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Subscribe to RSSThe Obama campaign said no state "that waters down work requirements will be considered" for a waiver under the administration's policy, announced last month, intended to give more flexibility to states on how they implement welfare programs.
But it did not answer why it implemented the policy through the Department of Health and Human Services rather than go through Congress.
The issue today became a flashpoint in the presidential campaign with the Romney campaign pushing the issue in a television ad, a subsequent conference call, and an event with the candidate himself.
The announcement was made July 12th in an HHS memo. Republicans on Capitol Hill charged the Obama administration was trying to weaken welfare reform.
The Romney campaign picked up on that today, accusing Obama of wanting to "gut" the 1990s welfare policy. They used it as a political weapon, accusing the president of being to the left of Bill Clinton, the former Democratic president and husband of one-time Obama rival Hillary Clinton, currently serving as Obama's Secretary of State.
Here's a portion of an Obama campaign conference call this afternoon with John Podesta, Clinton's former chief of staff, and James Kvaal, the Obama campaign's policy director:
NBC: Hey guys, the waiver memo does though open up the possibility that states could loosen restrictions on work, if approved. Doesn’t that violate the heart of the welfare reform law? And isn’t this going around Congress? Shouldn’t this have been something done through Congress if he [the president] felt this program was really broken?
PODESTA: Let me start and let James, you know, speak for the campaign: as I noted in the beginning, the idea of giving states waivers in order to implement the underlying tenants of policy is something that has been very crucial in designing a successful welfare to work program. In that context, the secretary is definitely keeping with that tradition. While there’s flexibility given, it’s been pointed out in this call, the most critical criteria that you actually have to increase work -- you have to put 20 percent more people in work in order to get, in order to get the waiver. So while there’s administrative relief, the end result is that more people will be working and less collecting a check without work.
KVAAL: I agree with John’s comments, what we’re doing is we’re giving state’s the flexibility to strengthen the program, but in order to do that they have to increase the number of people moving from welfare to work. And more over, Sec. Sibelius has been totally clear in her July 18th letter that no policy that waters down work requirements will be considered.
NBC's Jordan Frasier contributed to this report.
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Typical repub tactics... deception and lies..
Mr. Romney, what do you stand for
We are still waiting.
Willard should be pleased.
Of course he can't say that but he and all the TeaPublicans are always talking about the 'culture of dependency'........
Will the real Mitt Romney, please stand up.
Romney agrees with Everything and Nothing.
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Abortion:
“abortion should be safe and legal”
“I will preserve and protect a woman’s right to choose”
FLIP-FLOP
”I am pro-life"
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Health care law with personal mandates:
“If Massachusetts succeeds in implementing it, then that will be a model for the nation. I Like mandates”
FLIP-FLOP
“I will repeal Obamacare."
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Minimum wage:
“I think the minimum wage ought to keep pace with inflation.”
FLIP-FLOP
“There’s no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs.”
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Campaign finance limits:
“I would like to have campaign spending limits.”
FLIP-FLOP
“The American people should be free to advocate for their candidates and their positions without burdensome limitations.”
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Auto industry bailout:
“I’m going to take burdens off the back of the auto industry.”
FLIP-FLOP
”Let Detroit go bankrupt. Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.”
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The bank bailout:
“The TARP program… was nevertheless necessary to keep banks from collapsing in a cascade of failures.”
FLIP-FLOP
“When government is… bailing out banks… we have every good reason to be alarmed.”
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Gingrich on Romney: Why nominate the 'guy who lost to the guy who lost to Obama?'
Bruce, wow. Just wow.
Great job.
Tunde, I'm afraid you're going to have to wait until the debates. I have a feeling the media isn't too happy with Mitt because of his treatment of them and the fact that he lies constantly, that when the debates arrive, it's possible this republican might have to tell the truth. We'll see.
President Obama has been in the trenches trying to right this ship and all Mitt has been doing is buying fixer uppers (the homes evidently aren't equipped w/car elevators).
As long as President Obama doesn't play Mr. Nice Guy to Mitt during the debates (are you listening David Axelrod?), then Mitt is going to have to explain himself. He does realize not all debates are on Fox, right?
