Romney family intervention altered campaign, polls
UPDATE: 9:07:
From The Hill:
Mitt Romney has overtaken President Obama in a Public Policy Polling survey released on Tuesday.
Romney won 49 percent support from likely voters in the poll, compared to 47 percent for Obama.
It’s the first time all year Romney has led in the poll, which was conducted on behalf of liberal Daily Kos website and the Service Employees International Union. Obama led 49-45 percent in the group’s previous poll, conducted before last week’s debate.
The PPP poll, like the Pew poll cited below, was taken in the immediate aftermath of last week’s debate.
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Source: Pew Research Center
In a new nationwide Pew poll taken in the immediate wake of last week’s debate, Mitt Romney holds a four-point lead over Barack Obama. Until that’s confirmed by other polling, count me unconvinced. Yes, Obama did poorly in the debate, but there’s little to support the contention that a 12-point swing took place — Pew’s pre-debate numbers gave Obama an eight-point lead, a little on the high side — or that the debate completely erased Obama’s 18-point lead among women, as Pew reports.
There’s no question that Romney got a good bump out of the debate. The question is how large and whether it lasts. Gallup and Rasmussen provide evidence that it has begun to fade, perhaps because of the good jobs report, but time will tell.
And what inspired this apparent shift in Romney strategy and fortunes? In an interesting new story at Politico, the change is attributed to an intervention on Romney’s behalf by his eldest son, Tagg, and his wife, Ann, in which they demanded a more moderate approach.
“Even now, many Romney officials wonder whether the change can be sustained. In essence, Romney is trying to undergo a political metamorphosis — to shed an image of personal stiffness, and to emerge loose and willing to compromise. Romney, advisers concede, is at his worst when improvising — and this shift is the biggest improvisation of the campaign. Right now, Romney is described as going with the flow, trying to quickly grow into this new public persona, most notably with his decision to tell personal stories on the stump.
Campaign officials said any change will be confined by Romney’s own cautious nature. And they are candid that their electoral map still looks terrible: Romney is behind in nearly every vital state. Ohio still looks very tough to win and New Hampshire, once a possibility, looks very bleak, officials say.”
So we’ll see. Again, there’s no question the narrative arc of the campaign has been altered. As that great political strategist Yogi Berra once noted, it ain’t over ’til it’s over.
– Jay Bookman
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Brosephus™
October 9th, 2012
8:25 am
-Gas prices hit new record high at $4.67 a gallon
We really need to do something about Bush and his greedy big oil buddies driving the prices thru the roof.
Bush ain’t in office anymore. Did you not get the memo???
So, are you advocating for government takeover of the oil and gas industry? If not, why are you angry about the free market doing what it is supposed to do?
USMC
October 9th, 2012
8:26 am
Snoop Dogg Posts Reasons to Vote Obama: ‘Michelle Got a Fat A**’
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/10/06/Snoop-Dogg-Shares-Reason-to-Vote-Obama-Michelle-Got-a-Fat-A
Yeah… That’s a good enough reason to vote for Comrade Obama… too funny
Jm
October 9th, 2012
8:27 am
Bill Clinton calls Romney’s resume “sterling”
The host of the DNC held a fundraiser for Romney
It makes you think the Democratic leadership is really in favor of Romney
Don
October 9th, 2012
8:27 am
When you strip away the rhetoric, there really isn’t much different between the positions of Romney and Obama. Both are fairly moderate. (If you want to know which Romney is “real”, consider the politics of his father). Obama is no Bernie Sanders and Romney is no Rand Paul, for example.
The big difference is one of them is inept politically and as an administrator and the other has quite bit of experience in both areas.
hiram
October 9th, 2012
8:27 am
@taxpayer
The Tea Party is a short lived aberration that was mobilized by Karl Rove, via Rush, Faux, et. al. It’s made up of the congregations of backwater churches, and monster truck driving, small time contractors, who never participated in the election process, before W. They are energized by sensationalism, which is generated by the robber barons’ blood money, and there’s a growing divide between the monster truckers, strutting, snake handling preachers and the robber barons, because the Tea Party’s lack of sophistication is beginning to cost them elections.
