1 Damn, we should just pack it in.  Obama's got it in the bag.

2 Interesting.

3 Map! NOW!!!

4 How are we going to take the Senate if we don't win in Missouri?/sarc

5 It's as if super-balls have lost their bounce or something.

6 Thank God we got rid of that pesky 'show ID to vote' nonsense.

7 I can be obsequious, too.


CAC, could you please mappenate us?

8 I am suspending my campaign indefinitely, until the poll numbers improve.

9 I can't handle all this bad news. We'd be better off if only we had picked [insert non-Romney butthurt candidate here].

10 DOOOM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMSHvgaUWc8

11 I am so distraught I am crying into my fat free double espresso Vente latte. It now tastes like burned coffee and tears, which is actually an improvement, but nonetheless I am still crying.

12 But Intrade has Obama up by 20%!!!!!!!!










Still waiting for my plaid maps, homie.

13 new reading this blog...but y'all are being sarcastic right?

14 This is anecdotal, but - my Democrat relatives view Obama as a pedestrian little sissy. (These are people who, the last Republican they voted for, was Reagan). So my family poll says da Prez is well and truly fucked.

15 All is well.  ALL IS WELLLLL!!!!!

16 If the Romney camp is smart, they will use the debate tomorrow night to ambush Joe Biden with questions about Libya. Think aboot it. What's Joe gonna do, lie? Or worse yet, tell the truth? Or just sit there and drool? Either way, Biden will screw over the Obama admin.

17 14 - It is an unusual day when we aren't being sarcastic.

18 Stacy Dash's support for Romney is just devastating!

19 Harry Reid baby. Harry f'n Reid. Suck it Wingnuts

20 CAC, you aren't supposed to stomp your own posts. You're supposed to wait for -Ace- to stomp them. Please get it straight. Now we'll get a triple-post of something.

21 new reading this blog...but y'all are being sarcastic right?

If you want good sarcasm head over to Little Green Footballs.  Ask for chuck.

22 14 When in doubt ... go with reading everything as sarcastic.

23

Haven't seen Greg here in awhile.  Maybe he went to cheer up Andy Sullivan with all this good news.

24 Worsy worry worry...sigh

25 14 - This is being directed at our house troll who spent all day on Sunday telling us that we would be terribly disappointed by Tuesday when Obama was in the lead again thanks to the jobs number.

We are mocking him.

26 Posted by: lulub at October 10, 2012 11:46 AM (jVM3z)
_

Obviously, you are new here. We.Don't.Do.Sarcasm.

Posted by: runninrebel at October 10, 2012 11:47 AM (N/1Dm)

19 14 - It is an unusual day when we aren't being sarcastic.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 10, 2012 11:47 AM (98+n7)

Someone isn't being truthful.

27

But Intrade has Obama up by 20%!!!!!!!!

-----

Looking at tbe comments I suspect its a bunch of campaign staff trying to skew the price. It should be at 50/50 at this point. If I was positive of that I'd go in and short sell a bunch of shares for Obingo and take some of the campaign cash. But I'm not positive, and Intrade won't take my card anyway.

28
Present for the newcomer: Some Cake


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4yvvCv79QY

29

I can't tell you guys what a superb campaign Tom Smith has run.  I actually gave him money a few months ago and probably will again.  His TV ads are wonderful and are running in heavy rotation in Philly.  His events are well produced and his direct mail is snappy and eye-catching.  He put out a jobs plan and also says he will introduce a bill to cut Senators' pay if they fail to produce a budget.  Just a textbook campaign.  It reminds me very much of the campaign Mitch McConnell ran ages ago in his first race, when he tagged the incumbent Senator as a do-nothing chair-warmer.  (I'm a native Kentuckian so I followed that race closely.)  McConnell was the only Republican that defeated an incumbent Democrat that year. 

30 >>new reading this blog...but y'all are being sarcastic right?

As I like to say, "if my lips are moving, I'm being sarcastic".

31
Map! NOW!!!


-----

Dude.... ease up.... there is a nationwide shortage of red pixels....

32 Casey is running a lot of "Tea Party Tom" ads here in PA.  I'm wondering if they're having a positive effect for Smith because indies don't have the disdain for the Tea Party that liberals think they do.

33 Use the debate tomorrow to put the Obama admin on trial for Libya. Your key witness: Joe "The Imbecile" Biden "What did you know, and when did you know it?" Break the scandal wide open while 50 Million people are watching. Go for the jugular, Paul Ryan. And tear Joe Biden's throat out.

34

look, I'm in SEPA, one of the all-important collar counties. Not only am I seeing minimal representation of preazy support around here, I'm seeing emphatic Anti-obama signage. Such as a remorse voter who took their lawn sign from 2008 and amended it to NOBAMA, UNBIDEN. Such as signs reading: FREE AMERICA< FIRE OBAMA.

 

I'm in Delco, not predicting the GOP will get my county. But these counties went big for preazy four years ago and this year I'm not feeling the love. Chesco and Bucks are more likely to go GOP.

35 Can we have the maroon, pink, azure, and light-maroon maps back pls?

Cause I didn't get those.  How many electoral votes does Poland get this year?

36 Will there be an Ace of Spades sarcastiball team?

37 Sorry Rebel - I shouldn't have tried to be nice.

Bad habit

14 - WE ARE BEING TOTALLY SERIOUS, THIS RACE IS FUCKING OVER, OBAMA WILL WIN 895 ELECTORAL VOTES

38

This video is apocalyptic for the Romney campaign:

 

http://tinyurl.com/8g6xs2p

 

39

CAC...that 5 points is down from 12 points just two weeks ago...that is a 7 point drop for Obama...LOL!!  Love it and I trust the Siena/Seq polls better in PA then Ras only because both are based in PA....but nonetheless....from 12 to 5 is OUTSTANDING and again when Ras does not poll on a Sunday (this past Sunday was Holiday Sunday before Columbus Day) he gets a more accurate lay of the land.  Reps are never around Sundays....especially Holiday Sundays...Reps/Conservatives are out and about...but nonetheless.....Great News for Mitt....a 7 point drop in two weeks is impressive.  It will be interesting to see if Mitt goes into PA big???  This is moving towards him and OBAMA is going to have to defend PA turf!  The closer these polls come in PA from 2-5 points down from 7-12 Obama will have to defend especially if Mitt goes in there!

 

Great News for Senator Smith in PA....He was on Mark Levin the week before last and he was outstanding...HE IS TOTALLY SELF FINANCING his campaign....WOW...putting his own money where his mouth is!  Down only 2....I would imagine more likely tied or up 2 in PA!

 

Mitt is there in Ohio...lets see if he makes a move into PA....I would love to see it!

40 and also says he will introduce a bill to cut Senators' pay if they fail to produce a budget.

a) Hawt.
b) I don't see that one getting out of a Dem-led committee, though.

41 On intrade, Romney's chances of winning are about the same as Obamacare passing.

42 Someone isn't being truthful.

Posted by: huerfano at October 10, 2012 11:49 AM (bAGA/)

BOTH are being truthful.
My research indicates they work for the State Department and the Administration.

