The Polling Report [9.19.12]

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The polling report officially goes meta: A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds 46% of Americans hold favorable views of polls in general, and 47% have negative ones. My brain has officially malfunctioned... Meanwhile, Romney's outrageous and unAmerican Libya lies have done real damage: Anyway, we have a lot of new polls, and they only change the shades of color on the map. Wisconsin finds a deeper shade of blue while New Hampshire is irritating in its preference for sky blue.

I Thought Republicans Were Against Taxes

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It seems that Republicans are only against taxing rich people.  Taxes for the middle class and poor people are apparently a-okay.  Cutting programs that help the poor, the elderly, children and the middle class in order to give the rich more tax cuts is just fine.  This strikes me a quite a shift from the days when the GOP ran against all taxes.

It is September 18, 2016 and Mitt Romney is leading Hillary Clinton by 2 percentage points

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If Mitt Romney beats Ms. Clinton it will because he set the stage for his victory during the primary season of 2012. In the summer of 2012, when the rest of the GOP field was running to the right, Mitt Romney stuck to his moderate guns. While Michelle Bachman and Newt Gingrich stoked the fires of hatred and division among Republicans, Mitt Romney argued for a more sensible, inclusive GOP. It was obviously a message that the Republican primary voters were not ready for, but ...

The Polling Report [9.18.12]

More polling. Less days until the election. And the race remains the same: President Obama is a clear favorite in the swing states and in the electoral college. We have new polls out of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Virginia, and the polls just confirm what we had previously knew. Here is the map, which is unchanged:

The Romney Gaffe To End All Gaffes?

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Unflippinbelievable!  Could he really be this stoopid?
During a private fundraiser earlier this year, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a small group of wealthy contributors what he truly thinks of all the voters who support President Barack Obama. He dismissed these Americans as freeloaders who pay no taxes, who don't assume responsibility for their lives, and who think government should take care of them. Fielding a question from a donor about how he could triumph in November, Romney replied: "There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that's an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what…These are people who pay no income tax." Romney went on: "[M]y job is is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."

A DIY “Most Intriguing Races For November” Thread

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What do you think will be Delaware's most intriguing races this November? I've come up with some early nominees. I'd like you to share your thoughts on my choices and on races that you think I've overlooked.  At some point soon, I'll be writing a detailed analysis of my top 10, but I'm not ready yet. Help me focus! Click through for my initial list:

On the merits of a new cold war with the arab world

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I remember the cold war fondly. As a kid, I never thought that we were all going to be blown up. I never thought that Russians were evil or that we were even at war with "The Soviet Union." I thought we despised a very small cabal of Soviet leadership and that we weren't going to play a part abetting their injustice. It all felt like peace and prosperity to me.