So one of #ChickenhawkMitt's gutless sons insults the President bit.ly/Qb1MsR who prevented a Great Depression, Saved GM & ended OBL— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) October 09, 2025
Seems I ruffled a bunch of feathers and the only attack they had was to claim I was spamming them by addressing them directly with the @ operator. So, I’ll just use the # operator and drive the message to all who see my tweets rather than risk having the account closed with only 28 days to go.
I wonder if we can retweet you, but then switch the # to @ on the RT, thereby making them MTs?
Eh, you see that, right? I got some of the lingo down. Ha!
Nope but, being disconnected from all my buddies who are fighting for PBO and Dems really did suck!
#ChickenHawkMitt informs America he's eager for more wars that the children of the #47Percent will be sent to fight while his party in Paris— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) October 09, 2025
Maybe I’m a little overly sensitized to racial stuff lately, but that slimey son of a snake called my President “an obstinate child”. That sounds like dog whistle code for “Boy” to me. Damn these fucking Repugs! Makes me wanna slap the silly off that punk’s ugly mug.
Not a whistle. It’s right there. They’re not even bothering to hide it.
I knew October was going to be hell and it sure is shaping up that way. The various Romneybots and their minions are out spreading their nastiness and it makes me sick. I can only read TOD and a couple others without going berserk.
I’ve never doubted for a second that the President would be re-elected but the toxic racist sludge that makes up the Republican party these days is worse — o so much worse — than I ever imagined.
PBO says “don’t boo. Vote.” Well, I’ve voted and now I just have to make sure that I’m still alive on November 7.
The people here are the best and the mere fact of your existence is enough to keep me going. Thank you all.
I feel the same way vsw. TOD keeps me from blowing a gasket 10 times a day. I’m so grateful for Chips and the entire TOD family.
Definitely need to work on keeping the blood pressure in check for the next few weeks.
A panorama of the crowd filling up the Oval, waiting for Obama to take the stage. #ObamaOval http://t.co/GytZPGnp— The Lantern (@TheLantern) October 09, 2025
We fought a Civil War to end slavery in the US. #MittRomney has made a fortune by exploiting offshore slaves & now wants to bring it home.— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) October 09, 2025
It is not bullshit. Many polls are showing this. The polls are tightening, but poll are meant to tighten and to expand. This closeness will give way to an expansion that extends till election day. That is what we want. We should not deny reality, but accept it and use it as a springboard to push harder that we did in 2008.
Expand is right…some polls are closer because Mitt is solidifying the Repubs not because Pres Obama is losing support. We just need to make sure registered voters vote! #gotv all the way to Nov 6!
Our O’friend “canadabarb4obama” asked me to pass the word that she just confirmed one additional early vote for President Obama and one for Elizabeth Warren in MA, from a young friend of her son, whom she’s been … uh … working on, to make sure the enthusiasm was there for our Prez. Congrats to Barb for her nudging across the border and many thanks to another smart Obama voter! If everybody brings in at least one new voter, even if we just encourage others from afar and can’t actually drive ‘em to the polls, we’ll have his back!
In this heartwarming video, Pres. Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wish First Dog Bo, Happy Birthday. youtu.be/orx1rUVxGwk— (@utaustinliberal) October 09, 2025
Effing John King and CNN: They’ve never polled OH but are saying that Mitt tightened it up significantly with polls showing PBO 7-10 pts. ahead. Was PBO ahead with LV, 7-10 points, or RV 7-10 points? Does anyone remember or have a link?
Good Afternoon TOD family. “I’ll be there for you, no matter what.” President Barack Obama.
I am so elated today. Had a great consultation with my cardiologist this morning, and he was sweet to allow me to continue with to work where my heart really is right now. He ofcourse, gave me some stern looks to cool it with the stress of shouting at tv and computers.
I promised. Really did. So I came home to hear the last part of our wonderful president. Then there was an email from Rufus at OFA. So I am asking a big favor, please.
I would like to please ask for 4 generous people each day to donate to my FR page $4.50 for the last 28 days to help us bring POB across the finish line.
My Dear Sara, I thank you so very much for your very generous donation. My heart is so full because when I was sitting there this morning in my cardiologist’s office, I felt something good was going to come out of the consultation.
I drove home with a fire in my heart that was a good heat of peace for something that we all are going to do to win this thing. I cried when I thought of all of the money that we have been told will be poured out with ugly ads against our president, and I knew that I had to take the step to make every effort possible to do what I can to connect with the goodness within our spirits.
My cardiologist is a very good doctor, and he told me that I have a strength that he has never seen in a long time with a patient who has my condition. He understood why I had the fire to fight and work hard to get this president re-elected. He is an American from another country, but I have always felt open with him.
He said, “Go get them, but I do not want to see you on an emergency.” I promised that I would do all that I know how to keep my stress down. This means so much to me and to all of us. We are helping a lot of people. We will move FORWARD with POB and VPBiden.
ugh, ya’ll have got to see this pic of Sarah Palin. Ugh. It’s really sad when the daughter looks more put together than the parent. It’s just pathetic seeing some older women desperately trying to hand on to their youth. All I could think wow, how the “mighty” have fallen.
combine that line with the toilet paper photo, and you have a strong reminder that the rethugs do not have the nation’s welfare in mind when they select candidates.
Obama camp brushes off bad polls
By DONOVAN SLACK | 10/9/12 3:32 PM EDT
The Obama campaign on Tuesday brushed aside polls showing the president lost significant ground after a disastrous debate performance last week.
When asked about a Pew survey that found Obama fell from an 8-point lead to a 4-point deficit, campaign spokeswoman Jenn Psaki said, “I’m not going to get into picking apart any individual poll.
“…We’ve always run this race like we’re 5 points down,” she told reporters aboard Air Force One. ”…We know that there are going to be many ups and downs… We have blinders on. We’re implementing our own game plan. We’re focused on getting our supporters out, communicating the choice.”
Psaki maintined that unlike Mitt Romney’s campaign, which has reportedly pulled back from Pennsylvania and upped its focus on Ohio, the Obama camp is still competing vigorously in every state it set its sights on from the beginning.
“We feel that the race and the states in play have been entirely consistent,” she said. “…This is a race that is being competed every day [in] about seven to nine states. That’s where we’re up on the air, that’s where our focus is.”
i love this line from today’s ’90 days 90 reasons’: the president you get is the country you get !
‘…the Bush years. Ah, remember them? The President you get is the country you get. Blackwater, Operation Freedom, levees, jumpsuits, Abu Ghraib, Enron. That shit-eating smirk that Cheney wore. ‘
RT @AshburnPatch: A huge crowd has turned out to hear First Lady Michelle #Obama in #Leesburg. http://t.co/Ord32IH8— Obama for America VA (@OFA_VA) October 09, 2025
Team Obama's ground game is amazing. As Pres. Obama concludes #OhioState rally, they're registering & busing students to polling places.— (@utaustinliberal) October 09, 2025
Ok, here’s a bit of the essay I just wrote for TPV. Should be up soon.
When Tea Partiers impugn “the government”, they neglect the first principle of a democracy: we are the government. All legitimacy flows from our hands. Nothing is legitimate unless it has our assent. That “government” has been cast as something foreign and insidious is perhaps the Right’s most pernicious achievement, and the one achievement with which Obama has had to contend the most. As a society we’ve given up our power of agency. If the government is the Other, then it cannot be reasoned with, it cannot be moved. It can only be contained, or ignored, or rebelled against. No change Obama wants to enact will ever be possible until we realize that all power comes from us, all change comes from us, that by our individual wills acting collectively we can remake the world. It’s a lesson which has to be relearned repeatedly, because the tragedy of humanity is that it forgets the good quickly, while the bad lingers as a bitter aftertaste.
The past week has been disheartening. We can argue about poll samples and skewing. And Joe Biden has his debate this week, and the next presidential debate is in a town hall format, in which Mitt Romney will have to answer questions without the Gish Gallop. Those two events should move the pendulum back. (And, of course, pollsters are already showing that the Romney bounce is dissipating.) But enough people have bought into Romney’s cotton-candy-and-unicorn fantasy land of painless change to again make this race close, even if only temporarily. We are only human. God cursed Adam by having the earth scream against him, and we’ve rebelled against that fiat ever since. If we get promised something for no cost, we grab at it wildly, even if the promise is logically impossible.
So what do we do? We do what we must, which is work. If you haven’t volunteered, do so. If you haven’t donated, and you’re able to, donate. If you’re on social media, push back against the narrative for which the corporate media yearn.
POTUS is just rushing through his speech. Totally racing through it so that it sounds memorized. The parts that aren’t memorized he’s getting twisted up. Having to dance around the word “lie” about Romney and his tax plans, etc. his argument gets all convoluted. Those arguments need to be crisp and clean as his audience doesn’t know all the detail behind why what Romney says doesn’t make any sense. I’m not a Clinton fan but that is one reason why he was good at the convention.
I’m sure he is tired of having to say these same things over and over month after month. Cmon Axelrod and Team - give him the feedback!
You call that nonsense? Ok then we are now acting like the GOP of a few weeks ago and saying the polls are crap. I have heard 95% of his speeches since 2008 and I easily recognize when he is speaking differently. Most everyone on TOD could easily hear that today he was impassioned, a bit hoarse but also speaking very quickly. The truth is uncomfortable but I have heard him several times get twisted up on exporting jobs versus products. I don’t have rose colored glasses on - it’s a fact and not nonsense. Plouffe’s book about the campaign spoke very candidly about how they didn’t have the right campaign in Texas to beat Hillary in the primary there and Michelle Obama was pissed about how it was being handled. Campaigns need continuous adjustments and that’s all I’m saying.
Look, instead of micromanaging the campaign and rehashing old skeletons from 2008, please find a phone bank or voter registration near you this evening. The concern trolling is tiresome…REAL tiresome.
Likewise, President Obama who has WON a state senate seat, a national senate seat, a DEM primary against a tough opponent, aAND a general election, and who is now leading in the polls (despite the crap the MSM is putting out there) doesn’t need campaign advice - thanks.
1. The Obama campaign admitted they didn’t prep for the debate properly so campaigns make mistakes. 2. POTUS said he didn’t perform well in it so presidents do make mistakes. 3. We need to win Ohio and his campaign speech there today was exactly as I described which wasn’t as good as he has been. 4. It’s a free country and I can state my opinion just like you and everyone else on this blog. I’m not harassing anyone but you are.
This Forus50 person has been going on and on for the last 5 posts or so in this know-it-all and most disrespectful, snarky manner…
Enough already for goodness sake…
Says they just got back from vacationing in Paris. Maybe they should have just stayed there through Nov. 6th. We absolutely do not need this peeing all over the blog at every turn…
I can’t even share this site with newbies any longer for fear that it completely discourages them…
If it comes that easy to Forus50, he or she should stop posting anonymously on random blogs, and boldly go run for something - take their own god damn advice while they are it…
This bullshit armchair quarterbacking has simply got to stop…
I have faith in President Obama, and his campaign. I’m going to stick by him when things are going great and when they aren’t going great. These people know what they are doing.
I am with you forus50 on the very constructive critiqueing- I don’t see what you say as criticism because you are loyal. I think most of us are just tired of all the Obama bashing over the last 5 years so do not want to give him any more panning. I too wish everyone here would allow differing opinions so long as they are not mean spirited. Lighten up TOD. It’s a discussion, and yes PBO gets a little tripped up- because he is HUMAN! And BUSY! And just gives a lot of damn speeches, people. He’s bound to get tired, my God. Why are we fighting each other when we are all equally concerned about our President?
And yet, the majority I’m reading though the speech was fine. Seriously, it may be time for some of us to take a break from everything and comeback with a fresh mind not waited down by the past debate.
