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While the presidential campaign remains the main event of the 2012 election season, a fierce, state-by-state battle is also underway to determine which party will control the U.S. Senate for the next two years. And a series of NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls shows Democrats with an edge in two of the most closely-watched races and tied in a third.
In Ohio and Florida, the Democratic candidate holds a solid lead, while in Virginia – where former governor and onetime DNC chairman Tim Kaine faces former Republican Sen. George Allen in a marquee battle – the candidates are in a dead heat.
Republicans had entered the 2012 cycle with high hopes of winning all three races. All are seats currently held by Democrats, and winning any of them would advance the GOP toward the net gain of four seats they need to take back control of the Senate come January.
In Virginia, Kaine and Allen are deadlocked at 46 percent apiece with likely voters.
In Ohio, incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown leads Republican State Treasurer Josh Mandel 49 percent to 42 percent.
And in Florida, two-term Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, leads GOP Rep. Connie Mack 51 percent to 37 percent. Twelve percent of Florida voters said they were undecided about the race.
With only 54 days until the election, these three polls suggest that Republicans still have work to do if they wish to achieve their goal of retaking control of the Senate. Democrats must defend 23 of the 33 Senate seats on the ballot this fall, a numerical disadvantage that buoyed GOP hopes of reaching their goal early in the cycle, especially since many of the Democratic-held seats are also in hotly contested presidential battlegrounds.
President Barack Obama leads Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in Virginia, Ohio and Florida, according to the same NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls released Thursday.
Each of the Marist polls was conducted Sept. 9-11. Each poll has a 3.1 percent margin of error for its sample of likely voters.
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Yay - if we take a few Senate Seats back and gain control of the House we can actually work to get the country back on track faster - without the obstructionists delaying the progress.
It would serve the GOP right if they lost lots of Senate seats and the Democrats took back control of the House!
Keep it up! Just a little over a month and a half to go!
Obama/Biden 2012 and a Democratic majority in both the Senate and House!
Seeking ... so waiting for my Christmas (and the country's) present in November!
Obama/Biden 2012!
Dreamers...
What you gonna do with it?
You had control of all three branches and could not even pass a basic budget, step one of any endeavor.
BARACK OBAMA...FAILED LEADERSHIP...
are these polls democrat oversampled too? I sampled 10 republicans and 10 said Obama loses. bet you didnt see that coming.
Bet you didn't see this coming...Boooooo!
Goodness! Even FOX and Gallup are oversampling Democrats! ...Or it may be the American people are simply turning away from the GOP's favorite losers. Read 'em and weep:
Democracy Corp; Obama 50, Etch-A-Sketch 45; Obama +5
Fox News; Obama 48, Etch-A-Sketch 43; Obama +5
Gallup; Obama 50, Etch-A-Sketch 44; Obama +6
Reuters; Obama 48, Etch-A-Sketch 45; Obama +3
ABC; Obama 49, Etch-A-Sketch 48; Obama +1
CNN; Obama 52, Etch-A-Sketch 46; Obama +6
IBD; Obama 46, Etch-A-Sketch 44; Obama +2
.And today the Congress did absolutely NOTHING !! AGAIN !!
The GOP Norquist Admiration Society refuses to do anything.
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Push "D" on all congressional and senate races.
To restore a functioning Congress.
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In Ohio, I hope Brown wins. Here in MA I hope Brown loses!
The ONLY thing a Romney /Ryan ticket offers the American people is STRESS!
The GOP Tea Party says we should go it alone, every man for himself.
The Dems say we are all in this, together.
The choice as to whom to vote for, and what party to support, cannot be made more clearly.
Put a Fork in it.
You warmongering-vapid Republicans and you crazy-wacko Teabaggers are Roasted, Toasted,
and Cooked to Perfection.
You CONS aren't JUST LOSING the ELECTION,
You've ALREADY LOST.
You just haven't realized that you've already hit the ground.
Ouch.
Now all you Freedom Loving Americans and all you Federal Workers, including your Policemen Unions, Firemen Unions, Teacher Unions, and all yo Undecided Voters,
do the "Right-thing",
and go out and Vote a straight Democratic ticket come this November 2012.
Let's all send Mitt Romney and his "little-sidekick" Paul Ryan
"Back to the Dung Heap of Political History", where they all belong.
Don't forget, Everybody Vote so there's No question who has won!
the honorable Barack Obama!
According to a poll taken this past weekend in Ohio and Virginia, 15% of Republicans in each state, believe Romney should get credit for taking down Osama bin Laden. About 50% in each state were unsure or didn't know, so a minority of them knew Obama got credit for it. Is there anyone that would like to explain how so many of these people are so misinformed or uninformed? This is very weird. To think they would give Romney credit for something he couldn't have done. Maybe the magical wet underwear had something to do with it, I just don't know. I am not sure any rational person can explain this, but be my guest. Give it a try. I'm not sure that even FOX Noise would go that far, but I could be wrong.
@Brent-3019177#1.11: One who is wise will never underestimate the number of certifiable fools occupying space in this, the great, "United States of America". Most frustrating though, is, the republicans generally know each by name, and further, claim kinship to most of them.
Well said Mac Forrester! LOL!
I believe Walker was going to be replaced and the Republicans were dead in 2010.
How did that lie turn out for you?
And the republicans STILL haven't lived up to their promise of "JOBS, JOBS, JOBS".
More like "OBSTRUCT, OBSTRUCT, OBSTRUCT"
The problem is, a simple majority isn't enough. Republicans like to point out that when the Democrats had a majority in the House and Senate with Obama in the White House, they still couldn't get anything done. It was because of the filibuster that allows a small minority to control what the majority is able, or not able, to do. The party of "NO" was able to shut the majority down. Never before in our nation's history has the filibuster been used so extensively and disgracefully. Compromise was no longer necessary and was thrown out the window. Most importantly, partisan Republican interests were placed ahead of national interests (e.g., debt ceiling debacle). Republicans are disgusting in their partisanship.
