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Demographics proved to be destiny once again for Mitt Romney, who is one big step closer to wrapping up the Republican presidential nomination.
NBC News has declared Romney the winner in Wisconsin. He won 42-38 percent over Rick Santorum with 99 percent of the vote in, and familiar patterns emerged that led to his win, according to exit polls.
Santorum faced an uphill battle going into Wisconsin because, despite its blue-collar voters, Wisconsin lacked the evangelicals that have fueled his insurgent campaign. And he only won those voters by a narrow margin.
Romney also went beyond his traditional base, winning with Tea Party supporters (48-37 percent), those making below $100,000 (40-38 percent), non-college graduates (42-38 percent), and tying with very conservatives (43-43 percent).
Just 38 percent of Republican primary voters Tuesday said they were born-again or evangelical Christians in Wisconsin – the same number that said so in 2008. But Santorum won them by just a 43-39 percent margin.
Santorum has not won in a state with less than 57 percent evangelical population. The average evangelical population in states Santorum has won was 72 percent.
By contrast, the average evangelical population in states where Romney won was 36 percent, about where it was in Wisconsin Tuesday.
Voters were more downscale and blue collar than in typical Romney wins. States where he has won averaged 50 percent college grads and 33 percent making more than $100,000. In Wisconsin, 43 percent had a college degree and 26 percent said they made more than $100,000 a year. But both numbers were up from 2008.
Romney’s biggest margin was on one question. Voters said the one quality that mattered most in deciding how they would vote was being able to defeat President Obama. Almost one-in-four (36 percent) said that was their top priority, and overwhelmingly, they picked Romney by a whopping 68-23 percent margin.
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Congratulations ETCH-A-SKETCH or should the 99% American People say CONGRATULATIONS to the SUPERPAC MONEY & THE 1%! Count them votes BOY, cause that's all you'll get on election day!!!
He may be one step closer to winning the GOP nomination but he is a thousand miles away from the White House.
"being able to defeat President Obama. Almost one-in-four (36 percent) said that was their top priority, and overwhelmingly"
I am not a mathematician but isn't 36 percent slightly MORE than one-in-three???
You are correct, Josh. But it is still two short of the White House.
Obama is running with his tail between his legs. Check out how much $$ obama has spent and how much his superpac spent,,,don't be blind to the fact that they all have superpacs. Obama has had his 4 years and what'd he do??? Maybe he should do his job and then I might actually vote for him and stop fulltime campaigning. You elected a dude who never had a real job, ever. A harvard boy who's wife made millions in healthcare firing people.(that's obama if you're confused)
Stupid, and angry is no way to go through life, smitty-392033. Just a suggestion, but you really should stop posting, you're only embarrassing yourself.
John F Kennedy had a real job? Richard Nixon had a real job? George Bush who destroyed the economy that your blaming Obama for had a "real job"?? Ronald Reagan had a real job? Acting? What real job are you talking about? Bailing hay or roofing in 100 degree heat??
Blaming Obama for the furious digging out of a disaster his predecessor got us into?? This is called the Bush financial meltdown that Obama has spent 3 years digging us out of. 10 years of Bush tax cuts really prevented the old meltdown, so now it's time for Romney tax breaks, give me a break.
As opposed to the superpac money and the organization that President Obama already has? A bit hypocritical don't you think?
Actually it was the democrats that passed the bill that Carter signed giving those who could not afford a loan the ability to get one anyway. It was Clintoon that mandated the banks give those loans to help the poor. It was a financial crisis yo-yo. That and a debt crisis that Obama is now hiding with short term 2% loans which will end as soon as the interest rates go up, putting us in the position of Greece. Forget politics, forget your job and educate yourself abit on what goes on before we break our way of life. Romney has the business savvy to bring us out of our pending bankruptcy. Remember Perot saying no business could survive the way government spends and borrows. Government is for the protection of the people not destroying our capitalist way of life.
How many millions will Romney save if he can force Ryan's plan through?
REMEMBER that before 9/11 the economy was strong. America's enemy literally crashed wall street . It is a bloody miracle we didn't collapse completely following that horrific attack. I don't agree with all of Pres Bush's decisions, but I cannot stand by and be silent about everyone ignoring the true cause of the financial decline we have all suffered. We were attacked, our economy crashed, we stumbled and faltered and stayed alive. We didn't spring back in the manner we would have preferred, however, as bad as some of Bush's choices may have been, Obama's have made things incredibly worse. It's time to stop sugar-coating and pretending that things are great......they just aren't. Try to think as Americans instead of left or right. Try to recognize reality instead if idealism. Stop being foolish and be wise. This administration may have had good intentions, but IT DID NOT WORK. They want four more years. If you keep doing what you've been doing, you'll keep getting what you've been getting. We can not afford it. Please put the country first and forget stubborn pride. Stop the bleeding now. Trite, but are you better off now? Is the country? The truth is simply.....no.
Obama has WI, thanks to Walker Recall & Sanatorium!
Palmsprings, a better question would be why can't the senate come up with an alternate plan? Is reid lazy or just incompetent?
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He is? I'm relatively confident he's enjoying the show. After all, how often can we have the pleasure of watching "conservatives" rend one another's flesh for the sake of having the prime opportunity to be smoked in the presidential election that is upcoming?
This is the primary sticking point: they all have 'em. With that leveling of of the playing field, why would you call out Obama for spending the same cash Romney & Co. are?
Actually, quite a bit. If you're middle class (like most of us) and paying attention to the broad-spectrum of news (as so few do), you'd realize that you're a lot better off than you were during Bush II.
Not that B.O. is without fault -- he most certainly is. Still ... what is precisely that you like about ANY of the "republicans" being fielded .. other than, "they ain't that black fella."
That's a f*ckall statement. You know it. The day you vote [D] is the day I shuffle off millions in my workers' pensions to an offshore account.
Read: NEVER.
How does Mitch or Rick differ? I'm curious ...
You're familiar with the academic accolades of the "right" wing contenders, right? You realize your hypocrisy, then?
Do share with the class how your post isn't yet another boring tirade solely based on party lines.
Haha Smitty check Romney and what he did when he was head of Bain Capital. This is not the wife of the candidate for presidency who fired people, it is the presidential candidate who bought businesses, broke it off, and sold it for parts, laid off thousands.
'TR' Rose II, you're as poor a loser as Santorum. Do you, like Santorum, intend to destroy the GOP?
This is called the Bush financial meltdown that Obama has spent 3 years digging us out of.
Don't you think it should be called the Carter/Clinton meltdown? After all it was they who, along with the Democrats in congress, pushed through the Community Reinvestment Act . In case you've forgotten, this is the piece of legislation that forced banks to extend housing loans to people who clearly couldn't afford them and ultimately led to the meltdown in 2008. As for Obama "digging us out"? He spent his first year passing a trillion dollar stimulus plan that didn't work because two thirds of it was just more pork barrel spending. His second year was spent passing the unconstitutional Affordable Care Act. And the third year he has spent trying to convince everyone that his first two years were a success. How did this "dig us out"?
