Year: 2012

When I saw the following quote by Ann Romney, the woman who presumes to be the First Lady of the United States, I prepared to write up an epic rant that you would come to expect from me. Instead, I think I will just let Mrs. Romney's words speak for themselves. Click through to read the privileged entitled delusional condescension.

I'm not real up on Massachusetts politics, but I love Elizabeth Warren.  She is a Democrat's Democrat and if elected will be the philosophical heir to Paul Wellstone in the Senate.    The accidental incumbent, Scott Brown, hoped to get out of the debates, and hang it on the possibility of missing a vote.   There will be no vote in the Senate, so let the rhetorical blows rain down in this Republican empty suit. Here's the debate details: Debate time: 7:00-8:00 ET Watch and/or listen: The debate will stream live on CBSBoston.com. (There's a rumor that it will also be on CSPAN, but it's not on today's schedule yet.)

I had a feeling that making money would trump the company founder's desire to hate on gay marriage. This is America dammit!

A Chicago advocacy group says that the restaurant Chick-fil-A has promised to back away from funding socially conservative groups that have pressed to limit marriage to one man and one woman.

I've been reading a lot of conservative blogs lately. I've donned my level 3 biohazard suit, and walked through the looking glass and read comment threads on "Red State" and other cesspools of conservative "thought." I'm frankly fascinated by wingnuts trying to come to terms with the debacle that is this election cycle. In no particular order, these are some of the things I keep reading.

Obama was so beatable. Everyone is lying to the pollsters because they don't want to be seen as racist. ...

For some unknown reason, some states allow their judges to be elected, rather than appointed. As you know, this can cause problems. Far right radical theocrats can get elected in some circumstances because judicial elections are often overlooked and spark low voter interest. Michigan Supreme Court candidate Bridget Mary McCormack tackles the subject in a four minute campaign ad that is a long awaited reunion of the cast of the West Wing!

This kind of thing does not happen to legitimate Presidential campaigns:

Pawlenty Steps Down From Romney Campaign To Join Bank Lobbying Group Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will join the Washington-based Financial Services Roundtable as its new president and CEO, the bank lobbying firm announced Thursday. Pawlenty will step down as national co-chair …

What we are seeing is...

Overnight, Rose Izzo, the pretender to Christine O'Donnell's teabagging throne in 2012 and recent Republican primary loser, endorsed insane bar owner and Independent candidate for the Senate, Alex Pires. When Alex first announced, I was intrigued, and then I listened to him, and he sounded like a tea partier. Others said, no no no, he is a populist, and angry populist, but a populist. Now we can see Pires's teanuttia confirmed through the eyes and endorsement of Rose Izzo.

Polling Firms have been quite busy this week. The big poll yesterday was the Pew Poll showing an 8 point national lead for the President. In the Senate races, multiple polls in three races now show former Governor Tim Kaine, Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Tammy Baldwin breaking out to significant leads in their respective races after being tied or behind forever. It looks like Obama voters in all three races are coming home to the Democratic candidate in each race, showing that the President might have some serious coattails, and if he has that, then the chances are the Dems will pick up the 25 seats they need and more to retake the House of Representatives and hold the Senate. But first, more on that Pew poll:

Obama holds a bigger September lead than the last three candidates who went on to win in November, including Obama four years ago. In elections since 1988, only Bill Clinton, in 1992 and 1996, entered the fall with a larger advantage. Not only does Obama enjoy a substantial lead in the horserace, he tops Romney on a number of key dimensions. His support is stronger than his rival’s, and is positive rather than negative. Mitt Romney’s backers are more ardent than they were pre-convention, but are still not as enthusiastic as Obama’s. Roughly half of Romney’s supporters say they are voting against Obama rather than for the Republican nominee. With the exception of Bill Clinton in 1992, candidates lacking mostly positive backing have lost in November.

Bill Clinton won 370 electoral votes in 1992, and 379 in 1996. As you can see, the President is likely on a similar course to reelection: