Rasmussen polling data make Obama the favorite
I don’t know who will win the presidency come Nov. 6. I do know, however, that at this point, based on polling, Barack Obama remains the clear favorite to win an electoral-college majority.
I understand that’s a controversial statement among some. Sites such as Nate Silver’s fivethirtyeight.com have become targets of sustained attacks and critiques by supporters of Mitt Romney for making similar statements. But it’s nonetheless true.
To document that claim, let’s take a look at the race using a data source that ought to sidestep all conservative claims of “skewed polling” and “media bias,” etc. Let’s examine it using numbers generated solely by Rasmussen, using definitions of “leaning” and “tossup” states as applied by Rasmussen. And before we do, let’s take a moment to establish just how Republican-leaning the Rasmussen numbers really are by looking at state polling data.
Colorado: Rasmussen has Romney up by four points, which is a fairly large margin. Yet of the 10 polls released in that state in the last two weeks, eight have Obama up. The only only other poll showing a Romney lead in Colorado — an American Research Group poll released Oct. 28 — has Romney up by just one.
Ohio: Of the 21 polls released in the past two weeks, only one — Rasmussen — has Romney in the lead, in Rasmussen’s case a lead of two points. Most other polls give Obama a two-to-five-point lead.
Wisconsin: Rasmussen’s latest poll, released Oct. 25, puts Paul Ryan’s home state in a tie. Every other poll conducted in the state since Aug. 21 — more than two dozen in all — has put Obama ahead, the most recent ones by a margin of two to six points.
Now, it may turn out that Rasmussen is right and almost everyone else is wrong. That can’t be discounted. But for our purposes, there’s no doubt that by using Rasmussen in our analysis, we are using numbers most favorable to the Republican cause.
And what does Rasmussen tell us?
Well, if you look at its electoral college map, using Rasmussen-generated polling data, we find the following breakdown:
Obama and Obama-leaning states: 237 electoral votes
Romney and Romney-leaning states: 206 electoral votes
Tossups: 95 electoral votes
In other words, to get to the magical 270 electoral votes, Romney needs to win 64 of the 95 tossup votes available. That’s 67.4 percent, or two out of three available votes.
To get to the magical 270 votes, Obama needs to win just 33 of the 95 tossup votes, basically a little more than one out of every three tossup votes.
That’s why Obama is the favorite. Having to win one out of three is a lot easier than having to win two out of three.
It is true, of course, that favorites don’t always win. The Florida Gators were favored over the Georgia Bulldogs last week in Jacksonville, but the Gators got beat. Six turnovers will do that to you almost every time, and that’s a turn of events that the oddsmakers didn’t anticipate. Likewise, it is entirely feasible that come Tuesday — especially given a somewhat wacky polling environment — Obama will join the Gators on the long list of favorites who went down in defeat.
But using the data source most favorable to the Republican cause, that’s not the way to bet.
– Jay Bookman
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Orange12
October 31st, 2012
8:16 pm
Yeah, yeah,. Better late than never. I just got to see it. Had a long day at work.
Josef
October 31st, 2012
8:18 pm
Scout
We get a lot here from all over here..kinda hard sometimes to know what’s in costume and what’s not!
betcha he wont
October 31st, 2012
8:19 pm
Good… keep believing Obama will win, then you won’t need to go to the polls and vote for the lying murder.
Look before I leap...
October 31st, 2012
8:20 pm
@indigo
Precisely my point. Why worry about the long term effects of your decisions when you can pocket a few hundred million in just a couple of weeks.
Greenspan underestimated the effect of personal greed.
But his point was that he did not think the kingpins would allow that kind of profiteering to occur that would threaten the very basis of the system. And who can blame him.
Axiomotically, he never thought the idiots would steal and COOK the gold egg laying chicken.
uraliar
October 31st, 2012
8:22 pm
Jay – your headline is total B.S. and only based on your assumption although your OBVIOUS intent is to infer Rasmussen Polling has nObama as the winner – SOLELY YOUR WARPED ASSUMPTION!