SI
The once proud GOP is going to nominate a bald faced liar. Good luck, guys, but I think its going to take a while to live this one down. Arguably not as damaging as the W. Bush Administration to your party, but still pretty bad when you nominate someone even your own party members don't have any trust in.
He was not only an actor, which is most certainly a real job requiring genuine talent, but he was president of the actor's union as well as being Governor of California.
Obama lovers and class warfare election@ here we come......You know, it does take an idea like free enterprise to work in america. We can't all run our economy like cuba or haiti and expect great things.
Romney will go down in presidential campaign history as the candidate buried by the biggest landslide since Barry Goldwater. Once the seniors get the message about medicare it is all over. The women already have visions of forced vaginal probes and no help with contraception. You have not a prayer Sketchy!
"The 99% American People should say CONGRATULATIONS to the SUPERPAC MONEY & THE 1%!"
Yup, Obama won his primary.
Obama is running against Congress, The Supreme Court, capitalism and the Constitution. How can he lose?
46 million on food stamps
$5.00 gasoline
1 million less jobs than Jan 2009
$5 trillion in new debt and unsustainable budgets
Once ALL of the voters find out about those four things, the outcome will be evident and a forgone conclusion.
John,
There are a lot less jobs in the mortgage industry that will not come back for
decades (if ever) along with many other jobs that grow obsolete every year due
to technology advances.
Money was needed to prevent a great depression rather than a recession.
We had $5 gas in almost all of the yrs we had a republican administration (btw we
are using less gas these days)
In recessions, since more are unemployed, more seek food assistance because it is better that DYING!!
WOW..it took me less than a min to beat up on all your points… I think the rest of America may take even less time than I did
Really? I guess that is why the emplyment participation rate has declined from 67% to 64% in three years?
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000
Jay Carney talking point #1 without one gram of objective evidence.
Flat out lie. the average price of gas is over $1 higher in the last three years than the previous 8 years. No accident either.
http://www.randomuseless.info/gasprice/gasprice.html
but his is the 2nd anniversary of Recovery Summer?? Face it Obama is so far over his head he's need a step ladder to mail a letter.
If you like the first term, you will absolutely fall in love with the second term.
More boomers retire every yr... that accounts for your participation rates. Since i have job i cant really go to your links to see how you cherry pic the info... but i will say that i remember $4 gas in the summers of 2006, 07, and 08
Los....You are certainly entitled to your own opinion, just not your own facts. I understand not all of us can multi-task effectively, which allows people like me to tolerate checker-players like you.
I'll never understand Republican voters, why they would vote for this guy is truly baffling. Maybe it's because they like serial liars. Romney has lied so many times to the American people that if he yelled ‘FIRE’ in a theater, people would say “Ignore him it’s Mitt Romney and he never tells the truth”.
" it is the presidential candidate who bought businesses, broke it off, and sold it for parts, laid off thousands."
This is exactly what Romney will do to U.S.A.
Obama has laid off millions.
Yeah, Romney's a real barn burner. If he keeps up this momentum, he might even break the 50% mark in the rest of the primaries.
If all the delegates had been awarded proportionately, his team wouldn't be claiming a victory yet, but the game is rigged for him to win it regardless. The mainstream GOP will ensure that there is no brokered convention and they will have a big part in the VP selection process.
BigAl,
You could say the same thing about Democrat voters. Problem with them is they let their juvenile pride and ego prevent them from admitting they made a mistake in voting for a creation of the media and pop culture. President Obama is one of the biggest liars to come down the pike and reside in the White House in a long time. If you want I can provide you a list. I can just imagine the lot of you being in a position to hire the best qualified candidate for a critical job you needed filled at a fortune 100 company and picking the guy who's only experience was having gone to school and done some volunteer work because you think he's cool over the guy who's actually held a job and lists his easily verifiable accomplishments in similar roles with other companies. What you'd end up with is a unprecedented (Obama loves to use that word) disaster. Think I'm wrong? Look what's occupying the White House right now.
I apologize if this has been covered already, but over @ The Obama Diary they were reporting earlier today that President Obama officially won his nomination tonight.
As far as Romney, congratulations. You've worked hard for 4 years to get the nomination by running from the media and screwing up every important issue under the sun.
You really need to study more. This President of the United States job ain't easy. You have to be pretty bright when meeting with leaders from all over the world. They can smell a snake a mile away. So can't we here in the USA.
You also have to be pretty bright when going up against Rachel Maddow or Lawrence O'Donnell as well. Guess you're not ready for them. You're not even ready for Bob Schieffer. LoL.
Rachel Maddow is a blithering leftist zealot. Kinda like you, Pat.
Thank you Bob in Virginia.
Ole booby in Virginia seems to be scared of strong, intelligent women. What's the matter, booby? Do they threaten your manhood?
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Bob --- Romney killed it tonight! Best speech so far.
Loved the omelet line...
Obama is a cracked egg
- Go get her Vagina-Bob. That Rachel Maddow needs a good probing. That'll put her in her female place...
LOL, I'm an idiot who laughs at my own idiotic jokes. Romney needs to study, dude, do you live in a cave. He went to harvard, turned around the olympics, turned around many failing companies, served as a pastor for free for many selfless years, faithful dad and husband. you need to study and stop being a blind commie socialist supporter of OBama who hasn't done jack in 4 years besides pass a healthcare law that's unconstitutional.
You should have stopped there. It was the most intelligent part of your post.
April Showers Bring May Flowers
And,
Bonaparte abdicated in April. This April is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, as well as the 100th anniversary of the opening of Fenway Park (beating the New York Highlanders). Thos. Jefferson and James Monroe were born in April. Slavery ended in DC in 1862. April saw the deaths of Lincoln, FDR, Mussolini, Hitler, MLK & RFK and Nixon. April is when the Revolutionary War began, the Civil War began and the Civil War ended. US declared war on Germany in 1917. WWII invasion of Okinawa began. Ponce de Leon discovered Florida. First Pony Express. President Truman signed Marshall Plan into law. Jackie Robinson played his first game in the majors. Apollo 13 was in April. Earth Day is in April.
George Washington took office as the first President of the United States.
Very historical month.
Play ball.
smitty, wow. Is he really that bright? He should go on tv on program others than Fox and show off all his political skills. I mean, he is running for the presidency for goodness sakes.
Play ball indeed, Pat!!
Wow, most of you posters must have a lot of cavities from drinking all that Obama Kool-Aid.
And yes Mark, I DID see your ballpark photo's! So cool. Hope you make it back to Fenway. 100 years and counting...
Yea Obama! I bet he gets our credit rating back to where it was when Bush was the president! Maybe get under the 7% unemployment rate it was when he took office. No doubt he will finally show us the shovel-ready jobs, all of the saved jobs and the thousands of jobs waiting for those who are going to repair our infrastructure! I'd like to stick around but I have to go to a fundraiser to help teachers buy pencils! (That is if I can afford the gas!)
Yea Obama! I bet he gets our credit rating back to where it was when Bush was the president! Maybe get under the 7% unemployment rate it was when he took office. No doubt he will finally show us the shovel-ready jobs, all of the saved jobs and the thousands of jobs waiting for those who are going to repair our infrastructure! I'd like to stick around but I have to go to a fundraiser to help teachers buy pencils! (That is if I can afford the gas!)
