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September 21, 2012 03:32 PM UTC

Open Line Friday!

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  • by: Colorado Pols

“They want to be in control of things that people eat, drink, use, high-tech, all this. Liberals have to have control over people, largely based in the belief… Well, it’s a raw thirst for power but it’s also rooted in the fact they have contempt for people’s ability to handle the rigors of life on their own. The Islamists want to do it just to keep this rigid moral code intact and fealty to the ‘Holy Qur’an,’ as President Obama pronounces it.”

–Rush Limbaugh, yesterday

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  1. Wonder if he’ll tan some before he gets here.

    Oh-  and Ohio and Florida (and VA and WI), President is pulling ahead. And voters continued to get registered in all those places.

    Yay!!! voter reg. (it’s how you win)

    No one can show a realistic electoral map where Romney/Ryan  can win without OH or FL.  If he loses both- he’s done.

  3. A Rally at the Ringling Museum.  

    Listened to a post-rally news item.  The radio host asked about minorities.  The correspondent said he didn’t see a one.  All white. And, of course, being Sarasota, a lot of gray hair.  

    The “Keep your gummint hands offa my Medicare” crowd.

    Apparently he is test driving a couple of new memes.  Sorry, my Alzheimer’s is preventing me from remembering what he said.

  5. Obama’s Convention Bounce May Not Be Receding.

    So says Nate Silver. All bolding is mine.

    In the 10 states that have generally been ranked the highest on our tipping-point list – Ohio, Virginia, Florida, Wisconsin, Colorado, Nevada, Iowa, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Michigan – there have been 21 such polls since the Democratic convention ended. Mr. Obama has led in all 21 of these surveys – and usually by clear margins. On average, he has held a six-point lead in these surveys, and he has had close to 50 percent of the vote in them.

    Mr. Obama’s results have been more varied among polling firms that use different methodologies. A series of polls in eleven swing states, released on Thursday by the online firm YouGov, were fairly strong for Mr. Obama, putting him ahead among likely voters in all of the states except North Carolina.

    But automated polls, like those from the Rasmussen Reports, have had lukewarm results for Mr. Obama. A Rasmussen Reports poll released on Thursday, for instance, put Mr. Obama three points behind in Iowa.

    I don’t mean to keep repeating this point about polling methodologies, but it really does seem to be the easiest way to unpack the state-level data right now.

    The point Nate is repeating is this: Obama’s Lead Looks Stronger in Polls That Include Cellphones. He goes on to show why robocall firms like Libby’s beloved Rasmussen aren’t as accurate as those using live operators.

  6. Obama’s Convention Bounce May Not Be Receding.

    So says Nate Silver. All bolding is mine.

    In the 10 states that have generally been ranked the highest on our tipping-point list – Ohio, Virginia, Florida, Wisconsin, Colorado, Nevada, Iowa, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Michigan – there have been 21 such polls since the Democratic convention ended. Mr. Obama has led in all 21 of these surveys – and usually by clear margins. On average, he has held a six-point lead in these surveys, and he has had close to 50 percent of the vote in them.

    Mr. Obama’s results have been more varied among polling firms that use different methodologies. A series of polls in eleven swing states, released on Thursday by the online firm YouGov, were fairly strong for Mr. Obama, putting him ahead among likely voters in all of the states except North Carolina.

    But automated polls, like those from the Rasmussen Reports, have had lukewarm results for Mr. Obama. A Rasmussen Reports poll released on Thursday, for instance, put Mr. Obama three points behind in Iowa.

    I don’t mean to keep repeating this point about polling methodologies, but it really does seem to be the easiest way to unpack the state-level data right now.

    The point Nate is repeating is this: Obama’s Lead Looks Stronger in Polls That Include Cellphones. He goes on to show why robocall firms like Libby’s beloved Rasmussen aren’t as accurate as those using live operators.

  7. Well, almost.

    Amid ongoing criticism over the management of her husband’s presidential campaign, Ann Romney on Thursday responded to the critics in an interview on Radio Iowa: “Stop it. This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring,” she said.

    My response? If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

    Also, it made me think of this:

    (I know, it’s Friday, but this comment belongs on the open thread IMO.)

    (Also, I predict that A-BOT will try to say I’m being mean to Ann.)

