Voter suppression was way up there on my list. Because of these tactics, voters refused to give up their right to vote and stayed in line for hours and hours and hours.

Thanks Republicans. It's one of many reasons why you lost.

Breaking story over the past few days as well should be added:

Tagg Romney said his father Mitt didn't really want to be president. That statement alone is worth a book or two, considering Romney has been running for the presidency for years.

Pat - Tagg Romney said his father Mitt didn't really want to be president. Wasn't Tagg the one who wanted to hit the President after one of the debates? I guess if your father makes such an idiot of himself you try to pretend he didn't want the office he could never win! How totally Romney-like!

Yes Pat the ultimate flip flopper finishes in grand style with one more gigantic flip flop, after running for the presidency for eight years, he now claims he really did not want the job. Freaking damn silly stuff!

ultimate flip flopper

Forrest where does the President stand on gay marriage this year? Has he re-evolved since the election?

SeekingSanity & Forrest Grump: Amazing isn't it? I couldn't believe my eyes when I read that statement. It's not that he didn't want to be president, it's just he had no reason to be running. Except that they felt it was his turn.

And as far as the fiscal cliff story - didn't President Obama have to literally send a plane to go get Speaker Boehner and bring him back to DC from Ohio a week or so ago? What the hell was up with that? Here we are in the middle of negotiations that needed to be ironed out before the end of the year, and Boehner is no where to be seen? There has to more to this that I'm missing. There just has to be.

Then we see top GOP insiders taking a cruise after the election. An expensive inclusive cruise and they were asking themselves what do they do with their money now that the president was re-elected. While on an expensive cruise.

Twilight Zone with today's Republicans. Stay tuned. A show or two should be playing somewhere on your tv NY's Eve.

I don't know how people "close to the Romneys" can even look at this guy...or either one of them seriously. You've been running from President since your failed Senate run.

Anyone who pulled the lever for this clown needs to take an honest look in the mirror and ask themselves what is wrong with the world that they encapsulate themselves in...cause if you ever thought that Mitt Romney cared 2 **ts about you and that Ann Romney wouldn't just as soon take a leak on you from the balcony, you have not surrounded yourself with enough voices of descent to say the least.

From the article about the cruise:

What should we do with our money?

He recommended investing in real estate in another country, maybe in Central America somewhere. A woman to Kay’s right wrinkled her nose: How about a Western country? “Okay, if Europe is what you want, go to Poland,” he said optimistically. “Go to Krakow, buy a house for $50,000, and it’s going to be like Paris in a few years.”

At other times, things got a little too old-fashioned for comfort. I met a man near the railing who was there as a caregiver for a 70-year-old National Review cruiser from Palm Desert, California. He was gay and seemingly liberal and had come on the cruise only to push his boss around in a wheelchair. As he smoked a cigarette, he recounted a conversation the two had about the ship’s largely Indonesian and Filipino staff.

BOSS: You notice none of the workers are white.

CAREGIVER: Except the managers upstairs.

BOSS: Well, that’s the way it should be.

http://nymag.com/news/features/republican-caribbean-cruise-2012-12/index2.html

Ha is that all you got Ozzie, you want to compare that with a guy that changed his position on everything he ever did, a guy who campaigns for eight years, and then claims he did not want too, too funny. Next he might tell us Ann Coulter talked him into running.

I'm also thinking that the attempts by Republican govs and secy of states to suppress some peoples votes made us get all up in their faces and vote if we had to stand in line all day. And vote for the party and the man who would best represent the majority of the country--Obama.

Forrest, Have we closed Gitmo yet or better yet do we plan to?

So I guess the Citizens United decision was correct as the millions spent by Super-Pacs were irrelevant, and people are actually to be trusted to make up their own minds? The first 2 Billion dollar campaign doesn't even make a top ten list.

Yes Pat the ultimate flip flopper finishes in grand style with one more gigantic flip flop, after running for the presidency for eight years, he now claims he really did not want the job. Freaking damn silly stuff!

Nothing, and I mean nothing can match the President's flip-flop on the individual mandate. He uses it to attack his primary opponents, campaigns on the fact that he will never force people to buy for insurance, and then signs into law an individual mandate which is the centerpiece of his signature legislation.

opa, I bet you could have shown your ID as we did in TX. Voting is a privilege getting ID shouldn't be an issue if you want to vote.

Tagg Romney said his father Mitt didn't really want to be president. That statement alone is worth a book or two, considering Romney has been running for the presidency for years.

Usually, when a politician expresses coy reluctance about running for the president, it means they are planning to run for president (see Clinton, Hilary). Even Mitt Romney has to know that his national ambitions are dead, though. Maybe Tagg is planning to follow the family tradition and launch his own failed presidential campaign in a decade or three?

Voting is a privilege getting ID shouldn't be an issue if you want to vote.

Who pays to get the ID that you believe should be required to vote?

Who pays for Obamacare that this adminstration believes is required?

Voting is a privilege getting ID shouldn't be an issue if you want to vote.

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Sorry, but if you consider 'voting' as a privilege that warrants getting an ID to do it, I really gotta hear where you are with assault rifles and 30 round clips as being associated with the 2nd Amendment.

Definetely you should have an ID to buy an assualt rifle and banning certain size clips aren't going to keep them out of peoples hands that really want them but be my guest.

Who pays for Obamacare that this adminstration believes is required?

Nice deflection, but I'd actually rather you answer the question.

I did, next.

"At the first presidential debate, in Denver on Oct. 3, Romney shined and Obama fell flat."

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And for the record, this is a matter of personal opinion, to say the least. The man lied throughout the entire debate. Because he did so with a straight face does not constitute as "shining" in my book.

Romney was up there selling a bill of goods...and 47% of the population purchased that good. I guess he was partially correct in one capacity, he indeed would not be able to get 47% of the population to take personal responsibility {to say that they pulled the lever for this man because he was the right guy for America}.

Believe me, I live in Nebraska and yet surprisingly can't find a 'Romney Republican' anywhere willing to repeat any part of this man's stump speech in public.

and banning certain size clips aren't going to keep them out of peoples hands that really want them but be my guest.

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So the underlying argument is, if a law simply being law won't stop people from breaking it, there therefore is no real need for the law to begin with? Nice.

Ozzie's quick with the deflections and the one liners, just underscores no thought goes into his decisions, just doesn't like someone or anything who thinks outside the box.

From the article above:

...the Supreme Court upheld the health-care law by a narrow 5-4 majority on June 28.

Apart from winning the Election, this one is number one for me.

God Bless our two-term Electoral Landslide victor President Obama.

Salud

P.S. I'm still on vacation. :-)

Ha Romney flip flops so much I believe he could medal in the Olympic's gymnastic floor exercises competition.

Allen, didn't say that but in all honesty it hasn't helped with illegal drugs.

just doesn't like someone or anything who thinks outside the box.

Ginerbread, is that what you call liberalism now?

ozzieyo1-7277359

Allen, Probably because they don't want to deal with all you hate mongers. People just get tired of it you know. Go ahead and have your fun and we'll see where it takes us.

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Oh, I've seen hate sir (?) and I'm not it. I offer that what people should get tired of is either Political Party, specifically the GOP who simply shuffle some body in front of the Public, surround them with a few cute talking points and then present them as the 1 person who can save the known universe from the it's impending doom. That is what people, including a vast majority of those in Nebraska, should be tired of.

Well, we 'allegedly' got back to serious in 2000. We've had 9/11, 2 long and questionable wars, one of the largest expansions of the Federal Government, surplus to debt, scanners evaluating my goodie sacks each time I travel on a plane, the worse jobs record of any modern president, the worse financial crisis since the Great friggin Depression and the worse housing bust to date...

If this is what serious gets me, I'll go with that 'fun' approach any day.

