"A black sheriff?!": The Official Topic of Obama and New Era American Politics

[Great Rumbler]

Nate Silver

[Joe Molotov]

More like Dick More-ass, amirite?

[Oblivion]

EDIT: GODDAMN YOU JOE!

Dick Morris

Fixed.

[Oblivion]

[Phoenix Dark]

[DCharlieJP]

Yeah guys, trust him. He's ran a business.

and you'll find market forces will drive prices down - just like they do with private healthcare and everything else that gets privatized.

that's EXACTLY how it worked out in the UK ! We loved that everything went up 10% a year no matter which Gas/Electricity/water supply you chose!

"But private companies will be forced to price competitively!*










* - unless they form a cartel like they always do.  . Should have read the small print."

[Great Rumbler]

In another bit of good news, it looks like Democrats will retain control of the Senate regardless of how the Presidential election goes:

Today, all major polling aggregators forecast that Democrats will keep a majority of the Senate no matter who wins the presidency. And that’s badly damaged the GOP’s hope of making sweeping policy changes.

[Human Snorenado]

If absolutely everything breaks right they could gain a seat or two.

[Joe Molotov]

Nope, Dick Morris just confirmed that they're going to lose all 53 seats, even the ones that aren't being contested.

[Human Snorenado]

If somehow the Republicans come within two seats of taking back the Senate (everything suggests it won't be that close but whatever) they're gonna be kicking themselves for nominating two more teahadist lunatics in what should have been an easy win in Missouri and an easy defend in Indiana that now looks like a loss.  Legitimate gift from god, those tea partiers.

[Steve Youngblood]

Yeah, as someone from the St. Louis area, I was pretty worried about McCaskill. But then Todd Akin showed up and basically handed the election over with that boneheaded rape remark and refused to step down. Who knew that the Tea Party people were less than savvy in political nuance?

[Phoenix Dark]

It's pretty dope that, assuming polls are correct/nothing big happens in next few days, Elizabeth Warren will be a US senator

[Steve Contra]

Karl Rove's "Get Out the Vote, White Guys" piece isn't as hilarious as Morris's, but it reinforces the idea that most people don't know how the electoral college works.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204846304578090820229096046.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read

[ToxicAdam]

Interesting to look at the polling leading up to the 2004 election.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/bush_vs_kerry_sbys.html

Florida - RCP Avg: Bush +.5  Result: Bush +5
Ohio - RCP Avg: Bush +2.1  Result: Bush +2
Penns - RCP Avg: Kerry +.9 Result: Kerry +2
Wisc -  RCP Avg: Bush +.9  Result: Kerry +1
Iowa - RCP Avg: Bush +.3 Result: Bush +1


I think the takeaway from this is that if Romney really were in 'striking distance' his polling aggregate would need to be much closer than it is.

[Phoenix Dark]

Interesting to look at the polling leading up to the 2004 election.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/bush_vs_kerry_sbys.html

Florida - RCP Avg: Bush +.5  Result: Bush +5
Ohio - RCP Avg: Bush +2.1  Result: Bush +2
Penns - RCP Avg: Kerry +.9 Result: Kerry +2
Wisc -  RCP Avg: Bush +.9  Result: Kerry +1
Iowa - RCP Avg: Bush +.3 Result: Bush +1


I think the takeaway from this is that if Romney really were in 'striking distance' his polling aggregate would need to be much closer than it is.

plus chalk it up as more evidence that the challenger does not magically gain every undecided voter on election day - that vote is effectively split, thus benefiting whoever was ahead before the election

[Brehvolution]

[Eric P]

https://twitter.com/corybooker/status/264022914922323969

whoops wrong place

[Mandark]

http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2012/11/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-campaign

From a parody of George Will:

Energetic in body but indolent in mind, Barack Obama in his frenetic campaigning for a second term is promising to replicate his first term, although simply apologizing would be appropriate. His long campaign’s bilious tone — scurrilities about Mitt Romney as a monster of, at best, callous indifference; adolescent japes about “Romnesia” — is discordant coming from someone who has favorably compared his achievements to those of “any president” since Lincoln, with the “possible” exceptions of Lincoln, LBJ and FDR. Obama’s oceanic self-esteem — no deficit there — may explain why he seems to smolder with resentment that he must actually ask for a second term.