Ed
October 31st, 2012
8:23 pm
Here’s what you need to know! In the 2008 elections Rassmussen had a 92% accuracy on the outcome of the election. All other polls were as low as 30%-65% . So it doesn’t matter what other polls say, they are not as accurate as rasmussen.
godless heathen
October 31st, 2012
8:23 pm
It’s a good night to be a registered sex offender. Keeps the little beggers off the porch.
godless heathen
October 31st, 2012
8:24 pm
Joking, of course.
Charlie
October 31st, 2012
8:25 pm
I guess Gallup having Romney leading the President for the last ten days is also in the tank for Romney along with Rasmussen. Both of these polling organization are reputable and have a history for accuracy going back many years. This is the first election I have seen Rasmussen and Gallup come under attack for their collective polling. They where both just fine until they started the President falling behind, then they are both in the tank for Romney??
Jay
October 31st, 2012
8:25 pm
Eddy, I know Dr. Lowery pretty well, and that does not sound like the man I know. I’d like to see a videotape of those comments, if they exist. If the tape shows that he said what is reported, I would be deeply disappointed.
Fred ™
October 31st, 2012
8:26 pm
How’s this for making the most of a disability and a costume?
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/paralympian-josh-sundquist-best-halloween-costume-ever-194019820–oly.html
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 31st, 2012
8:29 pm
Joseph:
I remember Atlanta of the late 60’s/early 70’s.
If old “Buford & Bubba” in their pickup truck were still here I think they’d believe it was Halloween just about every day !
gm
October 31st, 2012
8:29 pm
betcha he won
3500 Americans dead 911 under W, Rep President, who is the murder right wing idiot.
Gov Christie this year, Gov needs to stay out of people lives” now, thank you President Obama and gov, this is why no ones take the right wing nut jobs serious, but themself.
Once a disaster comes and destroy these gomers homes and trailers in Georgia , they will get on their hand and knees thanking Obama and goverment.
Josef
October 31st, 2012
8:30 pm
Fred…
That pirate one was good!
Jay
October 31st, 2012
8:32 pm
And Charlie, as I recall, when Gallup was showing a big lead for Obama, conservatives were convinced that they were in the tank because of a threat of a lawsuit from the Justice Department.
Funny how all that talk disappeared.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 31st, 2012
8:32 pm
“Eddy, I know Dr. Lowery pretty well, and that does not sound like the man I know. I’d like to see a videotape of those comments, if they exist. If the tape shows that he said what is reported, I would be deeply disappointed.”
THEN BE A JOURNALIST AND DO THE RESEARCH !
Josef
October 31st, 2012
8:33 pm
Gm
Oh, and that trailer thingie…you’re a real elitist snob there, aintcha? Bigot.
gm
October 31st, 2012
8:34 pm
Where is Donald idiot Trump? where is the 5 million to the needy families in Ny and Jersey?
Oh, I forgot that bad Femma and Gov have to help these people, this is why Mitt and his idiot voters will not win, people that are sane see these extremist idiots as they are.
Look before I leap...
October 31st, 2012
8:34 pm
I wish I could post the link here.
My brother is a total Parrothead
His oldest son is dressed up as Jimmy Buffet and HIS wife is wearing a red-painted 32 gallon trash can. She is a red Solo cup.
Funny.
Fred ™
October 31st, 2012
8:35 pm
Jay? What is he reported to have said? I know I have disliked Lowery for a long time because I remember him smiling gleefully when the not guilty verdict was announce for the attackers of Reginald Denny.
However, I have talked to several friends I respect who like you, know him very well and they say I must have jumped to the wrong conclusion because he’s not like that. I have reserved judgement until such a time as I meet him.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 31st, 2012
8:37 pm
Eddy:
Lowery is now saying it was a “joke” but you know the rules.