Pat Boston MA. -- Let's just hope there are REAL moderators selected -- preferably not from news outlets concerned about ratings? No softball questions, and no talking point answers. We want real hard-hitting questions, and as many follow-up questions as it takes to get a real answer. The debates are not a platform for free advertisement, rather it is to inform the public with facts.
I agree True Patriot, I too want REAL moderators. Don't think it's going to happen though.
The premise of this article strikes me as strange... Since when is it the role of a campaign staff to issue declarations or clarification on policy? Just another example of poor management and structure in a failing administration so desperate to purchase votes that one hand doesn't know what the other is doing... I suppose that since the Prez is so busy campaigning, he's delegated policy declarations to his campaign staff...
You are right, True Patriot...and NO teleprompters. Let's see if THAT happens....
WiteSoxFan -- Or writing notes on the palm of the hand? Romney relies on teleprompters far more than President Obama does, and when Mitt goes off message, uh oh.
In addition to REAL debates of substance, we need false adverting laws to apply to campaign ads -- especially by anonymous SuperPACS. Most ads fudge, but Romney's ads are such blatant lies these should not be allowed to run -- That used to be the case that campaigns had to pull this crap off the air.
Ever see a teleprompter at any debate? Nope, not even 2008.
WiteSox, you do realize that without his teleprompter, Romney steps in it every time? Maybe I should rephrase that, you do realize that Mitt Romney uses a teleprompter?
Why hasn't John McCain come out and defended Willard on his tax returns?
After all, Johnny-Boy reviewed them and then chose Palin...
Could they possibly be THAT toxic?
Oh... the things that make you go... hmmmm....
You can bet, he's not the only one who eye-balled those returns of Willard......
Leak, leak,...........
As The World Turns
chilled, I read somewhere yesterday (can't remember where) that Jon Huntsman is a possible suspect as to who exactly leaked the story to Senator Reid.
Makes sense to me.
Never thought about Huntsman, Pat.......
....but considering all the possible eyes, and the way that Huntsman was treated during the primaries...payback!
Jon Huntsman the source? Oh, that would be beautiful. "Revenge is a dish best served cold..."
Pat, I don't know if this is where you read it, but here's one guy's possible theory:
http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2012/08/did-jon-huntsman-tell-harry-reid-about.html
Motive, means, opportunity??? Hmmmmmmm....... :)
JoAnne, don't you just love the idea of Jon Huntsman as today's version of Deep Throat?!? And here Mitt is demanding Senator Reid break a confidence. So typical of Mitt. Reminds me of that powerful scene towards the end of Scent of a Woman.
No, I'm just gettin' warmed up. I don't know who went to this place, William Howard Taft, William Jennings Bryan, William Tell -- whoever. Their spirit is dead -- if they ever had one -- it's gone. You're building a rat ship here. A vessel for sea goin' snitches. And if you think your preparing these minnows for manhood you better think again. Because I say you are killing the very spirit this institution proclaims it instills! What a sham. What kind of a show are you guys puttin' on here today. I mean, the only class in this act is sittin' next to me. And I'm here to tell ya this boy's soul is intact. It's non-negotiable. You know how I know? Someone here -- and I'm not gonna say who -- offered to buy it. Only Charlie here wasn't sellin'.
I'm not a judge or jury. But I can tell you this: he won't sell anybody out to buy his future!! And that, my friends, is
called integrity! That's called courage! Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of. Now I have come to the crossroads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew. But I never took it. You know why? It was too damn hard. Now here's Charlie. He's come to the crossroads. He has chosen a path. It's the right path. It's a path made of principle -- that leads to character. Let him continue on his journey.
His tax returns are "SEVERELY TOXIC" Don't forget the majority of the" Mitt Witts" money is safely hidden outside of the USA ..Avoiding taxes on roughly 82% of his personal accounts ! That strikes me as "SEVERELY UN AMERICAN " . And now the Vegas Mob ties and Macau Money ? What is China buying from Mitt ?..If he choose's Ryan ... i guess the social security and medicare will be totally stripped from seniors ?
Dear Pat, Boston.
I can safely say I disagree with just about everything you post but ....
thank you for pulling and posting that speech. It is so powerful. And it is so current. That speech should be blasted to all of our leaders and all of our politicians. If they (and we) would only adhere to those words how different things would be.
Feisty, why don't you have a job? Why are you unemployed? Why do you mooch off the taxpayer? WHY?
If it is Jon Huntsman, oh the irony of it all ... one Mormon calling out another Mormon on lying while being told about the incident by yet another Mormon. I'm sure someone's on the phone now at LDS HQ trying to get to the bottom of this hot little mess!
Did ya catch the last line there?? Another decision from King Obama the dictator and chief!
Because Congress would have STALLED it Devdocspicable as the President proposed it. Oh the whining!
Feistydeadhead pondered' "...Why hasn't John McCain come out and defended Willard on his tax returns?..."
How about joining in the real world
From the huffington post.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), whose 2008 team reviewed years of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's tax history as part of the vice presidential vetting process, said Monday that there was nothing in the former Massachusetts governor's returns to suggest he ducked years of tax obligations.
"I am absolutely confident that [Romney] ... did pay taxes." McCain told the Las Vegas Sun’s Jon Ralston during an interview set to air on his “Face to Face” program on Tuesday. “Nothing in his tax returns showed that he did not pay taxes.”
Why has no one stepped up to confimr dirty harry's lies?
BEAUTIFUL.
Markos, Daily Kos:
(snippets)
Conservatives think they are winning when they are ticking liberals off. Why else do you think they've rallied around a gay hatin' fast food joint? Why do you think lightbulbs are a cause celebre for them? Or reversing former (and future) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's ban of styrofoam cups in the House, freedom fries, littering on Earth Day, buying Ann Coulter books to get them on the Best Seller list (as if they actually read them), stocking up on guns just because, and a billion other idiotic things.
What they never expect is for liberals to punch back, which is why they're apoplectic over Sen. Harry Reid's claims that some dude told him that Mitt Romney won't release his tax returns because he paid no taxes.
Never mind that Romney's entire campaign is based on lies, the fact that Reid is relaying what some dude told him is so beyond the pale, that they've lost their political heads and have spent days doing the Democrats' job for them—letting everyone know (again and again) that Romney is too chicken to release his taxes.
Now the same Republicans who have dishonestly spliced Obama speeches to make him say things he never said, who claim that Obama went on a "apology tour," who argue that Obama isn't Anglo-Saxon enough to understand what America is all about, who argue that he wasn't born in the United States, who accuse him of being a communist ... well, these same Republicans now get the vapors and demand that Democrats adhere to the strictest standard of "truth"!
The old boxer is showing some fight, and if he had to go down into the gutter to land his blows, all the more props to him.
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Republicans can't handle the truth.
Thank you Senator Reid.
@Pat,
Bingo. Nice to see Dems finally going for the jugular- and Senator Reid is perfect as the attack dog that the Repubs had thought they had beaten down.
Give 'em hell, Harry!
Bali Bob, I so agree with you. Senator Reid is perfect!
Pat,
Yourself and Harry are on that same beautiful list.
Quoting the Daily Kos. What next Carl Marx??
What a joke.
Our governor, Rick Scott, refused stimulus money. Voluasia County (Daytona Beach) laid off over 200 teachers for this year and St. Augustine Beach (where I live) just laid off the entire police department and EMT's. Just a little info from my corner of the world
And those teachers and EMT's should rake sand on the beach before they get a dime of welfare. That's Romney's chief concern. He doesn't seem to care that government workers are still being laid off in droves. In fact, he likes it. He will see to it that States and Cities fire many more.
So, what happens when someone needs medical help or police help?
Phinephancy:
Just remember those vocal spectators at one of the Republican debates. They yelled, "Let 'em die." Now, you got it. If it comes out of their dime, it's "let 'em die." We're all in this world alone, baby. Just worship the job creators, and shudder when they walk by. Pay for your kids' education and your fire protection too. Live in a gated community or take your chances. Taxes are low and literacy is too! Yeah, baby! Vote that GOP.
Or I could just die. Solve the problem for the GOP. Think that is what they would prefer - get rid of another member of the middle class.
@Phinephancy
All you would be doing is stopping the pricks from having to block your voting rights. I find it amazing that they complain about welfare for the poor, but not welfare for the rich.
@Mitt and his minions....release your tax returns and prove you're not collecting welfare by not paying your taxes.
Blah blah blah tax returns blah blah blahhhh.....Let's put this in perspective, shall we, DUMBocrats? 16 TRILLION dollars in debt, RECORD unemployment (16% adjusted), DISMAL economic growth, NO jobs created, BANKRUPTING this generation and the next and the next and the next, FAILED foreign policies, SOCIALIST ideologies back home, and yet Blowbama has the UNMITIGATED gall to say, "My ideas are working". When you have NO record to run on, you run on the 3-D platform...DECEIVE, DENY and DEFLECT. But I digress. Very soon, Jokebama will be back in Chi-town living in a refrigerator box with MOOchelle and the rugrats. Of course, he can always dig ditches...I hear that there are ample 'shovel-ready' jobs available. Bahahahaahahhahahahaha...
Oh, the sweet irony.
Yet another lie is being spread by the GOP. Just like the one about Obama opposing the rights of military veterans. You can tell that the Romney campaign is in desperation to shift the discussion away from his tax returns. But he will eventually release them, or face the hell that is the demanding American electorate.
OBAMA BIDEN 2012
Personally, I think training might be more important than work at this juncture. And the states should be given lots of flexibility to substitute formal job training for work. We need more money for vocational training also, because many employers are stating that some good paying jobs can't be filled due to skills deficits. Moreover, as many have noted, the GOP has always been about flexibility for the States in the application of federal programs. So why all the bitching now? Because an opportunity to manipulate "Joe Sixpack" has been identified by the Romney campaign.
We need more money for vocational training also,
In the Department of Labor's annual report, the goals of the federally funded job training programs are outlined. The DOL's job training program's definition of success is defined as either a person finding a job, or a person going back to school. Their stated target success rate is 50%. Fifty percent. Not helping half of the people is success to them.
If we need more money for vocational training, we need to have higher standards. We need to redefine our definition of success when it comes to the government's attempts to help the people. Otherwise, it's just another wasteful, ineffective government program.
Candice,
I am with you 100% when it comes to trade schools. My hubby is a supervisor for HVACR. We are big believers in trade schools!
Hey, Phine.
So much money going to four year colleges and kids coming out with little hope - its a travesty. A good trade offers so much opportunity - high paying jobs, opportunities to set up a shop and be self employed.
I don't have much confidence in the government doing the people good. Or school counselors for that matter. I'm sure your hubby has shared his wisdom in his skills with his underlings (for lack of a better word), and made a difference in their lives.
Good to see you around. Thinking about you often.
Do me a favor...
If you're stupid enough to believe the talking point that the 7/12 memo is a plan to "gut" welfare reform without even reading the bloody thing, just walk into your bathroom, stare intently into the mirror at yourself and say, "DERP!!!"
phinephancy - Glad to hear you are feeling better. As to your post, wasn't the stimulus money Governor Scott refused was for high speed rail. I believe he accepted around $370 million in stimulus money.
Isn't it the responsibility of the local communities and the individual states to provide teachers, police and firefighters (EMTs)? It is not the responsibility of the Federal Government to pay for teachers, police and firefighters, unless they are federal employees. Cities, local districts, and states all have the authority and right to raise taxes to provide the safety and education of their residents. If the people where you live are not satisfied with the police and fire service they are getting then they should take that up with their city council find the money, even if it means raising local taxes. The Federal Government is broke and we are 16 Trillion in debt, where is the Federal Government going to get the money to take care of your community and thousands of others around the country. BTW, I don't know about Florida but most places I have lived, when a local city can't pay their police, the law enforcement next in line comes in, example: City lays off all police officers, the county then becomes responsible for the law enforcement in that city.
Considering my need for EMT's, I worry a lot. Really, really want to live past October! And since I spend so much time alone, and there is no way for me to fight back, would like to have pd protection.
Actually, Sfcret, Scott accepted the stimulus money when the Obama Administration announced that several other states were waiting in line to take Florida's money. Then stupid woke up and said that maybe Florida would build the high speed rail after all. Florida looks so good for Obama right now due partially to Stupid Scott.
What's the point of Congress?
Most on both sides will probably agree they have been a pretty miserable, do little bunch. Part of their job, though, is to serve as the check and balance portion of the Government.
Bypassing Congress through Executive Orders and habitual waivers skirts around the important check and balance function. Left to continue, the practice of waivers will become more frequent and will seem acceptable and normal after a while ---- a slippery slope and distortion of the Constitution, isn't it?