43 Hey!  Meatball sammich for lunch....

44 Also, don't overlook the New Jersey Senate race.  Joe Kyrillos is also running a hella good campaign against the race-baiting moron Bob Menendez.  I just saw a Menendez ad for the first time last night, bragging about all the pork he brought back to New Jersey.  In the age of Chris Christie, I'm not sure that's a good approach.  But he has nothing else to show for the last six years. 

45

Polls & GOTV Fun Fact:

 

The guy who runs Susquehanna Polling, Jimmy Lee, is the guy I replaced on my local county GOP Committee.

 

Developing....

46 >> there is a nationwide shortage of red pixels

The red pixel ration has increased from 20 to 15 pixels per post.

47 This is being directed at our house troll...

Hermione - "But house trolls are people too and should have rights and stuff!"


Hmmm....interesting point. However, you're now old enough for me to tell you to shutup and open wide.

48 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlkPMdoTVLw

49 Ahh, but the red pixels, that's... that's where I had them

50 I would like a three dimensional map hologram that a person could roll around in while smeared with pudding. Chocolate pudding.

51 Too bad Chist Chistie can't be president!

52 @26 Greg, and a group of his friends, are in CAC's other thread.

53 ObamaCare - the gift that keeps on taking, and "I will not raise taxes on the middle class" meme hardest hit...

http://bit.ly/QhENvm

The conventional wisdom is that healthcare in Massachusetts will not change significantly under the ACA. A careful review of the law, however, reveals that big changes are ahead for the Commonwealth.  A new brief from Pioneer Institute places estimates on the additional costs associated with the ACA's so-called "Cadillac tax," which is targeted at high-cost insurance plans.  According to the report, the controversial provision will affect well over 50% of workers in Massachusetts.

54 When the new Ras numbers for PA hit RCP, the shit, it will get real. A +12 will drop off soon.

55 And, as someone else noted yesterday, if he's this close in Pennsylvania then he's certainly ahead in Ohio.

56 20 Stacy Dash's support for Romney is just devastating! Posted by: HtP at October 10, 2012 11:48 AM (jx2j9) Using the MLK reference was frickin' awesome.

57

Obama's Big Bird ad is killing Romney's chances:

 

http://tinyurl.com/9ja7wx8

58 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

59 The whiiiiite whaaaaale! The whiiiiite whaaaaale!

60 #42 Smith is not totally self-financing.  I gave him money after getting calls and mail from him in July.  I am still getting fundraising calls and mail.  But he isn't going to let a lack of fundraising prevent him from winning.  Democrats can't really attack him as a rich fatcat because he really is a self-made millionaire, a one-time coal miner who started his own mining company and was a success.  Unlike Bob Casey who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and a famous name,.

61 THESE NUMBERS SUCK!!!

I QUIT!!!!

62 Polling from Susquehanna Research today has Pa. Sen. Bob Casey with 46 percent to Tom Smith's 44 percent with 9 percent undecided. They declare the race a "statistical tossup." With these kind of numbers I don't trust Rasmussen's results.

63 Congressional hearings on Benghazi debacle start at 12 noon Eastern on CSPAN.  This should be interesting.

64 I thought that ad was a parody put out by Jon Stewart.

65 14 new reading this blog...but y'all are being sarcastic right? We are all Average Joe. Why do you ask?

66 Anyone realy think that Biden was practicing debating for 6 days? Or just being forcefully separated from a microphone for 6 days.

67 Fap//

68
ROMNEY IS DOOMED! DOOMED!

69 I'm peaking!  I'm peaking!

70 CAC, I've probably mentioned this before, but sometime you need to put up a map of Louisiana's congressional district just to show what mine is doing to the one next to it.

Just google "louisiana congressional districts".

71 #41 Wow, just wow!

72 CAC,what's the deal with that Suffolk poll you were talking about on twitter last night? I haven't had time to read the comments, so forgive me if I'm late to the party on this.

73 Fuck. How long has the Benghazi hearing been on. I thought it started at noon.

74 Wishing I was Ann Romney.

75 hilarious On Intrade Akin of Missouri has a Better Chance to win than Romney or Scott Brown .................. UMMMMMMMMMMMM Just NO!!

76 nyone realy think that Bidenwas practicing debating for 6 days? spongebob marathon?

77

10 -

 

That's a great question, just where IS Sarah Palin these days?  What is Sarah Palin doing with her time?  How does Sarah Palin feel about the latest poll results?

 

If there's one thing I think we can all agree on, it's that Sarah Palin's name just doesn't seem to come up as much as it has in the past. 

78 but y'all are being sarcastic right? Us? Never.

79 Great! I got some young first time voters registered republican yesterday. They wanted to vote for Romney but don't know a thing about anyone else. I told them if they want Romney to be successful he needs a mandate and all the conservative help he can get. Vote R all the way down ballot. I've said it before but it bears repeating - Bob Casey is an idiot.

80 RWC,

It starts an 12 noon Eastern

81 Using the MLK reference was frickin' awesome. The use of "the content of his character" was just cruel. They don't call him Comrade Zero for nothing! I can imagine steam coming out of his ears.

82 #48 Liberal media people tend to discount Susquehanna polling for that reason, the CEO is a big Republican.  The Siena and Rasmussen polls are considered more accurate. 

83 Oh, it's just press asking questions.

84 Anyone realy think that Bidenwas practicing debating for 6 days? Or just being forcefully separated from a microphone for 6 days.

I'm sure it's just a coincidence that he disappeared immediately after saying "we want to raise your taxes by $1 trillion"

85 Posted by: mpfs at October 10, 2012 11:57 AM (iYbLN)

Not there yet? 

Several Morons are happy to assist.

86 This video is apocalyptic for the Romney campaign: http://tinyurl.com/8g6xs2p Posted by: HtP at October 10, 2012 11:51 AM (jx2j9) I cant linky, what is it?

87 83 RWC, It starts an 12 noon Eastern Posted by: mpfs at October 10, 2012 11:58 AM (iYbLN) Thanks. I had it open in another window and thought they had already started.

88 EVEN WORSE for Republicans, Tom Smith in Pennsylvania is now in an M.O.E. fight with Senator Bob Casey, trailing him 46-44 in the latest Susquehanna poll. Horrible, awful, terrible numbers. Clearly no bounce. And Smith was behind 46%-41% last Susquehanna Poll So the DULLARD Casey hasn't moved & Tom Smith has gained 3 points

89 Now you're just rubbing it in.

90 I think Biden's people were medicating him or he was getting a brain transplant.

91 hilarious On Intrade Akin of Missouri has a Better Chance to win than Romney or Scott Brown .................. UMMMMMMMMMMMM Just NO!!

----

... actually,   Akin is inside the margin of error.....  I still loathe him for not stepping aside, but if he STILL unseats McCackle.......

92 Wonder what the story will be today.

93 new reading this blog...but y'all are being sarcastic right?

I keep suggesting that they should define a honest-to-goodness "sarc" style, but we can't even get the comments to work some days.

So I don't push it.

94 So in Althouse's latest post on Instapundit she says "I did not think Obama did such a bad job at the debate."

She's just trolling for clicks, right?  She's not really that stupid, is she?  And why does Reynolds give her so much love on his blog?

