Languish Presidential Election!

[mongers]

I agree.  My point is that all events taking place far away from the storms in midwestern swing states doesn't look good.  He would do far better if just one of those events was in, say, New York or New Jersey.  It would be just as high profile.

Yeah, he needs to visit DG in New Jersey, bring some fresh fruit and DG in return can show him what's left of the broadwalk and then teach him about gambling in the casinos down there.

[merithyn]

Romney pretty much has to do something that's high visibility to counter the fact that Obama can legitimately have a bunch of photo-ops at storm sites and distribute federal largesse.

Filling sandbags is doing something.

[CountDeMoney]

Filling sandbags is doing something.

He should send Ryan to do it.  That way, he can fill them after the water's gone, for a building that doesn't need it.  It would fit his profile.

[CountDeMoney]

I'm just loving this whole CLINTON UNBOUND thing happening, too.  Bubba's in such campaign mode, he's acting like it's 1996 all over again.  The man's in complete electoral virility mode.

I feel sorry for the first coed intern he sees when he gets back to the Clinton Global Initiative offices when it's all over next week.  Man, is she gonna get the monster fuck of her young life.

[derspiess]

Don't you feel just the teeniest bit dirty that, for actually taking the time to exert the energy to go to a political rally and all that jazz, that in the end it's for a douchebag like Romney?

No.

It's not like I have to do anything.  I just show up & watch the spectacle.  Kinda like going to a sporting event.  It will be something a little extra by which to remember this entertaining presidential election.

[derspiess]

Silver lining for DG from the Frankenstorm: Gallup suspended its daily polling for the second day in a row.

[Eddie Teach]

Seriously.  Pick a team to root for-- politics is a lot more fun that way.

Picking a team to root for doesn't mean one needs to constantly bad-mouth the refs over all the shit the other guys are getting away with while simultaneously glossing over the fouls your guys are committing.

[derspiess]

Seriously.  Pick a team to root for-- politics is a lot more fun that way.

Picking a team to root for doesn't mean one needs to constantly bad-mouth the refs over all the shit the other guys are getting away with while simultaneously glossing over the fouls your guys are committing.

Everyone's a homer at one time or another

[jimmy olsen]

[Neil]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_the_United_States_presidential_elections says 57.37%, Tim.

Maybe Tim's numbers include all the fraudulent votes that were cast for Obama.

[Phillip V]

VP nominee Paul Ryan visited Minnesota yesterday: http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/30/14815482-one-week-left-ryan-stops-by-traditionally-blue-minnesota

Meanwhile, Romney had decided to make an ad buy in the expensive Philadelphia broadcast market: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2012/president/candidates/romney/2012/10/30/romney-expands-campaign-into-pennsylvania/cXrvQeT6VPD3ByUArAFFTO/story.html

Worth it?

[Tamas]

The prime communist philosopher of our country (I hate his lunatic views, but you cannot deny that he is one of the sharpest minds around), argued in an article I just read, that the focus on personal attacks in campaigns, like in the US election (Obama wasn't born in the States, Romney was an asshole in college, etc.), in contrary to popular belief does not make the campaigns and elections more personal. It makes them more mechanic, as they treat the voters as programable robots, moving on the most basic of instincts. And they are often right.
Discuss.

[Eddie Teach]

It makes the election about the personal qualities of the candidates rather than their ideologies, that's what's meant by making it personal. Not that it connects more personally with voters.

[Phillip V]

The prime communist philosopher of our country (I hate his lunatic views, but you cannot deny that he is one of the sharpest minds around), argued in an article I just read, that the focus on personal attacks in campaigns, like in the US election (Obama wasn't born in the States, Romney was an asshole in college, etc.), in contrary to popular belief does not make the campaigns and elections more personal. It makes them more mechanic, as they treat the voters as programable robots, moving on the most basic of instincts. And they are often right.
Discuss.

Do some politicians govern on instinct and personality? Obama seems to have delivered on the cool and cautious character that he has had since at least his college years. One can say the same for Romney.

Both have daddy issues.

[derspiess]

How does Romney have daddy issues?  Obama I can see (given that he wrote a book about it), but not Romney.