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Final Obama Campaign E-mails Berate, Blame Supporters
Post Date: 2012-11-04 15:08:17 by calcon
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Depending on who you are, if you receive e-mail updates from the Obama-Biden campaign you may have gotten a few strident notes in your inbox over the last week. In making the closing pitch to supporters and potential donors, the President’s campaign has struck a negative tone attempting to shame supporters who haven’t done enough into doing more. “You’ve waited until the last minute here,” one e-mail dated November 2 fumes to a supporter who has not contributed enough money to Obama for America. Noted for its versatile use of technology and micro-targeting, the Obama campaign blew its Republican opposition out of the water in part thanks to a massive technology edge ...
Michael Barone’s prediction: Romney 315, Obama 223
Post Date: 2012-11-04 15:01:01 by calcon
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I can’t find an electoral-vote prediction from him in 2008 but on October 30th of that year he acknowledged that an Obama victory was “likely but not quite certain.” Karl Rove did, however, make an EV prediction: Obama 338, McCain 200. This year Rove has Romney winning at least 279 electoral votes and Barone has him catching a red wave in the midwest and surfing all the way to 315. Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and Ohio, oh my: Ohio (18). The anti-Romney auto bailout ads have Obama running well enough among blue-collar voters for him to lead most polls. But many polls anticipate a more Democratic electorate than in 2008. Early voting tells another story, and so does the ...
George Will predicts 321-217 Romney landslide
Post Date: 2012-11-04 14:59:01 by calcon
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Add Washington Post George Will to the landslide column along with Fox News Channel’s Dick Morris and the Washington Examiner’s Michael Barone. On this weekend’s broadcast of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” on ABC, Will revealed his prediction and added a bonus surprise by saying traditional Democratic state Minnesota would go for Romney as well. “I’m projecting Minnesota to go for Romney,” Will said. “It’s the only state that’s voted democratic in nine consecutive elections, but this year, there’s marriage amendment on the ballot that will bring out the evangelicals and I think could make the difference.” Read more: ...
President Of Florida-Based Company Threatens To Fire Employees If Romney Loses
Post Date: 2012-11-04 14:58:52 by Ferret Mike
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Saddle Creek President Cliff Otto With fewer than 72 hours before polls begin to close, another report has emerged of a company owner strongly urging his employees to vote for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama, claiming that their jobs are potentially on the line if Obama wins re-election. Cliff Otto, president of the Florida-based Saddle Creek Corporation, circulated an email to staff this week explaining that, while “we do not support candidates based on their political affiliation,” Romney’s positions are in “the best interest of our company, and therefore our jobs and our future”: In the past, Saddle Creek has not felt it imperative that we communicate with our ...
Nor'easter Storm Following in Sandy's Path
Post Date: 2012-11-04 12:23:23 by Brian S
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A ferocious nor'easter storm could wreak more havoc on areas hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy, as plunging temperatures threaten the nearly two million homes and businesses that remain without power in the Northeast. The nor'easter is expected to hit on Wednesday in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Temperatures could drop into the 20s and bring "strong gusty winds," rain and coastal flooding, according to a National Weather Service forecast. With overnight temperatures dropping, the 874,000 customers without power in New York state, most in New York City, Long Island and the northern suburbs, were urged to go to shelters for heat. The city also ...
Prison Factories Caught In Private Biz Debate
Post Date: 2012-11-04 12:06:24 by Brian S
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TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) -- On the outside, Unicor, with its big oaks and magnolia trees, looks like it could be part of a landscaped industrial park. Step a little closer and it's clear the apparel shop lies in the middle of a medium-security federal prison in east Alabama. The factory and those like it that employ convicted felons are at the heart of a simmering debate about whether prisons should be siphoning away jobs - at much lower wages - that could be filled by those who need them during the nation's toughest period of unemployment in decades. Congressional Republicans, a handful of Democrats and private-industry critics want to clamp down on Unicor - the trade name of Federal ...
