Gallup documents good post-convention jump for Obama
Mitt Romney got what you call a dead-cat bounce coming out of the 2012 Republican Convention in Tampa Bay. According to the folks at Gallup, Barack Obama has done a whole lot better.
His job approval number now stands at 52 percent, a nine-point jump since late August. Nothing in the news cycle — other than the convention — could account for an improvement that significant. The same is true of the head-to-head contest with Romney, where Obama has transformed a two-point deficit into a four-point advantage.
In the battle of the conventions, in other words, Obama and the Democrats are the decisive victors. Nonetheless, I expect the race to tighten again as the post-convention aura fades, with the next possible inflection point coming on Oct. 3.
That’s the date of the first presidential debate at the University of Denver.
– Jay Bookman
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TaxPayer
September 9th, 2012
3:17 pm
I saw a post by someone that said they wasted time reading the Republican platform, as grueling as it was, and found no mention of God.
getalife
September 9th, 2012
3:18 pm
Americans know romney is lying about helping the middle class because of the radical rw gop vote against the middle class.
No experience on foreign policy too.
Too weak and a flip flopper.
Game over.
Adam
September 9th, 2012
3:22 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-j-reid-jr/god-is-missing-from-the-republican-platform_b_1864736.html
Mr. T.
September 9th, 2012
3:30 pm
I pity the fool who votes republican…….
Even God rested one day of the week
God is NOT a republican.
“sit in the back of the bus” – Obama
Get ran over by the bus — Romney/Paul 2012
Guys at her company? None. They can take vacation though.
They can get FMLA. Duh!
Mr. T.
September 9th, 2012
3:38 pm
I pity the foolish republican party. they stand by their misogyny at their own peril. Fools!
And I care about this because…..
Frankly, there is just more embedded optionality value in hiring men than women because of the child factor and traditional gender roles in the household
Fools.
Adam
September 9th, 2012
3:49 pm
There is also this FACT CHECK by CNN about the issue of women getting paid less than men:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RTuEorPzG8
Adam
September 9th, 2012
3:52 pm
And I should remind everyone that CNN is CONSERVATIVE media, and they still said this.
photos et musique - petit hommage à Ray et à son époque...
September 9th, 2012
3:54 pm
Georgia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8IqkRbxcTA&feature=related
Jm
September 9th, 2012
3:58 pm
Yep Obama really is an empty seat mess
Unfit to do the job
Woodward slams him
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/80953.html?hp=r1
Jm
September 9th, 2012
3:59 pm
The utterances of a moron:
“Adam
September 9th, 2012
3:52 pm
And I should remind everyone that CNN is CONSERVATIVE media, and they still said this.
LinkReport this comment”
Jm
September 9th, 2012
4:02 pm
Funny. Biden is a moron…
“‘This is our come-to-Jesus moment,’ Biden said.
“ ‘Yeah,’ said Cantor, who is Jewish, ‘but I’m not very good on that point.’”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/80953.html#ixzz260M02C4v
Jm
September 9th, 2012
4:07 pm
Ominous
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-is-putin-stockpiling-gold-2012-09-05
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 9th, 2012
4:09 pm
“WE DON’T ALWAYS PLAY ‘OLD MAN’ FOOTBALL BUT WHEN WE DO, WE WIN BY 21 …… STAY
THIRSTY MIZZOU!”
Don Abernethy
September 9th, 2012
4:09 pm
All the polls differ. Take your pick.
JamVet
September 9th, 2012
4:11 pm
Looks like after many month of my using it, Mr. Jm Biden has chosen to doctor up my “Unfit to Lead” indictment of Flip Robme.
He is unfit to blog…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
4:17 pm
The utterances of a moron
Name-calling.
The desperate last refuge when the argument can’t be refuted.
barking frog
September 9th, 2012
4:22 pm
A moron is as a moron duhs.
Halftrack
September 9th, 2012
4:32 pm
This Poll is as good as the Jobless % rate for the nation.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
4:41 pm
How many more sock-puppets will the name-caller trot out?
All right wing womenn deserve to be paid less than men
September 9th, 2012
4:44 pm
All you flingers need to tell your wives (all of them) or your girl friends that they JUST don’t deserve to make as much as the men folks.
Some will find their clothes out in the trailer park or maybe soaked in bleach.
Serves them right.
getalife
September 9th, 2012
4:47 pm
Who dat?
RG III.
Way to start off your career .
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
4:48 pm
I think Cantor and the Tea Party is the problem with the Repub party.
For the most part I think compromise could have been reached without their interference.
getalife
September 9th, 2012
4:51 pm
You can’t lie to Americans that you would help them when your party votes not to help them.