Brosephus™
October 9th, 2012
8:28 am
Bombshell: Obama.com Owned by Bundler in Shanghai with Business Ties to Chinese Government
Bombshell: Republicans running candidate with business ties to China.
Whoop de freakin’ doo!!!!
Guess y’all should not have been cheering on Citizen’s United huh? No way of tracking where that money really comes from. Conservatives had a chance to work on campaign finance reform, but they decided that it was ok for money = speech in the US.
Go Navy
October 9th, 2012
8:28 am
Mitt Romney’s 5 boys just, “say NO to the U.S. Armed Forces”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpeNucNY4oE
Rick in Grayson
October 9th, 2012
8:29 am
The US is really going to move to Romney when the details come out about the Obama administration’s coverup of the terrorist attack on the Benghazi consulate.
Then the US electorate will KNOW who the real liar is!
Just like the coverup behind the invocation of “executive privilege” in the Fast and Furious affair.
I can’t wait till the debate that will cover foreign policy! Benghazi and Obama’s weak attempt to deter Iran from developing a nuclear weapon over the last 4 years.
USMC
October 9th, 2012
8:29 am
DemocRat’s resort to Racist attacks on Black woman voting for Romney…
Twitter Explodes After Black Actress Endorses Romney as the ‘Only Choice for Your Future’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/twitter-explodes-after-black-actress-endorses-romney-as-the-only-choice-for-your-future/
Jm
October 9th, 2012
8:29 am
I think Biden will get the better of Ryan in the VP debate
It will matter, but not as much as the prez debates
Adam
October 9th, 2012
8:29 am
Hang on… I thought polls didn’t matter and were all skewed?
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 9th, 2012
8:30 am
“The host of the DNC held a fundraiser for Romney”
???
that doesn’t even make any sense. THE HOST of the DNC?? and who exactly is that?
Citizen of the World
October 9th, 2012
8:30 am
Maybe Romney can tell the story about how he liked to play hide and seek as a child and it’s a game he has never outgrown, except now he plays it with his tax returns and money.
Brosephus™
October 9th, 2012
8:30 am
USMC
I hope you’re paid by the post for spamming this blog with that crap. If not, you’ve missed your calling.
Go Navy
October 9th, 2012
8:31 am
USMC
October 9th, 2012
8:29 am
Gomer, do you know who she is?
USMC
October 9th, 2012
8:31 am
More bad news for the Obama campaign…
Did Obama Just Throw The Entire Election Away?
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/10/did-obama-just-throw-the-entire-election-away.html
GT
October 9th, 2012
8:31 am
What license does a candidate have to suddenly become his opponent to win an election? The right literally does not care what Romney says, they are like the beauty queen who marries the rich old guy. Romney is a means to their end; prostitution is a side issue at this point.
The one thing I know is the Obama I vote for is the Obama I get. I am shocked at his lack of debating skills the other night, but I am not shocked at what he said, it was true to himself. Seems to me a man’s mental health would depend on his consistence of thought and position. The shock of what Romney was saying the other night was the smoothness of his lies. Richard Nixon comes to mind. There are still people today who defend Nixon. I for one don’t.
Adam
October 9th, 2012
8:31 am
By the way, anyone willing to take my bet NOW? You’ll clean up, since after one single debate Romney has shown the election is a lock for him. Oh, and unskewed polls.com always knew it.
Come on…. you can’t lose! $100 on Romney to my $100 on Obama. Who’s in?
stands for decibels
October 9th, 2012
8:31 am
So now, Team Obama, how do you run against a moderate?
That’s a good question, and I was thinking about formulating a lengthy, unsolicited-advice-to-Team Obama kind of response, but really, the only thing you have to do is dust off the playbook you’d socked away for running against a Jon Huntsman-headed ticket (I’m sure they ran that scenario).
You know–point out the fiscal policy differences, play up the social/civil rights issues where the GOP is on the losing side, etc.
Go Navy
October 9th, 2012
8:32 am
Jay, is USMC considered a “Spammer”?