You need to stop lurking in the past and face the future, rukidding: President Obama in November by a landslide! Read em' and weep.
If we are to move forward, this gridlock (AKA Tea Party) has to go.
If we want jobs, we need to give our President a Congress that will work with him, instead of focusing solely on ousting him. The republicans have failed miserably, and incredibly, they think their best move was to nominate a miserable failure for their candidate.
I am heartened to see that they "can't fool all of the people all the time". They have to settle for fooling "some of the people all the time". Baggers.
Tom, Springfield, MA
perfect comment. I hope Scott Brown gets his azz kicked by Elizabeth Warren. When he was first elected, I thought that he would be one of those who put Mass first and loyalty to his party second. I was disapointed very quickly.
Plus I am sick of waching Scott Brown's informercials showing him drive his TRUCK while talking to the camera. If that's all he's got to offer (driving his truck) then it's time to give his seat to someone else.
Once again I am proven correct. You really should start listening to me, you know. I told you months ago I thought the President would win re-election in a landslide large enough to have a real "coat-tail" effect which would reach down the ballot and enable the Democrats to shore up the Senate and perhaps take back the House. Well? There you have it.
Obama/Biden 2012
Brent,
The answer to your question about why some Republican supporters would credit Romney with killing Bin Laden is fairly simple; some Americans are, in fact, exceptional. But some are exceptionally STUPID, and apparently many of those live in Ohio and plan to vote Republican. So to the Republicans who have a grasp on reality, I would simply remind them that 'one is known by the company one keeps'.
What does Warren have: I am part Cherokee to get a plum job and now wants to close that loophole as soon as everyone discovered she was lying. She is nothing but a liar. Doesn't matter if the oversample democrats in the poll. All that does is tell those who want free stuff that everything is ok for them so they will stay home and not vote. The only poll that counts is the one just before the election. That will tell the true story. How does it feel that those in Libya killed could have saved if President Obama had beefed up security per 9-11 protocols. And now a report that says we had 48 hour advance notice and what did Obama do: prepare for his Vegas fundraiser. All he is interested in is getting reelected and not the American people.
Democrats claim that the GOP obstructs with the filibuster yet they do nothing when they had power to eliminate that. Why? How about Harry Reid not sending any House passed bills to the Senate floor for votes. Who is obstructing who?
Economy is in a downturn, gas prices are rising, food prices are rising and the Middle East is in shambles. All of this is on Obama. Gone in November, the great mistake corrected.
WOW! The phony polls keep coming. Does anyone seriously believe that things have been booming the last 4 years and that what this country needs is 4 more years of the same? Out in the real world people as frightened of what 4 more years of Obama would do to this country. The disconnect between what people are seeing and what the main-stream media is reporting is flabbergasting. Obama's plan is to spend, spend, spend! Oh, and he wants to tax the rich, which will give libs 15 minutes of satisfaction followed by 4 more years of "how come I'm not better off." About the only way Obama can win is by taking advantage of the lack of photo ID requirements. After all, that's why they've been fighting against it.
Witchrunner.....
Sorry, but apparently the majority of Americans in the states that Willard needs to win see very clearly. It was definitely Obama's decision to put two wars and a trillion $ tax break on America's credit card wasn't it? While republicans held the house, the senate, and the presidency, they blew up the nation's debt by convincing average morons like you that trickle down economics works. If it does, then explain where the jobs are, and explain why the economy is not booming right now. While you're at it, explain why the economy was roaring during the Clinton years when taxes were higher. You idiots elected teabaggers to office in the mid-term elections to fix Washington, but what have they done since being elected? Not a budget passed for the last 3 years and now you want to elect the head of the congressional budget committee as VP of this country?!?!? I don't think the republican party could poor piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heal, but they definitely can't do simple math. Too bad your best chance at winning is Romney....lame loud-mouth coward!
ROMNEY WHERE ARE YOUR TAX RETURNS?!?!?!?!
Obama/Biden 2012
richard-1957365
richard, my whole life I thought that I was 100% Polish since I thought both of my parents had a 100% Polish heritage. Not so long ago, I found out that someone on my mom's side, moved to Poland from Ukraine many decades ago. Even though I don't have all the details, it appears that for thirty something years I have been "lying" about my heritage. I wonder if YOU are 100% sure where YOU come from because I doubt it.
Now let's take Scott Brown lies:
Brown claimed that he didn't cover his adult daughter under Obamacare, but he did.
Or that he had voted to close some loopholes, such as a tax subsidy for ethanol
Or that Rachel Maddow was going to run against him.
Or the giving up drinking beer
Or during a CNN interview, Scott Brown said that President Obama and other powerful Democrats are regularly phoning him to get help passing their legislation
Or - AND THIS IS THE BIG ONE - that he is independent, bipartisan, truck driving kinda guy
But you keep hanging on to the only thing you have about Warren - whether she is part Cherokee or not.
Old fat guy
It drives me nuts when GOP claim that the Democrats were in control of the Senate for 2 years. Democrats had control of the Senate for maybe 4 months. Between the holdup of the Al Franken recount, the death of Ted Kennedy, etc., it was really just a very short stint in the majority.
It sounds like that people for got that Obama/Biden had FULL control of the House/Senate/White House and still NOTHING was accomplished!! The Fix for this is NONE OF THE ABOVE. No Dem's, No Rep's, and especially NO Tea party. Its to for coming back to 'We The People'.....
witchrunner
yes because our alternative is going back to Bush-like policies. And those didn't work out so well for us, did they?
Jay12456
Jay, you apparently don't know or don't understand the U.S. Constitution's definition of full control of the Legislative branch.
Pure schadenfreude watching conservative get all squirmy.
Bayllie...
Jay is just one of those ideologues that think they can defy their way to change. His anger is misplaced and he doesn't understand that no matter how mad he gets, his opinions still don't matter more than the decisions that are made by the people that actually do get voted in. I sympathize with the feelings he has of disappointment, but being disillusioned about the remedy is almost worse.