Amen Tomas Grande,
Thank God President Obama is our President!

I did, next.

Really? I must have missed it. Hang on, I'll go back.

Who pays for Obamacare that this adminstration believes is required?

Right...thanks...you've totally set the record straight.

Most of us have, for decades, taken for granted that both political parties believe in and defend democracy.

Many on the side opposite democrats have shown this can no longer be taken for granted. Some republicans (esp. Tea Party types) appear to have decided that if they cannot achieve political supremacy inside a democratic system (i.e. ours), they will seek to impose a non-democratic system upon this nation.

When this is considered along with threats of secession and sedition, it is apparent many so-called "conservatives" are really anti-democracy whose loyalty is to a (their) culture rather than our political system (Constitution).

Those of us who love democracy and our democratic republic, should realize our political opposition are ruthlessly willing to destroy democracy to achieve their aims. In fact, they have already begun their desperate (disenfranchising) destruction. We (democrats) must move forward with this realization in sharp focus.

Another big political story out of the presidential election was Nate Silver. Not the fact that he was once again accurate, but instead the way he was treated by media folks.

The word was out - he was not to be respected for simply reading and dissecting polls. Accurately.

GBM, one-liners, deflections and unrelated questions--ozzie must be related to Spanky who never met a question he didn't ask while never answering those asked of him.

@"allen", " the worse jobs record of any modern president..." I just KNEW you were talking about the almighty bho! You closet conservative...

President Obama takes a vacation - his first vacation since a year ago - and he has to cut it short because of Speaker Boehner's inability to get a deal done with some real nut cases in his caucus.

NPC - you can't compare his jobs record to anyone since we are coming out of the worst recession since the Great Depression. And, let's not forget that Republicans in Congress blocked any jobs bills he put forth. Now, if you talk about the worst Congress of all time - I believe you'll have it right! Unless of course, you have no problem with Republicans taking loyalty oaths to Grover Norquist?

NPCDan

@"allen", " the worse jobs record of any modern president..." I just KNEW you were talking about the almighty bho! You closet conservative...

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Lol...you run with that. No, I'll take what has happened with Jobs under President Obama vs. that of President Bush any day. Not only have more/total private sector jobs been created to date under Obama then in the entire 8 years of Bush, he has done it in a far more hostile environment, globally and politically.

For as much as "private sector" experience is a GOP talking point, 0 people in the US can point to the experience of GWB and how that related to Federal legislation that did wonders for the economy. To me, it's just that, a talking point.

My observation is that most of the issues facing this country have many and varied causes (i.e. gun violence, struggling economy, etc.) yet it seems that people want a single solution to the problem, rather than being willing to come at the problem from various directions at once. Since an assault weapons and extended magazine ban won't solve the entire problem, we should do nothing rather than address access to weapons, violent movies and video games, mental health improvements and better background checks all at once. Since higher taxes on millionaires won't fix the economy, we should do nothing rather than addressing higher taxes on higher income, estate taxes, capital gains, financial transaction taxes, reduced spending on defense, subsidies for big agribusiness, oil industry, offshoring jobs, big pharma, etc. Observing the way this country seems to attempt to address it's problems, it's no wonder the rest of the world thinks we lack intelligence.

"SeekingSanity

Pat - Tagg Romney said his father Mitt didn't really want to be president."

Seeking- Tagg was just p1ssed that his dad and mom named him after that deallie on your collar that irritates you neck when you forget to remove it.

Either that, or he wondered if there was some kind of 'polygymous' deal going on with his forebearers and some connection with the Palin 'family', which also had a strange propensity to name their offspring after inanimate things that began with a 'T'.

--ozzie must be related to Spanky who never met a question he didn't ask while never answering those asked of him."

I love ya Jody, but leave my old girlfriends out of this, 'k?

And now, for the DBO dimwitt observation of the day: Why not MAKE teachers take handguns to school? If you post an armed policeman, the perp will single him out first. Give the teachers the guns.

BUT- don't give 'em bullets. Give 'em tranq darts. "so,Tteach- you object to killing someone?" Problem solved.

Object to maybe hitting an innocent kid , because your aim isn't that great? No problem. Kid maybe wakes up with a headache, but hey- no funeral. Oh, and for the bonus: They capture the perp before he kills himself like the chicken sh!t he obviously is and avoids us never knowing what he was thinking (and that contributes to the 'let's examine mental health issues", now, doesn't it?)

Who could hate that scenario?

Except manufacurers of ammo, that is.

#4 gets my vote. That may have not won the election for Obama, but if it had been struck down by the SCOTUS, I think we would be getting ready for a Romney administration. How scary of a thought that would be.

btw, hope everyone, friend and foe alike, had a wonderful and joyous Christmas Day. I know I did.

I'm surprised Benghazi made the list. Try as the right might to make it into a major scandal, it sure sounds like a not that unusual foreign security screw up, followed by some not unusual intelligence over-caution.

A lot of things didn't make the list like Santorum's bizarre dutch euthanasia coments, Cain's rambling campaign "suspension", Trumps's unending focus on the birth certificate, the Romeny etch-a-sketch comment, etc., which combined to make the GOP look goofy and wacko before the Obama-Romney head to head even started. That's important because Romney's loss was probably by a smaller margin than any of the other GOP candidates could have managed.

One final thing - the disconnect between the conservative entertainment industry and GOP victories. Yes, the GOP did poorly, but Fox News and Rush Limbaugh have super ratings. The only people happier than Demcrats after the election were probably the righwing punditry. They'll have another two years of complaining to do, and their audience prefers complaints about Democratic governance to weak defence of GOP governance.

Hah! Hah!

Truly the biggest story of the 2012 Presidential Election?

is that all you racist Gun-Nut Republicans and you crazy-wacko Teabaggers

got DUPED, SNOOKERED, and PLAYED for FOOLS, by us SOCIALISTS, MARXISTS and DEMS.

It's True.

We again snuck our stealth MUSLIM-MARXIST candidate "Bararack Hussien Obama the Merciful"

past you Clowns, where we'll once Again have a "Black Man" in your once precious "White House".

It all went "According to Plan", we totally destroyed the Reputation of Mitt Romney

by spreading the Lies that he had SECRET SWISS BANK ACCOUNTS, Laundried STOLEN PENSION FUNDS

thru his phony CAYMAN ISLAND off-shore shell-Companies, and that he did NOT PAY TAXES for TEN YEARS

The Voting Populace Fell for it, and Now our DREAM of a SOCIALIST UTOPIA on your PLANET EARTH,

in the Country you once called AMERICA. will now be REALIZED.

All we Now need to do is "TAKE AWAY your GUNS and BIBLES" you cling to,

and the REST is HISTORY as they say.

That shouldn't be too hard once we RE-INSTATE the Infamous "OBAMA SNITCH LINE"

where well-meanining CITIZENS can MONITOR and REPORT on you TEABAGGERS and REPUBLICANS,

if you "Get Out of Line", if you know what I mean.

Then with FOUR VERY-VERY LONG-LONG YEARS of OBAMA being the RULER, MASTER, and OVERLORD of all you REPUBLICANS and TEABAGGERS,and it won't be Long before He can and will

STACK the US SUPREME COURT with as many SOCIALISTS, MARXISTS, LENINISTS, and why not,

some Good Old Fashion SOVIET STYLE COMMIES as his SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.

And REMEMBER, those SUPREME COURT JUSTICES are APPOINTED for LIFE.

Ain't Life Grand?

Hey Teabaggers and Republicans, want to know One More SECRET?

Of course you do!

OBAMA was BORN in KENYA.

TRUMP was RIGHT about that one.

TOO LATE Now. OBAMA's in.

ALL HAIL OBAMA.

arf. arf.