95 Hey CAC, it's not sporting of you to hyperpost before ace gets out of bed!

96

@55

What?  I work for one hour straight without checking here and I missed Greg's return?  I'll have to check it out to see if he's gloating, shrieking like a madman, or crying like a baby.  Could be any of them.

97 the VP debate will be so much fun

98 If there's one thing I think we can all agree on, it's that Sarah Palin's name just doesn't seem to come up as much as it has in the past.



Have you seen the pic of her backstage at DWTS? Politics be damned, I'd like to........

*cough cough*

.....sorry. Got a little carried away there for a second.

99 NO NO NO! If Ryan brings Libya into the debate (like, how can we trust you on taxes when you lied about Libya?) the Media will holler that Ryan IS TRYING TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT!
tee hee. go ahead greg, put some more cream on your oatmeal. ewww.

100 Meh on Romney winning PA, I want Smith to win PA.

101 ... actually, Akin is inside the margin of error..... I still loathe him for not stepping aside, but if he STILL unseats McCackle.......

Yeah, his first day would be awkward, wouldn't it?

102 Biden getting a brain  transplant ?  how bout just getting a brain ?

103 Oh nooOOooo  I would nevvver be sarcaaastic.  I have a medical contition that makes me talllllk this way.  I'm totally seerious.

Oh Puhleeeze don't walk away.   I caaaan't helllllp it.

::real tears:::

104 She's just trolling for clicks, right? She's not really that stupid, is she? And why does Reynolds give her so much love on his blog?

No. Yes. Third base.

105

Is Ryan's expression of support for Stacy Dash the nail in the coffin for the Romney campaign?

 

http://tinyurl.com/9c6sflq

106 She's just trolling for clicks, right? She's not really that stupid, is she? And why does Reynolds give her so much love on his blog?

The lawyer fraternity.  The legal profession is so incestuous, they don't realize how intellectually limited they are.

107 Biden getting a brain transplant ? how bout just getting a brain ?

So Bo is Toto, Biden is the Scarecrow ...

108 .. actually, Akin is inside the margin of error..... I still loathe him for not stepping aside, but if he STILL unseats McCackle....... Might be inside the Margin of error BUT Romney & Brown are winning

109 I just might have to record mslsd nov. 6th. Just to watch it over and over and over and over. The tears, they will be sweet.

110 Now you're just rubbing it in.

It puts the Gallup on its skin ...

111

Dick Morris (I know, I know) has a theory that Obama is about to spring an October surprise; a deal with Iran to temporarily stop uranium enrichment in return for a lowering of the sanctions which are finally crippling Iran and causing hyperinflation.

 

 Iran will of course have more flexibility to ramp up again as soon as it has helped Obama get elected, as it prefers a  Shia  in  the  Presidency  to  a  Mormon.  (I  have  long  held  that  Obama  is  Shia, as is Iran, Assad and Hezbollah).

 

Iran got Reagan elected, this type of thing is not new for them.

 

If you look around the ME you will see that Obama has attacked and taken down Sunni as much as possible while leaving Shia alone  as much as possible.

112 i think Biden can honestly answer that he knew nothing about Libya.  He will probably admit that he has been there--& liked the Libyan jungles & rivers & mountains, but he won't know much about current events there

113 the VP debate will be so much funPosted by: kelley in virginia at October 10, 2012 12:00 PM (HNwOT)

I don't think Biden will do all that poorly.  However, I think immediately after the debate, in the next 2-3 days he'll be a gaffe machine again

I said it the other day, when his back is against the wall, he performs.  He only becomes an idiot when he thinks he's among people who already think like him.

You know....idiots, mouth-breathers, knuckle-draggers, first generation of the family to walk upright....

114 PA Senate poll is second poll in three days from Susquehanna showing the Republican candidate up in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh).  The subsample on these is about 80 respondents, so the margin of error can be high, but I think this confirms a semi-realignment is occurring in Western PA.

115 89 This video is apocalyptic for the Romney campaign: http://tinyurl.com/8g6xs2p Posted by: HtP at October 10, 2012 11:51 AM (jx2j9) I cant linky, what is it? Posted by: Thunderb at October 10, 2012 11:59 AM (Dnbau) Umm, it's frickin' awesome is what it is! In short - the two paths the country can take. Obamas failures versus the future of America. Wow. It.Is.A.Great.Ad!

116

#48 Liberal media people tend to discount Susquehanna polling for that reason, the CEO is a big Republican. The Siena and Rasmussen polls are considered more accurate.

 

To be honest, I hadn't seen Susq on the national stage as much before. In PA he's considered to be reliable.  

117 Yes, I definitely seem to sense a bit of sarcasm.

118 The lawyer fraternity. The legal profession is so incestuous, they don't realize how intellectually limited they are.

watch it.  i resemble that remark

119 Map! NOW!!! Right you are. And not one of those sissy 640X480 jobs. Go for it CAC!!! Bigify it so I can see the actual courthouse steps in West Chester, PA and the 10 Commandments (still?) hanging on the outside wall!

120 She's not really that stupid, is she? From what I've seen? Yes. Yes, she is.

121 OT - CSPAN is carrying the Congressional hearings on the consulate attack live right now.

http://tinyurl.com/8z59b3v

122 Posted by: Meremortal at October 10, 2012 12:03 PM (1Y+hH)

And?  The American people don't care about foreign policy unless there are deaths involved.  They EXPECT peace.  If Obama made a big deal about that, he might as well announce at the next debate that he made a poopie.

123 120 RWC, Link to hearing on my name. Posted by: mpfs at October 10, 2012 12:04 PM (iYbLN Got it. Now time for the lies, lies, lies to begin.

124 Casey is running a lot of "Tea Party Tom" ads here in PA. I'm wondering if they're having a positive effect for Smith because indies don't have the disdain for the Tea Party that liberals think they do.
Posted by: Steven at October 10, 2012 11:50 AM

Here in MA, a hack Democrat named Tierney is using the Tea Party label, complete with images of Limbaugh, Palin and Teh Noot to smear ghey Repub Richard Tisei the same way.

Seems that the closer we get to election day, the stronger the attack ads are. Funny that no one seems to want to mention reasons they might actually do a better job.

Tierney can't. His family criminal connections are getting the buzz.

125 Required archival reading for our new friend lulub, for some philosophical perspective on the stylistic genius that is the AoSHQ, link in my nic: Steven Potter, Genius, and Master of the Art of Being A Dick

126 http://tinyurl.com/93shlv8

Romney's a phoney..  It's over.

127 I saw someone on MSNBC this morning showing a graph (from a poll I presumed) that said Obama won the debate on "substance".  This seems to be the inverse of what others have been saying this week, including demorats.  Amazing that some (well maybe not MSNBC) are still trying to spin the debate in Obama's favor.  You lost!  Time to move on to the next debate.

128 97 So in Althouse's latest post on Instapundit she says "I did not think Obama did such a bad job at the debate."

She's just trolling for clicks, right? She's not really that stupid, is she? And why does Reynolds give her so much love on his blog?