I agree. Here’s a thought-before making a negative comment on here about our President’s performance or campaign, take a breath, go to barackobama.com and make 10 phone calls THEN come post your comment AND results of your calls.
Speaking of calls, I made some here in MI this evening. Democrat support is STRONG! This state will not go red!
Hmm, I have to disagree. I found this speech to be extremely good. He seems to have that fire in the belly that he had in 2008. In the speeches before the debate when he was leading, I felt his whole heart was not there and he was just saying the word. Now though, I feel like his heart is back in the game. The part you call rushing through, I say it’s ebullient fervor to stomp Romney out. He is in underdog mode and that is when he is at his best.
With all due respect, I am really tired of this constant comparison of Bill Clinton and President Obama. If Bill Clinton was such a great communicator, how come he never won 50% of the popular vote in both of his two elections?
I’m so sick of the crap being thrown at this President like he’s everyone’s pinata…
This Forus50 person has been at it on every single blog post today…
Sorry if unlike others I don’t exactly embrace this concept of ‘loyalty’ as personified by some here…
Hanging out on this blog for a while and periodically posting a positive sentiment in President Obama’s favor and other times slyly spreading demoralizing bullshit does not a ‘loyal’ comrade make…
We’ve always had slick trolls amongst us and they have always been savvy about engendering themselves to the group while throwing stink bombs every so often…especially when folks here go through their gloom period…
“Ohio is Obama country, we absolutely feel that,” spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters aboard Air Force One on Tuesday. “We’ve built the campaign in the state around two premises.”
The first, she said, is a massive grassroots effort, and the second is laying out the “stark choice” between Obama and Mitt Romney.
Psaki said the campaign is about to open its 120th office in Ohio and has been on the ground organizing for three and a half years, building over time. “This is an inherent ground game advantage.” She emphasized the importance of neighbor-to-neighbor programs, which can overcome negative ads on the airwaves and cold-calls from strangers. And she said the campaign is active in “all four corners of the state, even areas where we didn’t win and didn’t win by a large margin.”
As for laying out the choice between Obama and Romney, she said she is confident Ohioans will side with the president.
“We feel when you lay that out for people as we have been doing for months and months — that you’re looking at a choice between President Obama, who saved the auto industry accounting for one in eight jobs in the state in Ohio, whose been a fighter for manufacturing and creating more manufacturing jobs, who has made clear that he will fight for comtinuned access to affordable health care for Ohioans and for middle class tax cuts; and Mitt Romney, who has said, ‘Let Detroit go bankrupt,’ let’s fight for …tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, let’s support tax benefits for companies that ship jobs overseas,” she said. “That’s a pretty clear choice, one we’ll continue to [lay out] over the next 28 days.”
According to Columbus Deputy Fire Chief, Pres Obama drew 15,000 people to his rally on the Oval at OSU today.— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 09, 2025
Hey @JoshRomney Millions BRAVELY GAVE ALL your dad isn't even BRAVE ENOUGH to show ALL taxes.You sniveling pig. #USCG #vets #Veterans #IAVA— Chris P Pickel (@SpaceCheef) October 09, 2025
Changing positions is a GOP strategy if it means they can muddy the water and cause confusion/discord within the Dem’s Tent; this worked in 2010.
Arianna Huffington perfected this strategy…pretend you are a reform Republican long enough to (Fox in the hen house) gain credibility among Liberal followers…blaring the lines which is design to cause confusion. When they are attack by Republicans because they take a left position publicly they are seen as credible/moderate by the left…once they gain a large enough audience they go right back to being on the Right.
A strategy that been effective, when needed to suppress the vote and depress Dems.
Jon Stewart is a Republican; who was the first to start the “they (Dems & Republicans) both do it narrative”—Youth Audience
If you believe the Republicans was planning President Obama defeat from day 1; don’t you think the media was a part of that strategy as well?
The GOP had to control the air waves of the so-call liberal media ….Romney/ Bain have been busy buying up network interest; i.e. CNN (Tea Party deal), Current TV (yes Current), Comcast…bought NBC/MSNBC right after President Obama was elected (Keith O was let go–although he had the highest rating on MSNBC at the time; notice who told Dems not to vote in 2010 on MSNBC… coincidence?)
The MSM isn’t distracted they are focus….break President Obama Enthusiasm.
Notice the words they have be using to describe President Obama supports even before the debate “Enthusiasm Gap”…how do you create one; when non-exist?
@glr103040 It's okay - there's not many of them left. Most women instinctively don't want to breed with stupid, racist men. It's biology. — Tally Briggs (@bardgal) October 09, 2025
#BainMitt profited from Chinese female slave laborers bit.ly/NiRVkG No wonder he's cool with #Ryan, #Akin incessant war on US women.— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) October 09, 2025
So, hopefully some of you will take a gander at my new piece on TPV. Wifey went to the nutritionist today to get a rundown of her diet pre- and post-surgery. When I read it, it really hit home how brave she is for going through with this, and got me thinking about how to relate it to our recent political angst.
BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO on your piece. Just magnifico.
And hats off to your wife, who is taking a difficult but life-altering step. And kudos to you for supporting her and standing by her side during the process. Very best wishes to her!!
+ 1,000,000,000 Meta. What an inspiring piece LL, and a truly perfect analogy with what’s happening right now.
Nothing good “falls from a tree like ripe fruit. It has to be grabbed, wrestled with, hammered into a desired shape. It requires work, hard work, the kind of work which voting for and supporting those who want to effect change is only the beginning.”
Like Meta, I wish you and your wife only the best.
Saw news of this on Tweety, have no idea of its worth—-The Choice airing tonight on Frontline on PBS. I don’t think I can gut the Willard parts—-but interested in what they have to say about PBO
Thank you, Austin! And—-don’t college student look young these days?
Austin just boarded a bus to vote early for @BarackObama in his first election! #OHVotesEarly OFA.BO/tLrX28 http://t.co/DR5Awr1P— Obama for America OH (@OFA_OH) October 09, 2025
WOW!!!!!! Wasn’t our FLOTUS fantastic? I have heard the speech before but she had such energy. We have to get this done. We have to re-elect President Obama.
See above for how I felt about that whole speech. I shall refrain from repeating cause according to hopefruit2 PBO is on to me and dude has dozens of guys with guns. So….
Yo #NEWSTAINERS & RW #POLLJOCKIES take a look at all the white males at #PBO's Rally today bit.ly/TsO8oI We are not as divided as …— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) October 09, 2025
I just want to hopefully bring our attention to the wonderful young people who are rising up and moving the conversations to the public in a positive and very informative way.. I was resting after making some night calls for POB, and I decided to turn to C-SPAN2. To my delight Sandra Fluke was the featured speaker at SMU(Southern Methodist University in Texas. She was speaking on “Women’s Health and Contraception.” Please try to put that into you ‘favorites to watch.’ So much information to share with our friends and family.
I hope that we will always remember that we can be the change that we want to be and in many cases, can be in our society today. POB has made some many changes for all of us to take part in during his first term, and I for one am very elated to be involved in my small way.
The young people have really moved me and daily make me a very proud “older citizen” smile with joy when I see how since the election of POB, we have so many young brilliant writers, speakers, advocates for many very important issues facing all of these days.
So thank you Chips for providing this beautiful haven for us to share constructed remarks that will continue to support POB in a positive manner. That was the first thing that caught my attention when I read that was the main purpose of this blog by Chips.
I would hope that we all will realize that we have all been through some very difficult times during POB’s first term. POB never asked us to agree with him on everything he does or says. However, this blog is a supportive tool for POB. Our suggestions to the campaign, I feel should be directed to Mr. Messina or Stephanie Cutter, or David Axelrod in Chicago. They listen to you there. I have called and they were very pleasant and very interesting to listening to my suggestions.
We have 28 days to make this election work in our favor, but we must also be mindful of the ‘little stones’, if thrown can wound many who are very tender in heart during this time. Our nerves are very fragile, our minds are depleted of rest, and relaxation. This maybe due to the fact that we are trying to do as much as possible to make phone calls, find funding to help in fundraising pages, going door to door, holding meetings in our homes, community training, and local communities meetings.,
We might want to step back and relax a little and replenish our bodies. The body will put us on notice very quickly and loudly, when we deprive it of those precious needs:, such as rest, relaxation, and good nourishments. Relax. Take a few days away, and come back together to finish the race.
We are such a great family here, so just a loving word of caution, let us continue to stand together with positive conversation, speak with care and respect as we become critical of POB and each other. He has always told us, “I am not a perfect man, and I will not be a perfect president, but I will always tell you the truth.” So since he said that statement, then I think we should take up our criticism with him via a contact with him through the White House.gov site.
Let us enjoy as a beautiful family here our differences, but with respect and try to enjoy these 28 days with living carefully daily, laughing much, and loving always. Now, I am going to finish my glass of “cardio red wine” and read a little.
I hope you all will still love me, but I hope that I will respect you as well. ((((Goodnight TODers.))))))HZ
Priorities USA: Nevada, Wisconsin look OK
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 10/9/12 5:52 PM EDT
Amid today’s Democratic semi-freakout over the state of the 2012 campaign, Obama super PAC strategist Bill Burton emails that in at least two swing states, the race is stable and looking fine:
Priorities USA Action polling after the debate in NV and WI shows President Obama still leading and still at or above 50% in both states. And while President Obama’s lead is similar to where the race was in our pre-debate polling, Romney still trails by wide margins on traits like standing up for the middle class.
In most of the public polls out today, the President is not losing ground, Romney is simply picking up support he was always going to receive.
Priorities isn’t putting out the full polls, so take that for whatever you will. If Obama wins Nevada and Wisconsin, and continues to maintain a lead in Ohio, that would give him the 270 electoral votes he needs to win. Which is why the Romney campaign knows it needs to keep gaining ground throughout the month of October and take full advantage of the debate bounce the Republican appears to have earned nationally.
I’m sure this was discussed earlier, but that Spanish language add seems very good. For the Spanish speakers among us, how was the President’s Spanish? I know he said recently that he was working on the language with his daughters, but he sounds quite fluent there.
I’m not Spanish, but I saw a Spanish lady on Ed Schultz’ show state that she was touched by President Obama’s ad and that his Spanish was very good. She also said that she wasn’t aware of any other Presidential candidate speaking in Spanish in an election ad.
Why aren't TEAGOP upset Romney now WHITE Obama?Four Key Areas Where Romney’s ‘New’ Foreign Policy Is Identical To Obama thkpr.gs/PPvfX3— Tally Briggs (@bardgal) October 09, 2025
We knocked on over 800 doors this weekend in Ohio! This was a great note to end on =) #OHVotesEarly @BarackObama http://t.co/zI0zRjun— Purdue Democrats (@purduedemocrats) October 09, 2025
TEAGOP prove what COMPLETE RACISTS they are by having no problem with Romney as #MITTWHITEOBAMA thkpr.gs/PPvfX3— Tally Briggs (@bardgal) October 09, 2025
For a #NEOCONSTER #ChickenHawk like #MittRomney it's ALWAYS to soon to end unjust, protracted war because it limits #MIC cash flow.— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) October 09, 2025
Mitt Romney said Tuesday he has no plans to push for legislation limiting abortion, a softer stance from a candidate who has said he would “get rid of” funding for Planned Parenthood and appoint Supreme Court who would overturn Roe v. Wade.
“There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda,” the Republican presidential nominee told The Des Moines Register in an interview.
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Hey all you haters of Planned Parenthood & Roe V Wade, yes, You #teabaggers #tcot, your dude #MittRomney ditched you bit.ly/RdGslt— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) October 09, 2025
OMG! I posted in the earlier thread about Sarah Palin, but my god is is worse than I thought.
What the hell is going on with the woman. The first picture I saw was pathetic, but these series of photos from the original article just makes me feel sad for her and hope that she gets some help or something.
you’ve gotta check out her old “healthy-looking” pic and what she apparently looks like now.
