Will you be so happy on November 6th?

Joe Bobby –

SPOT ON!

Given what King George and "GFY" [ See URL] Cheney left him, President Obama has done a fantastic job!

http://politicalhumor.about.com/b/2004/06/25/cheney-to-leahy-go-fk-yourself.htm

http://youtu.be/OPdTSnmzdb4

Troll Joe Bobby from Alemeda, California wrote:
“Thank you, President Obama for your many achievements, despite strong Republican obstructions:”
“+ Led the killing of Osama Bin Laden.”
Navy Seal Team 6 did that while Obama did NOTHING in the situation room

“+ Improved US relationships with most allies.”
By starting his Presidency with an apology tour

“+ Directed killing of several leaders of Al Qaida.”
As was done under Bush-43

“+ Implemented harsh sanctions on Iran.”
Yet they are still proceeding with Uranium enrichment

“+ Brought together coalition to remove dictator Gaddhafi from power in Libya.”
All he did was jump on a Revolution well under way and send up a few drones.

“+ Implemented Obamacare to provide healthcare for millions of people who previously did not have health coverage, and to mandate several health cost-cutting measures.”
Which is now costing an average $3,000 per family (and more to come)

“+ Ended the discriminatory Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy in the military.
+ Supports same-sex marriage.
+ Supports the equal pay act to provide equal pay for women and men.”
With the economy as sucky as it is, are these really issues?

“+ Led the nation out of worst recession (gotten into by Bush) in many decades.”
Then why is our economic outlook so bleak, and REAL unemployment around 12%

continued:
“+ Implemented stimulus act to revive economy.”
Which only cost us $110,000 to create each job. Which could explain why our economic outlook is so bleak.

“+ Ended war in Iraq, an unnecessary and unbudgeted war started by George W Bush.
+ Began drawdown of war in Afghanistan.”
Saddam Hussein was a threat with WMDs, so it was necessary to get rid of him. The wars against Saddam Hussein and the Taliban only lasted a few weeks. We are fighting against the next brutal dictator in each of those countries.

“+ Passed necessary Wall Street reform to prevent future financial collapse.
All he did was add more stifling regulation

“+ Helped turn around auto industry.”
All B.O. did was prop up the unions. GM and Chrysler would have been better off to follow Ford’s example

“+ And, much, much more!”
like Benghazi (wait, I thought we were now loved in the Middle East)
Increasing the national debt by 6 TRILLION dollars
Increasing annual spending by 27%
Increasing annual deficit instead of halving it AS PROMISED!

“Let's go FORWARD!, not back to the Bush years!”
Yup, just keep charging forward to the Lenin/Stalin years, they will be so wonderful!

It is not about his record, but about his pop-star celebrity. Sadly, too many people are swayed by this. Just listen how he changes his dialect depending on the crowd he is speaking to. And observe how he hops down the stairs of Air Force One...very un-presidential, but oh "so cool."

@Annie Nominous Someone said the other day that this election will be decided by the ignorant. Food for thought.

I I I ME ME ME. Obama is the culmination of AA.

wow, Anti-Alinsky, I have changed my mind because of you. I know of hundreds of others who also think you do great work. Can you please copy and paste your opinions and original ideas every where possible, because you still need to convince a lot of people that you are right. Thanks for being you. I can tell that you are really striving to make things better.

Glad to see someone has finally seen my genius.

Actually, the reason's I stated can't be stated enough. The B.O. campaign has jumped the rails repeatedly in an attempt to distract us from the real issues (Big Bird, binders full of women...)

The real issues in this campaign have to stay at the top of ANY discussion!

B.O. campaign = Body Odor campaign. Get the stench out of the White House! Romney/Ryan 2012

The Anti-Alinsky -

"8) Has proven he can work with others across the aisle"

Yes, hmmm, with an 87% Democratic legislator in MA, he issued 844 vetoes; the legislator overturned 750+ of those, most unanimously. He – Willard – created his own personal elevator, so he would not have to discuss legislation or be with anyone on his ride to/from his office. In addition, you thought he only had an elevator for his BMW’s and his wife’s Cadillac’s. He never even learned any of the Republican legislator’s names. He left office in MA with a 35% - King George like – approval rating. He left the state 47th in job creation and 1.2 BILLION in debt.

