I predict a Romney victory because...............

[chance1]

Talk about breaking ranks. Maureen Dowd wrote a NYTimes, editorial dumping BO about as hard as I have seen. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/o...-superhero.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=opinion
I am sure some will again accuse me of just repeating talking points. In fact, however, I never expected to see the day when I would refer with approval to a Dowd writing.

This isn't the first or last time she's ripped him or the Dems a new asshole

Keeps her ....... Interesting and somewhat authentic

I recommend that tact to others here

 

[chance1]

Nothing is guaranteed. Especially because there are several scenarios that get Romney to 269 which would be easier and 269 is all Romney needs to win.

That crazy math again

 

[chuck10x]

I agree with Maureen Dowds article, She said it all where I could only try.
One thing left out though is the Affordable Care Act, If the Supreme court overturns it, Obama is done.
He spent his first year in office getting it passed, And it is a mess though parts of it are great.
On Romney and Bain capital, Romney took failing companies and turned them around with an 80% success rate, The Obama strategy is an old one - Turn your opponents successes into a weakness.

In the end, It is all about one thing - How the voters feel about their time with Obama as president.

 

[Stardreamer]

Obama could easily lose that election if the economy gets worse. I personally don't understand how anyone would vote for Romney though. He's as inauthentic as it gets. He hasn't been able to explain what his vision for the country is (because he apparently doesn't have one). He doesn't seem to be driven by ideas or a core conviction but mainly by his desire to become President. The notion that he knows how to fix the economy because he worked at Bain sounds kinda strange to me. His economic concept (tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts) has been debunked several times. Having said that, the election will be decided by roughly a million independents in the Swing States. If they believe that the country is on the wrong track and if they believe that Obama hasn't been able to deliver on his promise to fix the economy, Romney will be the next President. It's unfair given that Obama proposed a new jobs bill last fall and the Republicans blocked it. According to estimates that act alone would have lowered the unemployment rate under 8 percent and nobody would be talking about Obama being a failure on the economy right now. But that's water under that bridge. People don't want to differentiate. It the economy gets worse they will always blame the one who's currently holding office.

Precisely, as I watched our elections over the last few years all to often dissatisfaction with the previous candidate and direction of the country was all to often the driving factor. We didn't vote for Bush and Obama because we did in-depth analysis and approval of what they promised. We voted for them because they were not Clinton and Bush. If the majority of voters feel the economy is not going in the right direction come November, it won't matter what the polls numbers looked like in May, people will wind up voting for Romney because he is not Obama.

 

[Kulindahr]

The Dowd article is pretty right on. It doesn't make for drama, which is why little anti-Obama material of any substance gets posted here. Really, Obama avoids substance; he didn't even focus much on substance with the health care business, just on getting something passed.

People really into thinking don't usually do much worthy of yelling about, because mostly they don't do much. That's both Obama's problem and a plus for him: problem, because there's nothing to point to that inspires, yes plus, because there's nothing to point to to damn him.

A community organizer trying to organize those who don't even see themselves as a community is boring. Except for some few moments, Obama as president could qualify as "The Great Bore".

 

[LuvFindsAndyHardy]

Someone once wrote about Maureen Dowd that she was like the quiet girl at the party who sits in the corner and no one really notices until she goes home and carves them all to shreds in the school newspaper.

She's funny and she's bright and I am a huge fan. She tells it like she sees it and she is beholden to no one (IMO)

In fact, however, I never expected to see the day when I would refer with approval to a Dowd writing.

That makes TWO of US!

 

[chance1]

Most reasonable people expect a close election, unless the economy soars

That's the prevailing wisdom which is lost on a few

 

[chuck10x]

For himself that is... while firing thousands of American workers and engaging in medicare fraud... McCain did a lot of the work for Obama... McCain's 2008 campaign has a huge file (which is available on the internet). on Romney that will be used against him.

Do some research on Bain Capital. Thousands may have been laid off in failing companies, But what about the successes?
Staples is one of the successes.
As to the medicare fraud, that would be Damon medical, they ordered unecessary blood tests and billed Medicare , When Bain took over in 1990, Romney was on the board of directors from 1990 to 93. When he found out about the billing he put a program in place to prevent it from happening, Damon was found guilty of fraud and paid 119 million $. I don't recall Bain or Romney being involved in the lawsuit, but I could be wrong. I do know a little about Damon because I worked for them in the mid 80's

 

[chance1]

Do some research on Bain Capital. Thousands may have been laid off in failing companies, But what about the successes?
Staples is one of the successes.
As to the medicare fraud, that would be Damon medical, they ordered unecessary blood tests and billed Medicare , When Bain took over in 1990, Romney was on the board of directors from 1990 to 93. When he found out about the billing he put a program in place to prevent it from happening, Damon was found guilty of fraud and paid 119 million $. I don't recall Bain or Romney being involved in the lawsuit, but I could be wrong. I do know a little about Damon because I worked for them in the mid 80's

it doesn't fit the simple/stupid narrative of the President's "ad campaign"

much like pharmaceutical ads, the Romney/Bain job destruction campaign should have disclaimers like

"this depiction is not the case 80% of the time"
"the stories of the people in these ads were not checked for accuracy"
"it's possible that Mitt Romney was not actually with the company when this depiction took place"
etc.

 

[Rolyo85]

So, who will you be voting for, chance?

 

[JayQueer]

I predict a narrow election that could go in either direction, and will largely be decided by demographics that I don't represent.

Agreed........The election will be decided by suburban voters in states like Virginia, Ohio, Iowa, Florida, and Nevada.

