Early projection: A Romney-Obama match-up goes to …
As I write, we’re still 30-plus hours from getting initial results from Florida’s primary. In the meantime, here is the first state-by-state analysis of electoral votes in November’s election, based on actual polling numbers, that I have seen. It anticipates a Romney-Obama match-up — no other Republicans are analyzed — in which the president is very, very narrowly re-elected: 272 electoral votes to 266.
(FYI: The source, a blogger named Scott Elliott, has been close enough in the last two presidential elections to be worth following this year. In 2004 and again in 2008, he ended up predicting 48 of 50 states correctly.)
A couple of points to note:
- The conventional wisdom is that a Democrat, and particularly Obama this year, begins the race with most of the necessary 270 EVs sewn up. According to this initial projection, Romney actually holds a 170-149 advantage in those states in which he or Obama leads the other by double-digits. Obama pulls ahead only slightly, 217-206, when the margin is as few as 5 percentage points.
- In this projection, Romney flips only five states won by Obama in 2008: Florida, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. That would leave him still four states short of what George W. Bush won in 2004 — suggesting there’s still some upside for him.
- Flipping any of the states from Obama’s list of “weak” or “moderate” leads would hand the election to Romney.
- Romney is projected to lose the election despite narrowly winning the popular vote.
- The frailty of Romney’s numbers is underscored by the website’s projections for Senate races. With Democrats faced with defending 21 of the 33 seats (23 if you include seats held by Democrat-leaning independents), the GOP is pegged for a net pick-up of just three seats — into a virtual 50-50 tie (including one Democrat-leaning independent). The party with the presidency would, via the vice president, control the Senate.
- The GOP is projected to gain three seats in states that lean toward Romney, while failing to pick up five other seats in such states. If Republicans were to post a 3-5 record in those races, it could not possibly be considered a sign of strong coattails for their presidential nominee.
So, a few questions for y’all: Is the presidential race really going to be this close?
Even if Romney were to beat Obama, would a tie in the Senate put a damper on the election?
Do you expect Romney’s numbers to get better or worse if and when he becomes the presumptive nominee?
And, because the GOP nomination is still very much in doubt: Does this prediction make you feel better or worse about Romney’s electability?
– By Kyle Wingfield
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Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 30th, 2012
1:32 pm
A Romney-Obama match-up goes to …
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The American. And there’s more to being an American than having a birth certificate.
kfire66@gmail.com
January 30th, 2012
1:37 pm
The only losers in a Romney-Obama matchup (Robama)…are TRUE conservatives…This guy, Romney, is going to turn so far to the LEFT after the nomination so fast it would make Stalin blush..!!! Just look at his record in Massachusetts…Just look at Scott Brown..!!!
The real winners would be corporations..and I’m a little wary of them right now, too..I don’t NEED a corporation to be successful…and I dern sure don’t plan on bowing down and kissing anybody’s ring, whether it be David Koch’s or Uncle Sam’s…..
McDonnell won’t run with him and Christie is too unpopular…He’ll pick Rob Portman and lose Virginia…Portman is another liberal….and then there’s that whole Bush hangover….
Tancredo/Arpaio…2012…..
Jefferson
January 30th, 2012
1:39 pm
That ought to tell you something.
kfire66@gmail.com
January 30th, 2012
1:39 pm
That’s what I’ve been trying to tell people in my business…NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE…and that sounds good to me….KEEP THE FILIBUSTER..!!!!
reebok
January 30th, 2012
1:42 pm
I’m not sure it’s going to be that close…Romney doesn’t tend to wear well, and Newt’s attacks are creating a wealth of attack items the Dems will use on Romney in the GE. I think Obama probably wins comfortably. Everyone have a great Monday and a wonderful week!
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
1:44 pm
Finally! A real projection of how this election might go (and one that mirrors nicely what I have been posting for a year). National polls don’t mean a thing – state-by-state polls and electoral college votes do.
I will say that NH and PA are closer to Romney than many think, and even something as small as NH alone shifts the election to Romney if the rest of the states remain as projected.
All that being said, the Senate being potentially tied is no big deal. Given their arcane rules of operation, the only thing that would change might be committee chairmanships, but there would still be little a GOP majority could do with the filibuster rules in place (although they could finally pass a budget with a simple majority).
ByteMe
January 30th, 2012
1:45 pm
If you dig into some of the specific states — like swing state North Carolina — you’ll notice that he’s not making a prediction based on actual polling results in a head-to-head between Obama and Romney, but he’s extrapolating from Obama’s national polling results.
Short version: Too early to tell.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
1:47 pm
How much attention should we pay to a poster who doesn’t know the difference between their “Name” and their “E-mail address” . . .
Just sayin’ !
redneckbluedog
January 30th, 2012
1:48 pm
Tiberius – Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
1:47 pm
How much attention should we pay to a poster who doesn’t know the difference between their “Name” and their “E-mail address” . . .
Just sayin’ !
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OOPS…that’s just in case you want make a paypal donation to my write-in campaign..:-)…
hsn
January 30th, 2012
2:06 pm
Kyle,
You can pad your tacid misgivings, fear, doubt, and fright about Romney all you want with phrases that seem to minimize them and make you feel better … but you know deep down there that Romney is not the true conservative candidate that would motivate the GOP base to vote for him in an Obama matchup.
He is fidgity and very suspect… Another elephant in the room is his mormon background. Let’s cut through the PC bs. Other states may vote for him, but CONSERVATIVE southern Christians (without whom no GOP candidate wins the presidency) will be hard-pressed to vote for this fraud.
For all their faults, Santorum, Newt, or Paul would be much better matchups. Romney is easily rattled, unlike Newt or Santorum!
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 30th, 2012
2:09 pm
Romney doesn’t tend to wear well
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Neither do $1.5 trillion deficits, 9% unemployment, or record numbers of folks on food stamps.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
2:16 pm
hsn, a MONKEY could be nominated and conservatives would still go out and vote for Romney in 2012. Remember that the first priority of about 65% of GOP voters in the primary is to replace the current Disaster-in-Chief. The South is too entrenched with GOP voters to have the Mormon issue be a big thing when comparing Romney vs. Obama, thus, and drop-off in voters for that reason still gives the GOP nominee a solid cushion to work with in this region.
