The third thing in his new ad he says he will end Obamacare on day 1.

However the only way that can happen is if Congress passes a repeal bill before his “Day 1”.

Not likely because the Republicans will not have 60 votes in the senate.

Day 1 = first broken promise

Dennis. I hope you're wrong.

If your statement is true, that would mean Romney won the election.

In any case, it's going to be another long hot summer and it will be filled with some very ugly ads.

In any case, it's going to be another long hot summer and it will be filled with some very ugly ads.

Good Morning Brian,

Wait until we get to the dog days of August!

Make sure you have plenty of red kool-aid on hand!

Ah, shucks Dennis - the drafters of Obamacare doomed it from the start.

Or perhaps you can tell us how the thing gets going without state exchanges?

You have read the provisions regarding the creation and funding of the state exchanges, right?

But I do love the hysteria about ads.

Why it's almost like the writers of this story have never heard about remote controls.

Or are unaware that TEVEEs can be turned off.

Oh my.

No Limit,

You are correct but it will not get repealed before 2015 if ever.

It is what Republicans won’t admit !!

Good Morning Feisty!

Make sure you have plenty of red kool-aid on hand!

Are you going to have enough on hand in IL if I start running low here in CA? May be worth the trip to get through the Hot August Nights.

Don't know how Willard (wooden) can get his ventriloquists to stay on 'his' points.

Oh, he has no points, only what he's told to say!

He doesn't need to speak, just hold a pen, ask Karl Rove and Grover Norquist. If that was all they needed why didn't they just nominate an empty coffee can? I have one of those on my desk with dozens of pens in it, which by their reasoning would make it dozens of times more effective than Mitt. At least I know it will be in the same position when I get back from lunch....

The first gay food stamp president .... "LOL"

So true Detroit-Storm.

Presidents use lots of signing pens so you're more ready for the job, according to Rove and Norquist!

Big Ben,

Slam Gay’s, the poor and our President in one line

Of course you would think it is funny

Sad !!

Every time Mitt gets asked a question he has that same deer in the headlights look. Sorta like "what, I'm supposed to have an answer for that?" Oh how the GOP has fallen. Does it get any lower than Mitt Romney? Oh wait, Santorum, Bachmann, etc., forget that question.

Dennis, Columbus, Ohio

Obama supporters = : (

Romney supporters = : )

"LOL"

judging from the happy faces/LOL's, I think bigben is about 10 years old if that.

You see Dennis - That's the way you liberals think when it comes to dissing your guy. Your kind can slam any demographic when going after a conservative or a republican and you don't even bat an eyelash. Don't ever, ever, ever do what you do though, or some liberal will be offended... Go cry in somebody else's milk.

I have a comment to make on this:

NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro discuss the first general election ads from the Romney campaign that have hit the airwaves in Iowa, Ohio, North Carolina and Virginia.

Again the liberal agenda of MSNBC First Read shines through!!! How unusual - NOT! Hey guys have you been to Florida? Do you realize that in just about every commercial segment on regular TV, Obama has been running the same old BS ads for about 3 weeks now? I have to change the channel because it is sickening. He's puffing himself up about getting Osama.... how many times do we have to hear about yesterday's news? He claims he, with one fell swoop saved the auto industry... BIG WHOOP! If Obama thinks he can win the election with those over worn out items, he'd better be paying attention to the people he's missing.

BTW Dennis, Obamacare still has to pass the hurdle of the Supreme Court... Romney may not even have to worry about his promise after June of this year. If it gets shot down in the SC, Obamacare is dead. What a blow to Obama's campaign if it gets nixed. And, there's another one in front of the Supreme Court about illegal immigration... that is likely to get ripped out from under his feet too. I guess the ole prez should be contacting the moving companies for pricing if both of those go down in flames... How could anyone vote for a law review president that can't even keep to the laws of the land and have the SC throw his agenda into the fire pit?

I hope that they don't feel the need to add "The first gay food stamp president" in our children's text books ....

What exactly can be discussed about Willard?....

He touts his private sector job/business experience (aka Bain), but now says that ads about Bain are 'character assassination'! ..but Willard you have to have a character before it can be assassinated.

OK, I guess, just vote for Willard 'cause its his turn!

I see the Quad Cities on that map which means I'll be seeing the ads but if it's Romney, MUTE button works great.

Obama/Biden 2012

I hope that they don't feel the need to add "The first gay food stamp president" in our children's text books ....