This is what happens when you Right-Wing-wacko Republicans and Teabaggers voted the War-Criminals,

George (the Useful Idiot) Bush and Dick (Darth Vader) Cheney, on in for that Second term.

ouch!

Paybacks are H#LL.

There is one "Booby-Prize" you Losers still have.

You can Listen to Faux News, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingram and Ann(the Man) Coulter

"Rant and Rave" for the Next 4 Years, knowing they're STILL MAKING MILLIONS Spewing their HATE

ozzie 666,

Hopefully, some of it will come from the millionaires and billionaires that pay, on average only 14% in taxes once Reid makes his plan knows tomorrow or the day after. If you remember Crybaby Bonehead Boehner said, "God Only knows!' " It is up to the president and Reid to solve this!" Do you know what an outcry there will be when the Democrats do their job as Bonehead told them to do? Since to Party of No and Do Nothing went home!

Remember that the "American Liars Club, voted Mitt the 1st Place Award for his big campaign lie about Jeeps were going to be made in China. They should have given all their awards to the God Owful Party!

The saddest statement in this article...."the 47%" is not only true, but chillingly telling on where we as a Nation are going. Mitt was right and should have stuck to his guns; however, after about 2 more years of extended "unemployment" benefits, along with the other givaways associated with the failed economic policies of this administration - it will be more like 57%. Good luck America.

RepublicansForObama-6186389 - take your meds...you'll be fine.

The saddest statement in this article...."the 47%" is not only true, but chillingly telling on where we as a Nation are going. Mitt was right and should have stuck to his guns; however, after about 2 more years of extended "unemployment" benefits, along with the other givaways associated with the failed economic policies of this administration - it will be more like 57%. Good luck America.

And, of course, it is all Democrats fault, eh? What you need to do is take a look at where that 47% came from...

"People with the smallest incomes will get the highest percentage of reductions and millions of additional American families will be removed from the income tax rolls entirely."

Who said that? Why, it was George W. Bush in his first speech to Congress on Feb 27, 2001 promoting his first tax cut. And he delivered on it! In 2000 22.6% of all filed tax returns had $0 liability. By 2008, 34% of all filed tax returns had $0 liability.

You should also remember the horrible economic crisis that hit in 2008, you know, what we all fondly call the Bush Recession. By the time it ran its course, unemployment was slightly over 10%. People with no jobs and therefore no income don't pay income tax, so you can add that 10% directly to the number of people who didn't pay taxes in 2008 and you come up with 44%!!!

Here is the inherent problem with Mitt Romney's 47% statement and the results of the last election - if the 47% who are "on the dole" are sooo grateful to the party who put them there, then they should have come out in droves for Republicans since, after all, it was Republicans and Republican policies who put them there! Damned ingrates!

Looking at the list of 10 events it is interesting to note that 4 of them were the nails in the republicans chances to win the November Election! ( Out of touch with the average American and their wants and needs. In touch with the rich and corporate world!) #1, #3, #6 and #10 tell the story you right wing nuts. It wasn't people on the dole it was fear for the direction and social attitudes that the republicans support. One sicko party!

10, the selection of Ryan was also a huge negative....

centrists and moderate republicans that were Romney supporters.... like me.... changed to Obama as it increasingly looked as if the R&R ticket was going to privatize Medicare through a voucher system....

turning public healthcare that costs 20k a year per person to the insurance companies... who will in turn sell it to the public at 30k... and telling seniors "no problem, we'll give you a $9650 a year voucher" spells disaster for Americans....

the people who saw this fact switched teams in droves....... with how it would end up sucking up all of social security payments as seniors struggled to get healthcare... in effect funneling all of Medicare and Social Security funding to insurance companies...

Romney blew it because he had to: he had to get so far right to satisfy the american taliban that he would never be able to capture the center with outlandish ideas like vouchers....

The biggest political issue for 2013? Gun rights.... right now Clinton has got a slam dunk against a fractured GOP.... the surest win in Presidential election history.....

but if Obama bans assault weapons... he re-unifies the GOP in one stroke.... and 2016 becomes a real fight..... if he does that, history will know him as the President who blew up the most qualified presidential candidate in history.. and left his party and it's healthcare reform at the whim of a far right GOP

Funny, no mention of the abysmal economy in your top 10. We still have fewer people working than when George Bush left office, despite population growth.

Obama is a brilliant campainer and a terrible leader and president.

That the GOP let the nation be distracted by contraception, rape, and other issues having nothing to do with the nation at large led to their defeat. The GOP convention was absolutely terrible. Clint Eastwood should have never been on the stage. People did not know any more about Romney after the convention than before.

So here we are 7 weeks later. Of course nothing has been done.

We are stuck with no progress for at least 2 more years and likely for 4 more years.

Ryan/Rubio 2016!

That the GOP let the nation be distracted by contraception, rape, and other issues having nothing to do with the nation at large led to their defeat.

Oh, surely you jest! The GOP led that distraction with contraception, rape and other issues having nothing to do with the nation at large. They had to. What else could they do? Trot George W. Bush and Dick Cheney to explain what a fine job they did during the last Republican administration?

We are stuck with no progress for at least 2 more years and likely for 4 more years.

Naw, I strongly suspect that, if Republicans keep up the obstructionist BS, then the American voters will clean House in 2014!

The comments and what people believe to be true on this website shows the uneducated are alive and online in America. There was a time when NEWS papers had to publish the truth or they were forced to print a retraction and denounce the article. Those same standards have been tossed aside in the online news community allowing facts to become muddled, skewed and often bended to appease an agenda and its base. The country is on the wrong track! I live in a Liberal state, the policies have destroyed it, people are not happy, they have a sick desperation to them. Even the ones that are well to do are ready to leave. There is no pride or passion,people are just hanging on, it is sickening to think this is what we have become. Believe what you want, until people hit rock bottom they will never be ready for real change, and with all the scocial nets, no one ever has to feel enough pain to " change".

Da Noid

Voting is a privilege getting ID shouldn't be an issue if you want to vote.

Who pays to get the ID that you believe should be required to vote?

Probably our tax money seeing as when you go get one it doesn't cost the person getting it a dime.

I bet you could have shown your ID as we did in TX. Voting is a privilege getting ID shouldn't be an issue if you want to vote.

Or a registered white republican in Good Ole' Boy country.

@ ozzieyo1-7277359

My man, your man loss, time to move on! ;-)

The Obama election is a stark display of the massive new wave of the low-information voter.

People voted for a man who has a verifyable history of animosity toward America and American traditions, a history of racism, an oddly enough, NO history of any real job, ever making a payroll, and has paid over $2 million to keep his college records and any hardcopy of a birth certificate (if it exists) sealed. The digital copy of the BC that was released was determined to be a digitized fake. No courts have the courage to demand verification, so our constitution has been compromised.

This is the most shady, untrustworthy and un-American president in American history, but the (low-information) voters simply didn't care. They voted for the man who promised free stuff, and they don't know (or care) how it will ever get paid for. The changing demographic voted for the black guy, and haven't a CLUE how the economy works or what it means to defend a country or the future.

picking portman instead of ryan would have moved at least OH and FL into the republican column

Oldhamletman,

I'm from Lying Ryan's district and he walked out of his own town meeting in Janesville when he couldn't explain to us where his figures came from. He walked away from us and we walked away from him. However, he usually wins 70% of the vote. This year it was down to 56%.

The Obama election is a stark display of the massive new wave of the low-information voter.

They voted for the man who promised free stuff

You know, this is all crap you would like to believe... but it isn't true. The American voter just isn't as stupid as the Republican party would like to count on. The voters saw through the lies and absolute crap the Republican party offered as a platform and remembered exactly what the Republican party did deliver during the last Republican administration. So all your ranting and raving counts for nothing against the truth.

As for your "birther" nonsense - give it up! It didn't play before and it ain't playing now.

