As GOP convention kicks off, Obama still favorite
With the 2012 Republican Convention about to open its doors, here’s how the race shapes up at the moment, based on RealClearPolitics’ poll average:
In other words, too close to call. The investors at Intrade still make Obama the favorite, with 55.8 percent of dollars invested favoring the incumbent and 43.7 percent predicting a Romney victory. At fivethirtyeight.com, Nate Silver predicts a 2.4 percentage point margin for Obama come Nov. 6, with a 69.3 percent chance of an Obama re-election.
And according to Gallup, 58 percent of Americans believe Obama will be re-elected, compared to 36 percent who predict a Romney victory. Among Democrats, 86 percent predict victory for Obama, while Republicans are less confident in their champion, with just 65 percent predicting that it will be Romney raising his hand to take the oath of office in January.
Still a long way to go, including debates. But at this point Obama is showing strength, especially considering how poorly he should be doing as predicted by models that focus solely on the economy.
– Jay Bookman
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Paul
August 28th, 2012
9:29 am
Normal
” Do you think it’s because they think only women do it?”
Given what I’ve seen from some of our farfarRight contributors, there is a group of women who fall outside their norm -
JamVet
Saw Huntsman interviewed a while back. One of the panel said maybe his time couldn’t be now. He got out his message and he would be well positioned for 2016, especially if conservative Republicans failed to field a winning candidate.
Huntsman smiled and deflected.
Just saying..
August 28th, 2012
9:29 am
Enjoy:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/opinion/brooks-the-real-romney.html?hp
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the Left of me Jokers to the Right, here I am...
August 28th, 2012
9:29 am
JOE,
Unfortunately, by continued laying off blame on Congress and prior adminstrations, he is effectively saying he is not the guy for the job…now he is suggesting if we just give him 4 more years, he will concede stuff the the GOP…If DEMS take control of both houses and Romney wins, I would think the obstructionist label would simply move from red to blue..thoughts?
ByteMe - Political thug
August 28th, 2012
9:29 am
That being said, for those of you how are liberals, do you really think Obama is that great of a candidate?
Put controls around TARP, saved the US auto industry, got bin Laden, got us out of Iraq, created consumer protection agency, turned around an economy that was losing 800,000+ jobs a month when he came into office.
Compared to a guy who can’t decide who he is and what he stands for each day… except when he mentions that big businss is doing fine because they can use tax havens like he’s done to hide his money.
No comparison, really.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 28th, 2012
9:30 am
BlahBlahBlah — “This is 2004 all over again, only the parties have switched roles. In 2004 Bush “deserved” another 4 years to “finish the job”, as opposed to a lukewarm candidate like Kerry. In 2012, Obama is playing the Bush role and Romney is playing the Kerry role.”
I’ve been saying the exact same thing here since last summer.
Diversity At The RNC? I See Only A Few Black Spots In The Crowd
August 28th, 2012
9:30 am
@Reagans ghost
August 28th, 2012
9:24 am
I have faith that main stream America ( none found here) will do the right thing. Politics aside, he just ain’t getting it done. It’s called leadership, and he would rather bitch and moan and not give an inch. We need change. I think most Americans agree. Don’t trust any polls
***************************************************************************
I TRUST the man I know (Obama).
I DON’T TRUST the man BEHIND THE CURTAIN (Robme).
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 28th, 2012
9:31 am
“dick morris – romney has a big lead in my poll”
so many punch lines…..so little time
ByteMe - Political thug
August 28th, 2012
9:31 am
In 2012, Obama is playing the Bush role and Romney is playing the Kerry role
Including having trouble explaining his flip-flops.
TaxPayer
August 28th, 2012
9:32 am
Evil Koch boys. Yep. Crooked Koch Boys. Yep. Cheating Koch Boys. Yep.
By the way, I think one of the Koch Boys had cancer some time back, or maybe it was something to do with their company. Anyway, he could have seen the light about investing in something that benefitted someone other than himself as well as himself. Who knows. Even crooks have been known to repent.
Rosita
August 28th, 2012
9:32 am
The Republicans need more RINOs and the Dems need more Blue Dogs. That’s my idea of a government that might actually be able to function for the good of the country and not be constantly fighting the culture war that the wingnuts are destined to lose anyway,
TaxPayer
August 28th, 2012
9:34 am
Compared to a guy who can’t decide who he is and what he stands for each day… except when he mentions that big businss is doing fine because they can use tax havens like he’s done to hide his money.