Gov. Christie signs executive order rationing gas (Jimmy Carter rerun)
Post Date: 2012-11-02 21:46:26 by Hondo68
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Tonight, Gov. Chris Christie signed an executive order declaring a limited state of energy emergency with regard to the supply of motor fuel and implementing odd-even rationing for gasoline purchases, to take effect at noon tomorrow, Nov. 3 in 12 New Jersey counties: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Monmouth, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren. The move is meant to prevent a fuel shortage and ease the problem of extended wait times and lines at gas stations, the governor's office said in a statement. "As New Jerseyans continue the long process of recovering from Hurricane Sandy, it's imperative that our families have secure, reliable access to ...
WeÂ’ve Been Left FAR Behind
Post Date: 2012-11-02 16:24:12 by calcon
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Staten Island residents are furious. They feel that in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy they’ve been ignored and left to fend for themselves. CBS 2′s Jessica Schneider toured the borough on Thursday night and saw one home on Cedar Grove Avenue that looks like it was torn to shreds by a tornado. However, it was surging ocean waters that tore the house apart, and filled others with more than 10 feet of water. It’s that type of apparent neglect that has left residents saying they haven’t received the attention or help they so desperately need. “Red Cross is here with hot chocolate and cookies. We need blankets, we need pillows, we ...
Biden on Obama: There’s never been a day in the last four years I’ve been proud to be his VP
Post Date: 2012-11-02 16:13:42 by calcon
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Somewhere in the gray area between a gaffe and a Freudian slip lies this bon mot. I know where he’s coming from, though: There hasn’t been a day in the last four years when I wasn’t not proud to have this guy as VP. I’m also not unashamed of The One. His latest revisionism, in fact, leaves me nonplussed: Despite saying in 2009 that failing to right the economy in three years would mean a “one-term proposition,” President Obama on Thursday may have moved the goalposts. “Now, we knew from the beginning that our work would take more than one year, or even one term — because let’s face it, the middle class was getting hammered long before the ...
Pelosi holds secret fundraiser with Islamists, Hamas-linked groups
Post Date: 2012-11-02 11:25:01 by calcon
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Democratic leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi headlined a high-dollar fundraiser in May that was attended by U.S.-based Islamist groups and individuals linked by the U.S. government to the Hamas jihad group and to the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood movement. The donors at the undisclosed May 16 event included Nihad Awad, the co-founder of the Council on American Islamic Relations, according to data provided by the nonpartisan Investigative Project on Terrorism. The CAIR group was named an unindicted conspirator in a 2007 trial of a Hamas money-smuggling group. A covertly-taken photograph provided by the IPT shows Pelosi standing near Awad at the fundraiser. Roughly 30 people attended the ...
Last jobs report before election shows economy in 'virtual standstill'
Post Date: 2012-11-02 11:11:52 by calcon
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The final monthly jobs report before Election Day offered a mixed bag of economic evidence that quickly became political putty for the presidential candidates, with the unemployment rate ticking up to 7.9 percent but the economy adding a better-than-expected 171,000 jobs. At the same time, the number of unemployed grew by 170,000, roughly the same amount -- to 12.3 million. The October numbers allow President Obama to argue the economy is technically growing under his watch. But they also allow Mitt Romney to argue that the new jobs are not making much of a dent in the unemployment problem. Both campaigns quickly set to work putting their spin on data that, if nothing else, underscores ...
Obama's Loss: Inevitable for Years
Post Date: 2012-11-01 20:06:43 by Mudboy Slim
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Do not be seduced by the disproportionate emphasis on recent events with regard to Barack Obama's pending landslide loss. I submit that a more sober analysis indicates that November 2012 has been inevitable for at least four years. In some ways, it's been inevitable for even longer than that. You see, Barack Obama and his statist agenda have failed because they could not possibly succeed. In a way, electing Obama was liberal America's dash off a cliff -- and the 2012 election is merely the day they officially make contact with the ground. There has been no other outcome possible. The pundits and the pollsters can argue political gravity all they want -- and they certainly have ...