Posted by: not the mama at October 10, 2012 12:00 PM (kzCIn)

 

Althouse will look for any excuse possible to vote for her sex fantasy in the white house again.  She cannot concede how terrible he is or else she won't be able to lie to herself that she is not voting based purely on her liberal emotional feelings.

129 CAC- Shoot me an email. i believe we're both in the same hood

130 I think they are gonna call Shrillery to testify.

131 116 i think Biden can honestly answer that he knew nothing about Libya. He will probably admit that he has been there-- liked the Libyan jungles rivers mountains, but he won't know much about current events there Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 10, 2012 12:03 PM (HNwOT) _____________________ Screw you kelley! I'm the guy in charge over there, AND I am pretty sure my IQ i higher than yours!

132

Dick Morris (I know, I know) has a theory that Obama is about to spring an October surprise; a deal with Iran to temporarilystop uranium enrichment in return for a lowering of the sanctions which are finally crippling Iran and causing hyperinflation.

 

I don't really understand how this would boost his campaign. Distract the press, certainly. Affect the voters, not seeing it since the major issue is and always has been the crappy economy.

133 OT: Command Sergeant Major (retired) Basil Plumley passed at 0400 this morning in hospice in Columbus, GA.  If you don't know who CSM Plumley was, he was portrayed here: http://youtu.be/QZBbQm1avEY

See you on the high ground, Sergeant Major...

134 Shit--I meant to put on the--Joe Biden

135

Nate Silver's statistical virtuosity proves too much for Romney campaign:

 

http://tinyurl.com/9etcfv7

136 The lawyer fraternity. The legal profession is so incestuous, they don't realize how intellectually limited they are.

watch it. i resemble that remark

She's a law professor.  What do you need to do to be a law professor?  Graduate from law school. What characterizes law school?  No math, no dissertation (seriously, a professor who doesn't write a dissertation), we don't even have an immigration program designed to import lawyers from overseas.

You think Ann could get a Ph.D. in physics?

You think any Ph.D. physicist (whose native language is English) would have any problem with law school?

There's a reason the SCOAMF graduated with honors from Harvard Law and I think it taints the whole profession.

137

118 -

 

Biden has always been good at the job of being a Senator, which presumably includes debates, although I haven't seen him do one.  Being a Senator means you have talking points at your disposal, you get to look Senatorial in hearings, and every six years you have to go back home and act like you actually have some connection to the state that keeps sending you back to Washington. 

 

I think if the questions become about the last four years, he's in trouble, but if the moderator can keep Joe at a slow hum, doing the Senatorial shuffle,  he might do fine. 

138 There's a reason the SCOAMF graduated with honors from Harvard Law and I think it taints the whole profession.

Fraud academic.

139 137 Dick Morris (I know, I know) has a theory that Obama is about to spring an October surprise; a deal with Iran to temporarilystop uranium enrichment in return for a lowering of the sanctions which are finally crippling Iran and causing hyperinflation. I don't really understand how this would boost his campaign. Distract the press, certainly. Affect the voters, not seeing it since the major issue is and always has been the crappy economy. Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at October 10, 2012 12:09 PM (JxMoP) ________________________ The rally around the flag effect perhaps.

140 Posted by: Chris P at October 10, 2012 12:03 PM (LuvqF) The County I live in is Westmoreland County it is right adjacent to Allegheny County Has Pgh. in it Westmoreland Cty. voted for McLame 4 years ago & we Have 2 County Commissioners that are R's for the 1st time in my lifetime. & swept the Row offices

141

We need to determine an over/under for how many times Biden says Big Bird in the Debate.

142 Or academic fraud whatever

143

The rally around the flag effect perhaps.

 

Perhaps, but that typically only happens with some sort of military conflict.

144 buzzion, I believe Vegas has the O/U at 6.

145 That Matt Taibbi article about how poll results should not be released to the public is pretty funny. Free speech for me but not for thee... LOL

146 144

My dad grew up in Derry.  I grew up in North Hills right outside Pittsburgh.  Westmoreland County in particular has swung hard right in the past decade.  But if this is spreading to Allegheny County, then a whole lot of things are getting shaken up.

147

Obama's fashionable jewelry will sink Romney's ship:

http://tinyurl.com/93gvejp 

148 Heh. And Ann Althouse brought up by Rush

149 The problem for Casey, Jr. is that all the people who think they are voting for his dad are dying off.

150 There's a reason the SCOAMF graduated with honors from Harvard Law and I think it taints the whole profession. So, other then that minor issue, I gather you are thoroughly impressed with the integrity of the legal profession on the hole.

151 in return for a lowering of the sanctions which are finally crippling Iran and causing hyperinflation. If he'd lower the sanctions which are crippling us he might have a chance.

152 Wisconsin Romney 49% Obama 51% w/ leaners. split D/R EVEN Very unusual to have no undecideds. pre-debate seeing # between -3 to -12 post-debate, -2 and -2 (PPP and Rasmussen)

153 BAE, EADS call off planned merger that would have created aerospace giant to rival Boeing
mostly because Germany feared job losses

154 Obama's Big Bird ad is killing Romney's chances:

http://tinyurl.com/9ja7wx8

Posted by: HtP at October 10, 2012 11:55 AM (jx2j9)

Just keep running it Barry, keep running it. And mention it at every campaign stop too

155

Interesting that the Rolling Stone guy is saying polls should not be published (see the Wednesday news dump). Funny, four years ago when the polls were, in truth, really bad for W, these folks didn't have any problem with having them trumpeted every day. 

I don't like the favoritism of these hacks, but it's the sheer chutzpah of their hypocrisy that really makes them loathsome scumada.

156 Why isn't the new James O'Keefe video on Breitbart's site? Only the DC. New OÂ’Keefe video: Obama campaign staffer caught helping activist vote twice http://tinyurl.com/9vkvn4v

157 I cant linky, what is it?

Posted by: Thunderb at October 10, 2012 11:59 AM (Dnbau)

 

Search 'There are Two Paths' on YouTube.  Two paths is a reference to a speech Breitbart made before his passing.

158 We need to determine an over/under for how many times Biden says Big Bird in the Debate.

See, that's where Biden is probably smarter than TFG, he won't mention it.  He knows it's a loser.

That Obama commercial about Big Bird was really proof that his campaign is actually being run, not by David Axelrod, but by 28 year-old hipster douchebags who think they have their finger on the pulse of America.

Good news for Obama: he has the hipster douchebag vote locked up.
Bad news for Obama: hipster douchebags don't vote.

159 if he struck a deal with Iran now, we would know that Iran wants him re-elected. Tells voters who care about the ME everything they need to know. It would be as affective as the fake UE numbers were.

160 "I just saw a Menendez ad for the first time last night, bragging about all the pork he brought back to New Jersey."

I made the same complaint about our ex-senator, and the GOP chair dumped all over me.  Voters retired the senator.

There must be tasteful ways of bragging about pork...just don't get in the taxpayers' face about it.

