republicans were outed in the primaries by the tea party in favour of an extremist. A good case in point is in Indiana where long standing and highly respected republican senator Dick Lugar was ousted by a reptilian character named Richard Mourdock. Mourdock is fond of saying things like "To me the highlight of politics, frankly, is to inflict my opinion on someone else" and "bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view". The good news is that Mourdock's candidacy has taken a seat that was an absolute lock for Lugar and put it into play for the democrats.

[davepoth]

Jimbeaux said:

There are just as many stories of Dems that are going to vote Romney. It's a wash.

Now, now Jim, you know better than that - if you make a statement, back it up, or I send your post to the fact checkers.

[Jimbeaux]

davepoth said:

Jimbeaux said:

There are just as many stories of Dems that are going to vote Romney. It's a wash.

Now, now Jim, you know better than that - if you make a statement, back it up, or I send your post to the fact checkers.

Fact checkers my a$$! There was an hour long special the other night comprised completely of these types. It is out there!

[rohrl]

The hour-long special was on Fox News.

[Jimbeaux]

rohrl said:

The hour-long special was on Fox News.

It was actually.

[Mermaid]

Jimbeaux said:

rohrl said:

The hour-long special was on Fox News.

It was actually.

Before Jim agrees that Democrat do some good, and the Republicans are not saints.
Not specific to this issue, but generally.

[Jimbeaux]

Mermaid said:

Jimbeaux said:

rohrl said:

The hour-long special was on Fox News.

It was actually.

Before Jim agrees that Democrat do some good, and the Republicans are not saints.
Not specific to this issue, but generally.

Good one.

[rohrl]

Jimbeaux said:

rohrl said:

The hour-long special was on Fox News.

It was actually.

I know, I saw it.

If anyone else here said they'd seen an hour-long special on any other channel you'd be posting smilies and making sarcastic remarks about the MSM.

[Jimbeaux]

rohrl said:

Jimbeaux said:

rohrl said:

The hour-long special was on Fox News.

It was actually.

I know, I saw it.

If anyone else here said they'd seen an hour-long special on any other channel you'd be posting smilies and making sarcastic remarks about the MSM.

That is an assumption on your part. ASSUME makes an ASS of U and ME. Keep that im mind. BTW, a similar special was aired on PBS as well. Go easy Darling! Here's my smilie.

[unrepentant]

davepoth said:

Now, now Jim, you know better than that - if you make a statement, back it up, or I send your post to the fact checkers.

Republicans don't care about facts. As senior Romney campaign bod Neil Nedwhouse said last week;

“We’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers.”

[unrepentant]

Guam said:

...those guys live with the fear of a Kennedy or Regan on their watch.

Jack "you're nicked" Regan? Don't think they need to worry about him.

[rohrl]

unrepentant said:

Guam said:

...those guys live with the fear of a Kennedy or Regan on their watch.

Jack "you're nicked" Regan? Don't think they need to worry about him.

Anyone else remember a guy in Ronald Reagan's administration called Donald Regan? I always thought that he must have got his job because of how similar his name was or perhaps a drunken bet. Still, no-one beats Laurence Eagleburger for cool US gov names. Eagleburger. Eagleburger. Makes me smile every time.

[Jimbeaux]

rohrl said:

unrepentant said:

Guam said:

...those guys live with the fear of a Kennedy or Regan on their watch.

Jack "you're nicked" Regan? Don't think they need to worry about him.

Anyone else remember a guy in Ronald Reagan's administration called Donald Regan? I always thought that he must have got his job because of how similar his name was or perhaps a drunken bet. Still, no-one beats Laurence Eagleburger for cool US gov names. Eagleburger. Eagleburger. Makes me smile every time.

He just recently died IIRC. An outspoken fellow he was.

[unrepentant]

CNN poll out tonight has moved from tie to Obama by 6.

Looks like the dems got a bigger than expected lift from the conventions. We shouldn't really be surprised. As well as a strong speech by the President we also had great inspirational speeches by Castro, Warren, Villaraigosa, Clinton, Baldwin and many others that strongly endorsed Obama and his policies. Contrast that with a lacklustre RNC where key speakers like Christie and Rubio hardly mentioned Romney and used their speeches purely to position themselves for 2016!