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June 07, 2012

Romney 46% Obama 45% in Texas
— CAC

This is for Texas, right?

clearly Texas so no troubles for Obama implied

Texas is the state with Detroit, Flint, and the upper peninsula, right?

Because otherwise I would say it is very, very bad for the President to be trailing in a state he won solidly and hasn't gone to the Republicans since 1988.

The Blue "Wall" no more.

Posted by: CAC at 08:13 AM | Comments (212)
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1 WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 07, 2012 08:15 AM (FCfv5)

2 I guess they don't like their president making blow job jokes in front of a bunch of transgender freaks.

Posted by: Mr Pink at June 07, 2012 08:16 AM (QY7pu)

3 WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mark formerly in Spokane,now in Sandy Ut at June 07, 2012 08:16 AM (SRUCV)

4 No seriously: this can't possibly be right, can it? I figured Romney had absolutely no chance whatsoever to even seriously compete in Michigan, given his opposition to the auto bailouts.

How is this possible?

Oh well, I shall commence with the bwahahahahahahahaha.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 07, 2012 08:16 AM (FCfv5)

5 All Mitt needs to do is campaign in a Lions jersey in the Lower Peninsula, and a Packers jersey in the UP and he wins.

Posted by: Navin R Johnson at June 07, 2012 08:17 AM (HpT9p)

6 Pushing yourself down, CAC?

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 07, 2012 08:17 AM (+EoBq)

7 LOL!

Posted by: Crashpanic at June 07, 2012 08:17 AM (H7Nnh)

8 GTFO.

Posted by: MJ at June 07, 2012 08:17 AM (/x4oj)

9 You know, Obama did lay off a metric asston of non-union autoworkers. This could be hurting him there.

Posted by: Crashpanic at June 07, 2012 08:18 AM (H7Nnh)

10 The Choom JEF is a pinko commie and people are just now starting to realize it .... loving the polls, let hope the trend continues

Posted by: SoCalMe at June 07, 2012 08:18 AM (s72/N)

11 Thanks a lot, I read the headline quickly and almost had a coronary. But now...... Popcorn futures are flying!

Posted by: BIG ROB at June 07, 2012 08:18 AM (MuXag)

12 Is that like punching yourself down?

Posted by: Bob Saget at June 07, 2012 08:18 AM (SDkq3)

13 I look at the ruins of Detroit and wonder if there's anyone still there who honestly believes Obama is going to help them.

At least they have their Robocop statue.

Posted by: EC at June 07, 2012 08:20 AM (GQ8sn)

14 Posted by: BIG ROB at June 07, 2012 12:18 PM (MuXag)
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I think those are also the Texas poll numbers for white lesbian hispanics,

Posted by: RioBravo at June 07, 2012 08:20 AM (eEfYn)

15 The dems are cracking up. Seriously.

http://bit.ly/Lf9kIH

Posted by: CUS at June 07, 2012 08:20 AM (84pE9)

16 Who doesn't like their president covorting with Cher and gliding around town in limos while they are mired in 11% unemployment?

Posted by: Mr Pink at June 07, 2012 08:21 AM (QY7pu)

17 Ha, this is the second post today I found out about before CAC posted it. I'm on a roll.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 07, 2012 08:21 AM (USExO)

18 I'm enjoying this Democracy being over stuff.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 07, 2012 08:22 AM (jU3Qy)

19 Isn't Romney from Michigan?

Posted by: CUS at June 07, 2012 08:22 AM (84pE9)

20 The cascade has begun

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 07, 2012 08:23 AM (3zV6k)

21 Obama appears deadlocked at 45% all over the place in rational, normal polls, in most "swing states." Except, the swing states of OH, NC, FL, VA don't appear to be the swing states anymore. Those are red. The swing states are now MI, CO, NV, PA, IA, NH. If Romney can make a dent in THOSE, we're looking at a 53-45% 320 EV drubbing for "tha ONE."

Posted by: aerofanatic at June 07, 2012 08:23 AM (h8FS0)

22 Preference cascade? ------I can already taste the salty, bitter tears

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at June 07, 2012 08:23 AM (Dll6b)

23 Even if Romney doesn't win Michigan, it being a battleground state means that Obama will be using a LOT of his remaining funds to play defense throughout the Rust Belt.

If he loses Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and/or Pennsylvania, he's pretty screwed.

If he loses more than one of those, he'll likely take a lot of Dems down with him when he goes.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 07, 2012 08:25 AM (e0xKF)

24 Who doesn't like their president covorting with Cher and gliding around town in limos while they are mired in 11% unemployment?Posted by: Mr Pink at June 07, 2012 12:21 PM

11%? In Detroit its more like 25%

But don't you worry, they'll still vote for JEF.

The rest of Michigan? Not so much.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 07, 2012 08:25 AM (sbV1u)

25 Eau de Landslide The preferred cologne of failed presidents since the Carter Administration.

Posted by: Punchy at June 07, 2012 08:25 AM (+iqDb)

26 so, okay, Obama loses. Now we get to spend four or eight years making Romney into an Actual Conservative

and we don't need that Civil War II after all. Lots of riot suppression, maybe, but no all-out civil war

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at June 07, 2012 08:25 AM (Dll6b)

27 >>Thanks a lot, I read the headline quickly and almost had a coronary.

Me too...I was all "seriously, they're so butthurt over Perry not being the nominee they're going to vote for the stuttering clusterfuck? Srsly!?"

