LOL. It's easy to misread those silly amendments.

Obama mentioned Romney today.

No clue why Romney is in PA. Some say it's because he thinks he can't win Ohio and is looking for another road to the White House. Others say he thinks he has Ohio and is trying to sway PA for insurance.

You don't know what to believe. Each side spins it their way.

Anyway 2 foods for thoughts:

(1) Obama's new stump speech today, apparently all positive mushy and Willard doesn't exist.

(2) Willard is campaigning in PA sunday.

Hail Mary time. Obama's firewall got stronger all week. Nate Silver has Obama's odds up to 81%, and on Intrade, Obama is up to 67%.

Watch as the same Democrats who kept dismissing (with some justification) Ras will now trump that new poll showing the race tied up at 48.

I've thought about "The Kenyan." How about that?

I like it.

I've thought about "The Kenyan." How about that?

They tended to endorse Repub candidates unless the Repub was just a mess (i.e. 2004 and 1992).

I was going to mention the Jobs Report today, but the last two have hada zilch poll impact. Both voting factions have settled in, a general public disconnect. 7.9% unemployment, but the number that'll be grounded into our heads this weekend will be 600K jobs added in the last 4 months. "Strong growth" from what I understand is this morning's headline, not "unemployment up."

The added jobs in August though is stunning. Originally 96,000, now upped to 192,000. Whaaat?!?

Things are looking good for The Kenyan. I just hope the turnout is there to bring him over the hump and lock up the election.

I hate to correct you, Dap. Because you're my Bronx paisan and all. But the Republicans weren't that much of a mess in '92. Sure, the economy was in the shitter. But George HW Bush had just won a war of sorts, and if it wasn't for Ross Perot, he probably would have been re-elected.

But you were just a tyke in '92. I was already older in '92 than you are right now .

Obama started with unemployment at 7.8% and it's 7.9% today.

What looks good for Obama?

He's fighting to keep Wisconsin after winning there by a big margin in 2008. Wisconsin not only elected a Republican governor, but won a big recall too. There's Republican momentum there.

He's trailing with independents in Ohio. In 2012, more absentee ballots in Ohio were requested by Republicans. In 2008 it was Democrats asking for the ballots. In Ohio, Romney leads independents. So really, Ohio can go either way.

Obama started with unemployment at 7.8% and it's 7.9% today.

Come on dap Ohio is more of a toss up than Pennsylvania. Romney has a legitimate shot at winning that state. Most polls have them at a dead heat. Let's not get carried away here. This is going to be a close election.

Come on dap Ohio is more of a toss up than Pennsylvania. Romney has a legitimate shot at winning that state. Most polls have them at a dead heat. Let's not get carried away here. This is going to be a close election.

It's gonna be close; can't argue with that. But I do agree that whoever wins Ohio will win the election.

I COMPLETELY agree, Ohio is/should be. The fact that Romney is campaigning in PA and Michigan shows that he is trying to make viable an alternate scenario for victory in case he doesn't win Ohio.

That's it. PA and Michigan are long shots, but there seems to be a thought among the Romney campaign that they've hit Ohio as hard as they can, drained every ounce of support from the State, and they can't get to the number there that they need. They are also discouraged by polling and volume of early voters.

While they certaintly can't write off Ohio, it's apparent that they can't put all of their eggs in that basket. Moreover, for Ohio to be of any consequence for Romney, he'll likely need Virginia and Florida. If he loses one of them and Obama's firewall states of PA, MI and NV, Ohio won't matter.

It's going to be close in OH, but most polls not skewed from Fox or MSNBC has Obama with a slight lead in Ohio. I think Obama has more paths to 270 than Romney.

If partisanship is set aside, many economists would argue that Obama inherited the worst financial disaster this country has seen since the late 1920's and early 1930's. Some have called it the Great Depression Part II. And for those of you who know history, we didn't just flip a switch and turn the economy around back then under FDR. It took YEARS to dig out of the 1929 stock market crash, the unemployment, etc. It took World War II to get this country's economy jump started again.

Several other points. While I fully admit to hating George Bush 43's presidency, I can still be objective. Bush oversaw some of the worst economic disasters in this nation's history: the aftermath of 9/11, the billions in damage from Katrina, the billions spent on fighting two wars - one in which Bush fought voluntarily, the collapse of major financial institutions, and the collapse of the housing market. No matter how some like to spin it, those events all occurred under George Bush's watch.

I don't care if Houdini or Superman succeeded Bush 43, it was a complete disaster that Obama inherited. For anyone to think that 8 years of incompetency were going to be corrected in the next term of the succeeding president, such thinking is simply not realistic.

I'm not overly happy about either of the choices for president. This country, more than ever, needs a viable third-party. But in the meantime, I'm not going to waste my vote on an out-of-touch millionaire who has no idea what ordinary Americans confront on a daily basis.