161 My dad grew up in Derry. I grew up in North Hills right outside Pittsburgh. Westmoreland County in particular has swung hard right in the past decade. But if this is spreading to Allegheny County, then a whole lot of things are getting shaken up. The Burbs of the Burgh are Getting redder & Redder while Pittsburgh Itself is WORTHLESS!, Beaver, Butler,Westmoreland, Fayette & Washington counties make up the Pittsburgh Region & all but Allegheny are Trending Redder

162

97 So in Althouse's latest post on Instapundit she says "I did not think Obama did such a bad job at the debate."She's just trolling for clicks, right? She's not really that stupid, is she? And why does Reynolds give her so much love on his blog?
Posted by: not the mama at October 10, 2012 12:00 PM (kzCIn)

 

Althouse will look for any excuse possible to vote for her sex fantasy in the white house again. She cannot concede how terrible he is or else she won't be able to lie to herself that she is not voting based purely on her liberal emotional feelings.

 

Posted by: buzzion - Free Kratos at October 10, 2012 12:08 PM (GULKT)

 

Either that, or she doesn't think Obama did as poorly as prevailing wisdom dictates.

163 I blame it on megaornithophobia.

164 FIRST!

165 I don't like the Wisc. Numbers . Obama with 51%?Hard to believe...

166 I live in PA. I used to be a lib. Am not anymore, but am gay. Most of my friends are libs. I have heard less and less discussion among them about Obama lately. There is a vibe in the air. I hope it is not just me seeing wht I want to see. I also see FAR FEWER signs nd bumperstickers for Obama. ALSO, as of Friday, the Obama headquarters in my city neighborhood had not opened yet (NOT the main Pittsburgh headquarters, just a small neighborhood office). It was due to open in a few days. SEEMS LATE for a campaign office top open up in October.

167 The polls are being ginned up with heavy republican skewing to keep the race exciting for republicans.  If the media was honest and showed how far behind Romney currently is, the bitter clinger half of the country would tune out.  That means the Debates would lose half of their audience, and since the networks charge advertisers based on audience numbers, they wouldn't make as much money off of the commercials during the debates if half of he country tuned out...even if it is the delusional low information racist half. 

Once the debates are over the real polling will show just how far behind Romney really is. 

On top of that the Economy is roaring back to life.  Last month unemployment dropped from 8.3 to 7.8 % in one month!  That's the result of President Obama's amazing policies that have saved created or found 1 million (114K created + 885 found) last month. 

Unemployment hasn't been this low since Obama took office, This is proof that he has brought this terrible economy that Bush handed him back to where it was when he he took office.  Obama is america's real Come Back team.  But just because we are back where we started when He took office, does not mean we want to return to the policies of the past.  Americans are too smart to fall for republican lies and empty promises.  As our great president Obama has said, we tried their plan and we tried Obama's and only Obama's was able to get us back where we started.  But the work isnt done and we need 4 more years to fix this 3 year proposition and the American people who love Barack Obama the Patriot will give him that chance!

And please stop using the excuse that Unemployement dropped because people left the work force, of course people leave the workforce, a lot of people have retired and died or gotten cancer and cant work thanks to corporations like Bain which was run by Mitt Romney.

In addition, with still legal abortion the kids arent popping out as fast as they used to so a lower workforce is to be accepted.  Ofcourse I am sure that if Romney gets into office, woman will be strapped into pens like cattle and turned into baby machnes so that the republicans can pump out more slave labor to fund their war machine.

Next months unemployment numbers will drop again and will be pretty close to 6%.  When that stunning news drops the Friday before the election, its going to be over for Romney. 

The bounce from Romney's Debate lies should dissipate starting today.  President Obama was just too much of a gentleman to call Romney out at the debate because Like Lincoln, Obama is an Honest man and confronting the lies of a lying divisive rapscallion and bamboozler is foreign to him.

But our president is a quick study.  He took office 4 years ago with no experience and here he is now running the free world where al quaida is on its heels, bin laden is dead and GM is alive and Recovery summer is here and the american people love him for saving america and restoring her place in the world as a member nation of the collective.  No longer the Bully nation.

Thursday night when our great Vice President Biden who like President Obama is a wonderful orator and one of the most adept and clever debaters in Washington tears that thin skinned light on the facts and figures Ryan apart, America will see that the Wannabe emperor has no clothes and the campaign that focused on big bird and insulted our allies over seas will be history. 

By Monday of next week Obama will be back at 54% even with these faulty republican oversampling polls. 

Besides polls don't matter.

168 The Burbs of the Burgh are Getting redder & Redder while Pittsburgh Itself is WORTHLESS!, Beaver, Butler,Westmoreland, Fayette & Washington counties make up the Pittsburgh Region & all but Allegheny are Trending Redder

Posted by: Evilpens at October 10, 2012 12:15 PM (ck76k)

 

Exactly. SW PA is trending GOP, while SE PA is treanding the other  way.

169 142 118 - Biden has always been good at the job of being a Senator, which presumably includes debates, although I haven't seen him do one. Being a Senator means you have talking points at your disposal, you get to look Senatorial in hearings, and every six years you have to go back home and act like you actually have some connection to the state that keeps sending you back to Washington. I think if the questions become about the last four years, he's in trouble, but if the moderator can keep Joe at a slow hum, doing the Senatorial shuffle, he might do fine. Posted by: BurtTC at October 10, 2012 12:10 PM (TOk1P) _______________________ Biden is a sleazy, used car salesman. An older Chevy Chase with beadier eyes and a lower IQ. The most valuable thing he has are his bleached teeth, and cheesy smile.

170 Posted by: voter fraud at October 10, 2012 12:14 PM (LpQbZ)

Wow.  Flaming skull plz.

171 101 the VP debate will be so much fun

Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 10, 2012 12:00 PM (HNwOT)

[Begin buzzkill] We need to rein in the anticipation. The bar for Slow Joe is set microscopically far from the ground, and Ryan could have stage fright or something. We shouldn't celebrate victory before kickoff. [End buzzkill]

172

OK, CAC, start compiling these into single posts, please.  Different states' polls, over and over, is not a good blogging format, especially when they come within minutes of each other.  Yesterday was funny, but it was funny because  it had never happened before and was a one-off.

Friendly advice is all.

173 Mr. Spanky says PA will go Red this year!!!!

174

Obama's flexibility will destroy Romney's chances:

http://tinyurl.com/8q3qrfc

175 That's jeremiah's Greg, right? He's funnier than Greg.

176 #137, Yeah, like we would believe  they stopped uranium  enrichment.. Riiiight..

177 Where can I score some ruffies?  I need to forget this day...

178 Do House Trolls enjoy Troll House cookies? If so, here's a batch with extra chunks: http://youtu.be/WtGrp5MbzAI

179 Either that, or she doesn't think Obama did as poorly as prevailing wisdom dictates.

Posted by: CJ at October 10, 2012 12:15 PM (9KqcB)

 

She probably would have been right beside Obama agreeing that he had won the debate.  I bet she's really happy she didn't put up a post right after the debate declaring that.

180

With 40 years of debating experience under his belt, Vice President Joe Biden hunkered down for several days of intensive preparation in his hometown of Wilmington, Del., this week ahead of his duel with Rep. Paul Ryan in Danville, Ky., this Thursday.