Obama gets all Iowa's 5 EVs. The eastern half of the state is West Chicago.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at June 07, 2012 08:26 AM (ZKzrr)

28 Should be higher.

Posted by: Clinton SuperPAC working on that at June 07, 2012 08:26 AM (HOOye)

29 Slightly off topic, but I haven't had a chance to thank and compliment CAC and his crew for the tremendous job you did reporting the Wisconsin results Tuesday night. Thanks for the effort and I'm looking forward to following the November election results right here. Hopefully that will be an early night, too.

Posted by: Iowa Bob at June 07, 2012 08:26 AM (RJ+Yj)

30 2 I guess they don't like their president making blow job jokes in front of a bunch of transgender freaks.

Degeres has a penis? Guess it doesn't matter, the Mooch has to be used to anything.

Posted by: Dagny at June 07, 2012 08:26 AM (WCAIB)

Romney has got this one. American cannot afford the axis of economic Obama/Pelosi/Paul Krugman dumbassery.... any more.

Posted by: fresh at June 07, 2012 08:27 AM (O7ksG)

32 Weren't you going to take a break, CAC?

Appreciate all the good news in any case.

Posted by: Methos at June 07, 2012 08:27 AM (6LvlL)

33 We've read your rulebook you F*king SOBs and we've learned how to apply it.
We're tired of getting sheared.
We're comming.

SOON
http://bit.ly/KeOlc2

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Troll Hunter! at June 07, 2012 08:28 AM (0q2P7)

34 I can see 1980 from my house !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at June 07, 2012 08:28 AM (Dll6b)

35 Who doesn't like their president makin blow job jokes and golfing in San Francisco every other day when they can't find a job? Who doesn't like it when their president discloses classified information just so he can try to win an election. Btw remember the left wing assholes yelling about "outing" Valerie plame? Well Obama outed the Pakistani that helped us kill bin Ladin and the mother fucker is now in prison for 30 years. Where the fuck is their outrage now?

Posted by: Mr Pink at June 07, 2012 08:28 AM (QY7pu)

36 They see a "mitt," they think Mitt!

Posted by: Clinton SuperPAC working on that at June 07, 2012 08:28 AM (HOOye)

Obesity in America: To Win, We Have to Lose Government

Caught this headline today and thought that the piece missed the metaphor.

We have not just a fat government, but an Â“obese government.Â”
You donÂ’t fix an Â“obese governmentÂ” with Â“binge spending.Â”

IÂ’m donÂ’t think Michelle Obama would recommend that an obese person have a little Â“caloric stimulusÂ” to help them lose weight.

Posted by: Ted Kaczynski at June 07, 2012 08:29 AM (e8kgV)

38 From what I see, this poll is likely voters

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 07, 2012 08:29 AM (3zV6k)

Oh well, I shall commence with the bwahahahahahahahaha.

Protip: Be sure to stretch before starting to prance about in victory. You can pull a hamstring otherwise.

I just saw on the sidebar that the President of Estonia confirmed that, yes, yes that was my strong pimp hand going after Krugman. *wipes a tear* It's beautiful, is what it is.

Posted by: alexthechick at June 07, 2012 08:29 AM (VtjlW)

40 RAS just released a poll saying they were even in Colorado too

Posted by: Ben at June 07, 2012 08:29 AM (wuv1c)

41 Well since I was born in Flint I guess that makes me a Texan then. brb getting cowboy boots and a Stetson.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 07, 2012 08:29 AM (tf9Ne)

42 Michigan: Two peninsulas filled with racist crackers.

Wisconsin appears to be filled with them, too.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 07, 2012 08:29 AM (ojRbN)

43 Never trust a state that come in two pieces.

Posted by: eleven at June 07, 2012 08:30 AM (KXm42)

44 PREFERENCE CASCADE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at June 07, 2012 08:30 AM (0xqzf)

He's a native son. One of the arguments people made for Romney in the primaries was that he would put Michigan in play. It looks like he might be doing that.

Posted by: Ben at June 07, 2012 08:30 AM (wuv1c)

46 Hey, remember when McCain, Bush, and Dole lead the Dem in Michigan in June?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 07, 2012 08:30 AM (ojRbN)

47 >>>Is this a poll of a) registered voters, b) adults or c) likely voters?

Likely voters.

Posted by: Jeff B. at June 07, 2012 08:30 AM (FCfv5)

48 If it went (R) in 2010, it ain't returnin' blue in 2012... Sorry Dems...

Posted by: Bob's Country Bunker at June 07, 2012 08:30 AM (Bxm/r)

49 18 The dems are cracking up. Seriously. http://bit.ly/Lf9kIH Posted by: CUS at June 07, 2012 12:20 PM (84pE9) ----------- LOL, Politico's calling Clinton senile.

Posted by: Clinton SuperPAC working on that at June 07, 2012 08:31 AM (HOOye)

50 Oh, and Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure....

Posted by: Bob's Country Bunker at June 07, 2012 08:31 AM (Bxm/r)

I can only spend so much time in my bunk.

FAP!

Posted by: USMC 8541 at June 07, 2012 08:32 AM (v3pYe)

52 "RAS just released a poll saying they were even in Colorado too
Posted by: Ben"

GTFO!

