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Obama beat Mitt in a knockout in the 3rd debate... Thus the President has the momentum into Nov. 6, another knockout the voters will deliver to Mitt.
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4 more years.
Yes actually the last debate did matter, to just about everybody except to those in most red states.
Thoughtful thinking Americans knew Romney lied the entire debate, pretending he was a moderate, while this evening he will it spend it with the likes of Cheney and Glenn Beck. Not so moderate after all.
Looks to me like the president is getting very important endorsements. Miami Herald this afternoon. Most of the leaders of the world do not want Mitt as our president because of his lack of foreign policy, obviously.
Romney has Sununu and a bunch of old white guys. That's it.
Yes, the last debate mattered.
The only thing Mitt wanted different in the 3rd debate is horses and bayonets. Other than that, Mitt agreed with the President on most issues - a victory for the President. The president had total command of every important policy as the Commander-in-Chief and Diplomat-in-Chief.
...and a handkerchief to wipe his sweaty brow!
That horses and bayonets thing was too funny!...Willard looked like an inquisitive child!
Mittmentum has died...
On to "O"mentum the next 10 days!
Shout out to JoAnne in PA for the idea! ☺
It was over after the first debate, when we saw the REAL Obama!
NEXT!!!!
sirie - no it was over in the last debate when Romney crawled onto Obama's lap and basically said he agreed with the President's entire foreign policy agenda - even though he had disagreed with it two weeks before!
Obama/Bidn 2012
sirie,
And the real Romney. People only knew what Obama and the media was telling them.
Sirie and thetotas are correct- the only debate that really mattered was the first. Obama was too distracted by the perks of the presidency to bother to prepare- and his campaign's definition of Romney was revealed as a lie for all to see.
The third debate? Well, folks, it's mighty funny that while the snap polls,(when the margin of error is considered), called it a draw- but the focus groups of undecided voters broke for Romney. Well, two of the three were identified as breaking for Romney-including MSNBC's.
Soledad O'Brien would not allow the CNN group to reveal how they were voting- draw your own conclusion.
But, you REALLY want to know if that third debate worked out for Obama? Well, riddle me this:
Would that absolutely unbelievably crass, stupid, I-really-can't-think-of-a-good-enough-adjective, Virginity ad be running if Obama were not desperate?
Would Obama be using gutter language if his internal polls did not show him losing?
Please. All that last debate did was show those watching the president of the United States. And the poseur who has been occupying the job for the last four years.
Aloha, Obama. Enjoy the beaches.
WCA quoting Mitt:
As has been pointed out repeatedly, the notion of federal guarantee on loans made by the private sector to the auto industry were meaningless because the entire private sector was in a state of collapse. Even Bain Capital was approached for a possible loan and refused. So instead, Obama "wrote a check" to the auto industry and we do NOT have to "kiss the auto industry goodbye" as Romney predicted. Romney was 100% wrong, just like he was wrong today when parroted a scary story about Jeep moving Ohio jobs to China that he read on some right wing blog.
UAWPleeeeeeeease
The point is that Romney wrote a column pandering to the far right by advising that the government should do nothing and let the private sector handle everything. If his advice had been followed, economists agree that the auto industry would have collapsed and probably dragged the US economy back down into a recession or worse.
Obama made a highly unpopular decision to intervene, not knowing that it would give him a better-than-even chance of winning the critical state of Ohio three years later. And now Romney needs the votes of those workers in the UAW and other workers that you vilify, but his position on the auto bailout is like a millstone around his neck dragging him down, so he's trying desperately to obfuscate -- something he's very good at.
Wow, did anyone see that mangling of America the Beautiful with Meat Loaf? Holy crap. Mitt stands there like he is about to get a prostate exam, and Meat Loaf and a bunch of losers come out and make Roseanne Barr sound like Beverly Sills.
Crap. They tried honking it louder, and their voices broke and screeched. It was the worst hack job masquerading at music I have ever seen. It seriously is funnier than any SNL parody could be, except these were supposed real musicians, a supposed candidate, and supposed supporters.
Listen for yourself, and, PLEASE, Wrongme supporters, come back and tell me how GREAT it was.
http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/26/14724826-meat-loaf-screams-wails-america-the-beautiful-for-mitt-romney?lite
I know Meat Loaf was never exactly great, but holy crap on a cracker. That should be against the law.
Obama was childish in the last debate, looked immature and unpresidential. But what would you expect from a person that has done nothing but attack the other side. Voters have seen enough and will vote for Romney to make this country prosper once again.