How many millions will Romney save if he can force Ryan's plan through?
Rachel Maddow is extremely intelligent.
LMAO pat of boston - now you are trying to justify that the US junior senator from illinois had the requisite skills to take on the job as POTUS but another can't? How droll. So sweet of you to ignore obamas lack of experience and skill sets in all areas of being POTUS except rhetorical spin.
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forrest, so are obama and romney, what's your point? That intelligence is better than commonsense?
Forrest,
Maybe so, but she is as guilty as the others. Our politicians, and the media have their own agenda, and the American people, be damned.
There is a strong divide in this country, and I fear its getting worse. Very sad indeed.
The republican party of years gone by is no more. The far right crazies have taken over the once grand ole party and turn it into a joke a minute party. Just look at Palin. There are many former republican that will be voting for President Obama because all the lies, flip-flopping and just out right crazy ideas that the Republican Party now wastes time and money on. They voted against their own ideas. The American people can see that the republican do not care about the middle class only the rich. Trickle-down economics has failed.
Now say what you want but there is a race problem when it comes to President Obama. The level of disrespect shown to him so far is truly amazing. And coming up with lame excuses as to not admit this is about the color of his skin is just so funny.
Never have the American people so disrespected their President like what is going on now. And yes this is about race. There is no other reason. The birther issue is a joke and everyone with half a brain knows that if he was not an American citizen, none of the republican leaders or democratic leaders would have allow him to be sworn in. If McCain, Boehner, Cantor, McCarthy, McConnell, Ryan, Romney, Santorum, Gingrich and Paul accepts him as President why is this still trying to be an issue. It is not. The governor of Hawaii Linda Lingle a republican and the Hawaii director of the State Department of Health has both certified that he was born there. Yet you birthers want the official in Hawaii to violate their state laws to satisfy you. If you birthers don’t believe these people then why are you not screaming for them to be voted out? Having to show his college transcripts, birth certificate, school records are just lame excuses. President Obama has proven all he needs to prove to the leaders in Washington from both parties. If you do not believe these republican leaders then that only proves nothing will convince you of the truth. Believe the lies if that makes you feel like you are not a racist. All of you racist have been looking for other lame excuse to challenge him so you don't have to look yourselves in the face and admit you are a racist.
This current economic situation we are in took many years to get where we are at. You all expect President Obama to fix it overnight. That is impossible. Unlike the Republican leaders who will follow along with anything their leadership says, the Democrats have not. They have addressed the needs of the people within their districts and if their voters did not like something that the President or Congress was trying to do then they voted against it. So the super majority issue is a non-player. Democrats do not have robots that follow everything the Koch brother says.
I am a moderate independent. I believe in having my guns but I also believe women should be able to choose what happens with their own bodies. If men can their insurance pay for Viagra and the insurance should also pay for birth control.
You can get any poll to say anything depending on how you word the questions. Most people that disagree with the current Affordable Health Care Act wanted a single payer option in it. Instead of the Republicans trying to work with the Democrats to pass this law, they did everything in their power to try and derail it. Why, because they are hell bent on not having anything get done for the American people while President Obama is in office.
And for why the race issue keeps coming up, this is about President Obama’s race plain and simple. There are more voters out here that believe in "Anybody but the Republican Clowns" than there for anybody but Obama. The Republican Party is no more. It should call itself the crazy party because of all the crazy mouthpieces they have.
In case anyone cares, RFK did not die in April, he died in June. I messed up there.
MLK and RFK, so close together in death in '68.
Great post E-8
Ret_MSgt, great post!! Let's all not forget that the republicans supported single payer AND the individual mandate in the 90's, which is where Romney got the idea to do it in Ma. This is 100% about not allowing the President to succeed in an effort to win back the presidency. Poisioning WE THE PEOPLE, in an effort to make a point. I will not say that these efforts are one sided, but the right is doing a lot more than the left in this case. We need to put term limits in office, and eliminate all benefits to them also. Then, only people who WANT to try to help will run for office, not those who want to gain more financially. THink about it, we are paying these people a lot of money to do absolutely nothing. It's sickening!
Romney better watch out! The entire Obama clan is here in the US. His uncle has been living in MA since 1992 illegally and was arrested for DUI but the good State decided to give him back his license to drive. He also has an aunt here illegally; she said that the US owes her welfare and it is her right. Plus, Obama senior fathered numerous children with numerous females of all races.
Don't worry though, the world has to be more tolerant and everyone will be taken care of because Obama the President will provide all that is needed. Rich folks will have to pony up more because you know there are only less that 50% of us that pay taxes.
Anony Mous1, what a pack of pointless drivel. What does this have to do with the conversation?
BTW, that 50% of the population that you say doesn't pay taxes only gets 13% of the total income for the nation. That's not much to split up among half the nation is it? The top 1% takes more of the income than that whole group.
You obviously will not get it! You don't see how wealth redistribution is a fundamental departure from our founding principle. I ask that you take a look at Zimbabwe; they use to be the bread basket of Africa and the government did that redistribution experiment and now they are all starving. This is ingrained in Obama. However, you would not able to link what I am talking about.
Now let me ask this question: How come the 50% who don't pay any taxes only get 13% of the total income? Is there a conspiracy? I am an immigrant and like all immigrants we come here and have to work to achieve our goals.
Let's go a step further and talk about what exactly we need more revenues for? Is there a welfare program that we need to expand? Is the revenue going to pay down the deficit? You know, here in Massachusetts, we took some of the money from the 1 trillion stimulus and rebuilt a bridge that in the old days was used by horse carriages and was hardly used. It wasn't broken down or anything. But we spent millions rebuilding it because we had the money and we had to spend it.
100% of the people in the USA pay taxes. Even illigals lol. when you purchase something = taxes; when you work = taxes; major highways = taxes (tolls) what is this nonsense.
Also, some said Romney saved the Olympics?? do you know that the tax payer saved the Olympics because the Romney team could not find privet investors so the govt stepped in? And he had the nerve to pork barrel the govt bail out of the games to build privet roads to his friends in the area. Obama is thinking the GOP primary participants for that little bit of info lol
When the drugs you are on wear off, note that we are talking about income taxes.
You are obviously smarter than Obama because managing the Olympics was small potatoes: What company do you manage? Do you have any job openings?
im smart enough to take advantage of a govt grant (while i was unemployed) to educate myself into a person that can run a department of 5 ppl. I am glad you point out income tax, because anytime a republican says that line about not paying taxes the never use the word "income"... they just say "No taxes"
BTW, my drug is called reality.. you should try it some time Anony
You go boy!
I see why you like Obama.
Bob in Virginia-5210392 post 2.1
Hey BOB: If Rachel Maddow is "a blithering leftist zealot" I guess that would make you a blithering fashist troll.
Anony Mous1,
Don't forget that there are over 1,000 people making over a million dollars a year are part of that 46% (it's not 51%, idiot) who pay no income taxes.
In other words, you're an idiot.