At the end of the day, Obama followed through and fulfilled some fairly ambitious 2008 campaign promises: he pulled us out of Iraq, he had bin Laden killed, and he was the first president to pass a nationwide health care system. Was the health care reform perfect? Absolutely not. If anyone was dumb enough to think it would be perfect, then shame on you. But going back to 1972 (at the very least) candidates have been talking about universal health care. That's all they have done - talk. Obama finally got something passed and had the Republican Chief Justice affirm the law as constitutional.

It's going to be close in OH, but most polls not skewed from Fox or MSNBC has Obama with a slight lead in Ohio. I think Obama has more paths to 270 than Romney.

If partisanship is set aside, many economists would argue that Obama inherited the worst financial disaster this country has seen since the late 1920's and early 1930's. Some have called it the Great Depression Part II. And for those of you who know history, we didn't just flip a switch and turn the economy around back then under FDR. It took YEARS to dig out of the 1929 stock market crash, the unemployment, etc. It took World War II to get this country's economy jump started again.

Several other points. While I fully admit to hating George Bush 43's presidency, I can still be objective. Bush oversaw some of the worst economic disasters in this nation's history: the aftermath of 9/11, the billions in damage from Katrina, the billions spent on fighting two wars - one in which Bush fought voluntarily, the collapse of major financial institutions, and the collapse of the housing market. No matter how some like to spin it, those events all occurred under George Bush's watch.

I don't care if Houdini or Superman succeeded Bush 43, it was a complete disaster that Obama inherited. For anyone to think that 8 years of incompetency were going to be corrected in the next term of the succeeding president, such thinking is simply not realistic.

I'm not overly happy about either of the choices for president. This country, more than ever, needs a viable third-party. But in the meantime, I'm not going to waste my vote on an out-of-touch millionaire who has no idea what ordinary Americans confront on a daily basis.

At the end of the day, Obama followed through and fulfilled some fairly ambitious 2008 campaign promises: he pulled us out of Iraq, he had bin Laden killed, and he was the first president to pass a nationwide health care system. Was the health care reform perfect? Absolutely not. If anyone was dumb enough to think it would be perfect, then shame on you. But going back to 1972 (at the very least) candidates have been talking about universal health care. That's all they have done - talk. Obama finally got something passed and had the Republican Chief Justice affirm the law as constitutional.

I concur with Pizzaboy, this is a great post. Not because this is for Obama, but because you stated the FACTS without any of the spin.

It's going to be close in OH, but most polls not skewed from Fox or MSNBC has Obama with a slight lead in Ohio. I think Obama has more paths to 270 than Romney.

If partisanship is set aside, many economists would argue that Obama inherited the worst financial disaster this country has seen since the late 1920's and early 1930's. Some have called it the Great Depression Part II. And for those of you who know history, we didn't just flip a switch and turn the economy around back then under FDR. It took YEARS to dig out of the 1929 stock market crash, the unemployment, etc. It took World War II to get this country's economy jump started again.

Several other points. While I fully admit to hating George Bush 43's presidency, I can still be objective. Bush oversaw some of the worst economic disasters in this nation's history: the aftermath of 9/11, the billions in damage from Katrina, the billions spent on fighting two wars - one in which Bush fought voluntarily, the collapse of major financial institutions, and the collapse of the housing market. No matter how some like to spin it, those events all occurred under George Bush's watch.

I don't care if Houdini or Superman succeeded Bush 43, it was a complete disaster that Obama inherited. For anyone to think that 8 years of incompetency were going to be corrected in the next term of the succeeding president, such thinking is simply not realistic.

I'm not overly happy about either of the choices for president. This country, more than ever, needs a viable third-party. But in the meantime, I'm not going to waste my vote on an out-of-touch millionaire who has no idea what ordinary Americans confront on a daily basis.

At the end of the day, Obama followed through and fulfilled some fairly ambitious 2008 campaign promises: he pulled us out of Iraq, he had bin Laden killed, and he was the first president to pass a nationwide health care system. Was the health care reform perfect? Absolutely not. If anyone was dumb enough to think it would be perfect, then shame on you. But going back to 1972 (at the very least) candidates have been talking about universal health care. That's all they have done - talk. Obama finally got something passed and had the Republican Chief Justice affirm the law as constitutional.

I applaud you goombah. Solid post. The only thing I would disagree with is who I think would do a better job giving our current circumstance. I hated bush 2 and his administration and I was encouraged by Mr Obama and his promise. But instead of reform I feel he's gone too far left economically and thats why Im voting Romney. I feel like Obamas plan for job creation and the deficit would hurt more than help. But it's all opinion and I can't understand why people can't be civil when talking politics. I have plenty of friends who disagree with me on many topics but we respect one another's opinions.