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Romney Closing With Obama
But a tough campaign ahead.
Mitt Romney’s campaign is making great headway, closing with Barack Obama during this lovely month of May.
It is one thing when Rasmussen’s tracking poll puts Romney up by 2 points for May 11-14. Rasmussen is every Republican’s favorite pollster. But what does it say when even the establishmentarian CBS News/New York Times poll puts Governor Romney up by 3 points? Moreover, the average of all polls to date give President Obama only a 1.6 percentage lead, according to RealClearPolitics.
This is substantial progress since the beginning of the month when the Associated Press/GfK poll gave Obama an 8-point edge, 50-42, for the May 3-7 time frame. This rapid shift in polling may account for the Obama campaign’s nasty swerve toward negativity with an emphasis on class envy, disparagement of free markets, and vilification of successful people generally, including donors opposing the President.
And it is only going to get worse this election cycle. The Washington Examiner ran a story this week on training provided to the House Democratic Caucus “on how to inject the issue of race into nearly any political argument that takes place during the 2012 election season.”
Evidently, one Maya Wiley, a former adviser for George Soros’s Open Society Institute and founder of the Center for Social Inclusion, spoke to the Caucus on “race and fiscal policy,” and insists that all talk of cutting government spending is “racially coded.” Even Rick Santorum is accused of playing the race card by calling for cuts in spending and the welfare state. Wiley urges Democrats to steer the public dialogue away from race-neutral language. “‘Explain how each racial group is affected [by a government program], but start with people who are white,’ she wrote in her presentation. ‘Then raise racial disparities.’”
Back to the campaign, the experienced Republican politico, Ed Rogers, got it right in the Washington Post on May 9 when he asked why, despite a bruising primary and Romney supposedly “winning ugly,” the GOP “war on women,” and other negative spin about the Ryan budget, isn’t Obama “cruising” right now with a big lead?
“Romney is stronger than he has been portrayed and Obama is weaker than most people think,” wrote Rogers. “How else do you explain the current polls?”
The day before, on May 8, the Wall Street Journal’s political reporter, Gerald Seib, wrote a column on the efforts by both campaigns to build up enthusiasm among targeted voters. Seib observed that an April poll by the WSJ and NBC showed Obama leading among all voters by 6 percentage points, 49-46. “But among those who express high interest in the election — defined as those who rate their interest at a nine or 10 on a 10-point scale — Mr. Romney leads by three points, 49% to 46%.”
For Democrats, 64 percent are highly interested in the election, versus 80 percent four years ago. “By contrast, enthusiasm among Republicans actually is up a few percentage points, to 74% from 71% four years ago,” wrote Seib.
An early May USA Today/Gallup Swing State Poll revealed the two candidates to be essentially even with Obama ahead of Romney, 47-45, in the dozen battleground states that will determine the outcome of the November election. Obama had a lead of 9 percentage points in late March. However, the President is generating an edge in enthusiasm among his voters there. “For the first time, Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say they are extremely or very enthusiastic about voting — a shift from a 14-percentage point GOP advantage at the end of last year to an 11-point deficit now,” wrote Susan Page in USA Today.
However, among those polled in the swing states, 60 percent say a President Romney would do a good or very good job handling the economy as opposed to 52 percent who say the same thing about President Obama.
Republican optimists would say that Romney just won a tough primary battle with wounds still healing and Obama has an early lead in organizing in the target states, both circumstances that are going to change, are changing, rapidly.
James Collins, the celebrated author of the best-selling business book, Good to Great, tells the story of Admiral Jim Stockdale, a prisoner of war who was tortured by the Viet Cong for eight years. In response to Collins’s enquiry as to who did not make it out of the camps, Stockdale replied, “Oh, that’s easy. It was the optimists. They were the ones who said we were going home by Christmas.… You know, I think they all died of broken hearts.”
I am certain that Admiral Stockdale would not counsel pessimism in the face of challenges but realism certainly. This will be a long, grueling campaign that will make the Republican primary look like a pleasant round of croquet. It is certainly winnable, but no one who wishes Mitt Romney well can simply sit on their hands and watch this election from afar. It is time for all hands on deck.
About the Author
G. Tracy Mehan, III served at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the administrations of both Presidents Bush. He is a consultant in Arlington, Virginia, and an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law.
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DTOM| 5.16.12 @ 6:45AM
So does this mean that by say October the Democrat strategy will be "Whenever the Republican opens his mouth, it's just code for racism!"?
This will be fun, especially because even an 'ism' can jump the shark!!!
Don't Tread On Me!
Jack in Wi.| 5.16.12 @ 7:12AM
We all know Obama, Pelosi and Reid are disasters. Are Romney, Boehner, and McConnell any better? Tell me why I should be enthused by this gang?
chuck| 5.16.12 @ 8:22AM
Because they are not Obama, Pelosi, and Reid.
And seriously, Jack, you are the most negative, hate-filled MFer I've ever had the displeasure of running up on. Why don't you suck on the end of a 12 gauge until it goes off. Might help to improve your outlook.
Jack in Wi.| 5.16.12 @ 8:45AM
Sorry Chuckie. I am not a hopless shill for Bibbi and the Israeli Lobby, like you are. I actually care about this country and it's people. Why the helll should I care for a candidate, Romney, who said in a debate, that the first thing he would do as President is fly to Israel to get his marching orders from the gang over there? America and Americans First. End the Fed and end the wars. Then maybe we can make some progress.
DTOM| 5.16.12 @ 9:01AM
You are a hopeless shill for the perennial do-nothing Ron Paul, though.
'nuff said.
Don't Tread On Me!!!
Mike Hawk| 5.16.12 @ 9:13AM
Ron Paul is retiring Jackov. He finally decided to his credit that 77 is time to enjoy a well earned retirement.
W| 5.16.12 @ 9:28AM
Mike,
The Pgh spelling is Jagov. I understand you are making allowances for Jack to understand.
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 10:07AM
The Arlen Specter-John McCain School Of The RINO_CINO Lesser Evil Again.