Gawd damn u karma for making me feel sad for Sarah freakin’ Palin
‘I’m writing a fitness book!’ Sarah Palin hits back as the row grows over her shocking new skinny figure
Controversial Sarah Palin has been forced to hit back after being caught up in a furore over her new scarily skinny figure.
Mrs Palin, 48, debuted her new look as she strolled through California’s Studio City, dressed in an outfit that appeared to have been plundered from one of her young daughter’s wardrobes.
Dressed in tight black jeans, a crop top that looked like it had been stolen off the set of Flashdance, and high wedges, the former vice presidential hopeful looked a million miles away from the campaign trail.
But the look was greeted in less than flattering terms by many - prompting Mrs Palin to claim she is, in fact, now writing a fitness book.
Save your sympathy for someone who deserves it Lamh35 - Mrs Palin has caused grief to the many - her hatred for the President has turned her into the person she is today.
He's turning up everywhere, the feathered fella #Obama2012 (Ohio State University, Oct 9) http://t.co/VRxCyV7G— The Obama Diary (@TheObamaDiary) October 09, 2025
CO-06: Joe Miklosi (D) has pulled within 3 points of Rep. Mike Coffman (R). Coffman has more money, but the DCCC is jumping in. (OpenSecrets) (KDVR)
FL-02: The two candidates are basically tied, yet the Democrat, Al Lawson, is underfunded. (DCCC) (OpenSecrets)
FL-10: The candidates are near-tied in support and money. Val Demings (D) hopes to unseat freshman Rep. Daniel Webster. (OpenSecrets)
MI-03: Democrat Steve Pestka is putting freshman Republican Justin Amash in jeopardy. (MichiganLive) (OpenSecrets)
OH-07: Both the DCCC and NRCC are investing in this race. The Democratic challenger, Joyce Healy-Abrams, is making a late and underfunded move to overcome poor name recognition. (OpenSecrets)
CA-21: Although this race has not received DCCC support, it appears to be vulnerable, thanks to a growing Hispanic population. Hernandez really needs the money. (Hotline) (John Hernandez for House) (OpenSecrets)
CA-36: Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R), Sonny’s widow, is in surprising jeopardy. Her opponent, Raul Ruiz, has been out-fundraised, mainly because of Republican PAC money. (OpenSecrets) ‘
hahahahahaha……i feel that way sometimes …i can’t get TOD at work…so i have the comments come to my email…but argggggggg…i can’t comment….however i can tweet….figure that one out!!…
First lady Michelle Obama has completed her 30 minute speech before a roaring crowd of more than 1,000 supporters gathered at the Loudoun County Fairgrounds. This article includes notes from her remarks and will be updated as additional reports are compiled.
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“Now this is what I call a rally,” she said, taking the stage at 5:30 p.m.
“It is a choice about our values, our hopes and our aspirations.”
“We believe in an America where we all understand that none of us gets where we are on our own.”
“We all know good and well cutting Sesame Street is no way to balance a budget.”
“We believe in a president who tells us the truth even when it’s hard, especially when it’s hard.”
“We know my husband will always have our backs.” -Michelle Obama on women’s rights
So, I will not lie: I’ve been quite pissed off and dejected for the past two days. Not at PBO; my faith in him hasn’t wavered. But angry beyond words at the cast of characters arrayed against him, against us, against a more just and human country. As I said in my piece, we can argue about “skewed” polls and sample sizes and so on; but it’s undeniable that enough people bought Romney’s line in the debate to again make this a close race.
But, as always, writing is therapy. Really, I have no idea what I’d do without this outlet. It’s one way for me to add my voice to the many so that we can be heard.
And now I’m in a much better place. My friend was at the library today, and she repeated Stephanie Miller’s refrain: “Everybody, drink decaf for the next few days.” The polls will snap back, the “bounce” will dissipate, and at the end of the day Mitt Romney is still a lying non-entity, and Barack Obama is Barack Obama. I’ll take those odds.
I know there are many great white guys out there (I married one of them) but those who support Romney are people who hate their country - they don’t want to pay any taxes - don’t want to pay for anything that is not for their own personal use - don’t want to invest in America - don’t want to share the wealth, the health care, not even the national parks - they just want to live as the elite (& those who will never get there, keep thinking the GOP has the golden ticket).
What they really don’t want is a black man to be part of the best the country has to offer - and he is head shoulders and everything else beyond what they will ever be.
Wait…Am I to understand that Mitt isn’t going to defund Planned Parenthood anymore? He’s embracing parts of Romneycare, mimicing PBOs Foreign Policy and doesn’t want to give rich people any more tax cuts? How do his Tea People feel about this?
Is the Massachusetts Moderate the guy that the Santorum and Gingrich people want to vote for?????
Someone needs to ask them?
Perhpas they’re not aware that MIddle Mitt is back.
Who would President Mitt be?
a) Severly Conservative Mitt (the guy who supports Personhood amendments)
b) Moderate Mitt (the guy who claims to cover pre-exisiting conditions-not)
c) Big Bird (aka…Seamus)
d) none of the above (some new guy he hasn’t invented yet)
IMHO, this SHOULD be the current meme. WHO IS THIS GUY?
Not who’s up by 2, who’s down by two. 28 days out , that doesn’t matter.
Now that I think about it…didn’t ugly Ann Coulter say, just a month or so ago, that Mitt’s campaign surrogate who trumpeted Romeycare should be fired immediately?
What does Ann now think about the new Middle Mitt?
How bout Hannity? and Limbaugh? How are they feeling about Mitt running away from his 47% comments.
They said that he should embrace those comments.
Do they have any idea what they’re buying with this guy???
They need to be asked these questions?
I sure hope that VPOTUS will be asking Ryan a few specifics about Middle Mitt’s new revelations on how this country should run.
I think he might be to the left of the President on a few things!
Could someone please tweet (I don’t:) hannity and limbaugh that Middle Mitt is to the left of PBO all of a sudden.
Like to see some reactions to ALL of his NEW positions.
Thanks in advance.
the fact that the right wingers aren’t screaming with fury about myth’s newly liberal policies means they already know he’ll do or say anything if he thinks it will get him some votes. they’re not worried about this apparent shift to the left, because they don’t care what he says-just what he does. we see his record, and we know his words are lies. so do they. but they think it’s a coy tactic, not a sign of moral debasement and/or insanity.
Susanne, I suppose you’re right about the rwnjs not caring about his tactics. But I think that the voters, like the Santorum voters, would be a little less enthusiastic about going to the polls to vote for this new Mitt.
The right wingers are the same ones who rejected the notion that the 47% Romney was talking about couldn’t possibly have been referring to them. They’ll vote for Mitt because they’ll convince themselves that this newly found ‘moderate’ stance is just a tactic. Their only motivator is to get President Obama out of the White House by Jan 20 - they’re not concerned about what happens on Jan 21. We have to let Jan 21 motivate us even stronger.
Beautiful: 15,000 - yes, 15,000! - turned up for President Obama (Ohio State University, Oct 9) dispatch.com/content/storie… http://t.co/kfeU65bB— The Obama Diary (@TheObamaDiary) October 09, 2025
@ThePoliticsBabe @sullydish @BarackObama He didn't give it 2 you in the 1st place- YOU placed it on his shoulders. We need 2 hv his back.— Dudette (@Dudette9t9) October 09, 2025
truly!
think of it this way: if you want to abandon hope, vote rethug. if you want to feel infused with hope, vote pbo and give him a dem congress! as the president says, this is up to you, america!
Hey, I wanted to tell you, I watched one of my fave movies that other night “Men of Honor” (Cuba Gooding Jr. & DeNiro story about Navy Diving Master Chief Carl Brashear) for like the UMPTEENTH time. Still gives me chills and makes me jump up and applaud!
Thought of my TOD-brother, Yardarm, as I was watching it! Gotta remember to make the nephews sit still long enough to watch it sometime.
Sorry to disappoint. Carl was a ‘lifer’ all I did was 10 years. Each stripe on his forearm represents four years of service and the gold indicates at least 12 years of good conduct.
Thanks Dudette. People sitting on their asses asking for hope from PBO? Hope comes from within. Now that shit makes me mad. Frick sullydish and the politics babe if she thinks all her fortunes lie with one human being. Can’t believe the fantasy these people live in.
Too many small-minded people wanna see a wrestling/boxing match, when the campaign for the most important job on the planet is about strategy and is not limited to a single game. If anything it’s more like a chess tournament played on a tilting platform suspended by a thread over a 10,000 ft pit of vipers and alligators.
Like I told friends back in 2008 who wanted to see him come out slugging — he can either wallow in the mud to get YOUR rocks off or he could BE PRESIDENT. Which do you think he’ll choose?
We should be taunting the right wing blogs - ‘conservatism is such bullshit that R couldn’t win as a conservative so he has to take Obama’s ideas. Their movement is dead, tired ad doesn’t work. Ha Ha - they have no convictions or principles - look what they are letting RR get away with” Or kinda along those lines - let’s see if the have any principles to call Romney out . Let’s ridicule them : ‘typical conservatives - no principles on anything, debt, taxes, abortion etc. I mean let;s find the most wounding thing we can say and taunt them. IMO ridicule works much better than outrage - stings more cause it makes them look weak and dumb. Lord knows the righties hate to think of themselves as weak.
As long as people remember that the stuff he’s explaining include President Obama’s actual accomplishments… some of which are reversing Bill Clinton’s actual accomplishments.
Women who vote #Romney can no longer say they hate guys who lie to them and are full of shit. #JustSayin #p2 #tcot— Jay Gunnyon (@bluejaygunnyon) October 09, 2025
I found out about the Likely voter model BS.
Try and follow me, it’s brand new likely voter model that the pollsters are using.
1) on a scale 1-10 if you say 9 or above
2)if you voted in 2008
3) if you voted in 2010
If they ask you to vote on a scale 1-10 ! I guess a ten means you will vote during a category 1 hurricane.
A nine means a bad thunderstorm you will still vote etc!
Thanks Jovie for sharing. I always suspected that the LV model was calibrated in such a way to favor Republican candidates whose voters are older and more likely vote in the midterms.
This BS model as you call it automatically eliminates 18 and 19 year olds who are very excited to vote this year but didn’t vote in 2008 OR in 2010 because they were under-aged. And who do you think 18 and 19 year olds are more likely to vote for ?!?
Secondly, minority and younger voters are less likely to vote in a midterm even though they might be very excited to vote in a Presidential election.
Exactly, hopefruit! I should have read your comment before making my comment which basically says the same thing you said about young people not eligible to vote in 2008 and 2010.
Great find Jovie! The #1 criterion makes absolutely no sense. I would put 8 and above to be a definite voter and 5 and above to be a likely voter. If I am 50% or more sure that I will vote, then I am a likely voter, whereas if I am less than 50% that I will be voting then I am an unlikely voter. With respect to the #2 criterion I wonder how they measure young people who were not eligible to vote in 2008 but are now eligible to vote in 2012? Are they simply dismissed? As for criterion #3, the same question of age eligibility applies. Young people who were 16 and 17 in 2010 are now eligible to vote. Some of them seem to be very enthusiastic about casting their first vote. But since they didn’t vote in 2008 or 2010 they do not qualify as likely voters. Finally, I wonder why #3 is being used to measure likely voters. Pollsters are certainly familiar with low turn-outs during Congressional mid-term elections compared to Presidential elections. So, if your purpose is not to distort poll results, why use mid-term elections to measure Presidential elections.
Bottom line: I totally agree with you, Jovie, that this “likely voter model” is “crap.” On the other hand it’s what the media will peddle continuously.