Willard is nothing more than anti-social, egomaniacal, anti-bipartisanship, and the typical CEO BOSS; it is “my way or the highway”… sort of sound familiar?

Comrade Wilson has been reading the DailyKOS again.

Did your "research" tell you that those were line item vetos (intending to save tax-payers money by eliminating waste)?

The Anti-Alinsky –

Willard never knew or wanted to know how government worked, he only wanted to play CEO BOSS...

"The reality of his time as Governor was quite different. Mitt Romney had the dubious distinction of vetoing over 800 measures passed by that Democrat-controlled legislature. According to the Boston Globe , in a television ad for his 2008 presidential campaign, Romney even gloated about it. ''I know how to veto,” he said in the ad. “I like vetoes. I've vetoed hundreds of spending appropriations as governor.'' This endeared him to neither Democrats nor Republicans, according to the Globe.

What he doesn't say is the Legislature overrode those vetoes almost at will. When the House decided to challenge him, Romney was overridden 99.6 percent of the time: 775 to 3, according to the House minority leader's office. In the Senate, Romney was overridden every time, often unanimously.

Frustrated by not being able to manage the state like he did Bain Capital, Romney spent most of his final year outside Massachusetts, laying the groundwork for a national campaign. According to Think Progress , “Romney spent 212 days out of state — more than four days each week, on average” in 2006. He then left office with a 34 percent approval rating."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/mitt-romney-flooding_n_2042886.html

http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/democracy-danger-signs-mitt-romneys-800-vetoes-mass-governor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2POembdArVo

how is the statement "Voting is the best revenge" considered racists?

It is a sign of desperation. The uniter is really the divider.

Have you read any of the hateful Twitter comments against Romney? The comments are horrible and threatening.
http://twitchy.com/2012/11/02/as-election-day-nears-obama-supporters-step-up-riot-threats/

Sure better than Romney's divisive and hateful "47 percent" comment.

Repubs are desperate, but still Romney will lose!

Go Vote!

alt ideas needed -

You have to remember that the President Obama haters know that they have lost and they are oh so desperate. "Wishful Thinking" guides these delusional folks.

Hence, "Voting is the best revenge" is obviously racist... it is ALL THEY HAVE...

A controversial button made its way around the Democratic convention that said “once you vote black, you never go back,” Obama should wear that on the campaign trail, being the big racist he is.

Because if Mitt Romney would have said that, the mainstream media would have been all over the comment...get it? Double Standard!

Annie Nominous -

You can still vote early with an absentee ballot at the courthouse, and all of Friday was also open... slam, bam, thank you, mam...

That's a good point, KM. Doesn't matter - KATY PERRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KM -

President Obama's strategy for the Walker Recall was a wise one; he did not want to alienate the voters of Wisconsin.

a) He knew most of the population in Wisconsin did not really believe in the idea of a RECALL, even though it was in the state’s Constitution – and the recall, really, was more about the recall, than it was about Walker.

b) He also had better things to do for his Presidential Election.

c) He knew – as most rational people did – that his presence here would only hurt him and not help Barrett… this was all sort of a no-brainer.

Sorry I had to spell out the obvious for YOU…

John- So what I hear you saying is the WI recall was not important to him but it was important to everyone else. He had better things to do besides help the people who got him elected and he didn't want to be associated with the losing team.

KM -

What you read is what you read; I did not "say" anything to you.

The Recall was clearly a purely STATE issue, NOT a Presidential Election issue.

Had President Obama gotten involved with the STATE OF Wisconsin’s GOVERNORSHIP issue, I am sure you President Obama Haters would have accused him of FEDERAL INTERFERENCE in your STATE GOVERNMENT!

I’ve really written all I am going to on this subject…

KM – So, what I understand from your writing is you do not understand simple declarative sentences. Sorry, you should probably think seriously about attending a remedial English comprehension class…perhaps you may take Bob McBride with you...

Thanks for your enlightened comment.