Rommney Is McCain Redux.
" Santorum: Might As Well Have Obama Over Romney
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Thursday said Republicans should give President Barack Obama another term if Santorum isn't the GOP nominee and for a second day compared rival Mitt Romney to an Etch A Sketch toy.
Santorum reiterated an argument he has made before: The former Massachusetts governor is not conservative enough to offer voters a clear choice in the fall election and that only he can provide that contrast.
"You win by giving people a choice," Santorum said during a campaign stop in Texas. "You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who's just going to be a little different than the person in there."
Santorum added: "If they're going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk of what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate for the future."
Santorum was referencing Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom's comment Wednesday that "everything changes" for the fall campaign. "It's almost like an Etch A Sketch," he said on CNN. "You can kind of shake it up and we start all over again."
The remark reignited criticism of Romney as the type of politician who will say or do anything to win."
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 10:22AM
Get Bent.
Oldefarte| 5.16.12 @ 5:06PM
Guess who is getting bent, DA? :
'....NewsmaxNev. Republicans Wary of Paul Role inStateParty Wednesday, May 16, 2012 02:25 PMBy: Sandy Fitzgerald Many Nevada Republicans appear to be turning their back on the state party, which is increasingly being dominated by Ron Paul loyalists who took over the state convention this year and elected a majority of delegates to the Republican National Convention.
According to the Las Vegas Sun, political observers say long-time party activists have lost confidence in the state-level apparatus to get Republicans of all stripes elected.
They fear the party organization might spend more time trying to get Paul nominated over Romney at the convention, “or pushing his libertarian philosophy, than being the backbone of the GOP election effort,” the newspaper said.
As a result, many traditional Republicans have turned to contributing more to conservative groups, like Americans for Prosperity, and the Republican National Committee, to help ensure the party delivers a tough contest for Democrats in the November elections. “It has become evident after the convention that the new leadership for the party is not interested in getting Republicans elected as much as moving an ideology forward,” said Mendy Elliot, a longtime Republican fundraiser.
“The purpose of the party is to get Republicans elected and register Republicans. Until that focus is shifted back, it’s hard for mainstream Republicans to understand the purpose of the party.”According to the Sun, the change in the state party staffing, which includes Paul supporter Michael McDonald as its new chairman, and other issues have turned off GOP elected leaders in the state as well. Most of them “skipped the state convention earlier this month and have shown little willingness to get into the muck of rebuilding the state party,” the Sun said. Some changes in the way Nevada Republicans are preparing for the November elections have already become obvious. Americans for Prosperity, for example, has taken over voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts that were once the domain of the state party, the Sun reported.....'
Jack in Wi.| 5.16.12 @ 11:15AM
Ron Paul isn't retiring from the fight. He will continue to be a thorn in the side of the establishment till the day he dies and beyond. He has already won, in some respects, most people want the wars ended, the troops home, the Fed audited, and all foreign aid cut.
William Kristol in a debate at a Manhatten liberal synagogue said that Joe Liebermann would be the next Secretary of State in a Romney administation. Most of the Jewish people there groaned at the thought. The thought that this could happen makes me want to puke.
RCV| 5.16.12 @ 12:23PM
The Jewish people in the audience likely groaned because they're liberal Democrats who dislike Lieberman. You want to puke because he's a Jew.
That's the difference.
DTOM| 5.16.12 @ 9:14AM
And if you cannot perceive that Romney is a couple of Trillion times better as President than Obama would be for the next four years, your "caring" for this country is less than worthless -it's evil.
You really need to stand back and look at yourself. You are a mess! Stop talking and listen to yourself sometime! You'd be shocked at how hateful and ignorant you really are. All that Reagan admiration notwithstanding.
You would not fall under Reagan's 80% rule. The Gipper would disavow you - put you out to pasture for your destructive, hateful, unhelpful speech. All the while saying that you were a good fellow, just a little confused.
Read your own writings, Jack. Read it and weep.
Don't Tread On Me!!!
Al Adab| 5.16.12 @ 1:20PM
Gentlemen:
Haven't you figured out yet that the mainline republicans are the accomodationist party?
The GOP rejected Romney four years ago for being left of McCain. Romney continues the long line of Dewy, Ford, Bush 41, Dole, McCain "moderates" who constantly lead the party to defeat. We continue to follow them why?
W| 5.16.12 @ 1:41PM
Al
Romney was not rejected because he was left of McCain. Romney ran to the right of McCain, which is not difficult. Romney was endorsed by Herman Cain and Rick Santorum in 2008 as the conservative alternative to McCain.
Huckabee joined forces with McCain in 08. McCain ran an Obama-campaign against Romney, always accusing him of being wealthy, and making money while he, McCain was in the military. He played the war prisoner hero card well. Romney had too much class to respond that McCain divorced his first wife and then married Cindy, worth hundreds of millions, when he retired from the military.
Al Adab| 5.16.12 @ 2:10PM
W:
Fair enough. Lots of history, but does not change the accomodationists into Conservatives. Father George was, along with Rockefeller, one of the leaders opposed to the Conservative Movemnt and campaigned against its candidate, in the very beginning. Yes, I hold that against the son. Has he ever disavowed the policiesd of Dad or admitted that George was wrong back then?
W| 5.16.12 @ 3:05PM
Al
I don't like Rockefeller. He sabotaged Nixon in 1960 and Goldwater in 1964. From what I read George Romney opposed Godwater because Barry voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Rockefeller was a rich, spoiled, power hungry
professional politician. George worked in private industry, rose to president of American Motors, and then ran for governor of Michigan.
Our only hope to reduce the nanny state is for Romney to win with a Republican Congress. If Obama wins, it is over. We would need 67 in the Senate to override Obama's vetos. Impossible to win 67.
W| 5.16.12 @ 9:27AM
Jack
Why do you go to your default position of attacking Bibi and Israel when the issue is Romney v. Obama? If you like the last 3 years of Obama then vote for Obama.
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 10:12AM
The Issue Is Romney Is Your Israel Firster McCain Redux , Bibi Towel Boy, W.
