Open Thread

"The [latest NBC/Wall Street Journal Marist] survey found that 9% of the likely voters are up for grabs (meaning they're undecided or just leaning to a candidate), and these folks have more positive feelings toward Obama than Romney. Obama's job approval with them is 48% approve, 41% disapprove. What's more, Obama's fav/unfav with them is 46%/29%, vs. Romney's upside down 22%-49%. Bottom line: Our pollsters see more of an opportunity for Obama among these voters and more of an uphill climb for Romney."

"Folks I want to remind you, this is the end of daylight savings time tonight. It's Mitt Romney's favorite time of the year because he gets to turn the clock back."-- Delaware's own Vice President Joe Biden, quoted by the New York Times, at a rally in Colorado.

Last weekend before the election! Lots of folks I know are out on the final canvas -- off to PA to knock on doors for Obama or here walking for local candidates. What are you doing this weekend to get your favorite candidates elected?

The vehemently and severely conservative Chicago Tribune endorses the President, and has a pretty good takedown of Mitt Romney inside. Go over and read the whole thing.

Everyone ready for the storm? It is Sunday and the pundits are loose -- and getting more dangerously silly as we approach election day. Here is a good summary of the Greatest Hits of the Pundit Business by Randall Monroe of xkcd fame:

You go girl!

It's Batten Down the Hatches Saturday! What are you doing to avoid the panic and get ready for the storm?

Shoot!  DelawareDem asked if we could handle this Open Thread.  Since this spot has been blank for an hour we obviously shouldn't be put in charge.  Moving on... Yesterday, Colin…

That's the Delaware state News Headline. The News Journal saw fur flying. Anyway, something was flying. (Sparkly fur?!?!) Here is the News Journal's Jonathan Starkey (mostly paraphrased by yous truly): DOVER — Sen. Tom Carper was double teamed by wack-jobs. Kevin Wade, a teabag, accused Carper of not reading the Affordable Care Act, and basically being a lazy douche. Carper conceded the point on a technicality. “On the [Senate] Finance committee, (a place you will never see) we work off of plain English language,”

"The truth is both sides are worried -- Team Obama is nowhere near as confident about its map as public statements suggest, and the Romney surge isn't as real (or relevant, given battleground-state polling) as Republicans are spinning. Yet it's that map that governs still -- national polls aside, the Romney surge hasn't spilled into the battlegrounds (particularly Ohio) enough to upend the race in Romney's favor, at least not yet."