Stormy, only six of the photos on the Obama story were taken by a Patch editor; the rest were uploaded by readers, a free option we offer to all. Half the photos on the Romney story were also uploaded by a reader. We do strive for fairness and balance in the content we at Patch produce, but we do not limit content provided by others.

Stormy Weather -

That's 10-photos too many... the guy is absolutely creepy!

Stormy Weather, don't hold your breath waiting for equal coverage from Patch. While I think they are fair at best, they certainly believe leaning left sells more.

oak creek resident -

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You have broken at least half of these, just today... BYE!

Ann never said that, but you just did. Thanks for projecting your own racism!

GearHead -

Ann told me that just last night...

Nick, it must suck to be you, knowing your anti-Randian blather moves nobody. Do you think 8:00 is too early to light my victory cigar?

GearHead -

It that the same cigar you stole from President William Jefferson Clinton?

I will vote for Romney because he is a White adult. Obama is an overgrown adolescent, affirmative-action parasite who is the enemy of his own country and the White people who built it. We must publicly reject the nefarious Obama on Election Day 2012. It's too late to save what we had four years ago. It is gone. Our only choice is to take back the power on November 6th and start rebuilding from scratch. Our great Republican victories have been 1980, 1994 and 2010. Each one made me feel more alive, and more hopeful about the future of liberty. It would be nice to add 2012 to this list.

Great comment Nick. We do need President Obama and Democrats to win and we need republicans to get to work doing what they are elected to do which is work for the American people, not for corporations, not for the wealthy, not for the oil and gas companies. We need to fight for public education, for all the policies for the good of all Americans that Democrats are coming up with.

Read what you wrote: "The Control Panel" and yes, you are right he is doing more controlling; but we don't want control panels, we want a leader. Hitler was a control panel person. We've returned from financial ruin . . .huh, we're in deeper debt than ever, I don't see that as a return from ruin, but diving deeper into the ocean of darkness.
We are being led to the cliff and soon will be told to jump, VOTE NObama.

Daniel S. -

That is very clever... whenever you don't really have anything intelligent to say - and you never do - just invoke Hitler...

Hey, it works for the rest of the Republican "Wishful Thinking" trolls...

AWD -

Yes, it was so good 4-years ago... banks were failing, no one could get financing for anything, the automobile industry was falling apart, Wall Street was going through its death spiral and we were losing 800,000 jobs a month... ALL brought to you by the Republican Party's geniuses, King George - now in the Cayman Islands watching Willard's money - and Cheney, whose money bought him a real person's heart to replace his robotic one.

I am sure America is just lusting after those good old days...

"If Romney were in power today, our fellow Americans along the East coast would be left completely on their own: the Randian self-centered way."

(I think the Kool-Aid may have turned, old Nick is starting to see Randian Objectivists under the bed.)

In direct contradiction of its stated policy FEMA failed to have even minimum quantities of bottled water or any other supplies in nearby storage facilities despite a week's warning of the impending storm. They have had to solicit bids from (gasp) the immoral private sector for basic supplies.

That's big government in action Nick, they're not happy until you're not happy. Heckuva job FEMA. When Obama boards the ship of state at least it has a propeller head.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/11/02/FEMA-Still-Doesn-t-Have-Bottled-Water-to-Distribute-Finally-Places-Large-Order-Today-for-Delivery-Monday

Averaging the polls is the worst measure. Are you really that confused that ma is a liberal hell hole that votes for liberal presidents? This daily kos talking point is getting old

Steve ® -

IF you didn’t like the Kos, you’ll LOVE this…

"In 2008, statistician Nate Silver, who runs the New York Times' FiveThirtyEight poll aggregation blog, correctly predicted all 35 Senate races and 49 out of 50 states' presidential election results (he miscalled Indiana, by a one-percent margin). Somewhat less well-known is Emory University political science professor Drew Linzer, who runs the site Votamatic. Both models, and the many more included in this category, use a smorgasbord of data, some historical and much live-updating, to build forecast models. This means tracking and averaging and assigning weights to various state and national polls, incorporating various felt economic indicators, surveying prediction markets, and so on.