Conservatives are not allowed to apologize or take back things as “jokes”.
Liberals are.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 31st, 2012
8:39 pm
Fred:
http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/31/all-whites-are-going-to-hell-says-civil-rights-icon/
Fred ™
October 31st, 2012
8:39 pm
LOL I just found the article. My 10 year old daughter was reading it too. She said, “Wow, he’s mean. God’s not racist.”
moonbat betty
October 31st, 2012
8:42 pm
sorry, islam rues the day.
Cancel Easter.
http://www.fugly.com/pictures/9955/easter_is_cancelled.html
godless heathen
October 31st, 2012
8:42 pm
Report of Rev. Lowery’s statement:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/pastor-who-prayed-at-obamas-inauguration-says-all-white-people-will-go-to-hell/article/2512272#.UJHEbPUzyRM
“The local mayor, who attended the rally, rejected that statement from Lowery. “The Bible doesn’t say anything about white or black to go to heaven,” Mayor John Howard said. “I have great number of black and white friends. I’ve been in the military. I make friends with everybody. I’m too old for enemies.””
Mayor Howard is black, not some gomer that lives in a trailer, gm.
Josef
October 31st, 2012
8:43 pm
Count me in the don’t much care for Lowery column…
And looks like the Imam’s not getting many chirren…
It’s coming time to close up the verandah…school night and all. Not as many as some years, only around 100. Our own tribe’ll be happy…they get the bulk of the leftovers…
Mick
October 31st, 2012
8:44 pm
Last time I checked, god was still the making the decisions about judgement day not one of his children…
Josef
October 31st, 2012
8:48 pm
Okay, Torquemada, defend THAT…doddering old fool like Helen Thomas? Or maybe some of our less charitable and loving hereabouts, eh?
moonbat betty
October 31st, 2012
8:49 pm
To Mick:
The lower the lattitude,
the better the attitude! ha ha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trd49Da0gf0
Josef
October 31st, 2012
8:52 pm
White people going to hell? Not all. Just the Jews and Muslims…oh, and those in trailer parks, or rural Southerners…
Recon 0311 2533
October 31st, 2012
8:53 pm
Lowery’s what 91 92 years old.
Look before I leap...
October 31st, 2012
8:54 pm
When it comes to the Lowery thing…will have to wait and see what pops up from those involved.
Right now, the only sources I see are the DailyCaller and the Washington Examiner – neither of which have ever had to worry about getting a Pulitzer or Excellence in Media Award.
Jay
October 31st, 2012
8:55 pm
Well, apparently a video exists of Lowery’s comments. If so, it ought to be released so we can all judge for ourselves.
godless heathen
October 31st, 2012
8:58 pm
Look: You calling Mayor Howard a liar?
stands for decibels
October 31st, 2012
9:00 pm
he’s 91.
Jeez, people.
Look before I leap...
October 31st, 2012
9:02 pm
@godless heathen
Nope: Just have not seen anything from Howard cited by a reputable news agency.
The Monroe County Reporter will do.
And for the record, I am not saying that Lowery did not say what some here claims he said, I am just waiting for some confirmation about it before I get my knickers in a twist.
Jm
October 31st, 2012
9:03 pm
Oh noes
Koch brothers sponsoring science on PBS
When will the nightmares end
These evil people stop at nothing
stands for decibels
October 31st, 2012
9:03 pm
Well, apparently a video exists of Lowery’s comments. If so, it ought to be released so we can all judge for ourselves.
The probability that this crap news outlet reporting these remarks has pulled them ludicrously out of context approaches 100%.
But whatevs. Maybe the old guy’s lost it. Stop the presses, oh the humanity, etc.
Josef
October 31st, 2012
9:05 pm
SFD
Yeah…sure…just a few more days and I can cut loose, eh. Get real. He ain’t senile. He’s just mean spirited. So, what IS the cut off age for responsibility?
