GOP strategists cannot like what they’re seeing
So this is what it looks like on Sept. 20, 2012, 47 days to the election that Newt Gingrich kept calling the most consequential since 1860:
In the presidential race, Mitt Romney remains neck and neck with Barack Obama in both the Rasmussen and Gallup tracking polls, with most of Obama’s post-convention bounce eroding. Other recent polls, however, show Obama building a significant lead. The latest Pew poll puts Obama up eight points; the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll puts him up five.
But Romney’s real problems show up at the state level. In the swing states that he has to have — Ohio, Virginia, Florida — poll after poll shows his situation deteriorating significantly. At a point in the campaign where he has to be shrinking the margin, the margin is growing. Fox puts Romney down seven in Ohio, down five in Florida and down seven in Virginia.
Republican hopes to take the Senate, a goal the party once deemed a near certainty, seem to be collapsing as well. In state after state, the numbers are turning. Massachusetts, Florida, Virginia, Connecticut, Ohio, Wisconsin — in every crucial state in which fresh numbers are available, the tide is strongly Democratic. Last night in red Arizona, a new poll put Democrat Richard Carmona up by five over U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake, the first lead Carmona has enjoyed. Other polls will be needed to confirm that switch, but back in June, Rasmussen gave Flake a seemingly insurmountable 16-point lead.
“I’m not one for hyperbole,” Nate Silver of Fivethirtyeight tweeted last night. “But GOP Senate map is imploding. Chance of a takeover now just 21%.”
Most if not all of these numbers were generated before release of the video of Mitt Romney speaking a little too candidly to a roomful of donors. But GOP candidates all over the country are explicitly rejecting those remarks, running from them like Japanese villagers fleeing Godzilla. In Washington yesterday, Senate Republican leaders abandoned the microphones rather than take questions on the subject. (Rich Lowry, editor of the conservative National Review, has an admirably frank analysis of Romney’s distorted mindset at Politico.)
Even if you don’t put much credence in poll numbers, watch and listen to the Republican political professionals. If you don’t believe it, they do. Some are already in blame-shifting or recrimination mode, or trying to tamp down panic. Their internal polls are apparently telling them what the public polls are telling the rest of us. They also understand that if this turns out to be what it looks like — a broad and significant shift toward Democrats — Democratic control of the House, once considered little more than a far-fetched dream by party leaders, could — I stress could — become a possibility.
On the GOP side of the ledger, 47 days is a long time in politics, and Romney still has three debates against Obama in which to turn things around. He has a lot of money yet to spend, both in his own campaign coffers and through “independent” campaigns funded by wealthy conservatives. Outside events could also intervene. (However, his ham-handed approach to events in Egypt and Libya don’t inspire confidence in his ability to turn that to his advantage, should it occur.)
Finally, electoral waves that build too early have a way of cresting and receding by the time Election Day comes around. So it ain’t over, not for a while yet.
But something does seem to be going on out there.
– Jay Bookman
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Krystal'sBalls
September 20th, 2012
10:29 am
@kayaker 71
September 20th, 2012
8:55 am
You might want to know that “some rapper and his wife” are worth about $500 MILLION!!! By the way they raised $4 MILLION last night. Pretty snazzy for a “thug” out of Brooklyn’s Marcy projects huh? By the way, how’s YOUR bank account lookin’??
atler8
September 20th, 2012
10:29 am
Pete,
I just saw your early on rant. Wow! Get off of the coffee or something. But, then you, just like kristie earlier here & Governor Romney last spring, went & lumped my deceased mother into that 47% “victims” entitlement group as if she had never paid into anything or worked a day in her life.
You never knew my mother so get real & smell the roses! You are so out of touch with reality that I feel sorry for you. Also, the level of venom in you post gives me pause as to what kind of person you really are. Your willy nilly branding people as “traitors” simply because they do not think like you is quite a stretch. Just pitiable, you are.
independent thinker
September 20th, 2012
10:30 am
And here the Repubs dismissed the white southern voters as being in their pocket and Willard goes off and insults all the white trailer trash who would vote for him after writing off the entire black vote. Now he gets torpedoed by two white southern ex-presidents and their kin. Maybe that will wake up the Repubs. in this state.
