Presidential race contested in far fewer states than in past
Election 2012
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In this Sept. 26, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama points to supporters before speaking at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. So much for Mitt Romney's plan to compete for Democratic-leaning Michigan or Pennsylvania. And what about President Barack Obama's early hopes of fighting it out for GOP-tilting Arizona, Georgia or Texas? Forget them. The presidential battleground map is as compact as it's been in decades, with just nine states seeing the bulk of candidate visits, TV ads and get-out-the-vote efforts. A small fraction of Americans will determine the outcome of the race for 270 Electoral votes.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — So much for Mitt Romney's plans to compete for Democratic-trending Michigan or Pennsylvania. And what about President Barack Obama's early hopes of fighting it out for Republican-tilting Arizona, Georgia or Texas? Forget them.
The presidential battleground map is as compact as it's been in decades, with just nine states seeing the bulk of candidate visits, campaign ads and get-out-the-vote efforts in the hunt for the 270 Electoral College votes needed for victory. That means just a fraction of Americans will determine the outcome of the race for the White House.
"It's difficult if not impossible to pull new states into that kind of competition," said Tad Devine, a Democrat who long has helped his party's presidential nominees craft state-by-state strategies to reach the magic number.
A month before Election Day, that means both candidates are concentrating their precious time and money in the handful of states that still seem to be competitive: Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Colorado, Iowa, Virginia, North Carolina, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin.
Obama succeeded in expanding the map in 2008 by winning the traditionally Republican states of Indiana, North Carolina and Virginia. But it took a Democratic tidal wave to do so, and he was the exception in a nation that's grown increasingly polarized, with demographic shifts heralding Democratic victories in the Northeast and on the West Coast and Republican dominance in the West and South.
"Politics in the country has become homogenized regionally and culturally," said Steve Schmidt, a veteran of Republican presidential campaigns. So, he added: "You're left with the only states that have the population and demographic mix where it's in question who is going to be on top at the finish line."
TV ad money — the best measure of whether a campaign is competing in a state — shows that 93 percent of the $746 million spent so far, or $697 million — has poured into the nine battleground states. Less than a quarter of the nation's voters live in those states.
The trend is clear. Over the past 20 years, markedly fewer states have been competitive in presidential elections. In 1992, there were 33 decided by fewer than 10 percentage points. In 2008, just 15.
Despite seemingly having the money to compete on a bigger playing field, neither Romney nor Obama is going after some states that long had been perennial swing-voting battlegrounds.
Romney hasn't given any love to New Mexico, which now tilts Democratic because of an influx of Hispanics. And the GOP didn't even consider competing in other traditionally Democratic states where the GOP had spent money in past presidential elections, including Minnesota, Oregon, Washington and Maine.
Obama, for his part, opted against competing in Indiana, a traditionally Republican state that's only grown more conservative after Obama's surprise victory there four years ago. The president also ceded Missouri; it was a presidential bellwether for years before it voted for Republican John McCain over Obama in 2008. And, unlike four years ago, there's been no talk about trying for North Dakota or Montana.
Aides to both men had mused about waging fights on the opponent's turf. But it hasn't happened.
Flash back to four years ago.
With a month to go in the 2008 election, Obama and McCain were advertising and campaigning in 21 states. Obama was either trying to win — or force McCain to spend money — in GOP strongholds of Arizona, Indiana, Missouri, Montana and North Dakota. McCain was running ads in Democrat-leaning Minnesota and Pennsylvania.
And four years before that, President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry also competed in more states than Obama and Romney are squaring off in this year. At least 11 states were the focus in the final month in a race somewhat similar to this year's: an embattled incumbent trying to fend off a challenger.
This year, perhaps no state illustrates the changed dynamics better than Pennsylvania.
The state offers 20 Electoral College votes and has been competitive up until Election Day in every presidential campaign for the past few decades even though it's voted Democratic since 1988.
