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[Dr. Pangloss]

“Our top political priority over the next four years should be to deny President Obama a third term.”

Actually I think the Republicans will work with Obama after the election if he wins. You just need to look back at Clinton. He wins in 1996, and then gets Orrin Hatch of all people to help pass SCHIP in 1997. By that time, people were willing to work together to solve problems because they knew he was a lame duck. You also still had plenty of your crazies because they still impeached him 1998. But people did come together to pass legislation because that is why most go to Congress in the first place. They want to pass what's on their agenda. They don't want to do nothing.

 

[Black Mamba]

An estimated 35.7 million people watched the third and final night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention on Thursday, September 6. The closing night of the DNC was carried live from Charlotte, North Carolina across thirteen networks and featured a speech by President Barack Obama.

While coverage varied by network, all thirteen aired live coverage from approximately 10:00 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. The chart below highlights the sum of the average audience for these networks during common coverage.

Via nielsen.

wow, over 12 million more than Romney. I honestly didn't think Obama would hit 35 mil (thought 30 mil was more likely).

Spells doom!


edit: for comparison's sake, 2008 had 38 million. Just a bit over 2 million less this year. Wow.

edit: 17 mil over 55 years old, too.

 

[Dr. Pangloss]

Not so fast. If Mittens loses this dude is gonna be front and center in 2016. He would be quite a formidable candidate to go up against. He's basically the GOP Obama.

This is why I thank god that the party that is 89% white has to start its primaries in three of the whitest states in the union: Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. I say good luck to Rubio in appeasing them, or he can pull a Giuliani.

 

[Hobbestetrician]

edit: 17 mil over 55 years old, too.

Probably the same 17 million whose television somehow only gets CBS.

 

[Cubsfan23]

obama now 78% to win at 538


odds went up at pinnaclesports.com too

 

[hydragonwarrior]

I checked stats for the Senate races and a lot of them are close - what's the likelihood of Republicans retaking the majority at the moment?

 

[Oblivion]

Not so fast. If Mittens loses this dude is gonna be front and center in 2016. He would be quite a formidable candidate to go up against. He's basically the GOP Obama.

Hubba hubba. Is that Rubio's wife? She's gorgeous.

 

[Cubsfan23]

I know. It was a joke. I don't think Hillary has anything locked up in 2016.

impossible for her to lose with the current electoral map......

 

[Clevinger]

Via nielsen.

wow, over 12 million more than Romney. I honestly didn't think Obama would hit 35 mil (thought 30 mil was more likely).

Spells doom!

35 million people watching that boring ass speech? Bad news for Obama.

/pd

 

[Oblivion]

Erin Burnett > Soledad.

Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh?

 

[Dr. Pangloss]

I don't think our approach with PD is working. The intervention needs to be kicked into overdrive. Instead of sarcastically imitating him, we must now ignore his posts in order for him to become the old Democratic stalwart that he is. Our giving him attention is positive reinforcing his actions. It's also starting to affect other posters like Jackson50 who made comments on supporting Gary Johnson. As Obama likes to remind us, Romney is a good man and so is PD. He just needs help.

 

[Suikoguy]

impossible for her to lose with the current electoral map......

Pretty much, she is vetted already. Age is really the only factor.

 

[Black Mamba]

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

The Democrats are going to splice this, right? Right!?!?!?

The door is wide open...

 

[ErasureAcer]

My local news just said the race is "Dead Even"....lol. And it wasn't FOX, it was NBC.

 

[Fox318]

I give the people what they want.

That never gets old.

 

[Black Republican]

Hubba hubba. Is that Rubio's wife? She's gorgeous.

hes a west coast rap fan though... i rep the east, no endorsement from me

 

[Dr. Pangloss]

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

The Democrats are going to splice this, right? Right!?!?!?

The door is wide open...

I would be upset if they did. They don't need this to prove that Obama is better on foreign policy. This is like conservatives getting mad that God and Jerusalem were left out of the platform. Also it doesn't go with the narrative that Romney wants to expand the military. The reason why "you didn't build that" works is because people think Obama is actually a socialists instead of wanting to go back to Clinton tax rates. If anyone is going to splice it, then it's going to be Paul Begala at Priorities USA.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

My local news just said the race is "Dead Even"....lol. And it wasn't FOX, it was NBC.

National Polls are dead even

 

[Jackson50]

I checked stats for the Senate races and a lot of them are close - what's the likelihood of Republicans retaking the majority at the moment?

They're modest underdogs.