"Gingrich: Conservatives Won't Let Wall St. And Romney "Buy Election"
"Look, the conservative movement is not going to sit by and let a Massachusetts liberal, who's pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-tax increase, pro-gay rights, whose Romneycare in two articles in the last 24 hours were described as the equivalent of Obamacare and who George Soros says is just fine. He'd be happy with either Obama or Romney [be]cause they are both the establishment -- that's just George Soros," Newt Gingrich told FOX News' Bret Baier on the campaign trail in Tampa, Florida.
"Now, the conservative movement isn't going to sit back and say 'Oh yes, let's let Wall Street, and Goldman Sachs and Mitt Romney buy the election. So you're going to see a real grass roots fight. It will be people power vs. Goldman Sachs and Mitt Romney," he added."
W| 5.16.12 @ 11:55AM
Why do you reply for Jack, Clint?
Why do you hate an American war hero, McCain?
Why do you hate and are obsessed with Bibi and Israel?
Al Adab| 5.16.12 @ 1:21PM
Clint:
It's getting old. Give it a rest my man.
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 3:34PM
Tell It To The Israel Firsters First, Ahab.
Al Adab| 5.16.12 @ 8:01PM
Don't be insulting sir. You know my position re: Israel and it's Adab an old arabic name. Have a great night.
Clint| 5.17.12 @ 1:23AM
Actually, I Don't.
Enlighten Me, Captain.
Whale Ho !
Oldefarte| 5.16.12 @ 5:07PM
Guess who is getting bent, DA? :
'....NewsmaxNev. Republicans Wary of Paul Role inStateParty Wednesday, May 16, 2012 02:25 PMBy: Sandy Fitzgerald Many Nevada Republicans appear to be turning their back on the state party, which is increasingly being dominated by Ron Paul loyalists who took over the state convention this year and elected a majority of delegates to the Republican National Convention.
According to the Las Vegas Sun, political observers say long-time party activists have lost confidence in the state-level apparatus to get Republicans of all stripes elected.
They fear the party organization might spend more time trying to get Paul nominated over Romney at the convention, “or pushing his libertarian philosophy, than being the backbone of the GOP election effort,” the newspaper said.
As a result, many traditional Republicans have turned to contributing more to conservative groups, like Americans for Prosperity, and the Republican National Committee, to help ensure the party delivers a tough contest for Democrats in the November elections. “It has become evident after the convention that the new leadership for the party is not interested in getting Republicans elected as much as moving an ideology forward,” said Mendy Elliot, a longtime Republican fundraiser.
“The purpose of the party is to get Republicans elected and register Republicans. Until that focus is shifted back, it’s hard for mainstream Republicans to understand the purpose of the party.”According to the Sun, the change in the state party staffing, which includes Paul supporter Michael McDonald as its new chairman, and other issues have turned off GOP elected leaders in the state as well. Most of them “skipped the state convention earlier this month and have shown little willingness to get into the muck of rebuilding the state party,” the Sun said. Some changes in the way Nevada Republicans are preparing for the November elections have already become obvious. Americans for Prosperity, for example, has taken over voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts that were once the domain of the state party, the Sun reported.....'
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 5:16PM
Obviously,You're Gettin' Bent By Your Brother Deliverance Banjo Pickin' River Sex Inbred, Fart Rump.
" Gingrich: Conservatives Won't Let Wall St. And Romney "Buy Election"
"Look, the conservative movement is not going to sit by and let a Massachusetts liberal, who's pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-tax increase, pro-gay rights, whose Romneycare in two articles in the last 24 hours were described as the equivalent of Obamacare and who George Soros says is just fine. He'd be happy with either Obama or Romney [be]cause they are both the establishment -- that's just George Soros," Newt Gingrich told FOX News' Bret Baier on the campaign trail in Tampa, Florida.
"Now, the conservative movement isn't going to sit back and say 'Oh yes, let's let Wall Street, and Goldman Sachs and Mitt Romney buy the election. So you're going to see a real grass roots fight. It will be people power vs. Goldman Sachs and Mitt Romney," he added."
Doctor Right| 5.16.12 @ 10:13AM
Ever notice how EVERYTHING Jack rants about always comes back to Israel???
What are the roots of your anti-Semitic rage, Jack?
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 10:24AM
We Know The Roots Of Your Anti-Catholic Rants, Dr.Reich.
Doctor Right| 5.16.12 @ 10:40AM
Yes, I'm sure you and Jamaica sit around your house and discuss them all the time while you make up fake stories about your Daddy, the "war hero"...
Now say 3 Hail Marys (while NOT praying to Mary), 3 Our Fathers, and Thank me very much!
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 4:37PM
Interesting, How Many Of These Smear Bund RINO-CINO's Are Anti-Cathoilic Punks.
Dr.Reich's American Spectators Captain Of The Lapsed Catholic, Turned Anti-Catholic RINO-CINO Bigot Punks.
Oldefarte| 5.16.12 @ 5:11PM
Well then they are not anti-Clint, since you are not a Catholic!!!!!!!!!!
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 5:21PM
What They, Ya Phoney Hypocrite Bastard Serial Sociopathic Liar,Fart Pants.
You're One Of American Spectator's Resident Lapsed Catholics,Turned Ax Grindin' Anti-Catholic Scum Bigots.
Crassus| 5.16.12 @ 10:43AM
What are the roots of your stupidity, Clint? Was your mommy a full time drunk?
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 3:38PM
We Heard Crapass's, Mama Was A Fulltime Pin Cushion For The 5th Fleet.
Oldefarte| 5.16.12 @ 5:13PM
No, but we did hear that you like getting DIDDLED IN CONFESSION!!!!!!!!
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 5:29PM
We Heard Your Brother Does More Than Diddle Ya, Deliverance Banjo Pickin' River Sex Inbred, Fart Rump.
Oldefarte| 5.16.12 @ 5:08PM
You wouldn't know a Catholic if you were standing next the Pope!!!!