JKL2
October 9th, 2012
8:32 am
shut up- 1: Will he cut spending and help reduce the deficit?
Depends on if you believe the Democrat philosophy that a tax increase is a spending cut or not? (understanding whether the tax increase actually increases revenue or not is irrelevant)
Tall
October 9th, 2012
8:32 am
Our country is facing a multitude of serious domestic and foreign policy problems. The POTUS or the the CEO of the country shows up completely unprepared and unable to articulate any of his strategies and is crushed by his challenger.
Doesn’t this bother anyone? What am I missing?
Brosephus™
October 9th, 2012
8:33 am
USinner
killerj
October 9th, 2012
8:34 am
Weeee Dogieeeeee,listen to them Dems squeal,betcha my poll is bigger than your poll,people make it sound like a joke this country is being driven into the ground.Go Tea Party.
stands for decibels
October 9th, 2012
8:34 am
the Obama I vote for is the Obama I get
yeah. I don’t care how many times I have to point that out to the concern trollers who come in here and say “yeah what about GITMO and why aren’t we out of Afghanistan and why hasn’t he fixed everything about America that sucks, huh?” – I voted for a center-left, corporatist Democrat, a guy who was arguably the most conservative of the three viable primary candidates running at around Super Tuesday in 2008, and I recognize he needs work, and that we can do better in 2016, but for now, he’s who we have.
SHUT UP
October 9th, 2012
8:34 am
I’m amused at how the left thinks Huntsman would be a great choice for the GOP. The guy was boring, slow and gave bad speeches. He also left the GOP a few months ago because he was upset that no one paid attention to him. Poor guy. Maybe can become like Charlie Crist. Whatever happened to that guy?
Thomas Heyward Jr.
October 9th, 2012
8:35 am
What part does the EPA mandating different gas mixtures play in the “Free market”?
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The dumbing down of Americas is on schedule.
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Forward Soviet!
USMC
October 9th, 2012
8:36 am
NewYork Times: “Do as I say… not as I do…” Typical Liberal nonsense.
NYT Union Chief: Times Is Hypocritical about Unions
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/329754/nyt-union-chief-itimesi-hypocritical-about-unions-charles-c-w-cooke
SHUT UP
October 9th, 2012
8:37 am
JKL2
Those questions were directed at Jay Bookman. I know that Obama will do nothing to curb debt or help the economy. The guy has no real world experience and so he’d keep on driving us over the fiscal cliff. My point is that Jay Bookman can not give a solid case for why Obama should have a 2nd term. It’s all “Romney this and Romney that.”
If you can’t defend the guy you voted for then you know your candidate is in big trouble.
Mick
October 9th, 2012
8:38 am
It’s gonna be deja vu all over again; after the first debate with kerry, W looked and acted like the doofus he was. I remember talking with some cuban american friends who were also mocking bush. I then asked who they were going to vote for and they said bush, of course. Why? They didn’t want to switch horses midstream, much to my chagrin. I think something similar will happen with obama. I don’t really expect him to change too much for the next debate but the people who support him and the independents will most likely stay with him – especially if you are working right now, plus romney is not trustworthy…
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 9th, 2012
8:38 am
The dumbing down of Americas is on schedule
Heyward, more drone attacks on Wisconsin weddings? Are you trying to be Exhibit A?
jd
October 9th, 2012
8:38 am
Rasmussen, Gallup and others are now showing Obama back in lead. The bounce has faded.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 9th, 2012
8:39 am
” I missed that until you highlighted that statement. ”
I feel like I need a decoder ring for Jm today … even more obtuse than usual …
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
8:39 am
I’ve come to see the light and I’m thinking that we should in fact re-elect Obama.
The other day I was watching abc news and it showed Obama coming down the steps of Air Force one.Good God almighty- That man just seemed to glide down the steps he was so smooth. I have yet to see a president look as good as Obama does maneuvering the steps of Air Force 1. How did he do it so effortlessly almost as if he was walking on water- sorta like Jesus ya know? And it made me think- How can a man who traverses airplane steps so fluidly and who gives fantastical teleprompter speeches not be deserving of another 4 years?