I don't think our approach with PD is working. The intervention needs to be kicked into overdrive. Instead of sarcastically imitating him, we must now ignore his posts in order for him to become the old Democratic stalwart that he is. Our giving him attention is positive reinforcing his actions. It's also starting to affect other posters like Jackson50 who made comments on supporting Gary Johnson. As Obama likes to remind us, Romney is a good man and so is PD. He just needs help.

Who wouldn't vote for Gary Johnson?

 

[giga]

 

[sc0la]

If you were in the DNC thread it was easy to see Clinton "moved the needle," so to speak.

Edit: Hmmm drop a bunch in intrade on Obama? Still under 5.80 isn't bad price given swing state polling

 

[Oblivion]

Chuck Grassly spittin' fire:

https://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley/status/244126411785371648

 

[Mario]

My local news just said the race is "Dead Even"....lol. And it wasn't FOX, it was NBC.

NZ news has been describing it as "neck and neck" as well. I suspect they are getting that from the national polls and not a close enough analysis of the EC.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Chuck Grassly spittin' fire:

https://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley/status/244126411785371648

Chuck Grassley only spits stupid.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Via nielsen.

wow, over 12 million more than Romney. I honestly didn't think Obama would hit 35 mil (thought 30 mil was more likely).

Spells doom!


edit: for comparison's sake, 2008 had 38 million. Just a bit over 2 million less this year. Wow.

edit: 17 mil over 55 years old, too.

I really, really did not expect this. Amazing numbers...

 

[ErasureAcer]

NZ news has been describing it as "neck and neck" as well. I suspect they are getting that from the national polls and not a close enough analysis of the EC.

Exactly. That's how the President is elected. National Polls are worthless. Romney is far behind.

 

[Souldriver]

Yeah, Belgian national news also keeps repeating it being a close race. And our news reporting is -generally speaking- not shitty.

It leaves me puzzeled. I mean, they have correspondents solely devoted to following the US election. Surely those people could/would explain how the popular vote thing is less crucial than the Electoral Votes? How about they mention the concept of "swing states"? ... But they don't.

It even makes me second guess and wonder if neogaf really is a bubble, with rose tinted Obama glasses.

 

[titiklabingapat]

Princton Electoral Consortium said there was a definite negative convention bounce for Romney on their tracking.

http://election.princeton.edu/2012/09/07/the-gop-convention-negative-bounce-a-final-look/

Pretty amazing.

 

[Aaron Strife]

I really, really did not expect this. Amazing numbers...

No spin?

 

[codhand]

Had to be at least 2 mil watchin MTV music awards

 

[speculawyer]

Out of curiosity, how are do abortion cases have a standing to sue? By the time that Roe v Wade got to the SCOTUS, she must have had the baby?

I think they actually address this in the case. It is based on the fact that even though this pregnancy may become moot by the time it gets to court, there are always others similarly situated with the same issue.

 

[Dram]

Yeah, Belgian national news also keeps repeating it being a close race. And our news reporting is -generally speaking- not shitty.

US politics are popular in Belgium?

 

[codhand]

Silver is hedging his Twitter comments...he has a shitty poker face, game over Roms.

 

[PhoenixDark]

No spin?

Can't spin anything. Only 2mil viewers lost from 08 despite a weak economy, enthusiasm gap, and the VMAs (which btw are ALWAYS held on sundays. I wonder why they were held on thursday...). Crazy numbers

 

[Y2Kev]

The ratings just demonstrate at the very least that people still like Obama. This has been written about quite frequently recently. Romney has to convince people to "break up" with Obama. Hard sell. Romney is, as bill maher puts it, a fucking loser.

I want hilldawg answering the phone at 3am in 2016 so hard. Hell, we all know old people get up at 3 am anyways.

 

[KingGondo]

US politics are popular in Belgium?

The rest of the world is more or less forced to at least pay attention to our presidential politics, since the US affects them hugely too.

...

On another note, I'm sitting in an airport terminal in Houston and being forced to listen to a couple of guys near me bashing Obama.

Argh... I hate when that happens. I can't mute them, and it's not worth trying to persuade them. I guess I'll just try to tune them out.

 

[sc0la]

On another note, I'm sitting in an airport terminal in Houston and being forced to listen to a couple of guys near me bashing Obama.

Argh... I hate when that happens. I can't mute them, and it's not worth trying to persuade them. I guess I'll just try to tune them out.

Just start eastwooding Romney in the chair next to you.