Obama proved how just unpresidential he was when he did an interview and referred to Romney as a BSer. I want people to know that he refused extra personnel in Benghazi when it was asked for three times. It was more important for him to be campaigning and he didn't care about Americans in harm's way. He doesn't deserve a second term.
jfk jersy ..... OBAMA WAS PRESIDENTIAL .... and mitt-da-twit the only honest and brilliant comment he made throughout the whole debate was "I AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT"
OBAMA 2012
Hmmmm, less than 50 comments should tell you how insignificant the 3rd debate was.
The first debate is where the tide turned completely to Romney/Ryan.
Now Barrack Hussein has to resort to name calling, deflection and parochial projection to avoid his dismal domestic, economic and foreign policies.
Romney was presidential, calm and accurate.
Barrack Hussein, once again, was desperate
ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 FOR REAL AMERICANS©
Beware of a vulture disguised as Citizen Bain coming down with Romnesia - a contagion spread like a GOP Recession
p.s.: 4 more years.
Have to wait until middle of next week to see what the polls say.
When Romney won the first debate, it was just over a week before poll numbers started shifting.
I really want this to get over. I'm casting my ballot tomorrow for Obama and straight blue. I gotta get away from these pub nutjobs for a while.
Our elections are way too long.
Yes, I said elections.
Peace out.
So, How'd I do?
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There will be more polls today, and they will be breathlessly reported and analyzed, more endorsements and more of the same rhetoric from both sides.
Tigers are down 2-0, despite a gutty performance by Doug Fister. Can they get it together and get back into the series as it moves to Detroit, or will they be looking for the license plate of the truck that ran them over?
We have hot button issues today, rape, racism, religion (and all Benghazi all the time!) ...which will be the outrage du jour?
One thing is certain...Kirsten Gillibrand is probably going to eke out a win in NYS...
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Dunno, that Gillibrand..that lead isn't safe...
Despite millions of dollars in Republican Super Pac money buying hours, days, weeks and months of attack ads, Independent candidate Angus King is 26 points ahead in the Maine Senate race.
Maine's Senate race cannot be bought. We the People reject the TeaParty Right Wing.
Starting next week, I may start to use a differentv aggregator site to draw from to do my daily battleground analysis. The evidence at this point that RCP is not even trying to present an accurate picture and is just shilling for the Republican is pretty overwhelming. You might remember that yesterday, I showed the disparity between the polls used for RCP's average Michigan were incomplete. The polls they used to compute North Carolina's average were incomplete.
It's pretty comprehensive down the line:
Wisconsin - RCP
Rasmussen Reports 10/25 - 10/25 500 LV 4.5 49 49 Tie
Mason-Dixon 10/15 - 10/17 625 LV 4.0 48 46 Obama +2
NBC/WSJ/Marist 10/15 - 10/17 1013 LV 3.1 51 45 Obama +6
Marquette University 10/11 - 10/14 870 LV 3.4 49 48 Obama +1
RCP's spread: +2.25
Wisconsin - Actual
Rasmussen Reports 10/25 - 10/25 500 LV 4.5 49 49 Tie
PPP 10/24 51.0 45.0 Obama +6.0
Angus Reid 10/20 48.0 43.0 Obama +5.0
Grove 10/18 47.0 44.0 Obama +3.0
Real Spread: +3.5
Iowa - Actual
Gravis Marketing 10/24 - 10/24 517 LV 4.3 50 46 Obama +4
PPP 10/24 49.0 47.0 Obama +2.0
NBC/Marist 10/17 51.0 43.0 Obama +8.0
We Ask America * 10/15 48.7 45.9 Obama +2.8
American Research Group 10/14 48.0 48.0 Tie
YouGov 10/11 50.0 46.0 Obama +4.0
Actual Spread: +3.47
New Hampshire - RCP
New England College 10/23 - 10/25 571 LV 4.1 49 46 Obama +3
Rasmussen Reports 10/23 - 10/23 500 LV 4.5 48 50 Romney +2
ARG 10/19 - 10/22 600 LV 4.0 47 49 Romney +2
UNH 10/17 - 10/21 773 LV 3.5 51 42 Obama +9
PPP (D) 10/17 - 10/19 1036 LV 3.0 48 49 Romney +1
Suffolk/7News 10/12 - 10/14 500 LV 4.4 47 47 Tie
RCP's spread: +1.17
New Hampshire - Actual
New England College 10/23 - 10/25 571 LV 4.1 49 46 Obama +3
Lake Research Partners 10/22 48.0 45.0 Obama +3.0
American Research Group 10/22 47.0 49.0 Romney +2.0
UNH 10/21 51.0 42.0 Obama +9.0
PPP 10/19 48.0 49.0 Romney +1.0
Suffolk * 10/14 47.0 47.0 Tie
Actual Spread: +2.0
Notice that there does not seem to be any rhyme or reason to what they choose to exclude other than the fact that the ones they exclude are almost uniformly in the favor of the president. They even chose to ignore 2 subsequent updates by the same polling agency in favor of keeping the 1 poll from that agency that showed a Romney lead among the ones they used to average the state.