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 07, 2012 08:32 AM (oR1uH)

53 Hey when was the last time you heard a Unite States (sitting) President make a BJ joke about his wife? Class act ha

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 07, 2012 08:32 AM (05RcU)

54 Michigan - the only state shaped like a mitten!

Posted by: blaster at June 07, 2012 08:32 AM (7vSU0)

55 JEPOS. He

Posted by: New Comments Thingy at June 07, 2012 08:32 AM (IS2o0)

56
You didn't mention Albuquerque.
Nice town Albuquerque.

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 07, 2012 08:32 AM (qkbGP)

57 If he loses Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and/or Pennsylvania, he's pretty screwed.

If he loses more than one of those, he'll likely take a lot of Dems down with him when he goes.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 07, 2012 12:25 PM (e0xKF)

If O loses MI, more than likely Stab-Me-Now is going down as well

Posted by: Red Shirt at June 07, 2012 08:32 AM (FIDMq)

58 In other news, a group that was circulating petitions to recall the Republican governor of Michigan has given up, "saying it fell 'well short' of its goal of collecting 200,000 petition signatures by June 1." http://bit.ly/LxVCgD

Posted by: longerthoughts at June 07, 2012 08:33 AM (CVVLU)

59 Don't Mess With Michigan

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 07, 2012 08:34 AM (jU3Qy)

60 Hey when was the last time you heard a Unite States (sitting) President make a BJ joke about his wife?

Well....Bill probably would have, but.....

Posted by: eleven at June 07, 2012 08:34 AM (KXm42)

61 I would think the bailouts would actually hurt Obama, even in Michigan. If my "neighbor" was getting bailed out, and I wasn't, I'd be pretty resentful, especially knowing what those worthless UAW workers are getting paid (most probably average around 6 figures)

Posted by: Jillian at June 07, 2012 08:34 AM (0kf1G)

62 Yeah, but how serious are they?

Are Michiganders going to support Gov. Snyders reforms?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 07, 2012 08:35 AM (piMMO)

63 AC-DELCO

Posted by: Jean at June 07, 2012 08:35 AM (WkuV6)

64 I used to wonder as a little kid in Dallas why Detroit wasn't called Big D first so now I finally can call Detroit Big D.

Posted by: Mac Gootbone at June 07, 2012 08:35 AM (XCSw/)

65 keep it coming cac

Posted by: MJH at June 07, 2012 08:35 AM (z/C+D)

66 227 Days Until We Evict the SCOAMF

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 07, 2012 08:35 AM (jU3Qy)

67 Good news, but hold off on the tea, codeine and skittles for a while. May 29 there is an article in the same paper about Obama opening up a wide lead, 53/36, and it being unlikely that Michigan will be a battleground state. It was a PPP poll so take it for what it is.

Posted by: Jinxthecat at June 07, 2012 08:35 AM (l3vZN)

But Romney's neighbors can't stand him!!!1!!!!1111!1

http://tinyurl.com/8ytlfhj

Posted by: dananjcon at June 07, 2012 08:35 AM (eavT+)

69 How does the Estonian president know how to use "y'all?"

Posted by: EC at June 07, 2012 08:36 AM (GQ8sn)

70 18 The dems are cracking up. Seriously. http://bit.ly/Lf9kIH Posted by: CUS at June 07, 2012 12:20 PM (84pE9) Bwahahaha... Clinton is OLD. hahahaha

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at June 07, 2012 08:36 AM (DGIjM)

71 I'm waiting for Mitt to pick Hilary as his Veep.

Then Obama won't get a single vote outside Chicago, NYC, SF, and Seattle.

Posted by: JEM at June 07, 2012 08:36 AM (o+SC1)

72
... pudding futures SOAR!!!

What next.... Kalifornia is in play???

Posted by: fixerupper at June 07, 2012 08:36 AM (C8hzL)

73 Please let it be so. Jabba the Hut Moore would never survive.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at June 07, 2012 08:37 AM (pLTLS)

74 "I'm waiting for Mitt to pick Hilary as his Veep.
Posted by: JEM"

For some reason, this would make me laugh so hard...

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 07, 2012 08:37 AM (oR1uH)

75 PPP was All Voters, and oversampled - more +D than 2008, IIRC

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 07, 2012 08:37 AM (3zV6k)

76 Um, not Texas. I think it is one of the other 56 states.

Posted by: Obumbles' Teleprompter at June 07, 2012 08:38 AM (Kkt/i)

77 cac....i love you....but don't mess with texas.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl clinging to my bible, gun and coca cola at June 07, 2012 08:38 AM (Ho2rs)

78
Daily Obama-Romney polls for the next 5 months??

Don't do it, son.

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 07, 2012 08:38 AM (9Q7Nu)

79 I am sure there are a lot of retired engineers and managers from GM that got screwed with the take over

Posted by: CICEROSKIP at June 07, 2012 08:38 AM (3m9Uc)

80 *ahem*

Posted by: Winston Wolf at June 07, 2012 08:38 AM (+EoBq)

81 I just realized that Politicker article about the Estonian prez dumping on Krugman has a link to the fucking Moron HQ!!!! The link goes to Ace's post on his doubts about the authenticity of the tweets from yesterday.

Posted by: EC at June 07, 2012 08:38 AM (GQ8sn)

82 PPP polls are shhhit

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at June 07, 2012 08:39 AM (Dll6b)

83 How does the Estonian president know how to use "y'all?"Posted by: EC

He lived in the US, went to Columbia. In the previous post. Try an' keep up, will ya?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 07, 2012 08:40 AM (famk3)

84 Oh my!

My boyfriend, Trey Gowdy, is now going after Holder.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 07, 2012 08:40 AM (piMMO)

85 CAC. Dude. There's help out there for meth addicts.

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at June 07, 2012 08:40 AM (RD7QR)

How does the Estonian president know how to use "y'all?"

IIRC, raised in the US and went to college in the US. There was some Princeton v. Columbia bitchery as well.

Posted by: alexthechick at June 07, 2012 08:41 AM (VtjlW)

Yes I know about PPP polls, but I've spent too much time in Dee-troit to be much of an optimist about Michigan.

Nice to see an even poll though, don't get me wrong.

