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WAYNE, Pa. -- Mitt Romney returned to Pennsylvania today for the first time since July, holding a high-dollar fundraiser in Downtown Philadelphia and a rally here at the Valley Forge Military Academy; predicting at both he could mount an improbable victory in this politically divided state.
“You know, I’ve got a little secret here," Romney told a rally crowd of a few hundred supporters. "That is that the Obama campaign thinks Pennsylvania is in their pocket -- they don’t need to worry about it. And you’re right, and they’re wrong.
"We’re going to win Pennsylvania. We are going to take the White House."
At the fundraiser earlier this morning in Philadelphia, Romney was more circumspect about his chances, telling donors it would "really shock people" if, on Nov. 6th, Pennsylvania seemed to be going his way. He first predicted "it could happen" before closing with an outright prediction: "I'm going to win Pennsylvania."
Romney's campaign has not run any television advertisements in the Keystone state, and the candidate himself has not appeared here since mid-summer. No Republican has carried Pennsylvania since George H. W. Bush in 1988.
Polls here regularly show the Republican nominee trailing President Obama by anywhere from eight to 10 points or more, but aides to the former Massachusetts governor mirrored the candidate's optimism. They pointed out that Pennsylvania lacks a robust early voting program, and argued that if Romney can keep the state competitive, he might be able to close the gap here in October.
This comes as polls in other hotly contested battlegrounds have shown Mitt Romney behind.
Romney hammered his economic message here, along with striking patriotic themes about the greatness of America, and promising a smaller government -- all meant to appeal the mostly white, middle- and working-class voters here in the state's suburbs and exurbs that could be open to a Republican message.
Still, this is a county that has been reliably Democratic in past presidential elections. President Obama won Delaware County 60-39 percent over John McCain. John Kerry, who took Pennsylvania by just 2.5 points, won this county 57-42 percent.
What the county does have, however, is money - with a median household income of $62,000 a year, above the statewide and national averages of about $50,000.
“The president wants to go down the same path he’s been on for the last four years," Romney said. "He wants to keep the status quo. I don’t think we can afford four more years like the last four years. The president calls his campaign slogan ‘Forward.’ I call it ‘Forewarned,’ alright -- we know where it heads, we don’t want to go there," Romney said. He continued: "The president wants to grow government. I think government should be smaller, not bigger. I don’t want it to take more from us."
Today's rally is expected to be Romney's final public event before arriving in Colorado Monday in advance of the first presidential debate Wednesday.
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obama has always had All 57 states clearly voting for him...one muslim to another!!..Madonna said so it must be true!!
Why are SOOO many documents sealed by this transparent Prez??
No college transcript, NO ifo on his disbarment in ILL.,..No release of Fast& Furious info--claims executive privilege== if I tell the truth it would hurt my campaign!! No release of the the murdered Ambassador Stevens cables....it was not Islamic Terrorists--they do not exist, like the Mafia myth-- The list just keeps getting bigger!!
After 4 years all we know about BOZOhussen is that he wrecked the economy, raided the treasury, killed job growth, attacked the middle class--no homes, no gas for your car to go to the job that he outsourced, increased food stamp holders ( NOT a prosperous employment!!), IslamicBros kill Americans--no problem!! His family has cost the USA tax payer $$$7 Billion for vacations!!
National debt $$ 16 Trillion, he can not even count high enough to figure the zeros on that one!! Down grading of USA credit==less in retirement 401K and inflation at the the supermarket!!
The guy would really be a joke, if was not SOO SAD and terrible for the country!!
Yet the sheep followers shout OHAbhaaammmmma, OOhaaBhaammmaa!!! I am entitled to all the "free" stuff!!
What color is the grass where Willard's unicorns graze?
It's almost to the point where it's painful watching this man make an ass out of himself and his party!
I said almost...
*popcorn*?
Yeah, I guess he does. Republicans are trying to rig a win through voter suppression.
Mitt Romney
He said he is going to win Ohio
He said he is going to win Virginia
He said he is going to win Michigan
He said he is going to win Florida
He said he is going to win Wisconsin
He said he is going to win …
5 weeks, 4 days, 3 debates, 2 times the $$, 1 winner, 0 chance of winning
If Romney wins the election, the liberals wont admit the September polls were oversampling Democrats.
They will first pull out the 'racist' card, claiming Amercians are secret racists, even though they elected Obama in 2008.
Then they will pull out the"voter suppression " card, claiming millions were prevented from voting.
border joe - Don't you realize that Obama has provided CELL PHONES to the dependent people in Cleveland Ohio? Certainly that means a win for Obama... If he provides all the dependent people cell phones, they can call each other to claim how great he is... Romney with all his millions didn't provide cell phones... I do realize that Obama didn't actually pay for them with his personal money... he used my money and your money to give cell phones away... Maybe we should start calling Obama the cell phone president.
Dennis, the only thing missing is the yeeeeeeehawwwwww scream.
Delusional.
Greetings Feisty.
Obama 2012
border joe:
So much mis-information from a low information nutjob. Can you prove the $7 Billion for vacations? I could believe $7 Million. That's still a lot, but Bush cost us $20 million - where's your outrage for that?
It makes you wonder if "the fix is in."
I just hope there are safety measures in place to make sure the Republicans don't steal votes.
Jody-
Sorry I missed that you also heard echoes of candidates past....
Bob - It won't matter if Obama wins... the liberals will still pull the racist card... don't you remember how many times they used that already because it was the only thing they had when a conservative disagreed with an Obama policy... we were all labeled racist because we disagreed with president cell phone.
Border Joe- obviously a FOX watchin moron. YOU BETCHA.
border joe - don't you get even a little embarrassed posting such outright lies? EVERY lie in your post has been proved to be a lie -check SNOPES. You truly are a mental midget.
Brianb - you have to know your post is a total lie. Why would you post such nonsense?
You guys are stooping into the gutter because you have no legitimate candidate. How sad to be a Republican!
Obama/Biden 2012
What MY money are you talking about... you leech?
You're living off of government assistance as in UNEMPLOYMENT benefits!
Get off FR, find a job and support your kids so the evil government doesn't have to!
You were "man" enough to father those kids, about time you MAN UP and take care of them!
Brian,
The cell phone program was started during George W Bush administration.
FACT CHECK ...
Q: Has the Obama administration started a program to use "taxpayer money" to give free cell phones to welfare recipients?
A: No. Low-income households have been eligible for discounted telephone service for more than a decade. But the program is funded by telecom companies, not by taxes, and the president has nothing to do with it.
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/10/the-obama-phone/
Yeah Brian, go ahead and vote for Herman and Eddie Munster. Everyone likes a good comedy.
Fork meet Mitt.
It takes a demented mind to claim republicans are trying to suppress the vote by requiring ID at the poll. What juvenille thought process is trying to convince everyone that having a picture ID is voter suppression? You have to have an ID in order to buy booze... so I guess in the logic of liberals, if you can't vote, you can't buy alcohol. I'll bet the bars are really hurting these days because there certainly are no poor people that drink.
Stupid liberal logic!
Good grief, Brianb, now that is desperate. Provide the proof of your comment.
That ID is so lame. It's what the powerful and wealthy authors of Voter ID laws want conservatives to believe and obviously, the gullible do believe it. Buying booze is not a constitutionally guaranteed right. Voting is a right and everyone should be angry that some people want to take that vote away because that is exactly what is being done.
Fox News viewers are much more likely than others to believe false information about American politics, a new study concludes.
The study, conducted by the University of Maryland, judged how likely consumers of various news outlets and publications were to believe misinformation about a wide range of political issues. Overall, 90% of respondents said they felt they had heard false information being given to them during the 2010 election campaign. However, while consumers of just about every news outlet believed some information that was false, the study found that Fox News viewers, regardless of political information, were "significantly more likely" to believe false information.
Well, I guess when your candidate can't keep his foot out of his mouth, has such poor turnout for campaign events that supporters have to coerce people to show up and his vice presidential running mate gets booed off the stage...
Lies are the only recourse!
border joe - NO NO NO this can't true. Tell me you don't believe in this crap you just belched out and if you do...........
you are a moron.I think Mitt is repeating what Mike Turzai promised him.
I'm telling you folks.....watch Ohio, and Florida. Add Penn. to those two states......and you just about have the election in hand.
DEMOCRATS FOR ROMNEY!!!!!!
Dennis, thanks for providing the proof to Brianb.
Liberal logic? Brianb, they're coming for your vote next because the corporatists have convinced you it's necessary to fix something that doesn't need fixing. The only voter fraud being committed is occuring prior to the elections and is being committed by GOPers.
Maybe you do, because you come up with stupid comments like that, and you're too young to fake your looks.. Get back in school..
I'll bet you think that the Government is too big too.
As a long-time Philadelphian, I would have told Romney don't waste your time here. You don't have a prayer here in Philadelphia. But, hey, waste your campaign dollars and don't let the door hit you in the ass as you leave.
Well, even if Romney does win Pennsylvania (which I doubt he will, but for the sake of argument...) it won't be enough to win the election if Obama takes the remaining toss-up states, many of which AT THIS POINT IN TIME appear to be in his corner.
So Romney can crow about winning Pennsylvania all he wants, but I honestly don't think he will. Not that it would help even if he does win it.
Redhead said: What MY money are you talking about... you leech?
You're living off of government assistance as in UNEMPLOYMENT benefits!
Careful Betty... I just might turn you in for name calling. We could use another week without your
gentle sweet peacefulnamecalling and insults. I wonder how MSN would view your term leech? Isn't that an insult? I guess having a week to consider your nasty ways wasn't enough for you to be rehabilitated. Sometimes a convict needs even more.Dennis said: A: No. Low-income households have been eligible for discounted telephone service for more than a decade. But the program is funded by telecom companies, not by taxes, and the president has nothing to do with it.
It seems to me that you need to inform the people of Cleveland that Obama isn't providing the cell phones then. They credit Obama with this... I'm not crediting Obama with anything. It went viral that the dependent people in Cleveland believe that Obama is making the provision. Stick that into your fact checker and smoke it.
I'm still sticking with cell phone president... it has a great ring to it... (catch the pun?)
dangerfield, great minds. Thought the same thing when I saw your comment further down.
VoMitt RomNut
Sounds more and more Delusional and DESPERATE
EVERY DAY as he watches his entire campaign spin down the toilet
LMAO!