JKL2
October 9th, 2012
8:40 am
Brosephus- Bush ain’t in office anymore. Did you not get the memo???
It was a joke. I know the president is only responsible for gas prices if they have an (R) after their name.
Jm
October 9th, 2012
8:40 am
Usinuk
Host of the DNC convention doofus
Brosephus™
October 9th, 2012
8:42 am
I know the president is only responsible for gas prices if they have an (R) after their name.
Hopefully, that was a joke too…
stands for decibels
October 9th, 2012
8:45 am
That man just seemed to glide down the steps he was so smooth. I have yet to see a president look as good as Obama does maneuvering the steps of Air Force 1. How did he do it so effortlessly almost as if he was walking on water- sorta like Jesus ya know?
Thulsa, come over here. Sit down.
Let’s understand something, one white guy to another.
We walk funny. It’s just how God made us, my man. Nothing we can do about it.
Thomas Heyward Jr.
October 9th, 2012
8:46 am
Herein lies………..7000+ pages of regulations for selling/buying gasoline in …………….California……alone.
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/gasolinefuels/rfg/regulations.htm
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Free Market?
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lol
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
8:46 am
Not long after, presumed Obama supporters began insulting Dash for her opinion, saying she isn’t “black” enough, several even asking if the actress would just “kill herself.”
One man wrote: “This hurts but you a Romney lover and you slutting yourself to the white man only proves why no black man married u @REALStaceyDash.”
USMC,
Well we’ll just see if that “not black enough” woman ever gets another job in Hollywood won’t we. She is going to be censored by the Hollywood kook left and her career is now officially 0-V-E-R.
Darwin
October 9th, 2012
8:47 am
If people are swayed by someone saying in a debate that pigs fly, we deserve what we get.
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
8:47 am
stands for decibels,
I got walk envy.
hiram
October 9th, 2012
8:48 am
My money’s on Nate Silver. He’s a nerd’s nerd, and he’s proven that he knows what he is talking about. End of story.
October 9, 2012, 12:54 am – Nate Silver
“The swing state polls published on Monday might best be described as being OK for Mr. Obama. He led in polls of Colorado, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Virginia, and in two polls of Michigan. In all cases, Mr. Obama’s lead was small. However, this particular group of pollsters had shown reasonably unfavorable numbers for Mr. Obama in the same states before. Three of the polls actually moved toward Mr. Obama from the numbers that the same polling firms had published before the debates.”
Obama 82.5
Romney 17.5
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/09/oct-8-a-great-poll-for-romney-in-perspective/
Jm
October 9th, 2012
8:48 am
Obama is only good with the assistance of a teleprompter
Absent that, you see the real Obama
A dimwit struggling to get his synapses working after years of drug abuse
Obama really is Bush 2. He just makes better use of teleprompters
Brosephus™
October 9th, 2012
8:48 am
dB
http://www.hulu.com/watch/10356
USMC
October 9th, 2012
8:49 am
“I’ve come to see the light and I’m thinking that we should in fact re-elect Obama.”–Thulsa Doom
The sad reality is that if Obama is re-elected, productive people like you and me, who don’t live on government handouts, will be just fine because we will work harder and smarter to earn a good income IN-SPITE of Obama’s reckless policies. However, the losers that spend their lives on blogs pontificating on failed Socialist theories will keep sliding down the poverty scale into obscurity. sad.
Steve-USA "None of the Above"
October 9th, 2012
8:49 am
Taxpayer – “I bought more shares of COP earlier this year. I know Republicans just cannot resist driving their big SUV’s.”
Yeah only Republican’s drive SUV’s, don’t forget to add that only Republican’s work at corporations while you’re at it.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
October 9th, 2012
8:49 am
“Host of the DNC convention doofus”
Charlotte, North Carolina hosted a fund raiser for Romney … and … ???
you’re surprised that the capitol of the banking industry held a fund-raiser for Romney??? I’ll spare you the suspense … water is wet! the sun will set in the west tonight!
