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Subscribe to RSSMANCHESTER, N.H. -- On a day in which his Republican rivals took sharp aim at his reputation for political shape-shifting, Mitt Romney stayed true to one guiding, absolute principle of his campaign: Keep the focus on the president.
"Watching the president, he's blamed George W. Bush, Republicans, Congress, I don't know -- ATM machines. He looks for someone to blame," Romney said of the President Obama’s role in the country's economic woes. "The president should take responsibility, His economic plans didn't work. He borrowed $787 billion up there, and said it would hold unemployment below 8%. It has not been below 8% since--. He set the bogey. He missed it. He failed."
With two other major candidates prowling the backyard of the state where Romney holds his most commanding lead, the friendly crowd here with mostly economic questions put a positive cap on a day in which Romney was largely a target of attacks, not applause.
This morning, Romney found his New Hampshire fortress under assault by the man his campaign still treats as his primary rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Perry, in the state to file his primary paperwork, fired off the first shot at Romney during a radio interview this afternoon.
"Like it or not, the governor has been on opposite sides on a lot of issues," Perry said. "He was for banning handguns; now he's Mr. Second Amendment. He was the father of Obamacare."
Jon Huntsman's campaign joined the pile-on later this afternoon, releasing a Web video entitled, "Backflip," juxtaposing Romney's positions this cycle on issues like abortion and gun control with comments he made in Massachusetts races-past, and calling Romney out for what Team Huntsman described as failures to lead.
Perry and Huntsman weren't Romney's only antagonists today. Romney's own recent comments, this time on climate change, came back to haunt him after Web video, shot by a tracker from a Democratic group showing Romney speaking at a fundraiser yesterday, was posted online.
In the video, Romney, who was speaking at a private fundraiser the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, said, "My view is that we don't know what's causing climate change on this planet, and the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce CO2 emissions is not the right course for us. My view with regards to energy policy is pretty straightforward: I want us to become energy secure and independent of the oil cartels."
Democratic groups seized on the comments, noting the rhetorical contrast with Romney's statements earlier this summer, including at a town hall here in New Hampshire, in which he professed to believe that climate change was happening, and that human beings probably contributed to it, but that, as a layman, not a scientist, he did not know to what degree either was the case.
While his language has changed, Romney's actual policy prescription regarding energy and climate change has remained consistent this cycle. He says he favors developing both conventional and renewable energy sources, and routinely lambastes cap-and-trade programs, but the comments provided fodder for the recurring narrative of Romney as a politician who will shape his comments to his audience. It also provided cover for other campaigns to point out Romney supported stringent air-quality standards on power plants while governor of Massachusetts, regulations similar to those which he now opposes.
"Mitt Romney's positions change, often dramatically, depending on the audience or location," Perry spokesman Ray Sullivan said in a statement released earlier today. "Voters need to consider the fact that Romney, in one week, changed positions on manmade global warming, capping carbon emissions, and Ohio's efforts to curb union powers."
In a statement, Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul called those charges "ridiculous," and blamed the controversy on "hot air coming from career politicians who are desperate to hold on to power."
Back at the town hall, which the campaign says is Romney's 15th in the Granite State, the candidate offered responses to voters questions on debt reduction, gas prices and “Occupy Wall Street” that may open up future controversies.
Romney, who last week voiced strong opposition to President Obama's decision to remove all forces from Iraq by the end of 2011 and has argued against pulling troops out of Afghanistan before December 2012, cited the end of both wars as part of a strategy to bring down government spending.
"Part of that will happen as we complete our missions in Iraq and Afghanistan because that's a portion of [reducing spending]," Romney said.
Asked if he would open the ANWR reserve in Alaska for oil drilling, Romney said he would, and that he would consider going one step further, opening up drilling on the continental shelf, including off the coast of Florida, a proposal he acknowledged has been unpopular there before because of fears of an oil spill.