      1. let ’em hoist themselves by their own petards!

        By 2nd week of November the RMoney’s will be silently sulking outta the klieg lights for a very long extended trip away.  Mitt’s ass-kickin’ is gonna hurt but guess a Cayman’s vaca will give a true tan (rather than a Univision spray-on).

    2. unless you’re talking about where the help that hasn’t self-deported yet cower in fear frOm the Queen’s wrath.

      Mitt claims he’s saving up Ann ’cause she’s just too precious on the stump. Reality is she’s the

      most pathetic self-entitled braying ass outta the whole RMoney clan.

      Now Countess de Romney finds a few of her own 1%ers revolting but it’s clearly their deficiencies and not in any way Mitt’s.  She’s is one evil Stepford.  

      1. things are supposed to be easy when you’re rich . . . we were promised:  easy life, . . . easy money . . . easy victory . . . easy everything, dammit.

        You ungrateful little people still owe Willard and me a whole bunch more easy — it’s a rule!

  8. If Rush had stopped at the first sentence, he might have had something to start on. This need to regulate absolutely everything is endemic to the human race, and no side is immune from it.

    For Republicans it’s been a race to over-regulate voting and limit freedom of speech, make every minor moral infraction an prison-worthy crime, and attack the rights of women. For Democrats, it seems that when we’re not careful we wind up doing stupid shit like outlawing large fountain sodas or anything that might once in a blue moon hurt someone.

    1. Liberals have to have control over people, largely based in the belief… Well, it’s a raw thirst for power but it’s also rooted in the fact they have contempt for people’s ability to handle the rigors of life on their own.

      Just change “liberals” to conservatives and “belief” to religious belief and the list could include regulation of pregnancies, birth control,  gay marriage, what sexual orientation our serving troops ought to be required to have, what religious practices ought to be endorsed by the government and shoved down your kid’s throat through prayer in school and religious displays on government property, which citizens rights gay citizens ought to be required to give up, whether or not Muslims should have the same rights as other religious groups to build houses of worship or cultural centers on properly zoned and paid for property and that’s just for starters.

        1. southern strategy that turned southern Dems into Rs by joining them in hating regulations against institutionalized racial discrimination. And not just racial. Not just in the south, either. When I was a girl, pre-civil rights legislation and the southern strategy, my Republican Senator, Percy IL, was still able to live in a north shore Chicago suburb that didn’t allow the likes of my family (not African-American, Jewish-American) to buy there. Oh those freedom loving, non-regulating Rs.

  9. New Poll Results Show Obama Lead Down to One Point (+)

    by: Mark Mehringer

    Thu Sep 20, 2012 at 14:54:10 PM MDT

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    President Obama’s lead over Mitt Romney has fallen to only one point over since our last poll in April showed him with an eight-point lead.  Support for Obama now stands at 45% (down from 47%), while support for Romney has grown to 44%.

    Here are some of the highlights from the poll results:

    Unaffiliated voters are now split between Obama and Romney, as 39% say they would vote for Romney if the election were held today, and 38% say they would vote for Obama.

    • Obama’s support among Democrats has risen to 90%, up from 84% in April.  Only 3% of Democrats say they are undecided, while 6% say they will vote for Romney.

    • Romney has not yet solidified his support among Republicans, as 80% support him now, but 11% remain undecided and 9% say they will support Obama.

    Voters 18-34 support President Obama by a two-to-one margin (54% to 26%), but voters 65 and older favor Romney by 18 points (54% for Romney, 36% for Obama).  Other age groups lean toward Romney by only a few points.

    Obama still holds a small lead among women (48% to 43%), but Romney now leads among men by a similar margin (45% Romney to 40% Obama).

    Crosstabulated data from the poll are available at http://www.PeakCampaigns.com.

    Peak campaigns conducted a statewide survey of likely Colorado voters September 10-18, 2012.  For a randomly selected sample of 450 interviews, the margin of error is +/- 4.6%.

    Mark Mehringer :: New Poll Results Show Obama Lead Down to One Point

  10. Now, I’ve only heard a clip of that, but there is NO making good news out of this.

    I did hear about 30 minutes of Obama speaking via satellite to the same convention.  Rousing cheer after cheer as he discussed Medicare and the benefits to it from Obamacare.  He took questions, and he was very, very well spoken using lots of those things that Republicans hate.