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 5:31PM
I Know That You're A Lapsed Catholic,Turned Ax Grindin' Anti-Catholic Serial Bigot And A Sociopathic Liar, Fart Rump.
Jack in Wi.| 5.16.12 @ 11:18AM
There has never been anything anti-semitic in any of my comments. It is just the truth. The truth will set you free, Dr. Wrong who is never right.
Doctor Right| 5.16.12 @ 11:35AM
"There has never been anything anti-semitic in any of my comments."
- Jack in Wi
You truly ARE delusional...
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 3:47PM
Dr.Reich Specializes In Anti-Catholicism.
Oldefarte| 5.16.12 @ 5:09PM
Is the Pope Catholic??????
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 5:42PM
You Were, You Ain't, You Turned Bigot.
The Truth| 5.16.12 @ 11:46AM
We are watching you.
Jack in Wi.| 9.10.11 @ 10:04AM
"Whatever good INDIVIDUAL Jews have done in the world pails in comparission to the bad of the last 200 years. Atheism, communism, Socialism, Nuclear Weapons, expansionist Zionism, nuclear blackmail and abortion"
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Jack in Wi| 11.3.11 @ 4:28PM
"I have never writen any anti-semitic coments on this site"
Jack in Wi. 4-26-12
"And they think we should be cry forever about the SO CALLED holocaust"
"At least Obama hates Netanyahu"
"It's alright to hate evil and the devil. Netanyahu is the devil incarnate. He is Hitler on steroids"
The Truth never rests.
TLP| 5.16.12 @ 7:23PM
Will you people PLEASE stop responding to these two ASSHOLES?
Jack in Wi.| 5.16.12 @ 8:58PM
Like I say it is all the truth. I have never written any antisemitic comments on this site. That includes the few that you cherry picked. Take so called holocaust. There is nothing antsemitic about that. It is the so called holcaust. The word Holocaust and word Shoah were not applied to the murder of the Jews in World War 2until the 60's. before that the word genocide was invented by a Jewish professor to describe what happened. The word was applied to many other mass murders. As the Jews have always thought they were special they wanted special words for their tribulations. They tried to use the word holocaust from the Bible instead. I* think the word is inaccurate. The original meaning meant a voluntary sacrifice and the burning of that sacrifice in a fire. I don't think there was anything voluntary about what happend to the Jews in WW2. I also don't think that a murdered Jew is any more important then a murdered China man, Russian, Cambodian, Rawandan, Biafran, Congolese or baby in the womb. Murder is murder and every victim is a child of God.
Occam's Tool| 5.16.12 @ 2:35PM
"Hopless" shill? Romney doesn't drink beer, is that it? Please speak Englais, my cheesebrain is insufficient.
Jack, you defend Nazis and Islamic murderers of small children. That is what you are and what you do. Take your shaloms and shove them up your jihadist enlarged rectal opening, please. And learn to spell, scumbag.
chuck| 5.16.12 @ 3:21PM
Occam,
Had to laugh at the "hopless shill". Jackass's comment was directed at me. Let me assure you, I am NOT hopless, as I consume quantities of hops on a regular basis. Leinenkugel's is one of my favorites, and just proves that, unlike Jack, somethings from Wisconsin are worth a damn.
Occam's Tool| 5.16.12 @ 8:55PM
Chuck---any comments about Wi. are directed at Jack only.
"Not antisemtic"---it is to laugh. I loved his response to the news about the FIVE Jewish Nobelists in 2011.
Jack in Wi.| 5.16.12 @ 9:00PM
Occam: You are a vile and demented racist who has called for the genocide of millions with no remorse. You and your other demented racists like chuckie and Dr. wrong can all go to hell.
chuck| 5.16.12 @ 3:23PM
Jack,
I'd be glad to donate the shotgun shell. Either 00 buckshot or a slug should take care of your problem.
Alan Brooks| 5.16.12 @ 8:52PM
"Tell me why I should be enthused by this gang?"
Because Mehan says so; you and I have to toe the line, Jack, we have to go with the program and cease being so bolshie.
The people at AS have it all figured out.
Alan Brooks| 5.16.12 @ 10:32PM
Jack, you will vote for Romney and like it too.
If AS says so, then God wants it that way.
spike59| 5.17.12 @ 5:58AM
PLEASE tell us why anyone besides Widdle Cwint, your 'life partner', would give a ratzass what you think...
old white guy| 5.16.12 @ 2:51PM
how the h-ll does obama have any lead or even be close to romney. while many think romney is a rino why do they not see obama is a communist? serious disconnect.
Appleby| 5.16.12 @ 7:00AM
Where is Weird Al when we need him? What a wonderful parody he could do of the relentless playing of the dog-eared, rumpled Race Card and how easily it's spotted in the deck by its worn and battered condition.
The one good thing we hope for out of this election is the final laying to rest of the Sixties. They've had a good solid run at putting their Utopian stupidity into action and it has been an epic fail on all counts. Can we finally put the Sixties in the dustbin of history and slam the lid down tightly?
TLP| 5.16.12 @ 9:45AM
I'm wondering if George Costanza truly understands what is happening right now. The Election of the Muslim, began as a simple Snowball, which, after 3 1/2 Years of Marxist Orthodoxy! Has become an Avalanche.
There are no Jobs, today, and there won't be any Jobs, while he is in office. Companies are fleeing the Country, like Rats on a Sinking Ship, which is what we have become under President I, Me, Mine.
Look around the World. Israel will attack Iran, soon. Not "Might" - WILL. Iran has promised to Attack the Saudi Oil Fields, in response, and Unleash Hell on the State of Israel. Oil will be $500 a Barrel, but at least he'll have the Gay and Lesbian Vote.
He has supplied the High Powered Automatic Weapons, used by Mexican Drug Cartels, in the MURDERS of over 1,000 Mexican Men, Women, and Children
Every Economic Indicator that should be Up, is Down. And everything that should be Down, is Up.
After a while, denial ceases to be an option.