Jm
September 20th, 2012
10:30 am
Look, I would agree that single payer is not a bad solution IF
Our government had a decent track record of fiscal management
It doesn’t
Medicare is single payer and a disaster
So: no
Single payer isn’t the answer
Maybe on the state level it would be, but that’s it.
There are no good answers. Yet.
ByteMe - Got ilk?
September 20th, 2012
10:32 am
Medicare is single payer and a disaster
Tell that to the millions of seniors who get treated by it. Just because you’re not using it and call it a “disaster” doesn’t mean you’re right. In fact, there’s good evidence that you’re completely wrong.
Welcome to the Occupation
September 20th, 2012
10:32 am
Morality?
Morality?
Oh well, guess break was over.
Erwin's cat
September 20th, 2012
10:33 am
In fact, there’s good evidence that you’re completely wrong.
my 78 yr old father disagrees
barking frog
September 20th, 2012
10:34 am
“GOP strategists”.
Non existent.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
September 20th, 2012
10:34 am
Jm
“Medicare is single payer and a disaster”
Not to any of those over 65 that I know…they have been great!
Now, Jm if you are having problems with YOUR medicare maybe there is a way we can help you.
Regnad Kcin
September 20th, 2012
10:34 am
“he is truly the most pathetic president we’ve ever had and it amazes me blind liberals like bookman will say/write anything to pump up this idiot. You all are pathetic”
Need a thesaurus, joe?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 20th, 2012
10:35 am
my 78 yr old father disagrees
Well my 77 year old father and my 76 year old mother disagree with your father.
Welcome to the Occupation
September 20th, 2012
10:35 am
It is universally accepted across the political mainstream of EVERY other advanced industrialized nation that there should be universal health care as a base line of any civilized nation.
Only here does the barbarism of health provider robber barroning and profiteering live on.
Talk about barbaric relics.
ByteMe - Got ilk?
September 20th, 2012
10:40 am
Well my 77 year old father and my 76 year old mother disagree with your father.
And my 80-year-old mother would disagree with a cat any time.
Welcome to the Occupation
September 20th, 2012
10:41 am
Surest sign that all this is really driving these people to the brink of madness:
They start opening their post by repeating the phrase used in the original post.
“Americans cannot like what they are seeing…out of Barry the magnificent. “
USinUK - thug with a uterus ... and former Girl Scout
September 20th, 2012
10:42 am
DannyX – given how spineless Mitt is, I think a Slinky is the most appropriate toy …
getalife
September 20th, 2012
10:43 am
jm thinks government is the w disaster.
No jm.
ByteMe - Got ilk?
September 20th, 2012
10:44 am
Jay, the unhinged amongst us are losing steam. They know they’re losing this election and losing it badly. Time for new sheets to get their blood going.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
September 20th, 2012
10:44 am
USinUK – thug with a uterus … and former Girl Scout
September 20th, 2012
10:42 am
Regnad Kcin
September 20th, 2012
10:46 am
Welcome to the Occupation
September 20th, 2012
10:35 am
It is universally accepted across the political mainstream of EVERY other advanced industrialized nation that there should be universal health care as a base line of any civilized nation.
Only here does the barbarism of health provider robber barroning and profiteering live on.
Talk about barbaric relics.
^^^THIS
Oscar
September 20th, 2012
10:46 am
It’s interesting to see that the states that support Romney the strongest are the ones that have the most people paying no income tax, and are the states that receive more federal aid per dollar sent to Washington.
Looks like they want to bite the hand that feeds them. Can’t understand that. Must be a lesson in there somewhere.
The states with the worst economy support the party that wants to cut off support.
DannyX
September 20th, 2012
10:48 am
Fox and Friends Gretchen Carlson had a interview with a man that voted for Obama in 2008 but is now supporting Romney. This interview will be devastating to Obama. This could give new life to the Romney campaign. A game changer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=csyAZPVEmpo#!
ByteMe - Got ilk?
September 20th, 2012
10:48 am
It’s interesting to see that the states that support Romney the strongest are the ones that have the most people paying no income tax, and are the states that receive more federal aid per dollar sent to Washington.
It’s because their message of not relying on the government is aspirational and optimistic. They are voting to aspire to be not dependent on the government, knowing that the Republicans will cut off the poor trash in the trailer across the way and not them.
