Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Where would you get the idea Romney is emotional? He's practically a robot.
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Where would you get the idea Romney is emotional? He's practically a robot.
BertramCooper
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PhoenixDark
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Man, what does Rove say to his investors if Romney loses, dems keep the senate, and dems gain 5-10 seats? The PAC money was apparently useless, as was Romney's. Seems like people have an opinion one way or the other about Obama/last four years
What do you think would happen if it were bad, like jobs lost?
speculawyer
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I find his reason to vote Romney a bit odd. More direct government employment is just wrong, the public sector has been shrinking under Obama. Mitt plans to bloat the military and that would grow public sector employment. Yes, Obama wants more government contracting but that is as an infrastructure-building stimulus program, not to enforce higher wages. And yes, Obama supports students with aid but I don't tie that so much to the economy.
Father_Brain
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By far, my worst fear about Obama during the '08 campaign was that he actually believed his own post-partisan rhetoric, and it was saddening but completely unsurprising to see that fear vindicated. Most anyone looking at the actions of the congressional GOP in the 110th Congress alone should have been able to predict that there was absolutely nothing that could get them to negotiate in good faith with a Democratic president, but noooooo....
Ugh, I like Frum and actually agree with a lot of his points here, but he's completely ignoring the fact that Romney has zero history of ever standing up to extremism in his own party. There is no evidence he would do anything other than bend over whatever way Congressional Republicans tell him to. I agree that deep down Mitt is a sensible, pragmatic guy, and that if he could govern in a vacuum he would be at least tolerable, but I think he's also profoundly weak and would basically be a rubber stamp for congressional Republicans.
And then all the benefit of the doubt he extends to Romney he denies to Obama. Mitt won't repeal Obamacare, but Obama's gonna have most of the country working for the government in no time!
I think The Economist's endorsement today looked at the same issues with the same center-right lens that Frum is looking through, but without Frum's emotional attachment to the Republican party and comes to the right conclusion because of it. Not to say that its lines about Obama not understanding business weren't laughable, but at least it came to the right conclusion in the end.
Speaking of which, The Economist and Mike Bloomberg both endorsing Obama on the same day has to be causing some serious cognitive dissonance in the rich people community.
He'll say Romney wasn't conservative enough, duh.
A bad news cycle for Obama and something for Romney to hammer over the last few days
No one cares about jobs reports, good or bad.
lawlohwhat
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It's just nice to hear him speak with conviction, even if his passion is misguided.
I think Obama genuinely wanted to make an impact on how policy is formed at the federal level and that he really wanted to be bi-partisan, by I think after year 3 of his first term he realized that's not going to happen. I expect that he's learned his lesson and that he will approach policy with a different attitude in a second term.
The Librarian
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Is it a weird thing that I find following political reporters is far more entertaining than celebrities? The twitter exchange between Sam Stein and BB today was hilarious. Celebrities/actors/directors/whatever never really have anything interesting to say.
It's not about the people. It's what the media elite cares about which drives the news cycle. If the jobs report is okay or good, Sandy coverage will drown it out. If it's bad, it will get decent play and help Romney a bit
Black Republican
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Colorado - Obama 50 - Romney 48 LV
Obama 48%, Romney 47%, Johnson 4%, Stein 1% LV
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.co...-tight-race-in-rocky-mountain-battleground-2/
Colorado - Obama 50 - Romney 48 LV
Obama 48%, Romney 47%, Johnson 4%, Stein 1% LV
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.co...-tight-race-in-rocky-mountain-battleground-2/
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Again, the jobs numbers tend to be closely tied with the economic numbers, so I don't see anything other than a very mild gain or loss.
Bam Bam Baklava
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Wolf Blitzer going to release a new Colorado poll soon. Hang on to your ties.
Obviously not Americans.
el retorno
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I predict tie.
an actual job LOSS will be bad news, lets be real. When was the last negative month?
Kevitivity
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What are the internals? The top line tells you almost nothing without including the internals.
speculawyer
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That hail mary was intercepted by Chysler, GM, and the media.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
Who got banned? and whatttt?
Re: my left comment: that picture seemed like it wanted to "unite" Americans, but instead it just blasted the right. Seemed strange to me, that is all.
I wish I could unskew your posts.
Red Blaster
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The internals are you crying on election night
When I say bad I don't mean actual job lost.
Kevitivity
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This is the kind of concise and cogent political commentary that keeps me coming back ti PoliGAF.
Father_Brain
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Every time I get nervous about Tuesday, I remind myself: Obama only needs WI, OH, and either IA or NV to get 271 EVs. He can lose every other battleground state and still win.
By almost all indications, he's doing fine in all four of those states.
By almost all indications, he's doing fine in all four of those states.
Late Super PAC Ad Buy Urges African Americans To Vote Republican Because Lincoln Freed The Slaves
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/blacks-should-vote-republican-ad-ohio.php?ref=fpnewsfeed
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/blacks-should-vote-republican-ad-ohio.php?ref=fpnewsfeed
Feb. 2010. And with ADP already reporting 158K jobs added and BLS reporting fewer UE claims, positive jobs growth is a lock.
The only way even U3 goes up is due to hopeful new entrants to the job seeking pool. I expect we'll be flat @ 7.8% tomorrow.
If you want cogent commentary, perhaps try providing some.
Most desperate ad in the history of ever?
I don't see what's wrong with that. They're all prominent members of the party that's very far right. You can put Michael Moore up there if you want, but he's not really relevant.
And once again, people are so used to the crazed GOP that any semi decent video or act from a Republican gets more praise than it deserves.
Kinda disgusting.
Father_Brain
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Oh, is this from Jack Donaghy's PAC?
electricpirate
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I can see that train of logic on weird outliers (IE, gallup, that Obama +8 in iowa, or -3 in ohio) but if you are within the mainstream, paying too much attention to internals is going to give you excuses to dispute the quality of polls even if they are fine.
I love the smell of desperation in the morning. Only white people think Black People think of Lincoln as a Republican.
el retorno
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OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG Is this real life?
Black Mamba
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This can't be real...
Precisely. Anything beyond those three (of four) is bonus.
I'd love some cushion so that the asshat Husted knows that his efforts to flip Ohio are in vain, and Obama getting that cushion is looking more and more likely.
... and a side note: it seems like, in the past two or three days or so, the "ultra-crazy" switch has been hit over on the right side of the aisle. I'm most definitely enjoying it.
...I don't think this will work.
threetri333
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Romney is not Lincoln..
Byakuya769
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Half and half
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Wait...is that real??? That comes across like an SNL spoof or something.
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