When one looks at the HAVOC he has wrought in such a short period of time, one has to believe that MORE is on the way. November is a long ways off, and he is not done with us, yet.
I have the utmost Faith in this man, to make things so much worse, between now, and November, that I'm actually thinking - LANDSLIDE.
SUBVET| 5.16.12 @ 10:52AM
TLP........don't forget about all the appointments between November and January after he takes his ride on a cassion
Carol| 5.16.12 @ 7:45AM
Romney has to be bold.
Quit with the "nice talk" because We The People don't think Obama and his followers are nice at all!
He needs to listen to Rush, Levin and pay attention to what Sarah Palin is doing.
He needs to start kicking butt!
DTOM| 5.16.12 @ 9:07AM
Carol,
An old bull and a young bull were standing on a hillside, when the young bull said to his elder, "Hey, there's a bunch of cows over there, why don't we run over and get us one?"
The old bull responded, "Why don't we just walk down and get 'em all?"
There's a long time to the election and a very important principle in winning elections is keeping one's powder dry, until you need it. October surprises happen in October for that very reason.
I think Romney (not my first, second, third, or fourth choice...) will do fine.
Don't Tread On Me...
old white guy| 5.16.12 @ 2:52PM
i think that was screw them all.
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 8:17AM
My Dad, The Colonel, Was A War Hero.
He Was There When The Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor. Then He Jumped With The 101st Airborne Into New South Wales To Liberate Australia From The Italians.
He Was So Good That The Navy Gave Him A Commision As A Rear Admiral, And He Spearheaded The Amphibious Assault On Munich.
If You Doubt Me, You Are An Asshat.
Asshats.
chuck| 5.16.12 @ 8:23AM
"The Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"
"Forget it, he's on a roll."
Dick Nome| 5.16.12 @ 9:17AM
I predicted CLint would come unglued when his crackpot candidate retired. Assaholics Anonymous awaits his presence.
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 10:20AM
Do Your Homework Before Ya Run Your Uninformed Israel Firster Smear Bund RINO-CINO Mouth, Little Dick.
" Dr. Ron Paul’s Threat To Romney’s Campaign.
" Dr. Ron Paul is not suspending his campaign and he's not dropping out of the race. dr. paul plans to active campaign.
>> that was ron paul 's chief strategist on a conference call this morning clarifying the campaign statement which many media outlets took to mean he was ending the campaign. while he's not ending the campaign, he won't invest in the remaining primary states
he didn't suspend and when you talk about the end game here, steve, they outlined three goals. they would like to continue more states, continue party leadership positions and more delegates. presumably because they want to have a roll in tampa and what role that is specifically worth discussing. you think the paul campaign , according to a piece you wrote yesterday, could create chaos in t tampa ?
>> yes. forget all of the substantive stuff. if you see any of these video clips from republican state conventions where delegates are picked, this is many tampa bays, basically. the paul supporters have been flooding these things. they have been heckling romney speakers. and overtook the convention. there is some dispute over what happened but they were booing mitt romney 's kid. romney has won the right to have delegates but who they actually are is totally up for grabs. the ron paul people have grabbed, by their estimate, a couple hundred delegate spots reserved for mitt romney . they will go to the convention and have to vote for mitt romney but they are paul purists at heart. are they going to show up there and heckle speakers in what is supposed to be an infommercial?
>> they all don't have to vote for romney . some of them they are not committed."
Doctor Right| 5.16.12 @ 10:45AM
HAIKU: Ode to Doctor Ronnie
He sought the White House
With his army of crass fools
He lost by a mile.
Dick Nome| 5.16.12 @ 3:45PM
Clinty really has flipped out. Pity.
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 3:53PM
Little Dick Flips Bibi's Bird.
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 4:43PM
Ode To Dr.Reich
He Thought Conservatives Useful Dupes ,
Who He Regarded As The Great Unwashed
Until He Got His Clock Cleaned.
JimH| 5.16.12 @ 1:04PM
One thing to consider with Ron Paul is that he would not do anything to alienate the GOP, such as endorsing a third party candidate because his son is a rising star within the party and may make his own presidential run in the future. I think he is just angling to try to influence the platform get the best speaking time he can at the convention.
Doctor Right| 5.16.12 @ 1:16PM
That's the CW.
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 10:33AM
Interesting, How The Traitor Bastard Israel Firster Poseur Punk Poster Coward Has To Hijack My Name And Hide Behind It & Then Mock An American Combat Officer.
These Israel Firster Think They Can Force Feed Conservatives Their McCain Redux.
Doctor Right| 5.16.12 @ 10:43AM
No one is mocking "an American Combat Officer;" they're mocking you for claiming that your Daddy was a war hero, while offering NO PROOF to back-up that claim.
Clint...your fraudulent nature was revealed long ago via your online multiple personality disorder (Where is Teflon93, lately? Anybody??)
Oldefarte| 5.16.12 @ 3:14PM
Wasn't his old man GENERAL MOTORS??????
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 4:31PM
Wasn't Your Old Man Your Brother, Deliverance Banjo Pickin' River Sex Inbred, Fart Rump.
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 4:11PM
That's A Lie.
It's Not They,Coward Dr.Reich.
This Is Between You And Me , Gutless Coward.
Now, Give Me Your Name And Address And I'll See If You Have To Prove Who You Are, Coward.
Put Up Or Shut Up , Big Mouth Punk. Dr.Reich.
Crassus| 5.16.12 @ 10:45AM
And you were rejected for military service because of low ASVAB scores.
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 4:17PM
Crap Ass Was Rejected Because He Told On Himself.
old white guy| 5.16.12 @ 2:54PM
cute. you do know the japanees (spelling?) attacked pearl.
Oldefarte| 5.16.12 @ 3:12PM
You're still whats commonly referred to .......A LYIN BASTARD!!!!!!!
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 4:21PM
You're What's Called The Giant Yellow Bus Attemptin' To Call A Lemon Pie Yellow, Serial Sociopathic Israel Firster Smear Bund Mother Of All Liars, Fart Rump.