Jay....
I'll back you just as soon as you figure out how to get politicians to vote themselves out of office. Until then, I'm going to vote for the party that is doing the best they can with what they've been given. No lies, no empty suits, no republicans. VOTE A STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC TICKET!!!
4 more for 44!!!!
Caesar, On Election Night you will still be saying, "Sampling Errors!" It must be NBC. I have yet to see one poll this week except an older one from Rasmussen that has Romney leading? Please update me if I'm wrong!
slueth & bayllie: Excellent point about the budget! The first 2 years the dems controlled everything. Not one vote for any of Obama's budgets, yet you want to blame the repubs. Oh, and yes! Things were definitely better under Bush. Obama has already increased the deficit more in less than 4 years than Bush did in all of his 8 years. And even then, the biggest deficits were run during his last 2 years when the dems controlled Congress. I would agree that Bush spent too much, but that was part of his "getting along" with the dems. He basically gave them everything they wanted. The bailout? Again, Bush going along with the dems. The banking crisis? Bush warned it was coming because of the easy money through Fannie and Freddie. Congress refused to act and the dems filibustered in the Senate.
Unemployment when Bush left office: 7.6% Unemployment now: 8.1% (because millions aren't counted as they left the workforce, if you even used the same number of people looking for jobs as when Bush left office, then unemployment would be around 11.5%). Deficit increase under 8 years of Bush: $4 trillion. Deficit in less than 4 years of Obama: over $6 trillion.
Of course, ignorance and forgetfulness is bliss, but the Bush tax cuts did keep the economy going after 9/11. The economy was booming under the first 7 years of Bush in spite of the constant barrage of dems and lib media to the contrary. Policies of Obama to spur the economy: 0! Please name one policy of Obama that spurred the economy. Even the stimulus didn't create jobs as the money went to Obama's cronies and didn't create jobs. You'd think a stimulus package larger than the defense budget would have brought unemployment down to 4%. But, it didn't even do the modest thing that Obama promised, which was to keep unemployment under 8%.
So, yes! Going back to Bush would definitely be better. Of course, even better than that is going forward and doing a real job of stopping government from killing jobs and taking so much money from people. The only hope of that is Romney/Ryan. Obama has done nothing but promise more of the same. Do you really think being $20 trillion in debt is good for the economy?
The End of an Error,
Nice slap in the face to all us libs., telling us to "GET a Job!" We are retired after working 40 years in the trenches. Republicans can give no respect and deserve none in return. I hate republicans like "The End of An Error!" Wait till the landslide, the polls are starting to show it coming!
witchrunner.
I'm a heck of a lot better today than I was 4 years ago and did you see the stock market again today . Now approaching a 6 year high after bush almost destroyed our economy, banking and stocks.
Congratulations Witchrunner!
Among all of the right wing idiots on this thread, you proved to be the dumbest of the bunch. As I know your party rewards ignorance with promotions, the GOP will be calling you shortly to confirm that you've been selected as the nominee to run for congress in your district. Do me a favor and define the word "filibuster" for me....I can't seem to figure out what it means.
I find it sad how many people here are blind partisans (for both parties). When are people going to start thinking for themselves?
If people start thinking for themselves, Mitt Romney should lose about 65-35
clwd: So, you are the beneficiary of QE 1 & 2. Impressive! I'm sure things will just keep pumping along when the fed stops printing money and diluting the value of the dollar.
slueth: I'm impressed! You can call people names. I'm sure you win brownie points with your friends. Maybe if you learn to use a dictionary you can answer your own intelligent question. Of course, you are a true lib and follow Allinsky and don't answer questions or respond to facts. I guess you feel smart for being able to do that too.
And the question that remains unanswered by libs: What has Obama done to improve things? What are Obama's plans to right the ship? Don't worry, you can be forgiven for not answering. After all, you can't use what you don't have.
That's kind of the whole idea, isn't it? The liberal platform is that EVERYONE should pay taxes, not just the bottom 99%.
Everyone is the beneficiary. We have a working economy now. It's nowhere near as good as it might have been if we weren't an additional 5 trillion in debt, thanks to President Bush, but it's better than the total economic meltdown he gifted us with.
See above.
I know. But you still haven't forgiven us for having real answers. The problem is that when we have a rational answer and we present it to you, your mind stops functioning and you start talking to an empty chair.
I have a feeling that if they keep on saying 'no', after the country sends President Barack Obama back to the White House, they are going to get lynched.
Apparently a nimrod republican can not understand the power of 270
Democtars had complete control of all three branches for two full years and those that whine it was not 60 democrats in the senate forget about the RINO's that give them at least two extra reliable loonies.
Byron: Yup, you are right! An average of over 9% unemployment is definitely better than a maximum unemployment of 7.6%! $6 trillion debt over 3 1/2 years is definitely better than 5% (actually, closer to 4%) over 8 years! Silly me, I just don't understand the new math. And I guess I'm dumb for not understanding that that explains what Obama has done to help the country. good grief!
Try a little "Real Clear Politics" Polling then, aggregate of multiple polls.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html
Is it over for Romney, looks likely BUT: Now is not the time for my fellow Democrats to coast. Pedal to the Metal Folks, pedal to the metal!
witchrunner: I suspect if God Almighty came down on a cloud of glory and announced that he supported Barach Obama, you'd still call him a foolish liberal. OBAMA/BIDEN 2012, HILLARY CLINTON 2016!
Obama's America:
23 Million Americans out of work
46 Million Americans living on food stamps (up from 30 Million in 2009!)
One out of six Americans living in poverty
16 Trillion in National Debt
Trillion Dollar deficits FOUR YEARS IN A ROW
Another recession in 2013 (according to the Congressional Budget Office)
And a Down grading of America's credit rating
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IF YOU REELECT OBAMA EXPECT MORE OF THE SAME FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS:
Lower household income
Higher Taxes
Higher gas prices
Higher living costs
Higher Unemployment
Higher debt
.