Remember, this isn’t 2008 and McCain. This is 2012 and the voters know what they’ve got in the current President (who sure can’t run on Hope & Change this year), and for the most part they don’t like what they see. GOP voters also see what sitting on their hands did in 2008, and they aren’t going to repeat that mistake.
hsn
January 30th, 2012
2:16 pm
Correction: Meant to type “tacit,” not “tacid”…
BW
January 30th, 2012
2:18 pm
Kyle
Still way too early to tell…I can tell you if Gingrich wins, the Senate remains in Dem hands along with the presidency and there’s an outside shot at the House in spite of the gerrymandering that is currently going on around the 10 year reapportionment. Romney is the only one who is going to get the crossover independent vote. That being said, does Romney have to veer so far to the right to win the nomination that he makes himself unpalatable to those independent votes he needs? Does Romney veer back to the center so far that the GOP base sits on its hands come Election Day? Only time will tell. I do know that the presumptive nominees on the GOP side are virtually writing the campaign ads that Obama and team will use in November. Unfortunately the campaign in the general will be so negative that we end up not actually addressing any real issues in an effort to produce a referendum. The Republicans still have an opportunity to re-enforce the narrative by botching the upcoming payroll-tax cut discussion and legislation.
ByteMe
January 30th, 2012
2:19 pm
Other states may vote for him, but CONSERVATIVE southern Christians (without whom no GOP candidate wins the presidency) will be hard-pressed to vote for this fraud.
The reality is this: if you win the state, you get the electoral votes. Those same “CONSERVATIVE southern Christians” won’t vote for the half-black guy more than they will not vote for the Mormon. In other words, Romney will hold those states and get those electoral votes.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
2:23 pm
“Do you expect Romney’s numbers to get better or worse if and when he becomes the presumptive nominee?”
If he runs on conservative values then yes, it’ll get better. He better hammer Obama on his horrible record as president.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
2:24 pm
“Those same “CONSERVATIVE southern Christians” won’t vote for the half-black guy more than they will not vote for the Mormon.”
Oh they’ll vote for the Mormon, race baiter.
Me
January 30th, 2012
2:24 pm
What happens when Paul jumps in as an independent?
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
2:27 pm
Virtually nothing done in Congress will help determine who is elected President next year. No major legislation is being taken up to affect a national election. Still waiting to see how gas prices go as well as unemployment. Those are two big pocketbook issues to voters (and not esoteric GDP or stock market figures).
Gas prices WILL go up, especially during the summer months. If they stay high due to production issues during the fall, Obama will lose. Unemployment won’t go up or down by more than 1/10th of a percentage point or so, and will remain high enough to make it uncomfortable for him as well.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
2:29 pm
“What happens when Paul jumps in as an independent?”
I’ve often thought about that but I doubt he will. He’s not Ralph Nadar or Ross Perot.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
January 30th, 2012
2:29 pm
I think it might have to do a lot with the 50% of Republicans who absolutely cannot stand Romney and, if forced to chose among liberals, would rather have the real deal than some plastic two faced RINO squishy forever ruining whatever is left of Conservatism.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
2:30 pm
Ron Paul will NOT run as an independent, Me.
Mitt (or another GOP nominee) will take care of him through the nominating process and keep him happy, plus Ron won’t jeopardize Rand’s prospects of making a name for himself in GOP circles for 2016 or 2020. If Ron Paul goes independent, he knows Rand will be toast in GOP circles for years to come, and Ron is smart enough to keep that from happening.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 30th, 2012
2:31 pm
Polls taken on election day 2004 didn’t get it right.
Americans will fix the mistake they made in 2008 now that they know what Obozo is.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
2:35 pm
“Polls taken on election day 2004 didn’t get it right.”
The exit polls you mean.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
2:36 pm
“Americans will fix the mistake they made in 2008 now that they know what Obozo is.”
Not sure Romney is the answer to that problem. Romney’s biggest obstacle is Romneycare. Hopefully the SC will overturn it.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 30th, 2012
2:36 pm
What happens when Paul jumps in?
Everyone keeps ignoring him.
Please, more challenging questions.
Ernest T. Bass
January 30th, 2012
3:01 pm
Obama wins in a cake walk. Not even close.
No one wants to go back to the policies of Bush that got us in this trouble in the first place.
When Obama took over, the Economy was in a free fall and people were talking depression.
It has taken four years but we are finally back on solid ground and the economy is showing sign of improvement.
Darwin
January 30th, 2012
3:01 pm
Here’s a challenging question – where were all you die hard “conservatives” when Bush and the Repubs were running things? Spending money on big government programs like Medicare. Fighting wars and spending money we didn’t have. Interesting how quiet you were back then.
williebkind
January 30th, 2012
3:04 pm
Only Kyle would help Obama the liberal. Other conservatives would not print this bullsh&t! Hey you can always turn to the liberals for comfort.
hsn
January 30th, 2012
3:06 pm
Darwin said, “Here’s a challenging question – where were all you die hard “conservatives” when Bush and the Repubs were running things? Spending money on big government programs like Medicare. Fighting wars and spending money we didn’t have. Interesting how quiet you were back then.”
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Good question …
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
3:09 pm
Darwin, that question has been asked and answered many times. Just because you can’t address the issue at hand doesn’t mean you get to distract from it by posting the same lame question again.
Ernest T., please name one “Bush policy” that has been changed / overturned since Obama became President that has helped the economy. Answer: None. The same policies are in place, and have been exacerbated by this current Disaster-in-Chief. That “the economy” has improved is certainly up for debate, and the long-term debt piled on to create short-term employment gains that will likely start to dissipate this year is simply more of the same that GOP and Democrat Congresses did for years.
Hillbilly D
January 30th, 2012
3:20 pm
This is one time Tiberius and I agree. Gas prices may determine this election. It’s a variation of the “it’s the economy stupid” line of thinking. If gas prices stabilize or go down, Obama’s chances get better, if they go up, especially by a lot, say $4-5 a gallon, then his re-election bid is in real trouble.
Short answer: it’s too early to be pronosticating, just yet.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
3:21 pm
“No one wants to go back to the policies of Bush that got us in this trouble in the first place.”
Yeah, who wants low unemployment?
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
3:22 pm
“It has taken four years but we are finally back on solid ground and the economy is showing sign of improvement.”
What planet do you live on?
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
3:22 pm
” where were all you die hard “conservatives” when Bush and the Repubs were running things? ”
Working.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
3:24 pm
“When Obama took over, the Economy was in a free fall and people were talking depression.”
Fast forward 3 years later and we’re in the same boat only unemployment is much higher.
clyde
January 30th, 2012
3:27 pm
Your scenario is good enough for me at the moment Kyle.If someone should go third party it won’t be that close.
Dusty
January 30th, 2012
3:43 pm
Do what?????
You are giving the right answers.
The Democrats here seem to think Bush just walked out the door.
Would someone call Jeb Bush and tell him to get himself in the business. I surely would feel better if a “brought up” in America, conservative, ivy league, pro-military Bush was heading for the White House. That good, honest, all-American feeling is gone but not forgotten. Let us get busy for its return.
(NO, it is NOT racist. Condoleeza Rice had all those virtues and she was in the Bush cabinet. She was superior! It is the heart that matters, not the skin.)
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 30th, 2012
3:45 pm
“Interesting how quiet you were back then”
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Your premise is false. Conservatives were not quiet about the expansion of government and new entitlements (Medicare part D).
You lie.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
3:51 pm
“Conservatives were not quiet about the expansion of government and new entitlements (Medicare part D).”
Left wingers seem to forget, conveniently, that conservatives sat out in 2006 allowing the Pelosi democrats to take over and ruin our country. They also forget that a LOT of conservatives sat out in 2008.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
3:52 pm
“Obama wins in a cake walk. Not even close.”
If you believe that then I have some swamp land to sell you in Siberia.
Dusty
January 30th, 2012
3:58 pm
Hillbilly,
Another factor that is going up rapidly is groceries. Since women do much of the shopping, I expect them to notice food prices even more than gasoline costs.
Contrary to store ads, very few items have not risen in price. Some of it is pennies (so we won’t notice) and some are making big jumps. Some of that jump probably is due to prices of gasoline for shipping. So it goes.
NO, I don’t have a garden. Weeds seem to be the only thing that thrives under my care.
Hillbilly D
January 30th, 2012
3:58 pm
I have some swamp land to sell you in Siberia
You own The Vasyugan Swamp?
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
4:03 pm
“You own The Vasyugan Swamp?”
Hey, wait! I just bought that last month!
Hillbilly D
January 30th, 2012
4:05 pm
Congrats Tiberius. You own the largest swamp in the Northern Hemisphere.
barking frog
January 30th, 2012
4:05 pm
Scott can save us a lot of election costs and the candidates a lot
of campaign funds but that might end the existence of some media
outlets that depend on elections for a lot of revenues.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
4:07 pm
I think one other factor goes into this next election, and that is organization. Romney has it, the rest of the GOP field doesn’t.
Romney starts off with an equal playing field against the incumbent in just about every state as far as organization goes.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
4:10 pm
If you gotta own a lot of something, Hillbilly D, it might as well be swampland . . .
Del
January 30th, 2012
4:11 pm
So, a few questions for y’all: Is the presidential race really going to be this close?
It will in all probability be close and because it will predictions such as the one provided sound more like a “WAG” than a well reasoned projection.
Even if Romney were to beat Obama, would a tie in the Senate put a damper on the election?
No
Do you expect Romney’s numbers to get better or worse if and when he becomes the presumptive nominee?
I would look for them to improve considerably.
And, because the GOP nomination is still very much in doubt: Does this prediction make you feel better or worse about Romney’s electability?
No impact. The polls I’ve seen show Romney in a dead heat with Obama. The other candidates don’t match up that closely. Should Romney win Florida as it’s looking as though he will I think he’ll go on to win the nomination as the others including Gingrich begin falling out.
Dusty
January 30th, 2012
4:13 pm
I thought Vasyugan Swamp was in DC. It’s new name will be Nowurgone Sweep.
Dusty
January 30th, 2012
4:21 pm
Del,
Good to see you here. I cannot get excited over Romney. Many feel like I do. But I believe that most conservatives will vote for the Republican candidate because they fear for the country otherwise.
Don’t know about Congress. Just hope we have a conservative president who can have some diplomatic relations with that “body”. Seems essential at this time.
Hillbilly D
January 30th, 2012
4:23 pm
To be serious for a minute, I think we’re in a period much like the late 1800’s, where we’ve had and are going to have a series of “caretaker” Presidents, who really don’t have much effect on anything. It’s just a matter of which mediocre guy fits your fancy.
barking frog
January 30th, 2012
4:28 pm
dusty, it seems you consider yourself a conservative but
not a republican, is this true?
Del
January 30th, 2012
4:29 pm
Dusty, Thanks…as Buckley used to say ‘I’ll support the best conservative that has the best chance to win.” Romney with all of his historic faults appears to have the best chance to win and this election is a must defeat for Obama and company in my opinion.
Dusty
January 30th, 2012
4:31 pm
Hillbilly D,
Were we not in the Industrial Revolution at that time? Now we are in the No Industry Left Time.
Seems we need more than a caretaker. After the last three years. we need a “resident in charge”. I see Romney only as a caretaker or undertaker. Not a happy thought but better than the present..
Intown
January 30th, 2012
4:32 pm
I think Obama will pull this thing out. Once the differences between the two become clearer and unethusiastic Dems who turned out in 08 but who are less than thrilled with Obama’s results are going to get scared into voting for Obama because the Republican platform is so regressive in every way. Also, Obama’s record ain’t all that bad. He got Osama, followed-through on bringing Iraq to an end, is winding down Afghanistan, saved the American auto industry, and ended America’s inexcusable discrimination against gays in the military. In addition, he added two sharp left-of-center justices to the USSC and will likely end up replacing the other two aging left-of-centers with new ones if he gets a 2nd term. That’s more than enough for any Dem or left-leaning independent to get off his/her butt and show up to punch the ticket.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
4:33 pm
“Obama’s results are going to get scared into voting for Obama because the Republican platform is so regressive in every way.”
How would it be worse under Romney?
“Also, Obama’s record ain’t all that bad.”