Posted by: Jinxthecat at June 07, 2012 08:41 AM (l3vZN)

88 rule of thumb - take LV polls more serious then RV polls. and ignore PPP

Posted by: AuthorLMendez at June 07, 2012 08:42 AM (yAor6)

89 He lived in the US, went to Columbia. In the previous post. Try an' keep up, will ya?

I can't keep up with the deluge!

Posted by: EC at June 07, 2012 08:42 AM (GQ8sn)

90 If you look at the map of Michigan out of focus it look like a jackalope leaping over the upturned head of a giant tortoise.

Posted by: runninrebel at June 07, 2012 12:37 PM (N/1Dm)

I think it looks more like a carbon steel pipe accidentally hitting Debbie Wass's hair and sustaining major damage.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 07, 2012 08:42 AM (jU3Qy)

91 suck it Greg

Posted by: AuthorLMendez at June 07, 2012 08:42 AM (yAor6)

92 CAC, wasn't 1984 the last time that, ahem... "Texas" went to the Republicans?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 07, 2012 08:42 AM (9HI5c)

93

Ace faked us out at 9am.

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 07, 2012 08:42 AM (9Q7Nu)

94 Really need to find a summary of this Holder testimony. Sounds like he has been a punching bag today.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 07, 2012 08:42 AM (USExO)

95 EC, the Estonian President has confirmed that he sent the tweets. See HotAir headlines.

Posted by: Y-not at June 07, 2012 08:42 AM (5H6zj)

96 Detroit might actually have more Obama voters then population this year -- Saddam would be proud of Obama.

Posted by: Jean at June 07, 2012 08:43 AM (WkuV6)

97 If you magnify that map, you'll see a solid blue speck in the southeast area. I think there's a Big Ten school there, or something.

Posted by: Hotspur at June 07, 2012 08:43 AM (5cgIv)

98 Never mind, I'm thinking of WI.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 07, 2012 08:43 AM (9HI5c)

99 the big winner if Michigan goes to Romney: Obama

Posted by: Lawrence O'Donnell at June 07, 2012 08:44 AM (KHo8t)

100 Lots of Catholics in upper Michigan, this might sting Obama.

Posted by: Jean at June 07, 2012 08:44 AM (WkuV6)

101 The People's Republic of Ann Arbor

Posted by: Jinxthecat at June 07, 2012 08:44 AM (l3vZN)

102 111 - its a blue and yellow dot

Posted by: Jean at June 07, 2012 08:45 AM (WkuV6)

103 OT: That reminds me, don't forget to follow Saxby Chambliss on Twitter to thank him for standing up for free speech yesterday.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 07, 2012 08:45 AM (oR1uH)

104
Have you noticed in your area that gas prices stop going down since Sunday or Monday?

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 07, 2012 08:45 AM (9Q7Nu)

105

I can't keep up with the deluge!

Apres moi, les enfants, apres moi.

Posted by: alexthechick at June 07, 2012 08:45 AM (VtjlW)

106 Put. The. Cocks. Down.

Posted by: Winston Wolf at June 07, 2012 08:46 AM (RD7QR)

107 Wasn't Minnesota flirting with us a month or so ago?

Posted by: Jean at June 07, 2012 08:46 AM (WkuV6)

108 BOHICA, Barry.... BIG TIME BOHICA!!!!

Posted by: Satan's Barbed Schnitzengruber at June 07, 2012 08:46 AM (Jls4P)

109 " I think there's a Big Ten school there, or something.
Posted by: Hotspur"

Nah, it's Texas, it's a Big 12 school.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 07, 2012 08:46 AM (oR1uH)

110 Hamtramck has a heck of a good restaurant though, but lock your car, take your keys.

Posted by: Jinxthecat at June 07, 2012 08:47 AM (l3vZN)

111 Clearly this is a bad sign for Romney.

Posted by: David Axlerod at June 07, 2012 08:47 AM (SzAZ7)

112 LOL, Politico's calling Clinton senile.

Hey stupid liberals. Feel the cold slap of my pimp hand.

Posted by: Reality at June 07, 2012 08:47 AM (84pE9)

113 PPP is so accurate it came in 6th out of 8 pollsters who released WI numbers.

Posted by: CAC at June 07, 2012 08:47 AM (3gZEE)

114 Jeff, "Texas" last went red for President in 1988. Jean I've seen no polling MN is flirting with us but I have from OR

Posted by: AuthorLMendez at June 07, 2012 08:47 AM (yAor6)

115 We will not allow our country to vote for the infidel!

Posted by: Abu Abdullah bin Zidrool Jabar at June 07, 2012 08:48 AM (IoNBC)

116 It's clear that "Texas" has sent a strong signal to Mitt Romney.

Posted by: EC at June 07, 2012 08:48 AM (GQ8sn)

117 a dead heat in Michigan, so that means Romney is actually up 5 or 6 %

Posted by: exceller at June 07, 2012 08:49 AM (ROGMG)

118 Jeez, at this rate Romney might take Alberta, too.

Posted by: nickless at June 07, 2012 08:49 AM (MMC8r)

119 SOMEONE GET ME COUSIN POOKIE!!! GET HIS ASS OUT TO VOTE IN ALL 57 STATES!!!

Posted by: Barry O da Media Ho at June 07, 2012 08:49 AM (Jls4P)

120 Have you noticed in your area that gas prices stop going down since Sunday or Monday?

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 07, 2012 12:45 PM (9Q7Nu)

US gasoline consumption level today = 2002
EU gasoline consumption level today = 1996
China gasoline consumption level in downward trend

Posted by: Joe Won Kenobi at June 07, 2012 08:50 AM (cYQg0)

121 Put. The. Cocks. Down.Posted by: Winston Wolf at June 07, 2012 12:46

Cocks are for closers!