Brosephus™
October 31st, 2012
9:06 pm
indigo @ 6:01
However, we are nowhere near that point and you may be certain jobs will continue to go overseas for as long it’s profitable.
I think we’re very close to that point, much closer due to the nature of the recession of 2007-2008.
Prior to the recession, people were borderline reckless with credit purchases. When credit froze, that snapped many people back to the reality that they can’t spend what they don’t have. As a result, consumption took a big hit as the rate of savings increased. It will be a while before people get the urge to go all gung ho on credit. I think it will take a long time before we see credit standards get as loose as they were in the early 2000’s.
Because of that, the only way companies will survive here is by putting money into the hands of people they want to become consumers. Given the entrenched ideology of austerity type measurements from the government, there is only one other group that can push consumption enough to keep our economy going. The 1% don’t consume enough on a daily basis to run the economy on their own. It takes consumption from the other 99% as well.
bookman parrot
October 31st, 2012
9:06 pm
it is amazing … the stupidity of those that vote for the currently enthroned, yet utterly worthless prez
Look before I leap...
October 31st, 2012
9:08 pm
“Koch brothers sponsoring science on PBS”
Only because they are trying to find out how an over-sized canary, a frog and a pig can talk
Josef
October 31st, 2012
9:10 pm
Of course I’d like to see the video, too. But nothing he says would surprise me…
stands for decibels
October 31st, 2012
9:10 pm
Josef, seriously, I don’t fret a whole lot about (say) ninetysomething Billy Graham supposedly endorsing Mittens after all those years of supposed neutrality. Some ninetysomethings are still quite sharp, some ain’t.
I tend to assume that if you hear something out of character from such an individual, they’re on the “ain’t” side of things.
godless heathen
October 31st, 2012
9:11 pm
The probability that this crap news outlet reporting these remarks has pulled them ludicrously out of context approaches 100%.
The Monroe County Reporter is a crap news outlet? Mayor Howard’s statement seems to support the version of the good Reverend’s statement reported in the Monroe County Reporter.
I agree that it is not a big deal that a FOB feels that way.
Look before I leap...
October 31st, 2012
9:12 pm
@bookman parrot
The fact that you use “vote for” and “enthroned” in the same sentence tells me all I need to know about you.
Look before I leap...
October 31st, 2012
9:14 pm
@godless heathen
Please provide a link to the Monroe Cty Reporter story affirming Howard’s statements.
I can’t seem to find it.
stands for decibels
October 31st, 2012
9:15 pm
anyway, done for now. pleasant evening, all.
godless heathen
October 31st, 2012
9:17 pm
Look:
You’ll have to subscribe to read the whole story. Some newspapers haven’t figured out this “give the paper away” thing.
http://www.mymcr.net/articles/2012/10/31/news/doc50906b7f89d0e683537051.txt
Jm
October 31st, 2012
9:18 pm
Look 9:08
Mick
October 31st, 2012
9:20 pm
I’d say it’s more likely that the words were taken out of context, kinda like “you didn’t build that”, we all know how that goes…
Look before I leap...
October 31st, 2012
9:21 pm
Well I am not gonna subscribe when it will show up where I can read it for free if true.
Interesting that neither the DailyCaller nor the Washington Examiner mentioned Andrew Young’s presence though. His presence and reaction should be enough to get this on the radar.
td
October 31st, 2012
9:24 pm
The analysis I have been waiting for from Karl Rove (yes, the one you libs believe is satan).
“My prediction: Sometime after the cock crows on the morning of Nov. 7, Mitt Romney will be declared America’s 45th president. Let’s call it 51%-48%, with Mr. Romney carrying at least 279 Electoral College votes, probably more.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204846304578090820229096046.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_opinion
josef
October 31st, 2012
9:24 pm
I guess we shouldn’t take any of these people seriously either…right?
http://www.genarians.com/
Brosephus™
October 31st, 2012
9:24 pm
Re: Lowery
Old people say stuff all the time. That’s what getting old is all about. Hell, we had the infamous “come down from the trees” quote made on this here blog. Just leave old folks alone. People who lived through what they have deserve to be able to say whatever in the hell they want to. Just don’t give them a loaded gun.