Republican groups tried to make the state competitive for Romney this year by running ads early on.
But, one month out, Romney isn't aggressively competing in the state, a fact that pains its Republicans.
GOP Gov. Tom Corbett was still lobbying last week, arguing that Romney's support for relaxed restrictions on coal production made him more competitive in the state than polls suggest. That hope hung over a door in a Harrisburg campaign office in the form of a sign: "Pennsylvania believes."
"We've just got to do the work on the ground," state Republican campaign spokesman Billy Pitman said, standing beneath that hopeful sign. "There's still time."
But Romney has only nominally campaigned in Pennsylvania for the general election, as he struggles to narrow Obama's advantage with white working-class voters and women. Despite Romney having 24 campaign offices in the state, registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by roughly 1 million and Obama leads solidly in polls. The president has spent a relatively light $5 million on advertising, early on in the campaign.
Then there is Michigan, Romney's native state but one that has voted Democratic in presidential elections since 1988. GOP groups tried to lay the groundwork for Romney to compete, running ads earlier this year. But Romney aides decided against trying to put it in play, acknowledging that it would be difficult for him to win given his initial opposition to the automotive industry bailout.
On the other side, Obama's team hasn't put its money or time where its mouth has been in Arizona, Georgia or Texas.
Four years ago, Obama received 45 percent of the vote in McCain's home state of Arizona without spending any time or money. This year, aides said early on that an influx of Hispanic voters made it an attractive place to compete. Obama aides say it's still possible the president could air ads in Arizona before Election Day.
Aides also spoke early on about possibly competing in Texas, yet nothing ever came of that. And Democrats had been eyeing Georgia, arguing that it — like Southern states North Carolina and Virginia — was prime for a Democratic return to power, given an influx of young and racially diverse voters.
Yet, all those states are among the 41 that aren't seeing the action, at least for now.
Associated Press writers Kevin Freking and Don Rehill contributed from Washington.
Oct 11, 2012 at 9:02 p.m.
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Ezoner,
Now you can feel free to post the intelligence that proves that President Obama's announcement of the death of Bin Laden led "directly" to the helicopter attack. You obviously haven't heard that the GOP has already blamed that on the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Oct 11, 2012 at 3:21 p.m.
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Ezoner first said, "Emanuel told the New Yorker earlier this year that he and Obama "participated in a small group that met weekly when Rod was running for governor. We basically laid out the general election, Barack and I and these two.""
Ezoner, after being corrected about the date of these meetings (2002) then said, "No -- these discussions were over Obamas senate seat."
The quote you cite was relayed to Ryan Lizza of the New Yorker and was about the 2002 Illinois gubernatorial debate. A full six year prior to Obama being elected President and vacating his senate seat. What this amounts to is you're claiming Obama and his advisers were discussing deals for a Senate seat he wouldn't hold for another THREE years and wouldn't vacate for another SIX years! Additionally, Blagojevich was not even in these meetings in 2002.
Here's your quote, ezoner. It clearly is discussing the 2002 Illinois gubernatorial campaign.
"Last July, Ryan Lizza of the New Yorker wrote about Obama in 2002:
“That year, he gained his first high-level experience in a statewide campaign when he advised the victorious gubernatorial candidate Rod Blagojevich, another politician with a funny name and a message of reform. Rahm Emanuel, a congressman from Chicago and a friend of Obama’s, told me that he, Obama, David Wilhelm, who was Blagojevich’s campaign co-chair, and another Blagojevich aide were the top strategists of Blagojevich’s victory. He and Obama ‘participated in a small group that met weekly when Rod was running for governor,’ Emanuel said. ‘We basically laid out the general election, Barack and I and these two.’” [ http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php... ]
Oct 11, 2012 at 2:44 p.m.
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Kinda surprized Obama and staff didnt blame the fires in Libya on Chevy Volt battery issues....
Oct 11, 2012 at 2:42 p.m.
