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The Polling Report [10.3.12] — Dominique is no longer laughing Edition

By Delaware Dem October 3, 20123 Comments

Our resident racist Sarah Palin fan laughed at the notion that President Obama could be winning 350 electoral votes yesterday. Well, new polling released yesterday puts the President within 3 votes of that benchmark, and there is more bad news for her and her illiterate bigoted ilk: Romney is losing support in red states. New Polls out of Missouri and Louisiana show tightening races in those states. Here is our new map today:

Late Night Video — Mitt Romney Style!

By cassandra_m October 2, 20124 Comments

Ok, everybody knows about Gangnam Style, right? (And you wish you didn't, right?) Well the parodies just keep coming and this one may take the prize as the funniest. Join me after the jump to watch Mitt Romney Style:

To turn it around Romney should be Reagan … literally

By jason330 October 2, 20124 Comments

Romney is getting a lot of free advice from conservative on how to stop sucking. My hands down favorite is this from the Washington Posts' Jennifer Rubin who thinks Romney should read Reagan speeches verbatim but change "Carter" to "Obama." Presumably he's have to change references to the "Democratic Party" to the "Democrat Party" as well.

What do Delaware small businesses want? How about a boost to the minimum wage?

By jason330 October 2, 201216 Comments

Raise the minimum wage, so that middle and lower-class families have more confidence in their earning power and spending more. Maintain small business incentives and encourage entrepreneurs to hire locally. Increase infrastructure spending to get more people back to work. — Small Business Person Wilmington, Delaware —

How Many Coming Out Parties Does Mitt Romney Need?

By pandora October 2, 20121 Comment

Again? Seriously? Another Debutante Ball? Romney’s advisers have a simple strategy: They want their candidate to balance his finely tuned arguments with personal warmth. Since Romney is a reserved man,…

The Party That Cried Wolf

By pandora October 2, 20127 Comments

So I read this today... American Crossroads and its affiliate Crossroads GPS are going up today with their biggest paid media push so far in the 2012 cycle, with a…

The Polling Report [10.2.12]

By Delaware Dem October 2, 201210 Comments

Andrew Sullivan:

Romney, by the way, has had a bounce back on Intrade, up from around 21 percent chance to 26 percent. Nate Silver's now-cast has Romney with a 2.2 percent chance; and his forecast for November gives him a 14 percent chance. I didn't expect it to break this way - but it has, because of the arguments of both sides. Campaigns matter. The candidate matters. And the moment matters. It's an alchemy democracy; and it still holds the potential for surprise.

I did expect it to break this way. As did Booman, who is now seeing the beginnings of a blowout. Here is our map:

Breaking: No IDs Required to Vote in Pennsylvania

By cassandra_m October 2, 20129 Comments

This just in, and it is good news for the good guys -- the lower courts judge who was required to review an earlier decision has made his ruling, mostly leaving the law in place, but noting that if you show up to vote and have no ID, you are allowed to vote. There's more to come, I'm sure, but this seems to be the nut of it:

Predict the Post Debate Media Narrative!

By cassandra_m October 2, 201211 Comments

As Robert Wright notes in his Atlantic article, The Coming Romney Comeback Narrative, the media doesn't much like a static political narrative. It is the unfortunate byproduct of the horse race reporting they are fond of and the need to capture eyeballs. Wright posits multiple paths that the media narrative may go after tomorrow's debate (although it is worth it to read his entire article), but jump in the comments to make your own prediction of the new drama the media will be working on after tomorrow's Presidential Debate.

Late Night Video — Romney’s Business Experience Is Not About Creating Jobs

By cassandra_m October 1, 20121 Comment

On the eve of the debates, the Obama Truth Team reminds us what Romney's "business experience" has wrought on American families:

It Begins…

By Delaware Dem October 1, 201284 Comments

Former Georgetown Mayor Brian Pettyjohn, a Republican, has filed as a write-in candidate for the 19th Senate seat. Far Right radical religious conservative teabagger Eric Bodenweiser won the Republican primary against the incumbent Republican Senator Joe Booth. The Democratic nominee is Jane Hovington. Today was the deadline for write in candidacies to be filed.

Romney Relying On… Zingers?

By pandora October 1, 201219 Comments

First, I have trouble envisioning Mitt Romney delivering a zinger. Zingers work when they flow naturally. Zingers work when your opponent plays the straight man/woman and gives you the opening. …

The Polling Report

By Delaware Dem October 1, 20121 Comment

We have some new state polls out of Iowa, Ohio, Arizona and North Carolina, as well as some interesting national polls. But the race basically remains as it has for weeks since the conventions: Obama is winning.