And to answer you question, pal, why am I here? I came here because Mitt and Karl asked me to. They asked me for a favor. I said the real favor, follow my advice and fire your fucking ass because a loser is a loser.

Posted by: Blake at June 07, 2012 08:51 AM (sbV1u)

122 AuthorLMendez, I seem to remember CAC little sidebar flashing MN at me, maybe that was MI

Posted by: Jean at June 07, 2012 08:51 AM (WkuV6)

123 This Michigan news is exactly what I don't want to hear right now. I haven't recovered from Tuesday yet. My junk still has a terminal case of the dry heaves.

Posted by: Wicketts shorn and worn scrotum at June 07, 2012 08:52 AM (ryTPp)

124 "My Husband Went to Dearborn, Michigan and All I Got Was This Stupid Burqa."

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 07, 2012 08:52 AM (9HI5c)

125 @136 I personally think MI is very much in play. MN is turning into a solid blue state. it's not the moderately Dem state that almost went to Bush in 00 & 04 anymore. OR & NJ may be in play but i'd have to see more polling from there. OR def. has been teasing me with the polling there.

Posted by: AuthorLMendez at June 07, 2012 08:53 AM (yAor6)

126 132 Jeez, at this rate Romney might take Alberta, too.
Posted by: nickless at June 07, 2012 12:49 PM (MMC8r)

He's also going for Saskatchewan... and Flim Flam, Manitoba!

Posted by: Satan's Barbed Schnitzengruber at June 07, 2012 08:53 AM (Jls4P)

127 how many MI-landers were busy in WI the day this poll was taken?

Posted by: Bzzsaw90 at June 07, 2012 08:53 AM (SO2Q8)

128 CAC--OTH, 46%-45% for Romney against JEF in MICHIGAN according to a new poll on Polutico.

Posted by: eureka! at June 07, 2012 08:54 AM (xCpfo)

129

Denmark expected to pass equal marriage laws today.

Majorities in both the left-wing and centre-right parliamentary blocs show support The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark, (80 percent of the Danish population), will be able to perform marriage ceremonies under the new laws. Ten of the ChurchÂ’s eleven bishops supported the change. One very conservative bishop was a hold out.

Posted by: Lampshade at June 07, 2012 08:54 AM (lkdo/)

130 Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 07, 2012 12:52 PM (9HI5c)

That was spew worthy

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 07, 2012 08:55 AM (sbV1u)

131 I see this election like 1980. Dear Leader will remain close until September/October, and then plummet towards the low 30% range once people actually start to get face to face with having to vote for him.

Posted by: Advo at June 07, 2012 08:55 AM (7vbG1)

132

MI is just trying to send a message to Romney.

Posted by: Commander Choom at June 07, 2012 08:56 AM (/Mla1)

133 I'm gonna have to go give another speech to the Germans, I guess.

Posted by: Barry the Magnificent at June 07, 2012 08:56 AM (6LvlL)

134 Wow, my poll numbers are going down down down. Just like you know who.

Posted by: Commander Choom at June 07, 2012 08:57 AM (/Mla1)

135 120 Put. The. Cocks. Down.
--- but may i still gaze, longingly?

Posted by: Bzzsaw90 at June 07, 2012 08:57 AM (SO2Q8)

136

Here's more schadenbonerific poll goodness: Most Americans have never heard of Bain Capital. http://bit.ly/McNDqC

brb laughing maniacally

Posted by: alexthechick at June 07, 2012 08:57 AM (VtjlW)

137
MFM: But...but...but the exit polls showing Barry winning all 57 states

Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 07, 2012 08:57 AM (1Jaio)

138 Obama lose Michigan? Don't make me chortle! As I sit around my mansion in Torch Lake, Michigan I scheme re: Obama / Biden 2012. Michael Moore is a beloved figure in Michigan and the voting puppets will bend to my will. Forward... to the trough.

Posted by: Michael Moore at June 07, 2012 08:58 AM (c3mby)

139 The trees are just the right size deep in the heart of Michigan.

Posted by: Mitt Still Sux, But O-bah-muhh Sux More at June 07, 2012 08:58 AM (gI3EL)

140 I can't keep up with the deluge!

Posted by: EC at June 07, 2012 12:42 PM (GQ8sn)

Its pronounced...DAY-Loooooooooge....

Posted by: dananjcon at June 07, 2012 08:58 AM (eavT+)

141 Well it only cost me $71 to fill up the car today. I guess that's good? (If I have no long term memory).

Posted by: Dagny at June 07, 2012 08:59 AM (WCAIB)

142 OT: That reminds me, don't forget to follow Saxby Chambliss on Twitter to thank him for standing up for free speech yesterday.

****

His followers nearly tripled in just a day

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 07, 2012 08:59 AM (piMMO)

143

Yay for my former home state!

Too bad my family got forced out due to layoff so we can't vote for Romney there. We'll just have to vote for Romney in Colorado.

Posted by: Taxpayer1234 at June 07, 2012 08:59 AM (NpmCe)

144 Nah, it's Texas, it's a Big 12 school.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 07, 2012 12:46 PM (oR1uH)

SEC!

Posted by: Texas A&M at June 07, 2012 08:59 AM (QRuLZ)

145 Poll me baby....POLLLL MEEEEE

Posted by: California at June 07, 2012 09:00 AM (SO2Q8)

146 Heh, just went to 270towin and gave Romney all the toss up states, plus Wisconsin and Michigan.

317 EVs.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 07, 2012 09:00 AM (USExO)

147 "its a blue and yellow dot"

That's MAIZE and Blue, buster.

