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:
* After Mitt Romney made a more aggressive effort to make U.S. policy towards China a more important campaign issue, President Obama's campaign responds today with a new ad on Romney outsourcing American jobs to China. The spot is set to air in New Hampshire, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Colorado, and Nevada.
* The new CNN poll shows Obama leading Romney at the national level by three points, 50% to 47%.
* A new Quinnipiac poll shows a similar national landscape, with Obama up by four, 49% to 45%, thanks in large part to an enormous gender gap.
* Karl Rove's attack operations, American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS, are launching their biggest media push of the cycle this week: a $16 million one-week buy. Most of the money will go to anti-Obama spots in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia, though $4 million will be spent on anti-Democratic Senate ads in North Dakota, Virginia, Montana, and Florida.
* In New Hampshire, a new UNH poll shows Obama with a 15-point lead over Romney, 52% to 37%.
* In Massachusetts, Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) is raking in huge contributions from Wall Street. No other industry is supporting Brown so enthusiastically, and no other candidate is benefiting more from the financial industry's campaign contributions.
* As of yesterday, the Latino Decisions shows Obama's support among Latino voters reaching 73%, the highest of the year.
* And keep a close eye on the Senate race in Arizona -- the DSCC is so confident that former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona can win that the national party has begun investing in the race for the first time.
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In Massachusetts, Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) is raking in huge contributions from Wall Street. No other industry is supporting Brown so enthusiastically, and no other candidate is benefiting more from the financial industry's campaign contributions.
Well you know that's just proof that he's a bipartisan guy who sits down and actually reads the legislation, and then just votes for the good stuff. A real American and a humble guy, that's Scott Brown.
/snark
Americans for Prospertity held a "Hands off my health care" rally today in the Pennsylvania Capitol Building. They were also visiting Reps and Senators asking them to repeal the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Because, ya know, it's not like the states have to do what the SCOTUS rules or anything. Arg!
NE Senate race update: Kerry and Fischer met for the 3rd debate, and the 2nd in 4 days on Oct 1st. Kerry showed his experience and nuanced approach to addressing the problems we face while Fischer was nothing but tea party slogans and platitudes with absolutely no substance. the highlights:
Kerry brought up a congressional pay cut that was well thought out in addition to promoting his vision of a non-partisan congress at the national level.
Discussing Iran and Syria, Kerry brought up that if we think this extremism in the middle east started in 2001 that we are ignoring attacks in 1983, 1993, 1997, and 2000. He also pointed out that there were 2 countries in the middle east that didn't have cheering in the streets on 9/11/2001 - Israel and Iran. although the iranian govt. hates the US, the Iranian people themselves are very Pro-USA, and we can't forget about that or we'll see the same problems we are now facing in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Kerry touted a constitutional amendment that he wants to promote, and Fischer's only response was that "amending the constitution is hard." This came after she touted her balanced budget amendment. contradictions were very common (Fischer - i'm going to change washington. 5 mins later change is hard).
Overall, Kerry wiped the floor with Fischer, and not once did he attack her personally, just pointed out independent analysis of her policies (which are basically the tea party platform). The thing that will hurt Kerry is that he may as well have come out and said "I'll raise taxes." to me that isn't important as we need revenues to increase to eliminate the deficit and address the debt, but i know that will get put up in attack ads soon.
It won't get the Warren - Brown type of attention, but this is a dem seat that could solidify the senate if some national attention is garnered. Fischer is a horrible candidate compared to Kerry, but this red state scares away dems it seems...
Thanx for posting that , on a more positive note to your comment on raising taxes , it would seem most people want to pay down the debt and realize we must all pitch in , I do not know if that will translation into your election , but dems need to stop bowing to the fear filled and old principles the gop have presented from the last 20 years , and speak to voters like adults on the subject
Obama folding to the t baggers on the subject , post 2010 elections , only made him look weak
happy to help Patango. Fischer has made the norquist pledge a cornerstone of her platform. "Taxes are high enough" is the primary slogan from her campaign, and all the anti-kerry ads are about him raising taxes. They fail to mention that he was who balanced nebraska's budget in '83, was in congress in the 90s when the budget was balanced, and has always been anything but a cookie cutter politician...
net nebraska finally got the link to the debate, which i'll post below.
http://netnebraska.org/interactive-multimedia/news/campaign-connection-2012-nebraska-us-senate-debate-net-news-presentation
LOL , I mean , that says it all to the voters , on who is running for election , and who is willing to balance the budget, in my book any way
gop voters do not go by facts , they go by rhetoric , and I have no delusions that when MY politicians fold to their politicians ridiculous demands , it turns out to be counter productive for the american people 80% of the time , so when the gop start making sense again , we will work with them again , until then , I say dems need to stick with the actual facts and fight like hell , no more folding
plus, that quinni poll steve mentions includes this number... "white voters back Romney 53% to 42%." that leaves our president only 1 point lower than his 08 total...not good news for willard's chances
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and speaking of gender gaps
national journal:
"Recent polling in several battleground states shows President Obama running ahead among white women without a college education, a group that usually tilts toward the GOP."
full data here
http://nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/obama-s-battleground-boost-20121001
Mitt's made no effort to connect with any demographic other than those who he most likely already had in his corner. He really does believe he'll easily slide into the White House with "Well, at least he's not Obama" on America's lips. Perhaps that was not the best assumption. So Mitt doubles down on it?
