mozartpc27 wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:obama up 51-47 in colorado according to ppp.

all of their polls had large democratic samples today, so who knows.

They're doing their part to generate the narrative

It will be interesting to see if Nate treats them separately or if he lets them pull his model even further from the most likely outcome

Welp, Nate now has Obama up to a 73.1% chance of winning, 294 EVs, +1.5% in the popular vote. I suppose you think this is "even further from the most likely outcome."

Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
Obama 73% to win w/ those polls added. Bottom line simple: Romney is trailing - slightly - in tipping point states.

CalvinBall wrote:John Sununu said Powell endorsed Obama because they are both black. This guy is someone the Romney team puts on TV as a mouthpiece for them. I don't think Romney is dumb by any stretch but you have to question his thought process when he surrounds himself with people like this.

bleh wrote:Ben Stein says something sane for once on Fox

CalvinBall wrote:John Sununu said Powell endorsed Obama because they are both black. This guy is someone the Romney team puts on TV as a mouthpiece for them. I don't think Romney is dumb by any stretch but you have to question his thought process when he surrounds himself with people like this.

Doll Is Mine wrote:Paul Ryan: "The method of conception doesn't change the definition of life."



This is some scary #$!&@.

dajafi wrote:I just saw that Sununu remark. Pretty amazing. The guy has been in public life since forever, and this is not the first time in this cycle he's said something like that--whoever asked him the question must have been thrilled.

I also don't remember him as a racist or idiot before this year. Maybe he's just losing it.

– Obama is a foreigner. Obama doesn’t understand the “American system” because “he spent his early years in Hawaii smoking something, spent the next set of years in Indonesia, another set of years in Indonesia, and, frankly, when he came to the U.S. he worked as a community organizer, which is a socialized structure.” [Fox News, 7/17/2012]

– Obama doesn’t know how to be an American. During a conference call, Sununu claimed, “The men and women all over America who have worked hard to build these businesses, their businesses, from the ground up is how our economy became the envy of the world. It is the American way. And I wish this president would learn how to be an American.” [Conference call, 7/17/2012]

– Obama is a lazy idiot. Sununu described Obama’s debate performance as “babbling,” “lazy,” and “disengaged,” and dismissed the possibility that he could do better in the future. “When you’re not that bright you can’t get better prepared.” [Fox News, 10/4/2012]

Doll Is Mine wrote:Paul Ryan: "The method of conception doesn't change the definition of life."



This is some scary #$!&@.

The next month, Romney delivered remarks before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington in which he decried the state Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling and its effect on child-rearing. He outlined his misgivings about the request from the Registry of Vital Records.

“The children of America have the right to have a father and a mother,’’ Romney said in his prepared remarks. “What should be the ideal for raising a child? Not a village, not ‘parent A’ and ‘parent B,’ but a mother and a father.’’

Romney also warned about the societal impact of gay parents raising children. “Scientific studies of children raised by same-sex couples are almost nonexistent,’’ he said. “It may affect the development of children and thereby future society as a whole.’’

Romney expressed similar beliefs during a speech in 2005 to socially conservative voters in South Carolina, as he was beginning to be viewed as a serious candidate for president.

“Some gays are actually having children born to them,’’ he declared. “It’s not right on paper. It’s not right in fact. Every child has a right to a mother and father.’’