Matthew, Houston, TX:
What is your point exactly?
You are another deluded and blind supporter of Obama.
Lookup Aunt Zeituni on your favorite search engine and you will see exactly why you support Obama.
Just say that you deserve your free handout and let's move on.
Anony Mous1, you are an ass, as well as an idiot.
michigan,
Takes? Another entitled juvenile who covets thy neighbor's ass. Your parents must be proud.
Romney won Wisconsin primary and at Romney headquarters Paul Ryan is speaking.
Are these guys now joined at the hip?
Romney did just appear and said" Ryan is a great guy but he is not going to be taking Ann's place"????
Meanwhile old Santorum is in PA and saying it is now half time??? He going to win Texas??
Rick it is over for you!
Go back to Virginia and your lobbyist job.
We may be looking at a Romney/Ryan ticket. It would definitely bring the TEA Party people on board . . . which still won't win the White House.
I think the Pubs actually NEED a bagger on the ticket . after A nice Defeat , the 'pubs can tell the baggers to fook off .
Hmm, interesting point, carpenter7. But I don't think that the Republican/TP Inc. mind is clever enough to plan something like that. The downside is that a TEA Party candidate on the ticket may motivate them to come out and vote in droves. In close contests, this could tip a local, House , or Senate election to the Republican/TP Inc. party . . . not a pleasant thought.
Interesting victory speech by Romney. He started off stating that the biggest job losses since the depression happened under Pres Obama. Hmmmmmmm, was Obama president in 2008 ? Every thing I have read about the economic crash, bank failures, and massive drop in employment happened before the election of November 08. I call bullchit on Romney.
Keep reading MM
NM is entirely correct about when the massive job loss occurred.
Of course Rick is still in it. MSNBC failed to mention the one demographic in which he overwhelmingly beat Romney...those who consider themselves democrats!
You're just going to ignore the jobless numbers and the percent of unemployment? Are you just stupid? Do you read or watch anyone besides Maddow and Ed?
MM and forrest, why not read the department of labor statistics on monthly job losses between 2008 - 2010. From a straight calender point of view romney has simply applied spin much like obama does as well.
So, when President Obama wins this November, will the Republican/TP Inc. party actually try focusing on helping to govern? They won't have to have the single goal of defeating President Obama, anymore. Or will they act like petulant little children, refusing to cooperate while just sitting there and pouting?
Pouting and throwing 2yr old temper tentrums seems to be exactly what the GOP has been doing these past 4 years. Why would the next 4 be any different? I see the House/Senate fights, then look at my 3 kids (NB, 2, 4) and see a big difference: I can send my kids to Time Out or to take a nap when they throw their temper fits! Really, it works! Wish I could try it on some of those polititions who veto things just because XYZ suggested it, never mind whether it has merit or not!
To be fair, both parties do it, but it is really showing this election and this past administration period.
Matthew, the answers to your two questions are No and Yes. The good news is that in his second term Obama won't have to go through the "Let's play nice" routine as he did earlier in his Presidency. I would expect his second term to be a very, very long one for the Cantors, Boehner.s and McConnells of the world!
When I've watched congress I've seen a lot of boobs on both sides. Some wearing pink cowboy hats and some in hoodies and some taking precious time to stumble through a five minute tribute to her hometown football team. Pelosi makes morons appear brilliant......they are all a bunch of yoyos. Government is full of clowns and the left just wants it to get bigger and be in charge of more. WHY? They are all incompetent. Reduce government, cut back on the idiots who have taken over the job of running your lives.
Assuming obama wins , he will be a lame duck president that can't produce legislation on his own. His biggest failure in his first term was his lack of ability to work with congress and be the unifier. If he should do the same in a second term he will go down as a selfish and ineffective POTUS.
Until the Tea Party congress people are sent packing there will be no significant progress from either party. It is unfair to say the Boehmer wasn't trying to pass some legislation-the Tea Party people blocked him and frightened him into neutral. The grover norquist pledge should be highlighted as a completely asinine lobbyist ploy that violates the oath of office of congress people. Norquist needs to be outed as a highly paid tool of special interests. A Tea Party congressman like joe Walsh is a great example as to why they all need to go. Some appear to be mentally unbalanced and several are just plainly unqualified tools of monied interests they don't even realize elected them. Start with Gov. Scott Walker-he can be first.
american, it's pretty hard to unify a group, when half of them have the goal of making you fail. it's not Obama's fault that he couldn't work with the Republican side of Congress, it was the Republican's that wouldn't work with him.
The Republicans idea of compromise is, "we got 95% of what we wanted" (remember that statement from the leader of the house?)
Resistance is futile. Soon fellow Republicans, you'll all be gagging on my sandwiches. A greasy conglomeration of false hope, despair and incompetence spiced with hatred and served on a stale roll of warmed over platitudes.
Bon Appetit!
Welcome to Mitt's kitchen.
Hope is a powerful thing......it got Obama elected. We just had no idea what he meant by "change". Now we know.
I was hoping the war in Iraq would end under Obama, it did, the power of hope.
Bob- I'm sure Rachel would be so hurt, that a GOP/bagger is dissin her! LOL Smart Women with facts kinda throw the good ole boys!
Pat great post!
ForePlinger- That was perfect! Bonn Appetite
Rachel is a mean, pissed, frustrated little lady who has lost sight of anything beyond her angry little desk.
Gosh Jackie - quit applying the sugar coating on yourself, pick up a mirror, and then tell us who is the mean, pissed, frustrated little lady (and using the term lady is a stretch).
This is Romney at his best!
Obama's record of failure will not be hidden much longer. This nightmare is going to end in November!
Romney/Rubio 2012
Yes, the nightmare of Romney/ Rubio running for presidency would be coming to an end in November.
Anybody but GOP candidates 2012.
A stiff effigy of success and a fake Cuban anti Castro refugee? A pair of cultists of different kinds. Moroni help us.
Why is it when you're watching Romney give a speech, he always looks as if he swallowed a canary and is trying to spit out the feathers. Maybe it's fear that lightening will strike him as he utters one lie after another.
LOL. Great observation Jody and all to true.
How can you tell Obama's lying? His lips are moving. The teleprompter "president" can't even pass a budget, or a constitutional healthcare give way.........errrrr.......plan. Never mind deficits that make all predecessors look brilliant - which is hard to do.
Ya, Romney's the ONLY one that bends the truth. Our political system has failed our country, yet idiots don't care - as only their agenda matters to them, not their country.
Romney is a stiff guy, but accroding to his wife he not so stiff under the zipper.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/02/ann-romney-goes-for-the-zipper/
I live in Iowa and am truly ashamed that there are idiots like you living in the same state. Maybe if you removed your head from up Obama's a-- you would see what this man has done to destroy America!!!
After Bush/Cheney drove us down Wreck America Ave., we were fortunate to elect Obama to help us pull back from the brink and steer the bus to Prosperity Lane. Thank goodness we have Jody I's helping us steer the bus vs. those backseat drivers who would drive us off the cliff with their 567164 hateful reasons.