OBAMA HAS FAILED!
TIME TO KICK HIM OUT!
Why when we can go after your money...by the way...what's in your wallet?
Yep.
Seriously, Virginia, you're not going to send Mr. Macaca Moment back to Washington, are you?
The dimwits have a Republican Governor, House and Senate. Why wouldn't they vote for a racist?
Oh yeah Chuck, you mean governor vaginal probe don't you. Virginia has got to know better.
The other night I had dinner with two lawyers who'd been to school with George Allen. They said that he was widely seen among his classmates as one of the dumnest students they'd ever met, and everyone was very surprised he passed. He was also well-known for his racist jokes from day one -- the Macaca incident was no surprise to anyone.
Kaine is being outspent by outside money 3 to 1, yet he's tied. That's a real sign of the weakness of George Allen.
George Allen relies on people remembering that his daddy, of the same name, coached the Redskins. His daddy was a good coach, the coach's son, however, has a case of the tards. His mother must have been a beast of a woman. George Allen did more damage than any governor in VA history. He set up contracts with Waste Management and other waste disposal firms, that made Virginia the #2 importer of out of state garbage, taking in trash from 26 other states including New York and Maryland. Does anyone remember about a decade ago, there was an outbreak of West Nile Virus in New York? Well, VA is now suffering the effects because mosquitos lay eggs in the water inside tires and the trash from New York is diverted to VA, thus the virus is spreading here now. That's just the beginning of the damage all this garbage is causing. Allen knew when he set these contracts up that it would take an act of Congress to stop it because they're calling it "interstate commerce."
I too am hoping for the same outcome. With each passing day I believe Romney is showing America how incompetent he truly is. His latest foreign debacle proves he hasn't a clue about how to handle international crisises. We cannot risk another republican incompetent in office.
irenermiscione-1 - You are right. Incompetence is one thing, but when you couple that with greed, arrogance, and narrow mindedness, it is a nasty combination. Willard, AKA Mitt the Twitt, is simply a repulsive puppet, and the guys pulling the strings are even worse. They care more about accumulating even more wealth on top of fantastic riches instead of helping their country pull itself out of the mess created by Party Boy Bush.
Throw the baggers out!
VOTE A STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC TICKET THIS NOVEMBER!!!!! Time to let the party of no here the American people tell them the same thing.....NO we don't want you idiots holding us back anymore!
Obama/Biden 2012
Incompetence is in the white house now. Talk about not haveing a clue.
Romney my be incompentent for being president, But Obama is not a leader either.... Both parties have lead america to the brink of self destruction. Bith parties are NOT responding to you and I the VOTER, but to BIG MONEY, BOTH SIDES... DON'T be FOOLED BY THE Political BS of Reps/Dems ot Tea parties..
Well coming from you kiddling47.....we'll take that as a complement. I appreciate your kind of people kiddling47 because even if I get diagnosed with Alzheimer's, I'll always remember more than you ever knew. Thank you for reminding us why education is such an important problem to fix in this country!
Jay...
Feel free not to vote, but don't kid yourself into thinking that money will ever be abolished from politics. BTW, don't worry about Romney being incompetent as President, he'll never be able to put President on his resume!!!
Does anybody remember November 2010??? Democrats sat on their duffs. 84 Tea Party neophytes got elected to the House. Rookies normally are on the back bench. Not in the Republican House. Boehner is so incompetent, the rookies have had free reign to destroy America.
Two years of bigoted do-nothing will likely result in quite a few of these NeoBaggers being shown the back door come Nov.
GOP has shown it's true feelings in both the GOP primary and the presidential race....and Americans are not buying it.
Dems keep the Senate and take the House.
I'm with you all the way. The down line ticket needs to be strong either way. The ideal is that this momentum keeps up and the president is re-elected and gets a congress and senate he can work with. If "I ain't got a clue" Romney wins we need control in both houses for balance in all things political. Remeber the Bush Years, 17 of Romneys 22 advisors are Bush hand me downs and are already thumping the war drums as a way to show the world how strong America is. We need smarter not harder.
I agree. Not all Americans are as mindlessly dumb as the 15% in Ohio who think Mitt got Osama. Most are not being fooled by the right wing BS. Most recognize why we're in an economic mess, who put us there, and who is preventing us from full recovery.
DREAMERS !
And what you gonna do with it if you win it?
Seems like you had control of all three branches and could not even pass a simple budget. Step one of any endeavor.
BARACK OBAMA...FAILED LEADERSHIP...
old: You are the dreamer.....but go ahead and dream if it makes you feel better....the rest of us will stick with reality.
Obama/Biden 2012
Clunk! That sound you hear is the bricks hitting the ground after their departure from Repuglican rear ends.
Hey Old Fat Guy! How about those two multi-trillion dollar wars and Medicare prescription legislation that the Bush administration never put in THEIR so-called budgets. They owned Washington for six years!
As yer ol' bud Cheney spoketh: "Deficits don't matter." So why are you griping now?
Thus endeth the lesson.
I did not know Bush was running
I said nothing about deficits
You guys had your chance to fix the problem and wasted the opportunity on Cap and Trade, Healthcare etc
This election is about the economy and now foreign affairs and your guy ain't up to it
For the first 18 or 19 months of the Presidents time in office he had an actual majority for about 24 days and not consecutively due to resignations deaths etc. and during the whole time the Republicans started exercising the filibuster and little did anyone know that they were trying to set a Guiness book of world records for the most filibusters in a term but by golly they've done it. I think the 9% approval rating for Congress is too kind.
August,
Once again, you are defending the party of the excuses... And just to remind you, Congress is made up of BOTH Republicans AND Democrats... You could of course ask your dishonorable Harry Reid why is he sitting on bills and not allowing them to be voted on...
JK1963, one could ask Boehner the same question about "The American Jobs Act", but I guess that wouldn't work because there wasn't anything it against abortion, nor did it conatain anything that would repeal Obamacare.