Happening now: A dance party and celebration of voting in Columbus! #OHVotesEarly OFA.BO/VoteOH http://t.co/QYrujOCk— Obama for America OH (@OFA_OH) October 09, 2025
He sucks bad! He is a total waste of a pundit. Now he is in Florida saying he takes to people saying they were disappointed in the president, at the debate.
Same thIng in Ohio, ditto.
He is full of shit!
Just emailed and told him he was causing so much damage and costing PBO votes and I would no longer be a loyal viewer….not that I think he gives a ca ca but I do.
ED is a double agent and a ratfucker. This guy is in Florida influencing voters against the President, like he did in 2010 telling voters to not vote. I never trust him, regardless of how much he tries to pretend to be a Democrat, he is working for the Republicans, he just have to come across convincingly to us as a Democrat. Mission Accomplished. Just like Mrs. Huffington he has fooled a lot of us.
I just decided to do the same HF. Ed just made my blood pressure rise and my health isn’t worth listening to him and others complain about PBO’s debate performance.
I’m sorry but Ed is totally unacceptable. PBO has a so-so debate and everything he has accomplished over the last three and 3/4 years is forgotten, doesn’t count?
Why is that? Clinton was impeached and is great? What’s the difference between these two? I wonder…..
When Ed made his biggest mistake to date on his show and had to apologize people did not abandon him. Maybe they should now and a ratings tank will “teach him a lesson” just like he advised Dems to note vote in 2010 to teach PBO and Dems a lesson.
I sent him an email Friday and told him “so long.” Pointed out that I forgave him for what he did in 2010 and have continued to be a very loyal listener/watcher, but “I’m done.”
When you're on your knees and you need a hand up and you're not willing to give up, we're not going to give up on you either. #debate8— Tammy Duckworth (@Tammy4Congress) October 10, 2025
I am so sick of this “hair on fire” s@@@ by Ed and other fairweather Dems. They should realize that they are making things worse by dwelling on this. Enough already.
It’s almost like he’s being motivated to keep the debate front and center. If they were real Dems, they’d be prepping the field for the VP debate in two days, educating the public about Paul Ryan and discussing potential strategies and lies he might use. They would also be using their air time to encourage people to vote early, highlighting Dems in districts where they’re being bombarded with deceptive ads from the right wing SuperPACs and emphasizing the stark choice and consequences between both parties (e.g. war, Supreme Court, jobs bill). They would be looking forward, trying to help with the election, instead of clearly working against the Democrats. The fact that they’re not focusing on doing just these things tells me that they’re not actually working for Dems to win the election.
I don’t know about you, Theo, but I am so tired of these guys and their playbook YET I HAVE NEVER WATCHED THEIR SHOW! Can you hear what I’m saying? I think, for something to do, I’m going to take a couple of your suggestions and tweet them in the direction of Dear Ed - a momentary release from my frustration at seeing him appearing so frequently in my PBO life.
See that 'O' in the middle? It's a message to Obama supporters to circle the Pres and 'fight' TOGETHER! Forget EdShow! youtube.com/watch?feature=…— Vick C. (@sonamie) October 10, 2025
Good idea, but Ed already knows what he should be doing. This roller coaster that they love to take us on means they know what to emphasize to Democrats to encourage them, just like they know what to do to discourage Democrats. I was done with Chris Matthews for a long time. I’m done with Ed. Done with Rachel. Tentative about Lawrence and Rev Al (just because he still has to follow the producers’ direction). At this point, I’m committing to just watching President Obama live, and not watching any of this nonsense. It was sending me over the edge.
I’m a POTUS, FLOTUS, VPotus only kind of creature with little interest in these other guys/gals unless someone posts a segment here. And even then, if I start watching and don’t like the initial tone I quit. Here are my tweets to get the scent of Ed, picked up here, out of my nostrils
@edshow: YOU can’t change history so try 2 impact future. Emphasize choices voters have & consequences. STOP BEATING PBO. Enough’s enough!— Vick C. (@sonamie) October 10, 2025
@edshow: Why not highlight Dems in districts bombarded with deceptive ads? THAT would be helpful. Encourage early voting. THAT's helpful 2!— Vick C. (@sonamie) October 10, 2025
@edshow: Debate 1 was a week ago! Be proactive by educating the public about Paul Ryan and his lying to date. HELP to shape the outcome 4 #2— Vick C. (@sonamie) October 10, 2025
Hi Dudes, I gather you have been busy working for both of us! So good to see you. Just trying to add my piece for unity ’cause I really don’t see how pointing out all the ‘faults’ or ‘weakness’ or misstep of this one human being who is fighting so hard against so many actually helps US. To me it’s like pinching and slicing at a relative who stepped on a stone, stumbled hard and hurt an ankle. We wouldn’t do it in real life, so why do it virtually?
Didn’t you see the President not too long ago, Aunt Sis? Are you sure that ticket you’re holding isn’t mine? Check the fine print, please. {You fortunate soul, you. Have an inspiring time!
Follow the lead of these awesome folks in Cincinnati-get registered and vote! OFA.BO/VoteOH instagr.am/p/QlJtkbx6Aw/ h/t @pittjp— Obama for America OH (@OFA_OH) October 10, 2025
We can sigh together, Magapie. *SIGH* Unfortunately PBO has absolutely no plans to come my way anytime soon because my corner hasn’t been painted any colour at all. *SIGH*
did Dems learn nothing from expectations game last time Biden will do fine, but fine=bad w/such high expectation. I see from my twitter timeline, that Ed Schultz and Tweety have all laid out what Biden better do on Thursday and the expectation that Biden wraps Romney’s lies around Ryan’s neck and all I see is a bunch of pundits on our side once again waging an expectations game that no way will Biden win. Ryan wins by default of standing up to Biden. mark my words, Biden will be fine, but the after debate punditry will of course be “not enough” on Biden’s part.
I’d be interested in seeing what Rachel & Lawrence add to the expectations game.
This is how the punditry give Robney a boost, and they are focusing on MSNBainC primarily. Set expectations really high for Biden. Check.
The thing Is we will not be taken by surprise twice, we will be prepared for lies and damn lies.
That is a good thing, you cannot fool the Obama camp twice.
Here’s a link to the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. October 2008, the month before the President was elected was disastrous. People were panicking as their life savings and 401ks were disappearing before their eyes. I’m talking people who were depending on that money for retirement. I am tweeting out the Dow numbers and comparing them to what they are today? We should do this all through October. October 10th 2008 was 8451.19. Today October 9th 2012 the Dow is 13473.31. Are we better off than we were 4 years ago? Of course. But people need reminding constantly.
Here’s a quote I just saw, which I’ll share after seeing that tweet:
“There is nothing wrong with the world that a sensible woman could not settle in an afternoon.”
Not sure who said that, and it’s a little grand of a thought, but if Tammy runs over Joe in the race and wins, she’ll be settling the “wrong” that is Joe Walsh, quite nicely. And then he will be gone, dotster3! Gone!
@ppppolls Instead she's being LIFTED by his superior record as President as she's not afraid to embrace his policies.— (@aspirational12) October 10, 2025
Here’s a gentle suggestion: When any media personality, news outlet or polling outfit tries to make some snarky allusion to PBO and the debate, throw it right back in their faces. Don’t take their bait and buy into their narrative. We have enough tools at our disposal and a President who has had a superior record. Don’t let the media determine how the narrative is going to play out.
It’s overwhelming, just how many Republican states, counties and organizations are blatantly breaking the law in an attempt to suppress Democratic voters. In this case, it’s being done by “unofficial” groups, but of course the GOP is looking the other way. I wonder if the Justice Department is going to do anything about these attempts to steal the election:
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin election officials are warning voters to be cautious about slick mailings giving misleading or incorrect information about voter registration and absentee voting.
The Government Accountability Board said in a release Monday that it and local election officials around the state have been receiving an increasing number of questions and complaints and recent mailings that contain errors that could interfere with voting.
One of the mailings in question from the Republican Party of Wisconsin incorrectly told residents in the heavily Democratic areas of Madison and Dane County to return voter registration applications to the town of Albion, even if they did not live there.
Board director Kevin Kennedy recommends that voters rely on information from their local municipal clerk’s office or the Myvote.wi.gov website.
We have voter suppression going on at MSNBC from so-called “liberal” as we speak. From what I saw on Twitter (I stopped watching MSNBC), Ed Schultz is advising folks to not register to vote if this President is going to “disappoint” them.
"If you believe VP debate was a draw … you deserve health-care voucher that's coming your way in 2014" #VPDebate esquire.com/blogs/politics… 23 minutes ago
Two Pinocchios #Romney #Ryan #VPDebate http://t.co/a0mU5F13 44 minutes ago
Such outrageous behavior at the #VPDebate .... http://t.co/nK5dB3tS 50 minutes ago
VP Biden's gift for President Obama #VPDebate http://t.co/RHIWOCnH 58 minutes ago
The levels to which they sink: A Romney/Ryan supporter at a campaign event in Lancaster, Ohio google.com/hostednews/get… http://t.co/uYRDE4Nh 1 hour ago
White House.gov
wat.
I’m here all alone…. I haz a sad.
Congrats Tally, just got home. We’ll keep you company now.:-)
Congrats Tally.
Oh, happy day!!! I”m out of Twittmo
#FORWARD
hey babe - what happened? did you exceed your daily quota?
Bob, I don’t understand why you were in twitter jail again??? Glad to see you freed!!
Right on Lootenant.
Tally, meta, sailor - thank you!!
Seems I ruffled a bunch of feathers and the only attack they had was to claim I was spamming them by addressing them directly with the @ operator. So, I’ll just use the # operator and drive the message to all who see my tweets rather than risk having the account closed with only 28 days to go.
#FORWARD
They define the word, for sure, Tally.
#PRESSON
Miserable bastards!
I wonder if we can retweet you, but then switch the # to @ on the RT, thereby making them MTs?
Eh, you see that, right? I got some of the lingo down. Ha!
You can ask Denea also too, she is a TwitterMasteress!
Yes, definitely, my friend.
#FORWARD
That is great news. I am happy for you and the great work you do for Us here at TOD and America at large.
Oh Happy day……Oh happy Day.
Thank you so much, Nena!!!
#FORWARD
Woooooooooooooooot, THRILLED Bob!!!!!!!
“Twittmo”
Thank you so much, Chips!!! Great photo - just how happy I feel, for sure, bursting with joy!!!
#PRESSON
Twittmo. were you water boarded????
Nope
but, being disconnected from all my buddies who are fighting for PBO and Dems really did suck!
#PRESSON
Hi Bob! Welcome back!
Maybe I’m a little overly sensitized to racial stuff lately, but that slimey son of a snake called my President “an obstinate child”. That sounds like dog whistle code for “Boy” to me. Damn these fucking Repugs! Makes me wanna slap the silly off that punk’s ugly mug.
Not a whistle. It’s right there. They’re not even bothering to hide it.
I knew October was going to be hell and it sure is shaping up that way. The various Romneybots and their minions are out spreading their nastiness and it makes me sick. I can only read TOD and a couple others without going berserk.
I’ve never doubted for a second that the President would be re-elected but the toxic racist sludge that makes up the Republican party these days is worse — o so much worse — than I ever imagined.
PBO says “don’t boo. Vote.” Well, I’ve voted and now I just have to make sure that I’m still alive on November 7.
The people here are the best and the mere fact of your existence is enough to keep me going. Thank you all.
I feel the same way vsw. TOD keeps me from blowing a gasket 10 times a day. I’m so grateful for Chips and the entire TOD family.
Definitely need to work on keeping the blood pressure in check for the next few weeks.
Off topic but I love your gravatar. Agree that TOD allows everyone to take a deep breath.
Be calm, friend. We are going to get this done and move humanity forward, together.
Yes We Will
Agree. They no longer hide their vicious, vile racism. They know we are finally ending the Civil War and they are the losers, big time.