The gop thinks Americans are that stupid and insult our intelligence.
Vote out the radical rw gop Americans and
Four more years!
getalife
September 9th, 2012
4:57 pm
They love our President:
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/764651/thumbs/o-OBAMA-PICKED-UP-900.jpg?2
josef
September 9th, 2012
5:00 pm
FORMAL BLACK GUY
Thanks for posting that Kruwe one here…got me a new hero in life!
And ZamVet
Now, THERE’s a drama queen’s drama queen! That is, if it’s okay by you to call a football player a drama queen…gotta make sure I’m ZamVet pc…
SO…
How the hell is everybody?
josef
September 9th, 2012
5:02 pm
JM
Well, who said the Democrats were anti-Christian?
And while no big fan of Cantor’s, that was a pretty good snap back…
josef
September 9th, 2012
5:03 pm
Oh, yeah, before I forget…that Maryland jackass is a Democrat…seems there’s enough of this stupidity to go around…
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
5:05 pm
I think Cantor and the Tea Party is the problem with the Repub party.
For the most part I think compromise could have been reached without their interference.
Good luck on getting the lemmings to realize that one.
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
5:12 pm
getalife
All my inlaws are die hard Skin’s fans. They all just left the house not too long ago.
Get Real
September 9th, 2012
5:15 pm
Adam
CNN conservative??? What channel in bizzaroland are you watching?
josef
September 9th, 2012
5:18 pm
Get Real
CNN is on the conservative side…not right wing lunatic fringe for sure, but conservative in the real meaning of the word…
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
5:20 pm
Bro
All my inlaws are die hard Skin’s fans.
—————————————————————————-
you ran out of ribs and beer.
It’s hard to convert those that have their thought processes HARD BAKED.
Get Real
September 9th, 2012
5:21 pm
Josef……maybe I only watch when the most liberal anchors and reporters are talking. With the said, they were fairly positive on their feedback specific to speeches at the RNC….
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
5:21 pm
CNN is on the conservative side…not right wing lunatic fringe for sure, but conservative in the real meaning of the word…
Shows how bad that the word “conservative” has been perverted. Self-labeled conservatives don’t even know what it really means anymore. This is a sigh of how sad things truly are nowadays.
josef
September 9th, 2012
5:22 pm
BROSEPHUS
Skins, hunh? Is that the new pc for the REDskins?
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
5:24 pm
NoCom
Nah. The kids gotta get ready for school tomorrow. We’re not only football fans, but parents too!!
—————
With the said, they were fairly positive on their feedback specific to speeches at the RNC….
So ask yourself, would MSNBC be the same way? THAT is a liberal media outlet. CNN is not. CNN actually went out of their way to be overly positive on RNC speeches, even when other media outlets ripped them to pieces.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
5:24 pm
josef
REDskins are definitely a minority right now in DC
josef
September 9th, 2012
5:25 pm
Get Real
The commentators run the range…but CNN as a news organization is on the conservative side…
BROSEPHUS
Yep. And a lot of liberals are riding shotgun in that boat, imeoiauo…
josef
September 9th, 2012
5:26 pm
Common Sense
But, hey, not the biggest fooball fan myself, but right now I gotta say I’m a Ravens and Vikings fan…
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
5:27 pm
Bro
the joys of parenthood. LOL
happy for you and your family.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
5:29 pm
josef
Those were great videos and allthough not totally language appropriate were great
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
5:30 pm
josef
Not pc as far as I know. All the longtime diehard fans refer to them with that name.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 9th, 2012
5:32 pm
DRUDGEY !
“POLL: O 49% R 45%…
FLASHBACK: CARTER +4 OVER REAGAN IN SEPT 1980 [+8 IN OCT]…
FLASHBACK: DUKAKIS +17 OVER BUSH AFTER DNC 1988… “
josef
September 9th, 2012
5:33 pm
BROSEPHUS
Yeah, I’m aware of that…and while ours is not one of those households that gets too bent out of shape over the Indian mascots, that one, and especially for the nation’s capital, is downright racist and insulting in extremis…but, hey, this is foo-ball!
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 9th, 2012
5:33 pm
“President Obama, now campaigning in crucial swing state of Florida, touts new study slamming Romney-Ryan Medicare plan — again distancing himself from grim jobs report while on campaign trail.”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/09/obama-hits-romney-with-new-medicare-study/
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
5:35 pm
NoCom
I think that’s what makes my marriage work so well. We’re both huge football fans. I trend more towards college while she could probably bleed the Redskin’s logo if she got cut. Even the lil one will tell you she’s a fan, and she has multiple jerseys, t-shirts, and other swag to prove it.