"But if you say to the people in Florida, instead of the royalties going to the federal government, for oil drilling, how about it goes to the state?” Romney said. “Then they may change their minds in that regard. We'll let them; we'll let them opine on what they think is the right thing to do.”
Romney also suggested that any embrace of the “Occupy Wall Street” Movement by President Obama would be an awkward one, and that President Obama was at least, in part, responsible for the protest movement's very existence.
"If we had 6% unemployment instead of 9.1% unemployment,” he said, “this wouldn't be going on. So if we had a president who had understood what it took to reboot the economy and get us back to work, we wouldn't have this problem. We wouldn't have people protesting, because they'd be working. So, for the president to suggest, yeah, you guys, we're with you. It's like wait a second, Mr. President, they're protesting, in part, because of your failure."
And while Romney never mentioned any of his GOP rivals by name tonight, he did take what could be perhaps considered a parting shot at Perry.
Asked who he would be supporting in the deciding game of the World Series tonight, Romney said he's be backing the St. Louis Cardinals, who face off against Perry's beloved Texas Rangers in Game Seven.
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Another indication Mitts is out of touch with the 99%! It is very clear what the protests are about! Being a corporate/Wall Street creature of the 1%, of course he wouldn't want to blame Wall Street and the corporate masters for the OWS protests. This is the attitude of "Let them eat cake." When people get desperate and have nothing to lose......we have a lot of past history to indicate the outcome! Poor Mitts--he so desperately wants to be president that, other than his religion, no one knows what he really stands for because he changes with each breath. He has not learned that pandering to the ultra right wing TP folks will not get him his wish! What a sad excuse for a candidate!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
Of course Romney doesn't recognize the OWS movement, it is against him....the original wall street ass kisser....his daddy made all the money he plays on. A 12 MILLION renovation of his mansion in Malibu...indeed.
Nurse,
Many across America have no association with the 99%'ers, whether we are in that 1% group or not.
Rather than protest the 1%, perhaps they should be channeling their anger at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, or, sitting in at the House and Senate. Those are the folks creating the laws that appear to be of interest to the OWS crowd.
Maybe they can also protest at the National Union headquarters if they are unhappy with CEO's and Presidents earning too much money.
As for flip-flops, you need to look no farther than your hallowed leader, Mr. Obama for signs of indecision. You have to admit, he's do his fair share during his administration. Pandering is also a functioning part of the liberal administration, wouldn't you agree? He's pandered for votes with the Latino population while accomplishing nothing for their agenda; also promised reform for the gay crowd while accomplish nothing; hasn't created anything for the black population. But he has a great record on non-job creation, spending, deficit growing, energy cost increases, green energy spending, bailouts for the financial sector friends and gift-givers of Democrats, and a Constitutional scholor who has bipassed the Constitution more than any other President.
Yep, pick on Mittens, as one of your liberal posters calls him, for he isn't consistant, right?
got to love it- while I have been an Obama supporter it is apparent that he has not quite lived up to all of his promises= some through no fault of his own- after all it takes money to do these things and congress does control the purse strings- big business is deliberately keeping the economy from performing - wait until after the elction and watch it take off-
Mitt wants to drill for oil off the coast of Florida and let the state of Florida keep the royalties. Wonder what he will offer Minnesotans to vote for him? A border fence to keep those wily Canadians from sneaking into our country to catch more Walleyes from our lakes??
Romney is probably the closest thing to Obama that the Repubs and Teabags have in this horses asses race. Any Repub who has a complaint against the prez for invoking Bush II for a huge chunk of our financial mess is an out and out hypocrite. Clinton has been out of office for over 10 yrs yet Repubs are still obsessed with him and he was the last prez to preside over a budget surplus. You know what a surplus is don't you? It's what the Repubs spend when they're in the oval office fighting imagined enemies and creating huge no bid contracts for munitions manufacturers, defense contractors, the Blackwaters and armaments industry. These are the only winners in war. But war has a price. Lives lost, maimed soldiers and civilians, and a gigantic drain on the nations coffers. The neo-cowards like wars they just don't like personally fighting in them or paying for them. Or like their hero St Ronald who thought he had been in WWII (Normandy) till he was reminded that he fought the war in the back lots in Hollywood
Hey all you teatards, religious fanatics, flat earthers, birthers, and the rest of of you anti American right wing clowns, get used to President Obama because he not leaving the White House until January 2017. And if you filed a similar collections of worthless candidates for 2016 as you have for 2012, a Democrat will win that time around too.
