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 always took it as a given that the reason his genial campaign trail demeanor is so contrived and 'robotic' was that he has to work so hard to stifle how unappealing his natural human self can be

http://olivemountainrestaurant.com/g/Olive-Mountain-Money-Mailer-Ad.jpg

have to say it really is impressive how little mormonism has come up at all in this campaign though (xpost)

interviewer: talk to me about how crazy your religion is...
romney: [smiles blankly]

He really does remind me of Bob Dole - when ordered by handlers to stifle his natural sarcasm he turned into a imbecile.

yeah I agree, if anything reminds me of romney in debate #1

true but even that Romney couldn't get away w/ "I'm not running as a Mormon!" which I suspect a lot of Christian "centrists" are dying to hear from this guy. It would probably be smart of the Romney Campaign to own this one and get it defined on these terms

i always took it as a given that the reason his genial campaign trail demeanor is so contrived and 'robotic' was that he has to work so hard to stifle how unappealing his natural human self can be

― some dude, Thursday, November 1, 2012 4:01 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nice piece on silver - http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/109495/%E2%80%98predict-nate-silver%E2%80%99s-future-look-the-more-enlightened-sports-world

He really does remind me of Bob Dole - when ordered by handlers to stifle his natural sarcasm he turned into a imbecile.

I'm reminded of this guy:

http://www.supermegamonkey.net/chronocomic/entries/scans8/EA4_KenWind.jpg

Probably late to the party, but the Margaret Sullivan/Nate Silver feud is hilarious.

When he came to work at The Times, Mr. Silver gained a lot more visibility and the credibility associated with a prominent institution. But he lost something, too: the right to act like a free agent with responsibilities to nobody’s standards but his own.

...lol

gingrich endorses obama?

http://news.yahoo.com/errant-gingrich-email-obama-going-win-174518235.html

lol

Probably late to the party, but the Margaret Sullivan/Nate Silver feud is hilarious.

Is it really a feud though? She was critical of him, but he doesn't seem to be bothered by it.

Yeah feud seems a bit strong. I seriously doubt 538 will be on NYT next election cycle though.

not this Margaret?

http://brightlightsfilm.com/49/49_images/0Sullavan_1940_1.jpg

538 is only leaving the nyt if nate silver wants to leave. he has a more credible brand than they do at this point.

Right I meant that he is likely leaving not that they would show him the door.

I dunno, I mean he seems to have as much independence as he wants + people like steady paychecks + hitching himself to some other media property can't improve his life much. but if he did I would imagine it would be to like, the economist ie something safe and big.

‏@DennisThePerrin
To my comedian friends: Pile on Romney now, because after Tuesday he becomes Wendell Willkie.

ha – Wilkie became an essential FDR ally and liasion after we declared war on the Axis powers.

you mean like Mittens' lockstep w/ Bam on the drone wars?

...and boring listeners to death as a FOX News contributor until the end of his days.

He'll have to pry those Sunday news show invites out of John McCain's cold, dead hands.

so, look for him in 6-8 months?

As Roosevelt's personal representative, he traveled to Britain and the Middle East in late 1941, and to the Soviet Union and China in 1942.

This strikes me as fairly unlikely...

mccain and kerry still had jobs and still have some credibility within their parties. idk if romney is talkshow material - he doesn't really have any reason to keep pushing things he doesn't actually believe once he's not running for office.

He'll always be running for office.

GuysGeeks, he meant the general public will forget Willard instantly.

when did lacking reasons ever keep Romney from doing anything?

Or prepare his sons to run for office. xxp

I hope deathstare son goes first

it would be awesome if one of his sons also had a failed bid for presidency

the inverse Adams family

Dubya came so close :(

before every debate he would write 'dad...also grandpa' on a sheet of paper

Some dude on the radio this morning was actually favorably comparing polls from Nate SIlver and Karl Rove. As if the latter were not some giant, walking red flag.

isn't it likely that Mitt Romney would just go back to the private sector that he can make a couple more hundred billion dollars before he retires?

I think so

that way when one of this doofus sons is running for president in 2036 he can finance the campaign himself

I hope deathstare son goes first

He would be the perfect president for the apocalypse.

200 million, not 200 billion sorry

the more interesting question would be what obama would do next if he lost

it really cracks me up that dude looks like he fell directly out of The Omen III

He is almost cartoonishly evil looking.

the inverse Adams family

― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Friday, November 2, 2012 11:08 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yet still creepy, kooky, and altogether ooky.

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/nov-1-the-simple-case-for-saying-obama-is-the-favorite/#more-37035

sometimes I wonder if Obama could accomplish things that improve peoples lives a hell of a lot more easier if he weren't president

Really curious how much that single IN senatorial poll will change the 538 odds in that state.

Do you mean presidentially? I think a few polls from that Senate race have shown that Mourdock is finished

No I mean for Donnelly/Mourdock. Right now 538 is still showing Mourdock as a 65% favorite. I have to assume that as soon as the most recent IN poll is added that will flip flop completely. IN is very under-polled by the way according to RCP.