Look before I leap...
October 31st, 2012
9:26 pm
Found a backdoor link to the MCR article
http://www.mymcr.net/articles/2012/10/31/free/doc509177080d86b328196509.txt
td
October 31st, 2012
9:29 pm
Just an FYI, Rove predicted Obama’s win in 2008 and the landslide for the Republicans in 2010.
josef
October 31st, 2012
9:29 pm
Well, google is giving it nearly a million hits already…
But what the hell, remember Obama DID have the hate monger preacher Warren at his inaugural…he DID evolve, so maybe he’s evolved beyond Lowery, too…we’ll see….
josef
October 31st, 2012
9:31 pm
BROSEPHUS
Can’t go there with you this time, Bro…if you’re that out of it, then don’t go trottin’ ‘em out in public…let ‘em do their ramblings from the day room at the old folks home…
Thulsa Doom
October 31st, 2012
9:35 pm
“Lowery is now saying it was a “joke” but you know the rules.
Conservatives are not allowed to apologize or take back things as “jokes”.”
Perhaps Lowery should have used the Kook joke disclaimer that I now use to let people kow I am “just joking”. Otherwise good satire or dry humor gets wasted, they think you’re serious, and they try and use it against you. Hell I told a joke the other day and Joe Mama interpreted it as a “claim” to which he set about trying to disprove. Sheesh.
Look before I leap...
October 31st, 2012
9:37 pm
Re: Lowery
Older than dirt or not, a pretty disgusting and stupid thing to say on the part of Dr Lowery.
Couple that with being a 91 yr old lech in a church… jaw dropping.
I think this is similar to the case of the Romney 47% speech. You say what you think in a “safe” environment forgetting all the while that recording devices were everywhere.
I had some esteem for the man when he urged the black religious community to ignore the gay marriage thing as a wedge issue. It is possible that esteem was misplaced.
Brosephus™
October 31st, 2012
9:37 pm
josef
At that age, he should be sitting at home. I wouldn’t put him on a program, just as I wouldn’t put any of our resident elderly bigots on one either. They grew up in a different time and under different circumstances. People get to that point where they begin regressing back to the “old days” and such.
What he said was wrong, but I personally tend to give old people a bit more leeway when it comes to these things. I guess it’s from growing up around people who suffered through dementia and such in their later years.
T.T
October 31st, 2012
9:38 pm
really people do you really think we need 4 more years of the same no hope no jobs !!!!!!!!
josef
October 31st, 2012
9:41 pm
BROSEPHUS
If I were your age, I might be tempted to cut us old geezers some slack. But the older I get, the less inclined I am.
St Simons
October 31st, 2012
9:42 pm
mrsstsimons – “oh cmon, go as sa-ca-ga-we-a, she’s an ancestor
or something.”
littlemsstsimons – “no! I am the pink power ranger!”
mediator (me) – “that’s whats great about ‘merka, honey, a
woman’s freedom of choice, as long as we don’t elect idiots.”
oh well, she brought back the mother lode bucket of candy.
moonbat betty
October 31st, 2012
9:44 pm
http://musicdb.laadhari.com/Nitty-Gritty-Dirt-Band/Louisianna-Saturday-Night/445440-lyrics.html
Mick
October 31st, 2012
9:46 pm
josef
C’mon man you’re not even close to over the hill, think of all the accumulated wisdom – onward hebrew jedi master…
Brosephus™
October 31st, 2012
9:46 pm
really people do you really think we need 4 more years of the same no hope no jobs !!!!!!!!