Get an education fleabagger. Here's Obama's vision for America:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/foreign-students-say-visa-program-abused/2011/10/26/gIQAbsUESM_print.html
Now Charlie, you can really create humor today. Are all liberals this demented? Doesn't your wonderful leader wish to have more civility in discourse these days?
"Are all liberals this demented?"
They are in MSNBC land and First Read.
A whole gaggle of trained Soros monkeys post here. "Fiesty's Fools"...
bobby; do you come here solely to attack Feisty, or did you have something relevant to say?
Seriously: You have to wonder how any Republican can support that slate of wannabe Presidents and smear the President. Defies logic.
Wow Charlie have you lost your two brain cells that you rub together to get your info or what?
I have to laugh at you American liberals! Obama has been shoving his proverbial middle finger in your faces for over 3.5 years now, yet you still bend down and kiss his feet! What will it take for you to wake up and smell the coffee? When you become the Argentina of the 70's maybe? 'Progressives', another term for sticking your head in the sand!
lol Eva.... sad but true!
I can't figure it out either, Obama's speeches are SO boring, Remember all that propaganda about him being the greatest presidential orator since Abraham Lincoln? Yeah, right! That gravelly, ponderous, measured style may work for the simple minded and fooled them into thinking he actually has something to say. But most now recognize he doesn't! Just airy platitudes, colossal egoism, and fake profundity such as "We do not have to think that human nature is perfect for us to still believe that the human condition can be perfected." Yeah, whatever Barack.... zzzzzzzzzzzz
Eva, I don't think America is that stupid! Most now suscribe to the concept of ABO 2012!
Wishful thinking by all three of you......OBAMA/BIDEN 2012......
There is not a poll out there that shows Obama losing to any republican candidate at this point, and his numbers are getting better, he will likely be re-elected against such weak republican choices. As bad as you think he is, he is seen as better than the other choices.
Can you just see Romney showing us "99%" around his 50 million mansion in Malibu for Christmas....do Mormans do Christmas? ......
I have to laugh at you American conservatives/republicans. For more than 30 years they've promising smaller government, balanced budgets, an end to abortion, less spending to mention a few. And what did they do from 2001 to 2007 when they had both houses of congress and the white house -- spend, spend, spend, borrow, borrow, spend, expand government, create a huge new federal agency, add another entitlement, did next to nothing about abortion --- and less than 3 years later, you clowns have forgotten all bbout it and blame all of it on Democrats.
Kathryn, Is sleepy joe still on the ticket, lol?
ABO 2012, but I'm leaning toward Romney. By the way, at this point in 2007 Obama wasn't looking too good either! That's about when ACORN started doing their thing and look what happened? A community organizer with a secretive background whose friends included Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright became President..... kinda like Argentina's Peron back in the 70s as Eva's comment above alluded to.....eh?!
Ha, that's right sally Acorn was responsible for an electoral landslide, you better find a way to face the fact that in all likelyhood Obama will be your president until 2016.
EvaPeron, your reference to Argentina of the 70's is quite ironic. The economic policies that the Republican/TP Inc. party are pushing, and what independent populists, like myself, are trying to counter, are what caused the problems in Argentina.
Total privatization of all government functions, drastic, irresponsible deregulation and the total freedom of the free market system is what took Argentina from a low unemployment, low poverty rate, high growth, and high literacy country to a high unemployment, high poverty, extreme wealth inequality of the top 1% to bottom 99%, low growth, low literacy country. They have only just started to climb back out of that morass of supply-side, trickle down our legs, Friedman economic he11 that started in the early 70s.