Romney is the man of a thousand faces. He can be whatever you need him to be, for a vote.
Paul
August 28th, 2012
9:34 am
Rosita
“Republicans need more RINOs”
Kinda difficult to have them in the party when Republicans use “moderate” as an epithet.
zeke
August 28th, 2012
9:36 am
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/08/27/yes-the-rich-are-different/
if romney won’t release tax records, emory won’t share its dirtly little secrets either
A dad
August 28th, 2012
9:36 am
regardless of what side you’re on, what I believe to be most critical with Jay’s chart is the fact that an incumbent POTUS allegedly has such a scant lead (wonder what the margin of error is). Essentially, for those who haven’t taken and understood a statistics class, the election is a toss up. Dems, if BHO is so great, why aren’t is numbers better? Cons, if Romney is truly the answer, why are his numbers higher? Answer – we in the middle of the political arena are hosed yet again. Yes, I’ll cast my vote this November, but it will be with the most apathy I’ve felt about any election.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 28th, 2012
9:37 am
S. Ray — “JOE, Unfortunately, by continued laying off blame on Congress and prior adminstrations, he is effectively saying he is not the guy for the job…”
And by announcing that he plans to go back to Bush-era economic policies, Romney has already said the exact same thing. Check and mate.
“now he is suggesting if we just give him 4 more years, he will concede stuff the the GOP…”
As has been pointed out already, this was President Bush’s argument for election in 2004. Pray tell, for whom did YOU vote in 2004?
“If DEMS take control of both houses and Romney wins, I would think the obstructionist label would simply move from red to blue..thoughts?”
It’s certainly possible, but you won’t see me endorsing such behavior. That said, Democratic Congresses have been *far less* obstructionist to Republican Presidents than vice-versa. For example, the number of vacant Federal judgeships has almost doubled from the Bush administration to Obama’s. So whatever happened to the Republican battle-cry of a few years ago — that the President’s nominees deserved ‘an up or down vote?’
Walking the walk too much for Republicans to do?
DannyX
August 28th, 2012
9:37 am
“Here’s another poll by Dick Morris whom I know all you blue sheep will judge but he does have a modicum of street credibility….”
The Dick Morris poll! Lol.
I have a poll that shows Obama leading Romney by 32%. The DannyX poll shows Obama winning by landslide proportions. I know you red heads will cry about it but it is just as credible as the Morris poll.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 28th, 2012
9:39 am
“Compared to a guy who can’t decide who he is and what he stands for each day… except when he mentions that big businss is doing fine because they can use tax havens like he’s done to hide his money.”
word.
“dick morris – romney has a big lead in my poll”
eeeeeewwwwwwwwww
ByteMe - Political thug
August 28th, 2012
9:40 am
Essentially, for those who haven’t taken and understood a statistics class, the election is a toss up.
And for those of you who don’t understand the electoral college, you might want to brush up on how many states Romney needs to flip in order to get to 270.
East Lake Ira
August 28th, 2012
9:40 am
Why do some of you Cons still believe there was a supermajority for Obama for two years?
Are you really that stupid?
Rosita
August 28th, 2012
9:41 am
Great point Paul. Why can’t they see he right wing is going to kill that party? Are they that dumb or is it something more sinister. These guys impress me as the type that think they are on some mission from God or have a mandate from God to foist their scary ideologies on the rest of us no matter what it takes.
Recon 0311 2533
August 28th, 2012
9:41 am
One thing I’m sure we can all agree on and it’s the moment of truth will be here soon.
Mark in mid-town
August 28th, 2012
9:42 am
A few weeks ago when Jay Bookman did on of his posts claiming Obama was clearly ahead, I had brought up that astute observers of how early presidential polling tends to substantially skew Democratic and of past presidential elections could see that the election would be very likely trending to Romney and that the polling results showing Obama ahead by the margins it showed were actually consistent with Romney really being ahead.
I had also brought up how the behavior of both the Obama and Romney campaigns wwere consistent with Obama really being the one who was behind. Obama Campaign was desperately flailing around burning through money to run ads attacking Romney like there was no tomorrow, whereas Romney was content to just lay back and absorb the blows.
I think the election is Romney’s to win. The only way Obama can go up at this point is for Romney to self-destruct, whereas there is tremendous up-side potential for Romney. Romney has absorbed a few hundred million dollars of negative advertising from Obama and Democratic Party support groups which attempted to smear and character assassinate him. As well as much of the msm lackeys doing their part to create the narrative of distractions that Obama wanted, yet Romney is pretty much even in the polls with Obama, with Obama being a few points below 50%.