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Walter -- you must mean that Obama should never have exposed that seal team 6 killed OBL. Putting their lives at risk -- and leading directly to the helicoter attack in Afg, killing a large number of Seal team Memebers. --- Mentioning meeting someone at a party sure seems bad after Obama caused the death of the seal team in Afg. , The border agent and the ambasador... you really want to go there???? Its almost as though Obama pulled the trigger in those cases.
Oct 11, 2012 at 2:36 p.m.
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No -- these discussions were over Obamas senate seat.
Oct 11, 2012 at 1:37 p.m.
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Ezoner said, "So -- as I have indicated. Obama very likely attempted to negotiate with known criminals."
Your quotes are concerning the 2002 Illinois gubernatorial election. Six full years prior to Obama becoming president and vacating his senate seat. Wake up.
Oct 11, 2012 at 1:12 p.m.
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Wow, the mother of a former Navy SEAL that was killed in Libya told Romney to stop politicizing the death of her son. That Mitt is a class act.
http://www.businessinsider.com/seal-glen...
Oct 11, 2012 at 1:09 p.m.
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Ezoner,
You seem to be believing things for which there is absolutely no hard evidence simply because you want them to be true. Text book case of confirmation bias. When someone contradicts you, you dismiss it as false and have no evidence to back up your claim other than you really "dont want that guy in office of president." That's brilliant. Don't you think that with the Blago under surveillance by the Feds that at some point Obama would have been recorded if he was involved with the attempted sale of his Senate seat?
Oct 11, 2012 at 1:02 p.m.
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So says you -- but all of the Obama henchman said they did. So -- as I have indicated. Obama very likely attempted to negotiate with known criminals. Had money channeled to him from Rezko. Associated with known terrorists and still does today. Really -- dont want that guy in office of president.
Oct 11, 2012 at 12:47 p.m.
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Your quoting statements made about meetings during the 2002 Illinois gubernatorial campaign, Ezoner. Those meetings did not include Blagojevich.
Oct 11, 2012 at 12:34 p.m.
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Emanuel told the New Yorker earlier this year that he and Obama "participated in a small group that met weekly when Rod was running for governor. We basically laid out the general election, Barack and I and these two."
Axlerod has made similar comments.
Oct 11, 2012 at 11:33 a.m.
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thatwaseasy said, "HAHA, good come back poobah.... Obama picks winners and losers with our money, or in his case LOSERS....big L on the forehead."
Yes, I know it was. And here's another one for you to munch on.
"Of the $90 billion handed out, less than $1 billion has been lost, even counting two other failures Romney didn't mention: Beacon Power and Abound Solar. That's less than the $2.4 billion Congress has set aside for losses, The New York Times points out. If Romney had that kind of record at Bain Capital, he'd be a proud member of the billionaire's club right now." [ http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Ene... ]
I'm happy to talk about the government investments, including Solyndra and the other losses, with you any day, thatwaseasy. We'll compare those losses, and jobs and technology advances, with those of Mitt Romney's losses at Bain Capital. As the Christian Science Monitor article so aptly stated, if Romney had "Obama's picks," he'd be a multi-billionaire, not a multi-millionaire.
And while you're in a reading mood, here's the link to that article about how Mitt harvested Sealy Mattress. One company he did make a few bucks on, but at the expense of the employees and other owners, of course.
"Sealy was America's No. 1 mattress brand -- until Bain Capital got its hands on it" [ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/02/how_mitt... ]
Oct 11, 2012 at 11:22 a.m.
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Sections of court papers filed by scandal-scarred former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich that were mistakenly made public show a deeper involvement by President Obama in picking his Senate successor and call into question the president's public statements on the case.
According to passages in the papers filed Thursday by Blagojevich's lawyers -- which were blacked out under a judge's order but made visible by a computer glitch -- Obama, then president-elect, spoke directly to the disgraced governor on Dec. 1, 2008.
