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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
The Pre-Debate Hysteria
++Drudge,Fox and the Daily Caller released a video of then Senator Obama talking about how the government failed the black community in New Orleans during Katrina and how the black community had to take personal responsibility to pull themselves up from poverty. The sensational bit was that he mentioned his pastor Jeremiah Wright. A slight problem with this whole video was that it was previously shown on Fox News the last election despite Sean Hannity hyping it this time as an exclusive. It was intended to provide the balance to Romney's 47% secret talk to donors. So I guess you would be surprised that the President was black.
++I actually spent time yesterday with someone who swears Romney will win in a landslide. This concerns me because this type of thinking is usually predicated on high level hijinks. It reminds me of Dick Morris talking about having seen the secret polls. The idea is that only single women will vote for Obama, the blacks will stay home because of Obama's support for same sex marriage and Hispanics--well that aren't Americans yet I guess.It doesn't matter if you refer to all the people who crunch polls for a living. If this were in the cards you would see a "silent" majority appearing on the edge of polling in registered voters which would indicate something's up. But the "silent majority" now are Obama supporters. So get out and vote.
++The biggest stunner yesterday was dropped in the late afternoon. Willard proposed limiting tax deductions to $17,000. This is at the same time the Romney campaign was bragging about winning the suburbs. To put it simply Willard's proposal would crush people earning about $150,000 a year with a house. Put together one's mortgage and property taxes on an average suburban home and you lose.
++The October surprise is supposed to be attacks by Romney on Obama's "cover-up" on the security situation in Benghazi, Libya. Unfortunately for Romney the major news outlets have already announced the surprise and President Obama has already launched a covert operation to catch the culprits. This may actually be Obama's October Surprise. It's good to know Dick Cheney has been telegraphing this.
++But never fear in the 7-11 poll, President Obama is crushing Romney 62 to 39.
++Rasmussen's tracking poll is Obama at 49 to Romney at 47.
++Survey USA --North Carolina is Obama 49 to Romney 47.
++National Journal poll provided by United Technologies has it 47 to 47 but with registered voters it is Obama 49 to 44. Hmmm.
++NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll: Obama 49 to Romney 46. Again with registered voters 51 to 44.
++NBC/ Wall Street Journal/Marist Poll Ohio: 51 to 43.
++NBC/Wall Street Journal/ Marist poll Virginia Obama 48 to 46.
++NBC/Wall Street Journal/ Marist poll: Florida Obama 47 to Romney 46.
++Florida --Suffolk University. Obama 48 to Romney 45.
++Ipsos/Reuters President Obama 46 to Romney 41.
++I actually spent time yesterday with someone who swears Romney will win in a landslide. This concerns me because this type of thinking is usually predicated on high level hijinks. It reminds me of Dick Morris talking about having seen the secret polls. The idea is that only single women will vote for Obama, the blacks will stay home because of Obama's support for same sex marriage and Hispanics--well that aren't Americans yet I guess.It doesn't matter if you refer to all the people who crunch polls for a living. If this were in the cards you would see a "silent" majority appearing on the edge of polling in registered voters which would indicate something's up. But the "silent majority" now are Obama supporters. So get out and vote.
++The biggest stunner yesterday was dropped in the late afternoon. Willard proposed limiting tax deductions to $17,000. This is at the same time the Romney campaign was bragging about winning the suburbs. To put it simply Willard's proposal would crush people earning about $150,000 a year with a house. Put together one's mortgage and property taxes on an average suburban home and you lose.
++The October surprise is supposed to be attacks by Romney on Obama's "cover-up" on the security situation in Benghazi, Libya. Unfortunately for Romney the major news outlets have already announced the surprise and President Obama has already launched a covert operation to catch the culprits. This may actually be Obama's October Surprise. It's good to know Dick Cheney has been telegraphing this.
++But never fear in the 7-11 poll, President Obama is crushing Romney 62 to 39.
++Rasmussen's tracking poll is Obama at 49 to Romney at 47.
++Survey USA --North Carolina is Obama 49 to Romney 47.
++National Journal poll provided by United Technologies has it 47 to 47 but with registered voters it is Obama 49 to 44. Hmmm.
++NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll: Obama 49 to Romney 46. Again with registered voters 51 to 44.
++NBC/ Wall Street Journal/Marist Poll Ohio: 51 to 43.
++NBC/Wall Street Journal/ Marist poll Virginia Obama 48 to 46.
++NBC/Wall Street Journal/ Marist poll: Florida Obama 47 to Romney 46.
++Florida --Suffolk University. Obama 48 to Romney 45.
++Ipsos/Reuters President Obama 46 to Romney 41.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Ride, Sally Ride
++We miss Sally Ride, our first women astronaut, who died of pancreatic cancer yesterday. She left behind her female partner of 27 years and a record of spearheading science education in the United States. She could have been a professional tennis star. Billie Jean King had been her tutor but she opted to be part of the first civilian group of women accepted as astronauts and became a role model for young women in the future.