It will become increasingly difficult for Obama and his msm lackeys to continue the campaign of distractions. As such, it’s likely that the below 50% that Obama is at is a stubborn ceiling he will have a very hard time getting above.
Obama is the known quantity and a majority of voters are looking for an excuse to vote for a new president. Which is why I think if Romney gives a good convention speech and performs well in the upcoming debates, that Obama will substantailly fade as Election Day approaches. I could be wrong, but I think the current election will most resemble the dynamic of the 1980 election.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 28th, 2012
9:42 am
Anyone who EVER thinks about giving Dick Morris polling ANY credit should read what he had to say at the end of October 2008, entitled “Hope for McCain”
http://www.dickmorris.com/hope-for-mccain/
sorry, bub … but the man has NO credibility
Rosita
August 28th, 2012
9:42 am
What are you saying to a woman when you say birth control should be illegal? It says we want to keep you enslaved by pregnancy and put you back in the house where God intended for you to be. They scare the hell out of me.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 28th, 2012
9:43 am
“One thing I’m sure we can all agree on and it’s the moment of truth will be here soon.”
I’m still amazed that it’s the last week of August … where has this year gone???
Mick
August 28th, 2012
9:43 am
yaker
Nice try! I will vote for obama because: he is not the candidate refusing to divulge his income taxes, romney takes his marching orders from the hard right, romney will try to give more tax cuts to the wealthy, romney favors the ryan plan on medicare. What will he do to create jobs? Since romney was an expert at downsizing and offshoring both his money and jobs with bain, why in the world would any middle class person EVEN consider him???
Rosita
August 28th, 2012
9:43 am
The right wing of the Republican party should be called the American Taliban.
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
August 28th, 2012
9:43 am
Romney can win Fla & Ohio but still lose in November. That is how daunting the task is. But GOP never let facts get in the way of their delusions.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 28th, 2012
9:44 am
” It says we want to keep you enslaved by pregnancy and put you back in the house where God intended for you to be.”
they’re saying “life is sacred!!! not yours, of course … or anyone on death row … or muslims … but, you know … ‘life’ … it’s sacred!!”
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the Left of me Jokers to the Right, here I am...
August 28th, 2012
9:46 am
JOE,
Couldn’t agree more regarding similarities between 2004 and now…great options..god zealots on one side, failed economic outcomes from the other.
ROSITA,
Agreed…. only way it will work is to get private money out of politics and perhaps require the president and VP from different parties….I note Obama is now suggesting he will offer concessions to GOP if re-elected…not sure what that really suggests but it seems straw clutching to me…
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the Left of me Jokers to the Right, here I am...
August 28th, 2012
9:46 am
JOE,
Couldn’t agree more regarding similarities between 2004 and now…great options..god zealots on one side, failed economic outcomes from the other.
ROSITA,
Agreed…. only way it will work is to get private money out of politics and perhaps require the president and VP from different parties….I note Obama is now suggesting he will offer concessions to GOP if re-elected…not sure what that really suggests but it seems straw clutching to me…
Joe Hussein Mama
August 28th, 2012
9:46 am
BIG bump for Obama in the latest collective polling analysis:
http://www.electoral-vote.com/
That’s a tough row to hoe for Romney. To win, he’d have to take Florida and any three of VA – WI – OH – MI. If he doesn’t take FL, then he has to take ALL of VA – WI – OH – MI and either NV or CO. And he’d have to accomplish that *without* losing any states he’s already got (and both IA and NC are a little shaky).
In the final analysis, it’s the EVs that tell the tale. And right now, they’re telling Romney to get his rear in gear.
JohnnyReb
August 28th, 2012
9:46 am
A man is what a man does. Compare the two. The only conclusion is Romney.
Polls are designed to give a predetermined outcome. Either by the contorted questions asked and/or the affiliation of the person being asked. The more educated here will say no, point to statistical analysis, etc., but if you ask mostly Democrats you will get a Democrat outcome.
This election is a test of Americans’ BS filter. If most work, Romney will win. If not, Obama. After all, Romney is up against the Democratic party and most media.