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Nah, that's actually George Will.

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"Energetic in body but indolent in mind?" Did he just call Obama athletic but dumb? Is this column actually about Javale McGee?

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[Dickie Dee]

Ha!

[Great Rumbler]

It's always amusing when someone uses the "stop being so negative and mean-spirited!" line of attack against Obama and the Democrats.

[Human Snorenado]

After thinking long and hard about what a Romney administration's response to the next hurricane to hit his town would look like, Bloomberg today came out of his principled centrist ivory tower to endorse Obama.  Game, blouses.

[Steve Youngblood]

Excellent. That really helps Obama's chances of carrying New York.

[Joe Molotov]

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/blacks-should-vote-republican-ad-ohio.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

LMAO

[Stoney Mason]

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/blacks-should-vote-republican-ad-ohio.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

LMAO

Republican fringe groups trot out this old chestnut every election. I think I posted about it the last time on GAF during the last election.

[Brehvolution]

It's always amusing when someone uses the "stop being so negative and mean-spirited!" line of attack against Obama and the Democrats.

My father in law said this to me the other day. He said Romney would work with dems  whereas Obama said too many nasty things to the gop. I said I hadn't heard dems call the gop a muslim terrorist sympathizer that wasn't born in this country. He smiled and changed the subject.

[Brehvolution]

Also, that blacks vote for repub smacks of desperation.

[Joe Molotov]

It's always amusing when someone uses the "stop being so negative and mean-spirited!" line of attack against Obama and the Democrats.

My father in law said this to me the other day. He said Romney would work with dems  whereas Obama said too many nasty things to the gop. I said I hadn't heard dems call the gop a muslim terrorist sympathizer that wasn't born in this country. He smiled and changed the subject.

Yeah, I can just see Mitt "No Apology" Romney and his Tea Party pals reaching across the isle to work with Democrats after this election. They've just been waiting for some good spineless moderate dems to work with.

[Positive Touch]

oh LAWD i cant wait til the ad i just seen hits the net

NO SPOILERS but let me tell you it features aborted fetuses

[Barry Egan]

I was hoping there would be some NLM videos this year...

[Brehvolution]

Who you voting for?

Romney

Why?

I don't remember.

[Great Rumbler]

The results of the analysis suggest that changes over the past 65 years in the top marginal tax rate and the top capital gains tax rate do not appear correlated with economic growth. The reduction in the top tax rates appears to be uncorrelated with saving, investment, and productivity growth. The top tax rates appear to have little or no relation to the size of the economic pie.

However, the top tax rate reductions appear to be associated with the increasing concentration of income at the top of the income distribution. As measured by IRS data, the share of income accruing to the top 0.1% of U.S. families increased from 4.2% in 1945 to 12.3% by 2007 before falling to 9.2% due to the 2007-2009 recession. At the same time, the average tax rate paid by the top 0.1% fell from over 50% in 1945 to about 25% in 2009. Tax policy could have a relation to how the economic pie is sliced—lower top tax rates may be associated with greater income disparities.

I am shocked!

The New York Times reported on Thursday that Senate Republicans applied pressure to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) in September, successfully persuading it to withdraw a report finding that lowering marginal tax rates for the wealthiest Americans had no effect on economic growth or job creation.

Double shocked!

[Brehvolution]

The results of the analysis suggest that changes over the past 65 years in the top marginal tax rate and the top capital gains tax rate do not appear correlated with economic growth. The reduction in the top tax rates appears to be uncorrelated with saving, investment, and productivity growth. The top tax rates appear to have little or no relation to the size of the economic pie.

