FROM 2012 INTO 2013 POLITICS THREAD

exmediahack · Oct 3, 2012

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Uncle.Ruckus said:

Todd Akin: Complete Fucking Moron. I'm guessing exmediahack and old_tony would vote for him, though.

http://gawker.com/5948459/in-a-2008-speech-todd-akin-said-doctors-give-abortions-to-women-who-are-not-actually-pregnant
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Went to high school in his current district. I would vote for him.

LongTimeListener · Oct 3, 2012

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Rasmussen shows McCaskill up 51-45, crossing 50 percent for the first time. Public Policy Polling has it 46-40.

Mark2010 said:

It's all just background noise.

Presidential election was decided months ago, but the talking heads need SOMETHING to blather about. Too bad they can't cover Senate and House races that are actually, interesting.
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Especially on Fox News and with Rush and Hannity and the like, they are blathering partly because of their delusions, partly because it's good business but largely because the only way to GOTV for the lower elections is to keep people excited about the big one. A very large number of people will skip voting if they think their presidential candidate is dead man walking.

For MSNBC and CNN, I agree they need to create the illusion of suspense. As long as Mitt doesn't poop his pants tonight and leave a stain that is visible on camera, he's going to be said to have "pulled himself back into this thing."

Michael_ Gee · Oct 3, 2012

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OK, I think the percentage of undecided voters on this thread is zero or a little less. So here's the question. Are you going to watch the debate tonight, since you already know how you're voting? I think that would be a colossal waste of my valuable baseball and sleeping time. Obama and Romney are both experienced pros. They're not going to screw up, and they're very likely not going to even be that aggressive, seeing as how Obama never is and Romney primary concern is somehow convincing women voters he's not a dick.

LongTimeListener · Oct 3, 2012

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I will put it on the DVR and watch later as I can. I figure this is Romney's last stand so there's some merit to knowing how it turned out. I think the percentage of truly undecided voters nationwide is at an all-time low for this point in a campaign, but I do remember Kerry getting himself back into the race in 2004 by destroying Bush so thoroughly that the next day was devoted to GOP excuse-making (the flu was the leading culprit) and the following debate gave us Bush's Bulge.

Riptide · Oct 3, 2012

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I would watch the debate only to see if Romney can think on his feet while having to match wits with Obama. But I can read about that later tonight and tomorrow, so I guess I'll just do that.

LongTimeListener · Oct 3, 2012

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The zingers are awesome. Creosote is right about that. Some of those writers could work for Henny Youngman someday.

I will also watch to see how big a wad of cash Romney brings for betting purposes. His record is $10,000, right?

YankeeFan · Oct 3, 2012

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Michael_ Gee said:

Are you going to watch the debate tonight, since you already know how you're voting? I think that would be a colossal waste of my valuable baseball and sleeping time.
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Probably depends on the scores of the relevant baseball games when the debate starts.

YankeeFan · Oct 3, 2012

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Riptide said:

I would watch the debate only to see if Romney can think on his feet while having to match wits with Obama.
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Yeah, that will be interesting to see:

Even by President Obama's loquacious standards, an answer he gave here on health care Friday was a doozy.

Toward the end of a question-and-answer session with workers at an advanced battery technology manufacturer, a woman named Doris stood to ask the president whether it was a "wise decision to add more taxes to us with the health care" package.

"We are over-taxed as it is," Doris said bluntly.

Obama started out feisty. "Well, let's talk about that, because this is an area where there's been just a whole lot of misinformation, and I'm going to have to work hard over the next several months to clean up a lot of the misapprehensions that people have," the president said.

He then spent the next 17 minutes and 12 seconds lulling the crowd into a daze. His discursive answer - more than 2,500 words long -- wandered from topic to topic, including commentary on the deficit, pay-as-you-go rules passed by Congress, Congressional Budget Office reports on Medicare waste, COBRA coverage, the Recovery Act and Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (he referred to this last item by its inside-the-Beltway name, "F-Map"). He talked about the notion of eliminating foreign aid (not worth it, he said). He invoked Warren Buffett, earmarks and the payroll tax that funds Medicare (referring to it, in fluent Washington lingo, as "FICA").

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/04/obamas-17-minute-2500-word-res.html
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TrooperBari · Oct 3, 2012

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Michael_ Gee said:

OK, I think the percentage of undecided voters on this thread is zero or a little less. So here's the question. Are you going to watch the debate tonight, since you already know how you're voting? I think that would be a colossal waste of my valuable baseball and sleeping time. Obama and Romney are both experienced pros. They're not going to screw up, and they're very likely not going to even be that aggressive, seeing as how Obama never is and Romney primary concern is somehow convincing women voters he's not a dick.
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I won't watch directly (not voting D or R), but I will keep an eye on Twitter for analysis from a handful of people I enjoy.

Mark2010 · Oct 3, 2012

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Michael_ Gee said:

OK, I think the percentage of undecided voters on this thread is zero or a little less. So here's the question. Are you going to watch the debate tonight, since you already know how you're voting? I think that would be a colossal waste of my valuable baseball and sleeping time. Obama and Romney are both experienced pros. They're not going to screw up, and they're very likely not going to even be that aggressive, seeing as how Obama never is and Romney primary concern is somehow convincing women voters he's not a dick.
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I'll watch for the comic relief and because I'm stuck with nothing better (aka preseason hockey games) to watch.

It amazes me that more than a year into this thing, we still know precious few specifics from Romney.

Mark2010 · Oct 3, 2012

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MileHigh said:

Report tonight: 23,000 political ads on the four major TV stations in Denver between Aug. 2 and Election Day.

Obama campaign paid $104,000 for a two-minute ad during Sunday's Broncos game (which is dirt cheap considering Broncos games get around a 40 rating and 65 share on average).
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Any way you slice it, that's an awful lot of coin to waste.

Mark2010 · Oct 3, 2012

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All this talk about Zingers is making me hungry.

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