The vice president has been studying and watching videos of Ryan's interviews and speeches, and he has read a book co-authored by Ryan and Reps. Eric Cantor and Kevin McCarthy.

Biden has held mock debates against Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.

At the time, Van Hollen predicted Biden would "kick my butt" in the mock debates.



Joey is going to turn it all around for them.

181 Either way, Biden will screw over the Obama admin. Posted by: soothsayer at October 10, 2012 11:47 AM (jUytm) Joe might be slow, but he knows which side his bread is buttered on. It's not like he has credibility on the line, either. The foreign policy genius has had some truly stupid ideas over the years. But I am with the other morons that are worried about him showing up drunk and just babbling any nonsense. That's hard to refute.

182 14 new reading this blog...but y'all are being sarcastic right? Posted by: lulub at October 10, 2012 11:46 AM (jVM3z) Could you stand more in the middle... I dont want the blog to tip over and capsize. Thanks.

183 Either that, or she doesn't think Obama did as poorly as prevailing wisdom dictates.

Then she didn't watch the CSPAN version with the split screen.

184

174 -

 

Exactly.  As I said, he makes a good Senator. 

185 If he'd lower the sanctions which are crippling us he might have a chance.

Posted by: t-bird at October 10, 2012 12:13 PM (FcR7P)

 

Good one! Hope you guys above are right  (Amish Dude and Ghost of Lee Atwater, IIRC)  and this would be a nothingburger.

Everything else is looking good. It just fits Obama's "Shia lean" over his term, so it wouldn't surprise me.

 

Hopefully  the "Carville Constant" (ITES)  will carry the day.

 

186 A woman called into Chris Plante's show today (I missed who she was, but sounded like an official in the town where this occurred.) She said a woman with a Romney sign on her lawn had her house broken into, they stole the electronics, etc, and painted something like "Obama B*tch" on the living room wall. Here it comes folks.... Urinating on signs was nothing compared to what the Obama underlings will do. I'll look around for the story, but if anyone has already linked, or has link, please link again. thanks

187 166

Allegheny County actually stayed in place in 2008 compared to 2004, which is pretty good considering the difference between the two years.  The suburban township I grew up in (Ross Township) gave the same result to Bush and McCain to the tenth of a point.  I have to wonder what is accounting for the change.  Is it that suburbs that lean Republican becoming solidly Republican?  Is Obama having real problems in some of the blue-collar neighborhoods in Pittsburgh?  Maybe both?

188

PA's unwinnable. The White Whale. Lucy holding the football. Obama at a debate.

What?

 

 

189 I live in PA. I used to be a lib. Am not anymore, but am gay. Most of my friends are libs. I have heard less and less discussion among them about Obama lately. There is a vibe in the air. I hope it is not just me seeing wht I want to see. I also see FAR FEWER signs nd bumperstickers for Obama. ALSO, as of Friday, the Obama headquarters in my city neighborhood had not opened yet (NOT the main Pittsburgh headquarters, just a small neighborhood office). It was due to open in a few days. SEEMS LATE for a campaign office top open up in October. Posted by: Baldy at October 10, 2012 12:16 PM (opS9C) welcome to the dark side. Are you out, or a closeted conservative? If not I understand, bigotry against conservatives is the only permitted intolerance.

190 Rasmussen WI Obama 51-49. New Hampshire tied at 48.

191 but it was funny because it had never happened before and was a one-off. You must be new. There's a reason there's a running gag about the time machine ace doesn't have and won't let anyone use.

192 When Romney pulls ahead in Penn. I don't expect we will be bothered by the worthless cock gobbler Gerg again.

193 If we could somehow win the Pennsylvania Senate seat, that pretty much locks up the Senate for us. That would be a huge, huge win.

194 171 I live in PA. I used to be a lib. Am not anymore, but am gay. Most of my friends are libs. I have heard less and less discussion among them about Obama lately. There is a vibe in the air. I hope it is not just me seeing wht I want to see. I also see FAR FEWER signs nd bumperstickers for Obama. ALSO, as of Friday, the Obama headquarters in my city neighborhood had not opened yet (NOT the main Pittsburgh headquarters, just a small neighborhood office). It was due to open in a few days. SEEMS LATE for a campaign office top open up in October.

Posted by: Baldy at October 10, 2012 12:16 PM (opS9C)

 

Who gives you the more negative reaction?  Telling liberals you're conservative or telling conservatives you're gay?

195 Good news for Obama: he has the hipster douchebag vote locked up. Bad news for Obama: hipster douchebags don't vote. Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 10, 2012 12:14 PM (sbV1u) The hell you say!

196 Watch Biden call Romney, Mr. President. Just watch. hehe

197

Is Obama having real problems in some of the blue-collar neighborhoods in Pittsburgh? >>>>

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I know for a fact that he's having real problems in the blue collar, ethinic White neighborhoods in Philly. Not enough to overcome the ghetto vote (I denounce myself), but it could affect the overall margin coming out of the city. Obama won the city by 800,000 in 2008.

198 If not I understand, bigotry against conservatives is the only permitted intolerance. Posted by: Thunderb at October 10, 2012 12:20 PM (Dnbau)

Whoa!  Whoa, don't go all full-goose-bozo on us here.  What about me?!?!?

199

Romney campaign will never be able to overcome the Obama campaign's "well you're a big poopie head" defense of the illegal fundraising revelations:

 

http://tinyurl.com/9ttwrup

200 Off, sock!

201 cumming idiot at hearing says we didnt have security because of tax breaks for oil companies or something

202 BTW, Allen West is up 12 points in Florida. More leftard money flushed down the shit hole. Heh.

203 A person doesn't have to be conservative to despise Democrats.

Ask me how I know.

204

Posted by: Thunderb at October 10, 2012 12:15 PM (Dnbau)

 

Yes, agreed. The MSM will go nuts pushing it, but that might not work out for them. 

205 The County I live in is Westmoreland County it is right adjacent to Allegheny County Has Pgh. in it Westmoreland Cty. voted for McLame 4 years ago & we Have 2 County Commissioners that are R's for the 1st time in my lifetime. & swept the Row offices

Basically, Pittsburgh has been emptying out for decades and it's a much much smaller middle class city that's now completely dominated by the suburbs.

It's actually a nice place to live.  Housing in good neighborhoods is relatively cheap.

But they've still had that residual union mentality even though all the steel mills are gone and the only union members are teachers.

They're all in for the union even though the union is why their grandkids live in Texas.

206 I've been rereading Calvin and Hobbes the past few days because of the whole trying not to ragestroke thing, and, as always, Watterson sums things up neatly. Behold! The Republican v. Democrat view of work! http://bit.ly/SQ2u2W

207

RE: 172

 

Longest sock post opus in the history of AOS?

208

Drudge is flogging the story about Obama attending Martha Raddatz' wedding.  LOL.  How could Raddatz have failed to disclose this to the Debate Commission?  Unbelievable.  She's just given the Romney campaign a HUGE battering ram to use if she helps Biden or asks Ryan tougher questions.  And even liberals will attack her as being "cowed" by the story if she pulls a Jim Lehrer and just asks general questons and lets the candidates converse.