EEngineer Good post I agree.

low-information voter.

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

I live in a Liberal state, the policies have destroyed it, people are not happy, they have a sick desperation to them. Even the ones that are well to do are ready to leave. There is no pride or passion,people are just hanging on, it is sickening to think this is what we have become. Believe what you want, until people hit rock bottom they will never be ready for real change, and with all the scocial nets, no one ever has to feel enough pain to " change".

So what is the next step, Ed? What do you envision?

You will recall, my old comrades-in-arms, how often, in exactly the same way, I held out my hand to the internal enemies. How long I wooed them. What pains I took with them. What didn't I do to bring about a sensible understanding! Only after it was useless did I decide to take those measures which are the only ones that can be carried out in this world when reason is stilled. And to this we owe our Brown Shirts, to this we owe our Storm Troops, to this we owe our S. S. Elite Guards; and at last the hour came when we were rid of these enemies...

Adolf Hitler Hitler Speech on the 19th Anniversary of the “Beer Hall Putsch”
(November 8, 1942)

Is this your vision, Ed? Hitler's vision?

EEngineer = BS support group.

"Voting is a privilege getting ID shouldn't be an issue if you want to vote."

I don't have a problem with showing some kind of an ID to vote. But an ID that allows you to purchase booz, guns, board an airplane, or do just about anything else in life should be an acceptable ID to vote. In some states, that is NOT the case.

EEngineer = BS support group.

And an intellectual response from the right.

Great points Amy.

Amy, as a fellow Mainer I am very interested to see how our Teabagger Gov does, now that he no longer has the state House on his side. Starting off with complaints about "paparazzi" and childishly refusing to meet with the new Dem leaders until they condemned the taper doesn't bode well. I am hoping that Alfond and the Dems find a way to undo all the damage LePage has done to Maine.

Bring back the mural!

Hi Holly, I actually don't criticize LePage much anymore, because I really think he has some kind of personality disorder. I almost feel sorry for him. That mural-controversy was so unnecessary, but it gave us all a heads up of what a right wing zealot he is.
I'm hoping my mayor, Michael Brennan, will run forgovernor in 2014. He is just the opposite of LePage, a consensous builder, who brings out the better angels in people.

I think the increasing unpopularity of Tea Party policies, on the state level, should be included in a look back on 2012.

Amy, the Tea Party has lost almost all of it's credibility. They didn't have much to begin with, but now they're genuinely just a laughing stock. My guess is that more Republican candidates will distance themselves from their crazy ideology and move to the center. That, or face extinction.

The bad thing is that these vile teabaggers are like the red ants, they still keep coming up, no matter how much Andro you put on them. Maybe because of their idiocy or hardcore hate.

Yo' teabaggers and republican lemmings, time to wake up! Just about all of you are not in the 1% or even 2 %-tile. We are all in this together - so you all will fall off the edge fiscal cliff along with your Rethug elected officials. The only difference is that they have more money than you, and will not save your azz come high water. So give up FAUX noise, LimPbaugh, Loon Beck and Shammity - they are just USING you.

I disagree, somewhat. I think it is the job of the opposition Party to question administration policy, and it's reactions to world events. Democrats questioned the invasion of Iraq during Bush's administration, as well as it's policies on torture. We're a democracy, and that is how the sustem works.

Unfortunately, the Congressional Republicans and Mitt Romney raised the wrong questions about Benghazi, at the wrong time, and clearly did so for purely political reasons, not out of real disagreement with the Obama administration actions or it's officials. What Republicans in Congress did to Susan Rice was disgraceful.

"Benghazi is Republican propoganda dressed up as outrage, and spoonfed to the media to distract the voters from teh the repubilcan agenda - woman-hating, racism, pro-billionaire, anti-abortion, anti-government garbage."

And the truly scary part is that you actually believe every word you wrote. "Move on, msm. You have a duty to us...". They sure do! Someone has to spoon feed you brain dead liberals your daily talking points. Otherwise you'd all just be screaming "Liar, liar, pants on fire!!!" all damn day. And "Amy", the "wrong time"??? Honestly? And just when would have been the right time? Oh, that's right, immediately after election day! And that's how the almighty bho works! He, he, he.

NPCDan seems to be carrying a huge sack of sour grapes with him.

Jason, how so? He's just pointing out the hypocritical nature of what is liberalism today. Maybe you are packing the huge sack of sour grapes better known as the truth.

Amy, I apologize if I misunderstood but I believe she means, as I also feel, that they should have been focused on how the whole thing happened and what went wrong rather than who said what after the fact. I was saying that all along. It needs to be investigated, but clearly the majority of people don't care who said what about it in the aftermath. That isn't important in the scheme of things. Perhaps if the Repubs had focused on what happened leading up to the attack they might have had a better outcome.

No sour grapes my friend. And just for the record (again), I'm not a registered Republican, but have never voted democrat, nor will I ever. The reason is simple, I'd much rather work for what I have, rather than to be handed something I don't deserve. Now before you get all liberal on me, please bear in mind that I'm half Cherokee and have the card to prove it. I could very easily move to Oklahoma and get free medical care, and have a house built for me free of charge, but I choose not to. I'm also a combat veteran, and could get cheap medical care at the local V.A., but choose not to because much like the Indian hospitals, the V.A. is nothing by a bureacratic nightmare that in reality does very little to address the needs of the patients. So before you start throwing "sour grapes" everywhere, think.

Dan, I am not a registered Democrat but I refuse to vote Republican until they start speaking for all of us. But just because I vote mostly Democrat doesn't mean I want a hand-out. In fact, it is quite the opposite. I have never gotten money for doing nothing, and I feel I should pay more in taxes even though we are on the low end of middle class. As much as I didn't agree with the tax cuts Bush, I know I benefitted from them and therefore I should contribute to paying back. I also think we desparately need to stop abuses of the welfare system as well as making changes to social security. But I can also see that Republicans won't do anything to cut the debt and have in the past made it worse. And the money they spend by and large helps the wealthy and not those who are truly in need. That is why I vote Democrat.

I agree with Tom W's remarks. Benghanzi was the latest witch-hunt by the GOP, ever searching for some scandal to hang on the WH and President Obama. It followed on the heels of the previous failed GOP witch hunt--Fast & Furious. It wasn't administration policies the GOP questioned, it was focused on whether or not the WH called it a "terrorist" attack. Congress, including many of those republicans yelling the loudest about Benghanzi, cut Dept of State funding for embassy security; and when State requested more money, it was denied. McCain, Graham, Ayotte were not "questioning" anything, they were engaged in character assassination. I found their behavior inexcusable and outrageous; they owe Susan Rice and President Obama apologies.

LA99999

Exactly, right. An ambassador was killed, and the security failure had to be investigated. This is how democracy works. I didn't blame Republicans for raising issues, even trying to use it to political advantage. But Romney criticizing the Obama administration in the middle of the uproar in the middleeast, because the Eygptian Embassy chose to apologize for the anti-Prophet movie trailer? And, the three amigos in the Senate destroying Susan Rice over her remarks on the Sunday Shows, when she was simply sharing the information rhe CIA asked her too, instead of going out on a limb and pronouncing the attacks to be the work of terrorists? You know, if she had,the Republicans would have accused her of leaking classified info and endangering agents in the field.

Color me unimpressed with how Republicans discharged their duties over Benghazi.

LA99999.... You said: "I have never gotten money for doing nothing, and I feel I should pay more in taxes even though we are on the low end of middle class."

Then why dont you fill out the Federal government form that allows you to make a one time yearly "gift" to the federal government?

As soon as you do that..... I will start listening to anything you have to say abot higher taxes being a good thing.