Mark in mid-town
October 9th, 2012
8:49 am
Jay Bookman writes: ” Yes, Obama did poorly in the debate, but there’s little to support the contention that a 12-point swing took place”
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I agree. A 12 point swing did not take place. The original baseline Pew poll massivley oversampled Democrats. The latest Pew poll looks to slightly be oversampling Republicans. So I think the swing is more likely in the 5 or 6 point range. That said, none of the polls pick up the extent of the so-called Bradley Effect which my instincts tell me could be worth up to 2 points net to Romney. Also, I think the polls tend to underestimate Republican support by another point or 2 as Republicans are often suspicious of the media and don’t answer the pollsters. A while back, I said the election was trending towards a Romney victory of 3 – 5 points. Jay basically laughed it off, but I still think that’s the case. The corrupt liberal msm will not be able to save Obama.
Uneducated, uninformed, vote against my best interest, Howdy Doody
October 9th, 2012
8:50 am
Pew Poll! Thats so funy. I just love funy werds. My mane man Mitch Romley is takin it too the howse. Go Mitch Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steve-USA "None of the Above"
October 9th, 2012
8:50 am
USMC – “However, the losers that spend their lives on blogs pontificating on failed Socialist theories will keep sliding down the poverty scale into obscurity. sad.”
Plenty of green grass that needs to be cut.
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
8:51 am
“Herein lies………..7000+ pages of regulations for selling/buying gasoline in …………….California……alone.”
But if we just add another measley 5,000 pages we should start seeing an immediate drop in the record gas prices in California. Plus we should convene a national blue ribbon committee on gas pricing fairness. Keep the man from sticking it to us.
RW-(the original)
October 9th, 2012
8:51 am
Have we forgotten “want some wood?”
That was actually a witty and quick on his feet retort to an out of left field charge from Kerry that Bush secretly owned a lumber yard. Obama had some pretty good comebacks to…after his speech writers fed them to him the next day.
Although I agree with stands for decibels completely on the droidy stuff and laptop keyboards. We put a man on the moon nearly half a century ago and we really can’t make a keyboard that doesn’t ttyyppee liikke thiiss?
Morality?
October 9th, 2012
8:51 am
“Jumpin’ Joe Biden will win the debate as long as he keeps his mouth shut”……. Confucius say
indigo
October 9th, 2012
8:54 am
How did Mitt miss out on serving in Vietnam? Did he, like Cheney, have “other priorities”?
TaxPayer
October 9th, 2012
8:54 am
If Republicans want to be able to buy de-regulated peanut butter to feed themselves and their families (at least warn your family members though so they can make an informed decision), then they should have the right to do just that. Give the Republicans the de-regulation that they so yearn for but let me keep the regulations for me and my family.
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
8:54 am
“Obama is only good with the assistance of a teleprompter”
Jm,
Bullspit. As I pointed out at 8:39 the man can glide down steps like nobody’s bidness. That’s gotta count for something.
USMC
October 9th, 2012
8:55 am
The DNC has a real problem with telling Lies…
How Many Times Has DNC Chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Lied About Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren?
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/09/05/How-Many-Times-Has-Debbie-Wasserman-Schultz-Lied-About-Israeli-Ambassador-Michael-Oren
Paul Ryan Abruptly Ends Interview After 'Strange' Question (VIDEO)
October 9th, 2012
8:56 am
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/paul-ryan-interview-abruptly-ends_n_1949721.html
Morality?
October 9th, 2012
8:56 am
Jay you are way off base……. it’s not just what Romney said – it’s what Obama said. Voters have no confidence in Obama’s “plan to create jobs, reduce the deficit and restore the economy”. Like I told you – this election is about the ECONOMY.
TaxPayer
October 9th, 2012
8:56 am
How did Mitt miss out on serving in Vietnam?
Mitt had to serve in France. He was there to save the French from the perils of wine consumption. After all, there’s nothing worse than a drunk French soldier being sent off to war with a loaded gun.
