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This one gave me a laugh yesterday!

I was a Democrat last election. This year, I'm with the Justice Party. They believe that there should be universal health care, free 4-years of college for all, and prosecution of people who authorized torture. They have other ideas I support.

Huh?

 

CNN's Anderson Cooper just said Biden "looked condescending through out the debat, which turned me a democrat off."

THE ONE POLL THAT IS ACTUALLY SCIENTIFIC !

 

 

 

"The one poll where Obama has commanding lead: 7-11 coffee cups

 

October 9, 2012, 11:41 AM

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While most polls in the presidential race are pretty tight, one that has successfully predicted the winners in the last three elections has President Barack Obama with a commanding lead: The 7-Eleven coffee cup contest.

 

The convenience-store chain sells coffee cups colored red or blue and marked with the names of the Democratic incumbent and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney.

 

Nationally, Obama is up 60% to 40% and is even beating the former Massachusetts governor in such GOP strongholds as Utah, Texas and South Carolina.

 

As of Tuesday, Romney was ahead in just two states, Idaho and West Virginia. He does not break 60% in either of them while the president is well ahead of that number in several, including California, Washington, New Mexico and Iowa.

 

New Hampshire is tied.

 

– Bill Spain"

 

 

WINK

Princeton Economist: Obama Campaign Is Misrepresenting My Study on Romney's Tax Plan

 

 

Last night, the Obama campaign blasted out another email claiming that Mitt Romney's tax plan would either require raising taxes on the middle class or blowing a hole in the deficit. "Even the studies that Romney has cited to claim his plan adds up still show he would need to raise middle-class taxes," said the Obama campaign press release. "In fact, Harvard economist Martin Feldstein and Princeton economist Harvey Rosen both concede that paying for Romney’s tax cuts would require large tax increases on families making between $100,000 and $200,000."

 

But that's not true. Princeton professor Harvey Rosen tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD in an email that the Obama campaign is misrepresenting his paper on Romney's tax plan:

 

"I can’t tell exactly how the Obama campaign reached that characterization of my work. It might be that they assume that Governor Romney wants to keep the taxes from the Affordable Care Act in place, despite the fact that the Governor has called for its complete repeal. The main conclusion of my study is that under plausible assumptions, a proposal along the lines suggested by Governor Romney can both be revenue neutral and keep the net tax burden on taxpayers with incomes above $200,000 about the same. That is, an increase in the tax burden on lower and middle income individuals is not required in order to make the overall plan revenue neutral."

 

You can check the math that shows Romney's plan is mathematically possible here.

 

But Democrats never lie.

fact is republicans are punished for trying to work with democrats. Its IMPOSSSIBLE to run the government without compromise. Sure there are obe or two core beliefs that any pol may view as non negotiable. nothing wrong with that at all. Thevold guard that negotiated are punished by the tea party and others. Huntsman was punished for simply being ambassador to China which is non partisan and in everyobes beslt interest. Uniquely qualified. He speaks the language and intimately knows how they think and the issues.

The party is fucked up. At least some members are. Enough for it be a huge problem.

Dems are no where clise to perfect but at least they are willing to compromise.

During the debate

I did not see Willard Romney

display any willingness to reach 'across the aile'.

His firm statement that Obamacare and PBS will be

terminated when he becomes President

is a strong indication there will be no reaching 'across the aisle'

unless it is to strangle somebody.

Where I used to work, anything over six drinks per week was considered heavy drinking. That's less than one drink per day. The last time a Doc addressed my alcohol comsumption, he said: one glass of champaign on New Years Eve