Silver Lining: UN Suffers `Unprecedented damage' From Sandy
Post Date: 2012-11-01 17:43:29 by Brian S
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The headquarters of the United Nations overlooking New York's East River suffered "unprecedented damage" from Superstorm Sandy, the U.N. management chief said Thursday. Yukio Takasu told the General Assembly at the end of its first session following the killer storm that the most serious damage was from flooding, which affected many basement offices and the cooling system in the main Secretariat building. The water that rushed across a major highway along the river also caused a small fire in a circuit breaker in an electrical panel in the basement, he said. It was put out almost immediately by the water that continued to rise early Tuesday morning. ...
Rove: Sifting the Numbers for a Winner
Post Date: 2012-11-01 16:36:46 by jwpegler
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It comes down to numbers. And in the final days of this presidential race, from polling data to early voting, they favor Mitt Romney. He maintains a small but persistent polling edge. As of yesterday afternoon, there had been 31 national surveys in the previous seven days. Mr. Romney led in 19, President Obama in seven, and five were tied. Mr. Romney averaged 48.4%; Mr. Obama, 47.2%. The GOP challenger was at or above 50% in 10 polls, Mr. Obama in none. The number that may matter the most is Mr. Obama's 47.2% share. As the incumbent, he's likely to find that number going into Election Day is a percentage point or so below what he gets. For example, in 2004 President George W. ...
Obama Doing Awful Job of Disaster Relief in NJ
Post Date: 2012-11-01 09:33:05 by no gnu taxes
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Hurricane Sandy made landfall just 36 hours ago and already we’ve received reports of looting in hard-hit areas with some people brazenly taking to Twitter to post pictures of their new found wealth. Ahead of the storm panic buying left grocery and hardware store shelves empty as concerned residents stocked up on food, water, batteries, flashlights, and generators. With the run on supplies over the weekend, tens of thousands of people were inevitably left without essential survival items due to shortages across the region, and now they are demanding action from government officials. Officials in the city of Hoboken, N.J., are defending their response to severe flooding from ...
Ohio Governor John Kasich Says Romney's Got The Buckeye State in the Bag
Post Date: 2012-11-01 09:17:08 by no gnu taxes
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Speaking on Meet the Press, Ohio Governor John Kasich -while noting the race was 'close'- was of the opinion that Romney's all but taken Ohio, and stressed that he hasn't previously made this kind of claim. You'd think the state's most powerful Republican would be close enough to the action to have a feel for Republican mood, momentum, and ground game there (he's not the only GOPer looking at Ohio close-up and coming away with a real positive impression, either): "Look, they're very close. But I believe right now we are currently ahead. Internals show us currently ahead," said the Governor... "I honestly think that Romney is going to ...
DRUDGE: SEX SCANDAL TO HIT CAMPAIGN... DEVELOPING...
Post Date: 2012-10-31 21:10:43 by calcon
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I wonder "who wuz hacked"??
Obama Tours NJ Damage; Christie: ‘I Cannot Thank The President Enough’
Post Date: 2012-10-31 18:19:39 by Brian S
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Wednesday thanked President Obama for his aid amidst recovery efforts in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. "I cannot thank the president enough for his concern," said Christie, at a joint press conference. "He's called me 6 times, it's a great working relationship." For his part, Obama returned the compliments. "He's been responsive, aggressive...he's put his heart and soul in making sure that the people of New Jersey bounce back stronger than ever before." Obama added that he had instituted a "15 minute rule" for his response team, alloting 15 minutes of maximum time in which they had to respond ...
Benghazi Questions Bam won't Answer
Post Date: 2012-10-31 14:41:54 by calcon
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October 31, 2012 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: The American people deserve to know all the facts surrounding the terrorist attack in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, that resulted in the murder of four Americans—including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Unfortunately, you and your senior administration officials have not been forthcoming in providing answers to the many questions that have emerged. On October 9, 2012, we sent a letter to the senior intelligence officials in your administration in an effort to obtain answers to these questions. More than three weeks have passed, and we still have not ...