- Waivers for unions and select corporations on Health Care law provisions. Waivers for No Child Left Behind; for illegal immigrants; deportation waivers; and now waivers on welfare to work rules. There's Backdoor EPA legislation. Rewriting laws and rules on senior and subordinated debt. Bypasses around Congress on black carbon initiatives and funding, aid to Palestine, and maybe Cybersecurity now.
There's so much we all disagree on. We need, somehow, to bring all sides from their respective corners and find something we all agree on and solve some of these issues. A determined President with too much power, Executive privileges and waivers in his pocket is not good for the country.
But if the president has no means to bypass the obstinate repubs, they have no reason to compromise and no reason to work with the dems. 180+ filibusters. Challenging each and every appointee. When the goal is to obstruct and delay and do whatever it takes to make a president (any president) a one termer no matter what it costs the country, there has to be the back door threat to be used only when necessary.
The time came to use it to bring the repubs back to negotiate important decisions that have to be made - NOW. Repubs have caused this to happen.
Funny, but seems to me the republicans have been stating more state rights and state's coming up with programs instead of the federal government. Now, they are yelling and throwing a fit because a memo is written as to what they have been saying; giving states more latitude, precisely what they wanted. Republicans are for something, then when they get it, they are against it, What exactly do the republicans want and stand for., more government or less government; guess they can't make up their minds.
Bleary. When someone blocks your way you might walk around them --- or you could find a path you both could use.
It seems to you that the Republicans are obstinate and blocking legislation just for spite. I can understand that you feel that way. When the Democrats (Mr. Reid) hold up legislation passed by the House, it seems to us the Democrats are just being bullheaded, irresponsible, ideological and blind.
The truth (not all but most of the time) is both are just standing strong for the path they believe is the right one to take....resulting in standoffs too many times. A lot of times, I'm glad the Republicans can block what we believe would be damaging and crazy legislation. Your side feels the same way with conservative bills, I'm sure, when the Dems stand in the way. Checks and balances again. Frustrating for all but necessary.
We need a leader who can break the stand off and lead to all to middle ground. And find new solutions neither side would object to.
I don't think we have that leader now. Time to try someone new.
While I do not imagine Obama to be the perfect president (which is a myth, due to 99% of presidents being, well, human), he is certainly the first president I have ever seen attempt to find a middle ground.
It looks like our two-party choices this November are Obama or Romney. If you think Romney is the type of president who will lead us to a middle ground, then set yourself up with a feed of his war cries. I can't imagine a more polarizing situation than Romney starting another war. And, war certainly isn't the "new solution" that some posters appear to be searching for in their candidate.
This is the key issue. Putting aside all the Obama/Romney/Bush/Clinton discussion, it is Congress and their utter failure to come together for even the really important issues that has caused no end of problems. When you are happy with a 17% 'high' approval rating and can go back to your districts and say to the electorate "Yeah, I think I've represented your interests well...... just don't ask me to explain how", then you have failed.
Yes, I know Democrats have been dealing with an unprecedented intransigent collective in both the House and Senate, but as the Republicans (or should I say, Tea Party Republicans) have become more difficult, any notion of compromise has been thrown out. From White House down, there needs to be a feeling of common purpose, for US interests and not just party. For that, the GOP needs an attitude adjustment, and we need a President for the next 4 years looking out for the people. I'm afraid Romney will never be that man.
Yes, Pulling and Blowbama and the dems's had a majority for 2 tears when they could have passed anything they wanted, but they wasted it ....
If Mr. Romney made a mistake in interpretating what Obama meant it is understandable given Obama's policies and lies of the past. I, for one, hope that for once Obama is telling the truth. It remains to be seen.
My wonder is why he thinks our laws are at the whim of his interpretation; to be carried out or not at his discretion.
Did you ask Bush the same question?
The Obama campaign said no state "that waters down work requirements will be considered"..
Only the loony lefties here will give any credibility to such a statement.
Every policy of the radical statist President Obama , from Day One in office, watered down work and encouraged government dependency ! That is what the Democrats, the Party of Government, are all about...
See #8 above...
DERP! The word you're looking for is DERP!
Yeah, noid- that's the word I'm looking for- in conjunction with Obama.
