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Saturday, November 03, 2012

Obama Will Cross 300 Electoral Votes

Romnesia Added To Medical Dictionaries
Bill Clinton Has Been Super
Mitt Romney Is A Pathological Liar

That is my prediction. O is crossing 300.

Des Moines Register poll: Obama up 47-42

he bests Romney considerably in four of five character traits tested .... An NBC/Marist poll found Obama beating Romney 50-44. There are some interesting numbers deeper in the Des Moines poll. ...... the percentage of likely voters who cast their ballots early this year was 42 percent, including more than half of seniors who plan to vote ..... among the early voters, Obama is up 22 points, the poll found

Ohioans line up for early voting in the battleground state

Cleveland - Democrats fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and won to keep Ohio polls open to all voters this weekend, and they were making the most of it in this Democratic stronghold Saturday. ...... And then there was Stevie Wonder, who showed up for an unannounced concert for about 100 spectators a few blocks away at Cleveland State University, before stopping by the polling place in a black SUV to the gasps of waiting voters. ....... Public polls in Ohio show President Obama holds a wide lead over Mitt Romney among voters who have voted since polls opened to early voters Oct. 2. ...... particularly Sunday when buses will roll straight from church services to the polls. ...... black voters — who overwhelmingly favor Obama — used early in-person voting at approximately 26 times the rate of white voters. ..... a steady stream of celebrities who were to discreetly visit the early-voting center this weekend, including Will.I.Am, Vivica A. Fox and John Legend ...... In 2008, Obama won Ohio in part by driving up Democratic turnout in counties that were still won by Sen. John McCain. In Allen, for instance, Obama got 3,000 more votes than Sen. John F. Kerry did four years earlier, in a county where 50,000 people voted

In final weekend before Election Day, Bill Clinton barnstorms Va. to get out vote for Obama
AP analysis of current electoral map in presidential race
Obama fires up Wisconsin crowd with help from Katy Perry
Nevada moves to “lean Obama”

With Nevada now leaning toward Obama, the President has 243 electoral votes leaning or solidly on his side while Romney has 206 electoral votes solid or leaning his way. Seven states — with 89 electoral votes — are in the “tossup” category.

Rupert Murdoch: Chris Christie Must 'Re-Declare' For Mitt Romney 'Or Take Blame'

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Obama Should Go For It On October 16

Bill Clinton, Master Politician, Reacts To The Debate
Romney: Breathtaking
The First Debate
The Debates (2)
The Debates

Mitt Romney used to be as progressive as Mike Bloomberg on social issues when his playing field was Massachusetts. He was pro choice, he was for gun control. He was pretty much a liberal.

And then he decided to run for president, and he flip flopped because, let's face it, the base of the Republican Party is to the hard right.

Considering how easily he disowned his own tax plan - the centerpiece of his program - during the first debate, I would like someone to tell me where Mitt stands on abortion today. Because, with this guy, you never know.

Don't get me wrong. I am not a big fan of clocks that are right two times a day. People changing their mind is often a good thing. You did not believe in climate change. And then you did your homework. And you changed your mind. How is that a bad thing? You were pro segregation, then you listened to some of MLK's speeches, and you changed your mind. You became a little less racist. How is that a bad thing?

But with Mitt it is weird. I never thought Mitt was a rabid racist, or a rabid sexist or a rabid anything. He became anti abortion. But that is like, there was this guy who was pro segregation in the 1950s, and then two decades later, in the 1970s, he became pro slavery.

That is not someone changing his mind, that is clinical to me.

Mitt's stand on abortion is something like that, only Mitt being pro choice was nothing heartfelt. That stand was a product of market research.

But someone flip flopping on abortion is less harmful than someone fundamentally flip flopping on their fundamental tax plan. Because on abortion, let's face it, the law of the land is not about to be overturned.

But a tax plan is kind of an important detail. That impacts pretty much all other major decisions you take as president. The economy is still recovering. Economic policy details matter. Mitt's tax cut plan will invite back the Depression we just barely avoided.

For two years Mitt was for five trillion dollars in tax cuts, and two trillion dollars in additional spending on defense. Okay, I get it. Those two details would make hard core conservatives happy. I get it, I get it. Tax cuts and strong on defense. I truly get it.

But then when you flip flop on that, I kind of like it. That is progress. If Mitt Romney is no longer for his tax cuts, like he said during the first debate, I want to know. This is a good kind of change of mind.

Going from being pro choice to anti choice is going backwards in time. But if Mitt is walking away from his five trillion tax cut plan, that is progress. That means he read some of Barack Obama's speeches, and spent some time reflecting, and he had an epiphany. I like that. I am not going to hold that against the guy. Frankly, that is what I have wanted all along. I have wanted Mitt to not be for a five trillion dollar tax cut.

But if that is his new plan the American people have a right to know. Where exactly do you stand, Mitt? If you now stand where Obama has stood all these years, welcome aboard. Maybe you can lead the Republicans in the House and bring forth some bipartisan action.

Since there is no longer a substantial difference between you and my guy Barack, are we now competing on style? We are all for it. My guy has a ton of style. They are about to put him on GQ. Again.