Regnad Kcin
September 20th, 2012
10:51 am
“It’s because their message of not relying on the government is aspirational and optimistic. They are voting to aspire to be not dependent on the government, knowing that the Republicans will cut off the poor trash in the trailer across the way and not them.”
So…they’re voting for Romney to provide “hope and change”?
Steve Shamrock
September 20th, 2012
10:51 am
Hope, Change, and Redistribution!!
Hope, Change, and Redistribution!!
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
September 20th, 2012
10:52 am
DannyX
September 20th, 2012
10:48 am
Damn, that was funny.
Jm
September 20th, 2012
10:52 am
You guys are delusional if you think Medicare is functioning well
He’ll even Obama and Jay know Medicare is a problem
And congress is so slow to fix problems that we can afford to create more problems
So no single payer
Sorry
larry
September 20th, 2012
10:52 am
The states with the worst economy support the party that wants to cut off support.
Its called saving us from ourselves political strategy.
Voting against their own interests to save ourselves, althought voting for the other guy with benefit them more. They do that to confuse people and pundits.
Brosephus™
September 20th, 2012
10:53 am
my 78 yr old father disagrees
Well my 77 year old father and my 76 year old mother disagree with your father.
And my 80-year-old mother would disagree with a cat any time.
And my 71 year old mother packs a .38 revolver and is well capable of putting it to good use. You don’t mess with grandma when she’s carrying that special bag on her shoulder.
USinUK - thug with a uterus ... and former Girl Scout
September 20th, 2012
10:54 am
“Hope, Change, and Redistribution!!”
aw, bless.
NoBodyYouKnow
September 20th, 2012
10:54 am
Beleive it because its true, O’bama is a great personality. People love the guy. The ones who are infatuated with him would vote for him no matter what. If you look back at his education, experiance, and beliefs there is no camparison to the same positives as Romney and Ryan. If you mention something he,s said that makes him look bad its, “he never said that”. And look what Bush left him with”? If aRepublican were in office now and the country was in the same negative way the media and O,bama supporters would be all over him. They say he’s created thousands of jobs, Where are they? In the area I live in the unemployment rate is over 9%. I looked up Romney’s biography, yes his family was wealthy. But so was F.D. R. and J.F.K.. He’s a Morman, I remember when J.F. K was running. He was Catholic. All one heard from his non-supporters was “whatever the POPE tells him to do, he’s gonna do.” That was so stupid. Many voters support a candidate because of his great personality and looks. No matter all the education, background, experiance, policy, he’s had. I along with many people are proud of our country because a black man was elected president. He could not have been elected on black votes alone. This shows the majority do not consider race any longer.As an independant I will vote for who ever I beleive is capable of doing the job. The information I’ve dug up on both candidates leans me toward Romney.
Michael
September 20th, 2012
10:54 am
I understand they are considering a change in the debate format. In the first two debates Mr Romney and President Obama will debate domestic policy and foreign policy.
For the third debate President Obama has conceded his time and Mr. Romney will debate against his positions in the first two debates.
Steve Shamrock
September 20th, 2012
10:56 am
I am hoping the Independents/Undecideds are fed up with:
- High Gas Prices
- Tax Increases on the Middle Class (Obamacare)
- Taking $716 Billion from Medicare to fund Obamacare
- $16 Trillion in Debt and growing
- 2 Downgrades on US Credit
- Miserable Foreign Policy
- Being told “You didn’t build that!”
- Being told “You can come along for the ride but you’ll have to ride in the back seat!”
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 20th, 2012
10:57 am
“Finally, electoral waves that build too early have a way of cresting and receding by the time Election Day comes around. So it ain’t over, not for a while yet.
But something does seem to be going on out there.”
TRANSLATION: Whistling in the dark.
Welcome to the Occupation
September 20th, 2012
10:58 am
Steve Shamrock: “Hope, Change, and Redistribution!!”
Uh, your candidate’s out there defending redistribution as we speak.
“I mentioned my dad, my dad was born in Mexico of Americans parents living there. At age 5 or 6 there was revolution. They came back to the United States, and my dad had to get help, financial help, the government helped his family be able to get on their feet again. By the way, that’s the way America works, we have big hearts, we care for people who have needs. We help get them back. We help lift them up, but then we don’t make that a permanent lifestyle.”