He waives the work requirement part of welfare reform, but says that waiving the work requirement is not what is meant by waiving the work requirement.
Maybe "derp" is the right word for any of you who still follow your cult leader.
The rest of the electorate caught on a long time ago.
He is giving states more freedom to come up with better ideas, thought that was a republican battle cry. Your reading comprehension is down a bit no joe, I read the entire memo and came away with a different interpretation. Each to their own, but hey, whenever Obama incorporates a republican idea, of course republicans hate it and decry it's merits, We were for it before we were against it. Great slogan.
So, Jackie- they waiving ALL the federal requirements- or just the work requirements?
See, if this was federal money going out in a block grant, letting the states make ALL the decisions- got it, no problem.
It is not. All the other strings are attached.
So, willing to go for straight block grants? Letting the states make all the decisions? Or are you just happy to comply with letting Obama use welfare to further reduce the unemployment rate.
Extra points for honesty.
I'm for releasing states to come up with ideas that work for their state, while staying in the federal guidelines requiring work. Sometimes, others can come up with ideas better than when the guidelines were written. With all the strings attached, which means they have to keep the work requirement in...why all the outrage then. I think you answered your own question. Waiving the work requirement only if the new idea adds to the work requirement, those are the strings attached. Now, what do you say when it was Republican governors that requested the waivers.
He's said that no state that sheds this requirement will be considered. Seems pretty straight forward to me. He really can't win can he, if he suggests a centrally based federal programme then people suggest big government is dictating behavior like some invasive and deliberate entity. If he hands power to states to define and tailor funding as appropriate (as in this case), he's accused of encouraging the welfare culture and laziness.
There's nothing subversive here, let individual states have more control, isn't that the better solution anyway? And a Republican cornerstone?
Double-DERP for you, "no joe". Jeez, woman, how about you just read the bloody memo?
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/policy/im-ofa/2012/im201203/im201203.html
Dont stop there Stevenso...
Obama single handedly added 800,000 illegal job seekers to the U.S. labor pool in a time where 23 million are out of work!
Or how about, Obama outsourced Nasa's space shuttle program to Russia decimating the Economy in southern Florida!
Or how about Obama hung Obamacare around the neck of U.S. business when the reason for all the outsourcing of jobs is the high cost of U.S. labor already... During a recession!!!
Obama loaned $535 million to a business that any first year business student would have recognized to be a looser which happened to be owned by a major contributor to his presidential campaign!
Stevenso, heres some pretty cool news! Read it and weap libtardo's:
Poll: Nine percent of Obama '08 voters want Romney now
By: Hope Hodge
8/6/2012 05:08 PM
Favor is fickle, and hope and change was easier to promise than deliver on.
A new Gallup poll shows that nearly 10 percent of voters who supported Barack Obama during his 2008 run have decamped and will be supporting Republican challenger Mitt Romney in this next election. At nine percent, the rate of Obama '08 defectors is nearly double the five percent of former McCain '08 supporters who now say they'll cast a vote for Obama.
Partly loyalty is higher in the Republican camp too, with 92 percent of former McCain supporters saying they're sticking with the red ticket, while only 86 percent of Obama's 2008 base say they're staying true.
The poll surveyed more than 2,000 registered voters who punched a ballot in 2008.
Now for some number play: if we make the broad assumption that the poll data is representative of the general population and do some extrapolation, tallying nine percent of 69,456,897 (Obama's 2008 vote count) and subtracting five percent of John McCain's 59,934,814 votes, we end up with a potential 3.25 million more votes for Romney than McCain had four years ago. It's nothing concrete, but it's becoming clear that election 2012 will be a far different race than 2008 was.
-- Finally a poll that asks the right questions!!!
Romney 2012!!! Yeah Baby!!!
All that dribble is are words of wisdom from one village idiot to another......
One thing about you republicans, you take everything to the extreme....even bat crap crazy!
Go back to sleep before you hurt yourself.
Gallop pollsters are village idiots... Whistling past the graveyard, poor soul...
Speaking of graveyards, Daniel, I beleive that is where Blowbama is campaigning this week to add to his "voters list"....
The limpwrists are too busy to post right now after seeing Hilderbeast dance on the news last night and tonight.