I actually would vote for Obama if:
unemployment was < 7%
GDP > 4
Corporate Tax reduced to 18~20%
and if he quit blaming everything wrong on everybody else... remember "THE BUCK STOPS HERE" ??
According to Brianb, #1.29, he relies on information that went viral--you know, if it's written somewhere, it's fact so be sure to repeat it and hope no one catches the lie.
"We really would shock people if early in the evening of Nov. 6 it looked like Pennsylvania was going to come our way and actually did come our way. That can happen," Romney told about 200 donors who paid as much as $50,000 to attend his morning fundraiser.
Yeah, and monkeys might fly out his butt. That can happen.
Yep, the secret is rigged polls.
Florida 2000
Ohio 2004
Pennsylvania 2012?
Where exactly would Mitt like to take it? Romney has no chance of winning in Ohio or Pennsylvania. These are the same voters he made "secretive" desparaging remarks about. Most of these voters are people who work tirelessly to earn a living and live pay-check to pay-check on $40K or $50K per year who have income tax, FICA, and Medicare Tax taken out of every paycheck they make and file income tax every year and probably get most of their Federal Money returned. They are the 47% he called "victims" who need to learn to take care of themselves. Now he thinks they are going to vote for him...sadly, they won't. That may not mean they are wild about 4 more years of Obama, but Obama did not sit in a room with $50,000 per plate millionaires and make crude remarks about struggling Americans and refer to them as victims who don't know how to take care of themselves. So he looks pretty good to people in Ohio and Pennsylvania right now.
These are also the same voters who work hard to take care of their families, homes, and elderly parents who pay a higher tax rate than he does. The same people who Mrs. Romney referred to in a National Televised interview as "those people" referring to ALL Americans who wanted to see his tax returns. Romney might still have a chance, but I doubt it. But he can try by keeping his feet on the ground instead of in his mouth.
Amy,
This is from USA TODAY on 9-19-2012
Editorial: Electronic voting is the real threat to elections
•In 2010, a University of Michigan assistant professor of computer science and three assistants hacked into Washington, D.C.'s online voting system during a
test. They manipulated it undetected, even programming it to play the Michigan
fight song.
This is what I'm afraid of. The Koch Bros have ample funds to pay for hackers to do this. Whats the most it could cost $1 billion Just a drop in the bucket for these brothers.
Jody, Iowa said:
Good grief, Brianb, now that is desperate. Provide the proof of your comment.
That ID is so lame. It's what the powerful and wealthy authors of Voter ID laws want conservatives to believe and obviously, the gullible do believe it. Buying booze is not a constitutionally guaranteed right. Voting is a right and everyone should be angry that some people want to take that vote away because that is exactly what is being done.
I guess you live in a galaxy far far away Jody. You must have some sort of unreality check based belief system you govern your life by. You aren't claiming that ID isn't required for other forms of government involvement either... like obtaining food stamps, welfare, government assistance in heating your home in the winter. Voting is a right, not a necessity. ID's are easy to obtain, cost very little but in many circumstances a very necessary way of doing business. The way you liberals make it sound, obtaining ID is nearly impossible... well if a person can't take personal responsibility for obtaining a necessary piece of documentation, then I guess they lose out of all those free perks given away by the government. We all know how liberals are against personal responsibility. Well at least us conservatives know how liberals always shirk personal responsibility. Liberals make the claim so clear.
Brian,
Please check your reading comprehension … I didn’t say, Factcheck.org said.
Plenty of people from every side at times are woefully uninformed and some are ignorant of the facts.
Some, just like you, don’t bother to research something before they proclaim it as the truth.
If it weren't so sad, it would be more entertaining watching the delusional believe Romney has a chance. And reading all the tripe and evil obama comments are very entertaining. I don't try to challenge 'em, it would be no contest, they're too far gone to realize it.
This race is not nearly as close as those races. At all.
Florida in 2000 was won by a 0.00087% something margin. Ohio was won by 2% in 2004. And polls showed it that way prior to the election.
Penn is 10% for Obama. Even tampering, voter supression, etc is not enough to turn a 10 point advantage.
Isn't that precious?
BB can't defend himself, so instead resorts to idle threats! lmao!
It would be wise for you to check your OWN comment history, when it comes to name calling little buddy!
Jody, Iowa said:
According to Brianb, #1.29, he relies on information that went viral--you know, if it's written somewhere, it's fact so be sure to repeat it and hope no one catches the lie.
Not relying on anything at all. The woman in the video actually believed that Obama provided her the cell phone. She was extremely clear about it... but not only that, she is spreading the message out at every Romney rally in Ohio. She and about 65 others are being bussed around Ohio as protesters at Romney events. She's telling people that she will lose her cell phone if Romney becomes president.
I'm only the messenger Jody... I am not the LIBERAL spreading the message... but I am the conservative showing how liberals believe certain things, spread them around in order to discredit conservatives... even if they are false. The cell phone president isn't correcting this... even though it would be a golden opportunity for him to set the record straight... I guess Mr. cell phone doesn't want to influence his voting base by saying the woman is lying. He can't have none of that, can he?
Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL said:
Isn't that precious?
BB can't defend himself, so instead resorts to idle threats! lmao!
Idle? OK... not so idle... good old copy and paste in an e-mail to First Read will show who's being idle. I'm all in favor of a non-rehabilitated convict for re-institutional corrective surgery. Tick Tock... as you liberals say...
Now you did it!
You've got me shaking in my stiletto's... lmfao!
Siri...you wouldn't vote for Obama if everyone was employed and millionaires!!! if you, Like I held the Republicans responsible for playing politics with the lives of the American people by filibustering every bill that would have improved the economy and unemployment then we wouldn't be having this discussion!!!
The only way Romney can win Pennsylvania is to disenfranchise millions of voters and rig the polls...Like every other Republican who believes in "Freedom and Democracy" LOL!!!
I certainly hope he does. We cannot take another 16Trillion dollar term out of Obama
Funny because even Rasmussen ( the conservative leaning poll) favors Obama 51 to 39 with 7% undecided.
Positively Mitt Street
You got a lotta' nerve to say you are my friend,
When I was down, you just stood there grinning.
You got a lotta' nerve to say you got a helping hand to lend,
You just want to be on the side that's winning.
You say we let you down, you know it's not like that,
If you're so hurt; Why then don't you show it?
You say you lost your faith, but that's not where it's at,
You have no faith to lose and you know it.
I know the reason that you talk behind our back,
You want to be among the crowd we're in with.
Do you take half of us such fools to think we'd make contact,
With one who tries to hide what he don't know to begin with?
You see us on the street, you always act surprised,
You say, "How are you? Good luck."; but you don't mean it.
When you know as well as we, you'd rather see us marginalized.
Why don't you just come out once and scream it?
No, I don't feel that good when I see the heartbreaks you embrace.
It would be a relief if you'd just drop them.
And now I know you're dissatisfied with your position and your place,
Don't you understand, it's not my problem.
I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes,
And just for that one moment, I could be you.
Yes, I wish that for just one time, you could stand inside my shoes,
You'd know what a drag it is to see you.
(apologies to Bob Dylan)
Mitt believed the discriminatory photo ID law would secure the win for him in Penn.
GOP enacted this law based on their allegation of voter fraud...which turned out to be committed by GOP itself, as recent news has revealed.
The GOP state party chair in Penn was ecstatic that GOP is going to win it in Penn finally with that Photo ID law.
Feisty, Your screen name says Roselle, Il. Yet your posts scream Cabrini Green.
Republicans are registering dead people to vote in Florida.
Make sure to double check your vote in your state. They are trying to rig the elections.
Obama administration did see an increase in debt, but only 5 trillion ( not that that is good...). The rest has been carried over from the previous administrations.
Hey Mitt,
I live in PA and you won't win here.
Colleges such as Penn State have issued expiration labels for their students' photo ID cards. Now these students can again use them to vote.
Commonwealth Court may yet rule against your PA Republican allies' attempt to limit voting among our non-driving population, mostly lower income people in Philadelphia (a Democratic stronghold).
And your 47% comments didn't win you any friends here among retirees, disabled, lower income folks, and middle income workers with kids and others who support help for those in need so they can make ends meet.
We are tired of war and many are worried that you talk like you want another one.
And your economic plan (if you can call changing tax laws to help rich an economic plan) does not seem like it will produce many new jobs.
Pennsylvania for OBAMA in a landslide.
No you're not.
Red.
Do they have a Pennsylvania in Fantasy Land too?
I agree. It is almost painful. Mitt's campaign belongs on that show America's Dumbest.
Yes, please. No butter, it's bad for the heart.
Let's see. Mittens is going to have a smaller Government BUT he is going to add at least 100,000 military people. Problem with that Mitt, is like you, rich kids, don't go in the military.
How about you take some personal responsibility Brian? You got called out on your lie about the phones, but you state you will still call the POTUS "The cell phone president". Typical RWNJ , ignore facts, deflect. Dang Brian, you still haven't found a job? Keep your chin up, chimney cleaning seasons coming up!
No, Mitt, you won't win in Pennsylvania. We are tired of Republicans with big promises and little delivery. We elected Mr. Corbett as our governor, who was going to bring prosperity to our state, primarily through gas and oil production. Well, they are drilling all over our state, but because of the Republican state congress, and our governor, we derive no revenue from it, and nothing is changed except the cuts for public education in this state making it harder for those with less to go to state operated colleges. We elected Mr. Kelley as our local Representative, and he has so far proven to be a bag of hot air with little to show for his blustery ways. Our local state representative is big on cutting funding for education (in support of the governor), but doesn't mind collecting his pay check, per diem to cover his "expenses", as well as his vehicle reimbursement and receiving a fabulous health plan.
One does wonder if Mitt is alluding to our voter ID law as the secret that will win Pennsylvania. Through a Republican controlled state government, we have a voter ID law, although there was no evidence of voter fraud. Folks most likely to be effected by this would probably be voting Democrat. It will be interesting to see.
The greatest threat to Romney/Ryan is the TRUTH and VOTER TURNOUT.
I wonder why Ryan is simultaneously trying to keep his seat?
The only thing Obama has to repeat - over and over again.
What are you hiding in our tax Returns Romney? What are you hiding?