August -
Not just a world record for the most filibusters in one term, but more filibusters in 4 years than in all the rest of US history combined!
A very important distinction.
Well, then you are the only one!
Romney has recycled all the Bush economic advisors. He also touts the same "voodoo economics" that Bush did (BTW, who coined that phrase? Why, none other than George H. W. Bush!). The only details we have of Romney's economic plan is "cut taxes, lower the deficit!" two mutually exclusive actions, just like George W. Bush.
No, make no mistake - in all but name, Bush is running again! And, if elected, we can expect the same disastrous results we got the last time!
If the GOP loses the Presidential race, and control of the House, they can't afford to continue to shut down the mechanisms of government, even by filibuster.
To filibuster under that scenario would guarantee them huge losses in the 2014 mid term elections.
Even if the November election results in the status quo, the GOP has to carefully select their battles, they can't fight them all.
its hard to lead with the GOP filibustering every thing....
p.s. what have the repubs done to create jobs?...as a matter of fact what is there plan on anything....if I were a republican I would feel insulted...they don't even give their constituents enough respect to at least present a plan instead they are betting on you guys to be to stupid, to bigoted, or to old to understand or care about simple policy....this isn't just a political statement think about it why isn't your party demanding more from Mitt?...
That's just the problem Andrae, right now the GOP can argue that the Democrats are also incapable of presenting any plan, and point to Harry Reid.
But, if the Democrats control both the House and the Senate, and the Presidency, and the Republicans filibuster everything, the GOP will be in an exposed position of shutting down the ability to govern this country.
That won't go over real big with the voters, and the GOP will crash and burn in the midterm elections.
Old and Fat-
Perhaps you should go to a dictionary, if you have one, and look up the word control. Then, compare that with the period the Democrats held the most seats in congress and the Senate. You should, but I know you won't, realize that "majority" in our government does not equate to "control".
CPO.....
With all due respect, I think you are overestimating the American public's ability to reason using basic logic. If what you say were true, Obama wouldn't be in a position of defending himself, as all the GOP has done for the last 3 years is OBSTRUCT. I really wish average Americans would wake up and vote for the only party that's fighting for them right now, but religion and willful ignorance seem to get in the way.
I'm in the top 1% of income earners in this country and I can't understand how so many people are willing to vote against their own self interests. Perfect example, when the GOP had control of the house, senate, and presidency under Bush, did they pass a bill outlawing abortion or gay rights? NOPE! Yet that is all most of the right wing's religious zealots are holding onto by voting Republican. At the same time, they are willing to give me another tax break even though I don't need it. If America is to succeed going forward, we need a strong and vibrant middle class! Us 1%er's have the financial freedom to adapt to anything the federal government throws at us, but not those that live paycheck to paycheck or have just a few thousand in savings. Time to get the middle class back!!!
Obama/Biden 2012!!!
Old fat guy
It drives me nuts when GOP claim that the Democrats were in control of the Senate for 2 years. Democrats had control of the Senate for maybe 4 months. Between the holdup of the Al Franken recount, the death of Ted Kennedy, etc., it was really just a very short stint in the majority.
Unless the Democrats have 60 certifiable Democrats in the Senate, ONE REPUBLICAN can block anything. The period the Dems had 60, include TWO Independants, only one of whom could be counted on, and TWO Democrats that habitually voted WITH the Republicans. Remember that EVERY VOTE counts!!!!! If you are a Democrat and DON'T vote, YOU are part of the PROBLEM, not part of the SOLUTION.
And the democrats had at least two lady RINO's that were very reliable
Democrats: PARTY OF EXCUSES... I like that
old fat guy-1144960
Old Fat White Guy is a Neo-conservative Troll...please don't feed him, he's fat enough.
Looks like the GOP ship is sinking fast. I'm just worried about ballot tampering. The GOP money men (Koch & Koch or is it Cock) will do anything to win.
Anyone who votes for Obama twice is like having the Titanic backing up and hitting that iceberg again. Romney/Ryan 2012. If you are worried about ballot tampering, you are worrying about the wrong party doing it. Think it's called the Chicago Way.
h/t The Independent
Completely incompetent.
I forget. Obama had something much more important. A fundraiser with Jay-z.
That's why they keep blaming some poor scmuck with a video no one's even seen.
Hey CR, you and amerigal have a lot in common, you'll both vote for losers TWICE! SUCK IT UP, LOSERS!
DivaKitty
quit crying not everyone likes Obama.
Yet people voted twice for Dubya, the worst POTUS the US has ever had.
Well...that is until Obama came into office...
Jimmy Carter was the second worst President, Obama aka Jimmy Jr. is the worst.
h/t The Independent
And, the thing is, how does the GOP EVER recover? They have so melded with the far right/teaparty/tinfoil hat wearing black helicopter-fearing RWNJs that it is a pwrmanent condition. I can't see how they ever seperate from those weirdos and they can't win in any serious way with those wackos filling the news cycle.
I'm sure the Kock Brothers will be spending millions on 'poll watchers' and doing everything they can to discourage minorities from voting.
They started this crap in 2000 when Party Boy Bush's team worked on Florida to spread leaflets identifying incorrect poll locations to try to get people to go to the wrong place to vote. They have a substantial investment in Mitt the Twitt, and they are going to spend more to protect that.
What we need is a veritable landslide to erase any doubt. America is not for sale. The Kock Brothers can stay in their own private Idaho. We don't want any part of them. This is our country, and we're taking it back from the baggers.
Augustus, Rebellion, and JK....
I've got a big box of Kleenex with your names all over it. Don't worry, you won't have to pay me back, as I know Republicans aren't good at that sort of thing. When Obama wins in November, will any of you be moving out of the country with Lush Limpballs? Keep crying all you want, but it won't change the fact that the guy you back is a yellow-belly draft dodging empty suit sworn to uphold the Norquist pledge. Ironically, all you guys do is bitch and moan about Obama, but none of you mentioned why you think Romney is worthy of office. I doubt that is easy considering you know as much about him as the rest of the American public...NOTHING!!!!
