++Sorry, you can listen to the lies and the dog whistles all you want. I would be like the Maine delegation and leave and boycott the event. Before the Tan Man did his Dean Martin imitation and imitated the Rat Pack by saying if President Obama walked in a bar they would throw him out, the delegates for Ron Paul tried to protest the rule changes which were outrageous. John Sununu said President Obama never ran a lemonade stand. A delegate threw peanuts at a African-American camerawoman for CNN and said,"That's how we feed animals".
++We were treated to videos of white people saying they made it by themselves even though it soon came out on the internet that they all had government contracts.
++The Romney campaign again backpedalled today saying Willard would moderate his immigration policy while the Platform still urges self-deportation. Jan Brewer charged that President Obama was playing the "Race Card" in this election--wink, wink.
++John Kasich said he was the one who started the recovery in Ohio. Today on NPR there was a show on the Lordstown Chevy Plant that is now working at full capacity because of the auto bailout. The recovery in Ohio and the Midwest is almost exclusively attributed to President Obama.
++The best thing to happen to the RNC Convention so far is Isaac, which allowed the best journalists to have something to cover.
++This time you have been warned. The Platform calls for a Supermajority to pass any tax increases; a balanced budget amendment, one of the most ridiculous economic ideas in history; a constitutional amendment to ban all abortions without exception;the maintenance of the Bush tax cuts; the gutting of the ERA; cuts in corporate taxes and those who invest;self deportation of undocumented immigrants; radical changes in Medicare and Medicaid;and of course the enhancement of gun ownership. This is a platform for the Last Looting of America and the abolition of the middle class. But this time you can not pretend.
++Regional television covered President Obama's tour to Ames, Iowa and later to Fort Collins, where he tried to drum up student support to vote. This gained more coverage than the zoo in Tampa.
++More on the Race Card, the Romney team expects white turnout to be 74% of the electorate and plans on winning 61% of it. A pretty tough challenge.
++CNN reports that 30% of Republicans wanted someone else as their nominee.
++British betting odds : Obama 2/5, Romney 15/8.
++PPP had a poll on Iowa out that shows Obama ahead 47 to 45 and more interesting leading among Iowans who are interested in wind power by 47-37. The closeness of the poll is attributed to the rise since 2008 of Iowans who have registered as Republicans.
++Karl Rove said today that Romney is betting on winning over Democrats.
++So how is that looking. PPP/Daily Kos poll has Obama at 50 and Romney at 44. Hispanics favor Obama by 59 to 32. African-Americans 80 to 19, and Romney wins the whites by 50 to 44. Romney wins the over 65 by 50 to 44. Obama's favorability is 51% and his approval is at 48%. Romney has an unfavorable of 52%.
++In 2008, there were 9.7 more million women who voted than men and observers expect the number to rise this year.
++Ipsos-Reuters of likely voters Obama beats Romney 46 to 42. People think Obama is a good person --47% and only 29% of Romney; a fun person 48% to Romney's 21%.
And at the end of today's events, President Obama is still black and maybe that was why he didn't run a lemonade stand.
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