--
shaak322
Hey Mitt,
I live in PA and you won't win here.
What an idiot. He thinks he speaks for the whole state. LMFAO
@border joe
No, Obama was not disbarred. This is another of those Internet myths that are circulated by his political opponents. When it became apparent to him (and to his wife, also a lawyer) that he was no longer going to actively practice law, since he was going into politics, he allowed his law license to lapse. Michelle Obama did the same. Both are now on "inactive" status, but since they both left the legal profession in good standing, they could return to it any time they want to, and would only need to do what is required to update their qualifications and pay the fee for renewal.
trouble46544 - Interesting since Cabrini Green has been gone for over 2 years. Little mental midgets like you clearly can't keep up!
Feisty - you do attract the desperate ones - trouble 46544 and Brianb. I'd change perfumes if I was you!
Obama/Biden 2012
Pennsylvania is turning more conservative each day. We have a conservative governor and we will vote Conservative come November.
sirie
Wrong again you guys keep holding on to that 8% unemployment number But you never look at the double digit unemployment record that Reagan and Geo Sr had and as for JR I Think they must have cooked the books because it had to be over 9-10%
I get such a kick out of reading comments by RomBots like border joe! ROTFLMFAO!!!
It's gong to be real QUIET around here after November 6th when he and his little RomBot buddies get turned-off by the GOP machine.
Seriously border joe, you cannot honestly look at the pols, and the news and still believe that Mitt Romney has any chance at all of winning this election. So, stop with the propaganda already and just start being honest for a change, okay?
[Don't you realize that Obama has provided CELL PHONES to the dependent people in Cleveland Ohio?]
So, not only is Brian a freeloader (Mitts words, not mine) he is a LYING freeloader?
I'm shocked...SHOCKED I tell you!
Oh how you have devolved, Brian...
By the way, find a job yet?
Brian,
I want to respond to your comment #1.38, to wit:
well if a person can't take personal responsibility for obtaining a necessary piece of documentation, then I guess they lose out of all those free perks given away by the government. We all know how liberals are against personal responsibility
My mother, who is in her late 80's and always votes, no longer drives. She is retired and, yes, in addition to her pension, she collects a very small Social Security check (less than $40 per month). Since she no longer drives and is in Florida, she hasn't renewed her Michigan Driver's License.
She has always voted, and most times, she has voted for the Republican candidate.
Are you suggesting that my parent does not deserve her right to vote, her social security check and medicare (which is supplimental to the insurance from my father's former employer) because she has no need for a driver's license any longer?
Don't you think you need to rething your position?
You're the joke, Border Joe.
Is there anyone angrier than Brianb? He rages all around the room, blaming everyone but himself for his unhappiness, his unemployment. He appears to be becoming less coherent by the day.
Lost in the Shuffle: You're wasting your time trying to reason with an unreasonable person. Brianb doesn't care for facts--unless they're his own--patent fabrications from the workings of his deranged mind.
Hang it up Mitt -- you're toast!!!!
michigan northerner - excellent explanation. Both the President and Michelle Obama would have had to take continuing education courses and pay very high insurance in order to keep their licenses current. As you posted, they chose to go inactive until they return to private life.
Obama/Biden 2012
So tell us Republicans -- if the polls are so wrong, why is Mitt changing the tune in his campaign? He hasn't mentioned Romney-care for at least a year. Now he's talking about it. Why?? Do you suppose it's because his 'internal pooling data" is showing he's way behind? Has it ever occurred to any of you Republicans that every candidate, be they Democrat or Republican, says something like "well - the polls don't matter" or 'we don't pay any attention to polls" when they're trailing in the polls? Romney is in deep sh-t and he knows it.
Real Clear Politics is often cited by both FOXNEWS and NBCNEWS as a current source for reliable averaged polling data at every level of American politics.
Real Clear on Thursday afternoon reduced the number of total 'toss-up states' still in play at the national level to seven.
Only Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada, and New Hampshire have yet to be placed in either their Obama or Romney camps.
Beyond that, of the forty-three states no longer considered toss-up, Obama can lay claim with relative certainty to receiving 265 electoral votes to Romney's 191, and everyone knows that 270 electoral votes wins the Presidency outright.
So there it is.
Assuming the present trajectory of the race continues, by winning any ONE of the six largest remaining toss-up states, when added to the total number of electoral votes from states no longer deemed toss-up by Real Clear Politics, the election could most certainly be declared essentially decided. Only tiny New Hampshire with four electoral votes by itself could not push Obama over the top.
At present, Obama leads in ALL SEVEN of the remaining toss-up states.
In FL, with 29 electoral votes, the lead is 3.2% and holding.
In NC, with 15 electoral votes, the lead is 1.1% and holding.
In VA, with 13 electoral votes, the lead is 3.7%, down by 0.4% overnight.
In CO, with 9 electoral votes, the lead is 2.9% and holding.
In NV, with 6 electoral votes, the lead is 3.8% and holding.
In IO, with 6 electoral votes, the lead is 3.6% and holding.
In NH, with 4 electoral votes, the lead is 3.0%, up by 0.5% overnight.
If the President takes ANY ONE TOSS-UP STATE from among Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada, or Iowa.....the race should be, but for some major unforeseen game-changing event, effectively over. Done. Fini.
Conversely, for Romney to pull off an upset, he has NO CHOICE but to win, at minimum, ALL SIX of the largest remaining toss-up states. ALL SIX.
A herculean task for Mr. Romney, to be sure. In Paul Ryan’s world, however, and with all apologies to his oft-quoted mentor, Ayn Rand, the task might come down to the degree to which Atlas shrugs.
Romney Win PA, are you kidding? Just watched one of his stump speeches, I could hardly muster the stamina to keep watching it as it was so pathetic. What a pandering and insincere bafoon, with the male version of a Palin blackboard screech for speech!
Quite frankly, I am surprised it's only a 10 point spread in PA. As a matter of fact, I am even surprised that Romney leads in the so called red states like Texas. Money can buy a lot of things, but I do not think it will buy Romney the Presidency. How can one listen to this man and not realize that he's as much presidential material as would be Sarah Palin?
I love it.
I love the confidence of a man who proclaims he's going to win the one state where the G.O.P. was deliberately trying to tamper with who could and couldn't vote.
You know... After the performance of Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai when he detailed his list of legislative accomplishments by including: "Voter ID, which is going to allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania: Done.
Now, Romney's in the state proclaiming he's going to win it. How does that make you Pennsylvanians feel? I'd be a little pissed.
Mitt should run for President of the Cayman Islands - he would probably win.
I'm starting to believe Romney has NO chance of winning anything. The man seems to be a complete dufus.
Random Pennsylvanian:
Can you really say we are better off with the conservative Republican controlled government we have here in Pennsylvania? They have had control long enough to have made a difference, yet nothing has changed. Corbett promised great things, has a majority in both the House and Senate, and nothing changes. They are drilling across the state, yet he will not allow any type of income to be derived from the process. He feels that the business that comes along with drilling is enough. Problem is, the boom will be over, the wells and pipelines will be in place, and while our environment is forever disrupted, we have gained nothing. Mike Kelley, our Washington representative is a bag of hot air, continually making crazy claims, but again, he has become part of the do nothing Republican House. Our local representative to Harrisburg is Mr. Roae, who like the rest, has also done nothing. Oh yeah, he favors increasing state school tuition while he and his cronies make drastic cuts to our state schools. I have yet to see them cut the cost of government in Pennsylvania, however, the state with the second most expensive government in the nation.
The political pundits and just about everybody else has been telling Romney that Mitt Robme cannot win on a campaign against Obama alone, that Robme has to have his own message about how and why anyone should vote for Mitt Robme.
But, in Robme's case, the Republican Plan is "Top Down" meaning the rich get loaded up with more tax cuts, and everybody else who can least afford it get's loaded "down" with the Country's debt.
So far, I haven't heard any reason why anyone (other than the rich) should vote for Mitt Robme. He's a JOBS CREMATOR and has specialized in seizin retirement plans (like Social Security and Medicare) and his running mate is a Teagagging commie.
Obama/Biden 2012
Mitt has nothing to lose by saying he is going to win Pennsylvania. He's going to lose, anyway. He might as well claim he will win Massachusetts, Mordor, and Hogswarts, for all the good it will do him.
The REAL reason they're optimistic is because they think the voter suppression law they passed in Pennsylvania "will allow Governor Romney to win" the state, just like that one GOP politician bragged. Anyone who's interested in the survival of democracy in American should pray that they're wrong.
The people of Pennsylvania will not be Voting for Romney, they are smarter then that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joe, you're an idiot. No president in American history has EVER released their college transcripts...what makes this President different?
Joe, you're an idiot. The Fast and Furious documents were sealed by a Grand Jury before the AG refused to turn them over (illegal for him to do so) and before the President claimed Executive Privilege.
Joe, you're an idiot. Why would an American President...any American President release the cable communication between an Ambassador and the Administration?
Joe, you're an idiot. The rest of your rant is nonsensical.
Finally, Romney gets some math right. Currently he has a 2.9% chance of wining Pennsylvania. That makes his statement the closest thing to the truth he has said.
Looks like joe is very desperate to be an echo chamber for the Fox !!!!
ForePlinger:
I think Bob would understand.
And approve.
TO: trouble46545 who wrote
[In response to shaak322 who wrote: Hey Mitt, I live in PA and you won't win here.]
Shaak can't speak for the whole State, but it is obvious that Shaak knows more about the history of the State of Pennylvania than you do.
Pennsylvania hasn't gone to a Republican Presidential Candidate in Decades!
Obama/Biden 2012
The polls in Pennsylvania have consistently shown Obama in the lead since 2011. Registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by a million voters in Pennsylvania.
The Obama campaign has a strong grassroots presence in the state, while Romney and his surrogates have primarily been seen here on TV.
I think Romney is whistling past the graveyard. Or maybe his dancing horse kicked him in the head.
Brianb, I would explain the details of why the photo ID requirement amounts to voter suppression, but you a.) wouldn't recognize the truth and b.) wouldn't accept the truth, so I won't waste my time. I have already explained it in detail in earlier comments.
We are going to win Pennsylvania!
And then 2 of His aids rushed to His side with a glass of water, and 2, 1000 Mg Prozac pills, which Willard quickly gulped down, then, went on with His fairy tale.