Ok, I stopped reading. If it’s not “all that bad” why is he running away from his own record?
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
4:35 pm
“That’s more than enough for any Dem or left-leaning independent to get off his/her butt and show up to punch the ticket.”
Looks like someone don’t realize that there are more conservatives/moderates in this country than left leaning libs.
Obama will not win the swing states. Remember, the swing states all went red after 2010 and people are still pissed off about Obozocare.
Hillbilly D
January 30th, 2012
4:37 pm
Were we not in the Industrial Revolution at that time? Now we are in the No Industry Left Time.
My part of the country wasn’t but some were. The Robber Barons held sway then, much like the Globalists hold sway now, in my opinion. I’d agree we could use more than a caretaker but I haven’t seen one that’s running.
In my lifetime, the only President who had a vision, was Reagan. Now whether his vision was good or bad, depends on a person’s perspective but he did at least have a vision. For everybody else, the main vision is to be President. Once they get that, they’re like the dog that chases the car; what to do once you catch it? I think that’s why a lot of Presidents seem to lose their way after a year or two in office, they’ve already achieved what they set out to do, so they’re like a rudderless ship.
Dusty
January 30th, 2012
4:38 pm
Barking Frog,
I am a conservative Republican. (Is there any other kind?) Luv that big red, white & blue flapping in the wind..
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
4:38 pm
Del
Mitt would have won in 08 had it not been for Huckaby taking away votes from him. Mccain would have won if he hadn’t have uttered that stupid phrase “I don’t really know anything about the economy.”
Left leaning goofballs who think Obama will win need to look at the facts. Unemployment is high, Democrats got smashed in 2010 and will likely lose the Senate. Moderates in swing states put Obama over the top in 2008 and he’s lost them. Even PMSNBC admits that now.
Remember leftys, NO president has been re-elected with unemployment over 7.2% since WW2.
barking frog
January 30th, 2012
4:45 pm
dusty, I was just curious. many describe themselves as conservatives
but don’t support any of the republican candidates so don’t seem to
qualify as republicans so i guess they are conservative independents
or even conservative democrats.
Dusty
January 30th, 2012
4:51 pm
Ah Hillbilly D,
You are like Demosthenes (I think it was). He kept looking for an honest man. You keep looking for a visionary. I think we all do. You described why we yearn so and what happens when we don’t get one. .
Reagan was happy to be president because he loved this country, didn’t mind saying so, and did everything he could to make it better. He also knew how to make others feel the same way. He was happiness, honesty and good reasoning all in one. No wonder people remember him with great respect.
barking frog
January 30th, 2012
4:53 pm
dusty, reagan was a democrat before he ran for office.
Del
January 30th, 2012
4:54 pm
Do what?????, Obama has lost favor with the majority of Independents and that’s the voting group who determined the outcome of 08’s election. I respect McCain for his military service as a naval aviator and former POW but as a presidential candidate he sadly lacked. Charisma and presidential appearance albeit cosmetic has a lot to do with electability. The majority of voters perceived those qualities in Obama and of course he turned out to be a stuffed suit with a teleprompter but he will get the vote in November from his block. That means an opposing candidate must sway the Independent vote in order to win. In my opinion Romney has the best chance of doing so.
Hillbilly D
January 30th, 2012
5:01 pm
Del
I’d agree with you, in most all elections, with a few rare exceptions, the middle is who determines the winner.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 30th, 2012
5:05 pm
If cutting the deficit and reducing the size of government and getting folks off welfare are “regressive”, real Americans will take regressive over Obozo.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
5:13 pm
“dusty, reagan was a democrat before he ran for office.”
Yep, he wised up.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
5:14 pm
“That means an opposing candidate must sway the Independent vote in order to win. In my opinion Romney has the best chance of doing so.”
Yep, same here. I don’t see the election being all that close because a LOT of people are pissed off at him. Obama will lose in November.
ld
January 30th, 2012
5:14 pm
A third party; a third, VIABLE choice–better than GOP or DEMS.
A third party; a third, VIABLE choice–better than GOP or DEMS.
A third party; a third, VIABLE choice–better than GOP or DEMS.
DAMN, repeating sumpin’ o’er & o’er again will not make it so.
Del
January 30th, 2012
5:15 pm
H.D.
Good chatting with you again. Yeah the candidates usually play to their base during the nomination process and when they win move more toward the center to get as much as they can from the Independent vote and where they can cross over votes from moderates in the other party.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
5:15 pm
“the middle is who determines the winner.”
Not always. In 2004, it was the Evangelical vote that really turned out for W.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
5:17 pm
Checked out Bookman’s take on the Florida primaries.
He writes:A Suffolk University poll has Romney up by 20, 47 percent to 27 percent. A Quinnipiac poll puts Romney up by 14, 43 percent to 29 percent, up from a nine-point margin a week ago.
Now, last time I checked, those two polls were garbage. Those are the polls far left goobers like to talk about on PMSNBC.
Del
January 30th, 2012
5:18 pm
“Obama will lose in November.”
I certainly hope you’re right. I remain cautiously optimistic.
redneckbluedog
January 30th, 2012
5:22 pm
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
5:15 pm
“the middle is who determines the winner.”
Not always. In 2004, it was the Evangelical vote that really turned out for W.
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Reckon’ who the evangelical vote will turn out for this year..? Interesting….
redneckbluedog
January 30th, 2012
5:22 pm
I’m writing in Tancredo/Arpaio….
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
5:22 pm
“Reckon’ who the evangelical vote will turn out for this year..? Interesting….”
Not Obama.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
5:23 pm
Del
I just look at Obama’s record which is horrendous. There are a lot of angry people out there who are mad as hell over his horrible policies.
redneckbluedog
January 30th, 2012
5:24 pm
Robama….No Difference….2012…..
Dusty
January 30th, 2012
5:24 pm
barking frog,
Yes, Reagan was at one time a Democrat.
As Do what??? said,” he got wised up.”
I wonder what Obama was before he was a Democrat? Lots of possibilities there.
wallbanger
January 30th, 2012
5:24 pm
It is a testament to the ignorance and/or lack of education, or simply that people remain uninformed and just are resistant to learning, that they would even think of voting for a socialist like Obama, who will not be content until he has this country on its knees. If you think we have poor people now, when he gets done there will be a lot more poor people, and not very many rich people to pay to support them.
ld
January 30th, 2012
5:25 pm
Still hope the Supreme Court recognizes Obamacare is unconstitutional –as in, like, THIS TERM, which will be BEFORE the election and, therefore, will not be the major issue.
As to what will likely be the “major issue”, I keep hearing echoes of, “it’s the economy, stupid”. If the majority of voters vote in their own economic best interest–including the “values voters” (many of whom voted for Newt in SC) don’t bet on that being for the, “…Party of the Rich” (Rolling Stone article NOV 2012, “How the GOP Became the Party of the Rich”)
If the values voters–especially those financially hurting the most– would rather have a president w/a personal history of Newt rather than someone they deem a member of a cult–Obama could win some of their votes, too if Romeny is the nominee. Wonders never cease.
Just saying, at least Obama claims to be Christian and has not yet, while in office, been tarred by any personal sex scandal.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
5:31 pm
“I wonder what Obama was before he was a Democrat?”
A crackhead.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
5:32 pm
“Just saying, at least Obama claims to be Christian and has not yet, while in office, been tarred by any personal sex scandal.”
There’s still time.
Jefferson
January 30th, 2012
5:35 pm
4 more years, maybe next time the GOP will work for Americans and quit pandering to the greedy.
ld
January 30th, 2012
5:36 pm
Not only are grocery prices going up but the amount of product in each package–for which we are paying more–has been going down. I first noticed this in potato chips but it is happening in boxes and cans on most aisles.
They put ‘buy one get one free’ ads to remove old stock to try and keep folk from comparing the price of one before and the price of one after.
ld
January 30th, 2012
5:38 pm
Do what:
Thus the “yet”.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
5:38 pm
This pretty much says it all.
Obama: The most polarizing president. Ever.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/obama-the-most-polarizing-president-ever/2012/01/29/gIQAmmkBbQ_blog.html
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
5:39 pm
“4 more years, maybe next time the GOP will work for Americans and quit pandering to the greedy.”
You do realize that Democrats pander to the greedy, right?
ld
January 30th, 2012
5:39 pm
before democrat–a teddy kennedy “disciple”? (drinking buddy?)–always wondered how an (almost) “unknown” got the support of the “infamous”
ld
January 30th, 2012
5:40 pm
When polititions are pandering to the truly greedy, they are pandering to themselves
Dusty
January 30th, 2012
5:43 pm
td
Seems to me you try to connect rich people to Republicans. Somehow I don’t get the same impression.
First there’s Hollywood with Michael Moore and so many celebreties getting in the spotlight for Democrats.
Then the sports stars seem to be pro-Obama.
Then Union leaders, who all seem to make big money, are for Obama.
Big corporations like GM got fed government money are surely not going to bite the hand that fed them the most.
Big rich Buffet is a favorite of the Obamas.
Who are the wealthy people giving their support to Republicans?
redneckbluedog
January 30th, 2012
5:44 pm
As a moderate…the thing that amazes me….Is how the ultra-Conservative TEA party just vanished into thin air….POOF……Where did it go..? Salt Lake City..? Massachusetts…?
Seriously…a lot of folks went to a lot of trouble shouting down those town halls and wearing those outfits and making those signs…and now….!?!?? CRICKETS….
ld
January 30th, 2012
5:44 pm
McCain had little enthusiastic support from the GOP faithful; he’d have stood a better chance as a third party candidate
and also if he had not picked a woman VP
The hardcore GOP has its “preferences” for elected officials that usually don’t seem to go beyond ‘old, white male”.
ld
January 30th, 2012
5:46 pm
Money bought off the tea-party outrage–no other explanation seems likely
ld
January 30th, 2012
5:50 pm
The Dems have the opposite problem–’political correctness’ seem to demand that the YOUNG black guy that spoke like the man on the 6′oclock news rather than “street black” be their nomination for president–even if he was unqualified.
That said, if Oprah had backed Hillary instead of Obama, Hillary would have been the Dem’s nominee.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
5:50 pm
“As a moderate…the thing that amazes me….Is how the ultra-Conservative TEA party just vanished into thin air”
That’s because there’s no election until November.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
5:50 pm
“and also if he had not picked a woman VP”
Not this again.
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
5:51 pm
“That said, if Oprah had backed Hillary instead of Obama, Hillary would have been the Dem’s nominee.”
And Oprah has disappeared into thin air. POOF!
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
5:51 pm
“Money bought off the tea-party outrage–no other explanation seems likely”
Oh boy.
redneckbluedog
January 30th, 2012
5:51 pm
Dusty
January 30th, 2012
5:43 pm
Who are the wealthy people giving their support to Republicans?
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You’re kidding..right..?
Koch, Trump, Adelson, Senegol, Hayes, Langone, Steele, Ross, Rehberg, Stack, every white NFL and MLB player, Wyly, Childs, Cortopassis, Craft, DeVos, Fullenwider, Gilliam, Griffin, Haworth, Hendricks, Humphries, Levy, Marshall, Pope, Robertson, Rasten, Cameron, Hamm, Hayden, James, Menard, Schwab, Singer, and Templeton….WHEW….
redneckbluedog
January 30th, 2012
5:52 pm
Do what??????
January 30th, 2012
5:51 pm
And Oprah has disappeared into thin air. POOF!
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“THIN” air…!?!?!?
ld
January 30th, 2012
5:55 pm
Do What:
Don’t pretend to be clueless.
Since, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely’ and Congress seems to have that effect on everyone that get’s elected, it IS very likely that some “deal” has, at least temporarily silenced them–
Reality: YOU DID NOT HEAR them en mass as an organized group backing ANY nominee–though a couple tried to embrace the tea party.
They are in ‘wait and see’ which side of the bread my butter’s own, too–like many in the GOP ‘leadership’–to use the term loosly.
ld
January 30th, 2012
5:58 pm
Yes, thankfully; but only for now. She’ll likely reappear after the conventions but, hopefully, will not have the same “umph” w/o her show and its multitude of (gullible), needy followers.
ld
January 30th, 2012
5:59 pm
not so thin
Cassie
January 30th, 2012
6:00 pm
I had a dream Romney won. It was a nightmare.
ld
January 30th, 2012
6:01 pm
Yes; this again.