—————
josef
Some of those liberals are in that boat because they’re running from who they are. I think that’s far worse than them perverting their own label as they’re allowing others to pervert it for them. It more than backs up the “weak” meme.
lynnie gal
September 9th, 2012
5:35 pm
The only folks that go to see 2016, Dinesh D’Souza’s crazy right winger movie, are idgits who are voting for the Robme/Lyin ticket anyway.
That Black Guy,
September 9th, 2012
5:36 pm
Ok, just finished watching my Eagles try to give the Browns a win.
Bro, that link is NSFW. But, it is worth a read.
josef, Klewie explained it the way I wish some politicians could.
Kam, did you read my link? When I read it I thought, is Kam a punter and we don’t know?
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
5:38 pm
josef
I’ve never looked too hard at the implications of that particular mascot. I must say, however, I enjoy when they play Dallas and come out as winners, especially if it’s on Thanksgiving. Nothing like watching the Natives beat the crap out of the Cowboys.
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
5:39 pm
Scout
Every single time Romney and/or Ryan step out on the campaign trail, they distance themselves from reality, so what’s the difference?
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
5:41 pm
I like Lions vs Bears myself.
Better that than Lions vs Christians
josef
September 9th, 2012
5:42 pm
BROSEPHUS
I much agree with you on that “running from who you are…” So many on both “sides” feel so obligated to go by the latest “memo” and the idea of actually thinking it through is often an absent quantity. The extremists simply cannot conceive that the overwhelming majority of folks are comfortable with having a “liberal” opinion on issue X and a “conservative” opinion on issue Y.
TaxPayer
September 9th, 2012
5:42 pm
Private Sector Jobs
Under Bush:
Private sector jobs in Feb 2001(first full month for Bush): 111,623,000
Private sector jobs in Jan 2009(last month for Bush): 110,985,000
Net Private Sector jobs under Bush: -638,000
Under Our President Obama:
Private sector jobs in Feb 2009(first full month for Obama): 110,260,000
Private sector jobs in Aug 2012(latest month for Obama): 111,400,000
Net Private Sector jobs under Obama to date: +1,140,000
Our President Obama has succeeded in creating private sector jobs while Bush destroyed private sector jobs. Bush is a failure. The GOP is a failure.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
5:43 pm
Bro
that’s cause Scout’s link was fox news LOL
josef
September 9th, 2012
5:43 pm
BROSEPHUS
Well, as Unmentionable says, we could change the Falcons to the Spooks…
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
5:48 pm
that’s cause Scout’s link was fox news LOL
I actually read Fox News online. I know it has a rightward slant on everything, so I just shim it up a bit to level it off.
On the other hand, getting me to watch the tv version of Fox… Let’s just say that I have a better chance at becoming the national leader of the KKK.
Well, as Unmentionable says, we could change the Falcons to the Spooks…
josef
September 9th, 2012
5:50 pm
BROSEPHUS
Well… jus sayin
He also suggests the 49s become the F*gs and the Jets the Yids!
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 9th, 2012
5:53 pm
Enter your comments here
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 9th, 2012
5:55 pm
Bring back the old “Atlanta Crackers” !!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Crackers
Jm
September 9th, 2012
5:58 pm
“Shows how bad that the word “conservative” has been perverted. Self-labeled conservatives don’t even know what it really means anymore. This is a sigh of how sad things truly are nowadays.”
I’d say conservative has been perverted far less than “liberal”.
That word thanks to libs has been perverted beyond recognition.
So what was your point bro?
Jm
September 9th, 2012
5:59 pm
Azarenka fighting back
josef
September 9th, 2012
6:06 pm
HE WHOSE NAME
Nope. Same thing.
Indians? Braves? Not the same thing. There’s some respect there.
Now, the funny…for a long time the one of the Choctaw academies in Oklahoma were the Fighting Savages. When the national council called on them to change the mascot, the students went into a snit and the vote to keep it was way up in the 90%….the council told them, “it’s not a matter of what WE think but what THEY think. Haven’t y’all learned that yet?” The name change went through.
Southeastern Oklahoma State University, THE Choctaw University is still the Savage Storm…
Grand Master
September 9th, 2012
6:06 pm
I nominate bro to be the new Grand Master.
It’s time we integrated the KKK.
josef
September 9th, 2012
6:07 pm
JM
And conservative hasn’t?
