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Friday Open Thread [8.10.12]
“At this point, joining Ryan to the ticket would be a huge gamble. Romney would be tapping into Ryan’s immense political talent, but giving up on his win-by-default strategy that has taken a beating but might look good again if, say, some international disaster craters the recovery between now and November. In any case, the conservative drumbeat for Ryan has grown so overwhelming that it’s no longer even clear that Romney could turn Ryan down for an Incredibly Boring White Guy, even if he wants to. The Republican Party belongs to Ryan.”
The Polling Report [8.10.12]
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Wow. A really horrible disgusting polling day for Mittens Romney. The National polls now all show minor landslides for the President. But he has a bright spot in an inaccurate poll from Colorado that changes our map a little bit. Hey, if you only poll white old people, of course Mitt Romney leads by 5. But we also have polls from Wisconsin and Virginia, giving us good news.
Alleged and Not Fact. In Fact, Denial.
Almost two months ago, I wrote and published a post titled “The Alleged Contents of a Letter.” The post involved rumors surrounding a mysterious letter sent to every single member of the General Assembly containing criminal accusations against a certain elec. ted Sussex County official. I received a tip from a source that is known to me that alluded to the contents of the letter and who was behind it. I decided to go ahead and publish the tip as a rumor, and I went out of my way to specifically state, repeatedly, that I had no idea whether any of the story is true.
Most of the tip from the source was confirmed in later news stories from WGMD, WDEL and the News Journal, specifically about what the allegations were and who the elected official was. What was not confirmed, and what remains unknown to us, is who was behind the letter.
This brings me to Mr. Doug Beatty, who this year arrived on the scene that is Sussex County politics. He contemplated races against the Governor and then for the General Assembly before demurring. He contacted me yesterday issuing a strong denial, saying that he was not involved in any way in writing or sending the letter. It is only fair and responsible that I report that. Mr. Beatty felt that I had irresponsibly and unethically reported as true fact that he was indeed behind the infamous letter. I disagreed, saying I thought I had been very careful in the post to repeatedly state that I did not know for a fact whether any of the allegations were true, as you can see above. Alas, since Mr. Beatty was left with that impression, I apologize to him.
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Thursday Open Thread [8.9.12]
So Mitt Romney has decided to go all Culture War on the President, issuing outrageous and racist lies about the President and welfare, and now issuing ads about a “War on Religion.”
Do you know what that means?
It means Romney has lost the election. Already. On August 9, 2012.
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Wednesday Open Thread [8.8.12]
Politico has a story on how some in the GOP are now panicking that Romney might choose Paul Ryan. Meanwhile, Claire McCaskill gets the Teabagger nutjob she wanted to face off with. She just might be reelected now.
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The Polling Report [8.7.12]
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We have some new polls in Washington State, Indiana, Colorado and North Carolina, all but one showing movement towards Obama. Hell, even the national tracking polls have moved in the direction.
Here is the new map:
Tuesday Open Thread [8.7.12]
This is a brutal ad from the pro-Obama Super PAC, Priorities USA. It features Joe Soptic, a former employee of the Bain-owned GST Steel plant who lost his job—and the health insurance that covered his family.
23rd RD Endorses Paul Baumbach
When you have wide open races replacing a beloved retiring Representative, such as Terry Schooley, with three candidates struggling to get their names out there and pounding the pavement every night, endorsements from the local Representative District committee can mean a lot.
Last night the 23rd RD endorsed Paul Baumbach over Jerry Grant and Claudia Bock. Of the 12 members voting, apparently Paul got 8 votes.
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