You cannot suger-coat the reality that many of those “values voters” believe women should be “submissive”–not the potential leader of the free world.
Dusty
January 30th, 2012
6:02 pm
Redneckbluedog
I don’t have a Democratic HIT list of rich people who support Republicans so I don’t know half of those you mentioned.
If you have a list of rich people who support Democrats I will be glad to compare the numbers. You can start with the Kennedys,the Gores, the Edwards, the Pelosis, the Kerrys. the Buffets and move to celebrities from there. OK?
ld
January 30th, 2012
6:02 pm
Cassie:
nomination or election?
ld
January 30th, 2012
6:03 pm
Edwards — as in one dead and one jailed?
ld
January 30th, 2012
6:05 pm
Ya gotta wonder if the ‘rich’ Hollywood ‘Dems’ actually VOTE liberal, contrary to their own economic self interest, when in the privace of the voting booth or if they’re just ‘acting’ in public to be deemed ‘politically correct’.
Dusty
January 30th, 2012
6:10 pm
ld 6:01
Submissive women? How old are you? The Stone Age has long departed. Lay down your club and look around.
Hillbilly D
January 30th, 2012
6:18 pm
Not only are grocery prices going up but the amount of product in each package–for which we are paying more–has been going down.
Ain’t the 30 ounce, “quart” of mayonaisse a grand invention?
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 30th, 2012
6:32 pm
“I had a dream Romney won. It was a nightmare.”
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When Obozo wins, Americans lose. I refer you to the last three years.
saywhat?
January 30th, 2012
6:54 pm
ld
January 30th, 2012
5:55 pm
“Do What:
Don’t pretend to be clueless.”
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Ummm, you know he’s not pretending, right?
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On topic, if by chance the predictions as stated are correct, and Obama wins the electoral vote but loses the popular vote, will he be considered to have a “mandate” as was claimed by/of George W Bush?
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 30th, 2012
6:55 pm
The Obamaggots probably believe Dear Leader when he says the auto companies have paid back “every dime” of the bailout cash.
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Treasury ups auto bailout loss estimate
BY DAVID SHEPARDSON DETROIT NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Washington -The U.S. Treasury Department boosted its estimate of government losses in the $85 billion auto bailout by $170 million.
In the government’s latest report to Congress this month, the Treasury upped its estimate to $23.77 billion, up from $23.6 billion.
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Thanks, Democrats.
JDW
January 30th, 2012
6:57 pm
Romney is almost at high water. He peaks at the convention and the begins a long slide to 210-220 EV’s. Economy is improving and Obama has yet to campaign. Dem’s hold 52 in senate and may take house. Tea Party slides into oblivion.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 30th, 2012
6:59 pm
Wake up, JDW, you’re dreaming.
Americans know what Obozo is and won’t make the mistake of 2008 again.
Or I’m wrong, and we really are doomed.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
7:08 pm
JDW, it is almost inconceivable for the House to return to the Dems in 2012 given redistricting following the Census. Depending on the mood of the electorate, it might happen in 2014, but that large a swing with no major legislation / economic improvement simply isn’t possible. What you’re providing isn’t analysis, but wishful thinking.
It’s possible the Dems could hold 52 in the Senate, but highly unlikely given the states with Dems retiring. It would take incredibly bad candidates running, and the GOP has relatively good ones thus far in those states.
As to Obama having yet to campaign, when hasn’t he NOT been campaigning? Please. That’s ALL he’s done.
ld
January 30th, 2012
7:10 pm
Dusty:
The evangelicals believe women should be submissive to men–they are the votes for the MODERN GOP; in fact, the GOP majority would not likely have happend w/o them–not if everyone only voted in their own economic self interest–which only those very passionate about their one/few issue(s) do. As in “values” issues.
ld
January 30th, 2012
7:13 pm
The GOP made a concerted effort to “embrace”–smother–the Tea Party, especially the rightwingers like Bachman.
GodHatesTrash, Superstar
January 30th, 2012
7:19 pm
As 2000 and 2004 showed us, never misunderestimate the stupidity of the average Duhmerican. Heck, even in 2008, McCain/Palin got almost 46% of the popular vote, which show that ignorant stupidity is still a huge factor in the vote.
Let’s face it, many Duhmericans, like Kyle’s Kavalcade of Konservative Krazies and Kooks, are simply not ready for a black president.
And Romney is more kkkonservative than you stooges give him credit. Mormonism, of which Mitt is a devout follower has a long strong proud tradition of bigotry against the black and the brown. The conman Joseph Smith detested Native Americans, and blacks even more, and today his followers maintain his 19th century attitudes. Mitt’s campaign slogan – “Keep America American” he borrowed straight from the Klan, fits his Mormonism too.
Mitt’s funny Mormon underwear has many similarities to a Klan robe, you just wear it under your clothes instead….
So, stooges, don’t worry – Mitt is just as big a bigot as Newt.
Given the profound stupidity and gullibility of the Duhmerican electorate, I give Mitt a better than 60% chance of becoming president.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
7:22 pm
ld, you’re moniker should be “lsd”, as in what you are on.
You’re just taking one candidate’s out-of-context remark and painting an entire swath of voters with an incorrect assumption.
Don’t quit your day job to take up political analysis, OK?
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
7:30 pm
GHT, at some point in your blogging lifetime you’re going to be correct on the issues.
Just not today.
Of course, Romney’s slogan isn’t what you posted. You’d know that if you did any research whatsoever. You’d also know that EVERY political party as well as most religions have a history of bigotry – if you go back far enough. Even if you take the simple actions of a couple of nut-jobs, painting another person with their beliefs just because they follow the same religion, when no such actions in their lifetime equate to bigotry, is disingenuous at best and libelous at worst. And as usual for you, poor analysis of a situation.
Why don’t you saunter over to Bookman’s blog. They specialize in juvenile comments such as yours.
td
January 30th, 2012
7:46 pm
I hate to tell you Dems but if gas goes above $4 per gallon (As is being currently predicted by this paper and others) by next October the Obama will lose in a land slide to whomever the Republicans nominate.