 

[mckmas8808]

Yikes, I finally saw my first facebook (coworker) post about 2016. Scary stuff, these folks are really desperate to find any reason to validate their irrational dislike for Obama.

Someone at my job just now asked me, "hey man you see that 2016 movie?" I can't believe it!

 

[titiklabingapat]

Exactly. That's how the President is elected. National Polls are worthless. Romney is far behind.

They are not exactly useless. They tell you which way the wind is blowing, but the exact direction of the sailboat is ultimately determined by the electoral college.

 

[speculawyer]

Looking at Drudge, the Gallup poll is nowhere to be found, but guess what is there? The election year-over-year ratings for all stations sans Fox News.

Republican's, you're gonna get ear infections from sticking your fingers in there so hard.

Such a fucking bubble they wanna create, I can't wait, can't fucking wait for the debates.

I don't believe the liberal media.

 

[Cloudy]

I saw Ann Romney attacking Obama by name today on the stump. Kind of like Cindy McCain. I don't recall Michelle Obama ever being used that way. Am I wrong?

 

[RDreamer]

My brain hurts:

At the end of his first week on the stump, Paul Ryan said the current political environment is the "most partisan atmosphere" he's "ever seen" over the three administrations he's worked for.

"Remember the line, we're not red states, we're not blue states but we're the United States of America?" the vice presidential candidate said referring to President Obama. "I want to be a uniter, not a divider? I tell ya, I've served with three presidents since I have been in Congress, this is the most partisan atmosphere I have ever seen. This is not uniting, this is dividing."

Also this:

“What’s happened over the past four years was not a Bill Clinton Democrat,” Ryan said referring to Obama. “Bill Clinton gave us welfare reform, Bill Clinton worked with Republicans to cut spending and to get a good budget agreement in place. Bill Clinton’s commission gave us Medicare reform that we are proposing right now. We don’t have a Bill Clinton Democrat. We have someone who went far to the left so it’s a different kind of approach or philosophy of the role and goal of government.”

“The worst thing that could happen is President Obama gets reelected, we get four more years of the same, and we end up with a welfare state and a debt crisis,” Ryan told the donors. “The second worst thing that could happen is we have a lonely victory where we win by default without the kind of mandate we need to get his country back on track. What we are trying to do here is win by acclimation.”

 

[Loudninja]

Whattttttt?

Romney: Debates Will Offer Chance To Talk About ‘Truth And Fiction’

Mitt Romney said Friday that the debates this fall will offer a chance to talk about "truth and fiction." Romney told News News he would have bailed out the auto industry earlier than President Obama.

"And I think (voters) recognize when it comes to saving an industry and making more jobs for the American people, I've got a record that shows I know how to do that." Obama, he added, "has simply been unable to deliver what he promised."

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/romney-debates-will-offer-chance-to-talk-about

 

[BotoxAgent]

Whattttttt?

Romney: Debates Will Offer Chance To Talk About ‘Truth And Fiction’

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/romney-debates-will-offer-chance-to-talk-about

I think they are just throwin wild haymakers at this point

 

[Gotchaye]

My brain hurts:

That's going to backfire on them so hard if Obama can get Clinton to campaign for him and to say things like he did at the DNC. It makes no sense to boost Clinton's credibility like that unless they bought their line about how Obama and Clinton hate each other.

 

[Marvie_3]

Whattttttt?

Romney: Debates Will Offer Chance To Talk About ‘Truth And Fiction’

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/romney-debates-will-offer-chance-to-talk-about

What the fuck? :lol

 

[RDreamer]

Whattttttt?

Romney: Debates Will Offer Chance To Talk About ‘Truth And Fiction’

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/romney-debates-will-offer-chance-to-talk-about

...

So, he was against it, then for it, then took credit for it, and now it wasn't soon enough? Is there any other position he's taken on the bailout? Is there any other position for him to take?

 

[Aaron Strife]

...

So, he was against it, then for it, then took credit for it, and now it wasn't soon enough? Is there any other position he's taken on the bailout? Is there any other position for him to take?

Obama bailed them out on day 1! I would have bailed them out on day ZERO!

 

[Chichikov]

I think they are just throwin wild haymakers at this point

I guess Romney also learned everything he knows about boxing from Rocky IV.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Whattttttt?

Romney: Debates Will Offer Chance To Talk About ‘Truth And Fiction’

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/romney-debates-will-offer-chance-to-talk-about

Romney can lie in the debates too unless the moderator calls him out