7 Nov will be a very, very bad day for all of them.
#FORWARD
Likely voters Ohio according to CNN/ORC Poll 51%- 47% in favor of PBO.
Registered voters different story. GOTV!!!!
https://twitter.com/MrDane1982/status/255764030256451584
I feel the mounting TEAGOP poutrage.
Ohio - http://www.10tv.com/content/sections/video/breaking.html
Will-i-am performing now.
Thank you JER!
Streaming has started for Michelle Obama:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=4
I wonder if Willard’s Spanish is as good as his French.
Not even as good as his ‘English’ Yardarm! How are you doing shipmate?
4 MORE FOR44! I’m keeping me eye on the prize.
No better place to keep your eye
Hope all’s good Yardarm.
I’M HERE WITH ME RHUM AND COCA-COLA WAITING FOR THE PRES TO SPEAK.
My kinda guy!!
And there he is!!! Let’s toast our President!
Here, here!
**clink**
Cheers! Down the hatch.
I am at work. So water will have to do .. Cheers
It’s okay flint. A toast is…..
Yes, water, but the spirit of camaraderie is what counts!
Agree - raising my mug of tea to all of you and our dear President!!!
Apparently down 30 points with white men:
Gee, I wonder why?
That is not to shocking. White men are terrified of losing power……
Linda, I could be wrong, but I say the big “R” has alot to do with it. Racists.
I always question those “white male” votes, because we always see a lot of white males at President Obama’s rallies. Lots of them.
Will.I.Am is rocking out and the crowd is fired up.
C-SPAN One is also going to air Pres. Obama’s rally on TV.
Sesame Street!
HA! Will I am started playing the sesame street song!
Will.I.Am just played the Sesame Street song. Hahahahahaha. Big Bird goes viral.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepin’, fantastic!!!!
there is an NBC News polls probably coming now supposedly for Thursday. I expect it to be weighted tho show Romney ahead. so be forewarned!
The President will be on cspan 1 at 5!
Glory be!
Live YouTube link:
all this poll tightening bullshit, even Martin’s talking about it - UGH
It is not bullshit. Many polls are showing this. The polls are tightening, but poll are meant to tighten and to expand. This closeness will give way to an expansion that extends till election day. That is what we want. We should not deny reality, but accept it and use it as a springboard to push harder that we did in 2008.
I welcome this new narrative.
Sound advice.
Expand is right…some polls are closer because Mitt is solidifying the Repubs not because Pres Obama is losing support. We just need to make sure registered voters vote! #gotv all the way to Nov 6!
Our O’friend “canadabarb4obama” asked me to pass the word that she just confirmed one additional early vote for President Obama and one for Elizabeth Warren in MA, from a young friend of her son, whom she’s been … uh … working on, to make sure the enthusiasm was there for our Prez. Congrats to Barb for her nudging across the border and many thanks to another smart Obama voter! If everybody brings in at least one new voter, even if we just encourage others from afar and can’t actually drive ‘em to the polls, we’ll have his back!
Way to gooooooo to our friend, Canadian Barb!! Every vote puts us that much closer to victory!!
The CBS 2 link has the time as 5 :50.
I have watch this and it is so sweet. Happy Birthday Bo, our First Dog.
When POTUS is not there Softy let Bo on the bed.
Oh that is sooo cute!
RT’ed
I love how Bo turned around on the steps to the AFOne just like PBO!! Cool.
Effing John King and CNN: They’ve never polled OH but are saying that Mitt tightened it up significantly with polls showing PBO 7-10 pts. ahead. Was PBO ahead with LV, 7-10 points, or RV 7-10 points? Does anyone remember or have a link?
I am so glad I have taken today off from these “F” polls.
Effing Polls.
I know you know this, too, but eff the polls. It’s the ground game now!
Media is really pissing me off.
If Mitt is 2 points up, he’s WINNING.
If it’s Obama, Mitt’s “tightening the race”.
Fuckin pundits…
Good Afternoon TOD family. “I’ll be there for you, no matter what.” President Barack Obama.
I am so elated today. Had a great consultation with my cardiologist this morning, and he was sweet to allow me to continue with to work where my heart really is right now. He ofcourse, gave me some stern looks to cool it with the stress of shouting at tv and computers.
I promised. Really did. So I came home to hear the last part of our wonderful president. Then there was an email from Rufus at OFA. So I am asking a big favor, please.
I would like to please ask for 4 generous people each day to donate to my FR page $4.50 for the last 28 days to help us bring POB across the finish line.
https://donate.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/2012/HZ
((((((( Love you all so much))))))))
Just left you something, HZ. Take care of yourself.
Thank you so much Eveingeorgia. Your generous giving will help all of us to bring POB across the finish line as the victory for this re-election.
We all are helping. Thanks so much.HZ
Dear HZ, I just donated $130 to your FR page . . . . . . . thank you for creating this . . . . and I guess now you just keep going!!!
My Dear Sara, I thank you so very much for your very generous donation. My heart is so full because when I was sitting there this morning in my cardiologist’s office, I felt something good was going to come out of the consultation.
I drove home with a fire in my heart that was a good heat of peace for something that we all are going to do to win this thing. I cried when I thought of all of the money that we have been told will be poured out with ugly ads against our president, and I knew that I had to take the step to make every effort possible to do what I can to connect with the goodness within our spirits.
My cardiologist is a very good doctor, and he told me that I have a strength that he has never seen in a long time with a patient who has my condition. He understood why I had the fire to fight and work hard to get this president re-elected. He is an American from another country, but I have always felt open with him.
He said, “Go get them, but I do not want to see you on an emergency.” I promised that I would do all that I know how to keep my stress down. This means so much to me and to all of us. We are helping a lot of people. We will move FORWARD with POB and VPBiden.
(((((((( Thank you so much, Sara))))))))HZ
The underdog spirit is starting to grow strong in Obama. Egggcellnet.
ugh, ya’ll have got to see this pic of Sarah Palin. Ugh. It’s really sad when the daughter looks more put together than the parent. It’s just pathetic seeing some older women desperately trying to hand on to their youth. All I could think wow, how the “mighty” have fallen.
http://passthedoucheys.com/2012/10/09/photo-of-the-day-6/
ick.
Wow….she looks anorexic,,,
Some people thought she should be president.
combine that line with the toilet paper photo, and you have a strong reminder that the rethugs do not have the nation’s welfare in mind when they select candidates.
Obama camp brushes off bad polls
By DONOVAN SLACK | 10/9/12 3:32 PM EDT
The Obama campaign on Tuesday brushed aside polls showing the president lost significant ground after a disastrous debate performance last week.
When asked about a Pew survey that found Obama fell from an 8-point lead to a 4-point deficit, campaign spokeswoman Jenn Psaki said, “I’m not going to get into picking apart any individual poll.
“…We’ve always run this race like we’re 5 points down,” she told reporters aboard Air Force One. ”…We know that there are going to be many ups and downs… We have blinders on. We’re implementing our own game plan. We’re focused on getting our supporters out, communicating the choice.”
Psaki maintined that unlike Mitt Romney’s campaign, which has reportedly pulled back from Pennsylvania and upped its focus on Ohio, the Obama camp is still competing vigorously in every state it set its sights on from the beginning.
“We feel that the race and the states in play have been entirely consistent,” she said. “…This is a race that is being competed every day [in] about seven to nine states. That’s where we’re up on the air, that’s where our focus is.”
i love this line from today’s ’90 days 90 reasons’: the president you get is the country you get !
‘…the Bush years. Ah, remember them? The President you get is the country you get. Blackwater, Operation Freedom, levees, jumpsuits, Abu Ghraib, Enron. That shit-eating smirk that Cheney wore. ‘
http://90days90reasons.com/63.php
from darth cheney’s shit eating smirk to Romney’s shit eating smirk. smh
I may start up my own poll now. I have no idea who these pollsters are or what woodwork they’re all crawling out of now.
yes, let’s poll tod: how many for pbo? 10 gazillion!!?! okay, we win!!
I like that poll!
Love my FLOTUS!
Wow, that was a barn burner of a speech.
I freaking love our team.
Yes, indeed UT!. Also UT, I want to thank you for all that you do here and on Twitter each day. Thank you so much.
((((((((( Hugs from my arms to surround you with thanksgiving.)))))))))))HZ
yeah baby!!!
Ok, here’s a bit of the essay I just wrote for TPV. Should be up soon.
And hell, it’s up already. LOL
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2012/10/true-change-is-never-easy.html
Very good post LL, we are the change we seek. FORWARD!
extraordinary piece LL..you are truly a gifted writer…
this sentiment cannot be said enough…
LL, I am with prettyfoot58 on this one as well. “Extraordinary.” Thank you so much.! HZ
FLOTUS is speaking now.
POTUS is just rushing through his speech. Totally racing through it so that it sounds memorized. The parts that aren’t memorized he’s getting twisted up. Having to dance around the word “lie” about Romney and his tax plans, etc. his argument gets all convoluted. Those arguments need to be crisp and clean as his audience doesn’t know all the detail behind why what Romney says doesn’t make any sense. I’m not a Clinton fan but that is one reason why he was good at the convention.
I’m sure he is tired of having to say these same things over and over month after month. Cmon Axelrod and Team - give him the feedback!
ENOUGH of this nonsense already. ENOUGH!
Thanks… I bit my tongue….
You call that nonsense? Ok then we are now acting like the GOP of a few weeks ago and saying the polls are crap. I have heard 95% of his speeches since 2008 and I easily recognize when he is speaking differently. Most everyone on TOD could easily hear that today he was impassioned, a bit hoarse but also speaking very quickly. The truth is uncomfortable but I have heard him several times get twisted up on exporting jobs versus products. I don’t have rose colored glasses on - it’s a fact and not nonsense. Plouffe’s book about the campaign spoke very candidly about how they didn’t have the right campaign in Texas to beat Hillary in the primary there and Michelle Obama was pissed about how it was being handled. Campaigns need continuous adjustments and that’s all I’m saying.
Look, instead of micromanaging the campaign and rehashing old skeletons from 2008, please find a phone bank or voter registration near you this evening. The concern trolling is tiresome…REAL tiresome.
Thanks for the concern trolling at me. I don’t need volunteering advice - thanks.
Likewise, President Obama who has WON a state senate seat, a national senate seat, a DEM primary against a tough opponent, aAND a general election, and who is now leading in the polls (despite the crap the MSM is putting out there) doesn’t need campaign advice - thanks.
1. The Obama campaign admitted they didn’t prep for the debate properly so campaigns make mistakes. 2. POTUS said he didn’t perform well in it so presidents do make mistakes. 3. We need to win Ohio and his campaign speech there today was exactly as I described which wasn’t as good as he has been. 4. It’s a free country and I can state my opinion just like you and everyone else on this blog. I’m not harassing anyone but you are.
Look, if you want to rehash the debate - go on MSNBC. They’ll embrace you wholeheartedly there.
Meanwhile I’ve got some phone banking to do. Bye.
Thanks Hopefruit…
This Forus50 person has been going on and on for the last 5 posts or so in this know-it-all and most disrespectful, snarky manner…
Enough already for goodness sake…
Says they just got back from vacationing in Paris. Maybe they should have just stayed there through Nov. 6th. We absolutely do not need this peeing all over the blog at every turn…
I can’t even share this site with newbies any longer for fear that it completely discourages them…
If it comes that easy to Forus50, he or she should stop posting anonymously on random blogs, and boldly go run for something - take their own god damn advice while they are it…
This bullshit armchair quarterbacking has simply got to stop…
I have faith in President Obama, and his campaign. I’m going to stick by him when things are going great and when they aren’t going great. These people know what they are doing.