Posted by: Wolverines For The Separation Of UM Athletics And Politics at June 07, 2012 09:01 AM (HjPtV)

148 AuthorLMendez -- any idea how to get a copy of Gravity (the GOTV software used in WISC)

Posted by: Jean at June 07, 2012 09:01 AM (WkuV6)

149 Don't be fooled, Michigan is still a sucky place to live because of the decades of libtard/facist govenment rule.

Posted by: Lord Monochromicorn at June 07, 2012 09:01 AM (sw9Gv)

150 Well it only cost me $71 to fill up the car today. Posted by: Dagny at June 07, 2012 12:59 PM

On post??????

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 07, 2012 09:02 AM (sbV1u)

151 What's the Margin of Cheat in Michigan?

Posted by: Jaws at June 07, 2012 09:02 AM (4I3Uo)

152 same firm had Obama +14 in final 08 poll, Obama won by +16. in 04 their last poll had Kerry +6, Kerry won by +3

Posted by: AuthorLMendez at June 07, 2012 09:02 AM (yAor6)

153

I believe the story of the 2012 election will, ultimately, be a repudiation of one person: BHO. It won't be the Scott Walker show, nor the Mitt Romney show, or anybody else for that matter.

One of the contants of the D party is that their loyal voters are and remain loyal D voters. For BHO, the tingle is gone, but eventually the next one will come along, and the tingle will be back.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 07, 2012 09:03 AM (TOk1P)

154 18 The dems are cracking up. Seriously.

http://bit.ly/Lf9kIH

----

2008 they played the race card.

2012 they are playing the age card.

Yeah.... Im CONFIDENT Willy's gonna let that slide too....

Posted by: fixerupper at June 07, 2012 09:03 AM (C8hzL)

155

Hey when was the last time you heard a Unite States (sitting) President make a BJ joke about his wife?
Class act ha

Did he really do that??

Posted by: Infidel at June 07, 2012 09:04 AM (O/fK8)

156 DIEBOLD!

Posted by: nickless at June 07, 2012 09:04 AM (MMC8r)

157 80- It's got to be John Wayne movies.

Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at June 07, 2012 09:04 AM (izA2D)

158 "Did he really do that??"

Yes.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 07, 2012 09:05 AM (USExO)

159 What a PIG.

Posted by: Infidel at June 07, 2012 09:06 AM (O/fK8)

160 Clearly this poll result was caused by Bill Clinton's advanced age. He's 65 you know. I think he wears adult diapers. oh, and almost forgot...Racism!

Posted by: David Axlerod at June 07, 2012 09:06 AM (SzAZ7)

161 One of the contants of the D party is that their loyal voters are and remain loyal D voters. For BHO, the tingle is gone, but eventually the next one will come along, and the tingle will be back.Posted by: BurtTC at June 07, 2012 01:03 PM

THIS.

Republican voters tend to take their ball and go home if their candidate is not reflecting their views. So the Republican party tends to be a bit (only a bit) more self-correcting that the Dems.

Dems will vote for a brick as long as it's a Dem brick. They don't even have to do anything for their district. It's tribal.

See: Jackon-Lee, Sheila; Waters, Maxine; Wasserman-Shultz, Debbia

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 07, 2012 09:07 AM (sbV1u)

162

Romney now +2 on Gallup 47-45

Jobs report + Wisc effect i hope

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at June 07, 2012 09:07 AM (SO2Q8)

163 What's the Margin of Cheat in Michigan? Posted by: Jaws

Pretty high, if I remember right it is about 3-4%.

Once the dems cheat up Wayne county, it pretty much carries the state.

Posted by: Lord Monochromicorn at June 07, 2012 09:07 AM (sw9Gv)

164 Is it 1980 all over again?

Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at June 07, 2012 09:07 AM (U08Mg)

165 167 What's the Margin of Cheat in Michigan?

Posted by: Jaws at June 07, 2012 01:02 PM (4I3Uo)

Believe it or don't, we actually have photo ID requirements here. Not sure if fraud is a problem..never hear about it

Posted by: Red Shirt at June 07, 2012 09:08 AM (FIDMq)

166 163 "its a blue and yellow dot"

That's MAIZE and Blue, buster.
--- Maize? never heard of it.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at June 07, 2012 09:09 AM (SO2Q8)

167 What a PIG.

Posted by: Infidel at June 07, 2012 01:06 PM (O/fK

Racism. Straight up.

Posted by: Mumia at June 07, 2012 09:09 AM (6LvlL)

168 What new devilry is this?

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at June 07, 2012 09:10 AM (1hM1d)

169 6 All Mitt needs to do is campaign in a Lions jersey in the Lower Peninsula, and a Packers jersey in the UP and he wins. Posted by: Navin R Johnson at June 07, 2012 12:17 PM (HpT9p) Ya hey!

Posted by: ChampionCapua at June 07, 2012 09:12 AM (ZY+lZ)

170 Hey when was the last time you heard a Unite States (sitting) President make a BJ joke about his wife? Class act ha

Did he really do that??

****

We'll need to see a vid to know for sure, but the audience seemed to think he did.

It's pretty telling that the AP has provided a dozen photos of the event but no video.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 07, 2012 09:13 AM (piMMO)

171 "SEC!SEC!SEC!
Posted by: Texas A&M"

HA! Let me know how that works out for you!

