the storm and the presidential election

by MaxEntropy_Man Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:24 am

the storm has brought great opportunity for both candidates and so far the president has handled it very well -- correctly saying that the election can take care of itself and taking charge in a forceful way. romney by contrast has looked foolish collecting some silly cans and looking for photo opps. his prior comments about FEMA and disaster relief have brought the candidates and their differences into sharp focus and not in a way beneficial to romney. that combined with the missteps on jeep should have normally sealed his fate, but this is a tough election season. we'll see.

by Maria S Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:33 am

Just in a - "hope and work" mode to get people to vote..

Not an extra word from me, for now:)

by Idéfix Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:55 am

The polls are headed in the wrong direction for Romney. Ohio had Obama with a 1.9% lead on RCP polling average yesterday, today it is 2.4%. Viriginia was a tie yesterday, today it is at 0.3% for Obama, with the latest Quinnipiac poll showing him 2% ahead. Romney's Florida lead fell from 1.3% yesterday to 1.0% today. And Nate Silver has Obama's likelihood of winning at 77% -- highest it has been in a couple of weeks.

At this stage, very few people are undecided. They are undecided because they don't like the economy and don't want four more years of sluggish job growth, but they are also not sure they can quite trust Romney to fix it. Michael Brown reminding people of the GOP model for disaster management, along with Romney 3.0's severely conservative comments on FEMA, will also hold back some voters from getting over the trust barrier with Romney 4.0.

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Wed Oct 31, 2012 10:42 am

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:the storm has brought great opportunity for both candidates and so far the president has handled it very well -- correctly saying that the election can take care of itself and taking charge in a forceful way. romney by contrast has looked foolish collecting some silly cans and looking for photo opps. his prior comments about FEMA and disaster relief have brought the candidates and their differences into sharp focus and not in a way beneficial to romney. that combined with the missteps on jeep should have normally sealed his fate, but this is a tough election season. we'll see.

One picture - Dukakis wearing a helmet and posing from an M1A1 - looked so idiotic it dragged him down from his 17 point lead over Bush, Sr.

A few pictures of Romney with street cans or helping a dog from drowning will sure bring back memories to people and drag him down more than the first debate did to Obama.

by southindian Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:20 am

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:the storm has brought great opportunity for both candidates and so far the president has handled it very well -- correctly saying that the election can take care of itself and taking charge in a forceful way. romney by contrast has looked foolish collecting some silly cans and looking for photo opps. his prior comments about FEMA and disaster relief have brought the candidates and their differences into sharp focus and not in a way beneficial to romney. that combined with the missteps on jeep should have normally sealed his fate, but this is a tough election season. we'll see.

Sandy has brought opportunity for Obama, more chances of looking good or bad than Romney. Obama knows this and is playing it well.

Romney can either make his chances worse or watch from sidelines. The most Romney can do is to raise donations for the effected by Sandy.

by Jeremiah Mburuburu Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:32 am

southindian wrote:The most Romney can do is to raise donations for the effected by Sandy.

100 times:

those affected by Sandy

those affected by Sandy

those affected by Sandy

...

a request: consider changing your name to northindian.

by southindian Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:38 pm

Jeremiah Mburuburu wrote:
southindian wrote:The most Romney can do is to raise donations for the effected by Sandy.
100 times:

those affected by Sandy

those affected by Sandy

those affected by Sandy

...

a request: consider changing your name to northindian.

I'm sorry and deeply apologize. From now on, I'll try to be less northindian in my posts...

...and will show more traits of a southindian, i.e. being arrogant, sarcastic and cynical.

Will that be OK?

by southindian Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:41 pm

Jeremiah Mburuburu wrote:
southindian wrote:The most Romney can do is to raise donations for the effected by Sandy.
100 times:

those affected by Sandy

those affected by Sandy

those affected by Sandy

...

a request: consider changing your name to northindian.

I'm sorry and deeply apologize. From now on, I'll try to be less northindian in my posts...

...and will show more traits of a southindian, i.e. being arrogant, sarcastic and cynical.

Will that be OK?

by Idéfix Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:42 pm

southindian wrote:
Jeremiah Mburuburu wrote:
southindian wrote:The most Romney can do is to raise donations for the effected by Sandy.
100 times:

those affected by Sandy

those affected by Sandy

those affected by Sandy

...

a request: consider changing your name to northindian.

I'm sorry and deeply apologize. From now on, I'll try to be less northindian in my posts...

...and will show more traits of a southindian, i.e. being arrogant, sarcastic and cynical.

Will that be OK?

Also, please focus on minor and irrelevant errors in posts, like spelling, pronunciation and grammar, instead of the substance. That's a pretty important characteristic we all need to learn.

by Sponsored content

the storm and the presidential election

the storm and the presidential election

Re: the storm and the presidential election

Re: the storm and the presidential election

Re: the storm and the presidential election

Re: the storm and the presidential election

Re: the storm and the presidential election

Re: the storm and the presidential election

Re: the storm and the presidential election

Re: the storm and the presidential election

Re: the storm and the presidential election