Historical facts, good to know before using them in a comment, EvaPeron. Time for you to go back and hit the books.
I'll tell you Matt it is one of the reasons republicans are so unpopular with young educated college kids, these kids laugh at them because the kids know the difference between Communism, Socialism, and Marxism as an example, they just studied the facts. Many republicans learned all this as well, but now have reduced themselves to throwing out terms because they hear Fox blow that garbage, and they repeat the most ridiculous inappropriate use of those terms to the point they forget that if they are not talking to their Fox watching friends they look ignorant to anybody that remembers what they were actually taught. They do the same with history, the constitution, and the Christian faith as well. Young people do not have all the ingrained political partisanship older people have, so they take it at face value, and it don't square up with what they learned, so they see the stupidity faster and easier than an older person with all our preconceived notions. A 22 year old kid voting in 2012 was even born yet while Reagan was president they were too little to know much about Clinton, they became aware of the world while GW was president, and not too many people now consider GW Bush's presidency as anything short of a disaster. These kids aren't too keen on republicans, and they are not convinced by somebody that does not even know the definition of words, or as much history as they do. Besides that, they don't watch republican candidates on the Hannity show, they watch the president on the Tonight Show, baby boomers will start dropping like flies soon, the republican better look to the future and start addressing the concerns of these young people in a more fair, honest and intelligent manner, because as it is they are losing them in droves. If they continue to turn a deaf ear to them, and belittle the OWS movement, democrats will have an army of these young people working for them, even while some of their own parents may vote republican. Believe me I'm already helping to assemble a brigade in that army and I have gotten more volunteers faster and easier than I can ever remember. Republicans are going to have a tough time with the younger voters, now that I think of it Paul Ryan made sure they will have a tough time with many old voters, killing jobs bills and destroying collective bargaining rights of their electorate while simultaneously vehemently fighting tax increases on the top 2% for those who were largely the beneficiaries of the bail outs paid for with taxpayers money will give them a tough time with the age groups in between. This is not going to be easy for them, and by the way ABO has become another thing young people laugh at because they see it in exactly the same way as when you call their neighbor who is a truck driver a Communists, Marxist, or a thug because he belongs to the Teamsters union. They are 22 years old and they know better, they know their neighbor is not a Communist, now that's a big problem for republicans.
Does any body think Mitt can pull in the votes of young people? We know Mitt can flop and flip, but can he hop and be hip! Ha come on Mitt bust a move!
He Mitt you can tell young people how you struggled with your school loan of what?, a couple million your daddy lent you, Ha once again Mitt is not exactly what people want at the moment a least not the people republicans need to convince.
@ Matt
@ Forrest
Thanks for the online" teach-in" to the Tea party folks who are posting on this very fine Saturday!
Forrest Grump 2.0: "Young people do not have all the ingrained political partisanship older people have, so they take it at face value, ..."
hey Forrest, Young people are naive and tend to believe everything they hear like the 806 Obama speeches.......(that is, when they're not high on something, lol)
You know Obama's favorite lines....."millionaires and billionaires" ( the same people who gave Obama millions for him to campaign) ,
"corporate jets" ( like the ones Obama & his friends travel in) ,
"on the backs of the poor" ( the poor who pay no taxes and get gvt. hand outs) ,
"green jobs of the future" ( too bad they are LOSING BILLIONS) and...
"infrastructure" ( Obama's way of saying UNION paybacks).
Whatever Leona discount and disparage young people all you want they have a vote and it is pretty obvious who they have already supported once and are likely to support again, because you prove my point, republicans won't give them the time of day, much less have a discussion with them. The only two people that will as of yet are Obama, and Ron Paul, Obama will get most of their votes Ron Paul will get the rest, even if he is not on the ballot. You keep on belittling and ignoring these kids at your peril because their vote counts as much as yours or mine.
Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann,,,, will never be President of the United States. Not going to happen.
