WorldTraveller
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The initial reaction from a couple surrogates were on the defensive. But that has changed, Stuart, Romney and even Ann have all come out in support, not to mention all the conservatives on the web. Hell, even bill maher thought it was funny.Romney camp is really fumbling something that should be a non-issue. Yes this is exposing a pervasive media bias in the first place, but romneys are yet again proving incompetent at playing the game. They're all but agreeing media it was s fiasco and mistake ... when it wasnt ! The party line should to point out the important issues clint raised and transition that into how mitts the guy whose going to address them. "Like in mitts speech when he said blah blah blah ... see he's what the country needs "
Regarding his speech, your not the type that would ever like any conventional type of speech. Your type of candidate couldn't get elected
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They collectively embarrassed themselves over the Janesville Plant bit from Ryan's speech. I'm increasingly convinced that Romney/Ryan know precisely what they're doing with these little embarrassment bombs they're dropping because they know the media are foaming at the mouth...especially to get a piece of Ryan, who took the Medicare argument away from them...and they know Obama is brutally thin-skinned and will pop at a moment's notice.
They do, I've been reading the interviews with their "insiders" and they are delighted to keep this discussion going. Did you see the Scott walker interview on msnbc? Maddow, sharp ton and some other loon tried to pin him down on the Janesville question, and he answered effectively to the point that you could see the visible frustration on their faces. As a matter of fact he just pinned up an op Ed on politico this morning, keeping the discussion alive. They know this is a winner.
Also they trotted Ryan out on three interviews with the networks, and he was so successful with the CNN interview that they conceded to his point.
Regarding the network coverage. I like watching CNN's election night coverage, but the coverage for the conventions was horrible. Dana bash the entire time was looking for controversies and conflict at the convention floor the entire time. Also every time there was a speechd from one of the candidates they looked to constantly rebut points.
I will look to watch their coverage at the dem's convention and see if Dana bash looks with the same intensity of seeking conflict at their conventions and see if their commentary after each speech is similar.
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So,...................................the key phrase is "so-called"
What a hoot your reply is, more misconceptions per sentence than anybody else today.....congrats
No one takes the loon seriously
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give the emoticon a rest and why not present some sort of argument, in which points are made rather than merely pick and poke with nonsensical one word answers and laughing faces. go ahead, put yourself out there so that we can see what exactly you stand for, and why, rather than leaving us guessing and assuming that you've got a one- or two-button computer and a dial-up connection.
too often you come back with this response to arguments posed that i have no other reason but to call you a poser.
because for a "worldtraveler" i'd swear you've not left the county.
jw
Like anyone really cares what you think
And seriously, what kind of loser places his initials after each Internet post?
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I believe that the overall popular vote should decide the outcome of the elections, that way everyones vote actually counts.
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They haven't said it yet, but I'm guessing sometime soon you will hear from them that the chanting from the crowd of
U-S-A
will be interpreted as racist.
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I wasn't saying I THINK they should jump on it. I'm surprised they didn't make something out of it. Especially Lawrence O' Donnell Or ED.
You're right, you did say that... my bad
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yup when it comes to tipping.....go work at a restaurant for a bit.....you will be on the same page....table of 10 spending 250-300 w wine etc.....40-80 dollar tip.......meanwhile "some people" same scenario no forced tipping get $20.00 from "person x's"
dont eat out if you don't like to tip is my rule of thumb, people have to feed their kids! or buy alcohol and party with female waiters
pay up !! haaa
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I didn't even catch that. Geez, Fji2nd is about as bat schitt crazy as the most extremist voices from the loons on MSNBC
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More like "invisible leadership"
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Everyone Loony libs are talking about Clint, not Mitt.
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I'm predicting that it has blow out box office ticket sales.
If there is one thing that Conservatives do extremely well, that is support their own.
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Mitt Romney has moved into a narrow lead over U.S. President Barack Obama in a small bounce for him from the Republican National Convention, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Thursday.
Romney entered the week four points behind Obama in the first installment of a Reuters/Ipsos rolling poll, with Obama leading 46 percent to 42 percent.
But the most recent daily rolling poll gave Romney a two-point lead of 44 percent to 42 percent among likely voters.
The former governor of Massachusetts has been in the spotlight at the convention in Tampa, Florida, and was to make his acceptance speech on Thursday night in the biggest test of his White House bid.
Ipsos pollster Julia Clark said the poll results were proof that Romney is getting a positive outcome from the three-day Republican gathering.
"I'd say the convention is going very well for him," she said.
So-called convention "bounces" are typically short-lived. With Obama to accept his party's nomination for a second term next week at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, the incumbent could quickly rebound.
But the poll was further evidence of an extremely close race between Romney and Obama as they seek to energize party activists and appeal to undecided voters in battleground states who could determine the outcome of the election on Nov. 6.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll also found signs that Romney's likability rating is slowly improving among voters, two days after his wife, Ann, talked up her husband's personal attributes and declared, "This man will not fail."
While he still trails Obama by almost 20 points on likability, Romney is now at 30 percent for "likable," up from 26 percent on Monday.
And 32 percent reported Romney is a "good person," up from 29 percent on Monday. Obama still leads by 10 points in this category.
Clark said the improvement in polling on his personality traits is important because of how far he lags behind Obama in these areas.
"Any ground that he can gain on this is very critical," she said.
Romney, 65, is basing his campaign for defeating Obama on promises to improve the U.S. economy and reduce its 8.3 percent unemployment rate.