I'm not asking for pure objectivity. If you have a favorite, you have a favorite, but at least give me complete and accurate data to work with.
Michael, the issue is licensing, and permission.
RCP does not have a license agreement with you.gov., nor with Lake associates.
Next crazy conspiracy theory?
So is there any particular reason they are completely ignoring Grove or cherrypicking which PPP polls they want to use and which ones they don't?
Grove is another organization with which they have no licensing agreement.
As to PPP- this close to an election, it all comes down to who is paying PPP to poll. For example, PPP gets paid to poll for certain healthcare organizations- and those are considered "non-partisan". When they poll on their own, because they identify themselves as a partisan poll, they do NOT get published. This is a long-standing policy at RCP. They do NOT publish partisan polls within thirty days of an election, be they republican or democratic.
The same would apply to Lake Associates, if RCP had an agreement with them.
There is a very good reason to exclude partisan polls the month prior to an election- they are biased, and can bias those reading them. It's been a good policy- it keeps the credibility of the site free from question.
Maybe we are getting Sheldon Adelson and the Koch brothers' favorites. I just don't see that kind of overwhelming support for Wrongme.
I see maybe 5-8 yard signs on my twenty mile commute outside Atlanta, and last election, McCain and Lipstick carried this state by 5 points.
I could count every R/R bumper sticker I have seen in traffic on both hands, and a few of my toes. I have never seen such tepid support for a Red candidate in this Red state, and I have been here for 15 years.
The third debate did not matter. In fact, the only reason any of these debates mattered was for the opportunity to have Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan speak for themselves, without having President Obama put words in their mouths or paint an incorrect picture of them. What matters most is the last four years and the fact that President Obama not only did not keep his promises of 2008, but in fact worsened our economy and did not protect American peace keepers. The dismal failures of these past four years is what matters most.
Romney/Ryan 2012....more than debate winners.....true leaders.
If you think Romney/Ryan will keep their promises, you're in for a surprise. On second thought since they have promised on both sides of every issue, maybe they can keep half of them no matter what they do.
... dez .... the only comment made by romney in the 3rd debate that was anywhere near brilliant was "I agree with the President"
OBAMA 2012
If the debates did not matter, that would explain how we ended up with George W. for two terms. We are truly a stiff necked people.
People getting out to vote does matter. Polls do not! Still wondering who to vote for America? Go to Bainport.com America, and then come to your own conclusions.
The people that say that the debate did not matter are those that have learning issues.
Obama 2012
President Obama could have won the debate by even a larger amount if Mitt hadn't kept trying to sit on his lap the whole time. Willard took that "me too" way too far, I wonder if the wing nuts noticed.
Ricardo, from what I've been seeing on this space all week, the wrong-wingers wouldn't have taken it amiss if MittWitt came out in a Che Guevara t-shirt and started singing a medley of Pete Seeger favorites- they would all say, with one voice, "See! He won because Obama is confused!"
Those people are not only completely devoid of any sense of humor or irony; they are brainwashed to a degree that Kim Il-Sung or the Symbionese Liberation Army would have envied. "Hey- teach us how you do that, man!"
You really have to give it up to the Forces of Darkness. Their followers have been completely, thoroughly conditioned. Their capacity for critical thinking has been utterly extinguished. One cannot find that kind of unanimity of thought and deed anywhere else on God's green Earth, save an anthill.
AN ODE TO Willard The Wannabe ...
Humpty Romney aspired to sit on a high wall
Humpty Romney had a great fall
All the Koch Brothers Billion$ or Karl Roves friends
Couldn't make Humpty Romney APPEAR whole again
Humpty Romney whined, as he withered in pain
As the FACTS emerged about his carless gains with Bain
Humpty Romney claimed it was all a big lie
"That Obama had begun" as he started to cry
Caught Humpty Romney declared he was due an apology
Even though HE WAS the $100,000 a year Bain CEO til 2003!