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 07, 2012 09:13 AM (oR1uH)

172 Do the Clinton aides realize the median age of their assembled statesmen is somewhere in the low three-digits?

Posted by: nickless at June 07, 2012 09:13 AM (MMC8r)

173 Polls in alot of staunchly liberal states are tight right now. For example, take a look at Connecticut. Do I think Romney will win Connecticut? Probably not. But the fact that it's close there makes one wonder about some of the battleground states....

Posted by: Wicketts shorn and worn scrotum at June 07, 2012 09:14 AM (ryTPp)

174 51 Never trust a state that come in two pieces. Posted by: eleven at June 07, 2012 12:30 PM (KXm42) Hey!

Posted by: Two-peckered Billygoat at June 07, 2012 09:14 AM (ZY+lZ)

175 180 Is it 1980 all over again? --- I hope so, Phil's won the WS that year. Sixers, Flyers and Eagles all went to the finals.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at June 07, 2012 09:17 AM (SO2Q8)

176 off red sock

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at June 07, 2012 09:17 AM (SO2Q8)

177 187 "SEC!SEC!SEC! Posted by: Texas AM" HA! Let me know how that works out for you! Better already. Thanks for asking. Wait for LSU-A&M on Thanksgiving night coming to a TV near you.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at June 07, 2012 09:22 AM (1hM1d)

178 166 Well it only cost me $71 to fill up the car today. Posted by: Dagny at June 07, 2012 12:59 PM

On post??????

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 07, 2012 01:02 PM (sbV1u)

Nah. On quaker. Should have filled up on post last night when I took the kid back to get the car that his older brother left there when the ambulance took him to the emergency room. But if I had stopped, they would have bitched and the ER forgot his motrin so he was getting desperate.

Posted by: Dagny at June 07, 2012 09:25 AM (WCAIB)

179 I am not surprised in the least by this. I've long considered Michigan in play for this election. The GOP cleaned up pretty well in 2010, and it's not like the president's policies are having a demonstrably positive impact on the state. I say it's a likely Obama state, but Romney has a pretty good shot at winning. Of course if Romney does win Michigan, it will be part of a larger typhoon that carries him to victory. I don't see it is a state that puts him over the top, but rather something that puts him in the mid 300s with regards to the Electoral College.

Posted by: Paul Zummo at June 07, 2012 09:25 AM (Ud5vq)

180 Dear Sirs, Regardless of our uncanny similarities I am not Mr. Trololo. Nor am I currently deceased. However, I am the Obama 2012 campaign manager. Thank you for your racist inquiry. Nah-Nah-Nah-Nah-Ho-Ho-Ho-Ha-Ha-Oheheeeeeeee.

Posted by: Jim Messina at June 07, 2012 09:32 AM (SzAZ7)

181 The recall nitwits are now blaming CNN, yes I said CNN for calling the race too early..................Thia can only become more hilarious.

Posted by: Buffalobob at June 07, 2012 09:38 AM (zA1jk)

182 WOOT WOOT WOOT.

I told you guys. I TOLD someone.

Posted by: Car in at June 07, 2012 09:42 AM (+UD5P)

183 Michigan (and Detroit) is GROUND zero for the complete fail of D policies.

Unions. Green Energy. Affirmative action.

My husband was in Windsor - cute city across the River from Detroit - and it's all the cool restaurants with outdoor /patio areas? Closed and boarded up. That's how bad it is here.

Posted by: Car in at June 07, 2012 09:44 AM (+UD5P)

184 Make Obama spend money in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania....where else? This poll was of likely voters; what was the D/R/I split?

Posted by: TexDem4Romney at June 07, 2012 09:45 AM (MMVsc)

185 I went to Detroit yesterday and I saw ONE Obama sticker on the way in and nothing else. I still have a house in Detroit, but I live out in the boonies now and NO one out here supports him, despite the fact that there are a lot of union folks out here. In 08, I could rustle up a few Obama rah-rah folks, but not now.

Posted by: Car in at June 07, 2012 09:49 AM (+UD5P)

186 It's funny, because the last few times Obama has been in Michigan - he's avoided Detroit. he went to Dearborn, then a $$$ burb. But no where in Detroit.

They went 97% for him in 08. He figures he's good. but they are rather unenthusiastic. THe city is going down fast, and he isn't neither paying anyone's mortgage or their gas.

Posted by: Car in at June 07, 2012 09:50 AM (+UD5P)

187 Vermont stills loves you Pres Bama...We still loves you !!!!!

Posted by: The People of Brattleboro, Vermont at June 07, 2012 09:53 AM (48wze)

188 How out of this freaking world wonderful will it be to watch O's concession speech?

Posted by: Ed Gibbon at June 07, 2012 09:53 AM (4eNxd)

189 The People's Republic of Ann Arbor Ann Arbor is the name of a whore! (go Buckeyes!)

Posted by: Naqamel at June 07, 2012 10:04 AM (UMwMT)

190 -19 Who doesn't like their president covorting with Cher- Cher! Oh my god, I forgot about her. She's going to take this hard; poor dear

Posted by: Ed Gibbon at June 07, 2012 10:06 AM (4eNxd)

191 I see what you did there with that map 'o Texas.

Posted by: marc in calgary at June 07, 2012 10:16 AM (a2qJY)

192 Private Stabenow! You hail from Texas?
Only two things come out of Texas: Dolts and Volts!
Which are you?
I don't see no exploding charging station plugged into your ass!