A Flip Floping Tax Cheat (Is this the Best Republicans Have To Offer?)
January 30th, 2012
7:54 pm
@Lil’ Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 30th, 2012
2:09 pm
Romney doesn’t tend to wear well
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Neither do $1.5 trillion deficits, 9% unemployment, or record numbers of folks on food stamps.
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A Flip Floping Tax Cheat (Is this the Best Republicans Have To Offer?)
Lil Barry are you in the 1%?
If not, you are in trouble…………Mitt is going to take care of his kind.
Road Scholar
January 30th, 2012
7:59 pm
Why don’t we wait until the Repubs have a candidate and then worry/boast how either candidate will win. There is a long time until the convention.
And,if the Repubs appear to be on a path to capture both the House and Senate, why would you thing the American people would vote for a Repub President? Do you remember what happen the last time that happened?
A Flip Floping Tax Cheat (Is this the Best Republicans Have To Offer?)
January 30th, 2012
7:59 pm
@GodHatesTrash, Superstar
January 30th, 2012
7:19 pm
Mitt is just as big a bigot as Newt.
Given the profound stupidity and gullibility of the Duhmerican electorate, I give Mitt a better than 60% chance of becoming president.
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Given your profound stupidity and gullibility, I give you a better than 60% chance OF BEING WRONG.
ragnar danneskjold
January 30th, 2012
8:03 pm
Carter-Reagan was a toss up one week before the election. As people approached the election booth, they realized they could not endorse the lunacy of the previous three years. I respectfully believe a ham sandwich would defeat Obama, even among the Florida Jewish population. But not among the Muslims.
A Flip Floping Tax Cheat (Is this the Best Republicans Have To Offer?)
January 30th, 2012
8:09 pm
@td
January 30th, 2012
7:46 pm
I hate to tell you Dems but if gas goes above $4 per gallon (As is being currently predicted by this paper and others) by next October the Obama will lose in a land slide to whomever the Republicans nominate.
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Who appointed you blog Prognosticator?
You sound more like a carnival fortune teller with your pretense of prophecy.
jm
January 30th, 2012
8:19 pm
Romney will win by a small margin but not a big one. And it is of course possible Obama will win because it is so close.
Frankly, it’s dependent on how good a case Romney makes for his candidacy.
Romney will improve after he becomes the nominee, but the battle hardening is not bad for Romney at all. He will need to hit hard at Obama to win. The “training” against Newt is helpful in the short run, but not in the long run.
If the senate is a tie, so what? There are always a few fence sitters and nothing gets done without 60 votes.
jm
January 30th, 2012
8:22 pm
Romney needs to, and can, win CO. Possibly either MI or PA too. Then game over.
td
January 30th, 2012
9:00 pm
A Flip Floping Tax Cheat (Is this the Best Republicans Have To Offer?)
January 30th, 2012
8:09 pm
I guess you did not watch the ABC nightly news tonight? They predicted $4.50 per gallon by the end of the summer. Can you really tell us Obama will win re election if that happens. How?
Linda
January 30th, 2012
9:11 pm
I think that race baiters are 10 times worse than racists.
A Flip Floping Tax Cheat (Is this the Best Republicans Have To Offer?)
January 30th, 2012
9:31 pm
@td
January 30th, 2012
9:00 pm
A Flip Floping Tax Cheat (Is this the Best Republicans Have To Offer?)
January 30th, 2012
8:09 pm
I guess you did not watch the ABC nightly news tonight? They predicted $4.50 per gallon by the end of the summer. Can you really tell us Obama will win re election if that happens. How?
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In the words of Herman Cain, don’t blame Obama blame yourself.
Tthe election will not be won or lost because of $4.50 gas.
Give me a break.
Linda
January 30th, 2012
9:36 pm
Mr. Flip@9:31, So what do you you think the 2011 election will be won on?
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
9:59 pm
I’m still trying to figure out who the “Flip-floping tax cheat” is . . .
GodHatesTrash, Superstar
January 30th, 2012
10:05 pm
I think Romney has an excellent chance – Obama is a black man with a funny sounding name who once lived in a foreign country, and a lot of people don’t like that.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 30th, 2012
10:05 pm
We’re desperately in need of fresh sheets. The mentally incontinent libtards have soiled these.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 30th, 2012
10:07 pm
Obama is a black man with a funny sounding name who once lived in a foreign country
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What was he in 2008? All that, but with no record of failure. Now he’s got that, and Americans will correct that mistake.
GodHatesTrash, Superstar
January 30th, 2012
10:10 pm
There are a lot of angry stupid white people that vote, and they have made the Kenyan Muslim half-black man Obama the scapegoat for their many failures and frustrations.
Of course Romney will do well!
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 30th, 2012
10:13 pm
There are a lot of parasites who count on Obozo to make sure they don’t have to pay any federal income tax.
Of course Obozo will do well.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
10:15 pm
Of course, GHT, because the failed policies of the current administration never come into play when deciding who to vote for, right?
Linda
January 30th, 2012
10:31 pm
Mr. Trash@10:05, Most of us were under the impression that Pres. Obama was half white. You also have a funny sounding name. Does that mean that we are preducied against half of Obama’s skin & your funny name? Where most of us who disagree with Obama’s policies see beyond his skin, you & yours can’t see beyond his skin color.
GodHatesTrash, Superstar
January 30th, 2012
10:38 pm
Oh good! The keen Konservative minds of Kyle’s Kavalcade of Konservative Kooks and Krazies are now going to try to convince us they are NOT racists.
Grab the popcorn – this’ll be funny.
GodHatesTrash, Superstar
January 30th, 2012
10:41 pm
Little Miss Linda, I read your incoherent ramblings @ 10:31. I would ask you if you’d been drinking, but your posts never make much sense…
Linda
January 30th, 2012
10:45 pm
Mr. Trash@10:10, There you go again, getting Kenyan & Keynesian mixed up. I beg to differ who is angry & stupid.
td
January 30th, 2012
10:49 pm
GodHatesTrash, Superstar
January 30th, 2012
10:38 pm
The term “racist” has been so politicized the past 10 or so years that it really means nothing more now then a Democrat calling a Republican a name.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
10:50 pm
GHT, please provide proof that anybody that you consider “conservative” on this blog has posted anything whatsoever to show that they are “racists”.
