I am beginning to become scared that Romney/Ryan will win. Can smart people please post here and say reassuring things to convince me that he won't?

i hope my district election officials take note!

who are you going to trust? noted misogynist erick erickson's gut feeling - http://www.redstate.com/2012/09/06/the-alternative-universe-and-the-media-feedback-loop/ - or every poll that has been released to date

TOO MANY THREADS

this thread is primarily for democrat voters to feel nervous about an election that is practically a foregone conclusion. other threads are for other things!

btw, on that topic, nate writes:

But that isn’t how you draw these things up. You don’t want your chances to come down to the residual chance of a polling error or an October surprise. You want to be ahead after your party convention — not just tied, something that even Walter F. Mondale had (very briefly) managed to do in 1984.

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/sept-4-the-simple-case-for-why-obama-is-the-favorite/

I’m on record repeatedly doubting Mitt Romney’s viability as a candidate, but more and more I think not only is Romney winning, but the polling is not reflecting the strength of his campaign and the media is actually sabotaging the Democrats’ chance of winning. In fact, I dare say if MItt Romney wins he will have the American media to thank for his win. Hear me out and I think you will agree.

First, and I realize you will have to take my word for it, I have a pretty good gut check on winning and losing. My gut tells me Mitt Romney is doing better than I expected and better than the polling is suggesting. Anecdotes are not data, but more and more a steady stream of anecdotes are piling up to suggest Romney is winning.

"Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan" is an anagram of "My ultimate Ayn Rand porn"

Anecdotes are not data, but more and more a steady stream of anecdotes are piling up to suggest Romney is winning.

haha

Based on Facebook posts, I predict an exact tie.

I remember a lot of these 'anecdotes' floating around in 2008 -- around this time, as a matter of fact. K-Lo went to town with them.

And then, of course, there was the ultimate in shiny baubles thanks to Sarah P. Paul Ryan, no.

oh is that what K-Lo did?

What, exactly, are Mitt's strengths as a candidate? My impression was that he won the nomination by default; Santorum and Gingrich just seemed like repugnant human beings, and Herman Cain was basically insane. I'm not sure why people are into Romney. Is his whole platform "I'm not Obama"?

He's a businessman and loves his kids.

He's going to Bain-ify our failing country!

(Seriously don't understand why no one seems to play that angle when his stature as a businessman is talked up as a plus).

(I mean, not 'no one', but it really should be the overriding narrative re: his business acumen.)

Everyone is playing that angle! It was one of the main talking points of the convention last night and has been a theme in attack ads, including the super mean one that implied Romney was responsible for a dude's wife dying of cancer because he shut down a plant dude worked at, causing him to lose his medical insurance.

Ha ha. Okay, cool. I haven't seen much convention coverage or that ad. Kinda wondered if they were biding their time before they really started hammering it home.

as of today they are tied in the polls. apparently.

http://www.examiner.com/article/a-breakdown-of-the-most-recent-obama-versus-romney-polls-9

get ready to put on your mandatory bainamerica uniform. and learn the compulsory bainamerica anthem.

xxxp That was definitely the weirdest campaign ad I've seen in a long time (well, that and the famous Herman Cain one), it kinda sucks to know the Democrats are totally insane as well

one weird thing that i can report is that there is a sudden groundswell of musicians talking about the fact that the primary stakeholder in guitar center (which is in the pretty hated category, at least on the surface) is bain - like dudes coming into the store to inform me that they wont vote for romney because of his ties to guitar center. which is weird, but could mobilize some pretty lazy non-voting sorts of people.

Would love to see the anti-Guitar Center contingent turn the tide. O's team needs to get to work on those ads asap.

crucial slice of the electorate right there!!

ha xp

srsly tho i didn't know that

hahahaha wait, so noise dudes and guitar store cranks are the next soccer moms? Guitar Center is the next Whitewater?

as of today they are tied in the polls. apparently.

this is not exactly true. they tied coming out of the RNC convention (when romney should be leading from convention bounce). when the numbers regress, obama is still leading.

jesus christ Erick Erickson IS Stephen Colbert

shepard fairey better get cracking on some 'fuck guitar center; fuck mitt romney' posters.

as of today they are tied in the polls. apparently.

http://www.examiner.com/article/a-breakdown-of-the-most-recent-obama-versus-romney-polls-9

― scott seward, Thursday, September 6, 2012 11:27 AM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://i.imgur.com/pfMfr.png

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com

http://i.imgur.com/86Y1E.png

http://polltracker.talkingpointsmemo.com

http://i.imgur.com/VVJaD.png

http://www.realclearpolitics.com

Gotta say, learning the carmax guy was hardcore dem and the papa Johns guy was hardcore repub has already affected what I might spend my money on.

feel like this news from the general election thread should be included here:
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/romney-gop-michigan-pennsylvania-pull-out.php

I know this isnt really teh place to say this but sometimes when I eat meat I feel like a vampire

no this is totally the place

Slobbo and Nino will hang on until the ice caps melt and available red meat supply gone

wrong thread! but yeah same concern

it really irks me how vital nino is for a 75 y/o fat man

red wine, man

haha it is so hard to keep these threads straight

TOO MANY THREADS

― Newgod joins this board, and quickly he's some dude (goole), Thursday, September 6, 2012 8:53 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

conversely, more threads?

yeah i bet scalia's got another 10-12 years in him. fucker.

maybe if we can confront him with enough unspeakably abominable acts of homosinuality he will have a heart attack

how did clinton look healthwise compared to scalia? thin + haggard vs stout and sturdy or lean+mean vs human slop bucket?

hale and hearty

i guess that makes scalia the human slop bucket

scalia def has the puffy face and extra chin thing going now

what's he thinking here?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Antonin_Scalia,_SCOTUS_photo_portrait.jpg/220px-Antonin_Scalia,_SCOTUS_photo_portrait.jpg

i have 6 marshmallows in my mouth

clinton looked better than he has in recent memory imho fwiw xp tho he prob doesnt wear make up all the time has something to do w/it

Gotta say, learning the carmax guy was hardcore dem and the papa Johns guy was hardcore repub has already affected what I might spend my money on.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 September 2012 17:05 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what about pizza hut? if they are the same i'm just going to give up and learn to make my own dough

so Costco dude was one of the speakers? i missed that

His appeal was well captured by this post:s

there's something pitch perfect abt his boringness
like I'm a real businessman, did your 24 pack of basketballs all go flat, sir? I will find you a replacement in the back. no, thank you, sir.

― Farrah Abraham had many songs/ many songs had Farrah Abraham (m bison)