Jm
September 9th, 2012
6:08 pm
Josef
Yes, the cantor comeback was funny.
josef
September 9th, 2012
6:08 pm
BROSEPHUS
Should we remind them now that the original KKK WAS integrated?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
6:08 pm
When I read it I thought, is Kam a punter and we don’t know?
Me?
Boringly hetero and monogamous.
Why do you ask?
Does it make some kind of difference to you if I was gay?
Jm
September 9th, 2012
6:09 pm
Josef
I’d say less so
The tea party is probably closest to “true conservative”
And liberals hate them
So to the extent conservative has been perverted by the likes of W, liberals should be thankful
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
6:10 pm
I’d say conservative has been perverted far less than “liberal”.
That word thanks to libs has been perverted beyond recognition.
So what was your point bro?
Based on that ^^^^ right there, I could claim my point was to show, once again, how clueless you are, but that was not my intent. For most anybody with basic cognitive reading skills, my point would be obvious: “Self-labeled conservatives don’t even know what it really means anymore.”
Since it’s you, I’ll try to help you out a bit.
Many self-labeled conservatives, meaning people who call themselves conservatives, have no idea of what the true definition of a conservative really means. They have simply allowed themselves to believe that the current incarnation of “conservatives” is the true defintion, when it simply is not. Furthermore, those same conservatives continue to pervert the definition with the dumbass chest-beating exercises they engage in to determine who’s the “true conservative” or “who’s more conservative”.
In regards to your notion of liberals, you could be no further from the truth if the truth were buried on Pluto. Liberals have not changed the definition of that word themselves. They have allowed those “more conservative conservatives” redefine what liberal means. That group has tried to turn the word liberal into some kind of invective that makes dog sh*t look clean.
TaxPayer
September 9th, 2012
6:12 pm
Should we remind them now that the original KKK WAS integrated?
Isn’t that about like saying the original Republican Party was the party of Abe Lincoln.
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
6:12 pm
Should we remind them now that the original KKK WAS integrated?
Nah, you know we have those who have fed off the tree of revisionistic history. They would not want to know anything about that. They couldn’t handle the truth.
josef
September 9th, 2012
6:13 pm
K’CHAK
Just doing my EOI duties here, but why do you find it necessary to make a point of being het when someone takes a jibe…?
“Does it make some kind of difference to you if I was gay?”
That’s the point…
josef
September 9th, 2012
6:14 pm
TAXI
Not exactly following that….
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
6:15 pm
The tea party is probably closest to “true conservative”
You’re talking about the current group that took their name from the people who dumped tea into Boston Harbor?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
6:16 pm
Being het?
Sure, ok.
Whatevs.
TaxPayer
September 9th, 2012
6:17 pm
Josef,
The point is that many things differ from what they were originally.
TaxPayer
September 9th, 2012
6:18 pm
The Tea Party! Isn’t that the group that wants government to keep its hands out of their Medicare.
josef
September 9th, 2012
6:19 pm
BROSEPHUS
Maybe e’s talking about my Granny’s afternoon gatherings? Or maybe those gay male gatherings for dissing…
Jm
September 9th, 2012
6:20 pm
Bro
Your 6:10 second to last paragraph had more meat on it, and I don’t disagree with that part
Liberal has been perverted by those who self describe as liberals, not those who describe them
Sorry, last para, that dog won’t hunt
Liberals are nowhere near being free marketers anymore, and that’s their own fault, not someone else’s
josef
September 9th, 2012
6:22 pm
TAXI
Got ya on that…that’s what I thought, but just wanted to be sure…thanks
K’CHAK
Not that it matters, mind you. It just gives me pause. I do it a’plenty myself, “not a Christian…but” or “not a Republican…but.” Still, though, I know my motive is that I don’t WANT to be mistaken for one…even if I AM defending them on this, that, or the other point…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
6:23 pm
Liberal has been perverted by those who self describe as liberals, not those who describe them
The word “liberal” was being perverted before you were born, so it’s hard to take you seriously in this matter.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
6:25 pm
who is doing the shyte stirring this afternoon?
Geesh I go outside to drink a Troegs and you guys just can’t get along LOL
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
6:26 pm
The tea party is probably closest to “true conservative”
Ok, now that I’ve gotten my chuckles out, let’s take a look at the “true” defintion of the word Conservative as well as a well known synonym to see if that statement is anywhere near true.
con·ser·va·tive (kn-sûrv-tv)
adj.
1. Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.
2. Traditional or restrained in style: a conservative dark suit.
3. Moderate; cautious: a conservative estimate.
4.
a. Of or relating to the political philosophy of conservatism.
b. Belonging to a conservative party, group, or movement.