I am with you forus50 on the very constructive critiqueing- I don’t see what you say as criticism because you are loyal. I think most of us are just tired of all the Obama bashing over the last 5 years so do not want to give him any more panning. I too wish everyone here would allow differing opinions so long as they are not mean spirited. Lighten up TOD. It’s a discussion, and yes PBO gets a little tripped up- because he is HUMAN! And BUSY! And just gives a lot of damn speeches, people. He’s bound to get tired, my God. Why are we fighting each other when we are all equally concerned about our President?
I am so with you!! Can we give this man some credit and respect. My guess is he knows a lot more about winning than we ever will !!!
And yet, the majority I’m reading though the speech was fine. Seriously, it may be time for some of us to take a break from everything and comeback with a fresh mind not waited down by the past debate.
I agree. Here’s a thought-before making a negative comment on here about our President’s performance or campaign, take a breath, go to barackobama.com and make 10 phone calls THEN come post your comment AND results of your calls.
Speaking of calls, I made some here in MI this evening. Democrat support is STRONG! This state will not go red!
Hmm, I have to disagree. I found this speech to be extremely good. He seems to have that fire in the belly that he had in 2008. In the speeches before the debate when he was leading, I felt his whole heart was not there and he was just saying the word. Now though, I feel like his heart is back in the game. The part you call rushing through, I say it’s ebullient fervor to stomp Romney out. He is in underdog mode and that is when he is at his best.
With all due respect, I am really tired of this constant comparison of Bill Clinton and President Obama. If Bill Clinton was such a great communicator, how come he never won 50% of the popular vote in both of his two elections?
Thanks Nath…
I’m so sick of the crap being thrown at this President like he’s everyone’s pinata…
This Forus50 person has been at it on every single blog post today…
Sorry if unlike others I don’t exactly embrace this concept of ‘loyalty’ as personified by some here…
Hanging out on this blog for a while and periodically posting a positive sentiment in President Obama’s favor and other times slyly spreading demoralizing bullshit does not a ‘loyal’ comrade make…
We’ve always had slick trolls amongst us and they have always been savvy about engendering themselves to the group while throwing stink bombs every so often…especially when folks here go through their gloom period…
Enough. Get smart folks…
God how I love this brother. It brings a tear to my eye.
I love him too
Sittin’ in my pew.
“Ohio is Obama country, we absolutely feel that,” spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters aboard Air Force One on Tuesday. “We’ve built the campaign in the state around two premises.”
The first, she said, is a massive grassroots effort, and the second is laying out the “stark choice” between Obama and Mitt Romney.
Psaki said the campaign is about to open its 120th office in Ohio and has been on the ground organizing for three and a half years, building over time. “This is an inherent ground game advantage.” She emphasized the importance of neighbor-to-neighbor programs, which can overcome negative ads on the airwaves and cold-calls from strangers. And she said the campaign is active in “all four corners of the state, even areas where we didn’t win and didn’t win by a large margin.”
As for laying out the choice between Obama and Romney, she said she is confident Ohioans will side with the president.
“We feel when you lay that out for people as we have been doing for months and months — that you’re looking at a choice between President Obama, who saved the auto industry accounting for one in eight jobs in the state in Ohio, whose been a fighter for manufacturing and creating more manufacturing jobs, who has made clear that he will fight for comtinuned access to affordable health care for Ohioans and for middle class tax cuts; and Mitt Romney, who has said, ‘Let Detroit go bankrupt,’ let’s fight for …tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, let’s support tax benefits for companies that ship jobs overseas,” she said. “That’s a pretty clear choice, one we’ll continue to [lay out] over the next 28 days.”
Why do i always turn into a sobbing mess anytime Michelle starts talking? I think it’s a condition.
because you love her and because she loves the president more than anyone else. That makes me cry too.
OH SHIT! lol Michelle went there! Cutting sesame street is no way to balance our budget.
@llerer
When asked abt new ohio polls, romney replied: “this is wendy’s guys. This is wendy’s.”
WTF does that mean? It’s freakin’ Wendy’s, not the Taj Mahal!!
Spot on…
I am falling deeply, deeply in love with Michelle Obama.
Deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply deeply in love.
Where have you been son?
LOLz.
Uhm…PBO just sent a txt saying that he heard you the first time…
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
so, you do indeed love her?
Ohio is fired up.
Sorry Reposting.
Changing positions is a GOP strategy if it means they can muddy the water and cause confusion/discord within the Dem’s Tent; this worked in 2010.
Arianna Huffington perfected this strategy…pretend you are a reform Republican long enough to (Fox in the hen house) gain credibility among Liberal followers…blaring the lines which is design to cause confusion. When they are attack by Republicans because they take a left position publicly they are seen as credible/moderate by the left…once they gain a large enough audience they go right back to being on the Right.
A strategy that been effective, when needed to suppress the vote and depress Dems.
Jon Stewart is a Republican; who was the first to start the “they (Dems & Republicans) both do it narrative”—Youth Audience
If you believe the Republicans was planning President Obama defeat from day 1; don’t you think the media was a part of that strategy as well?
The GOP had to control the air waves of the so-call liberal media ….Romney/ Bain have been busy buying up network interest; i.e. CNN (Tea Party deal), Current TV (yes Current), Comcast…bought NBC/MSNBC right after President Obama was elected (Keith O was let go–although he had the highest rating on MSNBC at the time; notice who told Dems not to vote in 2010 on MSNBC… coincidence?)
The MSM isn’t distracted they are focus….break President Obama Enthusiasm.
Notice the words they have be using to describe President Obama supports even before the debate “Enthusiasm Gap”…how do you create one; when non-exist?
Thank you for this post, sometime we get distracted and forget the media is part of the republican party base. Obama vs Media/Gop
Precisely…
But we still win in the end…
Forward…
“Most women instinctively don’t want to breed with stupid, racist men.”
Tally you speak for me!
We’re designed to improve the species.
That’s right…and PBO recognizes that.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Puuurrrrrfect!!! And true.
So, hopefully some of you will take a gander at my new piece on TPV. Wifey went to the nutritionist today to get a rundown of her diet pre- and post-surgery. When I read it, it really hit home how brave she is for going through with this, and got me thinking about how to relate it to our recent political angst.
Wow babe. Hat’s off to her.
BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO on your piece. Just magnifico.
And hats off to your wife, who is taking a difficult but life-altering step. And kudos to you for supporting her and standing by her side during the process. Very best wishes to her!!
+ 1,000,000,000 Meta. What an inspiring piece LL, and a truly perfect analogy with what’s happening right now.
Nothing good “falls from a tree like ripe fruit. It has to be grabbed, wrestled with, hammered into a desired shape. It requires work, hard work, the kind of work which voting for and supporting those who want to effect change is only the beginning.”
Like Meta, I wish you and your wife only the best.
LL Bravo and bless your wife and I wish her all the best as she continues on her journey. Will pop in at TPV to read your article!
Best wishes LL. Hope all goes well for both of you.
Wishing the best for you and your wife…LL….
Thanks, prettyfoot.
LL, thanks for the great news about your wife’s progress. (((((( Love, and healing hugs to her)))))))HZ
Saw news of this on Tweety, have no idea of its worth—-The Choice airing tonight on Frontline on PBS. I don’t think I can gut the Willard parts—-but interested in what they have to say about PBO
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/choice-2012/
Thank you, Austin! And—-don’t college student look young these days?
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WOW!!!!!! Wasn’t our FLOTUS fantastic? I have heard the speech before but she had such energy. We have to get this done. We have to re-elect President Obama.
I mean FLOTUS had such energy, she had me shouting 4 More Years, she had me feeling the energy, and I love listening to her.
See above for how I felt about that whole speech. I shall refrain from repeating cause according to hopefruit2 PBO is on to me and dude has dozens of guys with guns. So….
But but but the President is hoarse…
Ha! Ha! Ha! RIGHT!!!
Hey Bob - so pleased you have your Twitter back - way to go
Thank you 99!!!
#FORWARD
I just want to hopefully bring our attention to the wonderful young people who are rising up and moving the conversations to the public in a positive and very informative way.. I was resting after making some night calls for POB, and I decided to turn to C-SPAN2. To my delight Sandra Fluke was the featured speaker at SMU(Southern Methodist University in Texas. She was speaking on “Women’s Health and Contraception.” Please try to put that into you ‘favorites to watch.’ So much information to share with our friends and family.
I hope that we will always remember that we can be the change that we want to be and in many cases, can be in our society today. POB has made some many changes for all of us to take part in during his first term, and I for one am very elated to be involved in my small way.
The young people have really moved me and daily make me a very proud “older citizen” smile with joy when I see how since the election of POB, we have so many young brilliant writers, speakers, advocates for many very important issues facing all of these days.
So thank you Chips for providing this beautiful haven for us to share constructed remarks that will continue to support POB in a positive manner. That was the first thing that caught my attention when I read that was the main purpose of this blog by Chips.
I would hope that we all will realize that we have all been through some very difficult times during POB’s first term. POB never asked us to agree with him on everything he does or says. However, this blog is a supportive tool for POB. Our suggestions to the campaign, I feel should be directed to Mr. Messina or Stephanie Cutter, or David Axelrod in Chicago. They listen to you there. I have called and they were very pleasant and very interesting to listening to my suggestions.
We have 28 days to make this election work in our favor, but we must also be mindful of the ‘little stones’, if thrown can wound many who are very tender in heart during this time. Our nerves are very fragile, our minds are depleted of rest, and relaxation. This maybe due to the fact that we are trying to do as much as possible to make phone calls, find funding to help in fundraising pages, going door to door, holding meetings in our homes, community training, and local communities meetings.,
We might want to step back and relax a little and replenish our bodies. The body will put us on notice very quickly and loudly, when we deprive it of those precious needs:, such as rest, relaxation, and good nourishments. Relax. Take a few days away, and come back together to finish the race.
We are such a great family here, so just a loving word of caution, let us continue to stand together with positive conversation, speak with care and respect as we become critical of POB and each other. He has always told us, “I am not a perfect man, and I will not be a perfect president, but I will always tell you the truth.” So since he said that statement, then I think we should take up our criticism with him via a contact with him through the White House.gov site.
Let us enjoy as a beautiful family here our differences, but with respect and try to enjoy these 28 days with living carefully daily, laughing much, and loving always. Now, I am going to finish my glass of “cardio red wine” and read a little.
I hope you all will still love me, but I hope that I will respect you as well. ((((Goodnight TODers.))))))HZ
HZ, this is one of your finest comments, ever! I hope Chips will feature it in a thread tomorrow.
Thank you!!!!
Priorities USA: Nevada, Wisconsin look OK
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 10/9/12 5:52 PM EDT
Amid today’s Democratic semi-freakout over the state of the 2012 campaign, Obama super PAC strategist Bill Burton emails that in at least two swing states, the race is stable and looking fine:
Priorities USA Action polling after the debate in NV and WI shows President Obama still leading and still at or above 50% in both states. And while President Obama’s lead is similar to where the race was in our pre-debate polling, Romney still trails by wide margins on traits like standing up for the middle class.
In most of the public polls out today, the President is not losing ground, Romney is simply picking up support he was always going to receive.
Priorities isn’t putting out the full polls, so take that for whatever you will. If Obama wins Nevada and Wisconsin, and continues to maintain a lead in Ohio, that would give him the 270 electoral votes he needs to win. Which is why the Romney campaign knows it needs to keep gaining ground throughout the month of October and take full advantage of the debate bounce the Republican appears to have earned nationally.
I’m sure this was discussed earlier, but that Spanish language add seems very good. For the Spanish speakers among us, how was the President’s Spanish? I know he said recently that he was working on the language with his daughters, but he sounds quite fluent there.
I’m not Spanish, but I saw a Spanish lady on Ed Schultz’ show state that she was touched by President Obama’s ad and that his Spanish was very good. She also said that she wasn’t aware of any other Presidential candidate speaking in Spanish in an election ad.
