Open Thread

Wednesday Open Thread [4.25.12]

Filed in Open Thread by Delaware Dem on April 25, 2012 • 21 Comments

Dana Milbank: “Aficionados of the Etch a Sketch will recall a certain flaw in the toy: If you use it often, some of the lines drawn no longer disappear when you shake the device, instead leaving an indelible trace of where you have been.”

Tuesday Open Thread [4.24.12]

Filed in Open Thread by Delaware Dem on April 24, 2012 • 4 Comments

Even though the general election campaign is now underway, […] there are five primaries today in Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. As a result, this is the first primary day where Romney doesn’t face any real competition. So when we watch the returns, we’ll get a good idea of the true anti-Romney vote tonight. Does he get at least 50% in all of these contests? What about 60%? 70%?”

Monday Open Thread [4.23.12]

Filed in Open Thread by Delaware Dem on April 23, 2012 • 7 Comments

File this under the Captain Obvious category: The AP reported this weekend that the improving economy is “swinging the pendulum” in President Obama’s favor “in the 14 states where the presidential election will likely be decided.”

Sunday Open Thread [04.22.12]

Filed in Open Thread by nemski on April 22, 2012 • 2 Comments

Sunday’s grey open thread.

Friday Open Thread

Filed in Open Thread by Delaware Dem on April 20, 2012 • 3 Comments

The Creation Story: It looks like Gallup Tracking has joined Rasmussen in Republican outlier territory. I wonder if Gallup is assuming a 2010 electorate. I might have to go digging into their internals later today. We know the story with Rasmussen: they deliberately poll more Republicans in proportion to their numbers in the previous cycle, […]

Thursday Open Thread [4.19.12]

Filed in Open Thread by Delaware Dem on April 19, 2012 • 28 Comments

A new CNN survey of Republicans finds that they want a Romney-Rice ticket. Yes, Condoleeza “No one could have predicted 9/11” Rice leads the veepstakes with 26%, ahead of Rick Santorum at 21%, Marco Rubio at 14%, Chris Christie at 14%, and Paul Ryan at 8%. I wonder if this poll offered the names or if these names were volunteered. But putting her on the ticket would be a disastrous move on Romney’s part.

Wednesday Open Thread [4.18.12]

Filed in Open Thread by Delaware Dem on April 18, 2012 • 11 Comments

“Many progressive donors think President Obama has it in the bag. But he doesn’t even have it in the shopping cart yet, much less in the bag.” Paul Begala, in an interview with Greg Sargent, saying Democratic donors need to step up. To illustrate that point, Romney has gotten a post-primary bounce. All polls, even yesterday’s CNN poll shoiwng a 9 point Obama lead, show improvement for Romney.

Tuesday Open Thread [4.17.12]

Filed in Open Thread by Delaware Dem on April 17, 2012 • 68 Comments

I thank Nemski for helping out with the open threads during the last several days. I was very busy in real life elsewhere. Do we have polls? That’s a silly question. An Associated Press analysis of the presidential battleground finds Mitt Romney likely has 188 electorate votes in states that are either solidly Republican or leaning Republican while President Obama has 242 electoral votes in safe Democratic or likely Democratic states. That leaves 104 electoral votes in states that are purely tossups: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. I would give the President the edge in Colorado, Florida, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. Indeed, the only swing state I see him losing is Iowa.

Monday Open Thread [04/16/12]

Filed in Open Thread by nemski on April 16, 2012 • 11 Comments

Monday Open Thread

Sunday Open Thread [4/15/12]

Filed in Open Thread by cassandra_m on April 15, 2012 • 10 Comments

So what’s on your mind today? Tax Day this year is April 17, but in honor of everyone who is trying to get their taxes in order today, we have this video showing you how to get a tax rate like Mitt Romney’s. This video is about 1 minute long and put down all drinks first. It’s hilarious!