Has Mitt's campaign today matured from Mitt's campaign five years ago, has his policies, has his world view, in his trips across America? Not visibly. I don't believe anyone or anything can get in past Romney's inner cry for more, more material wealth, more insulation from societal ills, more prestige, all fired by his slow burning resentment at how difficult "liberals" have made his deserved arrival at the pinnacle of power.
Mitt Romney has, in the end, shown America only the empty face of wealth.
Great summery , he was forced to go afterthe t bag vote , since he is an nor eastern governor , now he will embrace obamacare and the dream act for the debates , but the only thing that will produce is southern types abonding him completely
* After Mitt Romney made a more aggressive effort to make U.S. policy towards China a more important campaign issue, President Obama's campaign responds today with a new ad on Romney outsourcing American jobs to China. The spot is set to air in New Hampshire, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Colorado, and Nevada."
See this is how bad a candidate and a bad campaign the Romney team is.
They should have already had ads out there about GM investing 1.2 billion in a new plant in China, and 250 million in Peugeot just this year, or the sale of battery maker A123 in which we have invested 249 million to Chinese firm Wanxiang,a month ago.
Even Ron Paul would have run a better, and certainly more entertaining campaign.
Can never quite figure out which way the wind blows with you, bannedagain. lol
Fiscal conservative, social liberal. I'm in favor of gay marriage, siingle payer health care and against military involvement in the Middle East and it's suburbs.
However I also know when someone is talking economic nonsense to me because they think I don't know any better.
I know, that didn't clear anything up.
No, it does, actually. Thanks.
Like you claiming our government has control over where GM makes investments (Peugeot , China ) ? Nonsensical Economic claims like that? LMAO
Right, Pantango
bantroll is just that: a troll trying to seem like he is somehow "moderate." He/it doesn't fool me and he/it shouldn't fool anyone else.
Donna , as you well know , they post , get busted as liars , run and hide , then pretend it never happened by troll posting the same bs over and over , Bannedagains M/O , along with the rest of the cons across the Internet
Next he will be posting about the economic sense of tax cuts being revenue neutral , because cons are just so good at economics ...FLOP!!!!!
Yes, I know. But there is still a human being behind that moniker and sometimes he says things that are sensible as if he's listening to the conversation, which is more than a few trolls on here ever manage.
Ok, gang, here comes that hundreds-of-million dollar tsunami from the Fascist Right. You've been warned about it for months. It's here.
Get to work; root hog or die. Voting is not enough. Get to work
Most of the money will go to anti-Obama spots in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia.
Thank you Karl Rove .....We are getting buried in Florida .
I think of you when I see a RoMoney sign in front of a single wide with obviously fixed income folks inside. Sad , Very sad
Ads that no one really watch
"Since When?" -- Brilliant. You could ask that about almost any position Romney has taken, and the answer would be "Um, since I said/did the opposite not so long ago."
Like the weather here in Ohio,
Don't like Romneys position?
Wait five minutes, it will change.
Who am I kidding, five minutes? Try the next breath. If that long.
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"Click here: Voter fraud investigation underway - Local News - Northwest Florida Daily News "
It's also here in Okaloosa County
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Romney was a pioneer of the outsource.
between Romney and Walma ... box stores .... the American Consumer is now dependant on the box stores.
So now we're suppose to trust Romney to "go to battle" with the situation he had a very active hand in creating.?!
I don't find the prospect of Romney entering any kind of battle plausible.
Not at all.
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They are airing those ads here in iowa , how many voters are going to actually buy that line coming from romney ? At this point only a hard core gop voter will buy that , a swing voter , not so much , so they are spending billions reaching out to .002% of voters imo , which adds up to romney losing even if he gets those votes
The far right has already begun invading State politics so the Dems are lagging in effort. This however is not such a bad thing. As these nutcases begin to win and install anti-contraception, anti-gay and other radical Sharia type laws the citizenry awakens to their plot.
Laws can be repealed folks.
I'm with you on that, especially the radical Sharia type laws. They scream about Sharia laws, yet they install the anti-women Sharia laws.
There are some laws they really need to repeal, too.
The pervert in me wants to adopt that cute China doll.
In a way this whole debate tears at my sensibilties. On the one hand I want impoverished Nations to gain a foothold in these times. In another way I realize that many of these nations treat their people badly and corporations that are willing to give the political powers a chunk of money are allowed to use and abuse the people while destroying their enviroment. Utopia will never exist of course but then why should we allow ourselves the pleasure of seeing all things as a "it's either us or them" deal?
There I go attempting to be silly-sophical.
One more House Democrat possibility ..Karen Porterfield is debating incumbent Dave Reichert tonight in Wenatchee, Washington. In the newly redistricted 8th District in Washington state, I have some hope that my area may finally get representation by an involved/evolved member of the US House of Representatives. Either way it is refreshing that after Jan 1st I no longer have to refer to "Doc" Hastings as my representative. Karen is a teacher of Public Policy at Seattle University with a background in community organizing for seniors. I hope everyone interested in the Democrats taking back the House will send energy our way. We will start voting by absentee ballot about two weeks..My 80 y/o parents and 30's aged kids and I look forward to participating in this important election. BYW it will be 89 y/o Dad's 2nd time to vote Democrat, the 1st time being 4 years ago!
Being from the Northwest, I'd love to see Reichert defeated, but it's not going to happen. With the old boundaries, he had some tough battles. Darcy Burner came close to unseating him a few years ago. If anything, the new district is friendlier to him than the old one.
And that is why Scott Brown must die!