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/mitt-romney-defends-income-redistribution-in-campaign-speech/
Jm
September 20th, 2012
10:58 am
My 10:52
Can’t afford, not “can afford”
Obviously
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 20th, 2012
10:59 am
Headline: “US EMBASSY IN PAKISTAN UNDER SIEGE”
That’s not news. That’s like “Ten Murdered in Chicago Over Weekend”.
Don Abernethy
September 20th, 2012
10:59 am
If Democrats win it all I guess those of us who are strong conservative Christians can expect to be thrown to the lions because America will be just like Rome in the days of Nero.
skydog
September 20th, 2012
11:00 am
Jm – We pay for ALL uninsured healthcare NOW at emergency rooms. The money is being spent NOW.
A single payer plan would have to restructure companies like United Heath Care whose CEO made $123, 000,000 LAST year. He has made over $800,000,000 in the last 10 years. That is Roman Toga sh*t.
You libs
September 20th, 2012
11:00 am
Wanna talk about redistribution, Steve?
Where did the quality of life go for the middle class?
DannyX
September 20th, 2012
11:01 am
0311, would you give us your daily Rasmussen update?
USA Patriot
September 20th, 2012
11:01 am
JB – Interestingly with these polls I would expect Obama to have a much larger lead. Let’s see he’s got ABC, CBS, NBC, & PBS supporting him on the broadcast stations, then he’s got CNN & MSNBC on the cable networks supporting him, plus who knows how many newspapers (like the AJC) supporting him. Shouldn’t he be leading by 20+ points? I would say this is the real story with Obama having all this support and he only has a 5 – 8 point lead – he is really screwing up!
ByteMe - Got ilk?
September 20th, 2012
11:01 am
Pawlenty quits as Mitt’s campaign co-chair to become a lobbyist. Heheheheheheheheh. There’s your sign cons. Even the boring rats are leaving.
I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
September 20th, 2012
11:02 am
Hardee’s CEO hire the Mercer Group, the largest Healthcare consulting firm to tell them what Obamacare was going to do to their bottom line. The report came back that their cost would go from 12 million to 30 million, rendering the company basically unprofitable. You Loons keep buying the kool aide this Idiot is dishing out. The Hardee’s CEO said a 15-20% work force reduction would have to take place to stay in business…….And it’s gonna happen everywhere…….25% unemployment coming. You might live to say, ” Hell, greed was good”……Geez.
Verbal Kint
September 20th, 2012
11:02 am
Speaking of strategists..I’m amazed no one at the Obama campaign noticed the similarities here:
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/flaghandprint.jpg
Nice gesture. Here’s the new Obama US Flag….kind of looks like the blood prints from embassy personal clinging to life while they are being dragged to their deaths!
Brosephus™
September 20th, 2012
11:04 am
I am hoping the Independents/Undecideds are fed up with:
…
- Being told “You didn’t build that!”
- Being told “You can come along for the ride but you’ll have to ride in the back seat!”
You can hope until your face turns blue, but I don’t recall Independents/Undecideds ever being told those things.
Just sayin’
It is the economy, stupid!
September 20th, 2012
11:04 am
The real question before us is what type of impact the 2012 elections will have on the ‘fiscal cliff” negotiations and the possibility of a second stimulus package. I think that the Republican economic recovery package has been exposed as a tax hike on the middle class and that the Ryan budget heavily relies on ” a miracle happens here” economic assumptions. Will the failure of the Republicans to capture the Presidency and the Senate make them more open to realistic negotiations with the Democrats on a “grand bargain” or will we witness a return to the 2010 thug politics? No one knows. Not even the Republicans.
JPS
September 20th, 2012
11:04 am
As much as I support Obama, I still think there is too much time before the election. It’s not like Obama is going to get to 60% support. At least 45% will always support Rpmney. Romney and team will get it together sooner later and Obama and team need to play offense instead of defense.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 20th, 2012
11:05 am
“Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office analysts say nearly six million, mostly in the middle class, will face tax penalty for not carrying medical coverage once Obama’s health care law is fully in place.”