Ben
October 9th, 2012
8:57 am
Who is Obama? The guy that campaigned and debated in 2008, or the guy who has been President since? In all the talk about how Romney has moved, y’all like to ignore the position changer in the White House, the one who actually has power now. Go back and listen to the 2008 debates, you’ll be shocked at all the stuff Obama said that he hasn’t acted on since, as well as things he said he wouldn’t do that he has done since.
hiram
October 9th, 2012
8:57 am
Thulsa Doom = td
Brosephus™
October 9th, 2012
8:57 am
http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/07/12/telling-friend-from-foe-and-foe-from-annoyance/?cp=2#comment-1010548
Credibility = 0
USMC
October 9th, 2012
8:57 am
DemocRats are growing more and more concerned about the Radical Leadership in the Party…
DNC Chair Wasserman Schultz Demolished by… CNN’s Wolf Blitzer?
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/08/14/DNC-Chair-Wasserman-Schultz-Demolished-by-CNN-s-Wolf-Blitzer
USMC
October 9th, 2012
8:59 am
Obama’s lack of experience and failed policies have altered campaign, polls…
TaxPayer
October 9th, 2012
9:00 am
I have confidence in the jobs that have been created during the Obama administration. Those jobs are not dependant upon a housing bubble like the Bush-era jobs (which are now gone) were.
Tom Middleton
October 9th, 2012
9:00 am
This is no time to throw caution to the wind, Jay. I mean, Mitt Romney is one of those super-slick sales people so slick that if he were selling you and your wife a new car, you’re wife would be pulling you aside and whispering, “If you don’t get it in writing, we ain’t buying.”
Come to think of it, I bet that’s what I did wrong in my marriage, for I didn’t and she ended up hating both me and that Edsel. LMSAO
Krystal'sBalls
October 9th, 2012
9:01 am
Obama bombed at the debate; no denying that whatsoever! He is also paying the price in the short term, and deservedly so.
But seriously, what is SO STRIKING AND BAFFLING to me is the fact that Romney is right before ALL of our eyes beginning to thumb his nose at those who most fervently supported him up to this point especially on the far right. They might as well have ear muffs and shades on though, because suddenly… NONE of that is important to them any more. They will spin, pretend and defend to no end. They only want to see Obama out of the office! Their so-called “principles”suddenly don’t matter. Very telling.
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
9:01 am
“Give the Republicans the de-regulation that they so yearn for but let me keep the regulations for me and my family.”
Because the food safety regulations on the books already worked so splendidly to begin with.
What we really need is an army of peanut inspectors to inspect every peanut under a microscope to make sure its really safe before it goes into the Peter Pan.
TaxPayer
October 9th, 2012
9:01 am
I’m better off than I was four years ago. Republicans obviously are not. They should have voted for Obama.
Morality?
October 9th, 2012
9:03 am
Jumpin’ Joe Biden, a life long politician, will soon be in the private sector aka “The Real World”. Don’t worry he will still be feeding at the public trough with his health care and pension paid for by the gub’ment. Then there is always a standing offer to be on the cast of “Saturday Night Live” since he is such a natural JOKE.
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
9:03 am
hiram,
I did score many a tds in my pee wee days as a fullback. If I didn’t beat you with a spin move or a juke and jive move well then I just plum ran smack over your ass.
Welcome to the Occupation
October 9th, 2012
9:04 am
we’ll see. Again, there’s no question the narrative arc of the campaign has been altered
–
Jonathan Chait:
If you want to understand why Mitt Romney’s current polling bounce is probably not a fundamental reshaping of the race, read Nate Silver and Nate Cohn, but I’ll summarize it for you. Polls have very low response rates. Sometimes short-term events that dominate the news cycle excite partisans and make them more likely to answer pollsters — it happened when Romney picked Paul Ryan — but they don’t reflect a deep remaking of the public opinion landscape, which remains fairly settled.
On the other hand, a continued series of events like last week’s debate really might change the narrative of the race. And here is the bad news for Democrats: Their best shot has already come and gone. The debates will anchor the campaign narrative from here on out, and the three debates that follow all offer less favorable terrain for them to press their case.