Cliff-Osama Bin Laden is still dead. Iraq is over. I'm from South Dakota and we call some of your fellow Iowans Iowegians. They have trouble reading signs and driving. You must be one of them.
Obama was great giving speeches back when he was campaigning. Now he can barely put coherant sentances together. The night he was elected at that big celebration in Grant Park he looked like a deer in the headlights; he still does and now we're playing for keeps and he can't handle it.
Rob,
It is refreshing to see at least one person on FR today speaking as a supporter of Romney.
"This is Romney at his best"....
Now, get out there and organize in MA, and keep dreaming.
Sadly I have to admit that my misguided home state will be one of the only ten states or less that Romney will not carry.
rob,
Romney will not be carrying MN either!!
And after the crazy law they passed in Georgia and the rhetoric of Rep. England about women and livestock, Romney could lose in a Southern state.
Let the real campaign begin....
Obama/Biden 2012
I googled Romney won't carry Ma and got 40m+ hits. Unsure as who to blame, I googled Romney blames, and got over 57m hits. Still confused, I googled Romney win and got 75.9m hits, a good sign, but Romney lose got 123m hits. Hey Rob, according to you, Google tells all. Obviously, Romney is a loser.
Taking it on faith that Exit Polls are never wrong . When are little Ricky , Newt and Paul going to drop out ? Soon I hope . I'm actually Tired of the "clown show " .
I agree completely Carpenter7. After tonight's results all of the others should just pack it in. Although an earlier article stated that Paul has already made plans to continue campaigning in TX and CA. But I believe Paul is actually still trying to make a case for Libertarians and not the GOP. The GOP was just a way to get national attention.
Gingrich has been washed ashore and is beginning to rot like a beached whale. Santorum can only garner second best at this point and is wasting every-ones time if he continued campaigning tomorrow.
Regardless the Party Paul is running under now , I think that everyone over 30 knows RP is a Libertarian. OR SHOULD .
Wait . . . what? Ron Paul is a Libertarian?!?!? I thought he was running as a Librarian!
;-))))
I see what you did there LMAO .
Humor is the 'stuff of life', carpenter7. I just couldn't help myself. :-)
Matthew,
LOL
when is your primary?
Santorum will be coming to your state soon.
Well the obama-hillary clown show didn't end until june of 2008, were you tired then as well?
@american
I was, but that was nothing compared to this election cycle of the GOP candidates. Perry with his mishaps, Cain with his relationships, Bachman and her misquotes, Santorum saying what's in his heart, Newt and his moon colonies, Paul and his gold standard, and who can forget Romney. Guy says one thing one time, and says the complete opposite 3 hours later. I never thought presidential elections can be this funny.
Rommney would be a failure as a president like every republican he is too far socially to the right to do any good. By insisting marriage should be between a man and a woman he pissed me off to the point where I don't care about anything else I don't care what his stance is on the economy he is so hostile to the lgt community that I am not voting for him. No woman in her right mind should vote for him either or any minority. I'd also like to see him try to defend sending US jobs over seas with his vulture capitalisim answer HE CAN'T. You cannot claim to be able to create jobs in US WHEN YOU SENT JOBS OVERSEAS to make a quick buck.
Is Obama perfect no if he were gays/lesbians would be able to get married across US via a national law gitmo would be closed and everyone there would have had a civilian trial, oh and Chenney would have been sent to prison forever for treason over Valorie Palme. By not calling Rush out on his slut comment Rommney proved he lacks balls.
duh, do you live in a cave too? Romney was on a plane when the whole slut comment came across, I think she's a slut too---sex outside of marriage. Why should My tax $$ pay for her to go out slutting. Pay for your own bloody medication. Those who don't support romney support communism and socialism. Ever read about a dude named hitler the socialist and how he dealt with GLAdds? read up....if you let dictator Obama get more power and some other nutty commie gets in who wants to make laws regardless of the public watch out. Romney is a good dad, husband, lifelong godfearing man who respects life, and know how to fix the bad economy-----what has obama done in 4 years? BTW he has had a chance to change things and has not!
A = That was not about "tax " money , It was about insurance.
B= Her Testimony was NOT about sex , it WAS about Medical issues .
C= Rush is wrong alot .
D= Repubs eat that crap up .
Hitler wasn't a socialist, he was a fascist. I know, I know, Glenn Beck told you he was a socialist, so it must be true. But it isn't.
She's a slut because she has sex out of marriage? What party do you belong to? The Puritan Party. It's not 1642 anymore.
And you might ask someone to read you the definition of dictator. If Obama was a dictator, all the tea baggers you and your buddies forced down his throat in '10 would have been dragged out of Congress in irons and never heard from again.
Come to think of it, maybe it is too bad he isn't a dictator...
Mike - You are correct Hitler was a fascist. More precisely a member of the National Socialist Party of Germany. Fasciism was one of many forms of socialism that rose as a result of the social justice movement in the early 20th century. While it was opposed to the Communists and saw themselves as an alternative in reality their philosophies (and ultimate governance) wasn't much different. You can Google Naziism and see what their party planks were - rather enlightening.
So are you also pissed at every society that has existed since the beginning of time ( except for Sodom and Gomora )?
Tiffany, remember during the 2008 campaign where Obama stated over and over again that he believed that marriage should be between one man and one woman. Of course you don't, you only hear what you want to. Look it up, what a stupid reason to be for Obama. Look at his record.
BTW I believe in marriage equality for everyone. NONE of the candidates or our current president have any intentions of changing that. It is up to the individual states.
@Tiffany1
Good, so vote for Obama again, and then MAYBE you will get gay/leisbian marriage legalized. Then you will be happily married to your homosexual partner but we will be saluting the China flag because of all the debt we will be in under Obama. I get it, you want to get married, but really is that more important than our country surviving financially? I'm not downplaying your needs and wants, but that should not be a reason you will put Pres. Obama back into office again, especially because he already hasn't done the things he has promised. What makes you think gay marriage will be legal? Risky and pretty scary if you ask me....
You must think Obama is a "Saint" . . . chastising the Supreme Court for doing its'
job of upholding the Constitution.
What everyone fails to remember is that during the Clinton administration the dems were
pushing banks to give everyone the opportunity of owning part of the American Dream . . . resulting in the housing bust.
BTW numb nuts, Gore did not invent the internet.
Tiffany, somehow this republic has survived for 235 years without gay marriage. Don't you realize there are more important issues out there? Anyway marriage is a state issue, not a federal one.
Jeff- osbourne- enlightening? You are dangerous and stupid. Anti-semitic and deluded. Where did you attend school? Homeschooled by a white supremicist Nazi.
There sure are stupid repuke voters around, but the rest of the field is even more pathetic.
Why should Nut Gingerhead or the Pope's boy concede until lyin Willardo the Mexican Mormon Moron tax evader, bankrupter and Etch A Sketch champion proves he can win. Drain all of Willardo's funds. Get to the brokered convention. See which right wing nut can win.
Lyin Willardo may be the worst one of all. This guy has yet to provide his tax returns for the last 5 years. It should show how much he has evaded in taxes and how much unreported income he has stashed away in Cayman Island and Swiss bank accounts. He is your typical right wing thief.
