Countdown to President Romney's Inauguration

[Badger52]

Originally Posted by Pete

The President just happens to make an "unscheduled" stop at a local food joint, just happens to sit down with three vets - who just happen to be Obama supporters. After the meal as the President is walking out his aids pass out the 3 guy's bios.

And the MSM ate it up with a big spoon.

Noting the photo that went with that alleged impromptu sit-down (at least the article I saw), note the POTUS body language with the hand again pushed forward into the irritator's face clearly saying "now hold on, don't contradict me, I'm the POTUS, you're wrong and I know what's best."

He's demonstrated before that he truly has no listening skills and is incapable of putting forth a position, based on something he personally knows from experience, when asked a question that's not in the script.

[Paragrouper]

99 Days and a wake up--we're two digit midgets!

[cjwils3]

IMO, Romney's current inability to gain traction in Ohio (where he is falling further behind, at least according to the polls presented on RealClearPolitics.com) is a legitimate cause for concern among the campaign. It could very well be what delivers O a second term, as was the case with W in 2004....

[MR2]

Originally Posted by Inflexible Six

Yes sir, apparently there is no statute of limitations on blaming the Bush Administration.

I believe you misread my post.

[Dusty]

Originally Posted by cjwils3

IMO, Romney's current inability to gain traction in Ohio (where he is falling further behind, at least according to the polls presented on RealClearPolitics.com) is a legitimate cause for concern among the campaign. It could very well be what delivers O a second term, as was the case with W in 2004....

Nah. You might get surprised.

[cjwils3]

Originally Posted by Dusty

Nah. You might get surprised.

I certainly hope so!

[Pete]

DHS gears up for civil unrest prior to presidential elections

http://rt.com/usa/news/dhs-unrest-gear-283/

"The Department of Homeland Security has ordered masses of riot gear equipment to prepare for potential significant domestic riots at the Republican National Convention, Democratic National Convention and next year’s presidential inauguration.

The DHS submitted a rushed solicitation to the Federal Business Opportunities site on Wednesday, which is a portal for Federal government procurement requisitions over $25,000. The request gave the potential suppliers only one day to submit their proposals and a 15-day delivery requirement to Alexandria, Virginia.................."

Looks bad at the start of the story - until you read a bit further and see they are only talking about 150 sets of riot gear. Geeeez. Look for this story to be popping up everywhere.

[Paslode]

Originally Posted by Pete

DHS gears up for civil unrest prior to presidential elections

http://rt.com/usa/news/dhs-unrest-gear-283/

"The Department of Homeland Security has ordered masses of riot gear equipment to prepare for potential significant domestic riots at the Republican National Convention, Democratic National Convention and next year’s presidential inauguration.

The DHS submitted a rushed solicitation to the Federal Business Opportunities site on Wednesday, which is a portal for Federal government procurement requisitions over $25,000. The request gave the potential suppliers only one day to submit their proposals and a 15-day delivery requirement to Alexandria, Virginia.................."

Looks bad at the start of the story - until you read a bit further and see they are only talking about 150 sets of riot gear. Geeeez. Look for this story to be popping up everywhere.

It popped up on all the fringe websites 2 days ago. This week is going to be a conspiracy feeding frenzy after Scalias remarks.

[Dusty]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/48400076

With just 100 days left until the U.S. presidential election, investors are beginning to make bigger bets on which candidate will carry the day.

One analysis concludes that last week's sharp three-day market surge can only mean that Wall Street is banking on a victory from Republican Mitt Romney.

That's the logical interpretation one can draw from a rally amid conditions that otherwise would demand a selloff, Morgan Stanley chief U.S. equity strategist Adam S. Parker said in an analysis that asserts there is no other reason now to like stocks than a Romney win.

"The problem is that it’s impossible to be bullish and right for the right reasons," Parker said in a note to clients in which he reiterated his 2012 price target for the Standard & Poor's 500 [.SPX 1385.30 -0.67 (-0.05%) ] at 1,214, which would mark a 12 percent drop from the current level.