I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
September 20th, 2012
11:06 am
Measurable unemployment will be at 20% at the end of the first year of a second Obama term. He hates business……….But he needs them…………Most of this country is clueless…. Hell, just print more money…..That’s the ticket!
getalife
September 20th, 2012
11:06 am
You should be fed up with gop obstruction and the costs of gop obstruction to our country but the no. They continue to give the gop a free pass.
yuzeyurbrane
September 20th, 2012
11:06 am
Jay, another excellent analysis. I personally think the biggest problems for Obama and the Democrats are that they don’t want to crest too soon and overconfidence. You should always run like you are behind.
Mr_B
September 20th, 2012
11:07 am
Keep: While I agree with almost every word Jackson’s letter, I’d have to say that my experience working with kids would make me doubt very much that he is the actual author.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
September 20th, 2012
11:07 am
Jm
Sorry, but you aren’t very accurate.
Medicare works wonderfully well.
Are adjusments required to keep it that way for a few more decades….
Why of course Mr. Silly Pants.
Moderate Line
September 20th, 2012
11:09 am
In the presidential race, Mitt Romney remains neck and neck with Barack Obama in both the Rasmussen and Gallup tracking polls, with most of Obama’s post-convention bounce eroding. Other recent polls, however, show Obama building a significant lead. The latest Pew poll puts Obama up eight points; the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll puts him up five.
+++++
The Gallup poll already shows Obama’s “bounce” disappearing. Gallup has Obama by 1. Also, all these polls are trying to predict turnout which means any poll within the margin of error is saying the end result is to close to call.
From my perspective most people are still locked in. The election will primarily be determined by turnout. High turnout Obama wins-low turnout Romney wins. Unless something very dramatic happens like a very weak jobs report.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
September 20th, 2012
11:09 am
Don Abernethy
September 20th, 2012
10:59 am
If Democrats win it all I guess those of us who are strong conservative Christians can expect to be thrown to the lions because America will be just like Rome in the days of Nero.
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.
.
.
Lions like Rome? Waaaay to un-American.
You can be migrant pickers…..yes, that’s much better.
larry
September 20th, 2012
11:09 am
So, it is told that the fast food chain, Hardee’s , hired the Mercer group, the consulting and recruitiment firm. But yet , they are not on their client list.
City of Hamilton, Ohio
City of Hampton, Virginia
City of High Point, North Carolina
City of Houston, Texas
Henrico County, Virginia
Henry County, Georgia
Hillsborough County, Florida – Planning Commission;
Environmental Protection Commission
-I-
Why is that?
Welcome to the Occupation
September 20th, 2012
11:10 am
More than two-thirds of Americans are now living paycheck to paycheck
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/20/living-paycheck-to-paycheck_n_1899685.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&ir=Politics
But don’t ever let em tell you capitalism hasn’t demonstrated its superiority as a system for distributing opportunity and justice better than all the others.
Aquagirl
September 20th, 2012
11:10 am
Headline: “US EMBASSY IN PAKISTAN UNDER SIEGE”
Headline: “PAKISTAN ANTI-ISLAM FILM PROTEST ENDS IN ISLAMABAD”
I know you’re disappointed there aren’t any dead bodies but hey, maybe next time you’ll get some political fodder.
I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
September 20th, 2012
11:10 am
I’ve never seen a President in my lifetime who’s answer to any problem was to ” give a speech about it”……And ALL will be well.
I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
September 20th, 2012
11:11 am
Larry, the article came out today. Dig a little deeper.
Moderate Line
September 20th, 2012
11:13 am
skydog
September 20th, 2012
11:00 am
Jm – We pay for ALL uninsured healthcare NOW at emergency rooms. The money is being spent NOW.
A single payer plan would have to restructure companies like United Heath Care whose CEO made $123, 000,000 LAST year. He has made over $800,000,000 in the last 10 years. That is Roman Toga sh*t.
++++
It is nice to focus on the one person but a single payer would essential mean ALL the people at United Health Care would be laid off. Of course the government would have to hire people to oversee healthcare.
A single payer is essentially a HMO with a monopoly.
Jay
September 20th, 2012
11:13 am
Latest Rasmussen: Obama up two, up three with leaners, at 50 percent with leaners.
larry
September 20th, 2012
11:13 am
No, you give me the link please
I went on the Mercer group web site.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 20th, 2012
11:14 am
“I know you’re disappointed there aren’t any dead bodies ………. ”
Yep ………. Islamic Radical dead bodies !