Think about who would debate Obama next fall in the Presidential debates. Perry? We've seen his best efforts and comments from himself that debating is not his cup of tea-bagging! Really Rick? DUH ! Cain's ? 9 9 9 divided by 3, times 12, minus 23, plus 16, = smoke on the water or in your face. Every debate so far we hear each time that Romney did well for himself and he looked Presidential. I have not heard that said about any other GOP candidate thus far. I for one would at least want a GOP nominee to be able to think quick on their feet and answer the questions with intelligence and put Obama's performance as President on the hot-seat. I believe Mitt is the only one who has the experience and savy to do so. If you don't think so, go ahead and visually put each individual candidate next to Obama on a stage and pretend it is just one of many Presidential Debates that will be held next Fall. See what I mean? It could be like watching SNL live with most of them, but it would be a real reality show with Obama cleaning the GOP's clock. Except for Romney, in my opinion.
Aside from Romney. Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich would rip him a new one. Obama's an idiot. McCain beat him in the debates, as did Hillary. Come to think of it......I can't think of a single debate where he demonstrated superior intelligence or even knowledge of a particular subject.
Call it what it is. He got there because he's "historic".
He will stay their because the republican opposition is pathetic.
Republicans don't have a chance with their weak field, combined with a message nobody but their own base responds to, and Ron Paul will syphon votes from the nominee because his supporters will just write his name on the ballot if he does not get the nomination which he never will, the republican establishment treats him like the invisible man.
"Republicans don't have a chance with their weak field"
Forrest Grump, you must have posted that hundreds of times...are you trying to convince others, or maybe trying to convince yourself?
No I was convinced over a month ago, I'm watching successful recalls of republicans, I'm watching Obama's rising numbers and his success as CIC, I'm watching people protesting in the streets some of the very things republicans are defending at all costs, and like I said I'm seeing more people who want to get involved to help democratic candidates get elected than I have ever seen. Rick Perry reminds every body of GW Bush and that's not good, Hermain Cain is not going to pull the black vote away from Obama, and the American people already decided they don't like Mitt a long time ago, hell republicans would not even give him the nod, and he has not changed too many minds, and to prove my point a lot of republican posters here just say ABO which is another way of saying you don't have a single candidate you can make a great case for, my guy is already in the seat, he won in an electoral landslide, republicans have got to flip a lot of people, I don't see it happening at this stage of the game, which granted is quit early but then again Obama is gaining even with republican candidates blasting away at him daily, which tells me only republicans are listening and believing what they are selling. Let me give them another hint at where they are missing the boat, there are 15 million people unemployed, and people protesting in the street, they want to talk about the presidents birth certificate and his grades. They can't even bring up the only issue that counts because republicans unnaminously voted to kill the jobs bills, which is what people want most a job, the thing they were promised by republicans when they made huge gains in the house. Now you tell me what the republicans have going for them besides the fact that you really don't like Obama, make the case for your side Bob I would love to discuss it if you wish to.
Forrest
your analysis is about as idiotic as ED Schultz.
Obama's a failure and everyone but the brain dead sycophants realize that fact. Fortunately, there's far too few of your type to return him to office.
Thats not what the polls say Doug, a month ago the only republican that beat him in a head to head matchup was some guy named Generic, now he even beats that guy, rising numbers for Obama, when republicans have bashed him non stop for three years, tells you, people changed their mind about what and who the problem is, I doubt if they will change their minds back again, republicans don't have anything to run on other than Obama is bad, real bad, really bad, very bad, gets kind of boring, not to inspirational is it. What are their big accomplishments they can take credit for, can you name a few things, did they put people to work?, did they pay off the debt, did they stop illegal immigration, name something Doug, like I said to Bob make a case for them, why should we elect them, give me some reasons other than you just don't like Obama. I really don't think that by itself will be enough to elect Hermann or Mitt so what else you got Doug?
OMG Romney has 5 kids, he absolutely NEEDS that 50 million mansion in Malibu for Thanksgiving and Christmas visits.........this man is ridiculas. Talk about living in an ivory tower !!!