However, the top tax rate reductions appear to be associated with the increasing concentration of income at the top of the income distribution. As measured by IRS data, the share of income accruing to the top 0.1% of U.S. families increased from 4.2% in 1945 to 12.3% by 2007 before falling to 9.2% due to the 2007-2009 recession. At the same time, the average tax rate paid by the top 0.1% fell from over 50% in 1945 to about 25% in 2009. Tax policy could have a relation to how the economic pie is sliced—lower top tax rates may be associated with greater income disparities.

I am shocked!

The New York Times reported on Thursday that Senate Republicans applied pressure to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) in September, successfully persuading it to withdraw a report finding that lowering marginal tax rates for the wealthiest Americans had no effect on economic growth or job creation.

Double shocked!

Obvious news is obvious.

[Mr. Gundam]

So now science, statistics, mathematics and economics are all wrong.

[Joe Molotov]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/us/politics/matt-romney-goes-to-russia-for-business.html?ref=politics&_r=0

Matt Romney is going on the Mitt Romney Apology Tour, not to apologize for America but just to apologize for Mitt Romney.

[Mr. Gundam]

I had an evaluation meeting yesterday with a parent. The district gets reimbursed by the state for certain services if kids are Medicaid eligible, but we need the parents to give us permission to check for eligibility. After I explained this to the mom, she gladly signed the form, but started going on about "Obummer" and how he doesn't do anything for her. I just smiled and nodded politely.

[Dickie Dee]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-york-times-bully-knocks-stack-of-polls-from-na,30218/

[Great Rumbler]

The U.S. economy added an estimated 171,000 jobs in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly employment report released Friday — exceeding analysts expectations, and sparing President Obama from lackluster economic news days before the election

[Mr. Gundam]

The U.S. economy added an estimated 171,000 jobs in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly employment report released Friday — exceeding analysts expectations, and sparing President Obama from lackluster economic news days before the election

But it went UP .1%! HOW DARE YOU SAY ITS GOOD!

[TakingBackSunday]

according to romney: unemployment is higher now than it was when obama took office

...

by .1%

oh and let's ignore the fact that the job losses weren't as bad in january 2009 as they were a few months later

[Barry Egan]

[Great Rumbler]

I believe that's what is referred to as an "ice-cold burn."

[Oblivion]

Can't see the video. Summary, plz.

[Great Rumbler]

Can't see the video. Summary, plz.

Romney: Obama said he's going to stop the rise of the oceans!

Audience: LOL!

Romney: And to heal the planet!

Audience: LOL!

Romney: My promise is to help you and your family!

Audience: *loud applause*

And the applause continues over shots of Sandy devastation.

[Joe Molotov]

Can't see the video. Summary, plz.

Romney saying "Obama says he wants to lower ocean levels and heal the earth" and then rolling his eyes while the RNC audience hoots with laughter and applause. Applause continues over clips of Sandy tear-assing around the northeast. "Let Mitt Romney know that climate change is no laughing matter."

[Human Snorenado]

Can't see the video. Summary, plz.

I don't know wtf these two pollyannas are lying to you for; this is roughly what I see when I watch the video:

ROMNEY RESPONDS TO A QUESTION ABOUT LIBYA BY PROJECTING A RAINBOW COLORED PARABOLIC ARC OF VOMIT ACROSS THE DESK AND INTO BOB SCHIEFFER’S WAITING MAW. THE FOCUS GROUP LINES JERK UPWARD IN APPROVAL. HE APOLOGIZES IN A CHORUS OF FIVE DISTINCT VOICES EMANATING FROM THE SAME MOUTH. “I ATE RAFALCA,” HE SAYS BY WAY OF EXPLANATION. THIS IS THE KIND OF DIMENSIONLESS WRAITH YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BEER WITH.