Texas might and it will be right next to "evolution is not real"

Thank heaven. So far, Romney isn't wasting any money in my county.

I wonder if Romney's ad will tell voters that the Keystone pipeline wouldn't provide ANY oil for the United States.

Probably not. More likely, the ad will imply that it will.

So, is Bayllee a firm believer in the THEORY of evolution? Tell me you know what the word theory means Bayllee. It would be interesting to see how much stock you actually put into theories...

Anna Molly is speculating again. I'm certain you are doing it for comic relief, correct Anna? Expound on the reasoning for the Keystone Pipeline... what it's purpose is and why it deemed irrelevant in your world.

No need AM - Walker is kicking ass and surfing the 'red wave of joy.'

You like that, I just made it up.

But seriously - it looks bad for team blue in Wisc. Not only will Walker win by 6-7, but the enthusiasm kicked up by this little dust up is only propelling Mitt.

Dems, they just never think stuff through, god bless 'em.

Time to put bigbenalaska on mute as well. Pssst, bigben, you're trying to sell a used car with no engine, the only ones who might buy your car are those who think just like you and they already have one just like it.

Does Brian b believe that the oil will be ours? If not, then why should the US risk contaminating our water supply to allow Canada to ship their oil via the scenic route to the Gulf where it will then be shipped to sold on the international market and shipped foreign countries?

Brianb --

Brianb --

Anna Molly is speculating again. I'm certain you are doing it for comic relief, correct Anna? Expound on the reasoning for the Keystone Pipeline... what it's purpose is and why it deemed irrelevant in your world.

Why not? Isn't speculation what we do out here all the time?

But the fact is, from every report that I have ever heard, that the tar sands oil that will be sent through the Keystone Pipeline is not suited for the US market and will not stay here. Thus, it will provide absolutely no relief for energy prices in THIS country.

The other thing I have heard repeatedly is that it won't provide anywhere the number of jobs that are being touted.

If those aren't the facts, then I count on folks like you to set me straight.

You can start anytime. But you won't.

Because in YOUR world, ignorance is bliss.

Spanky --

But seriously - it looks bad for team blue in Wisc. Not only will Walker win by 6-7, but the enthusiasm kicked up by this little dust up is only propelling Mitt.

Dems, they just never think stuff through, god bless 'em.

Don't count your chickens too soon, Spanky. Did you see YESTERDAY's job numbers from Wisconsin?

Job growth not so much. And just about perfectly in line with the previous numbers that Walker is now trying to reinvent.

Desperation much.

So how does that work out? Does Walker's own Department not know what they are doing?

Like his staff when he was County Executive -- I mean, ignorantly doing all that campaign work out of the County Executive's offices and on County time, while Scotty, just 25 feet down the hall, was polishing his halo so carefully and not paying attention.

Pleading guilty much.

So, in the end, maybe all this hoopla won't be necessary if Walker ends up going to jail.

Do not pass go, do not collect $20 million from the Koch brothers.

He will look so good in stripes.

Brianb-999431

So, is Bayllee a firm believer in the THEORY of evolution?

Yes brianb, I believe in evolution.

Tell me you know what the word theory means Bayllee.

I guess you got your education from the same source as Christine O'Donnell: evolution is not real because when you go to the zoo, you don't see a monkey turn into a human being.

It would be interesting to see how much stock you actually put into theories...

Gravity is also a theory so you must not believe in that either. Do you also believe that Earth is flat and the Sun revolves around it?

Yikes!

Thanks Mark

It been 3 or more weeks and I thought you may have discontinued it.

Happy that you did not.

It been 3 or more weeks and I thought you may have discontinued it.

Who could blame them if they did?

Given the amount of abuse dished out at them from the right!

Happy that you did not.

Me too! ☺

This is progress?

No Amy, only in the warped parallel world of the GOP would that be considered progress.

Oh dear Amy, it appears that because you seem to only spend time on the MSNBC websites you have missed the memo.

The whole global warming thing-y is over. See Al Gore told us the ice caps and the polar bears would be gone by now. Whoops!

But do tell us where in the language you cite is income inequality mentioned.

Shoot Amy, I bet you cannot even explain what income inequality means.

After all Amy everyone's income is different.

Thank god for that, right?

In SpankMe's world, there is no such thing as science, no consequences for not developing alternatives to oil, or a need to figure out how low income people get covered by health insurance, or a recognition of the seriousness of the rising gap between the super rich and the merely wealthy, not to mention a failing middle class and stagnant wages for the 99%'ers.