There have been many rumors going around that little lyin Willardo was seen in a baby carriage in Tijuana. with a bottle of Corona Light in one hand and an Etch A Sketch in the other. The side of his carriage had the name "Little Lyin Willardo" on it. So when we see the long form of his birth certificate and it says Willardo on it and not Willard, we will know something is wrong.
Isn't it funny, that his new buddy Fox Top Trump never asked lyin Willardo for a copy of it?
What a joke. Less and less of the stupid right wing nuts come out to back lyin Willardo, the Mexican Mormon Moron tax evader and bankrupter and they rave about it. As most people know, the evangelicals consider the mormons an evil anti-christ cult. The mormons have been converting dead jewish people, without their knowledge to become mormons to enhance their religion. They baptise them when they are dead. These sick aholes were caught when they tried to convert Anne Frank to be a mormon. The Church of the Latter Day Saints has now ordered these mormon priests to cease this immediately.
These repuke dunces best bet is to bring back Herman (9Kampf) Cain, the dress slitherer. He can draft Jerry Sandusky for V.P. Who cares what they have done in the past, they are against abortion, that is all that counts.
CAIN/SANDUSKY 2012. The true repuke family values candidates.
Attempted cleverness--fail
That is your opinion, But since you are a typical braindead repuke idiot, your comment is meaningless. Vermin. A great name for the right wing radical cracked teanut obstructionist, psychotic, pathetic clowns that are running for the repuke nomination.
Of course Romney won. As it has been pointed out at nauseum, Romney has not won a state in which the evangelical vote tops 50%. They republicans have been lining up behind Romney and like Gingrich, Santorum refuses to say uncle and vows to take it to the convention absent of the florr fight. To make that arguement, he needs combined with the others enough to deny Romney the prescribed delegate count for the nomination. Santorum may be running on the 2nd place philosophy that the 2nd place republican finisher gets his shot the next time around as did Romney after McCain. The problem I have is Steve Smidth. MSNBC hires him as a political analyst and all knowing of the republican party. Might I remind people and MSNBC.....HE CHOSE SARAH PALIN!!!!!!!! How is he credible as a voice of sound decision making. Just because he fessed up and called the movie Game Change true and accurate only substantiates my call for MSNBC to get rid of him. I watched him take shots at president Obama the last week when he is supposed to be giving a perspective from the right. He is still carrying water for them and his choices after the movies revelations show he was prepared to put Sarah Palin on the ticket after learning she was woefully stupid and lacking any basic knowledge demanded of high school students. He and Nicole Wallace should never be allowed to work in any political campaign or give critique of candidates.
romney the draft dodger and Obama we dont know where he is from. all NWO puppets. Didn't america learn from the lat draft dodger we had if you hate america and wont serve her, then you do not love her, Bush shoed that, wars by lies, to intentioanl sabotoge of our nation economy white wash of 9/11. the only one that has any morals is ron paul and he is the only one that deserved the commander and chief title, the rest are puppets for the NWO. Where is the story of sheriff arapio f this was romeny they would had 24 hour coverage on what sheriff arapio found see our media is owned by anti americanist globalist. You are being sold a lie, the media is elling the republcians as the 1 percenters and the Obama is the 99 percenters , both parties is the 1 percenters the media is just sellinh youlies by the truck load, se the nwo want to make sure ther candiate Obama will win and he will because our media is selling you a lie which both are of them are. Now they wont sell ron paul why because he is not owned by the NWO
In case you don't where the candidates are from. Lyin Willardo, the Mexican Mormon Moron tax evader and brnkrupter is from Tijuana. Obama is from Hawaii.
Sue - Who's Ron Paul?
Ron (Puke) Paul is the last of the founding fathers. He thinks that all muslim radicals are good people that we made bad. He needs to spend one night in Guantanamo with his buddies. The next day when he came out, his ahole would be so red that he would not be able to sit on the toilet for a month.
This old crackpot needs to be in a nursing home, preferably near Guantanamo. When the men in the white coats and turbans take him out for his morning walk, he can be overheard preaching liberty to them.
Anyone been listening to what has been said over the weekend? Just asking?
Face the Nation: Gingrich said that he has no intentions of dropping out. Just as long as he has the $$$ to keep filling that bus with diesel (screw bio-fuel) and hawking his books.
Paul: He stated he is not ready to drop out, AND STATED THAT HE HAS NO PLANS TO BACK THE 2 TOP RUNNER'S, or anyone else.
Romney V. Santorum: 2 exact, 180 degree polarizations of Mormon and Christian's in the USA.
How will this work out ? I can't say, but there has never been a Mormon POTUS elected.
I don't think that Hollywood could write a script for what is going on in the GOP right now, as who would have guessed?
I'll go out on a limb here and bet that the Chicago Cub's win the World Series this year, versus this party coming to terms as who will run against Obama in November before the GOP convention.
The Man in The Sky will come to the aid of The Pope's boy and wisk him into the White House.
Can't wait for the Pope's boy Sanitarium to be president of the right wing radical cracked teanuts, the gay, rapist, pedophile catholic priests and the braindead evangelical Children of the Corn zombies. Men will no longer have to purchase condoms, as they will no longer be allowed in this country. All mens sperm must be used to create babies. Cameras will be in every bedroom. Catholic priests don't have to worry however, because, according to the testimony of former raped little boys, they don't use them.
I think Sanitarium is in desperate need of a vaginal ultrasound to find out what happed to his brains.
The Pope's first order to his boy will be to release all catholic rapist pediophile priests from prison as the Pope is running out of people to continue the process of shearing his sheep. He is running out of collection pot fillers. After all, he needs the money to fight off all of the lawsuits against the church worldwide.
His second order to RickyDickyDo will be to move the White House to Vatican City.
Smitty there is nothing slutty about having sex outside of marriage most people these days do it, this isn't the 1950s simply having sex doesn't make you a slut, and birth control is a form of medication therefore insurance should cover it and buisnesses forced to cover it what would you rather have them cover birth control or them have to shell out the extra money once she gets pregnant? Oh also birth control treats other issues as well my sister had to go on it at 13 because of her cramps and other issues. Even if he was on a plane the next day he had a chance to say something about how out of line it was and did not. Obama has tried to fix things but he's never had a filibuster proof majority in the Senate, not to mention that idiot Liberman who might as well call himself a Republican who said he'd help fillabuster any actual public option for health care which would have driven down health care costs by a lot. Also how does Rommney know how to fix the economy WHEN HE SOLD US JOBS DOWN THE RIVER. That's right Baine capital dismantled US companies then sent their jobs overseas while he made a fortune on it somehow to me that doesn't show that he knows jack about fixing this country or care about it.
Also how much of a family man he is doesn't matter in the least I don't care about that he could be the best father in the world that doesn't qualify him to be president, as for god please keep religion out of public office. Very religious ones make me very nervous that they will force their version of religion down my throat, or use it in ways it was not meant to be used.
Well Said Tiffany .
Just curious, but do any health insurance policies cover Viagra?
