Remember when…
Ann Romney on Mitt becoming president: “My biggest concern would be for his mental well-being”
“You know, I think my biggest concern [if Mitt is elected], obviously, would just be for his mental well-being. I have all the confidence in the world in his ability, in his decisiveness and his leadership skills, in his understanding of the economy, in his understanding of what’s missing right now in the economy – you know, pieces that are missing to get this jump-started. So for me I think it would just be the emotional part of it.” – Ann Romney, speaking to a Nevada TV station.
Nate Silver Update – September 28, 2012
From Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight blog. FiveThirtyEight provides forecasts of upcoming presidential, Congressional and gubernatorial elections through the use of its proprietary prediction models.
Nate Silver correctly predicted 49 of 50 states in the 2008 election, and all 35 Senate races.
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Reuters tracking poll shows President Obama up 7 points
Reuters/Ipsos poll tracking poll shows President Obama 49-42.
After a bump from the Democratic National Convention, the numbers seem to be holding at that level.
The poll had a credibility interval of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points for likely voters, making the 7 point difference well outside that range.
Full results at Reuters
Mitt Romney – In his own words
I love when Mitt Romney speaks from the heart. In an election, it’s important to get to know the true candidate. Among friends, he speaks his truth here.
How do you feel middle America about being called a “victim?”
Two minute video – President Obama explains his plans
I personally like these ideas.
We tried 8 years of tax cuts for the wealthy “job creators” with promises that it would create jobs. Where are the jobs? That plan doesn’t work.
We are better off than four years ago and things are getting better, albeit not as fast as we’d like. But sometimes, slow and steady is the way.
You walk eight miles INTO the forest, it’s eight miles back out, kids.
Romney supporters using 2008 Obama rally pic as 2012 Romney rally
This is actually kind of sad.
Anti-gay Romney supporter tweeted a pic of what he said was a HUGE Mitt Romney rally, trying to say the media isn’t covering Romney’s HUGE events.
Problem is – the pic is actually from a 2008 Obama rally…
Check it out at Good As You.
(cue the sad trombone/fail sound “waa, waa, waaaaaa…)
Via JoeMyGod
Mitt Romney leads his own cheering section while campaigning
Joe Scarborough is stunned by the sight of Mitt Romney telling supporting to include his name while cheering…
Sad.
Cherokee Nation Chief calls out Scott Brown staffers for racist behavior
The Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation denounced Scott Brown staffers for making “war whoops” and tomahawk chops in a YouTube video which mocked the Native American heritage of Brown’s opponent Elizabeth Warren, Think Progress reports:
“The conduct of these individuals goes far beyond what is appropriate and proper in political discourse,” said Chief Bill John Baker in his statement, “The use of stereotypical ‘war whoop chants’ and ‘tomahawk chops’ are offensive and downright racist.”
Baker called on Brown to “apologize for the offensive actions of his staff and their uneducated, unenlightened and racist portrayal of native peoples,” and said, “A campaign that would allow and condone such offensive and racist behavior must be called to task for their actions.”
New polls have President Obama over 50% in crucial swing states
As both Romney and Obama separately campaign throughout Ohio on Wednesday, the Quinnipiac/CBS News/New York Times poll indicates the president leading Romney 53%-43% among likely voters.
The Quinnipiac/CBS News/New York Times is the fourth non-partisan, live-operator, survey to be conducted in Ohio over the past two weeks. A CNN Poll of Polls that averages all five surveys puts Obama at 51% and Romney at 44% among likely voters.
Ohio, with 18 electoral votes, is crucial to winning the White House. In modern times, no Republican has won the presidency without carrying the state.
The Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times survey in Florida indicates the president at 53% and Romney at 44%.
Five non-partisan, live-operator, polls have been conducted in the Sunshine State since mid month. A CNN Poll of Polls that averages all five surveys puts Obama at 50% and Romney at 45% among likely voters.
In Pennsylvania, the new Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times survey puts the president at 54% and the former Massachusetts governor at 42%. And the Franklin and Marshall poll indicates Obama holding a 52%-43% advantage. The nine-point margin is just within the survey’s sampling error for likely voters.