Madmax
August 28th, 2012
9:47 am
$15,989,370,028,047 – only $11 billion more and we break into the next level
$225 billion needed to pay our debt – that’s probably enough to fix Medicare or SS
we’ve spent over $1.2 Trillion more than we’ve received
We’ve spent over $3.5 trillion this year
We’ve got unfunded liabilities of over $1 million per tax payer
we have over 12 1/2 million folks unemployed and over 23 million either unemployed or underemployed
we’ve got close to 900,000 foreclosures and over 1.3 million bankruptcies
we’ve got over 46 million folks receiving foodstamps
If government spending is the solution, then why are we in this mess?
Recon 0311 2533
August 28th, 2012
9:47 am
“I’m still amazed that it’s the last week of August … where has this year gone???”
And each year they seem to go by faster.
Obama is over
August 28th, 2012
9:47 am
I thought that it was going to be a pretty close election until last night while surfing the web, I read some of Debbie Do Right’s posts. If she represents the Obama mainstream, then Romney will win in a landslide. With regular gas approaching $4 per gallon because of the hurricane, it is a good thing that we had the foresight to build an alternative pipeline from Canada so that we could diversify our refining capabilites. Oh that’s right, we are still waiting on Obama’s alternative energy programs to kick in. Last month the annointed one directed that 16,000,000 acres of public park land be set aside for solar panel farms. And this week, Mom and Pop businesses have been retroactively fined up to 250% for buying Chinese solar panels. So U.S. citizens are being penalized for not supporting Obama energy department companies owned by bundlers who cannot produce a market competitive product. Therefore, taxpayers have to subsidize this energy by paying artificially inflated prices in a recession.Just look at Iowa wind energy subsidies. Without $billions of Federal taxpayer subsidies, wind energy simply does not work according to the most recent Alliant quarterly report.. And to add insult to injury, the Obama administration is creating protectionist legislation to discourage international trade. We need to encourage international growth and trade to get out of the recession, not become more dependent on Federal government programs that can’t survive without tax payer money.. As more Americans become aware of Obama policies like the public land give away, we will get coalitions of diverse special interest groups like the Sierra Club and the Tea Party joining to protest policies much like we saw in the Atlanta TSPLOST debates. One thing is for sure, if Obama is re-elected, you can count on your power bill tripling because of EPA regulations and unrealistic energy policies.
Ben Shockley
August 28th, 2012
9:48 am
Sustained $1.4 trillion deficits. Sustained unemployment >9%. Clownish foreign policy. Gasoline $4/gallon and rising.
How’s that hope and change working out for you?
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 28th, 2012
9:48 am
holy moly, WQ … even Rasmussen doesn’t support you:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows President Obama attracting support from 47% of voters nationwide, while Mitt Romney earns 45% of the vote.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
Citizen of the World
August 28th, 2012
9:49 am
William Quantrill, let’s call you William Quantripe. Is that OK with you, since you like name-calling so much?
getalife
August 28th, 2012
9:50 am
cons heads will explode after our President gives them another thumpin.
This one was never close.
Madmax
August 28th, 2012
9:50 am
Oh yeah and don’t forget the 120 nations going to Iran for a summit – how’s that boycott working for you?
Joe Hussein Mama
August 28th, 2012
9:53 am
J. Reb — “Polls are designed to give a predetermined outcome. Either by the contorted questions asked and/or the affiliation of the person being asked. The more educated here will say no, point to statistical analysis, etc., but if you ask mostly Democrats you will get a Democrat outcome.”
This is exactly what the Sooper Geeeniuses over on Free Republic say. According to them, polls other than Rasmussen are so biased that you’ve had to add five points to the Republican in past elections. One then wonders why they’re now saying you’ve got to add TEN points to the Republican in the current election. (laughing)
Really, I *like* hearing conservatives talk about polling and statistical analysis, if for no other reason than to demonstrate that they know nothing whatsoever about it.
ByteMe - Political thug
August 28th, 2012
9:53 am
Oblunder is 9 points BEHING in real polls of LIKELY voters!
So define for us how “LIKELY voters” is defined for each poll and explain how that might skew the results. This is a pop quiz. Most of us here know the answer. I’m guessing you don’t.
getalife
August 28th, 2012
9:54 am
“And each year they seem to go by faster.”
You got right.