Bingo Larry. Right on the freaking head! I'm mid middle class (I really don't know when we started distinguishing between layers of the middle class...), and I personally think I pay too much on taxes at ~15%. But I guess since we are being "Europeanized", which started under slick willy, then we had just get used to paying 25-30% of our income for the "betterment" of mankind. It's only "fair"! LMAO!

"we had just get used to paying 25-30% of our income for the "betterment" of mankind. It's only "fair"! LMAO!"

Ever heard of the Romanovs?

Sometimes, paying a little now, is better than paying it ALL later.

Do I think it's right? Nope, not at all. Just remembering history, and what humans are capable of, that's all.

(NOT) LMAO.

Dan/ 20-30% for the betterment of mankind ,could be considered to be laudable but the money that our misguided Reps. ship overseas to buy /bribe other Governments is not for anyone,except the receivers benefits, and possibly for the givers of those gifts,for we do not know how much,if any,of those gifts stay on this side of the Oceans. A small part of those moneys belong to me and I subscribe to charity begins at home. Those gifts/bribes are a direct cause of corruption. On which side of the planet no one appears to know.

And just for the record (again), I'm not a registered Republican

Yea, sure. That's what they all say. That and they don't watch Fox news, yet repeat verbatim what they say. Hey, lemme guess, you don't own a tv either, right? So predictable.

Thank you, the Republicans have been acting Anti-American on everything for a long time. If Worker Rights and the War on Women does not give you a Clue and the Senate Leader Announcing they plan to NOT help Govern the Country JUST WORK to get a President out office, when the Country is falling apart Economically ON DAMAGE CAUSED BY A REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION and Congress, and Willing to see the Country Slide into the Abyss on the Debt Ceiling, something that has NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE NO MATTER, if it was a Republican or Democrat in the White House.

Gee, First Read when did you get a CLUE?

"...the Country is falling apart Economically ON DAMAGE CAUSED BY A REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION and Congress..."

Perhaps you should do a little research, and maybe even learn some history "talking". All of these events were put into motion during the clinton regime, and your hero barney frank sealed the deal with his idiocy while in Congress. But I know, it's still Bush's fault, and will be until 2016. I never thought I'd see this level of ineptitude in the w.h., and I haven't since Jimmy Carter....

Really It's now the fault of the man who left Bush a surplus, Clinton gave that money away in tax rebates and tax cuts. Barney frank charged more and signed off on bad loans, then sold bad loans as high yield investment securities. Two wars not on the budget and cutting taxes at the same time, and Bush was just the fall guy. Wow Dan thanks for clearing that up.

Unless I'm mistaken, Congress voted OVERWHEMLINGLY to go to war with Iraq. But I know, it's all Bush's fault. And remember those "missing" WMDs? Just where do you honestly think Syria obtained at least a large portion of what they currently have in country? Hmmm. But I am glad that you see the link between Frank, and where we are today. All of those bad loans, when lumped together, would have probably paid for all of wars fought combined, and then some...

NPCDan - I never thought I'd see this level of ineptitude in the w.h., and I haven't since Jimmy Carter.... So you slept through the Bush years?

And, yes, Congress voted to go to war with Iraq based on trumped up "facts" by the Bush Administration. And, I guess you were okay with Bush and Condi Rice neglecting to warn the public that they had received briefings from the CIA indicating we would be attacked using our own airplaines - prior to 9/11?

Really Dan? Are you really suggesting that the reason we found no WMD's in Iraq is because they were hiding them in Syria? What happened then in the decade we were in Iraq during the war? Did they just forget they gave them to Syria or did Syria refuse to give them back or what? What good is it giving them to Syria if they aren't available to use when they need them. Or maybe they just didn't think it was the right time to use them yet.

I just have to laugh sometimes. LaLa, perhaps you're not old enough to understand, or realize what happened waaaay back in 1991. I do because I was there. We destroyed the Kamasayah (sp?) Ammo dump in Iraq during Desert Storm, and guess what? There were verifiable nerve toxins present, unbeknownst to us doing the work no liberal would dare, and maybe you didn't hear the news bit about ~10,000 Kurds being gassed to death by Saddam. The Iraqis KNEW we were coming, they could hear the war drums, and they took the opportunity presented to them to move them to Syria. This was news when it happened, so you should try to pay more attention to world events.

And "seeking", Bush may not have been one of the greatest, but I don't recall him EVER blaming Clinton on the level that the almighty bho has been playing the blame game. I honestly think I would be proud of him if he ever admitted to making a mistake. Unfortunately I don't think I'll see that happen. Men of great hubris NEVER make mistakes...

Too bad we did not use the nerve toxins on the GOP, because they got some nerve!

Dan, thank you for thinking I was too young, and I admit I wasn't as aware as I should have been during Desert Storm, but it is irrelevent because we aren't talking about that time. We are talking about Jr's war. If the weapons were moved to Syria and there was evidence as you claim, why didn't we invade Syria instead of Iraq?

And as far as Bush not blaming Clinton, for what? For leaving him a surplus? For having good economic conditions? It is true that Clinton did help to make Bush look bad. If Clinton had left things in dissaray then it wouldn't have been so obvious when Bush tanked our entire financial system. Maybe that's what you meant.

NPCDan - then you clearly weren't listening! Bush never took responsibility for anything and lied to everyone in order to go into Iraq to get revenge for his daddy! Try again!

Our President has admitted mistakes - you clearly hear only what you want to hear!

NPCDan continues to live in that alternate reality created by the GOP or reverts to something that occurred in the first Iraq war. Odd, Bush 43 admitted there were no WMDs in Iraq or has that fact been relegated to the dust bin the GOP uses for facts that aren't to their liking.

Jody, I find it interesting that you feel the need to try to put down NPCDan, when the terminology "Weapons of Mass Destruction" was used by Madeleine Albright and Bill Clinton ... long before Bush was ever elected to office.

Besides, you have your facts wrong ...AGAIN ! Bush admitted they didn't FIND any weapons of mass destruction. If there were none as you claim, then perhaps you could explain that to the thousands of Kurds who were gassed to death.

Good Lord, you liberal pirhanas must have smelled blood! Lmao! You guys/gals are freaking FUNNY! I usually have to tune to comedy central to get a laugh like this! I state a fact like Iraq did, in fact, have nerve agents, and used them on their own population. Another FACT: Amb. Rice was paraded out in front of nearly all of America to place the blame for the deaths of four Americans on a movie. And while I do accept that she was working with the best material she had, it does bother me that there were elements in the current administration that knew for a fact that this was not a simple demonstration against a poorly shot film, and still sent poor Ms. Rice out to take the obigitory beating. Weak leadership causes things like these to happen, and this is not a "talking point", for cripe's sake just read a damn History book!

NPCDan - and see, we don't even consider you funny - just pitiful. You can't stay on one topic because you clearly have no arguments so you keep jumping from one subject to another - and still you can't win. But, go ahead if it makes you feel better.

See we have had embassy attacks for ages - this isn't the first and sadly, won't be the last. It is not poor leadership - it is a sign of the times and the unrest in the various countries!

You clearly backed the moron Romney and just can't get over how silly he makes you all look!

You guys (girls?) need to stop kicking Bush around.

Hell, man- everyone knows it was "Saint Reagan" that ushered in the decline and fall of the middle class. And he got his foothold on support from that damned religious right.

NPCDan- ever occur to you that when Saddam had control of his country, and Iran was trying to do Iraq in, that maybe- just maybe, it would be good to at least keep up a facade that you DID have some weapons that you really didn't have??

OK, jimnocaps, and for the bonus points: "When did the gas attacks against Kurdish Iraqis take place? Was it: A, before Desert Storm,when Saddam was free to do pretty much whatever the hell he wanted, or:B, after Desert Storm, when Allied aircraft enforced a no-fly zone over Kurdistan, and the Iraqi regime was forced to admit U.N. weapons inspectors under threat of renewed warfare?"