But just one week later -- on the day Blagojevich was indicted -- Obama told reporters flatly, "I had no contact with the governor or his office, and so we were not -- I was not aware of what was happening."
The allegation is just one of a host of thorny claims about Obama that were apparently inadvertently revealed when a blogger found it was possible to read the redacted lines by simply copying and pasting them into a regular text file.
Blagojevich is set to go on trial in June on charges that he tried to sell the Senate seat vacated by Obama. The judge had ordered large sections of the defense team's filing to be blacked out.
The newly revealed sections also contradict Obama's claims that he never discussed favorable legislative action in exchange for a large campaign contribution with his former neighbor, fund-raiser and key supporter Tony Rezko, who has since been convicted of fraud.
Blagojevich's lawyers charge that Rezko has told the feds that, indeed, he did have such conversations with a "public official." The defense believes the official to be Obama.
Also contained in the unredacted papers is a claim that, contrary to his denials, Obama did push longtime friend and adviser Valerie Jarrett for his old Senate seat using a union official as a go-between with Blagojevich.
The filing indicates that the union official has testified to federal investigators about a phone call he had with Obama on the day before he won the presidency in which he indicated that Jarrett "would be a good senator for the people of Illinois and would be a candidate who could win re-election."
Oct 11, 2012 at 11:18 a.m.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r6TA1PNG...
Romney lies.
Oct 11, 2012 at 10:54 a.m.
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Walter -- and OJ is innocent....
Oct 11, 2012 at 10:45 a.m.
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916WI,
That story goes to the larger overall theme that Romney was bad for job creation in Massachusetts. That company never grew because it was nothing more than a science experiment and now MA is completely without those jobs. Romney governed during a relatively decent economic time yet his state was losing jobs. It's ok to pick a few losers here and there especially when it comes to innovating in the energy field so long as job growth is positive. That's what has happened under President Obama. Such was not the case in MA under Governor Romney.
Oct 11, 2012 at 10:41 a.m.
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Ezoner,
That's hilarious. So, you're saying that the only evidence that you have that President Obama and Mayor Emanuel were involved in the Blagojevich scandal is that righties think that it happened that way and because lefties don't? You are seriously detached from reality. Blogs can be evidence if the author of the blog presents hard evidence to back their claims. What you're doing right here right now about this Blagojevich thing is what a truly amateur blogger/conspiracy theorist with no credibility would do.
Oct 11, 2012 at 9:18 a.m.
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Walter -- that is an answer -- opinions and blogs are not evidence. Even reports and data are not evidence.. As I have stated many times, just adding a note that says nonpartisan prior to the name of an ordanization does not mean that the data provided is not biased. Data -- samples and information are easily skewed based upon inclusion and exclusional points, or limits. In the end -- it becomes what makes sense and most of what I see for posts from the far left make no sense.
Oct 11, 2012 at 7:43 a.m.
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Pasta,
I hope you were being sarcastic with that link you provided because here's some info directly from it:
1) Following his comments, Jack Welch has resigned from his job writing for Fortune magazine. I'm sure that wasn't without some encouragement from the magazine itself.
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2)"Welch also elaborates on why he thinks the unemployment figure is suspicious, but again fails to provide evidence of malfeasance. Instead, he suggests that the data collection methods employed by BLS are easily manipulated."
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3) "This is a methodology that's been used for decades. And it is insulting when you hear people just cavalierly say that somehow we're manipulating numbers," Labor Sec HildaSolis told CNN.
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4) "No political appointee is involved in the collecting, processing and analyzing of the data," said Thomas Nardone, the associate commissioner for employment and unemployment statistics.
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5) And go figure that Republicans would be the ones to make this accusation considering the only historic precedent for a President trying to manipulate the BLS was under Republican President Nixon. The White House under Nixon put together a list of Jews working at the BLS because he believed there was a Jewish conspiracy to undermine his presidency. Fred Malek (high level Nixon assistant) stated in a White House memo that 10 of the top 17 posts at the agency were held by "ethnics". Not long after that, several people at high levels within the agency were demoted or transferred. Following that another memo was issued stating "a politically sensitive, loyal Republican will be selected for the new Deputy post.”