This continues to be Romney's strongest argument, as 76 percent of those polled said the U.S. economy is on the wrong track.
Voters remain split on Romney's vice presidential running mate, Paul Ryan, who delivered a stinging rebuke of Obama during a prime-time convention speech on Wednesday night.
The survey found 47 percent of registered voters had a favorable view of Ryan, compared to 53 percent unfavorable.
For the survey, a sample of 1,481 American registered voters was interviewed online. The precision of the Reuters/Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll has a credibility interval of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points for all respondents. (Editing by Alistair Bell and Jim Loney)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/30/poll-romney-takes-lead-ov_n_1844512.html
Not likely. The electorate is so highly polarized, I would expect a modest bounce. Most people have already made up their minds, and it's a matter of turnout.
Conservatives are much more energized, but there are more Democrats, so the Dem's don't have to match the same enthusiasm as the Conservatives.
Poll after poll is showing that Romney has a healthy lead with Independents, so it's up to them to make sure that they show up to the polls, without them, he loses.
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Using Media Matters to argue a point that someone didn't act left wing enough is
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Personally, he seemed like at times he was struggling for words. Sure, he had some funny moments, but that was my impression. However, when I asked my father of what he thought, overall he thought he was funny.
My coworker this morning thought he was funny, and he's a moderate Democratic. When I told him of the left wing criticism of Eastwood, he thought that their criticism was ridiculous, and said "geez, he's 82 years old, he was funny to me"
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If I was advising the Romney surrogates, I would tell them to all ACT outraged and shocked that the Obama camp is attacking an American legendary and aging Icon in Clint Eastwood.
Political jujitsu
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President Obama will visit Louisiana after all.
Obama campaign spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki told POLITICO earlier Friday that the president had no plans yet to visit the Gulf state and review damage from Hurricane Isaac, even though Mitt Romney announced plans to visit Friday.
But the White House announced a few hours later that he is now planning to go there.
"On Monday, September 3rd, President Obama will travel to Louisiana to meet with local officials and view ongoing response and recovery efforts to Hurricane Isaac," the White House said in a release.
In other words, Oh ****! Romney is going to LA. I better follow what he's doing, I don't want to get outdone.
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Why does everyone feel that Chris Matthews is super liberal?
I know, for a fact, that he voted for W.Bush in 2000 and I'm 90% sure that he voted for him in 2004. His older brother and many in his family are very ideologically conservative.
Is it cause he worked for Tip O'Neil? Is it because he was very partial to Obama in 2008? Or it because he bashes the current crop of GOP'ers?
I've always looked at him as an anomaly. I wouldn't consider him a "friend" or even an "associate," but I've talked politics with him on several occassions while waiting for a table at Tony Chengs in D.C. or on one of his visits to Georgetown (he'll be there again in October if anyone is interested). He is very willing to talk politics and he is not as transparent or static as you might think.
You'd be surprised at how much more depth these folks have if you're willing to not pigeon-hole them based on t.v. personality "in the moment" soundbytes or based on your predilection for certain cable news networks.
Seriously
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Fact Checkers are getting hammered over the past couple days. There is pushback coming from all Conservative quarters. The GM, Medicare and Welfare arguments fact checks are all getting smashed. At the end of the day, the fact checkers aren't changing anyone's minds.
I was reading how the Romney camp was happy for this to be the discussion, which is why they sent Ryan out on three interviews just to keep the discussion alive. He made such a convincing argument, that CNN reversed their position.
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Honestly, I think both camps feel uneasy. And leading and losing in two polls by no rational observation can be considered "securely". Again, declaratives don't have impact when evidence doesn't support those statements. The lead in the RCP is 1 point, it's not "secure" Geez JA, just admit that it's razor tight, no need to be so hard headed
And yes, it has changed, OHIO just a few weeks ago was +5 now it's + 1.4
VA was +4 now it's +.6
Florida was + 2 now it's +1
Iowa was +3.4 now it's + .2
Michigan was +7.5 now it's +1.2
NV was +6.5 now it's +4 make that 3.3
CO was +4.6 now it's +1
Those are facts, the only person who is "blind" here is you
http://www.realclear...obama-1171.html
National polls +.5
smallest lead yet
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We have different definitions of "not doing well"
leading in half the polls from my perspective is neutral, you see it as "not doing well".
I recognize the fact that the polls have all moved in Romney's favor since the Ryan selection, that is an undeniable fact, for some peculiar reason you view it differently.
I show you polls to back up my assertions, such as the Michigan polling data. You back up your claims with self-inspired declaratives.
so while you call it disheartening, most observers call it encouraging.
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I'm curious if Eastwood did his schtick the way he did to help get seniors outraged when the inevitable attacks from the left occur?
And, with Romney and crew making a lot of their points to be about a disappointment in President Obama not living up to his hype and also for believing better days are ahead for America, it'll be interesting to see how the President frames his message next week.
I thought Romney did well with his speech, but it's clear that he isn't an orator by vocation. Though if he can keep the message focused on 23MM lost jobs and a hopeful vision for the future, the President will be in for a very tough fight.
Funny you mention that, my father who isn't that political, saw the convention last night. I spoke with him afterwards and we both made the observation that Eastwood is lookin kinda old, and we both seemed to share the view that it was unfortunate (for Eastwood) that he was out there. However, when I told him that hard core left wingers were ripping Eastwood for sounding old and muddled, it elicited a strong reaction from my father.
The White House tweeting remarks childishly disparaging Eastwood my guess won't play well with many seniors.
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