Bub, you've got no freakin' room to be berating anybody about getting their facts wrong. The whole WMD thing was never legit, and if you won't take Bush's word for it (myself, I wouldn't trust that idiot to tell me if the sun was shining or not), is Colin Powell's admission of deceit good enough for you?

Thank you, FoxTrotsky. The thing about conservatives like NPCDan is not just that they are totally wrong, they have a smug superior attitude about their incorrect knowledge being the "real" story. That is not coincidental. The way that the conservative entertainment industry gets its high ratings is by convincing stupid people that they are, in fact, superior in knowledge. Global warming deniers, for example, think they know more about climate science than PhDs who have studied it for decades; young earthers think they know more about geology than geologists; Rasmussen poll-trusters think they know more about statistics than statisticians; guys with more debt than assets think they know more about economics than Nobel prize winners, and so on. And they smirk and laugh about it.

Bush may not have been one of the greatest, but I don't recall him EVER blaming Clinton on the level that the almighty bho has been playing the blame game. I honestly think I would be proud of him if he ever admitted to making a mistake. Unfortunately I don't think I'll see that happen. Men of great hubris NEVER make mistakes...

Blaming Clinton for what? Leaving him with a 4% unemployment rate? Or maybe leaving the budget in such a state that the CBO projected the national debt to be paid off by 2012? Oooh, oooh, I know, he should have blamed Clinton for warning him about the non-existent Al Quaeda threat!

perhaps you're not old enough to understand, or realize what happened waaaay back in 1991.

What does that have to do with a war started 12 years later?

Nothing is what.

"Seeking", your pathetic attempt to goad me is just that, pathetic. I'm guessing that you never learned about historical "parallels" during what limited schooling you've received. And "driveby", what you're saying is that Saddam never used chemical weapons against the Kurdish in the north? I'm guessing that you either don't acknowledge facts, or just ignore them. He did in fact use chemical, and possibly biological weapons on the Kurds. And lastly, "ee", wasn't it your hero, the almighty bho, that stated that al queda was on the run, and nearly done, during this Benghazi fiasco? Yep, but alas, he was blatently wrong on that account now wasn't he?

I guess the CIA forced the Republican Gov of NJ Christy to hug him in public!

Strangely enough that was a political event because Christy's numbers soared through the roof, you think republicans might take a clue from that.

JoAnne, President Obama hasn't even started his second term yet so come down and now I know where you get your info from. Wow good sources!

Hang in there JoAnne, I have heard rumor that the Obama admin has secretly bought up all those old Hammer and Sickle flags from the former USSR and May Day is just around the corner ... the Armed Forces have been practicing the International and the Fed is not only printing money but also the mandatory Red Book of Obama sayings. Move over Mao, it's time for Yankee Commies to show the way.

JoAnne I love your post. Didn't take long for 'ozzie' here to bite! Can you imagine what will happen after 1-20-2013 our wonderful President will further drive the republicans over the 'cliff' and to think we have four years to enjoy all those magical moments.

Gingerbread, the question is will this adminstration own up to this time?

Since I supported and voted for Obama, I got some Obama Money with his and Michele's picture on it, but it is only legal tender for phone cards, and scratch off lottery tickets, Tee Hee.

To respond to the subject matter of the thread.....I like many of the suggestions, but have to say, I think the American Voter should get the top listing. Despite the best efforts of the republicans, through lies, money, and more money, the voters were smarter and so very resilient to the right's malarkey. They also were determined to vote for their choice, standing in line for hours on end in all kinds of weather, even when the results had been announced, they waited in line for hours til they could vote for their choice. In doing so, they helped give a great re-election victory to President Obama and he knows who stood with him and why.

The republicans are having a hard time accepting this victory and came back after the election as intractable as ever. They have no interest in helping the country, they just want to try to make his journey more difficult and the sad thing is we are picking up the tab for their inability to work for the people. the next Congress will be without some of the obstinate TPrs but I dont hold much hope for improvement, we do have 2014 election coming up and maybe we can fix that some more.

Thanks, Joanne and Blackcawhitecat. I always enjoy learning about the "new" far, far-right conspiracy theories. If they had a touch of reasoning ability, they would be embarrassed about this type of thing; but, no, just eat it up and repeat it to anyone who will listen. When I called one of these fruit cakes on a "theory" the other day, I was informed it came from what "they" consider good info - World Net "Nut" Daily. It would be sad if it wasn't so amusing - but sort of scary too.

Anyway, I would have thought all those Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, West Virginia, Tennessee types would have been able to figure out that the 47% that Mitt was speaking about was mostly them. What's the per capita income in these red states??? But the typical teabaggers didn't know they were the 47% - and voted for the man. And, god, how ironic is Mitt won - wait for it - 47% of the vote.

Forrest -

Yikes! How could I have forgotten "Free Obama Phones"????? How did THAT not make this list?

Gingerbread Mamma - Love the new avatar!

P.S. to BabyBoomer48 - The same article said that if you play President Obama's 2008 acceptance speech backwards, he instructs listeners to do Satan's bidding. Oh, and it also says that Paul is dead....

Thanks JoAnne.......I'm getting ready to move on to the New Year, while there were some good highlights to 2012, it is mostly best forgotten. Happy New Year!

Hey JoAnne, CALL ME, I'll be standing by with my special Obamaphone, ha ha. My number is 2008-2016

Great post, JoAnne. You did forget the big story from Bob in Virginia that the next VP was going to be his man McDonnell.

I agree with most of the stories that our FR hosts suggest but instead of Benghazi and Ryan as VP I would have listed voter suppression and the GOP's use of power in the statehouses this year. Finally the national media is starting to spotlight what they are doing.

I agree with the idea that the voters should have been included. As much as I wanted Obama to win, the victory was more about sending the message that you can't buy elections and you can't use disenfranchisement to win. The people won out over the big money, this time. But that was only a battle, the war goes on.

Also wanted to mention about the 47% comment. Yes Mitt did try to pull that one back, but let's not forget that as soon as the election was over he said basically the same thing. He tried to explain his defeat to his backers that he lost because Obama got the votes by giving things to the freeloaders.

JoAnne, on the cruise the rightwingers took after the election, someone mentioned that we democrats have no morals. Yet they come up with the Hurricane Sandy reasoning.

You just can't make this stuff up.

"Since I supported and voted for Obama, I got some Obama Money with his and Michele's picture on it, but it is only legal tender for phone cards, and scratch off lottery tickets, Tee Hee."

You bad.

You WAY bad.

Pat: "we democrats have no morals."

---So,then, Larry Craig was a DEMOCRAT? Who knew?? Gingrich? Jim Baker? Jimmy Swaggart?? Spitzer? Old man Cheney?? Saint Reagan (think Iran-Contra)??

YIKES!

Comrade BCWC reports: "the Obama admin has secretly bought up all those old Hammer and Sickle flags from the former USSR and May Day is just around the corner"... YES, Comrade, the glorious day of liberation is at hand, and we can thank all you pot-smoking Socialist Canucks (like BCWC and my lovely and artistically gifted fiance) for showing us the way!

Next, we REGISTER ALL THE AMMUNITION! Then, we make a law that if Big Banks or Big Businesses fail- too bad! THAT kind of Socialism, we can do without!

You lazy, whiny Repukelickans should only BE so lucky. In the words of the noted San Francisco political sage Jello Biafra: "In a real Fourth Reich you'd be the first ones to go."

"I got some Obama Money"

• I got some REAL Obama money. Since he took office my investments have more than doubled.

