2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vacante

[5mn_Major]

Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca

Yet Clinton did not complain about an obstructionist Congress; instead he accomplished several very significant milestones instead. Watching Bill Clinton, you could see Obama shrink in stature by the moment.

There are a few things that I'd take issue with in your post. I'll start with this statement. The more frequent concensus on this site is the Obama did fine and I have little doubt that he did so in most peoples' eyes. What about Clinton speeech and Obama's speech? The speeches were 'not an either' or...they were a 'yes and'. Obama was butressed by Clinton as he was on a different night, not outshone. This was exemplified by Clinton saying that neither he nor no president could have repaired better than Obama the damage done in 2008. If anyone was outshone it was Romney.

The problem is that Romney didn't need to get outshone by anyone. He had the single worst convention since measurement began thirty years ago:

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[Rover]

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No Wisconsin? That's bizarre. We now have neither campaign spending in a state that's polling within the margin of error. That has probably never happened before.

I wonder if they have internal polling that shows the strong presence of Mormons in NV and CO will push those states.

That's because its not polling within the margin of error in reality. What's happening is polling outfits are tweaking the "likely voter" model to show a close race. However, I'm sure both the Mittens and the Obama camp have their own polling, and its showing more promising opportunities elsewhere.

Consider this, the idiot chattering class almost always put North Carolina in Romney's expected total, while calling Wisconsin and even Michigan "toss up" states. Curious then why Romney is advertising in North Carolina and not Michigan or Wisconsin.....unless the pundits are total morons....

[Kepler]

Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca

Husted backs down.

[Kepler]

Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca

That's because its not polling within the margin of error in reality. What's happening is polling outfits are tweaking the "likely voter" model to show a close race.

That's not how polling works. In order to have meaningful trending a given poll has to keep the same LV methodology throughout. For example, the reason Rasmussen is criticized is not that they "tweak" their LV model, but that it is weighted wrong (and applied too early).

Media outlets do have a vested interest in keeping the race tight. Pollsters, OTOH, have a vested interest in predicting correctly. What we see for free is only the tip of the pollster iceberg -- they make their money doing customized polling, and they don't move that product unless they are on the money.

[Slap Shot]

Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca

There are a few things that I'd take issue with in your post. I'll start with this statement. The more frequent concensus on this site is the Obama did fine and I have little doubt that he did so in most peoples' eyes. What about Clinton speeech and Obama's speech? The speeches were 'not an either' or...they were a 'yes and'. Obama was butressed by Clinton as he was on a different night, not outshone. This was exemplified by Clinton saying that neither he nor no president could have repaired better than Obama the damage done in 2008. If anyone was outshone it was Romney.

The problem is that Romney didn't need to get outshone by anyone. He had the single worst convention since measurement began thirty years ago:

He's projecting. Fact is folks are worried and subconsciously hope that claiming Romney is ahead will eventually make it a reality.

[Foxton]

Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca

Oh if you didn't know Chuck Norris is ****ING NUTS! So prepare to have any respect you had for the man with a fist under his beard be destroyed.

[5mn_Major]

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Its really sad what's happened to the boomers.

[walrus]

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Chuck wants like minded people to get out and vote, that's awful

[bronconick]

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Go out and vote or FACE 1,000 YEARS OF DARKNESS kind of leans toward the crazy.

We're Americans. We don't have the stick-to-itness for 1,000 years of anything.

[walrus]

Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca

Go out and vote or FACE 1,000 YEARS OF DARKNESS kind of leans toward the crazy.
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So was Harry Reid stating Romney hadn't paid taxes in 10 years. Its part of today culture called over the top.

[Foxton]

Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca

So was Harry Reid stating Romney hadn't paid taxes in 10 years. Its part of today culture called over the top.

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[unofan]

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So was Harry Reid stating Romney hadn't paid taxes in 10 years. Its part of today culture called over the top.

10 years of tax returns = 1000 years of darkness?

What's the exchange rate for birth certificates?

[walrus]

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What's the exchange rate for birth certificates?

One of your hero's birth certificates would be priceless

[Kepler]

Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca

We're Americans. We don't have the stick-to-itness for 1,000 days of anything.

Fixed

[5mn_Major]

Re: 2012 Presidential Election Part II -- Charlotte, a National Treasure or sede vaca

Why is it that Romney is so ignored that makes it so his thread can't stay on the front page for a day? Well anyways. Mitt seems to think its bad policy for across the board spending cuts:

Romney says GOP made 'mistake,' weighs in on Eastwood, health care
CNN

Mitt Romney said congressional Republicans were wrong to accept a deal last year that could ultimately result in across-the-board spending cuts, including massive cuts to the military.

"I thought it was a mistake on the part of the White House to propose it," Romney said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "I think it was a mistake for Republicans to go along with it."