Anything at all.
Really. Anything.
td
January 30th, 2012
10:55 pm
Tiberius – Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
10:50 pm
You are a conservative so by his/her definition that makes you a racist. Like I said the term means nothing any longer in America.
Linda
January 30th, 2012
10:55 pm
Mr. Trash@10:41, I’m neither “little” nor a “miss” nor “incoherent.” My postings only make sense to those that have sense.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 30th, 2012
11:01 pm
td, I am not a conservative. I’m a FISCAL conservative / social liberal.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 31st, 2012
7:38 am
Note which side of the aisle is constantly commenting on, and consumed by, issues of race. The other side of the aisle moved on long ago.
Move on, liberals. Americans have. You can too.
carlosgvv
January 31st, 2012
8:17 am
It probably will be Romney vs Obama. And, it will be the dirtest political contest in American history.
Chip
January 31st, 2012
8:25 am
As distateful and phony as I consider him to be, Romney has the best chance of defeating Little Lord Obozo and his lunatic band of Bolsheviks. (Although I’d dearly love to see Newt smear Obozo in a real and properly-moderated debate, Newt just isn’t leadership material.)
One factor I haven’t seen mentioned in this forum is the “novelty vote.” Millions of first-time voters, mostly from the slums, were recruited to vote for Obozo. Whie I understand — to a point — the significance of black people voting for the first black president, I have to wonder if enough of these people can be roused from their alcohol and crack-induced stupors to go to the polls again, especially when many of them are angry at Obozo because they feel he hasn’t delivered enough on his promises to take from others and give everything to them.
Also, I personally know many blacks with conservative values, in the military or who work real jobs, who have admitted to me severe cases of buyer’s remorse… once the excitement wore off, they realized they had helped elect a shallow, brittle phony who bitterly hates America and opposes their deep-seated values.
Another thought: millions of dumb over-educated college students, recent graduates, and younger liberals in general voted for Obozo because of the color of his skin, to “prove” they weren’t racist!… and for the shallow reward of saying “I voted for the first black president, so I’m cool! and not a racist!” With the novelty gone now, will they bother to turn out? Especially since so many of them are diappointed that Obama didn’t give each of them their own free unicorn?
Don’t discount the apathy of younger libs and slum dwellers. Although I would love to see the current America-hating trash posing in the Oval Office get tossed out on his rear end by a landslide, it will probably be close, so I’ll take any factor and advantage possible.
Be prepared, by the way. If the Republican nominee wins the election, we can expect rioting and cities in flames… (which the liberals who live in those cities will deserve, for supporting the likes of Obama, union thugs, Occutard protestors, ect…)
Do what??????
January 31st, 2012
9:28 am
“There are a lot of angry stupid white people that vote”
Trash just proved just how big of a racist he really is.
As for everyone else who’s had their run-ins with trash, just ignore the troll.
Do what??????
January 31st, 2012
9:29 am
“Although I would love to see the current America-hating trash posing in the Oval Office get tossed out on his rear end by a landslide, it will probably be close, so I’ll take any factor and advantage possible.”
Same here. The guy has been coddled by Illinois trash for years and it would be nice to see him go out like Jimmy Carter did.
UGA 1999
January 31st, 2012
9:41 am
Romney will win by double digits. All 50 delegates go to Mitt.
Do what??????
January 31st, 2012
10:25 am
Another blunder by Oblunder.
Obama Bungles Jobs Numbers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no3DtOP2eQQ&fea
Do what??????
January 31st, 2012
10:25 am
UGA 1999
Where ya been?
St Simons - codewords are the new black
January 31st, 2012
10:33 am
Obama will win 50 states. Romney can have the other 7.
UGA 1999
January 31st, 2012
10:40 am
do what….Is anyone else having issues with the AJC website and scrolling?
Do what??????
January 31st, 2012
10:53 am
“Is anyone else having issues with the AJC website and scrolling?”
Not sure.
UGA 1999
January 31st, 2012
11:00 am
St. Simons….That is classic!
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 31st, 2012
11:03 am
Home Prices Tumble
The 20-city composite dropped 3.7% and hard-hit Atlanta dropped 11.8%.
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Two and a half years after the recovery began, and this is the best Obozo can do?
Obozo: Failure.
getalife
January 31st, 2012
11:05 am
“Even Rasmussen now has Obama surging” Jay Bookman
Four more years.
UGA 1999
January 31st, 2012
11:10 am
getalife…..four more years of high unemployment, $4 gasoline and rising debt ceilings???? I think not.
Do what??????
January 31st, 2012
11:10 am
getalife
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn. Did you say something?
Do what??????
January 31st, 2012
11:10 am
UGA 1999
The Obama cult trolls have their hopes up real high right now. Reality won’t be kind to them in November.
Tall
January 31st, 2012
11:23 am
…”You can pad your tacid misgivings, fear, doubt, and fright about Romney all you want with phrases that seem to minimize them and make you feel better … but you know deep down there that Romney is not the true conservative candidate that would motivate the GOP base to vote for him in an Obama matchup….
The acolytes of Jay Bookman overlook a small fact…..all Republicans want Obama out of office. The President continues to alienate his voter base. Last week it was working class Catholics. Who will be next?
clyde
January 31st, 2012
12:07 pm
Four more Obama years will give us $6 a gallon gas prices and a totally collapsed economy.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 31st, 2012
12:12 pm
Obamaggots should remember this quote from Art Laffer: “Jobs and wealth are created by those who are taxed, not by those who do the taxing”.
Let’s hope Americans remove the biggest impediment to economic growth–their Moron Prince Obozo.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 31st, 2012
12:15 pm
Four more Obozo years = $6 trillion more in debt.
It’s simple math. Obozo is a disastrous liberal fascist.
Marge
February 6th, 2012
8:00 am
I don’t think Newt should be so confident about winning GA and AL.
Newt is the most pro-amnesty candidate of the four and most of us want the Illegal aleins out of here. Newt outright told Univision in Florida that he would give nearly ALL illegal aliens a green card and allow them to remain in the US. ?Say what? This is NOT a conservative position and will not play well when Super Tuesday approaches to remind the voters of the “real” Newt.