Oldefarte| 5.16.12 @ 5:14PM
Your dad makes delicous chicken @KFC!!!!!!!!
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 6:23PM
Your Candidate Is A Chickenhawk.
The New Hampshire Gazette
The Chickenhawk Hall Of Shame
name:
Willard Mitt Romney
rank:
Chickenhawk First Class with Distinguished Fleeing Cross
date-of-birth:
March 12, 1947
home state:
Michigan
missed opportunity:
Vietnam War
excuse:
None to speak of
preferred activity:
Trying to talk people into becoming Mormons
occupation:
Climbing ambition's greased pole
When your daddy's a Governor and a Cabinet Secretary, it's amazing how your odds of being drafted diminish."
Oldefarte| 5.16.12 @ 5:17PM
Your dad must be that old dude the KFC commercials, right?????
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 6:26PM
My Dad Led His Men From Normandy,To Paris, To The Battle Of The Bulge, To Germany,To The Link Up With The Russkies In Czechoslovakia, You ChickenhawkIsrael Firster Smear Bund Traitor Bastard Coward, Fart Rump.
Mickey| 5.16.12 @ 6:31PM
What's his name, Klintie? Put up or shut up. If your father did that you be proud to post his name.
Bet you don't give the name.
Phoney.
Clint| 5.16.12 @ 6:57PM
Asked & Answered.
What's Your Name & Address Little Israel Firster Smear Bund Bibi Towel Boy Coward ?
We'll See If You Can Post Then Prove ,Who You Really Are.
Put Your Phone Number There Too.
Why Wouldn't Ya, Little Micky
Read Is Paris Burning, Lazy Ass Israel Firster Smear Bund Coward.
Dad's The Officer In Front Of Notre Dame Cathedral, Who Beat French General Leclerc's Column Into Paris. They Name Him.
Put Up OIr Shut Up, Coward Israel Firster,Little Micky.
Mickey| 5.16.12 @ 7:53PM
Nice try, Klintie, one of your multiple identities.
Post the name, phoney.
Occam's Tool| 5.16.12 @ 9:09PM
Ralph Hauenstein? 1st American Officer into Paris.
Clint| 5.17.12 @ 12:44AM
The Little Israel Firster Coward , Little Mickey Can't Answer.
Clint| 5.17.12 @ 12:59AM
Wrong, Israel Firster Smear Bund Neo-Chickenhawk Coward,Tool Job.
Read The Book, Coward.
spike59| 5.17.12 @ 6:01AM
seeing as how your mother never actually knew your daddy's name (unless he wrote it on that 'fiver' he paid her for the night), i guess you can feel free to make up any damnfool story you want; much like your fairy tales about the Tinfoil Hat Tinhorn's 'candidacy'
Occam's Tool| 5.16.12 @ 8:57PM
He JUMPED Without A Parachute Landing On His Privates---Both Types. Hence, My Problems As His Son.
Thanks fo rthe laugh, Clint.
Clint| 5.17.12 @ 12:50AM
Interesting, How You Traitor Bastard Israel Firster Cowards Attempt To Mock American Militaary Officers And Then Attempt To Defend The Traitor Bastard Israel IDF For Deliberately Atta cking Our U.S.S. Liberty, Killing 34, And Wounding 170 Of Our U.S. Seamen.
spike59| 5.17.12 @ 5:59AM
your dad, the 'drunk uncle', was a Marlene Deitrich impersonator
Von Mises Jr| 5.16.12 @ 8:37AM
I took a poll and 9 out of ten said that you are not racist if you call Obama a fascist.
Even Jamie Dimon has to realize his buddy Bama is an Alinskyite now that he has been isolated, frozen and targeted.
Mark| 5.16.12 @ 9:34AM
I shouldn't even be this close! And hopefully, it is not! The day after election day, this November, should be a landslide for Romney if Obama's miserable record and the likely voters' dislike of him is any indication.
squalis| 5.16.12 @ 9:38AM
When the race card is played by the Dems, the worsening economic plight of people of color during Tthe One's reign should be emphasized.
kwan| 5.16.12 @ 10:18AM
"We've got some work to do. I don't mind, by the way, being responsible. I expect to be held responsible for these issues because I'm the president," Obama said. "But I don't want the folks that created the mess -- I don't want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking. I want them just to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess....Dat's right move back and give Da Community Orgasmizer room so he can get to cleaning things up. And don't be saying anything cuz he's too busy (As in lining-up that putt on the 14th green) cleaning up to pay attention to you.
Russel| 5.16.12 @ 10:27AM
" Closing with Dumbo " ?. Running away from would be a more accurate headline . At least out on the street that's the prognosis , far away from some telephone pollster . Want any further proof ? try finding a Zero bumper sticker now .
Universal Mind| 5.16.12 @ 11:22AM
Wait til romney is locked into the nomination, it will be a whole new ball game. Obama is going to make mince meat out of romney. Romney is at least ten times more pathetic than mccain was, politically.
& romney in reality is a pro-communist America liberal. His intentions are to "win" by turning the right into a pro-communist America right, i.e., by taking us "left". & he is a disaster.
When the democrats get out their regime, romney & his marxist right will go down like a flaming ball of liberalism.
Vern Crisler| 5.16.12 @ 11:56AM
Obama and his campaign team are such bunglers, Romney (even if he is an empty-suit) will probably win.
DTOM| 5.16.12 @ 12:00PM
universal,
Marxist right?
Clever monkey! Back in your cage, put down the I-pad. There's a nit in your hair!!!
This has got to be you, universal...
http://news.yahoo.com/news-sum.....nance.html
Back under your rock!
Marxist right? What the hell is that supposed to mean?
Don't Tread On Me!!
kwan| 5.16.12 @ 12:04PM
Where did dis here fool come from? He must be Obama's secret weapon on a kamikaze mission to save the Great Leader's hopeless attempt to get reelected. The bad news (for Obama) is the pool of saps, suckers, morons, and village idiots that Obama counts on to get reelected has shrunk due to the failure of con-man Obama's Hope and Change fallacy.
