Today's installment of campaign-related news items that won't necessarily generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:
* The latest USA Today/Gallup poll shows President Obama narrowly leading Mitt Romney in the 12 most competitive battleground states, 47% to 44%.
* The latest Monmouth University Poll, meanwhile, shows Obama leading Romney nationally by just one point, 46% to 45%.
* In an ad produced before Todd Akin's controversy, the Obama campaign is again hitting Romney/Ryan on women's health and reproductive rights.
* If Akin were dropping out, he probably wouldn't be buying ad time for the rest of the week.
* On a related note, while PPP found Akin still leading Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) in Missouri, SurveyUSA found that a majority of voters in the state believe Akin should drop out.
* In a partnership designed to give President Obama a boost, MoveOn.org Political Action, with 7 million members, and Workers' Voice, the super PAC arm of the 12 million-member AFL-CIO, are teaming up for a joint get-out-the-vote venture.
* Obama is now trailing Romney badly in cash on hand, $123.7 million to $185.9 million.
* Speaking of fundraising, the National Republican Congressional Committee outraised the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee by more than $2 million in July.
* And in Massachusetts, Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) has brought back his favorite campaign prop: his truck.
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When I read these fundraising numbers, I have to wonder - why would it be a "sacrifice" for the Sheldon Adelsons and Koch Bros. of this country to pay a fairer share of taxes, but they don't blink at throwing hundreds of millions of their dollars down the toilet that is the Romney campaign?
So how long does Carl Rove's Crossroads group keep running ads against Claire McCaskill? They announced yesterday with great bluster they were removing support from Akin (despite the fact he was the accepted and preferred GOP candidate in the primary). Yet, the ads continue in the KC market as this is written. During a commercial break on MSNBC an anti-Claire message just aired regrading her reckless spending. When do they really drop their support?
I suppose they'd say they have dropped their support for Akin, just not their opposition to McCaskill...
Vulture/Voucher 2012
Proving Two Rights DO Make a Wrong!
;-)
George W. Bush is a dump truck! And so's Scott Brown... (h/t Stephanie Miller)
Vulture/Voucher 2012
Proving Two Rights DO Make a Wrong!
;-)
Getting out the vote is of capital importance this election.
Unless you are a republican, then stopping or suppressing the vote is of utmost importance.
Romney reminds me of Douglas C. Neidermeyer (played by Mark Metcalf) the hachet man for Dean Wormer (Played by John Vernon): Dean of Faber college in Animal House.
Just finished my research and found that elusive "something" that Mr Akin must have been talking about...its called ohnoyoudontin(ONYDin)
ONYDin functions in the brain and not in the "ladyparts"....its an evolutionarily conserved protien "lie-detector" used to recognize the lies Republicans (and others....its non-specific) tell. One known effect is to induce the gag reflex when watching RomneyRyan ads. Another effect is to produce screams, depression and irritability when watching Fox news and/or most Republican pundits. Its production is induced the more the neurons (which produce it) are used. A functional brain is required for ONYDin production and this production is inhibited and decreased to non-detectable levels in those who cannot discriminate between myth or fact. The deficiency is also accompanied by glazed eyes, the speaking of false equivalencies, the endless repetition of bumper sticker phrases, claims that various mutually exclusive "isms" are taking over the nation and denials of climate change. In some particularly severe ohnoyoudontin deficiencies, the sufferer is heard to repeatedly demand a birth certificate, photo IDs and wear tinfoil hats. There is no known treatment of severe ONYDin. Bedrest and a whole food organic diet is recommended if you or someone you love suffers from ONYDin deficiency. They should not be allowed to watch any TV except for the RM show with an occasional dose of the Daily Show. It is also recommended though, that reality should be reintroduced to these people very slowly and with as much compassion as can be mustered.
I sincerely hope that it doesn't matter how much money Vulture/Voucher raise. Obama keeps emailing me for money and I don't have it. He is just going to have to trust that I have his back at the voting booth. I can only hope that the majority of voters do too. That outcome, in and of itself would be a blow to Citizens United.
Me too… I can't give more, but I wish I could.
I agree, let's hope we can make money irrelevant and stop wasting it on such ridiculous things as those ads.
Just so everyone is clear, even for a candidate as objectionable as Paul Ryan, there is a nomination bounce, which will be followed by a convention bounce. (Fortunately the GOP convention is first this year, so the Dems get the later tail of the convention bounce.) We may even see Romney "pull ahead" in the polls during the GOP convention, and the pundits will be very excited about how close the race is.
Don't get too worked up about it. It's called a bounce for a reason, and it will not have any lasting effect. In '08, despite the conventional wisdom that McCain rose in the polls after announcing Palin and then cratered with his "suspending the campaign" stunt, he actually had a perfectly normal convention bounce which then petered out.
You are right Redshift, bounces are inevitable, the bounce was very small with Ryan.
The thing worrying me is that Republicans who don't support radical candidates, such as Ryan and Akin… the Megan McCains that support gay marriage, trying to offset the anti gay, anti choice rhetoric STILL vote for Republicans because of their pet issues, which I can only conclude as tax cutting.
Megan McCain has said she is not a single issue (pro life, as she says) voter. If that is the case, there must be some misunderstanding, that Republicans are for "small government". It seems they are really extreme with Bush tax cuts and then major spending, desiring privatization of SS and Medicare. But first give away budget surplus, then spend like crazy.
Well, that's what they always do, despite what they say.
Perhaps we should reconsider renaming the GOP in view of the fact that we have a Mormon and a Catholic on the ticket. I suggest we call it the GFAM party, which stands for the "GO FORTH AND MULTIPLY" party. My only caveat is for them to be careful what they wish for, Republicans aren't the only people who procreate.
In view of the fact that we now have a Mormon and Catholic running for President and Vice President, I think we should consider renaming the GOP to GFAM, which stands for the "GO FORTH AND MULTIPLY" party. My only caveat is that they should be careful what they wish for. Republicans aren't the only citizens who procreate.