Kathryn are you envious he made hiis tower he can live in it can you live in your studio apt?
It looks like Kathryn's 8 to your 2 about says it all. check out the votes for likes.
Went down to the Occupy Detroit movement last night. There were tents pitched in a park area. Some were bona-fide Coleman, or REI tents, but others were makeshift out of blue plastic tarp, some rope, and duct tape.
My wife, Kathleen and I stood on the camp perimeter for a moment wondering how to gain ingress. A young blonde girl strolled to the barrier and asked, "Donations?" We responded "yes", and she directed us to go up the sidewalk until we met hay bales. It was there that the kitchen was sited. The blonde girl strolled back to her friends sitting cross-legged on the ground playing a guitar and bongos. Crafting songs of the coming revolution I'd gather. Kathy and I carried our supplies to the "kitchen", bounded by blue tarps, rope, and some posts made from old snow shovel handles. We'd bought a sack of apples and two bunches of bananas that we passed across the card table to grateful hands.
I came out with it: "What do you need"?
She said food was great, blankets,....a home-made sign behind her was intended to answer my oft-asked question, and it listed their needs as Sterno, scrubbing sponges, buckets, folding chairs,....a lot of sundry needs whose obvious utility surprised me. I was also shocked by my own lack awareness and inability to anticipate their humble and basic wants. I felt uncomfortable because of my comfort.
She was in the process of making and handing out hot dogs to some of Detroit's homeless who have gathered in the area to be fed. The OD movement has taken it upon themselves to share their meager supplies with those less fortunate; those motivated by hunger and need; feeding those motivated by the same. A girl in a wheelchair brushed past me and flashed a toothless grin as she accepted a hot dog. I asked the girl if I could cook a pot of stew for them, and the girls said that would be great. I marveled at their faith. How did they know I wasn't a right-winger trying to poison them?
On our way out a car load of people, their faces smiling, laughing and jeering; ran laps around the square as they pointed and mocked the OD people like one would deride caged monkeys in a zoo. People in the car were dressed in expensive fashions, probably had just come from the symphony, or ballet. The dad brought the family down to see the "freaks". I didn't see a "McCain/Palin" bumper sticker, but I didn't have to.
Three small children, perhaps 6 - 8 years old were in the back seat laughed and mocked; goaded and prompted by their parents. The next generation of haters was being groomed, cultivated, and taught. The father/driver tossed some garbage out the window at the encampment. I think he was imitating tossing a peanut at the monkeys. The children in the back seat erupted in laughter.
I watched this unfold last night in Detroit, and I watched long enough to ensure that the people in the car visited no harm on the protesters. I guess mocking was enough for them.
I'm going back tonight with even more supplies, and even more money tonight. Maybe they could use my Coleman stoves? Perhaps some of my lamb and Guinness stew. Lots of need.
Then I asked myself: "What does a Patriot need"? I will concern myself with filling that need for them today.
The folks on Wall Street mock them at their own peril............I see the decision on new fee's has been postponed. I am working to get people away from the big banks into community banks and credit unions....starve the beast so to speak.
Maybe the people in your imaginary car saw episodes such as these:
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20111028/NEWS03/710289961
http://www.dailycardinal.com/news/occupy-madison-loses-permit-1.2669111#.TqwODPSImU8
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/10/report-fights-erupt-between-occupy-wall-street-protesters/1
Winter's coming.....grandma's basement beckons.
GOPisex frequently 'expands the truth' as BO would say. I prefer the term 'delusional' for his comment.
The OWS movement is turning into a nice income stream for drug dealers, thieves, pick pockets, and other scofflaws living on other people's supporty..... these folks are definitely not our future leaders! At least I hope that won't be the case, lol!
At least someone is working these days!