Where is Obama’s “Mr. Drone” ?
I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
September 20th, 2012
11:14 am
Larry, go to Newsmax.com……It’s all there for you.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
September 20th, 2012
11:15 am
Scout,
Did you get my apology yesterday? If not, I’ll post it again.
Jm
September 20th, 2012
11:15 am
GG 11:07
But the adjustments are only made at a time of crisis and even then not put on a permanently sustainable path
Sorry. Medicare is broken
Ryan reform is a permanent solution
It is far from perfect, but it does permanently fix the fiscal problem
larry
September 20th, 2012
11:18 am
Newsmax ?
I guess they will tell me why Hardee’s or any of the independent franchisee’s that own them aren’t listed on the Mercer groups’ website. Wont they ?
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
September 20th, 2012
11:19 am
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 20th, 2012
11:14 am
“I know you’re disappointed there aren’t any dead bodies ………. ”
Yep ………. Islamic Radical dead bodies !
.
.
.
.
God, it’s me again.
I had asked you several times previously to wrap your arms around Mr. Digits and send some of your light into his heart.
Can I change my mind on that?
Perhaps a lightning bolt in the bottom will awaken him to the evil
of his blood lust.
I leave Mr. Digits in your hands Lord, please don’t applaud.
Amen.
Oscar
September 20th, 2012
11:19 am
Redistribution of wealth. We could use a little. The US has the one of the five most unequal distributions of wealth of and industrial country. We have to largest disparity of income. We are among the last in industrial countries in upward mobility.
We have fallen behing in per cent of college graduates.
It’s time we looked at the economic and social structures in our country and made some changes. We will have to do that to retain our ranking as a top country in wealth and economic progress.
Countries without a process of upward mobility quickly become in trouble within from discontent and stress. We don’t want that to happen here.
Jm
September 20th, 2012
11:20 am
Oh goody
Chinese Audi dealer sales banner: “We Must Exterminate the Japanese”
Not drudgey spam
I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
September 20th, 2012
11:21 am
Larry, Same reasons the commie sites you read tell me the President is doing a good job I guess.
Aquagirl
September 20th, 2012
11:21 am
Where is Obama’s “Mr. Drone” ?
Off killing terrorists, not members of the Pakistani police protecting our embassy.
Another disappointment for you.
They BOTH suck
September 20th, 2012
11:21 am
Tiberius
They were going to DIE and they both knew it from the start. And of course their is a difference, they originate in different places.
Ryan knew his would be dead once it hit the Senate, yet he wanted the PR for saying it passed the House even though he knew its fate.
Obama knew his budget wasn’t going anywhere, but he wanted the PR to say the Repubs didn’t work with him
It is crap and they both play it.
If it makes you feel better about yourself that Ryan’s budget passed the House, so be it. Rock on
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 20th, 2012
11:21 am
Mr. B… While I would agree with most 12 year olds, there are exceptions. Remember that 14 yo who spoke at conservative conventions a few times (although he know acknowledges that he was full of crap at the time
)
I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
September 20th, 2012
11:22 am
Oscar……………Then why don’t you move somewhere else
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
September 20th, 2012
11:22 am
Jm
Medicar is not broken for those who currently use it.
Plain and Simple.
Ryan reform is a slap in the face to American seniors.
Mr_B
September 20th, 2012
11:23 am
“Ryan reform is a permanent solution”
But then, a wrecking ball is a “permanent solution” for a leaky faucet.
TaxPayer
September 20th, 2012
11:23 am
More and more Republicans are losing faith in their party as they continue to uncover the hidden truth through the use of a hidden camera about what their party and its leadership really think of them.
To the Republican party leaders and their wealthy backers, you’re nothing but a bunch of leeches, taking what is not yours but theirs. But they need your vote so they can take what is rightfully theirs back from you leeches so they’re for you and they’ll tell you so, for now. Trust them. They’re doing it for your own good because they care so much for you. Pay no attention to a hidden camera that records the hidden truth. It’s a lie. Poor Republicans. Poor, poor Republicans.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 20th, 2012
11:23 am
Normal Free…Pro Human Rights Thug…And liking it! :
No ………. but there’s probably no need.
getalife
September 20th, 2012
11:24 am
China and Japan are fighting over oil.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 20th, 2012
11:24 am
Tiberius is here? No wonder I heard someone stomping their feet and threatening to hold their breath with nonsense about Hardee’s going out of business because of alleged incremental impacts of Obamacare (because we all know that healthcare was not rising before Obama acted). And let’s remember, Romney has claimed the title as Grandfather to Obamacare.