Sure hope Citizen Romney isn't counting on help from Strategic Allied Consulting of Tempe, Arizona, like he did in Florida, with their registering of the dead to vote.
Zombies are notorious for voting Independent!
shaak doesn't have to speak for the whole state, only enough voters for Obama to win it.
That is incorrect. Corbett is unpopular. Pennsylvania voter registration statistics as of September 24, 2012:
Brianb post 1.5
The Cell phones really aren't provided by Obama. The funding comes from the taxes on calls collected to aid the elderly and disabled who are in financial need and would benefit from a reduced bill. Some years ago (before Obama) Congress made it okay to offer phones with 200 minutes on it instead of paying to reduce the cost of land lines. What has happened is that Obama or an Obama supporter set up a web site under Obama's name to help people get these phones. They are probably entiled to them, but they are led to believe that Obama is providing it to them.
Oh yes, unless I forget the other punch line on that lady. She was being paid $11.00 per hour by the unions to follow Romney as a protester.
This is about as bad as people hiring professional mourners.
How can this race possibly be tied, or with Obama ahead? Where are they taking the polls, the inner city areas of each state? What the hell are people thinking? Romney should be up at least by 75% to Obama's 25%. What is it the people like about Obama's record anyway?...
Over 8% unemployment for a record 43 months in a row? FAIL
Over $16 trillion in debt and counting? He increased it five trillion rather than reduce it five trillion as promised. FAIL.
Over 14% unemployment for blacks? FAIL
Anemic economic growth? FAIL
No budget for the past three years as required by the Constitution? FAIL
Solyndra FAIL and cover-up (or at least no due diligence) that cost taxpayers over half a billion dollars?
FAILURE to protect our embassy in Libya resulting in the deaths of four Americans, and the cover-up afterward.
Fast and Furious FAILURE, resulting in the death of a boarder control officer and the cover-up by the Obama administration. Holder held in contempt of Congress.
This presidency is a failure and it is time for Americans to realize it and vote for a man that is highly qualified to lead us out of it, Mitt Romney.
Pennsylvania, PLEASE help us and do what is right. Vote Obama out.
Re: Pennsylvania Republican Governor Tom Corbett,
Both candidates for the office of Pennsylvania Attorney General have called for an investigation into Corbett's role in the Jerry Sandusky Child Abuse Scandal at Penn State. Corbett himself was Attorney General from 2005 to 2011.
Kaybeetoys:
Your name is fantastic. While most are not aware, KayBee Toys was a successful small toy store that operated mostly in malls. They were doing well with a lot of cash. Bain saw this, bought them with a small amount of Bain money and a lot of investment bank money, looted them of the cash, and saddled them with debt. The debt was too much, they went into bankruptcy and were subsequently liquidated. While Toys R Us owns the name, I doubt we will ever see this nice little store operate again.
This is the type of economy Romney envisions. He does not create jobs, he has a track record of buying businesses, looting them of cash reserves, and causing a subsequent bankruptcy.
Thanks for the shout-out, John in NW PA! And thanks for remembering a great little toy store. Your account of the looting and destruction of Kay Bee Toys is correct...in addition, 15,000 employees lost their jobs.
I'm in complete agreement with you about Romney. He is not presidential material.
I hope you're working on the campaign to re-elect President Obama in NW PA!
Brian B. post 1.18
For years Republicans couldn't understand why requiring an photo ID was vote supression. They thought it was so paid voters can go to multiple polls to vote, or dead people could vote.
The real reason is that it will make get out the vote operations more difficult. You see, when their base is not very motivated to vote. By there poll watchers, they would know if people weren't turning out, especially in closely contested races and issues. IF they understood people weren't turning out in numbers they deemed safe by about noon on election day, they put on an aggressive coordinated effort to contact people and provide transportation to get these voters to the polls. Once voter Photo I.D. is in place, it will require a person to keep a current photo I.D. so they could vote. This will derail a lot of registered democrats that already made a decision not to vote, and thus not have a valid Photo I.D. on election day.
Put Simply, they will be less able to collect and transport a lot of people to vote who really didn't care to vote, but they are reasonably certain would vote for the Democrat.
Sorry Democrats, It hurts the Republicans too, so grin and bear it. It is far better to have a photo I.D. requirement to promote one vote for each person who is an of age and a citizen than to add in votes from people who aren't valid and cannot be rescinded.
Jim Sepa
Don't worry, Romney won't visit downtown Philadelphia, but he will be in several of the suburbs.
Will he take Pennsylvania? Well, both the Democrat and Republican polls have PA as a dead heat as of this week (Obama +1 point). In 2008, Western Pa was leaning McCain.
Since that time Obama has been causing the shutting down coal mining operations (that is like shutting down the auto industry in Ohio and Michigan. These are high paying jobs in Western, PA that will go if Obama continues what he has started. Yes, I know a few people who voted Obama in 2008, they are voting Romney in 2012.
Why?
Koch Bros have ample funds to pay for hackers to do
You are severely misinformed. The Koch Brothers win no matter who is in office. You know them as making money off Oil. Oil is the biggest money maker, but does not make half of their fortune. They are also heavily invested in designing and advising industry on how to comply with with federal environmental regulations. They are also heavily invested in agriculture.
They did this by being innovative and providing answers where no one else could get them. If you think they give a lot to republican causes, they do. But they give several times the amount of political donations, to hospitals, and research to finding cures for human diseases.
Myths? No, lies!
But then, when your talking points are soooo weak that you have to force people to attend, I guess you take whatever you can get! That includes lies! Face it, if Mitt had any support, he wouldn't have to lie, would he? And that is Mitt Romney's problem, isn't it? Nobody supports him, unless they are forced to.
A group of coal miners in Ohio feel they would have been fired if they did not attend an Aug. 14 event with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and contribute to his campaign — and to make matters worse, they lost of day of pay for their trouble.
Doesn't anyone else see the problem with this?
Eric post 1.52.
I think you need to read the whole story. One person who was being paid to recruit new voters, was cheating to get a paycheck. That not only got him fired, but the company got fired for not adequately screening people they hire.
DB, are you aware that it is not hard to get a fake photo ID just about anywhere? Only Republicans would use the dubious logic of fake photo ID's to end non-existent voter fraud!
As for your assertion that Obama and Romney are in a dead heat in Pennsylvania...what are you smoking???
John in NW PA. The people I know who work in jobs that cause them to travel in every nook and cranny from Pittsburgh to Erie. They would disagree with you.
DB,
There have been 9 polls conducted in PA between 9/12 and 9/26 (2 week window).
In all 9 polls Obama is leading with a low of +2 and a high of +12 with an avg of +8.0
@DB Akron: Dammit DB; you're never content with one fart and a turd. You always have to leave a great heap and enough stench to wilt all the grass in the valley. I like you DB, but damn!, you,ve got hoggy ways.
Michigan northerner
NO. Both of you are wrong. Obama went to them and voluntarily suspended his license. There are two reasons for this. Rather than pay dues to keep his license current, he can do this if he is choosing not to practice. Once a politician gets a good office, often they never bother to practice again. The second reason is because there were procedings coming that would result in being disbarred. That information will never be released by anyone, so drop the stupid arguing!
"The goal of a company is to make money, whereas the goal of a government is to provide services that are not achievable in the private sector. Romney’s belief that the government is similar to a company explains his dedication to cutting programs that he perceives are “inefficient” because they cost money, even if they effectively help American citizens."
--Annie Rose-Strasser, THINK PROGRESS, 08/31/12 — at
Charlie
Sorry, he's been talking about it all along and being asked about it constantly.
John
Your school budgets are busting at the seems with paying for health care, and ballooning pension plans, just like ours out here in Ohio.
Which crock do you want to be sold?
Out here in Ohio, the legislature passed reduced bargaing rights for the Unions. The Unions got a repeal on the ballot telling the people pretty much that they would lose teachers because the unions lost the right to negotiate teacher numbers. When they won the referendum, the schools promptly put new levies to cover the deficits on the ballots in the spring primaries. Almost all the levies failed, so the schools layed off several thousand teachers. Many districts like Akron Public Schools put another levy on the ballot because they still don't have enough funding. Bet it fails again
Then, there is Wisconsin. The Unions also claimed that if they lost the bargaining rights that more teachers would lose their jobs. What actually happened is that the School budgets started having surpluses so they hired more teachers.
DB,
You can't possibly believe that its been the same. He first started out claiming that Romneycare was a policy for a state specific problem that he solved and for which he thought there was no use at the federal level. Now he's saying based on his experience with Romneycare that he believes there is some merit in Obamacare and that he wont' gut it just for the sake of claiming victory. He said that Romneycare shows that he is compassionate and that he doesn't hate the lower earning class. That's a classic re-invent.
Does anyone else think this goes back to Romney's claim that fact checkers will not dictate their campaign? Do you think he's basically grouping pollsters with fact checkers?
A candidate has said (bragged?) with a smirk during his campaign that he is unemployed, when speaking about the depressed economy and jobs situation.
Could a smart unemployed millionaire claim unemployment benefits or tax relief on his past tax returns, perhaps just to ridicule the tax system after his so-called retrospective retirement, and is now afraid to show those returns? Just askin.
Breaking News 09/28/12 1841 hrs.:
After a news release yesterday that a company hired by Republicans to the tune of $3 million was caught registering dead people to vote, Republicans quickly "fired" the company, averring the GOP "doesn't believe in that sort of thing," at the same time claiming democrats cheat all the time. RIIIIIGHT
Well, now it's turned out this company has been doing exactly the same thing in 9 swing states. 42 separate investigations have been opened.
Do you understand the Mormons have been collecting public death records for over a century, to convert the dead to Mormonism--whether or not anybody wants them to--without even asking permission?
The Mormon Church owns more death records than any agency in the world. That's why so many people use their records when tracing family trees--whether they know it or not.
No wonder Romney is confident he'll win.
Republicans=Cheaters. We were fooled in 2000, with Florida's 'hanging chads.' We were fooled again in 2004. Now the Kochs are paying people to vdeotape voters as an intimidation tactic--also a federal felony offense.
No backing away, no backing down. We won't be fooled again. And if the Kochs rig the game electronically, we WILL be in the streets. America is not yet a banana republic--although the GOP keeps trying.