In the decades since, large efforts have been made to keep the BLS secure from White House tampering. The current acting commissioner took over the position in January of this year and is a career economist at the BLS. He was promoted by the bureau, not appointed by the President. Prior to that, the person in that position was put there by the President....President GW Bush. So, for all those months during the first 3 years of the Obama administration when the unemployment rate started to fall and just kept falling, a GW Bush appointee was heading the bureau.
http://commercialobserver.com/2012/10/th...
Oct 11, 2012 at 7:41 a.m.
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The only problem with Wally's analysis is that he fails to quote some important details regarding Romney's investment.
From the article:"The company survived for more than a decade and paid back its loan from Massachusetts."
That's right--The taxpayers of MA were paid back. How much of Obama's $535 million investment was recouped by American taxpayers? Wally--can you answer that please?
The other thing that Wally fails to mention was that this deal was set up in December of 2002--before Romney officially became Governor of that state.......
I'm sure that these omissions were just minor oversights on Wally's part and were not meant to sway the intention of his post at all.........right??:)
Oct 11, 2012 at 7:21 a.m.
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thatwaseasy,
I guess Romney's also quite skilled at "picking losers" as he likes to call it:
"A Lowell-based solar technology company that received $1.5 million in state loans when Mitt Romney was governor has filed for bankruptcy, opening the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to charges of hypocrisy.
Konarka Technologies revealed Friday that it had filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and would fire its 80-person staff and liquidate its assets."
http://www.boston.com/politicalintellige...
Oct 11, 2012 at 7:18 a.m.
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Ezoner,
That's not evidence. You sound like Mitt Romney when he gets asked to provide specifics about his policy plans.
Oct 11, 2012 at 7:17 a.m.
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HAHA, good come back poobah....SOLYNDRA!
Obama picks winners and losers with our money, or in his case LOSERS....big L on the forehead.
Oct 11, 2012 at 7:14 a.m.
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http://news.investors.com/special-report...
Democrats over sampled by 8% and Romney still has 5% lead.
Oct 10, 2012 at 8:58 p.m.
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All the comments after I made yesterday afternoon, just prove my point. Give it a rest.
"Everyone has already made up their minds, except a few undecided voters in some swing states. The overall popular vote doesn't matter at this point, except for bragging rights. And all the commenters that follow this comment, well, it doesn't matter. The undecided aren't here.
Now it's a get out the vote for your side contest (and suppress the Democrats since Republicans currently control more state legislatures...voter ID, gerrymandering, voting machines, intimidation, voting roll purging, etc.)."
Oct 10, 2012 at 8:51 p.m.
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Captain Phony=Barack Obama
Oct 10, 2012 at 5:31 p.m.
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thatwaseasy said, "Do liberals know about the hundreds of companies that Bain Capital has invested in or saved? Bain capital has invested in or saved many companies. Some of those that people would recognize are: Sealy Mattress"
Great example, thatwaseasy. I'd like everyone to read about Sealy Mattress and Mitt Romney.
How Mitt Romney’s Bain “harvested” Sealy mattress company
"Sealy was America's No. 1 mattress brand -- until Bain Capital got its hands on it" [ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/02/how_mitt... ]
Oct 10, 2012 at 5:26 p.m.
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Walter -- how many Gov and politicians are or go to prison in ILL. Its easy to see how they both thought they would get away with it.... If they are willing to cover up the Benghazzi Gate -- then selling a simple state senate seat is nothing.
Oct 10, 2012 at 4:10 p.m.
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What a disgrace! Barack Hussein Obama is a disgrace to the office of President.
How dare he think the American people are so stupid as to listen to them blame a video for 14 days and now say they never said that.