JamVet
August 28th, 2012
9:54 am
“…moderate is an epithet…”
Tragic and why the GOP is so damn awful…
Mick
August 28th, 2012
9:54 am
When gas went down to $3.10 a gallon two month ago, any of you cons credit obama? The president has no control over gas prices, period. What has congress been doing lately, especially the house? Nothing, they hold the purse strings, trying laying some blame in that direction. Mitt offers us? Nothing compelling, except that he is not obama, thats not good enough, who was it that got bin laden again???
getalife
August 28th, 2012
9:55 am
that.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
August 28th, 2012
9:55 am
Ben Shockley
August 28th, 2012
9:48 am
Please explain how President Obama has any control over any of those things on his own. What one of those things can he fix all by himself, without the help of Congress, or big business…please.
weetamoe
August 28th, 2012
9:55 am
Obama promised to cooperate with congress if reelected–not like last time with his classy *the election is over John* and *I won Eric* and continual trash talking and smearing conservatives. I would be willing to struggle through 4 more years of recession/depression if there is a republican House and they refuse to cooperate. I am probably more confident of an Obama win than are some of his supporters here, who are already preparing excuses if he should lose. Thomas (Newsweek) and Halperin (Time) have conceded Obama’s media advantage and they are by no means republican supporters.
getalife
August 28th, 2012
9:56 am
Pssst, cons.
You can’t win on just the white vote.
Wally
August 28th, 2012
9:56 am
How is it that, according to conservatives, Obama has simultaneously “done nothing” and is “responsible for everything”. At least devise a coherent argument.
I demand better quality opponents.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 28th, 2012
9:56 am
JohnnyReb
“After all, Romney is up against the Democratic party and most media.”
Yep,
Disney??
Viacom??
Time Warner??
News Corp??
the naivete runs deep in this one
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 28th, 2012
9:57 am
“And each year they seem to go by faster.”
no kidding!!!
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the Left of me Jokers to the Right, here I am...
August 28th, 2012
9:57 am
GRANNY,
I’m not condoning the Morris poll but of course both the blue and red sheep will attack anything that disputes their opinion…
JOE,
I don’t know what a premature “checkmate” means in the context of your post. However we all know the the easiest argument that can be made against Obama is that due to the results (his fault or not) the GOP can simply say, he’s a nice guy and means well but his resume speaks for itself..again whether or not anything would change with Romney…
Simple Truths
August 28th, 2012
9:58 am
Aquagirl,
The blue chart is the profile of Stage 10 of this year’s Tour de France.
Rosita
August 28th, 2012
9:58 am
USinUK – pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout not too long ago I had an experience that really told me something. I am a citizen here. Lived here all my life but I have one of those south of the border suntans. Some white trash bleach blond tatooed bimbo passed me on the street and as she passed looked me up and down and told me to go back to Mexico where I belong. That woman represents to me what a lot of the people that call themselves “conservatives actually have in their hearts. I can’t vote for a party that wants to alienate and marginalize everybody that’s not just like them.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 28th, 2012
9:59 am
If government spending is tax cuts are the solution, then why are we in this mess?
But hey you dont really want to discuss this honestly because then you might have to admit the truth about the tax cut failures, Bush stimulus, and off the book wars and the responsibility of govt.
Letting the Bush tax cuts expire alone raises/saves over $1 Trillion in the next 10 years.
But you have the Natl Debt for Dummies talking point summary from the RNC well memorized without any critical thought as to what it really means and how it came about.
Common Sense
August 28th, 2012
9:59 am
Gas up, Unemployment up, growth down, deficits rising, Guantanamo Open, Troops in Afghanistan being shot by those they train, Solyndra, Fast and Furious,Middle class worse under Obama during the recovery than during the recession….
I can see why you really think he’s gonna win…..
DannyX
August 28th, 2012
10:01 am
Remember the real estate depression Obama inherited from the Republican ex-President whose name is not allowed to be used, you know the one banned from the Republican convention?
This from cnnmoney.com:
The S&P/Case-Shiller national home price index, which covers more than 80% of the housing market in the United States, climbed 6.9% in the three months ended June 30 compared to the first three months of 2012.
“We seem to be witnessing exactly what we needed for a sustained recovery; monthly increases coupled with improving annual rates of change,” said David Blitzer, a spokesman for S&P, in a statement. “The market may have finally turned around.”
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
August 28th, 2012
10:01 am
Well, when all Those People get to the polls November 6 and find out we dumped them from the voter rolls like a dandelion in a fancy lawn, they’ll start learning how to say President Romney. And a few months later their checks will stop coming and I’ll finally be able to find somebody to clear the brush in the back of the trailer for, say, $1.50 per hour.
All these polls don’t mean nothing. While you’ve been taking them we’ve been cleaning out the voting lists. It won’t be possible to get rid of all the librul voters but we’ll go a pretty far way.