I find your argument that having sex outside of marriage isn't "slutty" curious. The American College Dictionary defines a slut as "an immoral woman." Personally, I prefer the term immoral to slut. It conveys the same idea without trying to be insulting. Of course, those on the left may argue that morals are a personal choice...I agree. However, our choices have implications far beyond our attempts to justify our actions. As a member of a free society we each take on the responsibility to contribute and protect it. This requires us to act with self-restraint for the betterment of all (including ourselves). I could go on to point out what I see as fatal flaws in the rest of your post, but I would rather comment on the underlying philosophy which I find so destructive both for you personally and for our nation. It seems to echo the sentiments of the liberal left who would circumvent the principles of personal responsibility by the elussive promise of getting something for nothing. This philosphy is not new. The ancient Roman Caesar's used it. So did Stalin and Mao. Indeed, this wanton selfishness in itself is bad enough, but it is usually aided by the seduction that government can rid us of the consequences of our bad decisions. Throughout history the adoption of this philosphy has taught us that there is no such thing as a benevolent, all powerful government who will meet our every need and take responsibility for us without exacting some price in return. Can we be so short-sighted that we cannot see the folly in such thinking?
You're right Tiffany. The only thing I would add is that the very religious ones are already forcing their version of religion down our throats.
You're right TIFFANY.......most people now days are immoral which is why more than half of the children born now are born to single mothers.......fail.
OK, so Mitt won in Wisconsin, Maryland, and D.C.
Big deal, he'll still lose BAD in November. This former Republican is voting for the only adult in the race.
OBAMA BIDEN 2012
Here is what the radical right wing cracked teanuts can do to invade Syria and not waste any of our troops.
Here is how Sister Sarah, the great American Zero, can help us invade Syria and attack the Islamists. She can be part of the invasion force.
We have to attack the Syrian government before it is too late, without putting our soldiers in harms way.
The best way is to send the right wing radical cracked teanuts over there to fight. First let Sister Sara attack from the front in her helicopter gunship where she is experienced in shooting wolves from the air with her blazing AK47, turns them into instant wolfburgers. Then get the other dunce, the flying witch from Delaware, Christine O Donnell. to attack their flanks using her rocket powered, heavily armed broomstick. Then the macho nut Rick Sanitarium can get his boss, the Pope's boys, the rapist, pedophile catholic priests to attack from the rear. John (town cryer) Bonehead and Mitch McDumbell can direct operations. Groper Nutquist could be the sniper, as all he has to do is lift the lid from his trash can and fire away.
Harold Camping, the evangelical king, can assist by getting the 500,000 or so braindead evangelical Children of the Corn, that he brainwashed to give up all of their worldly possessions to go meet and stay with the man in the sky. These zombies would not care if they died because they would finally get to meet and stay with the man in the sky. Camping can supply them with bibles to throw at the Islamists with some of the millions he bilked these fools out of.
If they still need more help, we can recruit the right wing centrists: the abortion clinic bombers, federal building bombers, abortion doctor killers and the radical right wing southern anthrax spreaders. With this army of right wing nuts and Jesus Freaks, we save our real army for another day.
Ron (Puke) Paul can preach liberty to the Islamics and Muslims who he loves. Maybe lyin Willardo, the Mexican Mormon Moron tax evader can get some of his buddies that he grew up with in Tijuana to volunteer to help also.
Any prisoners that are taken can be sent to Nut Gingerheads 2 trillion dollar moon colony on an unihabitable planet. There is no atmosphere there, so no oxygen and only traces of water. It is hotter than boiling water there during the day and it goes down to 160 degrees below zero at night. In fact, it so nice there, that we should also send the 4 clowns that are running for the repuke nomination there also. Ron (Puke) Paul can preach liberty to the men in the moon, lyin Willardo can establish an off planet moon bank to hide his money, Nut Gingerhead can destroy the moon peoples housing market, and the Pope's boy, Sanitarium can try to find work for his base, the rapist, pedophile catholic priests and braindead evangelical Children of the Corn.
If the right wing cracked teanuts want to beat Obama they need new candidates. Cain/Sandusky in 2012. These two are their best family values candidates. .Who cares what they did in the past, they are against abortion, that is all that counts to these nuts.
As I read the posts my observation is that when liberals begin to speak ultimately they turn from meaningful discourse to rude insults and profane language. This, unfortunately, is not unusual. Take for example the liberal version of the Tea Party movement (the Occupiers). Whereever they went there was violence and arrests, not to mention horrific living conditions. They hide their own version of selfish indulgence (which they are quick to point out in others) with the promise of a better world under their dominion of "caring" and free exercise of conscience (unless you disagree with them). For those still confused by their rhetoric one needs to simply look at their actions to determine their real motives and ambitions. As a former activist liberal turned conservative I can tell you first hand that their philosophies are dangerous, not because they are opposed to my own beliefs, but because they use their "moralizing" to justify their own version of cruelty and greed. I have come to fear them because they would turn our nation into an "occupied Wall Street" full of filth, poverty, and lawlessness. So to use President Obama's slogan (or rather abuse it) - let's hope we make a change.
What ? I see carrying guns into "town hall " and " City council " Meeting is not disruptive , If your a Tea bagger . If you actually GET Out and Protest , Thats bad . We get it you are a Republican . No problem . A lot of US gun owners are Independents Jeff , Do not be thinking your gonna pull that only man in the room with a gun stuff again .
There's such unpleasantness on both sides. If you genuinely believe one side or the other is the one full of viciousness and scorn, then you're not paying attention. I think decades of politics being a taboo subject has led to many people forming their opinions in a vacuum of like-mindedness, never seeing any merit in the opposition... that polarization has reached ridiculous heights, now. There's enough jackassery and a-holery on both sides of the aisle... nobody can claim moral high ground based on their affiliation.
Carpenter7 - I'll ignore your personal insults...they really have no value. My point is to try to make a case for what I believe is right. However, let me correct some assumptions you made. First, I don't own a gun. Second, you eluded to the Tea Party movement as being disruptive. There is a difference between disruptive (though I don't subscribe to it since it rarely advances your point of view) and illegal. Further, getting out and protesting (in a lawful manner) is not only a constitutionally protected right it was encouraged by those who framed our founding documents as a pure form of political involvement (it beats having a revolution). By the way, you are correct I am a conservative Republican (and Tea Party activist) and I used to be a liberal Democrat. Finally, let me state that as I have been to many demostrations within the Tea Party movement I have never seen anyone become abussive or even disruptive (other than the liberal counter-protesters who followed us). Personally, everything that needs to be said about the constrast between liberal and conservative can be witnessed in the comparison of the actions of the Tea Party vs. the Occupy movement in a single statistic - the number of arrests made. Your thoughts?
mantaratx - You have a good point. Both sides have not always presented themselves well. However, I would argue that it is the tenor and trend of the argument that I find particularly one sided. I can remember a few years ago here in Portland we had what I describe as the "Peace Riots". A strange occurrence where liberals used violence to protest against violence. This curious preference for gravitating to cussing, swearing, and lawless behavior has been a hallmark of the left for as long as I can remember (including the 60's). I will admit that certain conservative radio talk show hosts become abusive to guests just as their leftist counterparts do, but what I almost never hear from the right is swearing, cussing and rude language. The same observation is made with regard to violence. When I was in DC during the Tea Party rally people were polite and well-mannered. In the entire day I only saw three policemen. None of which had to make an arrest and when we left there wasn't a scrap of paper on the ground. There is a difference for those willing to see it. Unfortunately, too many are governed by prejudice so deep they cannot recognize it (oddly it is usually those decrying the bias of others who most often practice it). I love a good debate and will spend hours sitting with my liberal friends as we respectfully put forth our ideas. In doing so we oftem come away with a deeper respect and personal fondess for the exercise and each other. As I appreciate your thoughts. Thanks for sharing!