Derek Leaberry| 5.16.12 @ 11:39AM
Right now it would appear that the anti-Obama forces outnumber the Obama forces. But be careful for what you wish for. Romney shows all the signs of presidential failure. He's a flip-flopper and lacks familiarity with common folk and common problems. He's also a moderate in what would appear to be a conservative political party.
What sort of things should we expect out of Romney? Regarding immigration, John McCain has already said that Romney will reverse himself once again on immigration amnesty "reform" once he has the keys to the White House. Can anyone doubt that Romney could pull a double-switch? Without a blush. I can see the Republicans heading into the 2014 mid-terms with the general population in an uproar over something resembling the Ryan plan and conservatives in dismay and revolt with some sort of McCain-Graham-Romney plan on immigration amnesty being jammed through Congress. A Romney presidency will likely result in the Democratic takeover of Congress in 2015.
RichTex| 5.16.12 @ 12:21PM
The latest Gallup poll I saw had it Obama 46%, Romney, 45%, although I don’t know what the margin of error on that poll is. However, pay attention to what Dick Morris has said about these polls. He went back over the elections in the past 30-40 years and found that the voters who polled as undecided ended up voting for the challenger by a margin of more than 90%. (The only exception to this was with George W. Bush.) Therefore, a 46-45 Obama margin is actually a 54-46, or maybe 53-47, Romney margin.
While I certainly don’t agree with all that Morris says, he is one of the top vote number crunchers around today. And, of course, much depends upon where those votes are in the Electoral College.
Now, all that needs to happen is for Romany to avoid the Republican Establishment proclivity to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
RCV| 5.16.12 @ 12:25PM
We may actually see the reverse of the Gore/Bush election this time: Romney winning the popular vote, but Obama reelected by the electoral margin. It's hard to see how Romney puts together a winning total of state electoral votes.
W| 5.16.12 @ 12:31PM
Romney by a landslide with a Republican Congress. And Joe Lieberman as Secretary of State, Newt as Ambassador to UN, Santorum at HHS, Giuliani as Attorney General.
Al Adab| 5.16.12 @ 1:26PM
RCV may be onto something here. It is entirely possible. W, not very good cabinet picks if we want to undo the social-welfare state. Why appoint people who accept it as legitimate? Better to leave HHS vacant to wither on the vine. EPA, Dept of Ed, Dept of energy, Newt at UN not bad but Sec of State Joe? I would prefer you in that position or at least someone who understands realpolitik.
W| 5.16.12 @ 1:55PM
Al
HSS is important because of the regulations affecting health insurance and religious institutios until Obamacare is repealed. Santorum understands the issues and would carry out Romney's goals to get rid of Obamacare. It needs to be defunded in many of its programs and repeal much of its regulations.
I agree about the Energy dept and Education depts, two depts we got because of Jimmy Carter, and again we need defunding and repeal of regulations.
We need a Republican Congress with Romney to cut the layers of programs in the nanny state. This is the perfect opportunity because we have to reduce the deficit, so cutting the funding for all these worthless nanny state programs will reduce the deficit and the nanny state.
Do I have to be a natural born citizen to be Secretary of State since I am high in the line to be president? Thanks for the vote of confidence.
Do you want to be Secretary of Energy, Education, and EPA--one salary but you have to do all three?
Al Adab| 5.16.12 @ 2:18PM
W:
In my fantasies I always took a contrarian approach to cabinet appointments. Those who deny the necessity and validity of the agency are those who should be put in charge. That doesn't run to Sec of State of course and BTW no you need not be natiive born, remember Kissinger?
I would accept appointment to any - or all three - of those (as a cost cutting matter one salary is fine). About three budget cycles and they would be emasculated. Would I have to live in DC or nearby? If so no thank you. Actually, why not have the agencies located in various cities? Spread the wealth (facetious font).
W| 5.16.12 @ 2:57PM
Al
I agree with you that they should appoint people who want to cut the budget of the agency. Probably need to hire business types who have not been corrupted by govenrment "service." The dept heads usually fight to increase the budget for their depts, like a turf war. Best way is for Congress to cut the budgets across the board for all depts and agencies. They can adjust and get more efficient like private business.
Thanks for reminding me about Kissinger.
You can live at home, do video conferencing with your computer. Tell them anytime you go to DC you will fire people.
Al Adab| 5.16.12 @ 3:14PM
"I love it when a plan comes together."
Adopt the 2005 budget for every agency and reduce annually from there. Last years net should be this years budget, no borrowing. Looking forward to meeting you at the Cabinet meeting.
Dick Nome| 5.16.12 @ 3:42PM
Lieberman will retire. John Bolton should be Sec of State.
W| 5.16.12 @ 6:33PM
How about Allen West for Sec of Defense?
Doctor Right| 5.16.12 @ 1:18PM
Really? Why?
Wishful thinking?
Except for the looney-lib northeast, California, Oregon, and Maryland, I see Romney running the table on Obama in a MASSIVE landslide.
And that's NOT because people love Romney; it's because they despise Obama.
Al Adab| 5.16.12 @ 1:31PM
Maybe so Dr., but you just surrendered about 250 electoral votes to him. He only needs to hold on to FL or IN or Ohio and he wins. Be very afraid. He could do it as RCV notes above and still lose the popular vote. Would that not make the heathen rage?
Doctor Right| 5.16.12 @ 2:19PM
That's hardly 250.
Let's stop the worrying; Obama is toast.
Al Adab| 5.16.12 @ 3:17PM
Add em up. CA, NY, NJ, OR, WA, IL, MI, WI, PA, MA well you get the idea.
RichTex| 5.17.12 @ 12:10PM
Here’s my prediction in electoral votes: Romney – 356; Obama – 182.
Obama wins the following states: CA, CT, DE, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, OR, RI, VT, WA + DC. Romney wins the rest, although ME & NE allocate some electoral votes on a congressional district basis which could make a vote or two difference.
This prediction is based upon Romney running the race to win it, unlike too many past Republican candidates. I know, that is a very big proviso.