You have no idea how many people support that movement, but still have the luxury of barely hanging on to their upside down mortgages, you have no idea of how mobilized young people are against republicans. They may be forced inside during the brutal cold of a Detroit winter, but their will another spring, summer, and fall before the election, if republicans stay on the course they have charted for themselves, they will take huge losses across the board, and there is no way Mr. Wall St. will beat Obama in the election. Republicans continue to generate more and more animosity towards themselves, their Congress is considered the worst ever, the numbers have never been lower, never, not even close, you know who will bear the fruit of all that ill will, the republican nominee for president will, the republican Congress is killing any chance that even a decent republican candidate can win.
F. Grump.... you got it so wrong! If the OWS folks are really against the corporations then they are protesting obama's relationship with Soros and his other corporate buddies.... therein lies the problem with you and most other liberals!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Detroit...the result of decades of liberalism....that is what the progressives want for America.
Destruction of the private sector, the work ethic and self reliance.
Obama wants us all to become welfare recipients, wait in line for hot dogs, while he dines on caviar with his billionaire crony capitalist Wall Street crooks like George Soros.
GOPisextinct,
Thanks for an eyewitness report of OccupyDetroit.
This movement is giving voice to the economic disparity in this country, the power of multi national corporations, and the power of the special interests in the Halls of Congress. This conversation has only begun.
The major banks seem to be listening. The new debit card fees are now suddenly disappearing...
People are moving their accounts to credit unions and small community banks.
All I can tell you George is that they are registering as democrats and volunteering for democratic candidates, right wrong or indifferent, that's the side they are landing on. Maybe that damn community organizer has something to do with that I don't know, republicans have not responed to them with anything more than insults, you think that is smart politics for republicans to insult one group of voters to curry favor with another group, I don't. Republicans do a lot of that, which may work well enough in certain districts for smaller races, but it is a horrible general election strategy.
@GOP, Dear sir, I would like to say. thank you. I wish I could be there to offer encouragement and support. The thing that is being missed here is, this movement is spreading around the World. Good luck to the protestors and I am praying for those who are braving the cold in NYC.
Seems like we're getting their attention doesn't it Kathryn?
Stay tuned.
This revolution may be televised.
GOPisextict, and the whole World is watching. I hope and pray that they are being kept warm this night.
For fans of old TV shows:
They call him Flipper, Flipper, king of the mormons,
No-one you see, flips more than he,
And we know Flipper, will say anything to get elected,
As we expected, Slick Willard to be!
Everyone loves the king of mormons,
Every four years for president he runs,
Tricks he will do when voters appear,
And how they laugh when he's near!
They call him Flipper, Flipper, Utah's Ken doll,
Even the Huntsman campaign calls him a wind vane,
And we know Flipper, thinks he'll be the next God,
He's just a poor sod, even Repubs view him with disdain!
Paul: "Flipper" ?
You libs are very busy singing songs, I see. LOL
How about this for "flipper?"........
Obama: "I will bring the 2 parties together." ( as long as the Repubs "sit in the back")
Obama : "I will end the wars and reach out to other countries." ( but can I take people out with drones and topple govts too?)
Obama: "We need JOBS. " ( as long as they are "green" and that industry is losing billions of tax dollars , oopppsss)
Obama : "There will be NO croney capitalism" ( of course, unless the money is coming to Democrats,wink wink)
Obama: I will have the most transparent administration ( as long as the lobbyists enter the back door of the WH and the documents are blacked out and you can't read them, wink,wink)
You forgot to add "I will have to do everything because the republicans will do nothing. Republicans are losing now Leona, it's very apparent, you may not trust a particular poll, but Obama is rising in every poll and republicans are dropping, if they don't do some things the majority of Americans want, they will pay a heavy price next November, the Oval office is out of reach for them at this point. All they had to do was pass a jobs bill when they took over the house and they would have had a lock, they squandered that opportunity, they are running out of time, and now every-time they say no to their own proposals, it is another nail in their political coffin. The Waterloo strategy got away from them and Obama is making them own it, and it is working, it works because people know it's true, most people anyway, enough to win the election against these candidates and their ideas, to be sure.