Go Obama!!
Yeah!!
What states have deadlines today? Is Pennsylvania among them? Want to know which states to target.
YEs …PA’s voter registration deadline is today
Bill Clinton is holding a rally in Nevada. Just getting started. Picturesque canyon style backdrop.
http://www.c-span.org/Campaign2012/Events/Former-President-Clinton-Campaigns-in-Las-Vegas/10737434829-1/
Cool - thanks for the heads up.
Mitt Romney said Tuesday he has no plans to push for legislation limiting abortion, a softer stance from a candidate who has said he would “get rid of” funding for Planned Parenthood and appoint Supreme Court who would overturn Roe v. Wade.
“There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda,” the Republican presidential nominee told The Des Moines Register in an interview.
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oy.
I don’t believe him - not then, not now, not ever.
Weasel words.
OMG! I posted in the earlier thread about Sarah Palin, but my god is is worse than I thought.
What the hell is going on with the woman. The first picture I saw was pathetic, but these series of photos from the original article just makes me feel sad for her and hope that she gets some help or something.
you’ve gotta check out her old “healthy-looking” pic and what she apparently looks like now.
Gawd damn u karma for making me feel sad for Sarah freakin’ Palin
‘I’m writing a fitness book!’ Sarah Palin hits back as the row grows over her shocking new skinny figure
Seriously though, I sincerely hope someone has this woman’s ear and is talking to. Cause like someone said, she does NOT look healthy at all.,
Save your sympathy for someone who deserves it Lamh35 - Mrs Palin has caused grief to the many - her hatred for the President has turned her into the person she is today.
Yikes. The teevee cameras does put 5 lbs on you. She looks unhealthy and if she’s taking something to make her that thin she will gain weight rapidly.
from sam wang:
‘ Seven knife-edge Congressional districts:
CO-06: Joe Miklosi (D) has pulled within 3 points of Rep. Mike Coffman (R). Coffman has more money, but the DCCC is jumping in. (OpenSecrets) (KDVR)
FL-02: The two candidates are basically tied, yet the Democrat, Al Lawson, is underfunded. (DCCC) (OpenSecrets)
FL-10: The candidates are near-tied in support and money. Val Demings (D) hopes to unseat freshman Rep. Daniel Webster. (OpenSecrets)
MI-03: Democrat Steve Pestka is putting freshman Republican Justin Amash in jeopardy. (MichiganLive) (OpenSecrets)
OH-07: Both the DCCC and NRCC are investing in this race. The Democratic challenger, Joyce Healy-Abrams, is making a late and underfunded move to overcome poor name recognition. (OpenSecrets)
CA-21: Although this race has not received DCCC support, it appears to be vulnerable, thanks to a growing Hispanic population. Hernandez really needs the money. (Hotline) (John Hernandez for House) (OpenSecrets)
CA-36: Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R), Sonny’s widow, is in surprising jeopardy. Her opponent, Raul Ruiz, has been out-fundraised, mainly because of Republican PAC money. (OpenSecrets) ‘
http://election.princeton.edu/2012/10/09/house-districts-on-the-knifes-edge/
Missed everything today. Crazy day at work. Yardarm, are you still here?
I missed everything too. I missed everything yesterday as well. My job is sure getting in the way.
hahahahahaha……i feel that way sometimes …i can’t get TOD at work…so i have the comments come to my email…but argggggggg…i can’t comment….however i can tweet….figure that one out!!…
Yeah babe. I’m still lurking a bit. Just finished watching Bill Clinton. Say what you will but Bill is what I call a ‘Bad ass mofo’!
Picture of girl
On the Bus to vote-
http://instagram.com/p/Qk-WXAIohZ/
4 MORE FOR 44!!
LOVE Harry’s intro speech pointing out EXACTLY what POTUS has done for them these past 4 years.
First lady Michelle Obama has completed her 30 minute speech before a roaring crowd of more than 1,000 supporters gathered at the Loudoun County Fairgrounds. This article includes notes from her remarks and will be updated as additional reports are compiled.
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“Now this is what I call a rally,” she said, taking the stage at 5:30 p.m.
“It is a choice about our values, our hopes and our aspirations.”
“We believe in an America where we all understand that none of us gets where we are on our own.”
“We all know good and well cutting Sesame Street is no way to balance a budget.”
“We believe in a president who tells us the truth even when it’s hard, especially when it’s hard.”
“We know my husband will always have our backs.” -Michelle Obama on women’s rights
http://m.leesburgtoday.com/mobile/news/michelle-obama-takes-the-stage-in-loudoun/article_ba8dccca-122a-11e2-bc3e-001a4bcf887a.html
So, I will not lie: I’ve been quite pissed off and dejected for the past two days. Not at PBO; my faith in him hasn’t wavered. But angry beyond words at the cast of characters arrayed against him, against us, against a more just and human country. As I said in my piece, we can argue about “skewed” polls and sample sizes and so on; but it’s undeniable that enough people bought Romney’s line in the debate to again make this a close race.
But, as always, writing is therapy. Really, I have no idea what I’d do without this outlet. It’s one way for me to add my voice to the many so that we can be heard.
And now I’m in a much better place. My friend was at the library today, and she repeated Stephanie Miller’s refrain: “Everybody, drink decaf for the next few days.” The polls will snap back, the “bounce” will dissipate, and at the end of the day Mitt Romney is still a lying non-entity, and Barack Obama is Barack Obama. I’ll take those odds.
agree one hundred percent!
I agree too.. I expect President Obama to take care of business in the next debate. There will be no talk of Mitt won anything.
Stream is up for President Clinton. Senator Harry Reid speaking now: http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=4
I know there are many great white guys out there (I married one of them) but those who support Romney are people who hate their country - they don’t want to pay any taxes - don’t want to pay for anything that is not for their own personal use - don’t want to invest in America - don’t want to share the wealth, the health care, not even the national parks - they just want to live as the elite (& those who will never get there, keep thinking the GOP has the golden ticket).
What they really don’t want is a black man to be part of the best the country has to offer - and he is head shoulders and everything else beyond what they will ever be.
Wait…Am I to understand that Mitt isn’t going to defund Planned Parenthood anymore? He’s embracing parts of Romneycare, mimicing PBOs Foreign Policy and doesn’t want to give rich people any more tax cuts? How do his Tea People feel about this?
Is the Massachusetts Moderate the guy that the Santorum and Gingrich people want to vote for?????
Someone needs to ask them?
Perhpas they’re not aware that MIddle Mitt is back.
Who would President Mitt be?
a) Severly Conservative Mitt (the guy who supports Personhood amendments)
b) Moderate Mitt (the guy who claims to cover pre-exisiting conditions-not)
c) Big Bird (aka…Seamus)
d) none of the above (some new guy he hasn’t invented yet)
IMHO, this SHOULD be the current meme. WHO IS THIS GUY?
Not who’s up by 2, who’s down by two. 28 days out , that doesn’t matter.
Just my two cents….
Obama/Biden 2012
Now that I think about it…didn’t ugly Ann Coulter say, just a month or so ago, that Mitt’s campaign surrogate who trumpeted Romeycare should be fired immediately?
What does Ann now think about the new Middle Mitt?
How bout Hannity? and Limbaugh? How are they feeling about Mitt running away from his 47% comments.
They said that he should embrace those comments.
Do they have any idea what they’re buying with this guy???
They need to be asked these questions?
I sure hope that VPOTUS will be asking Ryan a few specifics about Middle Mitt’s new revelations on how this country should run.
I think he might be to the left of the President on a few things!
Obama/Biden 2012
Could someone please tweet (I don’t:) hannity and limbaugh that Middle Mitt is to the left of PBO all of a sudden.
Like to see some reactions to ALL of his NEW positions.
Thanks in advance.
Obama/Biden 2012
the fact that the right wingers aren’t screaming with fury about myth’s newly liberal policies means they already know he’ll do or say anything if he thinks it will get him some votes. they’re not worried about this apparent shift to the left, because they don’t care what he says-just what he does. we see his record, and we know his words are lies. so do they. but they think it’s a coy tactic, not a sign of moral debasement and/or insanity.
Susanne, I suppose you’re right about the rwnjs not caring about his tactics. But I think that the voters, like the Santorum voters, would be a little less enthusiastic about going to the polls to vote for this new Mitt.
agreed, and i’d love to see them squirm while watching him spout his new soft nonsense!
The right wingers are the same ones who rejected the notion that the 47% Romney was talking about couldn’t possibly have been referring to them. They’ll vote for Mitt because they’ll convince themselves that this newly found ‘moderate’ stance is just a tactic. Their only motivator is to get President Obama out of the White House by Jan 20 - they’re not concerned about what happens on Jan 21. We have to let Jan 21 motivate us even stronger.
truly!
think of it this way: if you want to abandon hope, vote rethug. if you want to feel infused with hope, vote pbo and give him a dem congress! as the president says, this is up to you, america!
High-five!
I’m with you Dudette. Time for PBO to :
Good one, Yardarm!! I’m gonna tweet that!
Hey, I wanted to tell you, I watched one of my fave movies that other night “Men of Honor” (Cuba Gooding Jr. & DeNiro story about Navy Diving Master Chief Carl Brashear) for like the UMPTEENTH time. Still gives me chills and makes me jump up and applaud!
Gotta remember to make the nephews sit still long enough to watch it sometime.
Thought of my TOD-brother, Yardarm, as I was watching it!
LOVE that movie!! I cry everytime!
Isn’t it great? I hope Master Chief Brashear’s family thought it did him proud. I sure feel like it did.
My avatar is the real Carl Brashear. We served at the same time but in different Commands. There weren’t many of us in the late ’50′s and early ’60′s.
Really? Total COOLNESS!! Dude, I thought that was YOU!!
Sorry to disappoint. Carl was a ‘lifer’ all I did was 10 years. Each stripe on his forearm represents four years of service and the gold indicates at least 12 years of good conduct.
Thanks Dudette. People sitting on their asses asking for hope from PBO? Hope comes from within. Now that shit makes me mad. Frick sullydish and the politics babe if she thinks all her fortunes lie with one human being. Can’t believe the fantasy these people live in.
Too many small-minded people wanna see a wrestling/boxing match, when the campaign for the most important job on the planet is about strategy and is not limited to a single game. If anything it’s more like a chess tournament played on a tilting platform suspended by a thread over a 10,000 ft pit of vipers and alligators.
Like I told friends back in 2008 who wanted to see him come out slugging — he can either wallow in the mud to get YOUR rocks off or he could BE PRESIDENT. Which do you think he’ll choose?
Love this post!
We should be taunting the right wing blogs - ‘conservatism is such bullshit that R couldn’t win as a conservative so he has to take Obama’s ideas. Their movement is dead, tired ad doesn’t work. Ha Ha - they have no convictions or principles - look what they are letting RR get away with” Or kinda along those lines - let’s see if the have any principles to call Romney out . Let’s ridicule them : ‘typical conservatives - no principles on anything, debt, taxes, abortion etc. I mean let;s find the most wounding thing we can say and taunt them. IMO ridicule works much better than outrage - stings more cause it makes them look weak and dumb. Lord knows the righties hate to think of themselves as weak.
My opinion—-waste of time and energy devoting any time to right wing blogs. Both are better spent elsewhere doing something to help with the election.
President Clinton is explaining stuff.
Yup, POTUS designated “Secretary of ‘Splainin’ S#^*”.
Dam, I miss Bill Clinton speech.
How did Clinton do with his speech?
As long as people remember that the stuff he’s explaining include President Obama’s actual accomplishments… some of which are reversing Bill Clinton’s actual accomplishments.
Exactly.
Thank you…
And without the burdens of incumbency…
Ha! Good one!
I found out about the Likely voter model BS.