I wish I could bleach my eyes...AAAAARGH! Do you think the 'Hilary' will become the new dance craze? Hahahahahhahha....ewww., I just threw up in my mouth a little...
The entire Sane population of America is so fed up with that progressive, 4ward ignorance, I believe that mANY liberals, progressives, 4warders, lefties & people like Lynn325 not to leave out fister an fiends should choose to reverse the cranial---> rectal interface position and, discontinue consuming recycled Obama bovine excrement... however, just you keep washing it down with that yellow lap dog koolaid.
Starting November 7th 2012 I will be heralding the news of A nation wide conservative landslide with an "I told you so" demeanor...
Vote Romney yes Obama no
One of the defining features of many forms of severe mental illness is the assumption by the patient that they are sane, when in fact that may not be. I would say, those who constitute your 'Sane' collective may very well not be....
Oh, and I await with bated breath for that moment when you can tell all the "liberals, progressives, 4warders, lefties & people like Lynn325 not to leave out fister an fiends" that "I told you so". I suspect that I'm more likely to suffer from hypoxia over the next 4 years though!
This administration is a disaster and everybody knows it!!
Please, excuse me CYSS, May I be of assistance for a moment?
I would like to finish that statement, if I may? You Know the part that, The Now President Barack Hussein Obama neglected to ad lib with? Even though it has to pressing very heavily on his mind (aka the pesky, One and done thingy). lol
Obama said Friday,"There are still too many Americans looking for work." *for you to get re-elected barry*
To bad that wasn't included on the teleprompter, he would have read it verbatim because he definitely has to be thinking as such. ooooOOOoooo
VOTE-----> big O! 1 & done donkey in---donkey gone--->
Romney is not what this nation needs right now or ever. This administration has clearly shown on more than one occasion that people is first, our soldiers are first, families are first and country is first. This administration has exemplified the honored words, "Duty, Honor, Country". This was done when this administration put its political capital on the line to try to work with the other side but to no avail.
Do we want someone who will take all we have and pocket the change or do we want someone who hear our side of the story and act on our behalf? If it must be asked, then let it be the latter. American deserve no less.
VOTE -----OBAMA
BigBear...the current POTUS has already taken everything in our pockets...all we have left is 'hope' that Blowbama will be voted out and 'change' the current administration.
One and done.
The Tea Party is alive and kicking. To
be specific, it’s kicking out establishment politicians who support big
government and big spending. Even Republican politicians are getting the boot. November
6 will bring the biggest Tea Party victory of all.
Obama is going to lose by a landslide. What is amazing to me is that the biased
national media is so delusional they don’t even recognize the citizen
revolution that is happening before their very eyes. This landslide Romney
victory will be fueled by the same Tea Party that roared to life Tuesday in Texas.
Unknown Ted Cruz won the Texas GOP
Senate primary in a huge upset on Tuesday night. It was a Tea Party landslide.
A preview of what is coming in November. Cruz is an unknown lawyer who has
never held an elected office. Worse he had very little money to spend. Yet Cruz
badly beat the favored establishment candidate Texas Lt. Governor David
Dewhurst. And get this -- Dewhurst spent $24.5 million of his
personal fortune -- and he still lost big.
But wait, it gets better! Dewhurst was
endorsed by Texas Governor Rick Perry, former Arkansas Governor and Fox News
star and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, establishment GOP stars from all
over the country, and big business interests from all over the state of Texas. But none of it
mattered. The Tea Party ran Dewhurst over like roadkill.
Ted Cruz had the secret weapon: TEA PARTY POWER. He was endorsed by Sarah
Palin, Tea Party U.S. Senator Jim DeMint, and Tea Party activists from all over
Texas.
The mainstream media still doesn’t get
it. They are too busy trying to make a big issue out of Romney telling the
truth about the London Olympics and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. It really
is hilarious. The lamestream media is truly clueless.
They think Romney’s tax returns are a big issue, while real people just don’t
care. As a matter of fact this Vegas oddsmaker will bet real money that far
more Americans care about Obama’s mysterious past -- including his birth
certificate, Social Security number, and sealed college records -- than
Romney’s tax returns.