SpankMe spends his days looking for the bottom of a bottle, and writing "witty"comebacks to libruls on the internet.

Spanky-

Oh dear Amy, it appears that because you seem to only spend time on the MSNBC websites you have missed the memo.

The whole global warming thing-y is over. See Al Gore told us the ice caps and the polar bears would be gone by now. Whoops

Spanky,

The Demand for Cheap Energy is Entitlement Culture Gone Mad

http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/demand-cheap-energy-entitlement-culture-gone-mad.html

Have you not experienced some freaky weather in California?

Ouch Amy, that's tough.

But the funny thing is there is science, and it has proved AlGore to be a huge idiot. But then again it's always the guys like him - preaching from low carbon output that own the 20,000 sq. foot mansions and fly around the world in private jets.

You know like that really cool socialist and leader of France - Hollande. Dude preaches socialism [hint for you Amy - the whole lookin out for the little guy, the workers, the downtrodden] yet owns not one, not two, but three mansions.

So Amy, you are someone who makes very little, has no actual retirement plan, how you liking the AlGOres and the Hollandes of the world?

You got any mansions? Ever even been near a private jet?

Oh and FYI - you hero Obama is a 1%, with a cool million invested in EEVVIILL JP Morgan.

Happy Friday Amy. :)

Actually, Amy, Spanks is still driving around looking for that $5.00 or even $6.00 a gallon gas he promised us would be here by Memorial Day. Down to $3.69 at the Exxon near me this morning - a 30-cent drop in just the last month, with only a week to go. When is President Obama going to DO SOMETHING about the drop in gasoline prices??????

Spanky,

Oh and FYI - you hero Obama is a 1%, with a cool million invested in EEVVIILL JP Morgan.

Yet Obama is FOR regulation AND higher taxes for the 1%. Thanks for pointing out how unselfish our president is. He is willing to give up some so that the rest of the nation benefits.

Somewhat different from Romney who wants to keep most regardless of what happens to the rest of the 99%

Is Obama gone yet .... "LOL"

Gas is hovering around $3.50 a gallon here.

You all are lucky - $4.35 and going up here.

But see in Cali we have CARB + 'summer blend.'

And memorial day isn't even here yet.

Gas prices in central Ohio are at $3.75 and falling.

Dear SpankMe,

There IS no controversy in the scientific community over whether global warming actually exists or whether it is caused by the burning of fossil fuels. The only dissenting opinions are those that are paid for and generated by Koch Brothers, who have an inherent interest in promoting their products. Koch Brothers could care less about rising ocean levels.

Romney's enthusiastic support of Keystone signals his lack of concern for the environmental issues involved. This is NOT an attitude I want in my President. I trust President Obama more to at least slow down and study policies that could have a devastating impact on our planet. I really don't get why Republicans think it's macho, or something, to laugh at the consequences of cooking our globe.

NO Controversy in the science community Amy?

Really?

More than 1,000 dissenting scientists (updates previous 700 scientist report) from around the globe have now challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore.

http://www.climatedepot.com/a/9035/SPECIAL-REPORT-More-Than-1000-International-Scientists-Dissent-Over-ManMade-Global-Warming-Claims--Challenge-UN-IPCC--Gore

Amy said: Koch Brothers could care less about rising ocean levels.

Er... Amy... What rising ocean levels are you speaking of? There was more concern about rising ocean temperatures... and over the past 30 years, the temperature has risen only about 1/10 of a degree and they attribute that to higher sunspot activity more than anything.

So please, in your infinite wisdom, point me in the right direction for where the rising oceans are located...

Or, are you speaking of something that may happen 500 years from now, after you have departed the surface of this planet and won't concern yourself one bit as to what height the oceans are?

Over the last decade, Charles and David Koch have emerged into public view as billionaire philanthropists pushing a libertarian brand of political activism that presses a large footprint on energy and climate issues. They have created and supported non-profit organizations, think tanks and political groups that work to undermine climate science, environmental regulation and clean energy. They are also top donors to politicians, most of them Republicans, who support the oil industry and deny any human role in global warming.

What is less well documented are the many Koch businesses that benefit from the brothers' efforts to push the center of American political discourse rightward, closer to their own convictions. At the top of the list are the Koch family's long and deep investments in Canada's heavy oil industry, which have been central to the company's initial growth and subsequent diversification since 1959.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/10/idUS427145980520120510

Well at least no controversy for the walk over coals for Obama set.