White House Shoots Down Rumors It Nixed Benghazi Intervention
Post Date: 2012-10-31 14:29:58 by Brian S
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The White House on Wednesday shot down rumors that President Obama nixed an operation to rescue U.S. diplomats under attack in Benghazi after former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich made the claim on national television.“Neither the President nor anyone in the White House denied any requests for assistance in Benghazi during the attack,” National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor told The Hill via email.Gingrich told Fox News on Tuesday evening that he'd been told by a “fairly reliable” U.S. senator that at least two news networks have emails “from the national security adviser’s office telling a counterterrorism group to stand ...
Time to Out Sinister Valerie Jarrett
Post Date: 2012-10-31 14:29:21 by calcon
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The deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya, demand the outing of President Barack Obama’s Iranian-born, chief advisor Valerie Jarrett. Three times Stevens and his staff were denied help to save their lives on the day of their death. While the courageous serving America were denied help, private citizen Valerie Jarrett seems to have a 24-hour, around-the-clock security detail, with five or six Secret Service agents at her disposal at home and abroad. (former Democratic pollster Patrick Caddell, Breitbart News interview. ) “At the urging of Valerie Jarrett, President Barack Obama canceled the operation to kill Osama bin Laden on three ...
Benghazi cover-up much worse than 'third-rate burglary'
Post Date: 2012-10-31 14:24:28 by calcon
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The ride on the Obama bus gets bumpier as more bodies are thrown under it. The latest to go thumpity thump are journalists who trumpeted the administration's excuse that faulty intelligence is why the president said for so long the attack on our consulate in Benghazi was a "spontaneous" protest over a Youtube video. The journalists went under the bus because the Foreign Service and career intelligence officers the administration tried to scapegoat refused to go there. They've leaked emails that reveal the White House was informed while it was still going on that the attack was the work of terrorists affiliated with al-Qaida. To put this in the context of the Mother of ...
RNC flush with cash for endgame blitz
Post Date: 2012-10-31 14:05:07 by calcon
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A late surge of support and months of restrained spending have left the Republican National Committee flush with cash with little time to spend it — $68 million as of Oct. 17, which was nearly seven times the amount the Democratic National Committee had in the bank. Adding in the cash from other presidential campaign committees, the mismatch still was stark: $156 million for Mitt Romney and his GOP allies to $94 million for President Obama and his allies. State Republican parties also had 50 percent more cash than their Democratic counterparts, according to an analysis by The Washington Times. It’s likely that means a surge of GOP spending is coming. What’s unclear is what ...
Republicans senators press Obama admin. again for answers on Benghazi
Post Date: 2012-10-31 13:10:16 by calcon
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Four Republican senators accused President Obama on Wednesday of ignoring their repeated requests for information about the Libya terror attack, raising the question of whether the administration is “deliberately stonewalling” Congress. The senators, who have blasted out a series of inquiries to various agencies since the deadly Sept. 11 strike, said Wednesday that “we have failed to receive a single letter in response.” “The American people and their representatives in Congress need to understand what you knew about the Benghazi terrorist attack and when you knew it,” wrote Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; John McCain, R-Ariz.; Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.; and Ron ...
HER COMES THE LANDSLIDE
Post Date: 2012-10-31 13:06:40 by calcon
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Voters have figured out that President Obama has no message, no agenda and not even much of an explanation for what he has done over the past four years. His campaign is based entirely on persuading people that Mitt Romney is a uniquely bad man, entirely dedicated to the rich, ignorant of the problems of the average person. As long as he could run his negative ads, the campaign at least kept voters away from the Romney bandwagon. But once we all met Mitt Romney for three 90-minute debates, we got to know him — and to like him. He was not the monster Obama depicted, but a reasonable person for whom we could vote. As we stripped away Obama’s yearlong campaign of vilification, all ...
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