RCV| 5.17.12 @ 5:30PM
You're not just optimistic. You're delusional. Your list gives to Romney states like Minnesota and New Mexico -- states where current polling gives Obama a 14 POINT LEAD -- Maine, where current polling puts him at more than 16 POINTS ahead, and Nevada, Pennsylvania and Michigan, where his current lead exceeds 8 points in each of those states.
RichTex| 5.18.12 @ 11:06AM
Not delusional, but maybe optimistic. First of all, look at the internals of any poll before you believe them. If they include all registered voters, forget it. Even worse is if they poll adults and don’t exclude those not registered. My sister-in-law can be as strong for Candidate X as anyone, but it doesn’t make any difference because she is a Polish citizen and can’t vote in the U.S. But, she might be included in a poll of all adults. Look for polls of likely voters only.
Then, Michael Barone has a new column out in the Washington Examiner about changes in voter registration in selected states. Of the 28 states studied, only NY has any sort of increase in Democrat registrations, with DE showing a decrease in Republicans but no increase in Democrats. Looking at the states which I put into the Romney column, Republicans have increases, and/or Democrats have decreases, in ME, PA, IA, KS, NE, SD, AK, AZ, CO, NV, NM, WY, FL, KY, LA, NC, OK & WV. In a few, both parties have shown decreases, but the relative strength between them has favored the Republicans.
RCV| 5.19.12 @ 3:45PM
Look at the most respected pollers who are summarized in RealClearPolitics.com. Go over to the website of Nate Silver, who painstakingly analyzes the flaws in ever poll, and who knows more about political polling than anyone in the country. You're letting your hopes color your intellectual analysis.
RichTex| 5.20.12 @ 7:36PM
Karl Rove pointed out on Fox News Sunday that the "current polling" for some of these state polls was last done 6 months ago. Remember also that according to the polls taken just prior to the 1980 election, it was "too close to call". Yeah, right!
somnolence| 5.16.12 @ 12:42PM
The latest polls show Romney with over 300 electoral votes. Makes no difference if you or I really like him or not(and I refuse to give any money to his campaign), the alternative is Obama, who has forfeited any more chance to annihilate us all. Romney doesn't have much to worry about when the jabs are reference to high school pranks, with no defense of the Obama economic disaster.
RCV| 5.17.12 @ 5:31PM
Maybe your latest polls. But you might go over to Real Clear Politics and see what the actual polls show -- a massive Obama lead in electoral votes that Romney will be hard-pressed to overcome.
David| 5.16.12 @ 4:54PM
Mr. Mehan, the reason Rasmussen is the repubs favorite pollster is because he has been the most accurate in recent election. Soooo, nothing untoward about thinking people's trust in his polling.
Why does Bam Bam stand a good chance of re-election?
Because, as this article points out, 52% of people believe the Boy is doing or will do a GOOD or VERY GOOD job on economic matters.
52 flippin' percent!!! That is the same number who voted for him in the last election.
Where the f_ck do those morons come from. Flat out scary!!!
Fernando Dickens| 5.17.12 @ 2:23AM
Now why does he have to be a boy?
RCV| 5.17.12 @ 5:32PM
Because that's indicative of how people like David look at people like Obama.
Osamas Pajamas| 5.16.12 @ 5:14PM
What a hopeless bunch of ignorant, defeatist bxstxrds posting here.
I shoot with the gun that I have, and if later I can lay hand on a better weapon, all to the good.
If we're lucky, Romney will win and with a VP somewhere between conservative and libertarian.
We've spent more than three years bashing that rotten fxscist bxtxrd in the White House --- so were getting pretty good at bashing.
If Romney goes wobbly and weak-in-the-knees on us, we know what comes next --- and so does he.
Cheer-up, lads 'n' lasses, and get back in this game with both feet!
vtwin| 5.16.12 @ 6:52PM
"Obama would have an advantage of 46 percent to 39 percent over Romney, if the election were held today." --Fox "News"
http://www.foxnews.com/politic.....-heats-up/
W| 5.16.12 @ 9:44PM
Poll of registered voters, not likely voters. A useless poll.
POST American| 5.17.12 @ 1:08AM
-----Goldman Sacks 'fave'
BAR--Rockefeller' H. Obama
---------------------------OR-----------------------------------
the very archetecht of ObamaCare,
and long, long, long time capstone 'innie'
--------------------'Club of ROME'---KNEE.
----You know, as in 'SUB--MITT ROME--KNEE'.
For those just joining us, we'll make it
simple, in this, the 11th hour of the RED
China handover and takedown op ---
-----'FED' bread ----IS DEAD BREAD!
----------and the CFR! -------AIN'T OURS!!!
IN a nutshell...
Fernando Dickens| 5.17.12 @ 2:18AM
I could care less one way or the other, but did you read the Bio of the author who wrote this piece. Fox news just came out with a Poll that had Obama up by 7%, so who is right and who is wrong.
GoldenEagles| 5.18.12 @ 3:12AM
Willard M. Romney - The Rat and Horror Connection
I would recommend that people stop using the name Mitt in relationship to Romney.
His name is Willard M. Romney, and there is horror movie associated with that first name, it is called "Willard" and it about a person who unleashes an army of rats on his enemies, but of course, calls them back when it comes to his friends.
Please See:
Willard M. Romney - The Rat and Horror Connection
POST American| 5.19.12 @ 1:26AM
"--Club of -----ROME' ---KNEE!"
------------------------------SUB--MITT!-----------------
---ALL happening in this, the undeniable
11th hour of the CFR--RED China handover
and takedown op.
--------'AWE--stare---'IT'---he'!
--------------'SSSSS--US---stain--Abel--'IT'--he!'
"When we get through with you
---------YOU'LL WISH YOU WERE A TREE."
Maurice Strong
UN director/ RIO Summit
Virulent Globalist
MAOist family links
Rabid EUGENIST
---PSYCHOPATH---
AGAIN ---'SUB ---MITT' 'ROME---KNEE'!
REMEMBER! ----YOU WERE WARNED!