"Nearly every day someone expresses surprise that our base case is for the equity market to be down by 10-15 percent. Why is this so hard to believe? The market has had eight 10 percent down moves in the last 12 years," Parker said. "We think a better question is why more people don’t forecast that the next 10-15 percent move is down than up?"

Parker cites weak earnings and the likelihood that central bankers won't be able to continue to save the day as bolstering the case against equities. The near-zero interest rate policies from the Federal Reserve and now the European Central Bank, in fact, are weakening the outlook for stock multiples, he said.

The conclusion Parker draws is that investors are betting that Romney will unseat President Obama and bring a more business-friendly environment to the White House.

"At the end of the day, we are not really worried that Europe is going to be 'solved' or that its economy will strongly grow. We also don’t think strong corporate profitability relative to expectations will save the day," he said.

"To us, the biggest bull case for US equities is based on the huge cash balances and the potential belief that they will be more actively and productively deployed. The biggest possibility here would be Romney winning the presidential election."

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[Last hard class]

Originally Posted by Dusty

One analysis concludes that last week's sharp three-day market surge can only mean that Wall Street is banking on a victory from Republican Mitt Romney.

I have no doubt that the majority of business leaders and large investors would like to see a Romney win. It is then somewhat ironic that the market is up over 60% since Obama took office. Here is a chart going back to Nixon.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...faPOcxT-tfA2Bw


Just goes to show you that a good rate of return trumps pure politics.

It takes time for the empirical data, but with the stock market up and the average Joe down, common sense would suggest the income gap has actually grown during this President’s tenure. That must really tick him off.


LHC

[Pete]

Obama team sees promise in 3rd party candidacies

http://apnews.excite.com/article/201...DA0C2K984.html

"WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's re-election effort is paying close attention to two candidates mounting third-party campaigns for the presidency, believing they could draw votes from Republican rival Mitt Romney and help Obama win a few tightly contested states.

One candidate is Virgil Goode, a former conservative Virginia congressman who is running as a member of the Constitution Party. The other is Gary Johnson, a former two-term Republican governor of New Mexico who is the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee.

Obama's team has scenarios whereby Obama can win states like Virginia and Colorado with less than 50 percent of the vote, with an assist from Goode and Johnson.

Romney aides say his supporters are too committed to defeating Obama to vote for a third-party candidate................................."

[Dusty]

Originally Posted by Pete

Romney aides say his supporters are too committed to defeating Obama to vote for a third-party candidate................................."

Deja Vu

Originally Posted by Last hard class

I have no doubt that the majority of business leaders and large investors would like to see a Romney win. It is then somewhat ironic that the market is up over 60% since Obama took office. Here is a chart going back to Nixon.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...faPOcxT-tfA2Bw


Just goes to show you that a good rate of return trumps pure politics.

It takes time for the empirical data, but with the stock market up and the average Joe down, common sense would suggest the income gap has actually grown during this President’s tenure. That must really tick him off.


LHC

Wasn't the DOW restructured after 2008 in order to weed out some under performers, and those replaced with other companies that were doing better, therby making the picture more rosey, or was that from the rumor mill?

[MR2]

I believe that an astute campaign by the DNC could siphon off a lot of youthful Ron Paul supporters to the Gary Johnson Libertarian campaign. This could easily be mitigated by some common sense efforts of inclusion by the RNC.

Oh well...

[Sigaba]

Originally Posted by MR2

I believe that an astute campaign by the DNC could siphon off a lot of youthful Ron Paul supporters to the Gary Johnson Libertarian campaign. This could easily be mitigated by some common sense efforts of inclusion by the RNC.

Oh well...

I think the DNC could also make a "mix tape" of soundbites to get the populist and "Rockerfeller" wings of the GOP staring at each other. I don't know if "ABO" is strong enough of a pole to hold up the tattered remains of the Big Tent.