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/10/first-debate-was-obamas-best-chance.html
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USMC
October 9th, 2012
9:05 am
The DNC leadership’s Implosion could not have come at a worse time…
Benched: DNC Chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Missing-In-Action in Democrats’ PR Blitz
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/05/DWS-is-MIA
When you have to hide your CHAIRWOMAN for the entire DemocRat Party… you might have problems. I am sure Oba(mao) does not appreciate this kind of negative attention.
Fred ™
October 9th, 2012
9:07 am
USMC
October 9th, 2012
8:26 am
Snoop Dogg Posts Reasons to Vote Obama: ‘Michelle Got a Fat A**’
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Dude, I know that YOU are old but does all your “news” have to be? that story is so last week. Expand your horizons. Try some different sites that aren’t a week behind. Do you get Tuesday’s paper on a Sunday or something?
Here, try this. I’m going to link you to yahoo. Scroll through all 50 stories. The Snoop dog (he’s changing to Snoop Lion by the way lol) was on there like last Thursday………… Once you have scrolled the stories then look at some of the categories. you will be (apparently) a week ahead of Breibart…… I’m doing my best to make you a high tech Redneck, don’t let me down.
http://www.yahoo.com
USMC
October 9th, 2012
9:07 am
“How did Mitt miss out on serving in Vietnam? Did he, like Cheney, have “other priorities”?”
I think he was hanging out with BILL CLINTON at the time…
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
October 9th, 2012
9:07 am
USMC,
When are you going to post Obama stuff from other sites other than those right wing ones? Your posts would be more meaningful that way…
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
9:08 am
usmc,
I have a hard time deciding who is funnier between Debbie Schultz and her incredulous detachment from reality or Joe Biden and his dumba$$ gaffes. Its a tough call. Maybe we should do a poll on this.
Jay
October 9th, 2012
9:08 am
See update above.
Butch Cassidy (I)
October 9th, 2012
9:08 am
Congrats on Romneys bump, too bad he’s going to get “Gored” with the Electoral vote.
Fred ™
October 9th, 2012
9:08 am
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
9:03 am
hiram,
I did score many a tds in my pee wee days as a fullback. If I didn’t beat you with a spin move or a juke and jive move well then I just plum ran smack over your ass.
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I’da popped you so hard it would take your jockstrap a week to find your balls.
USMC
October 9th, 2012
9:09 am
“Dude, I know that YOU are old but does all your “news” have to be? that story is so last week.”–Fred
Sorry Fred, but RUSH LIMBAUGH just told us this news yesterday. So blame Rush!
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
9:10 am
Normal,
CNN and Wolf Blitzer are a right wing site? The site USMC posted may have been right wing but it doesn’t change what happened between Schultz and Blitzer. Shooting the messenger doesn’t change the message.
TaxPayer
October 9th, 2012
9:10 am
Because the food safety regulations on the books already worked so splendidly to begin with.
Like I said, Republicans should have the freedom to buy de-regulated peanut butter if they want. I’m all for giving Republicans the freedoms they yearn for.
nelson
October 9th, 2012
9:11 am
Do I sense a little desperation in the rhetoric that Mitt is too stiff. A little stiffness in the backbone is a positive attribute, particularly in foreign relations. No one can call a policy of appeasement as beign effective. The Israelies shot down a drone, now that is decisive. The President has been putting “daylight” between himself and Israel, meaning he does not want to get to close. That is no way to act towards a friend and ally.
JKL2
October 9th, 2012
9:11 am
go navy- Mitt Romney’s 5 boys just, “say NO to the U.S. Armed Forces”.
What’s the over/under on the obama girl’s Naval future?
bwahahahahahahaha
Morality?
October 9th, 2012
9:13 am
Well if you can consider being on gub’ment disability being an Obama “created” job and being on food stamps being “better off than you were 4 years ago”…… then you are better off – temporarily. Sorry to tell you but the next BUBBLE to burst is going to be the gub’ment “checks in the Mail” bubble. I’m not saying you won’t get your gub’ment check but I am saying that it will soon be denied at the bank for “insufficient” funds – since the gub’ment is $16,000,000,000,000 + in the hole and $6,000,000,000,000 + has come in the 4 short years under the Obama regime. That’s a whole lot of tax money for a so called gub’ment created job. Now we have a gub’ment created debt.
