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[tranciful]

Anybody have link to Michelle's speech? Link I found earlier was down..

 

[Basileus777]

Anybody have link to Michelle's speech? Link I found earlier was down..

Here.

 

[PantherLotus]

OK, 2016 is too early.

 

[Drakeon]

No where? Hes Obama 0.8

He's been market testing Obama since 2006.

How many people outside of Massachusetts have really heard of him? I'd argue not many.

 

[AniHawk]

I clicked on his name and read his timeline and it was a sewer of quasi racist stupidity. I had no idea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJYeg5J1NrY

 

[PhoenixDark]

Remember when Michelle was considered a potential liability to Obama's campaign, too ghetto, angry, etc etc etc. Her entire image has been remade quite effectively, but she has always been an impressive woman.

still waiting for that whitey video

 

[AlteredBeast]

Remember when Michelle was considered a potential liability to Obama's campaign, too ghetto, angry, etc etc etc. Her entire image has been remade quite effectively, but she has always been an impressive woman.

still waiting for that whitey video

But the average woman buys off-brand kitchen cleaning wipes. She just can't connect with me.

 

[AniHawk]

still waiting for that whitey video

the obamas had the man who knew where the video was killed, which is probably more damning than the video itself.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Daily 538 Digest

Electoral Vote

310.9 Obama
227.1 Romney

Chance of Winning

76.3% Obama
23.7% Romney

Popular Vote

51.2% Obama
47.7% Romney

But hey, Europe could still like, explode.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Remember when Michelle was considered a potential liability to Obama's campaign, too ghetto, angry, etc etc etc. Her entire image has been remade quite effectively, but she has always been an impressive woman.

still waiting for that whitey video

The only people who thought she was all that were right wing die hards.

 

[tranciful]

Here.

thanks

 

[Chichikov]

The only people who thought she was all that were right wing die hards.

The woman is so accomplished, I always felt a bit depressed when she was reduced to traditional first lady crap.

Clinton Obama 2016, it's like voltron of democratic administrations.

 

[PantherLotus]

Daily 538 Digest

Electoral Vote

310.9 Obama
227.1 Romney

Chance of Winning

76.3% Obama
23.7% Romney

Popular Vote

51.2% Obama
47.7% Romney

But hey, Europe could still like, explode.

holyfuckingshit.

 

[Drakeon]

Daily 538 Digest

Electoral Vote

310.9 Obama
227.1 Romney

Chance of Winning

76.3% Obama
23.7% Romney

Popular Vote

51.2% Obama
47.7% Romney

But hey, Europe could still like, explode.

Keep in mind, this is before polls reflecting any bounce Obama may get from the DNC.

 

[PantherLotus]

Keep in mind, this is before polls reflecting any bounce Obama may get from the DNC.

The new common wisdom is that the bounce is already baked into the polls, like when we get bad economic news but the market doesn't react because it was expecting it. News goes too fast for convention bounces to be much more than an illusion anyway.

Or at least that's what Romney is hoping, since the other option is that he actually did get a 5 point bounce but he went down by 5 points nationally at the same time.

 

[norinrad]

Schweitzer tomorrow? Awesome. Dude is pretty funny.

I forgot 2 speeches that I thought were good too. Ledbetter gave a passionate plea and called Romney a coward for not taking a stand in either direction on equal pay.

The mom who talked about Obamacare saving her kid was pretty powerful as the girl was on stage with her sister and dad. Great visual. Gave some depth to the situation with her case being 1 in 100. She called out Romney too effectively.

Video banned from European viewers?

 

[jiggle]

awesome speech
love love love <3 <3 <3 &#9829;&#9829;&#9829; her
shaking & crying

amazing she managed to cover every talking points and addressed every attacks/criticisms behind such grace

 

[Basileus777]

Keep in mind, this is before polls reflecting any bounce Obama may get from the DNC.

Romney's lack of bounce and Obama's projected bounce are already factored in. The DNC could actually lower Obama's winning % if he doesn't get much of a bounce.