Well, given the weak assed alternative that the GOP offered up, I don’t think America has much of an option.
————————-
josef
One of the benefits of youth. Have you not already noticed that, with the exception of the “trees” comment. I don’t get too involved with the aged bigotry here anywhere to the point where I will confront it from the younger ones. I kinda use an arbitrary line that would include anybody who was already in their teens by 1960. People, who are set in their ways, are a bit challenged when it comes to adapting to changes that run 180 degrees opposite what they’ve believed their entire life.
Mick
October 31st, 2012
9:50 pm
moonbat
That was a weirded out video if I ever saw one-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4BF0nF_TlY&feature=related
Thulsa Doom
October 31st, 2012
9:51 pm
Well at least only the white half of Obama is going to hell if one were to believe Lowery. Sad to see such racist comments from Lowery but bigots come in all sizes, shapes, and colors.
moonbat betty
October 31st, 2012
9:53 pm
Done.
Mick
October 31st, 2012
9:53 pm
**bigots come in all sizes, shapes, and colors.**
Only the shadow knows for sure…
St Simons
October 31st, 2012
9:55 pm
obi-wan-jew-nobi he is – keeper of the language – eagle feather to him
Mick
October 31st, 2012
9:56 pm
Well, had a grand total of 8 trick or treaters…the times they are a changin…
moonbat betty
October 31st, 2012
9:57 pm
the final countdown.
josef
October 31st, 2012
9:57 pm
Mick
I’m getting there…
BROSEPHUS
Well, at least we’ve got a cut off date!
But, really, I’m not just talking about the stupid things of the bigoted and racist nature old folks say…I just don’t think old folks should be getting a free pass because to do so devalues that which is wise they may be saying as well…it just isn’t respectful of old geezers…it’s agist! Count me among the Grey Panthers
chuck
October 31st, 2012
9:58 pm
Rasmussen has been the most accurate poll the last 3 elections, just sayin….
JamVet
October 31st, 2012
10:00 pm
Rove predicted Obama’s win in 2008…
A brain damaged seven year old could have predicted that no Republican alive would have won that election after the disgraceful Bush and Cheney left office in disgrace.
And why the GOP won’t be able to take the White House this time either.
Those three letters are still toxic…
Brosephus™
October 31st, 2012
10:04 pm
I just don’t think old folks should be getting a free pass because to do so devalues that which is wise they may be saying as well
Giving them a bit of leeway doesn’t equate to giving them a free pass. I think you should be held accountable to what you say or do. I just think that an 80 year old will have much different life experiences when it comes to racism than I would. I take those things into consideration when stuff like this happens.
Brosephus™
October 31st, 2012
10:06 pm
I’ve gotta run, but if getalife shows up tonight, tell him that it’s definitely going to be brutal for his tigers this weekend. Especially after one of them did this.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/pranksters-decide-pin-tiger-tail-nick-saban-statue-171723214–ncaaf.html
When High Tide hits on Saturday night, they better make sure all the boats are tied down very good.
Cloudodust
October 31st, 2012
10:06 pm
It’s obvious from reading posts on this site they have become so in-tune with mediocrity as a nation that they’ll re-vote for a failure, the biggest failure since Jimma Kawter. What a blight. No wonder other countries surpass us educationally with what we have to work with.
USA Patriot
October 31st, 2012
10:07 pm
8:05 am October 31, 2012, by Jay
I have just one thought:
Will Nov. 6 just hurry up and get here already? Seriously.
– Jay Bookman
Way to go Bookman, stir the pot and keep the rats going since…..12:49! Nice experiment!
Polls, what polls? Only the voters know for sure! Bwwwaaahhhhhaaaaa!
Gmare
October 31st, 2012
10:08 pm
Hey, y’all, some of us “geezers” still have all our marbles. And we still call ‘em as we see ‘em. As for me, at 71, I know I have radically changed my thinking & beliefs over the years.