Hey harleygirlget, hills will still be having someone lick her wounds in 2016, everyone knows slick willy damn sure won't. I'm wondering how many chartered bus loads of inner city sleezeballs the almighty bho had bussed in to vote? If you looked at the election map, and that's assuming you can read a map, you'd have seen these massive black holes we call "urban centers" that overwhelmingly voted for your idiot. And 51% (50.96%) to 47% (47.27%) is hardly a "beating". What this SHOULD tell you is that 47% of your fellow Americans do not approve of the choice made by these massive urban centers. But do please keep spewing your dribble, like "republitards", "repukes", and the like. And although you carry the term "vet" in your handle, you must either work on animals, or be a c.o...which really wouldn't surprise me at all.

NPC - so now you're against those in cities voting? How totally American of you. No one was "bussed" anywhere to vote. And, a higher percentage voted for President Obama for a 2nd term than did Bush yet Bush declared a "mandate." Seem to have forgotten that little fact, did ya?

And, the only "idiot" running was Mitt who couldn't stop contradicting himself, putting people down, flip-flopping - you know - Mitt's complete campaign! Yes, we did all consider him an idiot and those who voted for him - well, pretty much says a lot about them!

NPC's, how is it possible to bus anyone when they're standing in line all GD day refusing to be shut out of the voting process?

Have you anything to offer about voter suppression?

I never said Romney wasn't an idiot, he is. And don't you dare question my "Americanism". My people were here when your ancestors were smacking rocks together in Lascaux. Add to the fact that I served my country with honor and distinction, and just where does that leave your arguement? You don't have to belive me, but I'm neither a liar, nor a thief, and any personal claim that I make is true. And how do you know voters weren't bussed in? You don't, so here a like to prove that they were:

http://www.examiner.com/article/early-voting-results-latest-pre-election-day-turnout-favors-obama

You know, my mother once told me, "if you can't say something nice to someone, then don't say anything at all."

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And my comment on "urban centers" is a personal view, as that I personally view them as filth filled, resource gobbling, black holes that are completely unnecessary. Just like unions, they had a place in society at one time, but are no longer needed.

NPCDan - you quote the examiner and expect us to be impressed??? Really?\

And, if you want to talk about "filth" then you only have to talk about the entire Republican Party because filth is all it has become with Akin, Murdouch, Bachmann, Ryan, etc. The party has stooped to levels of the gutter!

I was simply quoting a media source, like nbcnews and such. Despite the source, politicians have bussed people in to vote for them since busses have been around! Are you honestly that daft? And again, I'm an Independent, and not a registered Republican, and certainly not a registered Democrat. I would much rather use my own thought process to determine who I am going to vote for, rather than fawn over another lying politician the media is either drooling over, or condemning to hell.

NPCDan - I'm an Independent and no, I'm not daft but clearly you are. If you believe any more people were bussed to vote for Obama than for Romney - you clearly ARE daft. I make my decision based on the individual and our President was and is heads above ALL of the Republicans who tried to run against him. If you voted for Romney you have no one but yourself to blame for looking the idiot!

Seeking Sanity, Back to the usual nasty rhetoric already ?

Our country is headed towards a fiscal cliff, National debt under Obama has increased from $10.8 trillion at the end of the Bush era to over $16.3 trillion after Obama's first term .... and yet Obama has never demonstrated the required leadership to get a BUDGET passed! He is vacationing in Hawaii, has offered NO clear cut spending reduction plans, taxes are due to go up (on all 53% who actually pay tax) and you are trying to convince the world YOU are not "daft" ???????????????????????

Let me guess .... you have to get "help" balancing your checkbook don't you ?

Another big story of 2012 is that Republicans got their hat handed to them and they still don't realize it.

N.P.C.Dan/I think that it would help you if you had taken your mother's advice on saying no hatred,but I guess that it is still don't say or do as I but only as I say. To claim that you are an independent yet espouse the unfiltered views from the political right shows anyone what you are. Are you ashamed to admit your political allegiance ? I never personally am ashamed to admit to being a Liberal Democrat yet you obviously are of the far right of the right wing party. Never mind ,there are lots of us who don't hate you in return. Try not to hate us for not feeling the same about you.

"listiore", while I am an Independent, I do have conservative leanings. Thank you for pointing that out, Captain Obvious. And "far right" of the right wing party? If that's your opinion/view, then you truly are deluded. I attempt to take the middle ground as much as possible, but between the extreme right, and uberliberal left, the middle is becoming smaller and smaller. I don't "hate" anyone, but I strongly dislike people that attempt to push their leftist agendas upon me. You can sing all of the praises for the almighty bho that you like, but the simple fact is I don't like the man, and that's my OPINION. I personally think he's extremely narcissistic and arrogant to the point of annoyance. Ironically, the same can be said about romney, or just about any politician. However, the current inhabitant of the w.h. takes it to a whole new level.

InterestedObserver - clearly a Republican as you post makes no sense whatsoever!

I understood it, he's a sore loser, just like many in the republican party.

Interested...you are right on one account: As long as the repubs keep putting out hate speech, I will always vote Dem. I only wish that President Obama could run for more than 2 terms, I would continue to vote and work for him. He is a president with integrity, compassion, and honor.

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little after reading "laura's" glowing description of the almighty bho...

NPCDan - clearly you can't stomach the truth. But, that's evident from all of your posts.

"seeking", are you a politician? You seem to have a much different definition of "truth" than anyone I've ever known! And I'm even related to some uberlibs from South Texas who, much like yourself, would sacrifice their first born if the almighty bho decreed it!

NPCDan - OMG - even referencing Texas shows how low information you are. You are truly lacking any "facts" and simply post any idiotcy that comes to mind. The only idiots I see referencing President Obama as the "almighty" or "messiah" are those on the far right who are too ignorant to realize he was the best man running! You just look unbelievabley foolish!

Gosh NPCD....why don't you just throw up a lot....preferably while you are laying down on your back. While you are at it, why don't you look up countries you could move to where you are not the minority.

NPCDan, If you must throw up ... please make sure there is a liberal in front of you ... preferably the kind with the "dirty knees" who bow down to pay homage to Obama's every utterance !

Oh lucky NPCD...he found another rightwinger! Gosh, what are you guys going to do for the next four years while President Obama leads our country? You are going to need a lot of trashcans for all your puking!! ;)

Leads ?????? PUHHLLLEEEEAAAAASSSSSSEEEEEEE !

If Obama was truly a leader, we would have had a budget every year ... of course, his budget offerings never got the first vote of support, even from his own party.

And you don't "Lead" by running away from those you are supposed to be leading ... but Bam-Bam runs away from Capitol Hill so he can hit the campaign trail again .... selling himself and his vague notions, while never offering "concrete" cost-cutting proposals.

There will likely be a lot of taxpayers puking in 2013 when the reality that Obama never intended to extend the "Bush Tax Cuts" for ANYONE .......................... finally sets in !

Like I said....must suck for you.

Laura,

It will suck for the middle class. The people getting taxed into poverty. If you think Obama and his ilk care about you, why do they promote the same policies that are destroying this country?

Some of those policies are listed below:

1) Free trade agreements with other countries (especially China). How come there are no protectionist tariffs on Chinese goods yet? Our manufacturing centers cannot compete as American workers are 10 to 20 times more expensive than workers in other parts of the world. As a result, the middle class is dying. When the middle class goes, we will become a third world country.

2) Quantitative Easing (QE)-You probably don't know what that is. Obama kept a Bernanke at the head of the Federal Reserve, and he believes that QE will help our country. Whenever our government initiates QE, every dollar in circulation (or in your bank account) becomes worth less due to the mass influx of money into our economy). QE benefits the wealthy and punishes everyone else. Read up on the history of the Wiemar Republic (Germany between 1919-1933) to see how quantitative easing will really effect you.

3) Currency Issues. Currency not backed by gold or any other tangible asset. Our debt will cause us to lose world reserve currency and petro dollar status. QE currency manipulation will also play a role in these things happening. Everyone will end up with a lot of monopoly money in their accounts. How fun?