Me, I can’t hardly wait till John Bolton’s S of S and tells I’mash-thead to kiss his butt. We’ll create about 500,000 jobs a month when the war machine starts cranking up.
Have a good Tuesday everybody—except for all you libruls. I hope your house falls in on you this morning.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 28th, 2012
10:01 am
S. Ray — “However we all know the the easiest argument that can be made against Obama is that due to the results (his fault or not) the GOP can simply say, he’s a nice guy and means well but his resume speaks for itself..”
The Democrats tried that argument in 2004. Didn’t work.
John McCain used that argument late in the 2008 election. Didn’t work.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 28th, 2012
10:02 am
” Some white trash bleach blond tatooed bimbo passed me on the street and as she passed looked me up and down and told me to go back to Mexico where I belong. That woman represents to me what a lot of the people that call themselves “conservatives actually have in their hearts. I can’t vote for a party that wants to alienate and marginalize everybody that’s not just like them.”
if it makes you feel any better, I’m lily-white and living in the UK (married a Brit) – am told to stay here all the time, that the US doesn’t need me (although, evidently it DOES need for me to file my taxes on time) …
they want the US to be as narrow-minded and bigoted as they are
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the Left of me Jokers to the Right, here I am...
August 28th, 2012
10:02 am
BYTEME,
Agree with the confusion about baseline polling data..seems to me the best base is registered voters because “likely voters” from a statistics stand point, leaves too much subjective room as to broaden the margin of error that is not accounted for in the latter measure…
We can all cite polls but fact is we have a long way to go and they are relatively meaningless to me at this point. I think the key is voter turnout…
Cynthia Tucker needs someone to rub her feet
August 28th, 2012
10:03 am
What are the major or minor accomplishments of Obamas first term that make you want to re-elect him?
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 28th, 2012
10:03 am
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the Left of me Jokers to the Right, here I am…
August 28th, 2012
9:57 am
GRANNY,
I’m not condoning the Morris poll but of course both the blue and red sheep will attack anything that disputes their opinion…
.
.
You may “baa baa” for your own sheep self all you wish, but you are
in no way capable of speaking for this old lizard.
Lizards eat sheep for breakfast.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 28th, 2012
10:03 am
“Don’t Roof Rack Me, Bro”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/dogs-against-romney-rallies-in-tampa/2012/08/26/4e53130e-efd3-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_blog.html
ragnar danneskjold
August 28th, 2012
10:03 am
Certainly leftists will support the destructive policies – wasteful “stimulus,” ObamaCare, and Dodd-Frank regulations – inflicted onto the body politic over the past three years. Leftists probably await, with giddy anticipation, the new horrors to be visited on what was once a “shining city on the hill.” America, RIP. Salve Amerika.
Madmax
August 28th, 2012
10:03 am
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 28th, 2012
9:59 am
I’ve got no problem letting the Bush/Obama cuts expire, on the condition that all of them expire; even with that, you still fall $10 trillion further in debt assuming they don’t cause a downturn in the economy and further reduce revenues.
Like you said, discuss honestly
Rosita
August 28th, 2012
10:03 am
Maybe Common Sense because what it always boils down to is elections are driven by social issues. And no way no how will the majority of people in this country allow those right wing theocrats to take control of the rest of us.
Finn McCool (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
August 28th, 2012
10:04 am
Where are the black Republicans and Hispanic Republicans? All I see is old crusty white people.
Mick
August 28th, 2012
10:05 am
**What are the major or minor accomplishments of Obamas first term that make you want to re-elect him?**
Simple, the most important one – he is not a republican…
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 28th, 2012
10:05 am
Granny G – 10:03 – reminded me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfz-1I4GD7c
Joe Hussein Mama
August 28th, 2012
10:05 am
Rosita — “Some white trash bleach blond tatooed bimbo passed me on the street and as she passed looked me up and down and told me to go back to Mexico where I belong.”
My wife is Hispanic (born in Southern Cal), and I’ve been advised to “drop the chalupa” by smartazz young punks while the two of us were shopping in a local mall.
I replied that I had a woman, the three of them were guys and which one of the three was the meat in their ’sandwich?’
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the Left of me Jokers to the Right, here I am...
August 28th, 2012
10:05 am
JOE,
John McCain..really? Not good comparison in my book…he was apparently the lesser of two poor choices…
Are you referring to the qualifications McCain V Obama argument? Not clear on what your are referring to in 2008…McCain was a crappy choice and the backlash against the former dopey guy was immense…
DannyX
August 28th, 2012
10:06 am
**What are the major or minor accomplishments of Obamas first term that make you want to re-elect him?**
A minor accomplishment, people traveling outside the country don’t have to pretend to be Canadian anymore.