    Facts.  

      1. about Obamacare raiding $ 716 billion from Medicare.  The lie that has been completely discredited about a thousand times on national medai, and by President Clinton himself at the DNC to an audience of millions.  

        What the fuck is wrong with this guy ? When he or Mitt say something stupid they just dig their heels in and double down.  Whatever.

        2. ….or his staffers are.

          Less than two hours before, Obama brought up that Republican lie, explained to the crowd what it was about.  

          So Ryan walks right into the poo poo…..

  11. from Business Insider:

    Australian Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan went on a big tirade against US Republicans, and in particular Tea Partiers for being a massive threat to the state of the economy.

    The basic gist: The Tea Partiers held up the debt ceiling deal (nearly collapsing the country) and have now foisted this fiscal cliff sequestration nonsense on the economy, thus creating a new threat.

    “Let’s be blunt and acknowledge the biggest threat to the world’s biggest economy are the cranks and crazies that have taken over a part of the Republican Party,” Swan said.

    He said “the extreme right Tea Party wing” of the Republican Party had held the national interest hostage during last year’s debate over the U.S. borrowing limit despite President Barack Obama’s “goodwill and strong efforts

    A hearty fuck you to Eric Cantor and the tea party for not only totally shitting the bed when leadership is needed here, but also for augmenting our good standing abroad

    Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com…

  12. Big news for me, as trying to mail my ballot home from China was going to be a nightmare.

    Email from the SoS office follows:

    Secretary of State Scott Gessler is pleased to announce that starting on September 22, 2012, military and overseas electors in participating counties may access their ballot online for the upcoming November 2012 general election.

    You’re receiving this email because our records show that you are a military or overseas elector registered to vote in a participating county. If you wish to access your ballot online, visit the following website on or after September 22 https://govotecolorado.everyon… and follow the step-by-step instructions.

    We also encourage you to verify and, if necessary, update your voter registration record to ensure that your county clerk and recorder has your most current information. Visit the Secretary of State website at http://www.GoVoteColorado.com and click on Verify/Update Record. Alternatively, you may complete a Federal Post Card application by visiting http://www.fvap.gov/registrati…

    We’re proud to say that Colorado continues to lead the country in its policies and options available to our military and overseas voters. Our office and your county clerk’s office continue to stand by to assist you with your election-related needs. If you have any questions concerning this new service, please contact your county clerk and recorder, or the Secretary of State’s office at (303) 894-2200 or by email at State.ElectionDivision@sos.state.co.us. Additional information relating to voter registration and overseas voting, including county contact information, is available online at the Secretary of State’s website at http://www.GoVoteColorado.com/mil.

    Thank you.

    And it’s even in my other language, Spanish, too.

    1. To say this is out of the blue for me is an understatement. Has this process been vetted by election security experts? Online election systems have been deemed too unsecured in the past and I would be skeptical about an entirely online system.

      However, the language on the page seems to indicate that you get to access and mark your ballot online, but that perhaps you still have to print it and mail it back. If so, you’re still stuck mailing it back from China – you just don’t have to get it mailed TO you in China.

  13. House adjourns after few fall work days, punting on unfinished business

    The House adjourned Friday at its earliest date before an election, finishing legislative business 46 days before Election Day.

    Kansas Rep. Kevin Yoder (R) gaveled out the day’s last vote at 12:12 p.m. on Friday afternoon, marking a historic moment for the House of Representatives, which has not adjourned this early before an election in over 50 years.

    All told, lawmakers gathered for a grand total of eight legislative days since leaving for their annual summer break in early August. Those eight days all took place this month, following the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.

    http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_…

    W – T – F ??

  14. Taxes, boos cap brutal week for Romney campaign

    Romney’s 20 point-edge among voters over 65 has eroded over the past several weeks to the point where the two candidates are effectively tied, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling data.

    Obama was greeted more warmly by AARP members at the New Orleans event as he told seniors that Romney and Ryan’s health plan would force them to pay more for their medical care.

    “I don’t consider this approach bold or particularly courageous. I just think it’s a bad idea,” he said.

    http://www.reuters.com/article…

    Maybe this has something to do with the Broncos playing a Monday night game this last week? . . . I don’t know, and anyway it’s past my bedtime.

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