A man with courage to speak the truth......refreshing.
Carpenter, I must have missed all those news reports of the tea party entering the town halls brandishing their weapons and firing away indiscriminately. I am sure you can provide us with the appropriate links, right?
What personal insults @ Jeff ? Name them . Hurry if you name them you can get me banned .
The data in the article was interesting, but one item that would have been enlightening is voter turnout. Nothing indicates interest in candidates more than a high turnout. To go along with turnout, it would be helpful to know whether these states and D.C. have open or closed primaries. If open, one has to wonder how many Democrats voted in the Republican primary.
Wisconsin has an open primary... The cynical strategy of Democrats, here, would have been to push Santorum, who is infinitely more unelectable. But we're a pretty moderate state all around (despite the agenda our governor has been trying to push)... I think Romney appeals to a lot of the independents, here. My gut feeling is that the state will be carried by Obama, but I'm sure it will be close if Romney gets the nomination.
the current president: (I am an independent not registered with any party)
apparently threatens the SCOTUS
sells us down river to the russians
Energy secretary is a joke who would love to drive oil prices way up
Out of control spending (no senate budget,, republican budget is a joke) 16 trillion guys!!
On the other hand he killed Osama, ended the iraq war, and helped a bunch of poor people with health care
i think its going to come down to who can spend the most money in the right places (swing states)
because I haven't been convinced either way
Anonymous- Go with Obama. He's the safe bet.
Anonymous - better take a new observation on your statement...
Is it really a wise policy to invade an allies country with no warning to carry out an assasination and then brag about it? BTW - I don't miss bin laden.
The 2008 SOFA agreement with iraq defined the drop dead date of the troop withdrawal from iraq. Bush2's signiture is on that document, not obama's.
The main healthcare law doesn't take place until 2014 and it sure isn't clear what affordability means or that the poor can even afford it without taxpayer assistance.
Take your time deciding, lots of time until november.
Bin Laden is dead. Bush bragged he would get him. He didn't. The Republican party will recover from the Tea Party and the anti woman haters led by Rush. That will be in 2020.
Jeff said - As a former "activist liberal turned conservative"
Your definitely a Romney supporter... Flip/Flop
GT - Perhaps. However, if being open-minded to the point that you are willing to change when your position is proven wrong or indefensible is a fault I would gladly take it over the alternative - a rigid idealogue who would sacrifice everything rather than change. By the way, your personal logo proves my previous point. Sadly we are moving down the road to what was coined in the 70's as "the tribalization of America". Too many are unwilling to engage in a meaningful dialogue prefering to hurl mean-spirited insults. I would ask that you take my challenge and drop the coarse namecalling and engage in an open debate on substantive issues. I await your response.
Sometimes right is just right. Real men can admit they've been wrong and change. Others just keep making mistakes.
Whoopee! More Obama! Can't wait to FINALLY see the "saved jobs", the "shovel-ready jobs" and jobs that have been waiting in the wings to repair "our infrastructure". I bet Obama will get our credit rating back to where it was when Bush was in office too! Maybe he will even get us to the 7% unemployment rate like it was when Bush was in office! I know, I know...Obama said it would never get to 8% and it's 13% in some states but don't mind THAT! And don't pay any attention to the fact that thousands of businesses are laying off employees because of the proposed Obamacare system. Obama is the saviour. I'd love to hear our benevolent leader speak in public but I don't think I can afford the gas. Besides, I have been busy with fundraisers trying to help our teachers buy pencils and paper.
Romney/Santorum 2012 !
they probably hate each other's guts
so i doubt that will really happen he needs someone from the right base (that hasn't spent countless hours insulting him) to solidify his support.
They have different ideologies
Can anyone sum up why i should vote one way or the other? 1 from each side would be nice
Because what we've witnessed the last three years simply is getting worse......that could be a good reason to practice your duty to vote.
Good question Anon.
When we select any other professional - doctor, football coach, car mechanic, etc. - our number one criterion is his/her capability to do the job. Not how good-looking; not how convincingly they can lie, not religious beliefs (or lack thereof); not professed philosophies. Those things may be important, but not the most important. Number one is, and should be, their capability to do the job.
And yet that seems to be the last thing we consider when choosing a president. The job of president requires managing resources and people, devising innovative solutions, making critical decisions quickly and correctly with inadequate information; having a firm grasp of modern technology; intelligent delegation of responsibility; having both the intellectual depth and personal integrity to acknowledge all the consequences of a proposed action; and so on. The job of senator has almost nothing in common with that of president. Mayor of a large city; governor of a state; head of an international company; those come closer. Well, you get the idea...
In my opinion Romney can do the job and Obama can't. Please make your own decision on who you think can actually do the job best.
In my opinion, your opinion is stupid. This long tax evader and bankrupter talks a lot, but has no clue on how to run anything-except into bankruptcy.
When they release the past 5 years of his tax returns, it will show how much he has evaded in taxes and much he has hidden in the Cayman Island and Swiss bank accounts. Americans bank in these places for one reason, to avopid payment of taxes.
He is just another typical repuke criminal. A true Etch A Sketch champion who can't be held to anything he promises. Yiu have been either duped by him, or are just so desperate to find a decent reouke to run, that you defend him.
CAIN/SANDUSKY in 2012. True repuke family values candidates. Who cares what they did in the past, they are both against abortion, that is all that counts to their braindead followers.
Hamm1 - Romney made his money by leading floundering companies back to profitability. Which is just what our country needs today.
He founded Bain Capital which manages approximately $65 billion in assets, and has founded, acquired, or invested in hundreds of companies including AMC Entertainment, Aspen Education Group, Brookstone, Burger King, Burlington Coat Factory, Domino's Pizza, DoubleClick, D&M Holdings, Guitar Center, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Sealy, The Sports Authority, Toys R Us, Unisource, Warner Music Group and The Weather Channel.
He was behind the start up of Staples. Starting with one store in 1986, Staples now is the world's largest office products company with $24 billion in sales in 2009.
There were a handful of companies in which jobs were lost, but the jobs created by all the others number in the hundreds of thousands ... hundreds of thousands of US workers.
What is even more noteworthy is the fact that he never blamed the previous management for his own difficulties – he just fixed what was wrong.
I've just specifically referenced over a dozen highly successful US companies, companies that we've all heard of, that he saved. All you are doing is repeating liberal propaganda with no facts or references. I guess you are a Democrat.