 

Nobody is going to lose more in this campaign than the MFM.

209 cumming idiot at hearing says we didn't have security because of tax breaks for oil companies or something Posted by: Thunderb at October 10, 2012 12:23 PM (Dnbau)

He'd have an easier time making the argument that we didn't have security because Obama blew $1.4B on vacations.

Because at least that's a provable fact.

210 Posted by: Thunderb at October 10, 2012 12:23 PM (Dnbau) Also that Issa broke a rule....which rule? Well, they'll get to him on that.

211 There's a PA talk show host who says of Casey, Jr.: "He is a man who is only dimly aware of his own existence."

212 Western Pennsylvania, the Metro Pitt region as established by government surveys, will go Romney overall, despite Pittsburgh. It will be the first time it has since 1972. It has been trending that way for a long time and will finally go. The problem with PA isn't Pitt or even Philadelphia. It is the collar counties. If Romney actually won the collar by, say, 30k, that + the T would outweigh Philadelphia. But McCain, Bush, Bush, Dole, Bush I all lost the collar. They lost Montgomery, Bucks, and Delaware. You need to hold Obama's margins down in Montgomery and Delaware Counties, and flip Bucks County. Also ramp up margins in Chester and Berks.

213 NH and WI in play. Nice.

214 They're all in for the union even though the union is why their grandkids live in Texas.

It's galling that people can't connect those two dots.

215 Chesco and Bucks are more likely to go GOP. Posted by: kallisto at October 10, 2012 11:50 AM (jm/9g) I will be a monkey's uncle if Bucks goes red. But I'm feeling better about PA if Romney keeps gaining in other battleground states.

216 chavetz is killing it at the hearing. If dude is a lawyer, he is giving them a good name right now. AND HE IS PISSED

217 Thanks Alex. I didn't know C&H was back in the world. I thought the Watterson guy stopped drawing those comics.

218 state dept sent a lawyer to follow chavetz when he went to Libya?

219

I know for a fact that he's havingreal problems in the blue collar, ethinic White neighborhoods in Philly. Not enough to overcome the ghetto vote (I denounce myself), but it could affect the overall margin coming out of the city. Obama won the city by 800,000 in 2008.

Posted by: Some guy not from PA at October 10, 2012 12:22 PM (YmPwQ)

 

The vast majority of these folks are Catholics.  They send their kids to Catholic schools.  The new Archbishop in Philly is VERY political and has been outspoken in the media here.  The priests are speaking from their pulpits about the contraception mandate and other threats to religious freedom. 

 

Jill Biden did an event in South Philly yesterday and only about 50 people showed up.

220 She's just given the Romney campaign a HUGE battering ram to use if she helps Biden or asks Ryan tougher questions.

Yeah, I think Romney/Ryan (to the extent that they had input) were willing to put up with this crap knowing they'd have an advantage.  If you discredit the referee, he can't make a call against you.

221 who is this idiot from DC

222 Can we dispose of the MOE and replace it with MOF - Margin of Fraud?

223 oh man OBAMA’S FORMER CLASSMATE: ‘HE TOLD US THAT HIS FATHER WAS AN INDONESIAN KING,‘ THAT ’HE WAS A PRINCE’ & ‘WOULD BE A RULER’ http://tinyurl.com/98w4h69 the blaze

224 Romney will win Bucks County. 

225 BLAMING BUDGETS? THIS HAG CANT TALK

226 Jill Biden did an event in South Philly yesterday and only about 50 people showed up.

Considering she's a native Delawarian (Delawarite?) that's a big f'in' deal.

227 A woman called into Chris Plante's show today (I missed who she was, but sounded like an official in the town where this occurred.)

She said a woman with a Romney sign on her lawn had her house broken into, they stole the electronics, etc, and painted something like "Obama B*tch" on the living room wall.
Posted by: duck and cover at October 10, 2012 12:19 PM (LpQbZ)

------------


A school bus driver in the Milwaukee suburbs blasted a 12 year old on her bus because the kid's family has a Romney sign in their yard.  Told the kid she should have been aborted.

228 Chesco and Bucks are more likely to go GOP. Here in Chesco - in my town anyway, I think we've lost most of the Philly transplants after the mortgage meltdown. At one point I looked at a foreclosure map of the overpriced townhouse developments the big developers shoved up our @ss and it was beyond ugly. So that should help. In 2008 my town went 50-50.

229 @167 - I wonder if it's just an academic's natural predilection for academics.

I mean, it's funny.  For me, at least, 2008 was easy.   You don't vote for anyone from Chicago.

There is one statistical near-certainty in politics: a Democrat from Cook County is a crook.  Hell, a Republican from Cook County isn't much better, but you'd need a microscope to find the line on the chart that says 'Chicago Democrats not guilty of something indictable'.

Then you grab 'Dreams from My Father' and open it to any random page and read for ten minutes, and see if you can get through it without throwing the thing at the wall.  It pitches a worldview so completely at odds with my own, and so completely at odds with what I want in a leader, that it was a bit scary.

Then add up everything else, and you've got a very clear NO WAY IN HELL.

230 Nice that CSpan has a link to TFG lying ass from 9-12-12 underneath the live stream.

231 213 Drudge is flogging the story about Obama attending Martha Raddatz' wedding. LOL.How could Raddatz have failed to disclose this to the Debate Commission? Unbelievable. She's just given the Romney campaign a HUGE battering ram to use if she helps Biden or asks Ryan tougher questions. And even liberals will attack her as being "cowed" by the story if she pulls a Jim Lehrer and just asks general questons and lets the candidates converse.

Nobody is going to lose more in this campaign than the MFM.

Posted by: rockmom at October 10, 2012 12:25 PM (aBlZ1)

 

I'm pretty sure Ifill forgot to mention to the debate commission that she was writing a book about Obama's campaign in 2008 before being picked as the VP moderator.

232 Nobody is going to lose more in this campaign than the MFM. Posted by: rockmom at October 10, 2012 12:25 PM (aBlZ1) ========== The reason for this: Morley Safer “appalled” by new media

233 I don't tell conservatives on some websites I m gay. I just ignore the issue. Libs freak out on me. I've been conservatives since 2000. Just a FWIW, I dont think Romney has a chance in Allegh Co, just that Obama enthusiasm is way down.

234 Romney will win Bucks County. Posted by: rockmom at October 10, 2012 12:30 PM (aBlZ1) I live in Brooklyn, ad my lib friends went down there in 2008 for Obama. Dems have had Bucks in their sites for awhile, and more and more New Yorkers have been moving there over the years. They are emboldened by the voter ID laws being stalled. Otherwise "Democracy died." The believe vote fraud doesn't exist and racist Republicans are trying to steal elections by suppressing minority votes. But they knew Bucks was key. They don't actually want to go register blacks. They want to depress Republican turnout.

235 Thanks Alex. I didn't know CH was back in the world. I thought the Watterson guy stopped drawing those comics. He did. Go Comics is rerunning the original strips, I believe in original published order. If you click on the calendar and start at Nov. 18, 1985, you can read from the beginning.

