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I think so

Foregone Conclusion...right?

alec.

There's an election?

How I honestly feel about it? Sick. Sick at the idea that Romeny might win.

What makes you say its a foregone conclusion? Any polls I've seen suggest it's neck and neck, and too close to call.

It's a foregone conclusion that there will be an election.

Personally I think Obama's going to win.

If he wants to win, he'll need to do better in the debates. I'm not sure what advice I would give to Romney. Since the two candidates are so close in the polls, the candidates for Congress and Senate will not be able to ride to victory on the coattails of a popular Presidential candidate. Not that I think many of them deserve such a boon.

The Tea Party candidates that made such a shambles of things in the House of representatives may, in some cases, have been defeated in this year's party primaries. The question is, are their replacements better or worse?

Romney won't be, can't be, any worse than Bush Jr. And given the global situation, Obama won't be, can't be, much better. Better, yes... just not much. Not as much as we'd like or hope. Obama may be remembered as the drone-strike President.

Anyone who thinks Obama hasn't done much has been getting their information from unreliable sources.
Here is an interesting blog with references for each claim.
It is huge so I have not read all of it; but, so far, what I have read looks good.

Sorry

http://pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com/main/what-has-obama-done-since-january-20-2009.html

What that (impressive) list doesn't include is this:

http://www.aclu.org/national-security/president-obama-signs-indefinite-detention-bill-law

After all the positive things he has done one has to wonder the reason he signed this bill...steps on 'innocent until proven guilty' etc.'

So far, this is the only thing I can find that even remotely begins to answer the question of why he did that.

http://feministing.com/2012/01/03/why-the-hell-did-obama-sign-the-indefinite-detention-bill/

Obama still seems like the lesser of two evils to me. It's been a long, long time since we've had a presidential election in which I was wholeheartedly enthusiastic about any one candidate. usually the candidates I liked lost in the primaries anyway.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20054737

What is wrong with the American Right? How can the most advanced economy on Earth be founded on this sort of mindset?

B

Scary, huh?

There is absolutely NO way that Romney is tied with Obama in the opinion polls; they are skewed. I only know one person who is not going to vote for Obama. It is so obvious what a smarmy person Romney is, and how obstructionist the Republican party has been in the last 4 years. It scares me. These polls. It feels like they are setting us up to believe that Romney deserves to win the election I am afraid his party is (once again) going to steal. Terrified.

If voters in the states affected by the hurricane feel that the Obama administration did a good job of marshalling resources to help victims of the storm, that should help Obama.

If voters in the states affected by the hurricane feel that the it was a sign from God, they will probably vote for the white guy.

SHHHH The election God talk has been quieter during this election.
Last week was just too much for nearly everybody- the rapist /child/God senario

I believe Romney could and would be much worse than GW Bush.

Obama needs to win.

It all may be decided in the Supreme Court, for Obama.

It would be an open door for pushing the popular vote.
State by state if need be.
Twice in 12 years would prove the electorial college is outdated.

Too many topics probably!