Joe The Plumber Too
August 28th, 2012
10:07 am
I guess I am starting to see all the blind support for barry, his list of accomplishments is unbelievable:
1. – First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.
2. – First President to have a social security number from a state he has never lived in.
3. – First President to preside over a cut to the credit-rating of the United States
4. – First President to violate the War Powers Act. .
5. – First President to be held in contempt of court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico .
6. – First President to require all Americans to purchase a product from a third party.
7. – First President to spend a trillion dollars on ’shovel-ready’ jobs when there was no such thing as ’shovel-ready’ jobs.
8. – First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over control of companies to his union supporters.
9. – First President to by-pass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive fiat.
10. – First President to order a secret amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegalimmigrants across the U.S. , including those with criminal convictions.
11. – First President to demand a company hand-over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.
12. – First President to tell a CEO of a majorcorporation (Chrysler) to resign.
13. – First President to terminate America ’s ability to put a man in space.
14. – First President to cancel the National Day of Prayer and to say that America is no longer a Christian nation.
15. – First President to have a law signed by an auto-pen without being present.
16. – First President to arbitrarily declare an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it.
17. – First President to threaten insurance companies if they publicly spoke-out on the reasons for their rate increases.
18. – First President to tell a major manufacturing company in which state it is allowed to locate a factory.
19. – First President to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect (AZ, WI, OH,IN).
20. – First President to withdraw an existing coal permit that had been properly issued years ago.
21. – First President to actively try to bankrupt an American industry (coal).
22. – First President to fire an inspector general of Ameri-Corps for catching one of his friends in a corruption case.
23. – First President to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office.
24. – First President to surround himself with radical left wing anarchists.
25. – First President to golf 73 separate times in his first two and a half years in office, 102 todate.
26. – First President to hide his medical, educational and travel records.
27. – First President to win a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it.
28. – First President to go on multiple global “apology tours” and concurrent “insult our friends” tours.
29. – First President to go on 17 lavish vacations, including date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for his friends paid for by the taxpayer.
30. – First President to have 22 personal servants (taxpayer funded) for his wife.
31. – First President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense.
32. – First President to repeat the Holy Quran & tell us the early morning call of the Azan (Islamic call to worship) is the most beautiful sound on earth.
33. – First President to tell the military men and women that they should pay for their own privateinsurance because they “volunteered to go to war and knew the consequences”.
34. – Then he was theFirst President to tell the members of the military that THEY were UNPATRIOTICfor balking at the last suggestion !!
35. – First Presidentto side with a foreign nation over one of the American 50 states (Mexico vs. Arizona).
How is this hope and change working out for you? THERE’S AN ELECTION COMING UP…I HOPE YOU REMEMBER THIS LIST WHEN YOU VOTE!
Live from the RNC in Tampa. Where is George W. Bush?
August 28th, 2012
10:07 am
Camera rolling….Where is Michelle Bachman?
Donovan
August 28th, 2012
10:08 am
It’s in your face, liberals. This country is has never, ever, been worse off than during your administration. What’s the matter with you people?
You put this inexperienced community organizer in the WH and surrounded him with people like you. The end result of your social experiment is a paralyzed economy, unemployment of 8.3 percent, the private sector uncertain of the future, the country’s credit rating down graded, the country’s global image tarnished, run away debt at $16 trillion dollars and growing every year, a bigger government, a government run by union thugs, Black Panther supporters, tax cheats, anarchist supporters, and congressional looters. A mixed bag of socialists, Marxists, and left wing kooks.
Based on your support for this elected social experiment and your appetite for 4 more years of American demise, the choice is clear in November. The lines are drawn.
You represent the enemy within this country and have been responsible for all that has happened. The very idea of relishing the carnage that you put into motion is hateful and down right Un-American. I don’t think that the American people will be so stupid as to buy into your agenda this fall.
Hope & Change was a joke, subsequently seen as a joke, and will always stand for your attempt to fool America. With that said, let the serenade of those who voted for Obama begin with their “progressive” carping. I certainly don’t expect to change your convoluted thinking, but do enjoy calling you out for what you are…misguided, naive, government sheep, and eternal hippies.
Too strong a description? Outside of this blog site lies the same ground swell of disapproval for your actions and intentions. I am not politically correct when it comes to the evil that you all practice. In your eye, baby!
