2012: Boo to the silly season

The Boston Globe’s Viser: “The presidential race has so far not always been marked by its high-minded debate, guided more by tweaks on Twitter than detailed policy prescriptions for fixing the economy. On Tuesday, enter Kevin Youkilis into the political discussion.”

And he notes: “Romney himself is not completely error-free in his record with Red Sox Nation. During a debate in 2007, the former Massachusetts governor (and self-described ‘true-suffering fan’), botched the well-known drought between World Series victories (hint: 86 years). ‘Eighty-seven long years,’ Romney said. ‘We waited 87 long years. And true suffering Red Sox fans that my family and I are, we could not have been more happy than to see the Red Sox win the World Series, except by being able to beat the Yankees when they were ahead three games to none.’”

The Boston Globe breaks down New Hampshire: “[T]he sense in both camps is that the fight for this state’s four electoral votes will be close and possibly pivotal in the presidential election… Still, New Hampshire should be Obama’s to lose. Its 5 percent unemployment rate is among the lowest in the country, a long tradition of staunch Republican loyalty has been eroded by Massachusetts transplants, and the president could benefit from a backlash against Republican-led cuts to the state budget.”

Attention show producers prepping for the Supreme Court health-care decision… AP has a nice timeline of the various health reform efforts going all the way back to 1912 (and don’t worry the summaries are just a paragraph each).

Music to our ears… “The long, slow march toward a major college football playoff is over. It has been approved,” USA Today writes. “Conference commissioners met with an oversight committee of university presidents and chancellors here Tuesday to approve the four-team seeded playoff, consisting of two semifinal games in bowls and a national championship game that will be put up for bid.” Now, how about an eight-team playoff…

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What a joke! Do we need any other proof that this is opposition merely for sake of opposition? I mean, we're now just making up s*** about which to be offended on Team Romney!

I saw this headline last night on ESPN.com...

President's Youkilis Joke Upsets Romney Camp

In a daily email blast to reporters on Tuesday, Romney press secretary Andrea Saul led off by accusing Obama of having taunted Red Sox fans. She lumped it in with some of the most gut-wrenching setbacks in Red Sox history.

"Maybe the president should have congratulated the team for winning the World Series in 2004 and 2007," she wrote. "Instead, he chose to mock them for trading away one of its favorite players at a time when the team is struggling."

Obviously, Team Romney views "struggling baseball team" the same way they view "struggling economy"...the Red Sox have a winning record overall and have won 10 out of their last 13 games.

...but, no, lets make this a campaign issue? 15 minutes are almost up, Mr. Romney!

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Reply#1 - Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:14 AM EDT

Obama really stuck his foot in his mouth on that one! Watch the video...

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#1.1 - Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:08 AM EDT

Obama really stuck his foot in his mouth on that one! Watch the video...

No...not really.

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#1.2 - Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:09 AM EDT

There the tea people Koch republicans go again, trying to make something out of nothing. This is getting old tea people Koch republicans, America is not that stupid. The voters know you tea people don't have anything to run on, that all you can do is make things up and lie, so get a life you're doomed in November.

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#1.3 - Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:34 AM EDT

The President was cool in what and the way he said it, and the crowd loved him. God you people live in the republican crazy land bubble!

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#1.4 - Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:00 AM EDT

sirie - you just make yourself look ridiculous with that post. Yes, he was booed about a baseball joke. But, the rest of the evening was a great one for him. The crowd loved him and will support him in November!

Grow up! If you're hanging your hat on that video, you're in really sad shape!

Obama/Biden 2012

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#1.5 - Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:58 AM EDT
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Did Chuck just say, "Charlie Rangel beat off his competitor"?

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Reply#2 - Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:14 AM EDT

That's Chuck 'dimwit' Todd for you.

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Reply#3 - Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:45 AM EDT

John you and RedSoxRule really don't have much of a life do you. Is all you've got is to twist something Chuck Todd said. Ge-sh you two are pitiful.

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Reply#4 - Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:37 AM EDT

Obama may also be helped in New Hampshire by the fact NH has a front row seat to the disaster our Tea Party governor and Republican legislature have wrought in Maine.

We are the only New England state that hasn't seen improvement in our unemployment numbers. Turns out, cutting low income folks from Medicaid in order cut taxes further for wealthy residents, does NOT lead to job creation. Kind of puts the lie to Romney's platform.

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Reply#5 - Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:31 AM EDT
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