So Amy - this is SUPER easy, right?

Since you are so totally correct, and the science is so totally settled all Obama needs to do is put out a big old commercial that says he's all in for Global Warming and Romney is not.

Then he can do one for Obamacare, then for immigration, then for...

But he won't Amy, not on any of it.

Cause Global warming is dead. Now close your eyes and think - when was the last time Obama has said word one about it?

Now why do you think that is?

Amy - nice regurgitation, but how about at least trying to put a little thought into it?

What do you think that cite means, and why do you think it's relevant to our discussion.

Less coal building and more thinking.

It's what all the cool kids try to do.

According to NASA, global warming is real. Who are you going to believe, Koch Brother's propaganda, or NASA?

On Earth, human activities are changing the natural greenhouse. Over the last century the burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil has increased the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂). This happens because the coal or oil burning process combines carbon with oxygen in the air to make CO₂. To a lesser extent, the clearing of land for agriculture, industry, and other human activities have increased concentrations of greenhouse gases.

The consequences of changing the natural atmospheric greenhouse are difficult to predict, but certain effects seem likely:

• On average, Earth will become warmer. Some regions may welcome warmer temperatures, but others may not.

• Warmer conditions will probably lead to more evaporation and precipitation overall, but individual regions will vary, some becoming wetter and others dryer.

• A stronger greenhouse effect will warm the oceans and partially melt glaciers and other ice, increasing sea level. Ocean water also will expand if it warms, contributing further to sea level rise.

• http://climate.nasa.gov/causes/

So please, in your infinite wisdom, point me in the right direction for where the rising oceans are located...

Last election, Obama said he'd stop the oceans from rising. It's the only promise he kept.

This time around he's working on making sure the sun will rise in the East.

Amy B, Portland ME: SpankMe spends his days looking for the bottom of a bottle, and writing "witty"comebacks to libruls on the internet.

Is Amy really Julia? http://www.barackobama.com/life-of-julia

Cause Global warming is dead. Now close your eyes and think - when was the last time Obama has said word one about it?

Obama doesn't say much about the debt/deficit either. Nor the budget. Or how well his big huge stimulus worked. Or jobs. Or tax/entitlement reform. He does talk a lot about gay marriage though. Good times.

Ames,

I give you extra credit for attempting to educate those who aren't as smart as a head of ordinary cabbage!

I think Mother Nature will take care of them when the time is right!

She's not real fond of those who crap where they eat! ;o)

SpankME

Please excuse my poor performance paraphrasing internet sources, however, I'm literally putting out fires here (someone threw a cigarette into the mulch outside my office) at the same time I am trying to enlighten you.

The Koch Brothers have almost singlehandedly funded the climate denying "controversy" in order to protect their interests. Go to NASA if you want to read up on the causes and effects of global warming. I want a President who respects science over politics, and who takes responsibilty for protecting the environment. I support President Obama. I do not trust Romney.

Thanks, Feisty, that's it for me today. WHO can argue with people who don't care if the planet heats up?

Spanky: "Cause Global warming is dead. Now close your eyes and think - when was the last time Obama has said word one about it?"

Spanky, why don't YOU close your eyes and start humming "On the Cover of the Rolling Stone"? As in, last month's issue?

James Hansen, NASA's leading climate scientist, has said this about the Keystone pipeline: that if the pipeline goes through and we burn tar sands in Canada, it's "game over" for the planet. What's your reaction to that statement?

James Hansen is a scientist who has done an enormous amount not only to understand climate change, but also to help publicize the issue. I have the utmost respect for scientists. But it's important to understand that Canada is going to be moving forward with tar sands, regardless of what we do. That's their national policy, they're pursuing it. With respect to Keystone, my goal has been to have an honest process, and I have adamantly objected to Congress trying to circumvent a process that was well-established not just under Democratic administrations, but also under Republican administrations.

"Part of the challenge over these past three years has been that people's number-one priority is finding a job and paying the mortgage and dealing with high gas prices. In that environment, it's been easy for the other side to pour millions of dollars into a campaign to debunk climate-change science. I suspect that over the next six months, this is going to be a debate that will become part of the campaign, and I will be very clear in voicing my belief that we're going to have to take further steps to deal with climate change in a serious way. That there's a way to do it that is entirely compatible with strong economic growth and job creation – that taking steps, for example, to retrofit buildings all across America with existing technologies will reduce our power usage by 15 or 20 percent. That's an achievable goal, and we should be getting started now."