Try and follow me, it’s brand new likely voter model that the pollsters are using.
1) on a scale 1-10 if you say 9 or above
2)if you voted in 2008
3) if you voted in 2010
2 out of 3 means you are a likely voter.
Good Grief!! This is such crap!
i don’t get what #1 refers to. is it a measure of vehemence?
If they ask you to vote on a scale 1-10 ! I guess a ten means you will vote during a category 1 hurricane.
A nine means a bad thunderstorm you will still vote etc!
Thanks Jovie for sharing. I always suspected that the LV model was calibrated in such a way to favor Republican candidates whose voters are older and more likely vote in the midterms.
This BS model as you call it automatically eliminates 18 and 19 year olds who are very excited to vote this year but didn’t vote in 2008 OR in 2010 because they were under-aged. And who do you think 18 and 19 year olds are more likely to vote for ?!?
Secondly, minority and younger voters are less likely to vote in a midterm even though they might be very excited to vote in a Presidential election.
Exactly, hopefruit! I should have read your comment before making my comment which basically says the same thing you said about young people not eligible to vote in 2008 and 2010.
hmm-well, i guess they got me there! i’ll definitely vote for pbo during a hurricane!
But you have to have 2 out of three, to be a likely Voter. read Hope fruit post above.
i’ve got 3 out of 3, so that makes me a for-sure voter!
Great find Jovie! The #1 criterion makes absolutely no sense. I would put 8 and above to be a definite voter and 5 and above to be a likely voter. If I am 50% or more sure that I will vote, then I am a likely voter, whereas if I am less than 50% that I will be voting then I am an unlikely voter. With respect to the #2 criterion I wonder how they measure young people who were not eligible to vote in 2008 but are now eligible to vote in 2012? Are they simply dismissed? As for criterion #3, the same question of age eligibility applies. Young people who were 16 and 17 in 2010 are now eligible to vote. Some of them seem to be very enthusiastic about casting their first vote. But since they didn’t vote in 2008 or 2010 they do not qualify as likely voters. Finally, I wonder why #3 is being used to measure likely voters. Pollsters are certainly familiar with low turn-outs during Congressional mid-term elections compared to Presidential elections. So, if your purpose is not to distort poll results, why use mid-term elections to measure Presidential elections.
Bottom line: I totally agree with you, Jovie, that this “likely voter model” is “crap.” On the other hand it’s what the media will peddle continuously.
Happy Birthday Bo Obama!
@politicoroger @samsteinhp so romney new strategy is to completely ignore what he said past 18 months with a little help from the media.
Chips is that PBO’s hand with the black watch?
Pres Obama doesn’t have that much hair on his arms. Check out his known pics. Our pres is NOT that hairy on his arms.
Math Responds to Romney’
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/10/math_responds_to_romney.php
There ya go! That’s the kind of celebration I like to see.
Ed is full of it, He still dissing the President.
He sucks bad! He is a total waste of a pundit. Now he is in Florida saying he takes to people saying they were disappointed in the president, at the debate.
Same thIng in Ohio, ditto.
He is full of shit!
Just emailed and told him he was causing so much damage and costing PBO votes and I would no longer be a loyal viewer….not that I think he gives a ca ca but I do.
ED is a double agent and a ratfucker. This guy is in Florida influencing voters against the President, like he did in 2010 telling voters to not vote. I never trust him, regardless of how much he tries to pretend to be a Democrat, he is working for the Republicans, he just have to come across convincingly to us as a Democrat. Mission Accomplished. Just like Mrs. Huffington he has fooled a lot of us.
He used to be a republican. Why give a big speech about supporting PBO tonight. His behaviour Wednesday was appalling.
I longer watch MSNBC, and I would advise you to do the same for your sanity.
I just decided to do the same HF. Ed just made my blood pressure rise and my health isn’t worth listening to him and others complain about PBO’s debate performance.
I’m sorry but Ed is totally unacceptable. PBO has a so-so debate and everything he has accomplished over the last three and 3/4 years is forgotten, doesn’t count?
Why is that? Clinton was impeached and is great? What’s the difference between these two? I wonder…..
Done with Ed , he has shown his character.
When Ed made his biggest mistake to date on his show and had to apologize people did not abandon him. Maybe they should now and a ratings tank will “teach him a lesson” just like he advised Dems to note vote in 2010 to teach PBO and Dems a lesson.
I sent him an email Friday and told him “so long.” Pointed out that I forgave him for what he did in 2010 and have continued to be a very loyal listener/watcher, but “I’m done.”
I’m sick of Ed Schultz. I need a break from him.
I wish Ed Shultz would get lost! He sucks!
I am so sick of this “hair on fire” s@@@ by Ed and other fairweather Dems. They should realize that they are making things worse by dwelling on this. Enough already.
I agree, he is a Major Jerk. I think it cones from above…
It’s almost like he’s being motivated to keep the debate front and center. If they were real Dems, they’d be prepping the field for the VP debate in two days, educating the public about Paul Ryan and discussing potential strategies and lies he might use. They would also be using their air time to encourage people to vote early, highlighting Dems in districts where they’re being bombarded with deceptive ads from the right wing SuperPACs and emphasizing the stark choice and consequences between both parties (e.g. war, Supreme Court, jobs bill). They would be looking forward, trying to help with the election, instead of clearly working against the Democrats. The fact that they’re not focusing on doing just these things tells me that they’re not actually working for Dems to win the election.
I don’t know about you, Theo, but I am so tired of these guys and their playbook YET I HAVE NEVER WATCHED THEIR SHOW! Can you hear what I’m saying?
I think, for something to do, I’m going to take a couple of your suggestions and tweet them in the direction of Dear Ed - a momentary release from my frustration at seeing him appearing so frequently in my PBO life.
Good idea, but Ed already knows what he should be doing. This roller coaster that they love to take us on means they know what to emphasize to Democrats to encourage them, just like they know what to do to discourage Democrats. I was done with Chris Matthews for a long time. I’m done with Ed. Done with Rachel. Tentative about Lawrence and Rev Al (just because he still has to follow the producers’ direction). At this point, I’m committing to just watching President Obama live, and not watching any of this nonsense. It was sending me over the edge.
I’m a POTUS, FLOTUS, VPotus only kind of creature with little interest in these other guys/gals unless someone posts a segment here. And even then, if I start watching and don’t like the initial tone I quit. Here are my tweets to get the scent of Ed, picked up here, out of my nostrils
https://twitter.com/sonamie/status/255839947137904640
Perfect!
Great tweets, Vick C.! With friends like Ed Shultz who needs enemies?
1st one that didn’t show
Another good one, Vick C! You TOD twitter warriors are doing such a magnificent job on twitter!
Hotdamn, Vick! You are toooo GOOD!!! Bravissimo!!
Hi Dudes, I gather you have been busy working for both of us! So good to see you.
Just trying to add my piece for unity ’cause I really don’t see how pointing out all the ‘faults’ or ‘weakness’ or misstep of this one human being who is fighting so hard against so many actually helps US. To me it’s like pinching and slicing at a relative who stepped on a stone, stumbled hard and hurt an ankle. We wouldn’t do it in real life, so why do it virtually? 
Yeah!! Just picked up my ticket to see the President on THURSDAY!!!
Didn’t you see the President not too long ago, Aunt Sis? Are you sure that ticket you’re holding isn’t mine? Check the fine print, please. {You fortunate soul, you. Have an inspiring time!
Magapie here in New Mexico. We are painted blue for PBO by everyone! Alas, that means he can’t spend time here at this point. *SIGH*
We can sigh together, Magapie. *SIGH* Unfortunately PBO has absolutely no plans to come my way anytime soon because my corner hasn’t been painted any colour at all. *SIGH*
You laughing at me, SS?
did Dems learn nothing from expectations game last time Biden will do fine, but fine=bad w/such high expectation. I see from my twitter timeline, that Ed Schultz and Tweety have all laid out what Biden better do on Thursday and the expectation that Biden wraps Romney’s lies around Ryan’s neck and all I see is a bunch of pundits on our side once again waging an expectations game that no way will Biden win. Ryan wins by default of standing up to Biden. mark my words, Biden will be fine, but the after debate punditry will of course be “not enough” on Biden’s part.
I’d be interested in seeing what Rachel & Lawrence add to the expectations game.
This is how the punditry give Robney a boost, and they are focusing on MSNBainC primarily. Set expectations really high for Biden. Check.
The thing Is we will not be taken by surprise twice, we will be prepared for lies and damn lies.
That is a good thing, you cannot fool the Obama camp twice.
Here’s a link to the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. October 2008, the month before the President was elected was disastrous. People were panicking as their life savings and 401ks were disappearing before their eyes. I’m talking people who were depending on that money for retirement. I am tweeting out the Dow numbers and comparing them to what they are today? We should do this all through October. October 10th 2008 was 8451.19. Today October 9th 2012 the Dow is 13473.31. Are we better off than we were 4 years ago? Of course. But people need reminding constantly.
http://www.fedprimerate.com/dow-jones-industrial-average-history-djia.htm
October 2008 was so bad. It got down to 8378.95 on October 24th.
Out out, damn spot! Be gone! Shoo!
Out indeed, dotster. Tammy D is the very thing we need to get that spot out!
Here’s a quote I just saw, which I’ll share after seeing that tweet:
“There is nothing wrong with the world that a sensible woman could not settle in an afternoon.”
Not sure who said that, and it’s a little grand of a thought, but if Tammy runs over Joe in the race and wins, she’ll be settling the “wrong” that is Joe Walsh, quite nicely. And then he will be gone, dotster3! Gone!
…with the Wind, baby!!!
Yeah, baby! Gone with the Wind and a good thrashing from Tammy!
I like that!
Yes, used sparingly (ha!) …
okay?
Honestly I don’t give a dam what the people at Romney rally was chanting. Information I can do without .
hey, that’s my chant, too! 4 more weeks till we can stop this revolting robmey newsgasm! election day is the end-of-robmey day! yeah!!!
Here’s a gentle suggestion: When any media personality, news outlet or polling outfit tries to make some snarky allusion to PBO and the debate, throw it right back in their faces. Don’t take their bait and buy into their narrative. We have enough tools at our disposal and a President who has had a superior record. Don’t let the media determine how the narrative is going to play out.
Told this person the tweet was dumb.
Excellent.
ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Someone needs to Tweet this please!!
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/fake-wi-mailings-sending-out-bad-info
It’s overwhelming, just how many Republican states, counties and organizations are blatantly breaking the law in an attempt to suppress Democratic voters. In this case, it’s being done by “unofficial” groups, but of course the GOP is looking the other way. I wonder if the Justice Department is going to do anything about these attempts to steal the election:
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin election officials are warning voters to be cautious about slick mailings giving misleading or incorrect information about voter registration and absentee voting.
The Government Accountability Board said in a release Monday that it and local election officials around the state have been receiving an increasing number of questions and complaints and recent mailings that contain errors that could interfere with voting.
One of the mailings in question from the Republican Party of Wisconsin incorrectly told residents in the heavily Democratic areas of Madison and Dane County to return voter registration applications to the town of Albion, even if they did not live there.
Board director Kevin Kennedy recommends that voters rely on information from their local municipal clerk’s office or the Myvote.wi.gov website.
We have voter suppression going on at MSNBC from so-called “liberal” as we speak. From what I saw on Twitter (I stopped watching MSNBC), Ed Schultz is advising folks to not register to vote if this President is going to “disappoint” them.
hopefruit2, did Ed really do that?
The PBS Frontline documentary about Pres. Obama and Mitt Romney is LIVE NOW.
Chat away:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/10/09/chat-away-68/
Someone on DAshboard passed this song along: Flip Flopping and Lyin’….! Listen here!
http://thepresidentoftheunitedstatesisablackmanfromchicago.com/music.html