Fred ™
October 9th, 2012
9:13 am
Sorry Fred, but RUSH LIMBAUGH just told us this news yesterday. So blame Rush!
If you paid him money he would send you his newsletter and you’d be up to date on the latest garbage to spam us with………
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
October 9th, 2012
9:13 am
Thulsa,
I will admit I missed the Blitzer/Schultz thing…would you provide a link, please
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
9:13 am
Fred,
You down for some backyard football Doomy style big boy? I will hit you like a freight train. You’ll land somewhere in next month and wake up to find Romney as the new potus.
Fred ™
October 9th, 2012
9:15 am
JKL2
October 9th, 2012
9:11 am
go navy- Mitt Romney’s 5 boys just, “say NO to the U.S. Armed Forces”.
What’s the over/under on the obama girl’s Naval future?
bwahahahahahahaha
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And here we have ANOTHER BIG MAN who feels the need to pick on not only a 14 year old little girl, but this time an 11 year old little girl as well. What a studly man.
How proud and strong you are to pick on little girls, 14 and 11. Woo hoo, look at the big man. What a stud.
JD
October 9th, 2012
9:15 am
The focus will now be on Obama. HE has a record now. Basically, failure across the board.
Fiscal policy, immigration policy, foreign policy. Obumble is a train wreck. Remember, his line
“you did not build that…” that is not even HIS thoughts/reasoning. The marxist extremist
Elizabeth Warren (who is running for Senate in Taxachusetts) stated the exact same words
last year (Sept, 2011)! Obama is a parrot. However, Barry is dangerous because he advances
the agenda of the leadership/elites of the democratic party. A party which has been hijacked
by left wing global extremists (think Soros/western European elites, liberal bastions like Harvard).
There was a time when these people were on the fringe and marginalized. Not anymore.
A basic choice faces the American people: the values and principles this great country was founded on
or more and more state/government control. This election comes down to two paths: the US Constitution, individual freedom and liberty or the corrosive hand of the state collective. Socialism. Where individuals are grouped, pigeonholed, divided and subordinated to the collective will of the state.
Fred ™
October 9th, 2012
9:16 am
LOl Thulsa, did you just tell me at 9:13 that you would knock me into fantasy land? Why I think you did………
Go Navy
October 9th, 2012
9:16 am
JKL2
October 9th, 2012
9:11 am
what are you saying? The American people can sacrifice “their sons” but Mitt can’t? If Obama had 5 boys and NONE had ever served including him, do yo think that he would be ready to start another war? Go figure.
indigo
October 9th, 2012
9:16 am
USMC – 9:07
I guess my memory is going bad on me. I could have SWORN Bill Clinton wasn’t mentioned in my post.
USMC
October 9th, 2012
9:16 am
“If you paid him money he would send you his newsletter and you’d be up to date on the latest garbage to spam us with………”
Oh I do Fred. I am a proud member of the “Rush Limbaugh Army club”… not to be confused with the “KISS Army Club.” I have my membership card, Rush Limbaugh poster, and everything.
Thulsa Doom
October 9th, 2012
9:17 am
Normal,
Its in that breitbart link that USMC posted at 8:57. Its comical but disturing at the same time. The woman knows she is telling a bald faced lie and Blitzer is trying to tell her its a bald faced lie and yet she is stubbornly sticking to her guns in telling a bald faced lie that she knows to be a lie. I think Politifact or one of them so called fact checkers which coincidentally are all by products of liberal newspapers called the Medicare lie the biggest whopper of the year.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 9th, 2012
9:17 am
Sorry Fred, but RUSH LIMBAUGH just told us this news yesterday. So blame Rush!
Getting your “news” from Rush…. there’s your failure to get a clue.
USMC
October 9th, 2012
9:18 am
“I guess my memory is going bad on me. I could have SWORN Bill Clinton wasn’t mentioned in my post.”
People, wake up and use that grey matter between your ears…