 

[PantherLotus]

Theory: Michelle's speech will be the most damaging to Romney.

 

[Clevinger]

Daily 538 Digest

Electoral Vote

310.9 Obama
227.1 Romney

Chance of Winning

76.3% Obama
23.7% Romney

Popular Vote

51.2% Obama
47.7% Romney

But hey, Europe could still like, explode.

His Now-cast tab is so weird. As the Nov 6 forecast tab goes up and up, the now-cast has been going down.

 

[norinrad]

Remember when Michelle was considered a potential liability to Obama's campaign, too ghetto, angry, etc etc etc. Her entire image has been remade quite effectively, but she has always been an impressive woman.

still waiting for that whitey video

I really never understood the whole ghetto thing and being angry thing, that was just unfair

 

[PantherLotus]

I really never understood the whole ghetto thing and being angry thing, that was just unfair

I think what you're describing is called racism. I could be wrong. She's a brilliant, beautiful, extremely fit woman married to the most powerful non-banker on the planet. But she's black, of course she's angry.

 

[Aaron Strife]

His Now-cast tab is so weird. As the Nov 6 forecast tab goes up and up, the now-cast has been going down.

The Nov 6 forecast accounts for the RNC bounce, the nowcast doesn't.

Rasmussen is the only pollster that's showing a significant bounce for Romney anyway.

 

[PhoenixDark]

The Nov 6 forecast accounts for the RNC bounce, the nowcast doesn't.

Rasmussen is the only pollster that's showing a significant bounce for Romney anyway.

Silver is showing an average 3% bump for Romney

 

[Hitokage]

I think what you're describing is called racism. I could be wrong. She's a brilliant, beautiful, extremely fit woman married to the most powerful non-banker on the planet. But she's black, of course she's angry.

Let's not consider that black people might have reason to be angry, let's just get indignant that they are. How dare they!

 

[reilo]

Daily 538 Digest

Electoral Vote

310.9 Obama
227.1 Romney

Chance of Winning

76.3% Obama
23.7% Romney

Popular Vote

51.2% Obama
47.7% Romney

But hey, Europe could still like, explode.

Plain text doesn't do that justice:

Also, Nate's projection for Ohio has gone up 2% in Obama's favor.

 

[NullPointer]

I really never understood the whole ghetto thing and being angry thing, that was just unfair

How could somebody who wasn't born into wealth be anything other than envious and filled with resentment? Those are the aspects of our nature that drive us to compete, and to win, and to secure our winnings.

(holy shit, I don't think like this, but I honestly think many out-of-touch people do.)

 

[Cloudy]

I feel the republicans and their media stooges made a mistake this week. They should have waited till after Obama's speech to start pounding the "are you better off" thing.

Dems were clearly caught off guard by this because of the sheer audacity. It's like if someone rented a house for 8 years and regularly shit on the carpet. Then 4 years after a new owner moves in, the house still stinks and the previous renter asks you if the house is better off than it was before they shat all over the place.

Anyways they jumped the gun and Obama will have an unfiltered response in his speech

 

[norinrad]

LOL Michelle practically destroyed the GOP without even mentioning names.

reminds me of Reggie bring dead Nintendo fans from the ashes when he made that comment, am Reggie and am all about kicking ass and taking names.


Awesome is Michelle

 

[Aaron Strife]

Silver is showing an average 3% bump for Romney

I meant of the national pollsters, I think rasmussen is skewing that a little.

They (very predictably) put Obama up 4 before the convention so they could turn around and show a Romney lead.

 

[Black Mamba]

His Now-cast tab is so weird. As the Nov 6 forecast tab goes up and up, the now-cast has been going down.

Forecast tab is saying Romney bounce is a bad sign going forward. Now-cast tab is saying "hey there's a bounce right now" even if it's small, so his chances RIGHT NOW is better.

The idea of a bounce is that it doesn't stay like that, so the Now is always better than Tomorrow.

makes sense.

 

[codhand]

Michelle slayed, my fave line was about success being the difference you made in ppls lives, not how much money you made. Subtle Romney diss, and a good one.