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Hey Forrest,......
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You smell that?
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That smells like right wing fear!!
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Yup,.....I'm sure of it now. That's right wing blood in the water!!
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They're scared to death of the OWS movement!!!
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*Sniff*
Gonna' be a wooooonderful 2012!!
It is going to be ugly in my opinion GOP lots of incumbent heads rolling, Obama may virtually be the last man standing. I will agree with you that republicans will lose a bunch of positions, because they insist on sailing full speed ahead into what is shaping up to be a perfect storm, largely of their own making. They are adamant about not letting this president get a victory (which in itself is a dishonest way of looking at it, hell he don't need a jobs bill personally) that they are preventing themselves from getting any victories. They have been so obviously and proud of those intentions and actions, that they now have turned the corner, politically they have now turned the incompetent villain into the good guy, and they took his place as the incompetent villains. They only Waterloo themselves now, they can't blame Obama for what they would not let him do, they can't take credit for a single thing they have done. They are committing political suicide right before our eyes, they are making it almost impossible for their presidential candidates, that is why no good people would jump in for them, it's suicidal with this batch of republicans in Congress.
Um. Forrest?
http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/28/experts-begin-to-doubt-obamas-re-electability/
And, no, I don't hate to rain on your parade.
At the rate things are going, ObMa may not carry Illinois. . .
NOJO,
I think I will keep my umbrella in the closet for now...
You link to the opinion piece in the Dailycaller is nothing more than opinion and speculation. In fact when I hit the bold word" survey" to find some numbers it took me to a site that wanted be to become a paid survey taker.
By the way the dailycaller is founded by Tucker Carlson, the CNN,MSNBC cable host/guest who is no longer on cable. The other founder is Neil Patel who worked for VP Cheny.
hey Northstar,
You Obama worshipers call everything "Bush's fault".
In 2012, when the Repubs win back the Senate and the Presidency...... who will you blame for the horrendous Obama years (9.1 % unemployment, 4 trillion added to the debt by Obama alone) ??
In 2013, it's going to sound very strange to hear that Obama's Presidency was BUSH's FAULT. LOL
Leona, I am entitled to my opinion and, in my opinion, please just shut up. I am putting it as nicely as I can. You are tiresome.
Romney..a politician who will shape his comments to his audience--Nice talk that refers to a man with no serious principles outside his religion that he is willing to go to the mat for. Not my idea of POTUS.
Romney..a politician who will shape his comments to his audience--
That is exactly his problem, every body already realizes he is doing just that.
opajack,
Obama IS your idea of POTUS??
OBAMA'S multiple vacations to Hawaii, Spain, Martha's Vineyard , with 100 of their closest friends,etc.
$40,000 bracelet that Michelle Obama wears and then has a photo op at Target the next day...
Obama got 3/4 of all the donations Goldman Sachs gave and screams all over the country about "millionaires and billionaires" ...
Obama's soaks the government ( billions to "geen" money pits) and Wall Street ( Obama campaign kickbacks) at the same time.
You know who gets screw$% by Obama policies?? The Middle Class tax payers, like myself.
Leona, the middle class taxpayers are paying less tax today than they did under Bush (part of the stimulus). Now, if you're having trouble covering your mortgage because you've lost your job, then perhaps it's not Pres. Obama you ought to be looking at. If you decide would like to collect Social Security or Medicare someday, it's certainly not the Republicans who are going to help you with that.
As for OWS, next spring there will be thousands of RIFFED veterans looking for jobs who may end up marching along side those already there. Tell those veterans what communists they are, yes?
But you might want to run pretty fast afterwards
Thanks for the support excessive and my old buddy Northstar......
Weak Field? Are you saying a community organizer is a strong field? Mr. Turnaround, Job creator, highly successful businessman will show how to get the job done. Nobama 2012.
Mittens, mittens, mittens, anything you say can and will be used against you in a general election. Keep those flip-flops handy!
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012!