HEY WILLARD, WHERE ARE THOSE TAX RETURNS YOU PROMISED US?!?!?!?!?
Obama/Biden 2012!!!!!
Not prone to the cult of personality like the lefties sleuth but I will tell you this, and I will make it bold and italicized just for you.
Romney is far more qualified than the failure-in-chief to be President of our nation!
I added an exclamation point just for you
The Ohio and Florida races are not surprising, the incumbents leadbut there is still plenty of time for Obama to bring them down like he has shown in the past he is capable of . Virginia will be a pick up for the right.
Senate's going to be close. Presidency will be a Romney landslide.
We are eagerly awaiting other news from your alternative universe. Do stay in touch.
ConservReb: thanks for the laugh!
Here's some news from your alternate reality, known to most of us as just "reality".
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-13/yen-strengthens-asian-stocks-little-changed-before-fed-decision.html
Ben and Obama, weakening our dollar pennies at a time.
Ben must live in your world because in spite of real world evidence he claims there is no inflation, he also claimed that unicorns exist and Obama will be giving everyone free homes and a Chevy Volt from "his stash". Make sure you're in line.
You people should get out of your bubble more, Obama's not nearly as popular as you think. Nowhere. In Cairo, where three years ago he began his world tour of embarassing America and making us look weak, the natives were chanting, "Obama, Obama, there's a billion Osamas".
He's not nearly as popular in America either. His biggest fan is Jimmy Carter because Jimmy's no longer the weakest President since........well, since Carter.
You must live in a fantasy world or simply don't believe in statistics....but keep telling yourself that, but also you should prepare your self for obamas reelection because of the following reasons, obama leads all polls, secondly if obama wins just one of the following battle ground states there will be absolutely no way Romney can win(ohio, florida, virginia, or north carolina...are you familiar with the way the electoral college works?) the presidency this is based on empirical and statistical data. Third Romney will be blasted in the debates by Obama(Romney has no platform and only vague suggestions to offer). Obama has multiple routes to reelection, Romney doesn't ....but hey I doubt fox news would let their viewers know that. Your convention was week and boring the only minorities were on stage...the audience looked like an assisted living convention....smfh
Conservative Rebellion,
Interesting but typical right wing moniker, BTW. I'll bet you $10,000 of Romney's money Obama wins, and the margins just keep widening. Can't wait for the debates. You might be right about a landslide, but you're backing the wrong horse.
This is what America needs to get on the right track and that jobs bill will pass.
Just like 2010 -- the republicans had a real shot at the Senate but the tea bag clowns messed it up. It's likely going to happen again.
Politics for 200, Alex.
"During the election, which candidate aired a campaign ad in which she stated, "I am not a witch"."
Don't believe a word of it. The press and journalists have proven to be nothing but liars and are so far in the tank for Obama it's a disgrace. News reporters used to keep their personal feelings out of their reporting, but not anymore. The old saying "don't believe anything you read and only half of what you see" has now turned into "DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU HEAR OR READ FROM THE PRESS".
I've heard about people like you, who are paranoid, but you take the cake.
The whole press is wrong, even your favorite channel Fox, their Poll showed the same results. Seems you are delusional.
We are eagerly awaiting other news from your alternative universe too. Do stay in touch.
amerigirl,
When you or your campaign begin to blame the press , the campaign is desperate.
Romney's campaign was doing that today.
And when those in the GOP running for Senate start with" vote for me , we need balance in DC" you know it is all over. Watch for this switch in close Senate races in mid Ocotber.
DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU HEAR OR READ FROM THE PRESS".
Are you including fox in your post?....Because they are the most biased network out...is msnbc biased?...yes, but its not blatant like fox....did you know that fox news isn't actually news....if you want straight news with no opinions or biased google associated press, no pundits or opinions or talk shows simply facts.....but if you watch fox you will not like the associated press because they are required to be unbiased just like your local tv anchor
Don't believe anything you see or hear. I will not be dictated by fact checkers!!!!
LOL. What a pack of morons.
Actually, right wingers have been crying about the biased press for as long as I can remember, and I'm 71 tomorrow. They just refuse to believe that anything can be true unless it supports their twisted and warped world view. Mr. Murdoch saw a huge opportunity there, brought us FoxNews, and began feeding the wingers whatever they wanted to hear. Then, because wingers have trouble putting 2 and 2 together, he brought in Hannity, O'Reilly and the rest to 'splain things to them in terms as simple as possible, which fits their thought process. Rush, ever the entrepreneur, set out on his own to reap the same harvest. He has fun at it, because he realizes, with this audience, you can't say anything too outrageous, too crude, too bizarre, or too false. As long as it fuels the right wing flames, bring it on!
So the theme remains the same as it was in the late 80's and early 90's - Farce and Unbalanced!
Folks in Florida, Ohio and Virginia- to save your sanity, turn off the TV's the last weekend before the election.
Oh please - if that were the case, they would be calling out Mitt on all the lies, uh...actually they'd be calling out Mitt on just about everything he says.
Absolutely right amerigal...believe only the holy word of his immanence Rush Limpblog and his sacred masters Charles and David Koch. They are the only truth the American people need.
...by the way, wasn't there a movie character named Willard that hung out with
neo-conservativesrats?Here in Ohio, we have met State Treasurer, Josh Mandel,several times. In fact one of my children volunteered for him when he ran for state senate. He used to be a young, creative, caring guy, but now he has become like the rest of the republicans, a liar, only looking for political gain. He didn't do much as a state senator, and little as treasurer. The voters in my family will vote for Sherrod Brown.
I saw the weasel on tv, he looked like he was obsessed or possessed by some kind of cult. The ZOMBIE party I'm gonna start calling it.