What bothers many about these sites is that they tend to show an overwhelming advantage to the President's reelection campaign. As of this morning, FiveThirtyEight predicts that the President has a 85.1 percent of winning the 2012 election, with a predicted 306.9 electoral votes. If you think that's bold, Votamatic pegged the President's electoral likelihood at 332 votes. Both are a far cry away from the national polls, and even prediction markets.

http://www.policymic.com/articles/18183/presidential-polls-should-you-trust-nate-silver-538-intrade-or-rasmussen-polls

Actually, they are not a far cry from anything. The only thing that people see in conflict, that they can reconcile in their head, is the variance between state polls and the national polling. I think that it is pretty easy to understand, but most people still don't. I'll try to explain it here. In 2008, we a perfect storm happening. First, we had the end of our 8 year national nightmare (the George W years), coming to a close. Then we had an unknown variable, which was the potential to break the racial ceiling for the presidency. Both factors put already blue states into excessively blue states and red states in the South, showed unusual support for Obama and increased turn out for him even in states that he did not ultimately win. So the national polls now are showing the ebbing of those two tides that had rose in 2008 in non competitive states, back to where they normally would be. But that loss of support in states that are already predestined to be voting for or against a Democratic candidate to begin with, are not the voters that will be predicting this election. Now we flip to the electoral college and swings states and that is all that is going to get you the votes that you need. Rent the movie Moneyball and watch the scene early in the movie when Jonah Hill explains the flaw in how mangers had been thinking. Nate SIlver literally is one of these moneyball guys and the general public still isn't following this thinking. But these odds really are correct.

@steve

Please enlighten us as to what you see as the better way. I am sure that you hold a level of intelligence that far surpasses all of the smartest statisticians in the country, so please share how you calculate things. Or are you just kind of going with your gut and that is what we should all be listening to?

The candidate who wins Ohio has won the last 11 presidential races. Early voting in Ohio has self-identified democrats down 154,911 from 2008 and self-identified republicans up 108,345 from 2008 for a swing of 263,256. Obama's total margin of victory against McCain that year was only 262,224. Way to go O-H-I-O.

A nice takedown of Nate Silver's methodology:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/11/01/don039t_be_surprised_when_obama_loses_294919.html

Adam Wienieski -

Only in your "Wishful Thinking" mind...

EARLY VOTING:

[8 hours ago…]
"So far, Democratic voters outnumber Republicans in Florida, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina and Ohio. Republicans have the edge in Colorado."

http://www.wfmj.com/story/19994154/obama-seems-to-have-early-voter-lead-in-key-states

[20 hours ago…]
"So far, Democratic voters outnumber Republicans in Florida, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina and Ohio - five states that could decide the election, if they voted the same way. Republicans have the edge in Colorado, which Obama won in 2008."

http://seattletimes.com/html/politics/2019593399_apusearlyvoting.html

Adam Wienieski -

The only problem with the Plethora of "Wishful Thinkers" attacking Nate Silver's methodology or statistical model or Nate himself, is… no one else even comes close to his accuracy in predicting Political Election RESULTS!

Sour grapes, hope and “Wishful Thinking” just doesn’t change the FACTS…

Veryvila -

Kudos!

You should remember, though, that Republicans only understand "Wishful Thinking" NOT FACTS!

Young kids are now covered under parents healthcare plans . . . . why? Why don't they get jobs and pay for there own healthcare, I have since I was 18. Is it because there are very few jobs available, especially full-time that provide healthcare? Something is really wrong in the USA, Obama hasn't fixed anything except for his retirement fund and helped out those who are too lazy to take an available job to put food on the table.

And look how much better the world is today than it was 40, 20 or 10 years ago, thanks to college educations . . . . oh, it isn't . . . oh well : (

You are on the right track!

@Sharpie I could not have said it better.

Sharpie -

You really are not the brightest bulb on any block are you?

NObama 2012 I am a Gary Johnson supporter and I don't hate Jews. What I do hate is the fact that the Republicans and Democrats are both so financially irresponsible. I also can't stand the fact that both of those parties have been bought out by dark money. Am I clear?

from these post there are guys who just hate.

Thanx JW, from the beginning I was thinking similarly; Healthcare costs are out of control. Who cares if you can afford insurance, if you cannot afford the balance after the insurance paid their share? The cost of care is what needs to be made affordable!