Sen. Boxer says if you feel intimidated when you go to vote, immediately contact the local office of the FBI--Intimidation is a federal felony. Take the number with you--look it up before you go.
I guess PA now gets the pleasure of watching numerous attack adds for the next month.
A hint for Romney I would like to hear details on how you would fix the problems.
I wonder if those going along with voter suppression understand that eventually, as they used say in the old joke , It will be their turn in the barrel.
Think Camptown Racist...er...Races...one, two, three, four...
The Koch Bros bought the Ryan Team,
Booyah, booyah.
Nitt-Witt Mitt's just there for gleam,
All the Booyah day.
All the the Mormons pray,
That Mitt, will not dismay;
They bet their stash on Ryan and Mitt,
But he'll give himself away.
Debates in Oct are on the way,
Booyah, booyah;
Mitt will state and then restate,
All the Booyah day.
All the Mormons pray,
That Mitt will not dismay;
They bet their stash on Ryan and Mitt,
But he'll give himself away.
Obama's ninth but Romney's first,
Booyah-booyah;
Mitt rehearsed the script relayed,
All the Booyah day.
All the Mormons pray,
That Mitt will not dismay;
They bet their stash on Ryan and Mitt,
But he'll give himself away.
Economy and our health care,
Booyah, booyah;
Role of G'mnt and Governing,
All the Booyah day.
All the Mormon's pray,
That Mitt, will not dismay;
They bet their stash on Ryan and Mitt,
But he'll give himself away.
Nitt-Witt Mitt soon on display,
Booyah, booyah;
Backtrack, regroup and souffle,
All the Booyah day.
All the Mormons pray,
That Mitt will not dismay;
They bet their stash on Ryan and Mitt,
But he'll give himself away.
Brian .... delusional at best ... just like romney, lies and foot in mouth disease ... everything brian said has been turned over with facts .... give it up brian ... just like mitt is doing ....
OBAMA 2012
How dare Romney assume he's going to win any state. The gaul, the wanton hubris!
The clear message here: stay home you fiscal conservatives - Obama, the Big Deficit Maker, has this one in the bag. He is universally loved and admired for his work making us all "richer" since he's been in office.
And isn't that what an election is about? A father-figure President whose sole purpose is to make your life better?
Mitt, "Actions speak loud than words!" Not having run any ads. in Penn. shows you believe the polls. Don't even both! If this shows your insight, if you were to become president, God save us all!
The reason wicked Willard spouts this is because he apparently have lackeys working on FRAUD VOTING! Check the link below. Nathan Sproul is not only doing criminal work in my state but apparently in others states as well....
http://www.politicolnews.com/nathan-sproul-fraud-voter-registrations-in-10-florida-counties/
So, the MORE REASON everyone who does not want to be UNDER the RULE of the lying hypocrite Mormon bishop hiding his money in Cayman and other countries to avoid taxes, NEEDS to GET OUT THERE AND VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS ALL ACROSS THE BOARD. REMOVE THE USELESS TEABAGGERS IN CONGRESS AND SENATE OUT. REMEMBER, McCain and 39 GOP senators voted against the Veterans Jobs Bill, vs all Democrats did. We can't let these vile people get paid a salary who have not earned it. They are doing their constituents a disservice.
IF Romney wins PA, it will be because they suppressed the vote.
Voter suppression laws are aimed at Democrats to prevent exactly the same brand of voter fraud of which the Republicans are guilty as hell.
Please God---please don't tell me the people of Pennsylvania are stupid. PLEASE!
I really like that State.
B 19--/Congratulations,your lesson anything he can do I can do better,has been learned. Now ,try and learn the meaning of the word Liberal. You may be shocked to learn that in political circles there are many Liberals in all parties,or maybe you just hate compromise in government . The only way that you might get that and even that is doubtful is in a one party system. Do you subscribe to the old time Russian Communist claim that under the system that you prefer that no-one needs a two party system because we represent all of you and do our best for you so just shut up you get what you deserve!
Right, listoire!
Or, as H.L. Mencken once said,"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
border joe..well, if you want to shake out Obamas trees then make sure you shake out Romneys also..lets see where everyone falls then. So far , Romney has made different statements everywhere he has talked...he has also made the claim of not changing anything for the elderly..but..that is not what his own platform calls for...and it does not follow his own statements. How can he or anyone ballance the budget with even more tax cuts..unless you are going to write the middle class , the poor and the elderly off....best hope you never gain the elderly thing.
DB is certainly in the mood to pontificate on here today, isn't he? He is amazing - to himself.
Mitt the Twit says he's going to win in November. This is just further evidence of how out of touch he is. When President Obama wins in November, will you Repugs, cons, and Tea Baggers THEN admit that there is nothing wrong with the polls. You are just losers and don't want to admit it. Also, I would like to address the people who are worrying about how "their" tax dollars are being spent. Newsflash: THEY AREN'T YOUR TAX DOLLARS!!! When I go to the gocery store and hand the clerk my $20 bill at that moment it ceases to be mine. I get the groceries. When you pay your tax dollars they cease to be yours. You get police, fire, and military protection. You get roads, bridges, and infrastructure. You get the things government is supposed to provide. If the grocery store I go to decides to remodel, I can't go to the manager and say, "I don't like the way you are spending my money with this remodel." It isn't mine. If I don't like it I can quit shopping there. If you don't like what the spending priorities, then start winning elections, move to another country, or shut up.
All polls indicate that Pennsylvania's heavily for Obama at 50 percent, to 39 percent for Romney.
So he says he and the GOP are going to win Penn State?
Is Romney getting delusional? Has he been sniffing that magical unicorn flying dust made by GOP elephant dung, again?
http://articles.philly.com/2012-09-27/news/34103616_1_pollster-g-terry-madonna-pennsylvania-voters-polls-by-other-organizations
In a recent interview with TV station KTVN in Nevada the epicenter of liberal thought in the USA Ann Romney said she worried about her husbands "mental well-being". She was worried about the emotional part. If the person who knows Willard the best worries about his mental well-being and his emotional state shouldn't all of us be concerned.
DB,
If the republican't party is going to hire voter registrations firms like this I wonder how they would ever be able to run the country legally without fraud?
And look at the waste of $. 10 counties now in Florida report voter registration irregularities from the party that wants to stop voter fraud!
DB,
If the republican't party is going to hire voter registrations firms like this I wonder how they would ever be able to run the country legally without fraud?
And look at the waste of $. 10 counties now in Florida report voter registration irregularities from the party that wants to stop voter fraud!
DB,
By the way! I've looked on FOX for reporting of this voter fraud taking place and it doesn't exist so far. LOL "Fair and Balanced!" ha ha ha!
One wrong move at the debates and Willard is really toast. If he does good, he'll come in second anyways, but not as far as the polls say now. With his temper showing, and repeating the Reagan slogan, "Are you better off", it will backfire on him and drop his poor likeability numbers into single digits.
It wouldn't surprise me if Willard and company don't try and grease the palms of those who could rig the election in their favor. Money=votes in their opinion, and what a shame it would be if the will of the people was compromised.
DB:
The solution to our school budgets is not a simple matter where "union busting" is the solution. I really wish it was as simple as that. We have fewer students with too many schools. Schools need to be closed, old schools need to be renovated or replaced and that costs money - lots of money. As we are a rural area, we have to transport students to school by bus. As anyone who has a car and buys gas knows, this is not getting cheaper. Our schools have a much larger role these days. They provide breakfast, provide support to children with emotional and behavioral problems, have to purchase more and more expensive equipment (think computers vs. the blackboards of the "old" days) and so on. I would propose that there are many factors busting the seams of the school budgets, and that focusing only on unions is simplistic.
I have school age children, and am aware of the situation from both the parent point of view as well as a taxpayer point of view. I am paying school real estate taxes both on my home and my business.
Having school age children, I have great respect for our teachers and feel they earn every penny they are paid. You can argue this point, but I suspect that those people wishing to reduce teacher income and benefits either have not been near a school in years, have little understanding of the importance of education and place little value on those teaching our children. You can use anecdotal arguments against our teachers, but if you are realistic, you understand the need to pay our teachers appropriately.
Health insurance premiums are tough on the school budget. Shoot, they are tough on my business' budget. So we should take it out on our teachers and other school workers? How about we reform healthcare instead, kind of like what Obamacare is doing? Let's not take it out on workers as the GOP would do. Let's continue to fix healthcare.
How about the way we finance our schools? Ohio has a lot of shale gas, just like Pennsylvania. I don't know if Ohio gains any revenue from well drilling and gas production, but we don't get much in PA. Our Republican governor and Republican controlled legislature has seen to that. Not only do we not gain at the state level, but they have passed legislation that makes it impossibly difficult to do this at the local level. Lots of money being made by the various components of the natural gas industry, but little money into the state coffers. Seems to me that could be a source of revenue for our schools. You are going to argue that I am promoting a tax, and you are right. For the privilege of drilling in PA and gaining significant revenue for your company, you pay a small fee (tax). This could go to financing our public schools.
Better yet, let's change the way we finance our schools. Let's get away from the real estate tax. The Republicans were swept to power, partly because they indicated they would do just that. Nothing has happened, just like in the Republican controlled House in Washington. We could implement a state wide sales tax and abandon the real estate tax, but that would require work and controversy, and I don't think the GOP has the stomach for it.
So anyway, it's just the way the GOP seems to be working. Start an emotional argument as a way to solve a complex problem. Avoid solving the problem, and maybe even obstruct those that do and then try to find a way to blame them. When you do promote a solution it will benefit the well-to-do, and further deteriorate the middle class.
So, DB, I hope the voters in PA are smart enough to see through the Romney/Ryan charade. They won't win Pennsylvania, and hopefully no where else.
Polls, schmools .... "we're going to win because I said so" said Whiney Mittens to the air .... who needs facts??????
Obama/Biden 2012
Well, it was guaranteed to him by the legislature.
"We’re going to win Pennsylvania. We are going to take the White House."
Only in your dreams.
Obama/Biden 2012
'We're going to win Pennsylvania'
Funny, Rick Santorum said the same thing.
The Romneys are like children......kinda "you promised".....and then of course their sense of entitlement....."It's our turn"!..........
Perhaps the real GOP establishment (what's left of it)....figures this is the only way to rid itself of Willard...let him get out there and lose.