The people who will decide this election are straight, married or divorced, and most likely have children of their own. They are likely Christian, and may attend church.

Support of gay issues don't matter that much to these people. In fact, most of the people who will decide the outcome of this election DON'T support same-sex marriage.

 

[chance1]

So, who will you be voting for, chance?

I will make up my mind by election day i assure you

You are not able to vote is that right?

 

[JayQueer]

Bottom line: Residents of Chicago should expect to see the president again in January 2013 because Obama WILL NOT be re-elected.

 

[Rolyo85]

I will make up my mind by election day i assure you

You are not able to vote is that right?

Sadly, no. I'll do my best to vote in 2016. I was hoping they'd swap my rights with JayQueer's, but alas, it seems there are some legal hiccups to that...

Meanwhile, you mean that Romney coming firmly against your rights as a gay man didn't make up your mind?

 

[scream4ever]

I agree with Maureen Dowds article, She said it all where I could only try.
One thing left out though is the Affordable Care Act, If the Supreme court overturns it, Obama is done.
He spent his first year in office getting it passed, And it is a mess though parts of it are great.
On Romney and Bain capital, Romney took failing companies and turned them around with an 80% success rate, The Obama strategy is an old one - Turn your opponents successes into a weakness.

In the end, It is all about one thing - How the voters feel about their time with Obama as president.

I disagree 100% in regards to the Supreme Court overturning the ACA. If they do, it'll seal Obama's fate and ensure he'll be re-elected. He can point to the Supreme Court as being partisan based, and how Romney will only make it even more extreme.

 

[maxpowr9]

I definitely see Democrats taking over congress again and the senate staying the same with democrats hold a slight lead. Romney may win the White House but with a lame duck congress, turnabout is fair play and expect nothing to get done as usual. Although with Rick Scott of Florida probably heading to the big house for voter fraud, Florida may swing D in November because of that.

 

[chuck10x]

I've done significant research on Bain Capital, and in fact have posted links regarding this issue:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...edicare-fraud/2012/01/29/gIQA0ZQabQ_blog.html

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-b...nc-hits-mitt-romney-bains-link-medicare-fraud

Romney's company was linked to medicare fraud and other fraudulent activities.

Here is another link discussing workers that were laid off by Romney's company:

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/20...the-workers-put-profit-over-people/?mobile=nc

If you think everything was fine and dandy in Romney's business you are wrong. Romney only cared about profits, including at the expensve of the workers. I don't care about the so called successes. Thousands lost their jobs because of him.

Bain capital and Romney were never charged with medicare fraud In regards to Damon.
the Washington post article itself states their involvment was over hyped. Here is the end of the story in your link to the Washington Post

Still, Romney was never charged with any wrongdoing. The fraud apparently began in 1988, one year before Bain Capital invested in the company. In the end, four Damon officials were charged with Medicare fraud, including President Joseph Isola, who pleaded no contest to fraud charges and was placed on three years’ probation.

The “Blood Money” video takes these facts, reasonably damning by themselves, and then hypes them further.

Most troubling, with words and images, it makes it appear as though Romney was running the company himself: “Romney would manage the company and serve on its board of directors. . . . Under Romney’s direction, the company was making huge profits. . . . Under Romney, the number of tests skyrocketed. . . . Romney’s company was ordering unnecessary blood tests. . . . Romney sits at the center of the 15 greatest corporate crimes of the 1990s.”

(The 30-second ad actually says: “The crime: Medicare fraud. . . . The boss: Mitt Romney.”)

But while Romney was on the board of directors, which had a fiduciary duty to oversee company executives, this was just one of many companies in which Bain Capital had a stake. Romney was not running the firm and certainly was not “the boss.” Bain, in fact, was a minority investor, owning less than 10 percent of the company.

Moreover, the video makes too strong a link between Bain’s sale of the company to Corning in August 1993 and the issuance of federal subpoenas regarding the fraud that same month. The film calls it “an incredible coincidence” but clearly suggests that Romney dumped the firm because federal authorities “were busy closing in the Damon Corporation.”

 

[chuck10x]

Their involvement was over hyped? What is that supposed to mean?



Romney simply had connections and money. That's why he was never charged with any doing. Romney's corporate record was one where thousands were laid off and many peoplel ost everything.



Again with that "hype" excuse. I haven't seen any counter evidence from you.



Romney had a key hand in the firing of thousands of workers, and this is all you have to counter what I have posted? The apologists are out in full force today, and not coming up with a rational or reasonable argument. Romney made his millions... and that was off the back of American workers. He is an ivory tower republican.

You Posted the link, I followed it and read it, The statements are from the Washington Post article.
I didn't make them up I just copied and pasted.
Romney was simply an employee of Bain Capital, He was not running it, Bain was a minority investor owning less than 10%.
How can an employee of a company owning less than 10% have a key hand in firing thousands?
It is a rational and reasonable argument.

 

[maxpowr9]

Jesus tap dancing Christ, how inept are the people running the Obama campaign? They need to drop to Bain Capital crap and focus on Romney's mediocre record as governor and the fact that he wiped the harddrives of all the state house computers prior to leaving office that was paid for with his own money. This is what the Obama campaign should be talking about because Romney can't defend this kind of stuff.

 

[Perspective]

My fellow gay brothers and sisters. We have been bought and paid for by Barry Obama in the 2012 election. He got rid of don't ask, don't tell, and he publicly endorsed LGBTQ marriage. Which means he gave our community 100% of what we wanted from his administration in his first four years. We owe him our votes, to do otherwise would be to lack integrity. We LGBTQ are known for keeping our words, as well as keeping our threats.