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[Phoenix Dark]

Geraldo calling out Fox's Libya obsession
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/11/02/geraldo-rivera-calls-fox-colleague-bolling-a-po/191083

And another video of a retired general explaining how quickly help arrived, while the Fox host continually attempts to claim there was no response (ie Obama let the people die)
http://mediamatters.org/video/2012/1...geous-c/191079

When you accuse the president of the United States of letting US government military personnel die you are crossing a very dangerous line. I understand Fox needs to spin the shit out of this for maximum damage/ratings, but this is disgusting. They're essentially accusing Obama of treason and murder.

The far, fringe right accused JFK of letting US and Cuban military personnel die during the Bay of Pigs but it stayed on the far fringe right. This is being broadcast nearly 24/7 on the most popular television news station in the county. When I read the stuff on twitter coming from the right about this...it sounds an awful lot like these people have a bloodlust for the president, with this "Benghazi-Gate" situation being the final straw, as if they're all demanding "something" be done. The rhetoric is genuinely scary, and will only get more toxic if Obama wins on Tuesday

[Human Snorenado]

I don't know, some protester held up a sign calling Bush Hitler, so both sides do it, really.

[Phoenix Dark]

Obviously there were more than a few cases of military parents who accused Bush of being a murderer, and far left (internet) media doing the same...but there's a major difference here. As I said this is the #1 news station in the country, propagating pure treason charges against the president. They literally have the parents of the former SEAL believing Obama watched a live feed of his son getting killed, and did nothing. That he made a "political decision" that it benefited him more to let Americans die than save them.

Did the administration handle this perfectly? No. Did the CIA's involvement make this more complicated and messy? Yes. But the idea that we had the power to save these people but didn't because Obama said "fuck it, I have to go to Vegas tomorrow" is reprehensible.

[Joe Molotov]

He flat out said "the WH murdered my son" on Hannity and the right are fapping fast and furiously to that. I'm not blaming him because I know he's upset, but damn, you don't gotta run stuff like that as "news".

[ToxicAdam]

This is the problem when you propagate  questionable rhetoric. It gives the other side the liberty to do the same down the road.

It feels like a never ending cycle that has kept escalating since the Reagan years.

[Yeti]

I just don't understand the reasoning why they think Obama just let them die. What possible motive could he have for doing that? What is his endgame here?

1. Watch some dudes get killed, eat some popcorn.
2. Prevent rescue efforts, then go party in Vegas.
3.
4. Profit

[Joe Molotov]

3. Pal around with terrorists.

[Great Rumbler]

Chris Stevens had Obama's REAL birth certificate!

[Phoenix Dark]

https://twitter.com/fivethirtynate
 

[Great Rumbler]

http://www.dickmorris.com/in-the-last-few-hours-sudden-danger-signs-in-polling/

Even Dick Morris has given up on Romney and it's all Sandy's fault.  :'(

[Broseidon]

https://twitter.com/fivethirtynate
 

 

Chris Stevens had Obama's REAL birth certificate!

Vile Rat ganked Obama's Hulk.

[Phoenix Dark]

http://www.dickmorris.com/in-the-last-few-hours-sudden-danger-signs-in-polling/

Even Dick Morris has given up on Romney and it's all Sandy's fault.  :'(

Perhaps he sees this as a chance to save some face, but then again there's literally nothing that could happen to change an election from a 400 EV landslide to a slim win for the opponent - outside of Obama being caught diddling kids. Morris literally predicted Romney could get 400 EVs just a few days ago, but I'd imagine if republicans (and the Beltway) make this the narrative than it will stick. Remember, even mainstream commentators have argued Romney still had TEH MOMENTUM until the storm ruined it

[Stoney Mason]

Dick Morris is a washed up has been. Nobody has taken him seriously in many a year. These types of pundits exist to fill the news hole and say a million crazy things and get plaudits when they are correct every blue moon and ignore the other 99% they are wrong. It's how cable news exists.

[Phoenix Dark]

@ppppolls: Our final Washington poll finds the state is likely to approve gay marriage- 52% support it, 42% are opposed