Proud to be me
August 28th, 2012
10:08 am
“The investors at Intrade still make Obama the favorite, with 55.8 percent of dollars invested favoring the incumbent” . . . nice try Jay. Doesn’t really matter how you spin it, the bottomline is the voters will decide who is the favorite!!! Give it a rest!!
They BOTH suck
August 28th, 2012
10:09 am
getalife
You still in LA or have you made it to the Big D?
Mick
August 28th, 2012
10:09 am
Ragnar seems to think that an unregulated wall street in in america’s best interest, I guess he just sleepwalked through the world economic mess in sept 08? Maybe he was just off sailing in the river of de nile…
Doggone/GA
August 28th, 2012
10:09 am
” looked me up and down and told me to go back to Mexico ”
You need a punchline like I heard from an American Indian commedian a few years ago. He said he was at a Southern city doing his routine and a local boy stood up and yelled “You need to go back where you came from”
So the commedian said “So I did. I went and camped in his backyard”
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 28th, 2012
10:09 am
“A minor accomplishment, people traveling outside the country don’t have to pretend to be Canadian anymore.”
the people in my adopted home no longer laugh at my president.
liz
August 28th, 2012
10:09 am
cain gonna make it rain
Steve Shamrock
August 28th, 2012
10:10 am
A couple of typos in the title of the blog…
“As GOP Convention Kicks Off…Obama is Still Jay Bookman’s Favorite”
DannyX
August 28th, 2012
10:11 am
“I guess I am starting to see all the blind support for barry, his list of accomplishments is unbelievable:”
Congrats Joe Plumber! That was the 1,000th time that hysterical email chain letter has been posted on this blog! You win an exact replica of Obama’s Kenyan birth certificate.
Mick
August 28th, 2012
10:11 am
**You represent the enemy within this country and have been responsible for all that has happened**
Yup, right…beware, the mosquito has spoken…
Jefferson
August 28th, 2012
10:11 am
Donovan is full.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 28th, 2012
10:11 am
“especially considering how poorly he should be doing as predicted by models that focus solely on the economy.”
In other words, he has REALLY screwed up the economy.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 28th, 2012
10:12 am
where would Joe be without Control-X / ControlV
Rosita
August 28th, 2012
10:12 am
And now I have to worry about being asked if I belong here because of my south of the border suntan. Do you know how that feels? And I know who wants it that way. How could I ever vote for a party that is so bent on taking away the freedoms that made this country different than the rest of the world. Every single day I hear people expressing views that 10 years ago would only have been acceptable in South Africa. This country cannot allow itself to fall under right wing control.
Live from the RNC in Tampa. Where is George W. Bush?
August 28th, 2012
10:12 am
Just found out that there is no Republican present that can dispute that they have created a “War on Women”. In other news…no sign of Hurricane Isaac!!
Steve Shamrock
August 28th, 2012
10:13 am
Joe the Plumber Too…very well said.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 28th, 2012
10:13 am
1. – First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.
2. – First President to have a social security number from a state he has never lived in.
Birthers.
barking frog
August 28th, 2012
10:13 am
Cynthia Tucker needs
someone to rub her feet
August 28th, 2012
10:03 am
What are the major or minor
accomplishments of Obamas
first term that make you
want to re-elect him?
……………….
Obamacare is enough.
Jefferson
August 28th, 2012
10:13 am
Economy is better off than it would be if Mac had won. Romney will go back to the same thing that caused the 2008 meltdown, dummy.
Erwin's cat
August 28th, 2012
10:13 am
Pats by 3
Jefferson
August 28th, 2012
10:13 am
Joe is full.
Common Sense
August 28th, 2012
10:14 am
“Maybe Common Sense because what it always boils down to is elections are driven by social issues. And no way no how will the majority of people in this country allow those right wing theocrats to take control of the rest of us.”
Is that because the need for taxpayer funded abortions outweighs the need for good paying jobs? Most people are affected every day by economic issues.
So when was the last time theocracy actually affected your daily life?
Yeah, that’s what I thought.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 28th, 2012
10:14 am
Rosita
My son in law is an olive skinned Italian American who had been pulled over several times for driving while brown in Jackson County by the same officer.
A few well placed phone calls stopped that for him.
Who is gonna stop it for all the others?
Who is gonna stop it for Toddler G….who is growing into his own
beautiful olive skin….when he’s old enough to drive?
Me, You, JHM. USinUK et al – We must make it stop.