Here’s what the clueless biased frauds in the national media are missing:
President Obama has alienated patriotic, church-going, middle
America. And with every move, he makes it worse. You see Obama
doesn't understand science -- for each reaction, there is an equal and opposite
reaction. Obama keeps trying to bribe his voters. But the harder he tries...the
worse he alienates middle class Americans.
Did the media not notice that Obama demanded Catholic institutions violate
their own sacred moral values to provide contraception for women? Well Catholic
voters sure noticed. I predict Catholic voters will provide a huge edge for
Mitt Romney.
Did the media not notice Obama trying to dismantle work requirements for
Americans on welfare? I guarantee you that middle class Americans who work for
a living noticed.
Did the media not notice Obama teaming up with the president of Mexico to ask more illegal aliens inside America to
apply for food stamps? I guarantee you that middle class Americans who work for
a living noticed.
Did the media not notice that Obama gave amnesty to one million young illegal
immigrants – adding them to a tight workforce to compete with legal Americans
for jobs…in the middle of a Great Depression. I guarantee you that middle class
Americans who work for a living noticed.
Did the media not notice that after Obama’s Supreme Court health care victory,
several new reports emerged proving the cost of ObamaCare is far higher than
advertised by Obama. Or that several companies have announced they will not
build new plants because of the cost of Obamacare? I guarantee you that middle
class Americans who work for a living noticed.
Most remarkably, is it possible that the media did not notice that Obama
created a new government department last week just for African American
students? Are you kidding me? An Executive Order to benefit one race of
students? Can you even imagine Mitt Romney announcing an Office of White
Education? Or how about an Executive Order by Romney to create The Office of
Mormon Education? Can you imagine the outcry from the liberal media?
But the mainstream media said nothing
about Obama’s new Executive Order. Zero. Zip. Nada. They ignored one of the
most blatant acts by any president in modern American history. A game changer.
I guarantee you middle class white American parents noticed. The latest
Rasmussen poll shows Romney up by 20 points among white voters. Coincidence?
I’m betting the media still doesn’t have a clue what’s happening and why.
But on Nov 6, the final score will reflect the cluelessness of America’s
media: Tea Party 100. Mainstream Media 0.
A little wordy, there, Farfisia, but an excellent post, nonetheless. (Let's try to keep it under 5 or 6 paragraphs next time...k?)
The ad caused us to stop asking about Romney's tax returns and that was its sole purpose. Romney where are your tax returns?
GreatWhite: Google it and you'll find Romney's 2010 personal income taxes posted on the internet for the WORLD SEE. I wonder how you would feel seeing your personal income taxes on the internet, too.
what we’re doing is we’re giving state’s the flexibility to strengthen the program, but in order to do that they have to increase the number of people moving from welfare to work.
So you Republicans want more state's rights, and everyone wants more people to find employment, so what's the friggin problem here?
to the gopers and especially willard, the catchers mitt, the president did not gut anything. he simply is allowing those states that asked for a change to be given the power to make those adjustments, as long as they reduce their welfare force by 20%. Where is the gutting? Did not Mitt back this waiver program and say so in a written memo? Hmmm, the blatant lies, the mis-representations, the seizing on anything to create doubt, yet their own man will not come forth with his tax returns - shameless liars with a hidden agenda - i think we should water board karl rove, and he would empty his guts after the first thirty seconds, then we would know the deeply hidden, one dimensional agenda that binds the gopers together in their attempt to bring a ruling monarchy to US soil.
obama/biden 2012
William, apparently you have been hiding in your panic room the last 4 years...We HAVE a ruling monarchy on American soil and his name is Lord Blowbama - king of the land, sea, and socialism...
Witesoxdude,
Never fear, Romneyhood is here. He'll steal from the poor to give to the rich and everything in your world will get back to normal again. Those damn nasty socialists just thought they were going to help the poor downtrodden. Their bad.
alsophia: And you actually believe what you're posting because you heard it from the Obama camp. get real. It's actually Obama who will be taking from hardworking Americans to pay for those who don't have a job.
a new study from the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, two centrist Washington-based policy research organizations. The analysis concluded that the sort of tax code that Mr. Romney has proposed “would provide large tax cuts to high-income households, and increase the tax burdens on middle- and/or lower-income taxpayers.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/02/us/politics/obama-citing-study-says-romneys-tax-plan-would-benefit-only-wealthy.html
Sounds like Romneyhood to me.