Countdown to President Romney's Inauguration

[Dusty]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...10-21-09-08-46

[afchic]

Originally Posted by Dusty

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...10-21-09-08-46

This shouldn't be a surprise to a lot of folks. This has been planned for months.

welcome back

[Peregrino]

Originally Posted by afchic

This shouldn't be a surprise to a lot of folks. This has been planned for months.

welcome back

True but I think most of the "planned for months" part was really about "how do we reduce it to insignificance so as not to offend anyone in the Islamic world without giving conservatives ammo to claim we're anti-Israel?".

[Pete]

Surprise

http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...tere+Challenge

Surprise

http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...tere+Challenge

Surprise

http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/...tere+Challenge

Yeah, we've talked about this surprise since 01/08/2012.

[Dusty]

Originally Posted by afchic

This shouldn't be a surprise to a lot of folks. This has been planned for months.

welcome back

I didn't present my material in a sufficient manner as to convey the proper implication.

Thanks!

[Dusty]

http://news.yahoo.com/colin-powell-m...-politics.html

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has backed President Obama for a second term in the White House.

"I voted for him in 2008, and I plan to stick with him in 2012," Powell said this morning on CBS.

The Republican crossed party lines four years ago to support Obama in his race with Sen. John McCain. Thursday he did the same, casting himself as part of a "dying breed," a "Republican of a more moderate mold."

Powell set the blame for much of the recent gridlock in Washington at the foot of of a divided Congress, though he also pressed Obama to show "greater leadership potential."

A retired four-star general, Powell criticized Mitt Romney's foreign policy plans, calling them "a moving target."

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[Pete]

Originally Posted by Dusty

....."I voted for him in 2008, and I plan to stick with him in 2012," Powell said this morning on CBS.............

Yeah, right. We beat that Republican's" dead horse to a second death 4 years ago

[Dusty]

Originally Posted by Pete

Yeah, right. We beat that Republican's" dead horse to a second death 4 years ago

Seems like yesterday.

[Dusty]

'Bout 10 and a wakeup. Be safe, MR, you're in the short rows. The nightmare's almost over. Light at the end of the tunnel. I'm out of cliches.

[MR2]

Obama Monument

[Badger52]

The Des Moines Register published their official endorsement

(Comments are about the usual mix, different tints on the lenses.)

Hawkeyes don't get massively united across the state about something in my experience having previously lived down there & HH6 relations still visited. With the urban/agri mix they have it's a difficult place to rally. But if enough get pissed to even be objective they are quite capable of looking further than tonight's supper plate. Some I know living in urban centers are using some pretty disparaging remarks about sitting POTUS. They are also not so quick to hide the fact that they have buyer's remorse, and don't mind admitting it right before they tell you "that SOB'll never get my vote again." Little slights on the world stage matter more than campaign stops.

[Dusty]

lol I reckon we've made up the 7% we lost last election.

[Dusty]

http://www.france24.com/en/20121028-...urricane-sandy

AFP - A top aide to Barack Obama voiced fears Sunday that Hurricane Sandy could hurt the president's re-election chances by reducing turnout, as the impending storm forced both candidates to cancel campaign stops.

Republican challenger Mitt Romney received good news in two key swing states, winning the endorsement in Iowa of the main newspaper, the Des Moines Register, and tying Obama in a newly-released poll in all-important Ohio.

But nine days out from the nailbiter November 6 election, all eyes were on Hurricane Sandy and how the potentially catastrophic storm might play out on the neck-and-neck race for the White House.

"Obviously we want unfettered access to the polls because we believe that the more people come out, the better we're going to do," senior Obama strategist David Axelrod told CNN.

"And so to the extent that it makes it harder, you know, that's a source of concern," he said.

Democrats desperately need to rally Obama supporters as Romney surged into the lead in national polls following a commanding first debate victory on October 3 and his momentum shows little sign of evaporating.

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[cbtengr]

Originally Posted by Badger52

The Des Moines Register published their official endorsement

(Comments are about the usual mix, different tints on the lenses.)

Hawkeyes don't get massively united across the state about something in my experience having previously lived down there & HH6 relations still visited. With the urban/agri mix they have it's a difficult place to rally. But if enough get pissed to even be objective they are quite capable of looking further than tonight's supper plate. Some I know living in urban centers are using some pretty disparaging remarks about sitting POTUS. They are also not so quick to hide the fact that they have buyer's remorse, and don't mind admitting it right before they tell you "that SOB'll never get my vote again." Little slights on the world stage matter more than campaign stops.

When the DM Register backs a Republican you have to believe they really dislike the the incumbant democrat. The truth of the matter is that O had some sort of tiff going with the Register that did not endeasr him to them, obviously he was on thin ice with them anyway. Obama has speent a fortune here on his campaign, personally we are getting sick of seeing him here.

"A transcript of the interview was posted the morning after the newspaper's editor wrote in a blistering blog post Tuesday that representatives for Obama refused an on-the-record conversation with the newspaper's editorial board, which is preparing to endorse a candidate for president in the coming days."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...omment-page-1/

[cbtengr]

Originally Posted by Dusty

http://www.france24.com/en/20121028-...urricane-sandy

AFP - A top aide to Barack Obama voiced fears Sunday that Hurricane Sandy could hurt the president's re-election chances by reducing turnout, as the impending storm forced both candidates to cancel campaign stops.

Republican challenger Mitt Romney received good news in two key swing states, winning the endorsement in Iowa of the main newspaper, the Des Moines Register, and tying Obama in a newly-released poll in all-important Ohio.

But nine days out from the nailbiter November 6 election, all eyes were on Hurricane Sandy and how the potentially catastrophic storm might play out on the neck-and-neck race for the White House.

"Obviously we want unfettered access to the polls because we believe that the more people come out, the better we're going to do," senior Obama strategist David Axelrod told CNN.

"And so to the extent that it makes it harder, you know, that's a source of concern," he said.

Democrats desperately need to rally Obama supporters as Romney surged into the lead in national polls following a commanding first debate victory on October 3 and his momentum shows little sign of evaporating.

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Translation 11-7-2012, Since President Obama is unable to blame his crushing defeat on former President George Bush he is blaming the weather, "the storm was just too much to overcome, it was much larger than I had anticipated," he stated in his concession speech. Bill Clinton also chimed in saying that not even he could have overcome a storm of that magnitude.

The storm he is actually facing comes from we the people.