 

[Officerrob]

I meant of the national pollsters, I think rasmussen is skewing that a little.

They (very predictably) put Obama up 4 before the convention so they could turn around and show a Romney lead.

Yeah, I think Romney got an eight point bump in the Rasmussen poll, which is more than double what everyone else has his bump at.

 

[Zeus Molecules]

One thing I've learned from the Whitehouse Flickr stream: Obama loves to give birthday cakes.

Remembering birthdays is not for nothing one of the best morale management techniques out there.

 

[Basileus777]

Yeah, I think Romney got an eight point bump in the Rasmussen poll, which is more than double what everyone else has his bump at.

It was a six point bump, and their latest poll already had it subsiding 2 points.

 

[Averon]

That was one hell of a speech from Michelle. Ann Romney’s cannot really compare to that. The difference in both speeches was stark, to say the least.

 

[Diablos]

Anyone know of sites that are streaming a repeat of the DNC?

 

[Oblivion]

Patricia Arquette supports Obama? Nice.

Dem mommy titties. hnnnnnnng

 

[Jooney]

Anyone know of sites that are streaming a repeat of the DNC?

http://www.c-span.org/DNC/Live/

 

[Black Mamba]

Mr. Ryan also cited bankruptcy numbers to make the point that failing businesses mean fewer jobs. “In 1980 under Jimmy Carter, 330,000 businesses filed for bankruptcy,” he said. “Last year, under President Obama’s failed leadership, 1.4 million businesses filed for bankruptcy.”

But he appeared to conflate business bankruptcies and much more numerous personal bankruptcies. Of the 331,264 bankruptcies in 1980, only 43,694 were for businesses, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Of the 1,410,653 total bankruptcy filings last year, 47,806 were business bankruptcies, according to the institute. And, again, the numbers are falling. In 2009, there were 60,837 business bankruptcies. In July, the latest month with complete statistics, business bankruptcies were 22 percent lower than a year earlier, and personal bankruptcies were down 11 percent.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/...ome-loaded-figures-to-question-of-better-off/

Mr. Ryan just can't stop lying.

 

[Oblivion]

I just saw a bit of Castro's speech, and while I think the speech itself was awesome, Castro REALLY needs to learn how to speak effectively. He's not Obama circa 2004, that comparison goes to Deval Patrick.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/...ome-loaded-figures-to-question-of-better-off/

Mr. Ryan just can't stop lying.

Lol, he's not going to get rid of that label.

 

[Aaron]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/...ome-loaded-figures-to-question-of-better-off/

Mr. Ryan just can't stop lying.

In his defense, the truth isn't going to help his case any.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Has early voting started yet? Is there any disadvantage to early voting? I think I'd always early vote if not.

 

[Diablos]

Wow, Michelle Obama knocked it out of the park.

I also thought Deval Patrick kicked some ass.

 

[Puddles]

I finally got around to watching Romney's speech at the RNC.

I can't remember the last time I heard a politician who sounded this... fake. Nothing he says in the speech sounds genuine, and his facial expressions and body language are utterly lacking in conviction.

 

[Jooney]

Daily Show's segment on taking the dems to task for not having a good defence to the "Are you better off?" question is amazing.

 

[Angry Fork]

I would be really worried if Obama wins. I honestly think some tea partier will try something on him for sure. The people on the right are on the verge of exploding and resting all their hopes on Romney/Ryan winning. Things are so bad with them they are so paranoid and hysterical there's no way they're going to be okay with it.

 

[Milchjon]

German news media makes it sound like that speech basically won Obama the presidency.

 

[Measley]

I think what you're describing is called racism. I could be wrong. She's a brilliant, beautiful, extremely fit woman married to the most powerful non-banker on the planet. But she's black, of course she's angry.

Lets not forget the welfare angle. All of those trips and vacations on the public dime have been the topic of many right wing blogs. Cause you know, first ladies never traveled using public money. Rush Limbaugh has been calling her "Moochelle Obama" for quite awhile now.