Mitt's faith in the voter suppression law passed here is misplaced. Pa will be solidly for President Obama and will re-elect Senator Casey as well.
I have heard that Ryan reminds people of Eddie Muster, but is it me or does Obama look like curious george?
"Still, this is a county that has been reliably Democratic in past presidential elections. President Obama won Delaware County 60-39 percent over John McCain."
Hey,gang, that's MY county we're talking about, so listen up! That stunning 60-39 percent win will probably unfortunately NOT be repeated this year, since the 2008 campaign also included countless miles and blood, sweat, and tears (all literally) poured into canvassing and getting out the vote by a certain poster here who shall remain modestly nameless. Sadly, a number of factors beyond her control are limiting her participation this year, and she is both dismayed and frankly, inconsolable over that fact. So look for Delaware County, PA to be MUCH closer this year.
So instead of 60% to 39% this year, I'll go with 59.999% to 39%. And yeah, I know that doesn't add up to 100%. Lots of Ron Paul signs over in Lancaster County!
At least the thought of Romney winning the Presidency is a dream.
The thought of Obama winning re-election, is an all out nightmare for most hardworking, patriotic Americans!
DEMOCRATS FOR ROMNEY!!!!!
Obama winning re-election is just the start, ZMan - after that, you get the rest of November, all of December, and four more years beginning January 20th. If you want to avoid that, uh, "nightmare", I suggest you start stocking up on No-Doz, and fast.
P.S. - MOST of us hard-working, patriotic Americans elected President Obama the first time. Where were you that day?
Mitt, Mitt, Mitt, bubala, what have you been smoking? Time for a reality check boychik, it ain't gonna happen unless you do something dramatic.
Ok, you need a game changer and I've got a great idea. Now keep this on the down low, but the French are going to implement a 75% tax rate for the rich. Yeah, no kidding. Aren't you glad you don't have any of your quarter of a billion dollars in France.
Well, I'm thinking we could do the same thing here only we don't want to call it the "French" Tax....what could we call it?....THE FREEDOM TAX! Yeah, that's it, we'll call it THE FREEDOM TAX. 75% on all income derived from salary (and here's the best part) OR investment income. Yeah, that's the ticket.
HA! Who's for 'economic patriotism' now Mr. President?
Waddaya mean you don't like the idea of paying 75% tax? Oooohhh, I get it, you'd have to pay 75% on your income from your off-shore accounts. Yeah, that could bite.
But it sure would be patriotic of you.
Obama/Biden 2012 FREEDOM TAX!
"Lots of Ron Paul signs over in Lancaster County!"
Really? Show me where. Lancaster County has more Romney signs than Obama, but I haven't seen any Ron Paul signs.
Steeler Fan- Senator Casey will not get re-elected. Tom Smith will win by a long shot.
ZMan - you don't speak for MOST hardworking, patriotic Americans!
Obama/Biden 2012
Random Pennsylvanian -
I've seen them along Rt 322 between Honeybrook and Blue Ball and over in Ephrata, and on 501 going up to Lititz. More than a couple of bumper stickers, too.
Oh, and Casey still has a pretty comfortable lead, especially considering that Smith has been advertising 24/7 and I've yet to see a single Casey ad in the Philly market.
Besides, Casey is named Bob Casey. If Mitt Romney changed his name to Bob Casey, he could probably win Pennsylvania, too! ;)
Mitt Romney's FREEDOM TAX (75%) on all income including capital gains!
Now that's economic patriotism!
(I don't think Mitt's going to go for it, how about you Mr. President)
75% tax on the wealthy, it's the patriotic thing to do!
Obama/Biden 2012
A Vote for Romney is a Vote for World war three !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Teabaggers are oblivious to the fact that even the moderate Republican'ts want Obama to win.
Why you ask?
Republican'ts want their party back and their reputation back.
Whatever is left of it.
The GOP is breaking up with the Teabaggers.
There won't be a wedding, sorry.
Obama/Biden: Four more MONTHS! :-)
And four years of misery and a failure of a record in all areas will be over.
...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 28, 2012 13437
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.
Face it! The misery is past! Because Republicans no longer run the country!
"The goal of a company is to make money, whereas the goal of a government is to provide services that are not achievable in the private sector. Romney’s belief that the government is similar to a company explains his dedication to cutting programs that he perceives are “inefficient” because they cost money, even if they effectively help American citizens."
--Annie Rose-Strasser, THINK PROGRESS, 08/31/12 — at
Patriotic American, dont worry, romney is gutless and spineless. If WW111 happens he would not have a place to hide. I guess he could proselytise Switzerland. The coward cant hide behind his mommy and daddy. Maybe he can join the morman tabernacle choir. The puke.
Lancaster County is turning blue. The city itself is reliably blue, with a Democratic mayor and fully Democratic city council. (Which is mostly what makes Lancaster one of the finest small cities in the country.)
Obama signs abound! :)
I'd advise you not to bet any money on that, Random.
You're not planning on supressing the vote, I hope?
*gasp* Could that be his plan? LOL
I have to ask...who will take care of their bastard children? ;)
Exceptionally, in this case Reality has a Liberal Bias.
MittWit doesn't need a fact check. It would only confuse him.
BO,
No wedding??? Phew! If two parties can get married, what's next, toasters??? They have to protect the "sanctity of marriage" you know!
(sarcasm)
What is Amazing is the select few number of Naive Americans who have
beenConned/Fooled by the
republicanCrimeCartelPropagandaMachine. Think about
it... These Very Well monied, SnakeOil Salemen, MittTaxPittanceRommel and his SideKick, Eddie Munster, are The Elitist Thug's economic Hitters Who Caused This Whole Disaster Starting with President Reagan and Most Assuredly Pronounced with KingGeorge The VacuumBrained during his NOTORIOUSLY SHAMEFUL Shrubber Reign2001- 2008. These two Amoral Politaphiles are into Contolling and Manipulating
America in their favor, ACTUALLY Stealing America's economic
power. Research It:
These Republican 1-10% wealthy and corporate Thieves
have OVER $20 Trillion
Dollars, Our Money Stolen From US with Phony Bank
Fees and out and out Acoount Looting, Stashed in Overseas accounts in their
names and registration numbered
foreign accounts. Money needed for
rebuilding America NOT Bloating their elitist
"family wealth" for the future
of their "Little Darlings" SUCH AS Rommels
$48,000,000 Malibu Mansion WITH
an
InHouse Car Elevator for his son's
$180,000 Ferrari. Prez O is the
ONLY Choice. These Elitist rich Thugs calling
themselves "republicans"
belong in Prison NOT in Congress or The WhitHouse.Try
this one on for size:
President Harry Truman in 1948: "The Republicans … will
try to make people
believe that everything the Government has done for the
country is
socialism. They will go to the people and say: "Did you see that
social
security check you received the other day—you thought that was good for
you,
didn't you? That's just too bad! That's nothing in the world but socialism.
Did you see that new flood control dam the Government is building over there
for
the protection of your property? Sorry—that's awful socialism! That new
hospital
that they are building is socialism. Price supports, more socialism
for the
farmers! Minimum wage laws? Socialism for labor! Socialism is bad
for you, my
friend. Everybody knows that. And here you are, with your
new
car, and your
home, and better opportunities for the kids, and a
television set—you are just
surrounded by socialism! Now the Republicans
say, 'That's a terrible thing, my
friend, and the only way out of this
sinkhole of socialism is to vote for the
Republican ticket.'" And, AND!,
AND!!! that was 64 Years Ago!!!. The
republicanCrimeCartel is still doing
the same exploitation of people THEY ARE
NOTORIUS FOR. BUT, according
toKingGeorgeTheVacuumBrained, it is called "free
market" capitalism; with
families in the streets and 25% Unemployment and worse
with
MittTaxPittanceRommel and his buddy EddiMunster. Fellow and Sister
Americans: A vote for ANY republicanCrimeCartelSoldier, Rommel, is a vote
Against Yours and Your Family's Well Being. You Can Take That Advice To The
Bank. Rommel: "That 47% WHO depend on the government- I DON'T CARE ABOUT
THEM. I care about the 1-10%Evil Rich and EVIL EVIL Corporate Rich B@$T@RD$ Like
ME*ME* ME*ME!!! Sister and Brother Americans Rommel and EddiMunster ARE NOT "The
Dynamic Duo" Without A Doubt THEY ARE the DISGUSTING Duo. At Election time
Listen to that InnerVoice, You're Guardian Angel; Let's KEEP Prez O Around the
WhiteHouse; otherwise "Those Two" and their Pals will "CLEAN HOUSE" With US
Payin' The Freight.
If Romney thinks he's going to win in PA, then why has his campaign stopped spending money there? And why has he stopped making campaign stops there?The next pull out states are Ohio and Wisconsin.
Most of you are going to have your right to vote challenged! Har, har, har! And the trees are just the right height!
If they uphold the voter ID law, then he might squeak it out.
Trouble is, the feet are already on the ground getting folks their ID, so PA just may still be in the Presidents' locker.
I'm waiting for the "True the Vote" fascists to show up at the polls, then it will get real interesting, real quick.
"True the Vote fascists" you say?
Imagine, citizens volunteering at the polls to ensure that the partisan election officials follow the law...the nerve of those people..dont they know Democrats have an election to steal?
So will you call those citizen volunteers White Panthers for intimdating everyone by their mere presence?
Folks working very hard to get those voters the proper state sanction supressed ID's, Pa. solid for the PResident.
Obama 2012
Bob in V ... so tell me, who is going to watch the watchers?
Bob, "True the Vote" is an offshoot of the King Street Patriots (a TEA Party Group) which was the group under investigation for voter intimidation during the 2010 election season. Seems (among other things) they sent racially charged emails and flyers to a voter registration group that was focusing on getting minorities and poor people registered.
True the Vote is focused on the VOTER, not the "partisan election officials." Their methods include videotaping citizens at the poll and whatever else it takes to eliminate those folks that THEY conisder to be potentially illegitamate voters.
They practice and advocate racially biased intimidation techniques. Source: http ://www .thenation.com/article/167815/inside-true-vote
Let's see......911 or whatever would be a start perhaps... since 'voter intimidation' is a crime!
True The Vote is a bunch of TeaPeople with nothing else to do.