Obama/ Biden 2012!!!
USA Patriot
October 31st, 2012
10:12 pm
Gmare – think you’re missing a few marbles. It’s okay, Biden is a great speaker and BHO is the messiah! Time to take your med’s.
Josef
October 31st, 2012
10:16 pm
Gmare
Yep.
JamVet
October 31st, 2012
10:20 pm
Meat, you call yourself a patriot???
Too funny…
Somebody call the boys cause there’s no men in here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2U2tvnphck
Thulsa Doom
October 31st, 2012
10:23 pm
Respect Saban. Do it NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Josef
October 31st, 2012
10:27 pm
Okay…this old geezer’s gotta call it a day…great time doing my part to see that the L’il Ones got their time to be special. G’night…
Thulsa Doom
October 31st, 2012
10:30 pm
Well if this don’t get the blood pumping nothing will.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiFIvC34U-o
Look before I leap...
October 31st, 2012
10:45 pm
OK
Ran predictions/poll numbers from multiple sites and here is MY prediction:
Most likely in my model:
Obama: 272
Romney: 266
Romney takes OH, VA, NC and FL
Very close 2nd:
Obama 290
Romney 248
Obama takes OH
Not too distant 3rd:
Obama 285
Romney 253
Romney takes OH and loses VA
Only 3 out of 17 runs gave Romney an outright win:
All of which includes Romney takes OH and VA and CO
So I either crow or eat crow next week.
Time will tell.
MiltonMan
October 31st, 2012
10:46 pm
Ras is junk. The poll had Skerry as the predicted winner over Bush. How did that one turn out Jay?
Look before I leap...
October 31st, 2012
10:51 pm
@MiltonMan
You are a rare winner of today’s “johnny-come-lately” and “totally missed the point” award.
Congratulations!
SouthernGent
October 31st, 2012
11:03 pm
Jay, you are dreaming. We are about to witness the citizens of America repudiating this disastrous administration. This one will be more like Regan v Carter than Bush v Gore. You can not screw up an economy this bad and expect to be re-elected.
Look before I leap...
October 31st, 2012
11:13 pm
” You can not screw up an economy this bad and expect to be re-elected.”
Ok. I am bored waiting on my team from the west coast to dial in so I’ll bite..
How exactly did Obama “screw up the economy”?
Thulsa Doom
October 31st, 2012
11:20 pm
Look before I leap…,
Looking at economic history its very clear that the steeper and deeper a recession the stronger the recovery. Only under this president has that not happened. This is the most anemic, weakest recovery from a recession since the great depression. And that sir is a fact as measured by empirical economic evidence.
The idea that this completely unqualified incompetent whose main experience in life was working as a community organizer even got elected is shocking to begin with. The result that recovery has been so bad under him is not.
Taps.
You don't say
October 31st, 2012
11:22 pm
You say the same exact crap every day and do not back it up with an answer to the question that is being asked
td
October 31st, 2012
11:23 pm
Look before I leap…
October 31st, 2012
10:45 pm
Where is your 269 to 269 tie? That is the one I want to see and the race go to the House of Reps.
Mary Elizabeth
October 31st, 2012
11:25 pm
Take a look at what Ohio’s Republican Secretary of State, John Husted, is trying to do to swing Ohio to Gov. Romney. Unethical, in my opinion, and not what a public servant – of all the people – should be about. And, what Husted is about should be seen by all – in full daylight.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/say-hello-to-the-ohio-official-who-might-pick-the-next-president/264201/
You don't say
October 31st, 2012
11:25 pm
td / cc
There will be no tie. Romney will lose. Please save this post and be ready to show it on election night.
The “momentum” died a week ago and only the blind is unable to see it.
Romney will come closer than many on the left predicted, but not close enough.
Enjoy your glee for now.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 31st, 2012
11:27 pm
…the biggest failure since Jimma Kawter.
There’s your sign.