Jm
September 20th, 2012
11:24 am
Oscar 11:19 education is the best tool for upward mobility when used wisely
The problem is education funding has not been used appropriately
I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
September 20th, 2012
11:24 am
Granny, and Obama is a slap in the face to all the folks paying for ALL of it
larry
September 20th, 2012
11:24 am
Oh boy, i read commie sites .
Please tell me what commie sites i read.
All i asked was why isn’t Hardee’s or any of their independent franchisee’s wasn’t on the Mercer’s group website.
And in return, i’m told i read commie sites.
Big facepalm.
skydog
September 20th, 2012
11:26 am
Moderate Line – It is nice to focus on the one person but a single payer would essential mean ALL the people at United Health Care would be laid off. Of course the government would have to hire people to oversee healthcare.
A single payer is essentially a HMO with a monopoly.
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What I have NOW at work with United Health Care is a monopoly. They only offer UHC at whatever rates they choose.
I`ll take my chances with a not for profit system. At least I could vote out any official who pays a CEO $128,000,000 a year. Right now I can do nothing, but pay the premiums.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 20th, 2012
11:26 am
Granny:
You conveniently left out “Obama’s Mr. Drone”.
Rquest prayer for him also as he likes to “assassinate” that way.
Moderate Line
September 20th, 2012
11:26 am
TaxPayer
September 20th, 2012
11:23 am
More and more Republicans are losing faith in their party as they continue to uncover the hidden truth through the use of a hidden camera about what their party and its leadership really think of them.
To the Republican party leaders and their wealthy backers, you’re nothing but a bunch of leeches, taking what is not yours but theirs. But they need your vote so they can take what is rightfully theirs back from you leeches so they’re for you and they’ll tell you so, for now. Trust them. They’re doing it for your own good because they care so much for you. Pay no attention to a hidden camera that records the hidden truth. It’s a lie. Poor Republicans. Poor, poor Republicans.
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What? Most of the Republicans I know believe EXACTLY what Romney said. There maybe some Independents who generally vote Republican who don’t believe what Romney said but that number is probably rather small.
I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
September 20th, 2012
11:27 am
Taxpayer…………..I’m too busy out here clinging to my gun and religion, just say’n.
getalife
September 20th, 2012
11:27 am
Medicaid, Medicare and SS are attacked by the gop because they work and the gop refuses to help Americans.
If they were corporate or wealthy welfare, all the gop would vote for it.
Erwin's cat
September 20th, 2012
11:27 am
Welcome to the Occupation
As you rally against capitalism….what do you want to replace it with?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 20th, 2012
11:27 am
Obama is a slap in the face
Looks like someone is trying to live out their S&M fantasies on the blog again.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 20th, 2012
11:27 am
Aquagirl @ 11:21
Off killiing terrorists ?
What “kind” of terrorists ?
Jm
September 20th, 2012
11:27 am
Getalife
Yes they are
Could get ugly
Weak America doesn’t help
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
September 20th, 2012
11:28 am
Out for awhile ……….. everyone be nice to each other.
getalife
September 20th, 2012
11:29 am
Uncertainty costs 1% to 2 % unemployment. gop obstruction is not free . It is costing our country billions and more government waste.
Oscar
September 20th, 2012
11:29 am
Oscar……………Then why don’t you move somewhere else
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Some of my ancestors have lived here 15,000 years. I’m not going anywhere.
I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
September 20th, 2012
11:29 am
getalife……………refusing to help with wasted tax payer money with fraud and mismanagement.. Do yourself a favor and research charitable giving between parties. You might learn something.
Oscar
September 20th, 2012
11:29 am
Oscar……………Then why don’t you move somewhere else
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Some of my ancestors have lived here 15,000 years. I’m not going anywhere.
barking frog
September 20th, 2012
11:30 am
Jm 11:27
What is weak about America?