True the vote's stated goal is to make minority voters " nervous like their driving with a cop behind them while their voting". I hope they get the $hit kicked out of them.
We show up at the early voting sites with dozens of video cameras, and record at will. Makes some people nervous, but it is loads of fun.
Joseph E. Parent
What makes them nervous is that those voters are mostly black folks at the places you choose to show up to"true the vote", and they don't appreciate having a pack of hostile white people giving them the evil eye.
Show up with dozens of video cameras for the express purpose of making people nervous? What are you, the liar James O'Keefe?
Romney's game is over, Pennsylvanians know a loser when they see one, all Romney and Ryan care about is the 1% mega Rich and that is not going to work for hard working Farmers, Pennsylvania was my home state and I'm sure they will do the right thing and not Vote for Romney !!!!!!!
Massachusetts and New Hampshire are VERY familiar with Romney and want no further contact. Both are solid blue states.
If Romney was such a great businessman, he sure has a lot of unsatisfied customers.
Bob, never mind Pennsylvania...you should be worried about Virginia.
Maybe you are, and that is the cause of your ill temper? :)
Have a nice day.
When I was in high school, (and yes, I am old enough to say that), I remember studying the civil rights movement and the struggle to vote, and thinking, "My God, what were those people thinking? I'm so glad times have changed!"
But have they?
I was sitting in one of my grad school classes the other day and we were laying out a timeline of how grass roots, minority driven, movements, legislation, and law enforcement, unfolded over the last century, and when we got to this decade, we started moving backwards on that timeline.
Women, Latinos, immigrants, gays, Muslims, black people, and the poor. Give me an intellectually honest reason why those who belong to these groups should vote Republican and I will tip my hat and do so.
I'll wait...
Doth not enough food fall from the King's table ? Be thee not ungrateful!
Maybe Mitt's been listening to that PA State legislator Turzai: A Voter ID law that will let Romney win Pennsylvania....CHECK.
Voter IDs aren't that expensive. Even the poorest of the poor can afford an ID. I think you are just using that "Voter Suppression" thing as an excuse.
Random - The US constitution prohibits any fee or tax to vote. Your " Even the poorest of the poor can afford an ID" statement is admitting that voter ID laws are unconstitutional.
In Indiana a photo I.D. is free. They will even send a team to your residence and make it for you on the spot.....all free.
Not entirely true Joseph. The voter will need a birth certificate and proof of residency. Those cost money.
It's not the ID that's expensive...it's the required documentation to obtain the ID that can get expensive. SS card and birth certificate can run up to $100.00, depending on the state. You think most welfare recipients have that extra cash laying around?
Romney says he's going to steal the Pennsylvania election with the Voters ID Law, how can anyone vote for a loser like this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The question is not just the cost of the ID. The question is why are Republican run states that put in these unnecessary laws making it so difficult to obtain the IDs. In some of those states, it used to be true that you could get and ID or register anywhere you could get a driver's license, but not anymore.
As a democracy, we should be encouraging participation, but the Republicans are doing their best to discourage any poor and minority voters from participating.
In the tread just above, one of them admits that he and his friends just show up and video tape anyone showing up at early voting booths, simply for amusement...and intimidation.
His spiritual forbears used to stand on street corners and laugh at the men in funny black hats, with long curls behind their ears. But only for amusement, mind you.
lilD
The federal case by a Senior citizen against the photo I.D. Law in Pa because Pa had provided locations to get free I.D.s
The day after the losing the case, the Senior citizen was photographed at a location for a free I.D. the next day.
Massachusetts: Romney vs. Obama Rasmussen Reports Obama 55, Romney 40 Obama +15
C'mon, Rasmussen is the most republican friendly poll out there. His supposed success in Mass is recognized by Mitt, evidently. He is losing by 15 points!!!! Some Governor!
FYI, Random, the state is not charging for a photo ID if the applicant is applying for one as a voter ID. So that's $14 per person that the state is giving away, plus the cost of re-issuing all the state employee ID's and college ID's to add expiration dates. This photo ID scam is going to cost PA taxpayers plenty.
The real issue is the inconvenience of obtaining a photo ID. There are only 70 PennDOT offices in the entire state, some of which are open only one day a week. Some voters will have to travel across three counties to get to an office. Some of these people are elderly, ill, and don't drive.
But why should your great grandma vote? Is that your position, that elderly, handicapped and ill people don't have voting rights?
Consider a move to Arizona, Random. It's always sunny there, and you'll find a lot of your kind.
The question is, why implement these laws at all, if the ID system we have in place now, has given us a .0002% voter fraud rate?
What happened to the presumption of innocence and compelling state reasons?
We don't limit rights on the off chance that there MAY be a problem we don't know about or a problem in the future. We have to have a REASON, a COMPELLING STATE REASON, that we have EVIDENCE OF, to limit rights.
So that being said, how do these laws jive with the whole, "Party of limited government"?
The only way Shiite Robme can win PA is through the voter suppression ID law.
How dare they prevent illegal voters from voting? It is a longstanding Democratic Party tradition...
Bob in VA - a little confused aren't you? It's been PROVED in Florida that the voter fraud is definitely a Republican ploy! LOL!!!
Obama/Biden 2012
Voter ID is the answer!!
Bob---at the state hearing on the voter suppression law, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania STIPULATED (that means admitted as being true in legalese) that it had no evidence of voter suppression to present because there was none. But you knew that, didn't you?
Oh Bob, you only must be watching the Faux phony Mittens kissing butt news. The teabagger repugs in Fla hired a company to register teabagger repugs voters for the election. When the registration cards were checked by the counties boards of elections, they found that most were forged with the same handwriting, phony addresses, phony id info. It was so bad the Fla state central teabagger repug committee fired them because of flagrant voter registration fraud. The teabagger repugs were caught with their hands in the ballot box.
Voter registration fraud is NOT stopped by Voter ID at the polls. They are two separate types of fraud. Conflating the two is inaccurate at best and sophistry at worse.
And oddly enough, the voter registration fraud was caught! Guess those laws work, huh?
Bob in Va,
Notice that seeking sanity put the word "proved" in all capitals to lend it more authority I guess.
Post# 5.2
It's pretty well established, Joseph, caps or no.
Bob in Virginia-5210392
The attorneys for the state of Pennsylvania already admitted that they had zero evidence of any voter fraud in court. So it looks like your just making stuff up yet again. What a surprise.
They think they can do it again. Just keep the darker ones away from the polls.
Bob in Va, this is about Pa . You would be well advised to worry about your own state turning blue. Your BOY will carry neither one.
"We’re going to win Pennsylvania. We are going to take the White House."
Shades of Howard Dean!
all that's missing is a big whooping...
"Yeee-Haaaaa!!!!"
And we all know that moment was the turning point for President Dean...Oh, wait..
dangerfield
"We’re going to win Pennsylvania. We are going to take the White House."
Good one dangerfield, but much better than that is that you get no RESPECT!
Mitt ain't going to win schitt! Pennsylvania is polling strong for President Obama.
But the media has to have a horse-race this far out.
Obama/Biden2012
Voter ID considerations in Pennsylvania . . . Fact is, PA can't issue the IDs at all locations they told the courts they could. Further, there are barriers to the elderly and the handicapped.
http :// articles.philly.com/2012-09-27/news/34128344_1_city-commissioner-stephanie-singer-penndot-centers-penndot-photo
http :// articles.philly.com/2012-08-04/news/33020694_1_voter-id-law-penndot-centers-kurt-myers
http :// triblive.com/news/2263117-74/voter-law-pennsylvania-state-fraud-aichele-capitol-court-mandate-philadelphia#axzz27n0WaOjq
However, in spite of demonstrated issues and proving that the State "fibbed" in its presntation of the ease of gettin g the IDs . . . http ://www .governing.com/news/state/mct-pa-judge-backs-voter-law.html
It is embarrassing to be from Pennsylvania---no early voting at all and now a voter suppression law when there is no evidence of issues of voter fraud. Thanks, Republicans.
Steeler Fan-380417........Ben Franklin had to show his drivers license in order to vote, so should you !
Looks like it's time to beat the tom-toms.
Tom Corbett must go! Tom Smith will be defeated!
Ryan you were raised by the government and made your millions off of the government so go to you corner and sit down.
Ryan, unfortunately, will return to D.C. because he's not giving up his seat in the House. He's hedging his bets. sigh*
If you hitched your star to Romney's wagon, wouldn't you have a Plan 'B'? I sure would.
I'm hoping Ryan will lose both elections, Dee!
nothing for the BOZhussen sheep except name calling and msnbc==banckrupt news, no one tunes them in-- doctored figures!! Not one offer to prove me wrong!!!
your Chicago MOBpolitics of lies, cheat, steal and flip -flop twisting will no longer work!! WE see through your smoke and mirrors.....sOOO SAD for YOU!!your chosen one can NOT run on his lousy record!!! Blame bush, blame a little youtube movie that NO ONE has seen...SHAMEFUL on your part!!
Drink the KoolaAid and chant OHAABHaaaMMaaa, OHAAbHAMMMmaaa!!!
border joe/ I would submit ,ignore author but I can't consider you worth the effort but i would suggest ,to you that you borrow a dictionary,get someone to read,to you some definitions,such as Liberal Pol. and one party systems from a library too should help !.
He was in Virginia when he said that!
if obama loses....
...the obama followers will riot on election night.
pray that obama wins.
You can post all of the hypothetical situations you wish; the rest of us will discuss the facts. Your ignorant supposition isn't worth a comment, but I simply couldn't resist exposing your stupidity...
Keck,,,, I think your hypotheticals are GREAT. Keep them up.
If Romney tries to win by cheating, you had better believe the American people will riot. I'll be right there among them.
Stay home if that happens, Keck. You wouldn't want to muss your hair. Assuming you have any.
Black Philly Mayor is all over this. Been registering for 2 months. Hillbilly elderly in W. PA don't have lisc. They are the votes Willard needs and they aren't giving the Gov. any information. (I'm quoting 18 old women I know personally). One is writing in Wallace for President and can't.
Keck- Glad your praying for President Obama to win, people working hard to make sure that happens. Welcome to the light! ~~~~ Volunteer ~~~~
O&JOE
Romney is buying the electrons in the voting machines, those electrons can't control themselves when a power abuser like Romney takes over the computers.
