2012 US General Election Discussions: Start to Finish

Soon · 10-15-2012, 05:29 PM

Soon · 10-15-2012, 05:50 PM

Martina · 10-15-2012, 07:24 PM

I looked it up. There's nothing on Obama's schedule today except the morning briefing. I should hope not. No sightseeing! No football. No breaks of any kind. Don't even eat. Better you should be hungry tomorrow.

Martina · 10-15-2012, 08:27 PM

Romney has gained less than half a point in the last few days. I think the bounce happened. He still has the ground gained, but there is no more forward momentum from it.

Man, there is a lot of pressure on Obama tomorrow. He's still winning because of his slight lead in key swing states. I have been watching the Vegas odds too. Right now it's Obama 4/9 and Romney 7/4.

In a bizarre but also good note, Obama has a slight lead in Arizona. That's 11 electoral votes. That would be huge. We wouldn't need Virgina, which is iffy. Florida looks like it is gone. No surprise.

What concerns me, other than Obama's performance tomorrow, is voter suppression in Ohio. I remember during Bush-Gore, Republicans from other states bussed up to Ohio to intimidate voters in line. During Kerry-Bush, sending too few voting machines to Democratic districts resulted in those horrible lines. And there were machines in Youngstown, I think, that switched votes from Kerry to Bush automatically. Supposedly a malfunction.

And this year's brouhaha re early voting. And did you hear about these billboards? In minority neighborhoods around Cleveland. Clearly meant to intimidate.

Kobi · 10-15-2012, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Martina

I looked it up. There's nothing on Obama's schedule today except the morning briefing. I should hope not. No sightseeing! No football. No breaks of any kind. Don't even eat. Better you should be hungry tomorrow.

We can look up the Presidents daily schedule?

Martina · 10-15-2012, 09:44 PM

Yup.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule

Sparkle · 10-16-2012, 06:07 AM

Rosie Perez

Perez mocks the Republican nominee in a YouTube video posted Sunday — part of a series of humorous ads targeting Romney, entitled, “Actually ... the truth matters.”

The super PAC-powered campaign, which is backed by the Jewish Council for Education and Research and the American Bridge 21st Century, aims to spread “the truth, because the truth matters — even in politics,” according to the actually.org website.

The excerpt includes Romney saying it “would be helpful to be Latino” in his effort to win the election.

Corkey · 10-16-2012, 04:14 PM

She was on Maddow last night and was wonderful. Maddow got all kinds of flummoxed, it was cute.

girl_dee · 10-21-2012, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparkle

Rosie Perez

Perez mocks the Republican nominee in a YouTube video posted Sunday — part of a series of humorous ads targeting Romney, entitled, “Actually ... the truth matters.”

The super PAC-powered campaign, which is backed by the Jewish Council for Education and Research and the American Bridge 21st Century, aims to spread “the truth, because the truth matters — even in politics,” according to the actually.org website.

The excerpt includes Romney saying it “would be helpful to be Latino” in his effort to win the election.

OMGOODNESS this is the best one yet. i love Rosie and i love this!

*if you had a vagina*.. omggods that's funny stuff.

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Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,286 Times in 4,167 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I looked it up. There's nothing on Obama's schedule today except the morning briefing. I should hope not. No sightseeing! No football. No breaks of any kind. Don't even eat. Better you should be hungry tomorrow.

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Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,286 Times in 4,167 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Romney has gained less than half a point in the last few days. I think the bounce happened. He still has the ground gained, but there is no more forward momentum from it. Man, there is a lot of pressure on Obama tomorrow. He's still winning because of his slight lead in key swing states. I have been watching the Vegas odds too. Right now it's Obama 4/9 and Romney 7/4. In a bizarre but also good note, Obama has a slight lead in Arizona. That's 11 electoral votes. That would be huge. We wouldn't need Virgina, which is iffy. Florida looks like it is gone. No surprise. What concerns me, other than Obama's performance tomorrow, is voter suppression in Ohio. I remember during Bush-Gore, Republicans from other states bussed up to Ohio to intimidate voters in line. During Kerry-Bush, sending too few voting machines to Democratic districts resulted in those horrible lines. And there were machines in Youngstown, I think, that switched votes from Kerry to Bush automatically. Supposedly a malfunction. And this year's brouhaha re early voting. And did you hear about these billboards? In minority neighborhoods around Cleveland. Clearly meant to intimidate.

10-15-2012, 09:44 PM	#6
Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,286 Times in 4,167 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Yup. http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule