Good sign for Dems...Barone predicts Repub Wave

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Thursday October 02, 2014 · 9:30 AM PDT

2014/10/02 · 09:30

Though many Republican pundits got the 2012 results wrong, it's possible that the winner of the "Most Wrong" award was Michael Barone. His prediction that Romney would win 315 electoral votes may have been one of the biggest reasons that Republicans were flabbergasted and disbelieving when the opposite results started to roll in. We all remember (and relish) Karl Rove's meltdown when Ohio went for Obama.

Well, Michael Barone is at it again. He is now predicting a Republican wave and, though the polling news has been up and down for the Dems, there is no doubt that when a serial failure like Barone starts opining about a growing Red Wave, we can all take comfort in his track record.

Will be in Brazil on Election Day

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Friday November 02, 2012 · 12:38 PM PDT

2012/11/02 · 12:38

Not really a diary...sorry.

I have known about an upcoming business trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil for many months and I knew that it would cover "election week", but I think it is only hitting me now that I won't be parked on my couch watching MSNBC coverage on Tuesday night. Like nearly everyone here, I have been obsessively reading and watching everything I can find about the election, and I fear I'll go into withdrawal when I arrive in Brazil on Sunday. I'm in Illinois so I early voted last weekend, but this will be the first Presidential election that I will experience in another country. I'm definitely looking forward to hearing and seeing how the world responds to Obama's victory. I'll report back if I get a chance. Wish me luck.

Just got a Romney robocall...in Chicago!

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Monday October 01, 2012 · 4:45 PM PDT

2012/10/01 · 16:45

This is more astonished venting than diary, but I just received a breathless Romney robocall from a (202) area code to my home outside Chicago. This is as blue an area as you can find, and we are a registered Democrat household. Why would these idiots be spending a dime calling me? It makes no sense.

The call did say that, if the election was held today, Obama would win another four years. At least that was accurate. They then asked for $3.00. Pathetic.

That's all...I've purged the outrage!

Attack Ad That Is Killing Mitt Romney In Ohio

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Monday October 01, 2012 · 2:02 PM PDT

2012/10/01 · 14:02

This is the headline of a story in BusinessInsider that caught my eye. I hadn't seen this ad before but I agree that it's one of the best I've seen from Priorities USA Action. I think it's also interesting that a business publication is leading with such a devastating headline. I think that everyone can agree that Romney is getting killed in Ohio and without Ohio (or Virginia or Nevada or Iowa), he has nothing.

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Saturday September 29, 2012 · 2:06 PM PDT

2012/09/29 · 14:06

In today's New York Times, there is an article comparing the debate prep being done by Romney and Obama. Below is the paragraph that reminds me of the Seinfeld episode (called "The Comeback") where George wasn't able to think of clever comebacks to someone in his office so he memorizes and practices his "jerk store" zinger. He tries to lure his prey into a conversation where he can use it, but, of course, it fails terribly. It sounds like Romney is doing something similar as he tries to bait Obama about the economy. Let's try to imagine some of Romney's zingers and how badly he will fail to make a dent in the president's cool.

Mr. Romney’s team has concluded that debates are about creating moments and has equipped him with a series of zingers that he has memorized and has been practicing on aides since August. His strategy includes luring the president into appearing smug or evasive about his responsibility for the economy.

Idea for an ad

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Friday August 31, 2012 · 1:14 PM PDT

2012/08/31 · 13:14

Romney is doubling down on his Bain experience. It feels an awful lot like 2000 when we heard nothing but how much "real world" experience Dubya had in the oil industry. We all know how that went. Why don't the Obama people play up the fact that "businessmen" have a lousy record when it comes to running the United States? In fact, I have been wondering when they will start to bring out the images of Bush and Cheney as a reminder of what we do not want to go back to. If these have already appeared, please let me know.

RNC's Self-Inflicted Wound

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Tuesday August 21, 2012 · 7:06 AM PDT

2012/08/21 · 07:06

The RNC continues to make the argument that President Obama will do and say anything to get elected. They have chosen to highlight Stephanie Cutter's (accurate) comments about Romney's time at Bain Capital as an example. Their new ad tries to make their point. My question is, who is the brilliant consultant who suggested that it would be a good idea to re-introduce the issue of whether or not Romney was a felon at a time when this issue has more or less disappeared from the headlines? All they have done is succeed at airing Cutter's comments once again, thereby ensuring at least a cycle or two of news coverage. I'm not complaining, but it does boggle the mind...

Is "Wonk" the new "Maverick"?

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Sunday August 19, 2012 · 9:25 AM PDT

2012/08/19 · 09:25

In the week since Mitt Romney announced Paul Ryan as his running mate, the word "wonk" has been liberally used to describe both Ryan and, to a lesser extent, Romney. Ryan is favorably described as "wonky" and in his first interview with Brit Hume he dodged questions by saying that he didn't want to gt "all wonky". The subtext being that he doesn't think Hume or the listeners would understand him when he "gets into the weeds".

I'm struck by the way this use of "wonk" aligns with my memory of how "maverick" was used by the McCain/Palin campaign. Palin described herself as a maverick and it wasn't long before the media used the term without much explanation. It became part of what she was, her brand, so to speak. McCain took on the label, as well, but it didn't seem to fit the near octogenarian. Palin continues to ride the "maverick" label to this day.

My concern is that "wonk" is being used as code for "deeply knowledgeable and intelligent" and that this is becoming Ryan's unquestioned brand, as well. Now Romney is trying to hitch his brand to this wagon, since it masks a lot of negatives. Surely a "wonk" would understand that you can't reduce revenues at the same time that you are giving millionaires massive tax breaks, right? No one who was so "wonky" would propose a destruction of Medicare? Right?

Swifter Boater -> Birther

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Friday August 17, 2012 · 2:47 PM PDT

2012/08/17 · 14:47

It's not terribly surprising, but Larry Bailey, the power and money behind the OPSEC "Swift Boating" of Obama, has come out as a birther. An article in Foreign Policy lays it all out:

"I have to admit that I'm a Birther," said SOS founder Larry Bailey, a retired 27-year veteran of the Navy SEALs, in an interview. "If there were a jury of 12 good men and women and the evidence were placed before them, there would be absolutely no question Barack Obama was not born where he said he was and is not who he says he is."
Bailey, who is part of the leadership of SOS's effort to mobilize thousands to take to the streets to denounce Obama's treatment of the military through an SOS project called Operation Street Corner, doesn't only believe that the president is a foreigner. He also believes that he is not actually the son of Barack Obama, Sr. Bailey trumpeted the conspiracy theory that the president is actually the love child of Ann Dunham and writer Frank Marshall Davis.

"In his books, Obama said his mentor was a fellow named Frank Marshall Davis. Frank Marshall Davis was a member of Communist Party USA, he wrote for the communist party's Hawaii newsletter, he was a close friend of Obama's mother, and there's a strong case that Frank Marshall Davis rather than Barack Obama, Sr. was Barack Obama, Jr.'s father and that Barack Obama, Sr. was just an administrative father of convenience," Bailey said.

Bailey isn't shy about his dislike of Obama personally and admits freely that his extensive efforts to mobilize special operations veterans and their supporters around the country is rooted in his personal dislike of the president and his desire to see him replaced.

"Barack Obama's a born red-diaper baby. He's a socialist. His beliefs are the very antithesis of my beliefs. As far as I am concerned he is one of the most unlikeable and unprepared politicians we've ever had," Bailey said. "I don't like him because he believes that America is responsible for most of the problems in the world and he wants to cut her down to size."

Read the article to get a taste of the venom and vitriol Bailey is spewing. Where are the journalists complaining about the lack of civility in the Romney campaign? Read More

Palin's elite spending habits

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Tuesday October 21, 2008 · 6:09 PM PDT

2008/10/21 · 18:09

Politico is reporting on Sarah's fine taste in clothes. Let's get this out there especially when she decides to take on the elites in the country. I'm not sure that "real America" would spend the following on clothes and accessories:

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Sunday October 19, 2008 · 3:04 PM PDT

2008/10/19 · 15:04

A brief note to say that I signed on to FreeRepublic in order to respond to the ridiculous claims being made by their "FReepers". I was given a login and was allowed to respond. Rather than go after the blatant racists and wing-nut kooks on the site, I made an innocuous comment to someone who was fomenting about what a McCain cabinet will look like. I was told that the comment was being reviewed and would be posted after review.

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Thursday October 09, 2008 · 10:03 AM PDT

2008/10/09 · 10:03

I was listening to NPR this morning and they were reporting on the McSame rally in Ohio yesterday. The music that was playing at the rally was Kenny Loggins' Highway to the Danger Zone. Doesn't anyone in the Old Man's campaign bother to think about the irony of this choice especially with palin by his side? Lyrics below the fold...

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Good sign for Dems...Barone predicts Repub Wave

Will be in Brazil on Election Day

Just got a Romney robocall...in Chicago!

Attack Ad That Is Killing Mitt Romney In Ohio

Is Mitt Romney becoming George Costanza?

Idea for an ad

RNC's Self-Inflicted Wound

Is "Wonk" the new "Maverick"?

Swifter Boater -> Birther

Palin's elite spending habits

Revoked by FreeRepublic

Highway to the Danger Zone