BIGBEARCATBILL: The real worry is that the Koch brothers somehow won a secret contract to provide electronic voting machines. It won't cost them any big part of their multi-billions to rig the entire election. Maybe that's why Romnut feels so confident?
Vote! Bring some friends, make it a party!
Obama/Biden and a blue, blue Congress--show us your 2009 tax returns, Willard!
The real thing, not a 'summary' from Price Waterhouse you paid to have made up--
Is this speculation? Do you have any further information? Not trying to hassle, but electronic voting does need to be verifiable.
I have to remember my vote confirmation. I'd feel better about the whole process if I could log into a secure website and see my votes confirmed.
Mitt Romney is less popular than a toothbrush salesman in West Virginia.
your mom must be so proud Chad!
[Mitt Romney is less popular than a toothbrush salesman in West Virginia.]
Chad, looks like you struck a (root canal) nerve...sirie must be from WV
That is one poster that you can safely ignore without danger of missing anything at all.
Did you know toothbrushes were invented in WV ? And being from WV I do know the punch line.
Everywhere on the internet are articles on Romney and very little about Obama. I am beginning to think that some in the media are either in love with Romney or very afraid of him.
They are trying to keep us interested in a close race and trying to keep him afloat.
First Romney loses touch with the American people. As the campaign moves forward Mitt loses touch with reality. Hang in the Mitts. I hope he doesn't get a God complex next.
Actually,the primary tenet of the Mormon faith is for people to be 'perfected' and become gods. I Googled Mormonism, learned a lot--scared the bejeezus out of me!
Dee...do NOT be such a Bigot!! If you want to be scared..look into IslamicTerroirist!!
a friend of mine who is Mormon told me to go to LDS.ORG and you can choose any item and learn exactly what they believe!! . As an old Catholic school boy from a border town, I felt the spirit of the Lord more on my computer that i ever got from one of my blessed NUNs---and my NUNs were GREAT!!! I do NOT see how anyone listening to those people speak--Men& Women--can not say they speak with the spirit of GOD!!
But then you are most likely one of those who BOOOed GOD & Israel at the DNC!!!....Sober up and let me know which talk you listened to and tell me how you felt...if there is enough truth in you to be that fair!!!
Mitt. I'll bet you $10,000 you will not win Pennsylvania. That goes for you other righties that are sure the polls are wrong and Mitt will win.
Thats a good bet Stan, my bet is that even romney wouldn't call it.
willard is like bagdad bob! You know, the guy that was claiming saddam was going to crush the american forces as they attacked. He was staing this all the way until they bombed his head quarters. Delusional.
Well, except that most Americans liked Baghdad Bob... Wonder what happened to him...
Lies, damn lies, and statistics.
I hope the GOP is real busy registering dead people in Pa. too. They are gonna need all the dead people. even former democrats, voting for Mitt to pull this off.
Goodbye GOP
From the article above:
This is getting down right sad.
The Governor and his uniformed minions have lost all grasp on reality. They are about to get beaten in one of the most lopsided elections in history, and their delusional, kool-aid, tin-foiled, sheep are showing America just how desparate and class-less they really are.
Simply a shame.
Salud.
... guy ... even the dead people wouldn't vote for romney ...
Tomasgrande I do agree with you and assume that you mean classless as having no class whatsoever Right on!
Earlier today gasoline futures soared over 25 cents a gal. This should put pump prices at their highest this year one week before the election. Anyone who knows anything about futures and how they work will know this is a pathetic republican attempt to sway the election. JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs are the biggest players in the oil futures markets. The rest you figure out. I dont care if gas were to run to $10 a gallon it would not switch my vote to Romney from Obama. Major market manipulations are the only possible way Mr. Romney can win this election and god help us all if he gets into the WH it will be a disaster of major proportions. Have a good day all of you!
put that tin foil hat back on there buddy...
Obama's top two donors in 2008......JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs.
Yes JPM & GS were for Obama in 08 but not this year. Regulations have been clamping down on them so they threw in with repubs this year who will kill any regulations if they get the chance.
There is a silent majority waiting to erupt in 39 days. We don't participate in polls. We hang up on telemarketers and pollsters. We hear Obama saying the lesson he has learned is that you cannot change Washington from the inside. How is another four years be any different?
So, all those polls leading up to the GOP's huge win in 2010, were what? Also false? You all were enjoying the polling leading up to Nov. 2010. Why are they all wrong now?
The polls in 2010 were overwhelmingly Republican, with the average margin in the polls being 7%. The margins this time are much closer. The undecideds are enough to swing the election either way. People like me who did not vote for McCain will go with Romney and make a different in NC where Obama won by 0.3%.
This is so anecdotal and ridiculous. I have hundreds of poll results from the last few months on my side. You have your personal story and people like you. Gee, which one should we believe?
Road Warrior-252445
Sorry my friend, but you're wrong.
At some point you are going to have to understand that the MAJORITY of Americans are Democrats, and the MAJORITY of Americans like President Obama, and the MAJORITY of Americans are intelligent and aren't brain-washed by Faux News, Rush, Beck, or any of the other wacked-out psychos that are distroying America.
You and your minions, are on the losing side in this election, and on all issues concerning what's good for this country.
Salud
Road Warrior - your silent "majority" of 1 will not do much damage - let me assure you!
Obama/Biden 2012
roadW...I agree with you.. I am 1 "white-hispanic" -as obama labeled us- that will NOT vote for him again!!..there are many, many of US!!!
All over my town I see the effect of his LOUSY management!! NO jobs, middle-class dying, homes being lost, gas so expensive you can not fill your tank, food costs rising daily, our soldiers being murdered by the people they are giving freedom to, Mexican Drug Cartels terrorizing the border, Agents being murdered with guns bought with tax dollars while they shoot back with beanbags--Brian Terry. The war now extends along the Mediterranean from Egypt to Syria, our embassy people murdered by the people bOzoHussen and Over-the-Hil'ry put in place, again with NO security...ODD isN't it that they have surrounded themselves with blanket upon blanket, and send others into the fire naked??!!!This craziness in DC has to STOP!!!
I see the defeat, even in the republican comments now. Look republicans, you chose this clown as the representative of your party. His gaffes, and unreal persona were there from the start, and you still chose him. It's nobody's fault but your own. His campaign has been a disaster, poorly run, and he deserves to lose. Blaming others, when his campaign has been amateurish at best, is stupid.
You need to change glasses. What you should be seeing is what most Americans are seeing......the economy stupid.
Hey Dan, talk about blaming others when you support the King of blame!! Poor Obama - nothing is his fault...
"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt
limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government
cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial
assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal
policies. Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and
internationally. Leadership means that, "the buck stops here.' Instead,
Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our
children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of
leadership. Americans deserve better.”
Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006
Its the economy, silly boy. And we have $16 trillion dragging us down to the abyss
How Much Is One Trillion Dollars?
$1,000 billion.
$1,000,000,000,000 (that’s 12 zeros!).
At $42 million per year salery , LeBron James would need to work 23,809 years to earn a trillion.
Average lifespan in the U.S. lasts 2.4 billion seconds.
One billion seconds ago = 1979.
One trillion seconds ago = 29,700 BC.
One trillion seconds from now = 33,720 AD.
HERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT......
Let's say that instead of wasting trillions of dollars on bail outs of too big to fail banks and companies, we took 1 trillion dollars and earmarked it for business loans to American citizens....what kind of an impact might that have had?
I did the math, and it is incredible:
1 trillion dollars would be a $20,000 business loan for.....wait for it.....
50 MILLION Americans !!!!!!!!!!!!
Can you imagine the impact that could have had??
Admittedly, there would be huge difficulties in doling out business loans like this.....but, what if you had committees of retired businessmen in local communities working for gratis who scrutinized such a program, deciding whose business plans are realistic....WITHOUT regard to political correctness, and racial pandering.
These loans could be made over time and have a big impact on the economy, and help many to realize their dreams. Make their own jobs instead of the futility of searching for jobs that aren't there thanks to the sclerotic effect of BIG GOVERNMENT on business hiring in recent years.
Some loans would not get paid back, but what if the government had an equity kicker in the businesses loans were given to? Those that made it would give the government extra money when they bought out the governments shareholdings.
So, this would be stimulus money that would be PAID BACK!
It is an interesting idea, and possibly redundant to the Small Business Administration......so different than the SBA.....controlled by volunteer Americans rather than the government bureaucrats.
It is a darn good illustration of how much money a trillion dollars is.
Think of it, 50 million Americans would be almost every family in America getting a business loan of $20,000.
Of course, it would not be spread evenly...only those who have the ability to start a business would get a loan......but the employment results WOULD effect everybody.
Well, that is my thought.
One more thing, please vote for Romney...I do believe he can address the DEBT BOMB situation AND turn the country around.
If we get another four years of Obama, I do believe the DEBT BOMB situation will very quickly explode on us due to a collapse in confidence by the markets that the DEBT BOMB crisis will NOT be addressed by the Obama 'administration", which is what will happen.
Also, Obama will do NOTHING to take advantage of the huge new oil and gas reserves we have been blessed to find recently, thus squandering this huge resource and opportunity to become energy independent.
Obama is a slave to the enviro-nuts who intend to bankrupt the coal industry (Obama STATED that he intended to bankrupt the coal industry!!) and hold back the oil and gas industry....they only want solar and wind....which just doesn't work.....
......look for hugely escalating energy prices and electric bills prices if Obama is reelected, and a soon developing depression due to the DEBT BOMB exploding.
Duh--recent news states it's cheap and abundant U.S. natural gas that's killing Dirty Coal--not Obama. And good riddance. "Clean coal" is a complete oxymoron.
Btw--there's more drilling happening now under Obama than ever happened under Dubya. READ more
Obama/Biden and a blue, blue Congress--Show us your honest, genuine tax returns for 2009, Willard. (Clue: He'd rather lose.)
All that I ever read from Romney's campaign was Anything he can do I can do better! I know ,or at least surmise what he would like to do and that wouldn't make me change my mind.I have twice in my voting life voted although not in Presidential campaigns, for a Republican,both times because I considered the Democratic contender to be opportunistic. I never regretted either vote but all other times ,as a Liberal Democrat ,have been able able to vote for my party.
I would have expected such senile nonsense from McCain, but Romney surprises us all day after day.