236 What's the swing on those Wisconsin numbers?  Wasn't Obama up by 11 before?

237 237 Nobody is going to lose more in this campaign than the MFM.
Posted by: rockmom at October 10, 2012 12:25 PM (aBlZ1)

Lose?

We Got Nothing Left to Lose Buddy!

238 OK- I went to the Romney local headquarters in my mom's suburb- they would only give one sign, and I had to sig a sheet (as others did) and give ph# & address. At McCain headquarters 4 yrs ago, they gave me more than one sign- cant remember how many I got but it was at least 2.

239

But McCain, Bush, Bush, Dole, Bush I all lost the collar. They lost Montgomery, Bucks, and Delaware. You need to hold Obama's margins down in Montgomery and Delaware Counties, and flip Bucks County.

 

Sadly, those counties are being filled by Democrats fleeing Philadelphia to live in a GOP haven, where they promptly...continue voting Democrat.

240

OK- I went to the Romney local headquarters in my mom's suburb- they would only give one sign, and I had to sig a sheet (as others did) and give ph# address. At McCain headquarters 4 yrs ago, they gave me more than one sign- cant remember how many I got but it was at least 2.

 

That's a positive   sign, uh, indicator. The signs are in demand, and they got your contact info to make sure you vote (not that you weren't going to) and to maybe help get others out.

241 Avenge Me Mitt Romney

Kick his Ass from here to election day.

242

Rockmom, I live in South Philly and your post was the first that I've heard about Jill Biden being here. Where did she appear at, the Wal Mart?

Anyway, it might be redundant, but many of those Catholics are also trade union members. They haven't gained anything under Zero, and have suffered big unemployment numbers. They also don't like the public sector unions very much...jealousy, I suppose. They may not vote for Romney but they ain't supporting Obama either, no matter what the boss says.

And there's also the walking-around-money thing. If Obama doesn't pay up, the fraud machine goes on union time. Allegedly that's why Sestak and Onorato fell short in 2010, they didn;t greasse the right people. Obama's crew is notroriously tone-deaf, they may think they can skip Philly, but money talks, Obama on the ballot or no.

243 "oh man

OBAMA’S FORMER CLASSMATE: ‘HE TOLD US THAT HIS FATHER WAS AN INDONESIAN KING,‘ THAT ’HE WAS A PRINCE’ & ‘WOULD BE A RULER’

http://tinyurl.com/98w4h69

the blaze"

he was too polite to tell her that he is actually a deity, worshiped in indoensia and  among various hawaiian and kenyan tribes

244

"But I am with the other morons that are worried about him showing up drunk and just babbling any nonsense. That's hard to refute."

 

Isn't that kind of what he did with Palin? As I recall he made a number of assertions that seemed very forceful at the time ("Since everyone with a brain knows 2+2 equals five, it's equally obvious that if you double it, you have 10!") , but later proved to be false. Obviously the MSM squelched it, but I always felt Palin would have really clobbered him if she had forcefully refuted his incorrect assertions ("No, no, Joe, once again you're simply wrong on the facts. 2+2 does not equal 5, it is 4, which makes the rest of your analysis pretty useless.").

 

Hope I'm correct, but I think Ryan will not let him get away with any of this. If anyone does, Ryan has the correct facts, and I don't think he will be shy about using them to his advantage and not letting Biden demagogue endlessly without contradiction.

 

 

 

245 BTW, Allen West is up 12 points in Florida.

That ad was a head shot from a Barrett .50

246 232 A woman called into Chris Plante's show today (I missed who she was, but
sounded like an official in the town where this occurred.)



She said a woman with a Romney sign on her lawn had her house broken
into, they stole the electronics, etc, and painted something like
"Obama B*tch" on the living room wall.
Posted by: duck and cover at October 10, 2012 12:19 PM (LpQbZ)

Lets just hope the B isnt backwards.

247 Posted by: Chris P at October 10, 2012 12:19 PM (LuvqF) Burbs of the Burgh are getting redder & redder as people move out of Pittsburgh

248   106   Biden getting a brain transplant ? how bout just getting a brain ?
*
*
Reminds me of that old "Star Trek":

"Brain and brain!  What is brain!"

"The power to remove Biden's brain exists right where we are.  Restoring it must also be possible!"

249 ALSO, as of Friday, the Obama headquarters in my city neighborhood had not opened yet (NOT the main Pittsburgh headquarters, just a small neighborhood office). It was due to open in a few days. SEEMS LATE for a campaign office top open up in October.

Posted by: Baldy at October 10, 2012 12:16 PM (opS9C)

Maybe they are just as prompt as their Dear Leader is

250 Greg, you got the plug out of your ass and now it's stuck in your mouth.

Boy, you one stupid fucker.

251 238 I don't tell conservatives on some websites I m gay. I just ignore the issue. Libs freak out on me. I've been conservatives since 2000. Just a FWIW, I dont think Romney has a chance in Allegh Co, just that Obama enthusiasm is way down.

Posted by: Baldy at October 10, 2012 12:34 PM (opS9C)

 

Thanks for the antedotal.  Good stuff.  Oh yes, for goodness sake don't mention Lutherans.  The horde goes crazy.  Bunch of green bean casserole bigots around here!

252

#248 Jill Biden was at an Obama or Democratic Party office with Bob Brady and some other Dem hacks.  Very small crowd.  She did a little tour of southeastern PA yesterday and today, mostly to buck up the volunteers I think. 

 

I live outside of Doylestown, and the Borough itself is very Democratic. In 2008 it was plastered with Obama signs and there were kids waving signs on the main streetcorners every weekend through October.  This year, nothing.  They opened an office downtown in an abandoned storefront and put up a bunch of cheesy homemade signs, but I never see anyone in there.  Out in the 'burbs, it is heavily Romney/Smith in terms of signs so far.  Also in 2008, Patrick Murphy weas the Congressman from Bucks and he was THE first elected Democrat to endorse Obama in the primary.  Obama repaid him by visiting Bucks at least three times and spending a lot of money here.  We haven't seen even any outside surrogates for Obama this year. 

 

In 2008 the Bucks County GOP just used its main HQ building in Doylestown for phonebanking and sign pickup.  This year they have also opened offices in Bristol and Quakertown at  both ends of the county.  That in itself means much higher enthusiasm. 

253

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 10, 2012 12:31 PM (feFL6)

___

 

I hadn't even considered that aspect. We've been plagued by foreclosures in my area as well. I wonder where the overextended buyers who had to abandon their homes ended up? Here in Delco they could have just moved to a grittier part of the county. But I'm hoping they hauled ass back to the city.

254

I see Gumby Greg is still trying.  Anyone bother to read that crap? 

More good news though, this time Ohio.  Mandel is tied with Sherrod "I'm an idiot" Brown.  Totally unexpected and a sign Ohio is turning. Now if we can get rid of both Brown and Casey that would be the the culmination of a whole lot of work.   I hope everyone sends a few bucks to Mandel in Ohio and  Smith in PA. 

255 @257: ...and lutefisk. Don't forget the lutefisk.

256 Greg is proof that the show "Sliders" was based on real events.   Go find your timer, quick....

257 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.