In the end Humpty Romney suffered humiliation and Great trauma
Because he lost in a Landslide decision to Barack Obama!
Moral of the story: Don't go away angry Willard! Just go away you Lying Cheating scum!
The Real Romney Economy!
BAINPORT!
The link below leads to the Full story on NBC's "The Ed Show". Not convinced you'll get the Full story from Ed? Just search "Bainport" on Google and see for yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=UDqCrbz4OvU&feature=youtu.be
Mitt Romneys *New* bold and exciting stance on foreign policy and Everything else: "I'd do exactly what president Obama has done but I'd do it better! And just like my magical fairy dust tax plan, my decimation of womens health , I'll tell you how after the election!!"
*New* bold and exciting Mitt ?!?! You're not even orignal Mitt!! You're just a bad copy of George W. Bush Jr. in a diferent suit suffering with Romnesia!
Romney Hahahaha He's the punchline to a bad joke!
Romney gave a great speech, but I find something even more interesting... The Benghazi affair is not on NBC, CNN, ABC or the Huff Post... If it is there, it is well hidden. Much news has recently come out nearly hourly, but it seems to be kept under wraps to protect the POTUS before the election. The father of former Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods – who was killed in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya – talked about the current administration’s handling of the situation. Charlie Woods said today that he’s not interested in political arguments, but he does want to know who decided to not dispatch troops who could have helped, instead leaving his son to defend the Americans on his own while fighting for his life. “This is not about politics … if it were about politics, it would dishonor my son’s death. It’s about honor, integrity and justice,” he said. Woods is especially upset about the lies... There are plenty of them, but worst of all it has been learned that at least 3 requests for help came during the 7 hour attack. Help was only 2 hours away in Sicily. Requests for help were denied and they were told to "stand down". The POTUS said he didn't know??? He, Biden and Panetta were in the situation room and could see the surveillance drones throughout the attack. The POTUS told blatant lies, or he is unbelievably incompetent! Romney/Ryan 2012
Us Americans should give Romney credit on becoming a muli-billionaire during the years he was CEO of Bain. He was one of the pioneers of shipping work from the US to overseas call centers and factories making computer components. He was known as the GREAT ELIMNATOR of American Jobs.
As you might notice. You won't hear Romney Campaign Officials comment on Bains records during that time on outsourcing firms to other countries. When Romney was in charge of Bain.
It's not the money he made, that he's hiding from Americans on his tax-returns from that era. What he's hiding is that we will see how he made that money outsourcing our jobs.
People vote your choice, but do a lot of research on this man. While your crying for jobs, you just might elect a man that became a muti-millionaire destroying your jobs in America.
It is amazing that voters don't seem to notice the true Romney. Again today, I will end Obama care which means the end of affordable insurance. Also listen carefully, social security will end, medicare will end, services for disabled, etc. Who is affected by this? Not your neighbor as much as YOU.
Oh, grow up; some of these posts are the most juvenile I have ever read! The reason Romney and Ryan are mocking the president is obvious; they have no originality.....just like Romney showed in the last debate. It can't be denied.
What I noticed about Obama is everytime the talk goes to job creation he refers to the need for funding education which is well and good for the future but does nothing for the 23,000,000 out of work now. His now job creation plans are unclear, unstated, and apparently uncertain. All of which cause business to stagnate. He just doesn't get it. Government doesn't create jobs, business does. Romney's plan is clear and business will react favorably.
Colorado: What clear plan? Haven't heard anything at all just Romney saying "I have a clear plan."
Did the last debate matter??
Of course it did. It showed what a spiteful little man Obama really is. It also showed how Presidential Mitt Romney is, even under the duress of Obama's lies and distortions.
Romnay, in my Eyes back in the 60s was a draft doger, running to France to hide, like many others, while Many others in the United States Of America went to serv[ce our Country. In Viet Nam, Much like our Armed Forces , Today. May God Bless Our Troops, It don't help them when we don't back them. I VOTED for OBAMA, he has done well, with all the stops he was given by the GOP, We are going the Right Direction. If you want to find Me Go to 145th CABVA, when you get there click on History . Go to Post Tet 1968. Go down a ways and you will see me and others from the Bal. I was in the 190th AHC. I will never Vote for somrone who Ran from the draft. I Joined after College, RA 16851528. May GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY AND OUR TROOPS.