5. Conservative Of or belonging to the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada.
6. Conservative Of or adhering to Conservative Judaism.
7. Tending to conserve; preservative: the conservative use of natural resources.
n.
1. One favoring traditional views and values.
2. A supporter of political conservatism.
3. Conservative A member or supporter of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada.
4. Archaic A preservative agent or principle.
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To·ry (tôr, tr)
n. pl. To·ries
1.
a. A member of a British political party, founded in 1689, that was the opposition party to the Whigs and has been known as the Conservative Party since about 1832.
b. A member of a Conservative Party, as in Canada.
2. An American who, during the period of the American Revolution, favored the British side. Also called Loyalist.
3. often tory A supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of democratization or reform; a political conservative.
Now did everybody notice the striking similarities to the definition of those two words being used as a noun and see why they are basically synonyms of each other? Now look at #2 under the definition of “Tory” and ask yourself if that is what is considered a “True Conservative” nowadays.
As I said, people nowadays have no idea as to the true meaning of the word. For all we know, in another 10 years, the “true Conservative” will mean someone who sits on a blog all day talking about things of which they have not a single clue.
kayaker 71
September 9th, 2012
6:26 pm
I think that most of us found out what liberal means when this clown in the WH was sworn in. Don’t make it rocket science….. it’s not that hard.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 9th, 2012
6:27 pm
Still, though, I know my motive is that I don’t WANT to be mistaken for one…
My motive was to send the jibe right back at him. Odd that you singled me out as being het, but ignored the snicker snicker of the original.
I guess a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest, huh?
josef
September 9th, 2012
6:27 pm
COMMON
Get you a stick and join in…
pogo
September 9th, 2012
6:29 pm
Jay, I encourage you to read Macon Telegraph today about the state of the public school system there. It is not local to Macon. It is a prime example of what liberal politics is doing to this country’s public education system and the results of of hiring people because of WHAT they are and not WHO they are or what they know. Kind of like the Dekalb county government and school system. This is pervasive throughout the whole system now, both public and private. Corporations and the government must hire based upon demographics. They cannot hire based upon qualification or personnal resumes.
josef
September 9th, 2012
6:29 pm
K’CHAK
Don’t take it so personally. It’s not just you. We all do it to one degree or another, as I said in my own examples of doing it. I addressed it here to you because you’re the one who posted it. I’ve done it on any number of occasions before on any number of labels. I am seriously interested in why we do it…
josef
September 9th, 2012
6:30 pm
K’CHAK
It wasn’t that I was ignoring the original…I hadn’t read it…
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
6:32 pm
Liberal has been perverted by those who self describe as liberals, not those who describe them
Dude, that’s easily proven as pure bullsh*t because there are not many people who self describe themselves as liberals anymore. Look at this blog as a sample case, how many self-described liberals are there vs the number of “libs” who are labeled as such by self-described conservatives?
Just because you’re too clouded to see it doesn’t mean that it isn’t there. Maybe you should put your left shoe on to regain a bit of balance in your life. That way everything doesn’t lean so one sided for you.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
6:32 pm
Yaker
I hear there’s a KKK meeting just down the road from your house.
Oh,, wait I checked google maps and its AT your house.
josef
September 9th, 2012
6:35 pm
BROSEPHUS
A topic for Little Black Boxes, I’d suggest…
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
6:42 pm
josef
Which topic? I see a few that need to be set free from their little black box.
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
6:42 pm
josef
Which topic? I see a few that need to be set free from their little black box.
josef
September 9th, 2012
6:43 pm
COMMON SENSE
I see you got your stick!
getalife
September 9th, 2012
6:44 pm
Saying he will help the middle class when his party votes against the middle class.
Not on the same page with his radical rw vp.
Too many positions and too many flip flops on the issues.
Too inexperienced on foreign policy.
Bad job creation and debt as Gov.
Voters don’t like him because he lies and insults their intelligence.
Four more years!
Love it or leave it.
Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common
September 9th, 2012
6:44 pm
According to the label liberal that is being thrown about by some here I fit.
But check some of my posts on Immigration, more conservative than Romney.
H’mmm I guess I must be an Independant that thinks President Ryans DefeCHIT reduction plan is just plain, well you know Chit (especially when you smell it).
josef
September 9th, 2012
6:44 pm
BROSEPHUS
True, dat…but I was referring to JM (et al, left and right) and their little black boxes for each other…
Brosephus™
September 9th, 2012
6:45 pm
josef
September 9th, 2012
6:47 pm
COMMON SENSE
I know what you mean. Mine and Unmentionable’s relationship and our family values are about as “conservative” as you can get…and yet…