You people that are still picking sides are morons. Both political parties are allowing all of these policies to continue. Both political parties are destroying this nation. Don't worry though, as a majority of the sheeple supported a candidate they believe cares. My question is what do all of these caring politicians care besides their rich crony friends?

Hey "laura", my people have inhabited this continent for about 40,000 years. Why don't you go back to your indoeuropean roots, and become the eurotrash that you truly wish to be. And I call him the "almighty bho", because that's what he invisions himself to be. Did you not hear jamie foxx call him, "Our Lord and Saviour"?

Meant to say: Wisconsin and their war against unions...oops.

laura, You should be saying.....Meant to say: I post crap....oops!

Oh laura, in case you missed the reality ... the Republicans still won most of the elections in the House ! I know that really SUCKS for you, but at least now Obama cannot act AGAIN like the arrogant dictator that shoved Obamacare down the throats of the American People.

Democrats ..... are the MINORITY in the House ! That started in 2010 when the Democratic Party got "Shellacked" !!! Now WHO said the term shellacked little laura ???

Wrong again Jim: House only retained control because of Gerrymandering.

House of Representatives elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections, 2012

This was the first congressional election using the congressional districts that were apportioned based on the 2010 Census. Elections were held for all 435 seats in theUnited States House of Representatives. Elections were also held for the delegates from the District of Columbia and five major U.S. territories. Although House Democrats won a plurality of the popular vote (49.1% vs 48.1%), House Republicans were still able to retain a 234 to 201 seat majority.

Oh little laura, you sound like such a Loser .... got your EXCUSE real handy I see ! But dearie .... you seem to forget the simple fact that the House seats GAINED ... I repeat GAINED in 2010 (actually some Senate seats as well) were gained BEFORE any districts could be redrawn .... so your weak-ass excuse pops just like a soap bubble !

Besides, laws exist to enforce unreasonable "gerrymandering" which you claim... and Obama's lap dog Eric Holder would have had the DOJ "all over it" if voters were disenfranchised by any significant degree !

So you seem to have pulled that excuse out your butt .... maybe you need to put it back.

So sorry Jim that facts cause you such chagrin. Wikipedia must be such a thorn in the side for repubs.

Gerrymandering alive and well: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/us/politics/redistricting-helped-republicans-hold-onto-congress.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

BTW Jim, this is 2012, not 2010.

What happened in 2010 laura ? Did you forget who said "We got shellacked" ? What is your excuse for getting "shellacked" before the alleged gerrymandering could have occurred ?? Did you conveniently choose to ignore that reality ?

Sorry, but NY Times is a liberal news source ... their credibility is going down hill on political issues.

ohhhhh laura - I can only guess what "jim" you're trying to converse with as the one I am thinking about I have on "ignore." I'll give you a heads-up - you'd be better off arguing with a brick - it would make more sense and be much less angry!

LOL Seeking....this poor guy is delusional. He is stuck back in 2010. He is up there with Gingrich claiming that Romney was going to win in a landslide while President Obama had already won! That is ok...guess we should have a little compassion for them.

BTW Jim, your beloved republican ran Congress has the lowest approval rating in history: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/congressional_job_approval-903.html

laura...the Senate is ran by Demoncrats......you didn't know this?

HOPE...LOL So where did I ever mention the Senate? Please try to keep up. Recap, your friend Jim, is having orgasms over the fact that the House kept their majority but is under the delusion that they did it by winning a majority of the popular vote. I posted facts for him concerning the Congress that they did not win a majority and the republican ran Congress has the lowest approval ratings in its history.

Oh and DEMONcrats? Is that supposed to be factual somehow?

But dearie .... you seem to forget the simple fact that the House seats GAINED ... I repeat GAINED in 2010 (actually some Senate seats as well) were gained BEFORE any districts could be redrawn ....

Well, Jim-lotsa numbers, I think you and the Republican party should keep that in mind. As well as this:

Big GOP donors see small return on investment

Among the biggest losers on Tuesday was conservative strategist Karl Rove...

A study by the Sunlight Foundation found that just 1.29 percent of the nearly $104 million it spent in the general election ended with the desired result. In addition to spending $85 million to defeat Mr. Obama and $6.5 million to support Mitt Romney, the group spent millions more opposing Democratic Senate candidates Bill Nelson in Florida, Jon Tester in Montana, Joe Donnelly in Indiana, Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin, and Tim Kaine in Virginia - all of whom won. The only candidates it supported who won were Republicans Deb Fisher in Nebraska and Dean Heller in Nevada, who the group spent a combined $1.3 million to support.

The return for American Crossroads' sister group, Crossroads GPS, was not much better. Crossroads GPS, which keeps its donors secret, saw a 14 percent return on the $70 million it spent. Another conservative outside group, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, saw just a 6.9 percent return on its $33 million in spending. The National Rifle Association's return on its nearly $12 million in spending: 0.81 percent.

If you are right, then the gerrymandering that Republicans managed in redrawing districts may not matter a helluva lot in 2014 when ALL 435 seats in the HR are up for re-election!

What will you say if the economy continues to improve, and things look pretty good come 2014? Will you say it's due to the GOP House? Or will you look very hard for any discouraging factor, and claim that it is the "real" story? One thing is probably certain - if the DJIA breaks 14,000 and unemployment goes below 7% and the deficit falls to $900b, you probably still won't conclude that Obama is a pretty good president.

noncoms,

I would say it is because two extremes cancelled each other out forcing us to the middle which normally works best for the country. I am not saying the President is extreme but he does have to cater to that side of his party as Boehner does to his side.

I think a good President does find a middle ground as President Clinton did.

Yes, there is gerrymandering on both sides.

I like to point out that about 30% of the population is flat out crazy. They see us as in the Biblical endtimes, evolution is a liberal myth, the world was created just like the Bible says in 7 days just 6 millenia ago, global warming is a liberal myth, tax increases on job creators will devestate us, entitlements are evil but you better not cut my social security payment one penny, etc. If you subtract off that 30%, then the vote ratio is roughly 52% of the nation for Obama and 17% for Romeny. That is, of the sane and smart, Obama won in a big landslide.

Hope....you are welcome to leave.

The most defining moment was the re-election of Obama and the American people CHOOSING to have a terrible economy and 4 more years of suffering......

...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 Dec 26, 2012 13114

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.

Damn! If that is suffering, I want more of it! And I think that just about sums up the reason for Obama's victory...

MSN -

You are so right - no hopeisgone! Best present ever!

Yeah,

Celebrate that one corrupt politician beat the other corrupt politician. That is a reason to rejoice! Sheeple!

I'm game...

#1: Defunct ACORN steals 2016 Presidential election...in advance!

#2: Hillary Clinton coordinates Benghazi attack!

#3: BIAS ALERT! Akin and Murdoch videotaped responses misquoted!

#4: 47% is an understatement!

#5: Tea Party now more relevant than ever!

#6: Obama continues to be half-black!

#7: FOX viewers are smarter than other senile people!

#8: Dick Morris predicts Romney avalanche!

#9: Karl Rove is asked to leave....and won't until Ohio vote concludes!

#10: Jesus founded the NRA!

Jim-3290478.......you are one of the 47% get a better job.....do what is needed education travel etc....get a better paying job.........stop worrying about what everyone else makes and get a better job.

Teacher ....please tell me and others what is middle class? None of the politicians who claimed to be running to help the middle class could tell anyone including the press when asked what is middle class???? The latest report by a large news organization is you make at least 100k a year live in your own home own a car and are gainfully employed ............You said your middle class I want to hear your take on middle class. This is not meant to be an attack on your post......I just think the politicians used the words middle class but really have no idea.