Like millions of Americans, have already secured their vote for our wonderful smart president Obama, if you have not already done so; I urge you to register and secure your vote for Obama today!
I really hope we can win the Senate and House, and show the rethuglicans and tea-baggers that their day came and went just as fast. More and more people are not buying into the idea that you can cut taxes, and increase spending by 7 trillion dollars, 2 trillion on defense spending and 5 trillion on tax cuts. This is Bush economic policy that has led to the greatest decline in America since the great depression.
Obama 2012! Time for a new beginning.
Again?
What has President Obama done differently than President Bush? Other than offer more tax cuts and overspending?
A new beginning?? Isn't that the same line of BS Obama fed us in 2008? It's a twice-baked Obama... Stick a fork in him...he's done...
Vote Romney!
Really peeps, elect Romney, who has a vested interest in being able to slash his own taxes, if he gets elected. Sounds more like a conflict of interests.
Brent,
Isn't that true of Obama as well? He has equal power to cut taxes which benefit his bottom line...
M.J. CT - Things that President Obama proposed that were flatly rejected by the republican house and filibustered by the Senate:
Jobs bill that would have put a projected 5-7 million back to work on infrastructure, education and public safety. PAID FOR.
Proposed budget that would have eliminated the debt in 10-12 years through cuts in discrectionary spending, closing corporate loopholes and targeted tax cuts and increases. PAID FOR.
Grand bargain with Beohner which would have cut 4 trillion from the budget by proposing $10 cuts for every $1 revenue brought in. PAID FOR.
Actually, Obama has said that he was willing to pay more in taxes, hence not enhancing himself, and if giving more tax cuts to the struggling is selfish, then we may have a difference in the definition of selfish. Running for Pres. so you can give yourself a tax cut, is a selfish motive. The Pres. offering to pay more taxes and let the middle class keep their tax cuts for awhile longer is more selfless. I know this is pointless, as you won't believe it anyway, but I attempted in showing you some truth in the matter. It's all good as long as we don't get carried away.
...the numbers for Bush's last three months. Between October and November, 597,000 jobs were lost; between November and December, 681,000 were lost; and between December and January, 741,000 were lost.
April 2012 marks the 26th straight month of gains in private-sector employment, for a total of 4.2 million private-sector jobs.
DJIA Dec 26, 2008 8515
DJIA Sep 13, 2012 13539
Dec 29, 2008 (Bloomberg) U.S. corporate earnings fell for a sixth-straight quarter, the longest streak in at least 20 years, as consumer spending on automobiles, homes and retailers collapsed.
May 11, 2012 Fortune magazine released its ranking of the 500 biggest US corporations Monday, which showed that they received a record-breaking $824 billion in combined profits in 2011, up 16 percent from 2010.
Any more questions?
EEngineer...
One more to add to the list.....didn't start another war, and ended the war in Iraq. I think we can keep the list of accomplishments going!
Obama/Biden 2012!!!! Get out and VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!!
Yes, please bend over and vote for Governor $mitt Robmey and Congressman Lyin' Ryan. Don't forget to thank them after they've done the deed.....LOL
If only rational, sane people were allowed to vote Democrats, Liberals and Progressives would win EVERY election.
Then again, the crazy, mindless people of the Stoopid Party wouldn't be running anyway.
When DID we enter the right-wing Age of Stooipd and how the hell do we get out of it. BEFORE these buffoons utterly destroy our country and society.
Pure hate never really rallies anybody but the hater's.
The American people have been told by Mitch Mcturtle and others that their only job was to make Obama a one term President, we know who to blame for the economy not recovering faster.
The party of NO, GOP/baggers get all the credit!
And weepy has been a terrible speaker of the house, he has no control over the T-party.
2010 jobs, jobs, jobs but what did we get? Useless stupid bills.
And Women and their magical vagina's will be out in force to support a straight Dem ticket!
O&JOE
What the hell is a magical vagina????
mdt-2577584 What the hell is a magical vagina???
Dude if you don't know by now, you will never know.
mdt-
I guess that's the one Todd Akins was talking about.
dksouthern, my reponse to that is DOH! You are more than likely correct.
how's eliz warren working out for you?
Great! I like consumer advocates quite a bit.
How are your party's bizarre theories on rape/pregnancy working out for you?
at least we don't have the ability to kill a child while it's half way out of it's mother in our platform. It's called partial birth abortion. you voted for it.
But the GOP platform kills you slowly once your out....just for being born into the middle class.
Seems the GOP is all about government intervention in a woman's womb and Americas' bedrooms. After that, jurisdiction is handed over to Corporate America, the Jesus of the right.
No, they don't but it is a fact that Obama is an extremist on the abortion issue and supports infanticide.
Your ignorant post demonstrates you have no critical thinking skills or understanding of what govt means in terms of how it affects us.
Which leads me to believe you survive by taking from others.
show me your facts where obama supports infanticide...you do realize this is 2012 and you can't just spout b.s. without someone calling you on it...and please no blogs or wikipages....and if you don't understand why these sites are NOT acceptable means of verification/referencing....then you probably don't have the capacity to legitimately argue your points on here.
Conservative Rebellion: "No, they don't but it is a fact that Obama is an extremist on the abortion issue and supports infanticide."
Did you really believe that crap when you were typing it? What an idiot. No, wait, just a republican stooge.
NBCNEWS has worked overtime not covering the BAD OBAMA NEWS today, and pulling out all the stops to find anything positive...... who cares if 382,000 people lost their job this week.....who cares if the State Dept corrected OBAMA and said YES Egypt is an ally.....AS LONG AS 'your' candidate wINS.
Only one poll out of 9 on Real Clear Politics has Romney ahead...Rasmussen. And only by one point. Oh what the next polls will tell as they will be after Romneys Foreign Policy bumbling. Cant wait.
Face it, Romney is an empty suit with an empty briefcase of ideas. America gets that Romney has NO SOLUTIONS and NO CORE
Even his supporters can't tell you his policy plans...because he has NONE
Got policy?