November 6 can not come soon enough for me!
Oct 10, 2012 at 1:24 p.m.
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May I remind you that Romney came out FIRST and called it terror.
The media then crucified Romney and covered Obama's "film" lie with gusto.
Oct 10, 2012 at 1:22 p.m.
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If this massive cover-up exposed a Republican it would be front page, top of every news hour.
But that just goes to show you how litte knowledge the liberals have when it comes to what really is going on with this administration and it started with stimulus, followed by Obamacare, to Fast and Furious and now Libya.
One massive lie and cover-up after another.
Oct 10, 2012 at 12:58 p.m.
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Facts~ but it's the great Barry Obama.....don't you understand??
Oct 10, 2012 at 12:07 p.m.
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Obama-Promoted Battery Plant Moves to 'Rolling Furloughs' As Company Pulls Back on Jobs Projections
LG Chem received $151 million from feds, $100 million from state
Set to make batteries for the Chevy Volt hasn't made one single battery.
Another Obama loser - which of course means we all lose because he gives away our money.
Oct 10, 2012 at 12:04 p.m.
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Solyndra and at least four other companies have received stimulus funding only to later file for bankruptcy, and two of those were working on alternative energy. They received millions in taxpayer dollars only to find out they are big Obama donors.
Romney didn't lie when he said Obama picks losers.
Oct 10, 2012 at 12:01 p.m.
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Do liberals know about the hundreds of companies that Bain Capital has invested in or saved?
Bain capital has invested in or saved many companies. Some of those that people would recognize are:
Staples
Toys R Us
Clear Channel Radio
Dunkin Donuts
Domino's Pizza
The Weather Channel
Burger King
Sealy Mattress
Oct 10, 2012 at 11:58 a.m.
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How special that Romney's Bain company has helped companies across China and Russia to grow?
Whose side is he on?
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/U...
Oct 10, 2012 at 11:50 a.m.
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Pollsters pulling out of NC, VA, FL - already giving it up for Romney.
Yesterday, Wolf Blitzer's first question to Romney was about his comment arming Syrian Rebels. "How do you keep weapons out of the hands of Al Quieda"
Seriously, the left wing bias media doesn't report Fast but is concerned about something that hasn't happened yet.
Do they even know how stupid they look?
Today we find out the big cover up at ABC that Obama attended the wedding of the moderator for tomorrow's debate.
Oh they tried to hide it.
Oct 10, 2012 at 11:38 a.m.
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While the internet buzzed with Breitbart News’ release of a booklet from President Obama’s literary agency circa 1991 describing him as being “born in Kenya,” the mainstream media still refuses to report the story, or plays defense for Obama.
AP - forever know as the Administration Patsies
Oct 10, 2012 at 11:36 a.m.
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concernedwi
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/...
My eyes don't lie.
Oct 10, 2012 at 11:30 a.m.
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Brian Terry Dead- Fast and Furious and many many more according to Univision
Chris Stevens and three others Dead in Libya that Obama and Clinton have lied to the public for weeks.
October surprise?
Major White House Cover-up x2
Oct 10, 2012 at 11:26 a.m.
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Nobody died in Watergate!
Oct 10, 2012 at 10:55 a.m.
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You sure Walter?
http://www.channel3000.com/money/Jack-We...
Oct 10, 2012 at 10:39 a.m.
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Ezoner,
Please provide your evidence that President Obama or Rahm Emanuel were involved in the Blagojevich scandal.
Jack Welch tried to come up with some conspiracy theory about the BLS jobs report. He had to go on national TV and state very clearly that he had absolutely no evidence of the massive government conspiracy that he was alleging.
Oct 10, 2012 at 10:36 a.m.
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The band known as the POLICE are coming out with a follow up song to "King Of Pain"; it's called "King Of Deception". If this fool should get re-elected, American's can prepare to bow before their "KING". But hey, Obama lovers, it's better to bow to the king rather than swallow the pride, and admit, maybe the guy does have a few major character flaws that would indicate he doesn't possess the leadership qualities needed to run OUR country.