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck's tagline at June 07, 2012 10:18 AM (a5ljo)

193 Looks like I'll be per-ordering a long ton of pudding for November...

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 07, 2012 10:26 AM (XvHmy)

194 Jeez - at this point Romney might take 36-40 out of the 57 states.

Posted by: Obama's Internal Pollster at June 07, 2012 10:35 AM (IC6Er)

195
Y'all keep your cotton-pickin' mitts offa our pasties, pardners!

Woooooooooooooo, doggies!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 07, 2012 10:39 AM (FcKXR)

196
C'mon, Mitt, make a play for Pennsylvania!

I'm just over the border and I would so go there to help make it happen in order to enjoy the lamentations of the libtards on Election Night when it failed to go for Barky.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 07, 2012 10:41 AM (FcKXR)

197 There actually is a Detroit, TX and a Flint, TX. I wish I lived within driving distance of those two places instead of the one's in MI.

Posted by: Politifact at June 07, 2012 10:46 AM (XnwWl)

198 McGovern? McGovern?

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 07, 2012 10:50 AM (jiU3f)

199
140 He's also going for Saskatchewan... and Flim Flam, Manitoba!
Posted by: Satan's Barbed Schnitzengruber at June 07, 2012 12:53 PM (Jls4P)

Please, it's Flin Flon - which is waaaaaaay cooler...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 07, 2012 10:51 AM (FcKXR)

200 Are you sure that's Texas? Looks like Guatemala to me. I'm jsut saying.

Posted by: Barak Obama at June 07, 2012 10:56 AM (jiU3f)

201

"The recall nitwits are now blaming CNN, yes I said CNN for calling the race too early..................Thia can only become more hilarious."

CNN is just so fucking CENTRIST!

Posted by: Recallupy...er...Occucall...uh...#! at June 07, 2012 10:56 AM (RQDhf)

202

"The dems are cracking up. Seriously."

Three years is about the limit on how long you can fake doing your job. They won the position, but you can't pretend to know what you're doing while you play Solitaire and talk to friends on the phone forever.

Eventually you get a performance review with your boss, and you'd better have something to point to that you've done that they like.

ARRA, Cash for Clunkers, and ObamaCare? The bosses, they don't like.

Posted by: reason at June 07, 2012 10:59 AM (RQDhf)

203 Fuckin' sock...

Posted by: holygoat at June 07, 2012 11:00 AM (XnwWl)

204

Yup, I have been saying this for a while now, that last PPP Poll was so skewed to the Dems it was past the margin of error.

Michigan may just be a Red State in 2012.

The chances are getting better and better. Many of us are concentrating on the local level contests, myself especially moreso now that Thad is out. Even so, it still looks good for the R vote here in MI-11 (12) I'll keep ya posted.

In the meantime, look for the Red Label on the Winter Water Wonderland, Snyder is doing a first rate job, and has a lot of converts, and is resurecting the Reagan Dems.

Keep the faith!

Posted by: Mister Money at June 07, 2012 11:02 AM (wN82N)

205 One element not generally discussed much by the political science wonks is that people (mainly independents without conviction) want to be associated with winners. If things continue as they have and Mitt keeps generating momentum, more people will be jumping off the ChoomWagon just because they don't want to vote for a guy whose perception is now that of a loser. I have no evidence to support it but I'm guessing that all the people that made up their minds in the last days of the 2008 election, voted the way they did because they believed that McCain was going to lose. If Michigan is really in play, a landslide is coming and everyone knows it...So in essence, perception very much becomes the new reality.

Posted by: Tony253 at June 07, 2012 11:34 AM (PryWG)

206 Ok, I know I am tired as my brain recognized that map was not Texas...but for a few heart beats I thought Obama was actually beating Romney in TEXAS and nearly collapsed.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Lithuanian by mistake of publisher at June 07, 2012 11:40 AM (baL2B)

207 For all those worried about RINOs, Rick Snyder, MI's governor, has been doing an absolutely stellar job in the state. His critics on the right called him a RINO. They were largely single issue idiots, one of whom is now challenging our no-op senator Debbie Stabenow. I agree with most of Rick's positions. His approach has been wonderful. He just announced our second year of balanced state budgets, with no gimmicks required. Just pure and simple fiscal conservatism. You can follow Rick on twitter with @OneToughNerd . Mitt and Rick are very ... very similar. The dems are beside themselves, trying to cast Rick as an extremist, and only managing to expose themselves as extreme. Rick's got an all GOP senate and house to work with. And they are reasonably good, with some good Tea Party folk in there. Rumor has it that we are going to become a right-to-work state soon. Rick opposes this, probably more to keep the few dems that we need happy, but not so actively in opposition. The point is, in 2010 we handed this state to an adult and a large group of adults after kicking out the spoiled whiners who've run the state into the ground. We will be in a good way if Romney wins and we can get a tea party heavy house and senate.

Posted by: John Galt at June 07, 2012 11:44 AM (9NQ6I)

208 I live in MI, and anyone who believes [per PPP et al] that Obama will have an easy time here has spent oo much time in the Choomwagon.

Posted by: JorgXMcKie at June 07, 2012 12:53 PM (290l2)

209 For all those worried about RINOs, Rick Snyder, MI's governor, has been doing an absolutely stellar job in the state. His critics on the right called him a RINO. They were largely single issue idiots, one of whom is now challenging our no-op senator Debbie Stabenow.

****

I've been saying that the moment the recall election in WI was over, we should start focusing our support on Snyder.

Keep the union goons so far under water they can't catch their breath.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 07, 2012 01:11 PM (piMMO)

210

Pennsylvania's in play? Depends. Is Rendell going to let the troops vote this time?

Keystoners need to keep the pressure on.

Posted by: Richard Aubrey at June 07, 2012 02:40 PM (z4bFV)

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

Posted by: steevy at June 07, 2012 03:31 PM (Xb3hu)

212 Don't let him win ace.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 09, 2012 05:48 AM (rX1N2)

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