Obama/Biden 2012
Only in leftie la-la land do they think Romney has a "foreign policy blunder". Romney stood up for American principles.
Obama owns foreign policy and he has failed miserably at it. Not just the last couple of weeks but since he has taken office, beginning with his Neville Chamberlain impression in Cairo in 2009.
Well, in leftie la-la land, we pay attention to things like definitions: You know like:
response - something constituting a reply or a reaction
A little bit of thought would tell you that statements issued prior to an event cannot properly be labeled a "response". The problem, evidently is that "little bit of thought", something Romney couldn't manage.
Yeppirs, that's who I want as president... NOT!
53 days left and Wrongme still does not have a plan. He is too busy inserting and removing his foot from his mouth. He's really working hard at that!
The obscure and vague 59 points he outlined a few years ago is no plan, and only points out how little the republican ticket offers.
Fix the economy. (how? none of your business.)
Create jobs. (see above)
Monitor women's vaginas.
Discriminate against anyone not old and white.
That's all they got.
Time to flush the Democraps down the toilet.
You gotta lot of work to do, your party is falling behind everyday. Look at the electoral map and the swing state polls getting wider for Obama. Cant wait for the next set of polls taken after Romneys Foreign Policy embarrassment.
Ryan/Romney is in TROUBLE
Keep boozing it up. It won't change anything, but you won't notice as much.
What about all the rest of the seat? Aren't they all important? If you look at the RCP Average the gop is set to gain 5 seats.
The job of the Obama propaganda machine is to make us think Obama has a huge following. He's is trouble, the fraud vote has been practically eliminated due to the diligence of conscientious Americans.
For instance, in Florida alone the difference between Democrats newly registering to vote this cycle and the 2008 cycle is down by nearly 200,000 people. Republican registration is up by 135,000. Romney will win Florida. Especially after the foreign policy blunders Obama has made in the last couple of weeks concerning his treatment of Bibi and Israel.
It's almost a foregone conclusion that Obama will win the election. However, it is vitally important that the Democrats also win majorities in both houses. Obama MUST have a legislative body that will work with him and not against him, as Congress has been doing, to the detriment of the American People. I've always been an Independent Voter. I'm not looking at political ads, and don't care about qualifications. I'm voting Democrat across every national and local election ballot right down to dog catcher.
Ed you may be in for a rude awakening come November
"Adding $4 trillion dollars to the National debt is irresponsible and unpatriotic" -Obama, 2008
.....in less than 4 years, Obama has increased the debt by more than $5 trillion
And how did he add money to the debt, oh by adding both conflicts in Irag and Afghanistan to the debt. Cannot call them wars because only Congress and declare war, at least that is what my elementary school teacher taught
Guess the RNC wasn't as popular as republicans hoped......
If every seat goes according to the Real Clear Politics average the Democrats will win 11 seats to the GOP's 10. That would seem to be good for the Democrats except democrats currently hold 16 of the 21 seats they really would lose 5 and control of the senate.
Apparently Americans WERE impressed with DNC math/facts..........
Yep 6 years ago when these people were elected not now
6 years ago? Didn't Dick Cheney shoot somebody in the face 6 years ago? (Ah the good ol' days)
Obama is personally responsible for the death of the ambassador to Lybia Christopher Stevens and his aides.. He had the intelligence reports and warnings that something was coming on 911.. He failed to secure and defend those lives in the field.. He failed to get them out and to safety... How despicable for a president not to understand the intelligence briefs that are "emailed" to him...
Instead he was out campaigning in Las Vegas the day after the death... This just makes me sick! The audacity of the is pretender in chief to care about anyone but himself...
Obama has got to go...Let's vote this Carter II out of office... Nov 6..
@djames, man you are so full of manure it isn't funny. You complain about not heading the intel reports. He was just following your hero Bush on that. Yep, GW had advance notice, and he let the twin towers and the puzzle palace get hit. That really should make you sick. And since you still have CDS, don't complain that I mentioned Bush, I maynot have gotten over the BDS yet.
No matter who wins or loses, some people will be crying and others laughing. So keep up braggin on who is going to win, those taunts may come back to haunt you.
@djames You apparently haven't read a factual article on anything in the past few days
And you have privy to this ? How?
Americans have gotten a good look at the party over country republicons and understandably do not like what they saw.
It will be a good thing when the Democrats get a filibuster proof majority for at least 2 years and actually are able to get things done. In the 1930s the New Deal created 9% growth, and it would be a good thing for America to do that again.
O & Joe 2012!
The republicans are so certain about the reality they paint they are not thinking. What will be interesting is what will happen in November after they fail to reach their number one goal (making Obama a one term president). Maybe Karl Rove will begin to resemble Harold Camping on May 22nd 2011. In the meantime, I say keep doing what you are doing, only more and faster. The cliff is in sight.
Can't wait to see how many other races turn against the GOP after the debates........ouch.........
Just some facts: 12 trillion dollar National debt, 1.2 trillion dollar budget defecit, losing jobs at the rate of 800,000/month, stock market value cut in half, home values cut by 35%, embroiled in two "nation building" wars. That is what Obama was handed when he assumed the presidency. He did NOT cause any of this. And the "right" blames him for not fixing all of these problems in two years? Two years is all he got, since the "right" gained control of the House in 2010. Any reasonable person knows that a president has only very limited control when the "other party" controls either of the branches of Congress. Even the Republican presidential nominee has said this. Think for yourselves. Not as you are told to think.
Most of those sick f er's can't think for themselves, the kool aid got to them and rotted their brains. Otherwise they would not vote against their wallets.
My! Such language from an alleged lady, SallyAnn! Do the other "ladies" in your trailer park speak that way?
The poll is heavy Democrats by 12 points....
This will help Obama also... He also missed the briefing regarding this.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/revealed-inside-story-of-us-envoys-assassination-8135797.html
Amazing how the American so called press missed this detail... NOT!!!