not this Margaret?
http://brightlightsfilm.com/49/49_images/0Sullavan_1940_1.jpg
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 November 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
538 is only leaving the nyt if nate silver wants to leave. he has a more credible brand than they do at this point.
― iatee, Friday, 2 November 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
Right I meant that he is likely leaving not that they would show him the door.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― iatee, Friday, 2 November 2012 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
@DennisThePerrinTo my comedian friends: Pile on Romney now, because after Tuesday he becomes Wendell Willkie.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 November 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
ha – Wilkie became an essential FDR ally and liasion after we declared war on the Axis powers.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 November 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
you mean like Mittens' lockstep w/ Bam on the drone wars?
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 November 2012 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
...and boring listeners to death as a FOX News contributor until the end of his days.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 November 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
He'll have to pry those Sunday news show invites out of John McCain's cold, dead hands.
― ella fingerblast hurls forever (suzy), Friday, 2 November 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
so, look for him in 6-8 months?
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
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...
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 2 November 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― iatee, Friday, 2 November 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
He'll always be running for office.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 2 November 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
GuysGeeks, he meant the general public will forget Willard instantly.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
when did lacking reasons ever keep Romney from doing anything?
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
Or prepare his sons to run for office. xxp
― Sug ban (Nicole), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
I hope deathstare son goes first
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
it would be awesome if one of his sons also had a failed bid for presidency
― iatee, Friday, 2 November 2012 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
the inverse Adams family
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
Dubya came so close :(
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
before every debate he would write 'dad...also grandpa' on a sheet of paper
― iatee, Friday, 2 November 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 2 November 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
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?
― but the boo boyz are getting to (Z S), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
I think so
― iatee, Friday, 2 November 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
that way when one of this doofus sons is running for president in 2036 he can finance the campaign himself
― but the boo boyz are getting to (Z S), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
He would be the perfect president for the apocalypse.
― Sug ban (Nicole), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
200 million, not 200 billion sorry
the more interesting question would be what obama would do next if he lost
― iatee, Friday, 2 November 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
it really cracks me up that dude looks like he fell directly out of The Omen III
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
He is almost cartoonishly evil looking.
― Sug ban (Nicole), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
― 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.
― C-3PO Sharkey (Phil D.), Friday, 2 November 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/nov-1-the-simple-case-for-saying-obama-is-the-favorite/#more-37035
― Mordy, Friday, 2 November 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
sometimes I wonder if Obama could accomplish things that improve peoples lives a hell of a lot more easier if he weren't president
― johnathan lee riche$ (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 2 November 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
Really curious how much that single IN senatorial poll will change the 538 odds in that state.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
Do you mean presidentially? I think a few polls from that Senate race have shown that Mourdock is finished
― running like a young deer (symsymsym), Friday, 2 November 2012 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
According to RCP there has been only one IN senate poll post comments (and only two in October altogether.)
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
oh, maybe it was just something I read on the Fix that the internal polls for both campaigns show Mourdock in a world of hurt
― running like a young deer (symsymsym), Friday, 2 November 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
The group implosion of the Republican senate candidates has been a beautiful thing to watch.
― running like a young deer (symsymsym), Friday, 2 November 2012 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
the exact same thing happened during the mid terms too. gotta wonder how long the 'serious' members of the gop will tolerate these tea party morans.
― johnathan lee riche$ (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 2 November 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
serious Republicans have no influence or are David Frum.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 November 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
If that was true Rick Santorum would be the presidential candidate.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 2 November 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
serious republicans are feeling downright grave atm
― Aimless, Friday, 2 November 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
Primary voters chose Mitt because he didn't dress his children and his children's dolls in the same skirts.
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 November 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
they should have david gergen run for president every year
― johnathan lee riche$ (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 2 November 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, November 2, 2012 12:28 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, November 2, 2012 12:30 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
'no influence' might be an overstatement but they sure don't run the show. 'their guy' won because the 1000 crazy people that the base preferred flamed out + crazies can't handle national media not because the srs republican establishment took over. rick santorum isn't the candidate because of rick santorum. rick perry isn't the candidate because of rick perry.
― iatee, Friday, 2 November 2012 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
Mitch McConnell has run the show in the Senate since Obama was elected, WTF are you talking about
― beef richards (Mr. Que), Friday, 2 November 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
basically if srs republicans were holding the puppet strings we wouldn't have spent half the year talking about donald trump and herman cain. and once romney became mathematically inevitable, santorum woulda found the exit door.
― iatee, Friday, 2 November 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
you mean this thing?
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/03/02/health/mcconnell480/mcconnell480-blogSpan.jpg
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 November 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
yes
― beef richards (Mr. Que), Friday, 2 November 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link