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/ready-for-the-fight-rolling-stone-interview-with-barack-obama-20120425?page=3

Gonna see my picture on the cover....gonna buy five copies for my mother......

barring that, a steady supply of barf-bags

Detroit Storm -

We got that same ad pretty much 24/7 in the two weeks leading up to the primary last month. I still find it kind of creepy that the father would pimp out his daughter's drug problems from 16 years ago to promote Mitt Romney. We should point out that this ad is actually being run by Romney's Super PAC now, and he has absolutely no control over what they do or say, right? Of course, we won't mention that when Romney ran the same ad himself back in 2007, all this "Mitt the Super Hero" message finished up with "I'm Mitt Romney and I approved this message", which somehow made it even creepier.

As I've said before, I'm glad the girl was found, and if Romney played any role at all in that outcome, then good for him. It just seems like a really odd story to use to push your presidential credentials, and the16 year interval is even weirder. Hasn't he done anything since then that he can pat himself on the back for?

Detroit-Storm

thanks for sharing that - is there anything that Romney doesn't claim credit for?

Joanne, a 16 year interval is weird but a 50 year interval from Romney in high school is OK?

Yes, Rocco, it is weird--16 years later Romney, himself a father. is still willing to exploit the father who exploits his daughter's story for political gain. That ad has been running here for a week and it still doesn't tell me anything more about Mitt Romney's plans for the country than I already knew which is not much since he won't tell anyone.

BTW, the right has been talking about what Obama did at age 9 in a foreign country where it was acceptable but it isn't acceptable for the left to discuss Romney's bullying at age 18 when he was old enough to know better. A prank is one thing, what Romney did was not a prank.

Issues where Romney has yet to state his position
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT – Said he is not familiar with the issue
PAYCHECK FAIRNESS - Refused to say if he would have signed the Lilly Ledbetter law
PAYROLL TAX HOLIDAY - I'm not going to throw gasoline on what is already a fire
MISSISSIPPI PERSONHOOD - Repeatedly refused to take a position on this bill
AFGHANISTAN - Leave it up to U.S. military commanders
IMMIGRATION - Still deciding what his position is

Dennis,

Good Morning, there is plenty of time to state his position on many issues but as a Conservative I would hope he would take the following positions:

Violence against women act: Why do we need a federal law when violence against a person is already a law in all states. No one has been able to show me a state penal code where violence against women are different that violence against men. It is just more pandering by the federal government. Besides don't the democrats want to add several other groups to the act?

Paycheck Fairness: The Lilly Ledbetter law, I believe, only pertains to federal jobs, maybe I am wrong on that, but paycheck fairness laws should be left up to the states. Every job I have held women always got the same pay as I did or anyone else for doing the same job.

Payroll Tax Holiday: Should never have been passed in the first place. Should be allowed to expire at the end of this year.

Mississippi Personhood : Isn't this a states rights issue and not a federal issue?

Afghanistan: I would hope, after discussions with military leaders, that we would pull out ASAP, like within 6 months to a year. OBL is dead, that was the reason we went into Afghanistan in the first place was to kill or capture OBL. I believe Obama made a mistake in flying to Afghanistan to sign an agreement to keep supporting Afghanistan for 10 yrs after we pull all combat troops out.

Immigration - We need a complete revision of of immigration laws, and the federal government needs to rely on the states to help with enforcement of those laws. I would drop the law suit against Arizona and go after the so called "sanctuary cities".

IMO, we have too many federal laws that are equal or less stringent than state laws, so what is their purpose other to pander to certain voting blocks.

I've got to go on a short part time drive, but will look forward to your response when I get back this evening. Have a good day, and even if we don't agree, I still like your posts and have agreed with you on numerous things.

Dennis,

Before I leave, I did check and was wrong on the Lilly Ledbetter Law, it does pertain to jobs other than federal, I stand corrected. It was passed to over ride a Supreme Court decision.

As for the Mississippi Personhood, I understand why Romney would not have a stated position, since the voters of Mississippi refused to pass the law on Nov 7, 2011, so it is a moot subject.

We heard you the first time, benster--it isn't any more clever the second time.

Jody - it's all bigbenalaska has - remember he's a Romney supporter. They have very little to hang their tiny little hats on!