++President Obama addressed a jubilant crowd at the VFW meeting in Reno, Nevada yesterday. For the first half of his speech he recounted his achievements in foreign policy and talked about getting bin Laden when others thought him naive during the 2008 campaign. The second half of his speech was on his very substantial achievements in terms of veterans' programs both in terms of health care and job training and education.
++Today, Mitt Romney spoke to the same group and tried to sell the VFW on the fact that he would insure that the United States would be the most powerful country in the world and blamed President Obama for the security leaks surrounding the bin Laden mission. He called the President reckless and "radical". He criticized President Obama's announced departure from Afghanistan in 2014 only to pledge to leave the country on the same date. He also blasted the President on his Iran policy. But one thing he neglected to mention to the veterans--any plans for veterans health and well-being. Instead, he said he would never apologize for American power. But then again he always asks everyone to apologize to him. I'm not sure this VFW is the same one as the VFW of World War II vets.
++In today's Gallup poll, Mitt Romney was widely believed to be better for the economy and for the deficits. But President Obama wipes the floor with Romney on the issue of foreign policy.
++A Pew poll finds that Americans are fairly certain they know enough about both candidates to make a choice. Perhaps, we should have elections this week so we can rest easier the next few months.
++An Ipsos/Reuters poll found that 36% of Americans said that knowing about Bain made them less likely to vote for Romney. 26% of independents said less but 13% said more likely. 50% of people said that the public has the right to know what is in Romney's taxes and 54% of independents thought Romney's taxes were an important issue.
++An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found that the negative advertising hurt President Obama's favorables but demolished Romney. Romney now is the first Republican nominee with more unfavorables than favorables.
++PPP found Obama had his worse polling month since April, showing the race tied at 46-46.
++PPP had Obama up by 6 in Minnesota, which is less than the last poll.
++Rasmussen had Obama up by 6 in Michigan, which dispels the notion that Michigan had been a tied race.
++The NBC/Wall Street Journal poll has Obama 49 and Romney at 43. In the Swing States Obama has a 49-41 lead. The Dailykos showed that Romney is struggling in the early 40s in the Swing States, which is not a good sign of his prospects.
++Romney is off to the UK to watch his dancing horse and have a fund-raiser at the Barclay Bank CEO who resigned in scandal. Romney is off for a week tour to Poland and Israel, where he is expected to deliver two major foreign policy speeches. They have to be better than his VFW speech or he will forfeit foreign policy to President Obama for the election.
++President Obama addressed a jubilant crowd at the VFW meeting in Reno, Nevada yesterday. For the first half of his speech he recounted his achievements in foreign policy and talked about getting bin Laden when others thought him naive during the 2008 campaign. The second half of his speech was on his very substantial achievements in terms of veterans' programs both in terms of health care and job training and education.
++Today, Mitt Romney spoke to the same group and tried to sell the VFW on the fact that he would insure that the United States would be the most powerful country in the world and blamed President Obama for the security leaks surrounding the bin Laden mission. He called the President reckless and "radical". He criticized President Obama's announced departure from Afghanistan in 2014 only to pledge to leave the country on the same date. He also blasted the President on his Iran policy. But one thing he neglected to mention to the veterans--any plans for veterans health and well-being. Instead, he said he would never apologize for American power. But then again he always asks everyone to apologize to him. I'm not sure this VFW is the same one as the VFW of World War II vets.
++In today's Gallup poll, Mitt Romney was widely believed to be better for the economy and for the deficits. But President Obama wipes the floor with Romney on the issue of foreign policy.
++A Pew poll finds that Americans are fairly certain they know enough about both candidates to make a choice. Perhaps, we should have elections this week so we can rest easier the next few months.
++An Ipsos/Reuters poll found that 36% of Americans said that knowing about Bain made them less likely to vote for Romney. 26% of independents said less but 13% said more likely. 50% of people said that the public has the right to know what is in Romney's taxes and 54% of independents thought Romney's taxes were an important issue.
++An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found that the negative advertising hurt President Obama's favorables but demolished Romney. Romney now is the first Republican nominee with more unfavorables than favorables.
++PPP found Obama had his worse polling month since April, showing the race tied at 46-46.
++PPP had Obama up by 6 in Minnesota, which is less than the last poll.
++Rasmussen had Obama up by 6 in Michigan, which dispels the notion that Michigan had been a tied race.
++The NBC/Wall Street Journal poll has Obama 49 and Romney at 43. In the Swing States Obama has a 49-41 lead. The Dailykos showed that Romney is struggling in the early 40s in the Swing States, which is not a good sign of his prospects.
++Romney is off to the UK to watch his dancing horse and have a fund-raiser at the Barclay Bank CEO who resigned in scandal. Romney is off for a week tour to Poland and Israel, where he is expected to deliver two major foreign policy speeches. They have to be better than his VFW speech or he will forfeit foreign policy to President Obama for the election.
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