...I said "made up ground", not agreeing with the polls that say Obamaa is tied with men, and Romney is tied with women.

This right here is why I have serious reservations against president Obama. I agree five families. One of many questions I have. I want to know if Obama would cut down the debt without taxing the hell out of the top 5 percent.

Presidents do not increase or decrease the National Debt; only the US Congress can do so.

For some reason (probably ignorance) many people accrue the federal government's FY 2009 budet deficit to President Obama when, if one is going to accrue it to any President, it should be accrued to President Bush. He requested an FY 2009 budget of $3.1 trillion and estimated revenues at about $2.7 trillion. Unfortunately, only $2.1 trillion in revenue accrued.

President Bush is to blame for much of the mess we are in right now. But Obama has only made it worse in a lot of ways. Fact is the Democrats had control of congress for two years and did very little (other than the successful auto bailout). I blame congress for being stagnant and not working together to find common ground, but that fact is this is Obama's administration, he bears responsibility for passing laws and legislation that increase or decrease spending. So far, he's pushed it right to the top of the ceiling and that's something he can't do if he's elected for another four years.

Presidents have no Constitutional authority to "pass laws and legislation".

They do however have executive authority to sign bills and pass laws. Lately President Obama hasn't had much to sign as Congress is a mess. But he can also balance a proper budget, something Clinton did in the nineties (which led to surplus).

I'm starting see Obama is no Bill Clinton, and he's certainly not John F. Kennedy. But make no mistake I'm not all for Romney I have my reservations about him.

What are they teaching in schools these days? You're certainly not in my class.

Cite in the US Constitution presidential autority to "pass laws". Presidents cannot exercise their Constitutional authority to sign a bill until it is passed by Congress.

The President submits a federal budget every year. Congress hasn't approved a budget since 2009?

DT, sorry I missed this post. I am so jealous. I would have loved to have seen the President. Was there a large crowd? I see his voice his pretty hoarse today. Do you have a picture to post? Living in a Blue state he doesn't come in my area often (L.A. maybe, but that would be a nightmare to drive to).

Only President I ever saw was when I was a kid back in 1960 when then Senator Kennedy was running for President. How exciting that was. I did shake Bobby Kennedy's hand as well when he was running.

TIS

I know that. The bill has to be passed by the house and Senate before the President can sign it. If he veto's it Congress can reverse it with two thirds majority.

That's first grade man please do not patronize me. I was merely suggesing that the President has an agenda, he can put his own support behind a bill (he could've with the Simpson-Bowles idea, he did not and that was a mistake). Of course he can't sign it unless Congress does. But he can make a budget and he can support ideas. Such as cutting the deficit and cutting spending but he has not done this.

Correct.

Anyone want to make a prediction on the election?

I got:

Obama 275
Romney 263

EV predictions only please.

Give me a week maybe. I want to see where some of this polling going on. I mean days ago we were writing off NC and Florida* but now polling say they're in contention again.

*=I didn't, only because its the one state where the death rate is higher than the birthrate.

Obama 290
Romney 248

I went to a GOP rally with 860AM and today's Obama rally. Obama seems like a human being now. He didn't until recently.

Polls in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Iowa are tightening too. If those three states are in play next week, I might change my prediction.

Dontomasso,thats awesome! Thats something i always wanted to do since i seen a motorcade in the 70s with Nixon. I would love to one day get a chance to shake a presidents hand!

Honestly I'm having trouble believing Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are actually in play. No more than Pennsylvania was supposedly last time.

I'll tell you what surprises me. I thought Nevada would go red with the local Mormons coming out to get their boy Mittens in, but I'm...not really seeing that currently. Might or might not materialize, or maybe too many of them are registered to vote outside of the state or are they already within the GOP voting file, its not that big of an advantage? I don't know.

Whatever the math, the psychological battlefield is Ohio. I believe Mittens alone has 17 events planned there alone in the next week and half.

Pennsylvania has more NRA members than any state. That alone tells you a little something about them. When it's said and done, I bet Obama wins the state by just 2 points.

I have been worried about his voice for the last two weeks or so. In 1987 the German chancellor candidate lost his voice two weeks before the election and consequently they lost the election too.
(Four years ago when Obama was in Berlin I was 2 meters close/far to him. Too far for any advise.)

Remember Charlie Sheen? "Duh, winning!"

I mean that state has been blue since '92. It's why I'm having troubles seeing it actually turn. I'm reminded of the last national election when McCain's people continually bring up how Pennsylvania was in play. Except it wasn't really. But anyway.

Interesting note: The President is doing 10 TV interviews today, Team Mittens has ruled out doing any interviews (for now) up to election day.

For what it's worth.

Movement of Stock Market and Outcome of Presidential Elections

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arch...n-maybe/264117/

They are walking insults to the American voter. They assume we are all idiots, who are easily frightened.

I've not seen any tv ads in PA over the past 4 weeks for either candidate. PA should give Obama a 5 point margin.

Yes, we are a big NRA state, and while I'm not a gun owner, my best friend owns and operates a gun shop. PA also has a very large number of pro-life citizens. But this has been the case for decades as many of our Democrats are pro-life, including our Dem Senator and current rep.

Ok, is this a joke? I hear Meatloaf endorsed Romney. Forget that Mitt probably never had meatloaf in his life let alone know who Meatloaf the singer is, but is this a joke. He sounds awful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB9oxZzA4zg&feature=youtu.be


TIS

He's such a big supporter of Romney that he changed his name to Mittloaf.

LMAO, that's funny. I'm still laffing.

I don't know who will win the election. There are of course honorable legitimate reasons to vote for either major party candidate. But this election also shows a look into the ugly id of some people like John Sununu.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/1...bama/?mobile=nc

It is laughable that someone who was born in Cuba feels so comfortable questioning the legitimacy and patriotism of someone who was born in the US. Now Sununu is claiming that the only reason Powell endorsed Obama is that they're both black. This is ugly reptillian brain stuff. But it also shows you how Sununu thinks. The logical next question then to Sununu (and anyone who shares that thinking) is since all the past Presidents have been white was that the only reason that Sununu endorsed them? If Sununu says yes then at least he's honest. If he would say no (as I suspect he would) then of course he's saying something about how he views black people.

Then you have Trump and his obsession with President Obama's grades. "See you only got a B+ in this class so that means you're unqualified and must be impeached!!!!".

And the less said about Palin the better.
The f*****d up thing is that although the President may well lose the election and thus remove the proximate cause of this particular conservative racial primal scream, there are of course millions of people who think like Sununu, Trump and others and they remain safely ensconced in positions of authority in businesses and colleges and government offices across the US. So it goes.

Actually having read what Powell said, when he roasted Mittens over that Foreign Policy debate (where he lamely promoted that bold Kerry-esque FP policy of "Me Too!"), I wouldn't be shocked if Powell considered at one point just to stay quiet and private.

I hate Dubya, or more specfically what that administration and era did to our country. Thankfully there was China to pay for Iraq/Afghanistan and in exchange owning our debt generations down the line. Good job fiscal conservatives.

But I've always been fond of Powell, or at least times I've detected some sort of conscience, not the mindlessness that dominated that administration. In a fairer world, he should've been President and a good one at that perhaps even. But the world aint fair, and he got locked out of power and influence in the WH by Cheney and Rumsfeld.

Romney Campaign Exaggerates Size Of Nevada Event With Altered Image

http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/romney-campaign-appears-to-exaggerate-size-of-neva

Powell probably could have become the first black President..and a Republican. Back in 1996 there were polls showing him more popular than Clinton, but his heart wasn't in it.