Oct 10, 2012 at 10:16 a.m.
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Wiggle -- no opinion pcs and blogs are not facts. People take individual comments out of context all the time. I see allot of nit picking of words and compartmentalisation of comments. What gets me is those that only post negatives that are single sided. It is a sure sense that they are disengenuous about their comments. WHen you look at Obama -- his run up was a complete lie. It is very likely he was involved in the Blago negotiation or at least Rahm was. The far left is the worst -- and Illinois Politicians are the worst.
WHen you look at what the left is doing to the middle class yet stating they fight for them is a joke. I have had it with both sides, honestly. but I can only pick the best of the worst and we need someone with real economic sense now.
Oct 10, 2012 at 10 a.m.
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concernedND
i am sick of negative ad campaigns,Obama's campaign is the worst. They need to clean it up,you should go after your opponent on the issues and less personnel attacks.
So it's not negative that romer buys US companies, lays off the AMERICAN workers and ships the jobs and money over seas? Then says the people he lays off and uses the unemployment ins they paid for in the years they worked are spongin off the government,
oh that is soooo positive is it not?
Oct 10, 2012 at 9:51 a.m.
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ezoner - "propaganda garbage"
So facts from a repub news reporter is now garbage? Facts and truth of lyin ryan's words are garbage? Dang you believe the earth is flat if lyin ryan says so correct?
Oct 10, 2012 at 9:48 a.m.
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There is a poster on this thread responding to himself. That's a sure way to get agreement on your opinion I guess.
Oct 10, 2012 at 9:45 a.m.
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Concerned -- the real facts have never been contested. His own biography, his own Illinois background broshure, his own words say he is from Kenya. If it was good enough for him before. Its good enough now. So is a liar before, or is a liar now. Maybe we should ask Liz Warren... she seems to use similar tactics. -- Is she American Indian or not.... Maybe she meant she was from India... or she had vacationed there once.
Mjoe -- keep publishing propaganda garbage -- you are sooooo credible.
Oct 10, 2012 at 9:39 a.m.
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Looking forward to hearing Paul Ryan lie a lot in the VP debate!
We of course can recall his many lies told at the Republican Convention, as even Fox News reported:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum...
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/U...
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/robe...
http://www.thenation.com/blog/169648/the...
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/20...
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/3...
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/0...
http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/106730/rya...
http://www.salon.com/2012/08/30/paul_rya...
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/...
Oct 10, 2012 at 8:58 a.m.
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Midnight, if you want to argue about The President's record go ahead. If you want to continue the birther argument that has been disprove time and time again, you hurt any argument you have and make yourself look foolish. The huge government conspiracy it would take to have a non natural born citizen become president is something that only listeners to coast to coast could believe. Take the tin foil off and look at real facts.
Oct 10, 2012 at 8:10 a.m.
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Don't listen to Democrats!
Listen to Republican Leaders who agree that Romney CANNOT BE TRUSTED!
“If Governor Romney would like to give back all the money that he has earned from bankrupting companies and laying off employees, over his years at BAIN, then I would be glad to then listen to him. “
-Newt Gingrich, Republican leader and former Speaker of the US House of Rep.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoWkmYrp8...
“I have never seen a guy (Romney), and I have run a lot of elections supported a lot of people for political office. I have never seen a guy change his positions on so many things so fast, on a dime.”
- Rudy Giuliani, Republican leader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av3q7-a-a...
“This is someone (Romney) who doesn’t have a core. He has been on both sides of almost every single issue... “
–Rick Santorum, Republican leader and former Republican Senator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av3q7-a-a...
“He’s (Romney) certainly being dishonest about his own record! When he says that he had the endorsement of the NRA, he did not. When he says he didn’t raise taxes, and in fact, there were $500 million in fees raised during this time. When he talks about my record or John McCain’s. He’s making up stuff, it’s just incredible. In Arkansas, we call it DISHONESTY.”
- Mike Huckabee, Fox News commentator and former Governor of Arkansas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av3q7-a-a...
Oct 10, 2012 at 7:55 a.m.
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Learn about Mitt Romney's campaign promises, in his own words!
Already 1 million viewsthis week alone!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPgfzknYd...
Oct 10, 2012 at 7:36 a.m.
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In the 47% video, Romeny proclaimed that Israel and Palestine will never live in peace. He said peace between the 2 nations is "unthinkable". Now a couple months later, he's all for the 2 state solution. The flip flops and lies never end with this guy. Still waiting to hear how exactly his tax plan would be revenue neutral. Oh that's right, he won't tell us because there's no way that it can be. His little yapping lap dog Paul Ryan will tell you that he can't explain it either because the math takes too long. Guess what Pauly boy, Joe Biden is gonna give you all the time you need.
Oct 10, 2012 at 6:33 a.m.
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Good point from MJOSEPH - YES -->Romney will "LIE" and will do anything. It is funny that his comment about THE 47% has been fogotten by some. The man was caught on video saying how he really felt about people in need. Now he is saying how wrong he was...ROMNEY meant what he had to say.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012...
Oct 10, 2012 at 6:08 a.m.
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Midnight~ King Barry is a fraud.
Oct 10, 2012 at 5:45 a.m.
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mjoseph, do you have one where Obama "evolves" from Obama? Why does all his Illinois state pamphlets say "born in Kenya" and completely erased from the recordes in 2007?
Oct 10, 2012 at 4:46 a.m.
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According to Obama contribution records he is getting money from 57 states (foreign money). Left wing AP must of wrote this two weeks ago. Romney has brought PA and MI back in play.
He won't win MI but PA is their for the taking due to Obama energy policy failures.
Oct 10, 2012 at 3:23 a.m.
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They are ALL liars. My God, are people just NOW figuring that out? Both have the exact same plan. Promise the world to any idiot gullable enough to believe it, and pay for it all via monetary creation. WAKE UP PEOPLE!
Oct 10, 2012 at 3:21 a.m.
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Are they counting all "57 states"?? (is Kenya part of the survey??)
Oct 9, 2012 at 10:37 p.m.
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Retired, the biggest lie by the Dems is trying to tell you Romney lied.If you do not have a record to run on you try to paint your opponent as someone to run from. If you do not have a record to run on, you run throwing small balls at the opponent. Unrest in the Mid East, 16 trillion in debt, the economy in shambles, unemployment still high and the president is worried about Romney defunding BIG BIRD. The bird makes millions of dollars off of the taxpayers, enough to carry his own weight.
Oct 9, 2012 at 8:16 p.m.
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Obama is the most unprofessional President I have seen in my many years as an adult. He makes me sick to my stomach,at this point anyone would be be better. If he gets his way, we are all doomed.
Oct 9, 2012 at 5:47 p.m.
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If there was a real difference there would be a real difference, but there isn't any difference.
Democrats = Republicans = Owned.
Oct 9, 2012 at 5:28 p.m.
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concernedND: congrats on your first comment here! Shill much?
Oct 9, 2012 at 5 p.m.
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Romney will LIE and say anything to get elected! Watch this video as Romney debates Romney!
1 million views already!
Bottomline, Romney cannot be trusted to lead our GREAT NATION!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPgfzknYd...
Oct 9, 2012 at 4:28 p.m.
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Everyone has already made up their minds, except a few undecided voters in some swing states. The overall popular vote doesn't matter at this point, except for bragging rights. And all the commenters that follow this comment, well, it doesn't matter. The undecided aren't here.
Now it's a get out the vote for your side contest (and suppress the Democrats since Republicans currently control more state legislatures...voter ID, gerrymandering, voting machines, intimidation, voting roll purging, etc.).
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